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Jim Crockett Promotions, at times branded as Eastern States Championship Wrestling and Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, is a family-owned professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. [2] Founded in 1931, the promotion emerged as a cornerstone of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA).
Caudle continued to host the flagship program which was renamed NWA Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling in 1973 (after the death of Jim Crockett, Sr.). Caudle had many "sidekicks" over the years including David Crockett and Johnny Weaver. In 1986, his show changed its name to NWA Pro Wrestling. In 1988, Jim Ross joined the show.
On October 13, 1970, the championship was introduced as the NWA Eastern Heavyweight Championship during a taping of Championship Wrestling. [Note 2] It was announced that the Missouri Mauler had defeated the defending champion Pat O'Connor in New York City to win the title; this title change was fictitious and a storyline to introduce the championship to the promotion; nevertheless, O'Connor's ...
Atlantic Coast Championship Wrestling (1997–2003) [1] Chris Bassett Appleton, Wisconsin: New Age Wrestling (1989–1997) Packerland Pro Wrestling (1998) [1] Rick Bassman: 1961– 1985– Santa Ana, California: Ultimate Pro Wrestling (1998–2007) David Baucom 1999– Charlotte, North Carolina: NWA Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (1999 ...
CWF Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship: The tag team title of CWF Mid-Atlantic. It was established in 2000 and remains the promotion's main tag team title. [41] [42] CWF Mid-Atlantic Television Championship: The television title of CWF Mid-Atlantic. It was established as a cruiserweight championship in 2000 and defended until 2004. [43]
On December 25, 1971, Georgia Championship Wrestling made its television debut with a special Christmas program. Beginning in late January 1972 the promotion's regular series, Big Time Wrestling, began airing on Saturday afternoons on WQXI-TV in Atlanta; the show was recorded for later broadcast over WJBF in Augusta and WTOC-TV in Savannah, stations located in two of GCW's major cities.
David Crockett (wrestling) David Crockett James Crockett † Jim Crockett 1940s-1973 William Cruickshanks: Bill Dundee 1985–1987 [47] Roland Daniels † Elijah Akeem Leroy Brown 1981–1982 1984 [48] Barry Darsow: Krusher Khruschev 1984–1986 [49] Michael Davis: Bugsy McGraw 1983 1987–1988 [50] Michael Davis † Mike Davis 1981–1985 [51 ...
WCW Pro is an American televised wrestling show that was presented by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Along with WCW WorldWide, it was part of the WCW Disney tapings.The rights to WCW Pro now belong to WWE and 161 episodes of Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling are available for streaming on NBCUniversal's Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in international markets.