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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 .
Lloyd began his wrestling career shortly after graduation. He was trained by Georgia grappler Fred Avery in a makeshift ring set up in Avery's backyard, and then cut his teeth on the Georgia independent circuit for two years, [10] during which he was given the ring name "Sugar Ray" Lloyd by Tommy Rich.
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.
After AWA, Gilbert made his debut for Georgia Championship Wrestling. From 1968 to 1973, Gilbert was a six-time NWA Georgia Tag Team Champion . In 1972, he worked for Championship Wrestling From Florida as Redbeard and won their version of the tag team titles with football player Mike Webster .
On August 11, 2013, The Grappler appeared on Championship Wrestling from Hollywood and stated his intention to manage an up-and-coming wrestler and create a successor to the legacy of The Grappler. In October 2013, The Grappler managed Jeremy Blanchard in the West Coast Wrestling Connection when Blanchard won the WCWC Legacy Championship. In ...
After training under Verne Gagne in 1975, Irwin debuted for the AWA on March 13, 1976 in Davenport, Iowa, going to a time limit draw with another rookie, Dick Blood.He mainly wrestled preliminary matches until June 1976 when he left for Georgia Championship Wrestling where he stayed until the spring of 1977.
The Grapplers (Grappler#1 and Grappler#2) Continental Wrestling Association: 1982–1984 United States [3] The Infernos (original) (Mephisto & Dante) Jim Crockett Promotions, National Wrestling Alliance: 1966–1972 United States [3] The Interns (Central States) (Tom Andrews & Jim Starr) Continental Wrestling Association: 1971–1975 United States
Pages in category "Professional wrestlers from Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total.