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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 ...
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.
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Caudle was the official voice of Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling and is known for his trademark greeting, "Hello wrestling fans...", and his trademark sign-off line, "That'll do it for this week. We'll see you next week, and until then, so long for now."
1968–1970 [131] Thomas Machlay: Tommy Young [132] Leslie Malady: Les Thatcher [133] Chris Markoff † Chris Markoff 1970 1981–1982 1985 [134] Micheal McCord: Austin Idol Dennis McCord 1972 1981–1982 [135] Edward McDaniel † Wahoo McDaniel 1974–1987 [136] Akihisa Mera: The Great Kabuki 1983–1985 [137] Omar Mijares: Omar Atlas 1965 ...
Memphis Wrestling: MLW Underground TV United States: Syndicated: 2003–2004 Major League Wrestling [22] [23] WWE Diva Search United States: Spike: 2004–2005 USA Network: 2006 UPN: 2006 WWE.com: 2007 World Wrestling Entertainment: 6 FWA TV United Kingdom: Portsmouth TV: 2001 The Wrestling Channel: 2004–2005 Frontier Wrestling Alliance: WWP ...
Returning to the Carolinas, Weaver was a successful tag team wrestler in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling. He teamed with Becker to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship on May 1, 1969. [4] They held the belts for over nine months before dropping them to Rip Hawk and Swede Hanson on February 17, 1970. [4]
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).
The WCW World Television Championship was a professional wrestling world television championship owned by the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling (WCW) promotion. The title was introduced on February 27, 1974, in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (MACW), a territory of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA).