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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 ...
The company descended from the National Wrestling Federation. [1] It was originally intended to be the first national wrestling promotion, but stayed primarily in the Mid-Atlantic region. Einhorn offered his wrestlers more money and benefits than competing promotions, helping to lure big names such as Mil Mascaras (the company's heavyweight ...
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]
Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling: 1951–1988 [28] Charlotte, North Carolina: ... Korean Wrestling Association Mid 1970s–1983 Seoul, South Korea: Kim Ill
AAA, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Universal Wrestling Association, World Championship Wrestling: 1970– Mexico: Villano II committed suicide on April 17, 1989. Villano III was unmasked by Atlantis in 2000. [3] The Masked Marvels (Billy Garrett & Jim Starr) Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling: 1971 United States [3] The Masked Marauders
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."
Carey L. Lloyd (July 4, 1933 – November 13, 1993), also known by his ring name Rufus R. "Freight Train" Jones, was an American professional wrestler.He competed in the Central States, St. Louis and Mid-Atlantic regional promotions of the National Wrestling Alliance as well as the American Wrestling Association and All Japan Pro Wrestling during the 1970s and 1980s.
Jim Crockett Promotions was a professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Charlotte, ... 1970–1975 1978 1980–1984 [27] Dennis Brown: Denny Brown 1981