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Throughout the 1970s, Georgia Championship Wrestling was one of the main shows that kept the Superstation alive. [1] In 1982, Georgia Championship Wrestling changed its main programming name to World Championship Wrestling at the request of Ted Turner. GCW also expanded its reach into parts of Ohio and Michigan which were considered "open ...
Bart as NWA United States Tag Team Champions, c. 1984. In December 1983, Harris joined Championship Wrestling from Florida.Harris formed a tag team called the "Long Riders" with Ron Bass in Florida Championship Wrestling in 1984 and they would hold the NWA United States Tag Team Titles (Florida) and work a program with Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda.
The NWA operated many tag team championships before one prime tag team title was established in 1982. One of those titles was the NWA World Tag Team Championship, which was operated by the NWA member Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (MACW), the predecessor of WCW. The championship was created by MACW in 1975.
The team soon jumped ship to Georgia Championship Wrestling, and continued their success by winning the NWA National Tag Team Championship on January 22, 1982 from the Armstrongs (Bob and Brad). [5] Beginning in March, the Superstar gave his half of the title to Big John Studd . [ 8 ]
Gene Anderson as tag team champion, c. 1982. Georgia Championship Wrestling. NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship - with Ole Anderson [6] NWA ...
In American professional wrestling, the term Black Saturday refers to Saturday, July 14, 1984, the day when Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) took over the timeslot on Superstation WTBS that had been home to Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) and its flagship weekly program, World Championship Wrestling, for twelve years.
The father and son duo of Bob Armstrong and Brad Armstrong defeated Mr. Fuji and Mr. Saito in the final to win the vacant NWA National 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 ...
By the mid-1980s, Anderson was a part-owner of, and the booker for, Georgia Championship Wrestling. After Georgia Championship Wrestling was acquired by Vince McMahon in 1984 in what was known as "Black Saturday", Anderson broke away to form his own promotion, Championship Wrestling from Georgia, which was itself acquired by Jim Crockett ...