Promotions

Now that the holidays are over I hope to do these a bit more regularly so that everyone gets some love. Running out of room

Presents ***Superclash '83*** Live at 8:05pm on Christmas Day Night on From The World Famous Omni, in Atlanta, GA We are welcomed to this special event by a 3 man announcing team Gordon Solie, Charlie Platt and AWA Legend Verne Gagne. The Atlanta Gospel Choir sing our American National Anthem before we go to our opening match. One Fall, 30 Minute Time Limit AWA Souhern Tag Team Title Match Rock 'n' Roll Express © Vs The Brotherhood Of Poland These two teams had clashed before, and while the Express had gotten the victory, the Brotherhood were determined not to let it happen again. The brought their own array of double team moves, using …

Friday 7th October 1983 Omni, Atlanta, GA Bell Time 8pm 1. The Shadow Riders (Bobby Jaggers & Johnny Mantell) defeat The Oates Brothers (Ted & Jerry) in 8 minutes following Bobby Jaggers locking in the Hangmans Clutch and submitting Jerry Oates. - 2. The Nightmares (Danny Davis & Ken Wayne) return to Georgia with a victory over the team of Rick Mccord and Ron Ritchie in 12 minutes when Davis hits a Tombstone Piledriver on Mccord and then covered him for the victory. - 3. Southeastern Tag Team Champions Ricky Gibson and Tim Horner go to a 20 minutes time limit draw with the Heavenly Bodies (Bobby Eaton & Tom Pritchard) with Jim Cor…

Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling TV Spartanburg, S.C. Taped on 12/15/83 Airing on 12/17/83 (Show opening rolls, we then go to ringside with Tony Schiavone and David Crockett) Tony: "Welcome to Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling, I'm Tony Schiavone alongside David Crockett and we have a lot to cover here tonight as there have been some drastic changes happening here at Jim Crockett Promotions and we will be joined momentarily by Mr. Crockett who will tell us about some of those changes." David: "That's right Tony, a lot has gone on in the past few weeks....some new faces coming in, a lot of old faces going out...and we have a new NWA United States Champion…

Mid South Wrestling is coming to you from Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana on Fox and its affiliates Fox 8 out of New Orleans, KLRT 16 out of Little Rock, WXXV 25 out of Jackson, KOKH 25 out of Oklahoma City, and KRIV 26 out of Houston. {Mid South Wrestling opens with highlights of all the top stars of Mid South Wrestling. We then cut to the Jim Ross standing by!} Jim Ross: WELCOME EVERYONE TO MID SOUTH WRESTLING! I am Jim Ross and Ladies and gentlemen here tonight we have got a great card including an announcement that will without a doubt shock the world of wrestling! I am by myself here tonight as Bill Watts has been in meetings throughout the…

Saturday, July 2, 1983 - WWA Superstar Challenge (aired live on WTTV in Indianapolis and via same day tape delay throughout the territory; special 90-minute edition) David McLane welcomed fans to the show. He announced a restructured and reformatted WWA and first brought out the new commissioner of the WWA, Arnold Skaaland. Skaaland immediately made several announcements. He announced that the WWA had officially joined the National Wrestling Alliance and that a future date the NWA and WWA World Champions would meet in a match to unify the two titles. He announced that similar negotiations were ongoing for the WWA and NWA World Tag Team Titles as well. He also ann…

MID SOUTH WRESTLING Owner: "Cowboy" Bill Watts Lead Booker: Low Blow Podcast Announcers: Jim Ross, Boyd Pierce, & Vince McMahon Referees: PeeWee Anderson & Nick Patrick Titles Mid South North American Heavyweight Championship Ted Dibiase 7/1/83 - 8/24/83 The Junkyard Dog 9/24/83 - 11/5/83 Ted Dibiase 11/5/83 - Mid South Television Championship Don Muraco 10/15/83 - 12/17/83 Mr. Wrestling II 12/17/83 Mid South Tag Team Championship The Wild Samoans 7/1/83 - 8/20/83 Mil Mascaras & ThunderBolt Patterson 8/20/83 - 9/3/83 2The Wild Samoans 9/3/83 - 8/24/83 Bruiser…

Mid South Wrestling is coming to you from the Civic Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Fox and its affiliates Fox 8 out of New Orleans, KLRT 16 out of Little Rock, WXXV 25 out of Jackson, KOKH 25 out of Oklahoma City, and KRIV 26 out of Houston. {Mid South Wrestling opens this week with the tragic footages of last week’s episode in which Wahoo McDaniel and the Junkyard Dog were viciously attacked by the Blackjacks, Adrian Adonis, Matt Borne, and Dino Bravo…} Jim Ross: Welcome everyone to Mid South Wrestling! I am Jim Ross alongside Bill Watts and ladies and gentlemen, we are days away from the Showdown at the Superdome. Bill, without a doubt, t…

The first few topics here will be re-posts. I'm going to keep my TV results in one thread and house show results in the other. 7/2/83 at the Montreal Forum (14,500) The show opened with Jacques Rougeau, Sr. explaining that King Tonga and Tonga John would not be participating in the tournament based on their actions towards Jim Brunzell. "That kind of behavior will not be tolerated in the International Wrestling Association," warned Rougeau. Jim Brunzell/Phil Lafon over Sgt. Slaughter/Mad Dog Lefebvre by DQ 11:14 Brunzell and Lafon started hot, but the veteran Slaughter took the advantage after going to the eyes and booting Lafon in the stomach several times. Laf…

Taped at The Junction in San Antonio, TX on 7/4 Southwest Championship Wrestling airing on Saturday 7/9 in local markets -Show intro- Steve Stack: Welcome to Southwest Championship Wrestling! We have huge news to open this week's edition: the Southwest Tag Team Title tournament for the vacant belts will be held on July, 31st and we will have a huge announcement on a team coming in from Memphis who will be in the tournament on the 31st and will be making their first appearance in Southwest Championship Wrestling next week, right after this break! -First commercial break- Steve Stack: We're back on Southwest Championship Wrestling and I don't need t…

Saturday November 5th 1983 MACW TV Airing The show begins with the final minute of The Freebirds' NWA Tag Team Title victory over The Russians from Halloween Havoc, ending with the image of all three Freebirds holding up a title. Bob & David open up the show by announcing both sets of Freebird titles will be on the line today, with Terry Gordy defending his NWA TV Title against former NWA Tag Champion, Nikolai Volkoff and Michael Hayes and Buddy Roberts will be defending their NWA Tag Team Titles in the main event against Hector Guerrero and a partner to be revealed on Rogers' Corner. They also share that the results of the big Flair/Piper vs. Sullivan/Han…

ICW Personnel Owner: Angelo Poffo Announcers: Elizabeth Hulette - host, interviews Tim Tyler & Edgar Wallace Timekeeper: Robert Phillips Jr. Referees: Jack Barnett (Sam Diamond) & Jim Davis Roster: Adrian Street Angelo Poffo Athol Foley Bill Cody Bob Dellaserra Chick Donovan Gino Dellaserra Hans Schroeder JR Hogg Johnny Wilhoit Juan Reynosa Lanny Poffo Loch Ness Monster Mark Batten Mike Doggendorf Mighty Igor Mike Davis Omar Atlas Pez Whatley Randy Savage Randy Scott Ron Garvin Sal Bellomo Sonny King T.G. Stone Tim Tall Tree (as Speedy Manson) The Samoans (Tapu & Tio) Miss Linda Manager Sardo the Great (Billy Spears) Manager …

CWA WRESTLING FROM THE MID-SOUTH COLISEAUM HALLOWEEN NIGHT: MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1983 MATCH 1: Tony Anthony vs King Cobra These two were tag team partners up until about a week ago when they had a falling out. King Cobra has since turned his back on both Anthony and the fans and has joined the hated Ladd’s Army. The match is not for the fan of the technical wrestling match. It is punch after punch and kick after kick. After gaining control by hitting Cobra with a flying elbow, Anthony goes for a Bucksnort Slam (a choke slam) but King Cobra blocks it and whips Anthony of the ropes. King Cobra catches him with a Flying Dropkick. He picks up Anthony again an…

