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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.
Mr. Wrestling II: 1 March 2, 1973 Atlanta, GA Defeated Sputnik Monroe in a 16-man tournament final to win the vacant title. Bill Watts: 1 May 11, 1973 Atlanta, GA Mr. Wrestling II: 2 July 13, 1973 Bill Watts: 2 July 21, 1973 Atlanta, GA Stripped August 17, 1973 After Watts deliberately gets disqualified in a defense against Mr. Wrestling II. Mr ...
The NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship was the top tag team championship in Georgia Championship Wrestling from 1968 to 1980, when it was replaced with the NWA National Tag Team Championship. The title was revived in 1998 by Music City Wrestling as the MCW/NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship .
When the World Wrestling Federation's Vince McMahon bought Georgia Championship Wrestling's TV timeslot (after GCW's contract with Turner Broadcasting System expired without renewal: Black Saturday), the titleholders were Ron Garvin and Jerry Oates. After Oates and Garvin declined to sign with McMahon, McMahon discontinued the title.
The Georgia version of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Southern Heavyweight Championship was a secondary singles championship used in Georgia Championship Wrestling off-and-on from 1948 to 1972. [1]
The Georgia version of the NWA World Tag Team championship existed for 16 years. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The fact that the board of directors did not put any limits on who could bill a championship as the NWA World Tag Team Championship led to at least 13 different championships of that name being used across the United States simultaneously at one point ...
The NWA International Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW). A secondary title after the NWA World Tag Team Championship (Georgia version), it was one of several international tag team championships recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance. It was the first NWA tag ...
Macon, Georgia [16] Skandor Akbar (5) and Rocket Monroe (2) 1 September 5, 1972 Macon, Georgia [16] [17] Argentina Apollo (2) and Tommy Seigler: 1 November 14, 1972 Macon, Georgia This was a No Disqualification match. [18] The title was vacated on November 28, 1972 in Macon, Georgia, after Apollo and Seigler left GCW for the All-South Wrestling ...