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WCW Saturday Night is an American weekly Saturday night television show on TBS that was produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Launched in 1971 initially by Georgia Championship Wrestling, the program existed through various incarnations under different names before becoming WCW Saturday Night in 1992.
Georgia Championship Wrestling is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Atlanta, Georgia. The promotion was affiliated with what had been the world's top sanctioning body of championship titles for decades before, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) , and ran live wrestling shows throughout its geographic "territory" of Georgia.
Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref. Date Event Location Reign Days 1 Assassin #2: July, 1971 (NLT) GCW show N/A 1 [Note 1] [1] 2 Bill Dromo: October 6, 1971: GCW show Columbus, GA 1 [Note 2] [3] Championship history is unrecorded from October 6, 1971 to September 6, 1972. 3 Bob Armstrong: September 6, 1972: GCW show Columbus, GA 1 ...
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.
Also known as WCW Pro Wrestling, NWA Pro Wrestling, and Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling: WCW Saturday Night: December 25, 1971: August 19, 2000: Also known as WCW Saturday Morning, World Championship Wrestling, and Georgia Championship Wrestling: Best of World Championship Wrestling: 1973: 1987: Also known as Best of Championship Wrestling ...
World Championship Wrestling [9] (1988–2001) Jim Crockett Promotions [j] (1931–1988), which by the end of its existence included: Central States Wrestling (1948–1986) [k] Championship Wrestling from Florida (1949–1987) [l] Championship Wrestling from Georgia (1984–1985) Universal Wrestling Federation [m] (1950s–1987) [n]
Atlanta, Georgia 1 126 [2] 8 Luke Graham: December 19, 1970: Live event: Atlanta, Georgia 1 91 9 Klondike Bill: March 20, 1971: Live event: Atlanta, Georgia 1 203 10 Big Bad John: October 9, 1971: Live event: Atlanta, Georgia 1 6 11 Ray Gunkel: October 15, 1971: Live event: Atlanta, Georgia 1 291 — Deactivated August 1, 1972 — — — —
NWA Georgia Championship Wrestling United States: TBS: 1971–1984 Georgia Championship Wrestling: WWWF Championship Wrestling United States: Syndicated: 1972–1979 World Wide Wrestling Federation: All Japan Pro Wrestling Japan: Nippon TV: 1972–2000 All Japan Pro Wrestling: NJPW World Pro-Wrestling Japan: NET: 1973–1977 TV Asahi: 1977 ...