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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.
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 National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is an American professional wrestling promotion and governing body owned by Billy Corgan and operated by its parent company Lightning One, Inc. [4] Founded in 1948, the NWA began as the governing body for a group of regional promotions, the heads of which made up the board of directors.
Kamille (c) vs. Taya Valkyrie for the NWA World Women's Championship: August 28 Trevor Murdoch (c) vs. Tyrus for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship: November 12 Hard Times 3 [14] Frederick J. Sigur Civic Center: Chalmette, Louisiana: Trevor Murdoch (c) vs. Matt Cardona vs. Tyrus in a three-way match for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
NWA Texas Stampede Wrestling 2013 Balch Springs, Texas: James Beard NWA Texoma 2011 Ardmore, Oklahoma: Robert Langdon NWA Top of Texas 2011 Amarillo, Texas: Jack Kelso NWA Vendetta Pro Wrestling [50] 2014-2017 California. Nevada. Billy Blade Joseph Duncan NWA World Class 2009 Rio Grande Valley, Texas: Carmine DeSpirito NWA Wrestling Revolution ...
The NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship was a singles championship in the National Wrestling Alliance's St. Louis Wrestling Club and Central States Wrestling promotions in the 1970s and 1980s.
Beginning in 1972, the title was used in the NWA affiliated NWA Tri-State then was called the NWA Tri-State Louisiana Heavyweight Championship from 1972 until 1979. In 1979, however, wrestler and promoter "Cowboy" Bill Watts purchased the Tri-State territory and renamed it Mid-South Wrestling. Although Watts kept close ties with the NWA for ...
November 27, 1970: CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 51 4 Tarzan Tyler: January 17, 1971: CWF show Tampa, Florida 2 [Note 2] Tyler wins the title in the first fall of a best-of-three falls match in which his NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship is also on the line; Brisco wins the next two falls to take the Florida title from Tyler [3] — Vacated ...