This is just a repost of all my house shows in one place to go with my TV thread. I'll be putting other house show results here instead of the original results thread. July 5th, Saguenay, Quebec, (1,700) "the Farmer" Louis Laurence and Tony Ricco defeated Tim & Alex Gerrard Dave Kochen defeated Rudy Kay Rene Goulet defeated Gilles "the Fish" Poisson Gino Brito and Tony Parisi defeated Richard Charland and Dan Johnson The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers defeated the Midnight Express and Mad Dog Lefebvre July 9th, Paul Suave Arena (2800) Louis Laurence/Tony Ricco defeated Bobby and Rudy Kay when Laurence submitted Rudy Kay with a half crab Armand Rougeau defeated Ti…

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling begins from Sumter, South Carolina with Bob Caudle and David Crockett running down the day's card, with the two huge number one contender tag team matches of Taylor/Guerrero vs. The Vachons and The Fabulous Freebirds vs. the returning Midnight Express. They reveal that "Cowboy" Scott Casey will appear on Rogers Corner, The Iron Sheik will face Brad Rheingans and that Ric Flair, Terry Gordy, and Mr. Wrestling II will be in action. MATCH #1 Winner Faces Tag Team Champions At Halloween Havoc on 10/29 in Greensboro. The Fabulous Freebirds (Hayes & Roberts) vs. The Midnight Express (Condrey & Rose) (The Midnights make…

Mid South Wrestling is coming to you from the Irish McNeil Boy’s Club in Shreveport, Louisiana {Mid South Wrestling opens this week with footage of the Superdome show this past weekend with Ted Dibiase losing his North American title and his job to the JYD. We also see the tag team title win by Bruiser Brody and Stan Hansen. We cut to the arena with Jim Ross and Bill Watts standing by…} Jim Ross: Welcome everyone to Mid South Wrestling! I am Jim Ross alongside Cowboy Bill Watts and we are coming off one of the biggest shows in the history of Mid South Wrestling Jim. Last week from the Superdome, we saw the scope of this company change and perhaps …

Sunday 9th October Gordon Solie welcomes everyone to a new series airing weekly on WTBS. Solie announces that this new program highlighting wrestlers from all across the AWA will feature many of the stars of the AWA's group in Texas, Southwest Championship Wrestling. On today's program there will be a video package of the events that lead up to the finals of the Southwest Tag Team Tournament that took place on July 31st at The HemisFair Arena. Gordon Solie talks about how the alliance between Tully Blanchard and David Von Erich shocked the wrestling world and how they found themselves in the finals of the Southwest Tag Team Title tournament after defeating…

[if this is against the rules I'll remove it, just got some free time] Alabama Wrestling Alliance Thursday 28th July 1983 Von Bruan Civic Center, Huntsville, AL Bell Time 7.30pm Alabama Wrestling Alliances debut show in Huntsville Alabama at the Von Braun Civic Center promoted by former referee Bobby (Dee) Bearden. The show is held in association with Southeastern Championship Wrestling but not in alliance with the NWA. Tonight will see the crowning of the new Alabama Heavyweight Champion. AWA is seem as a development promotion where the Fullers can send wrestlers for an extra pay day for the older guys and gain experience in a smaller setting for the y…

October 16, 1983 – NWA Showcase airing on the USA Network David McLane is in studio welcoming us to the show. McLane tells us this show is designed to focus on all the top matches and talent from the previous week in the NWA. However, in order to familiarize the audience with the top talent in the NWA, the focus in this edition is going to be on the various champions currently in the NWA. First up is a look at the NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Harley Race. Footage is shown of Race defeating Ric Flair to regain the title in June, as well as recent defenses against Chavo Guerrero. McLane then introduces a clip from St. Louis where the last few minutes of Race’…

PROUD MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE SOUTHEASTERN CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING TV Saturday 9th July 1983 Taped in front of a live studio audience at the WTVY Television Studio in Dothan, AL Hosted by Charlie Platt and Rick Stewart Charlie Platt and Rick Stewart welcome everyone to this week’s edition of Southeastern Championship Wrestling live from WTVY studios in Dothan Alabama. They talk about how they are happy to be apart of the revamped National Wrestling Alliance and they show off their new set, they also introduce Southeastern new promotional interviewer Jim Cornette, the camera shoots over to Jim standing in front a glossy new interview set. Char…

Owner: Jim Crockett Jr Announcers: Bob Caudle & David Crockett Lead Backstage Announcer: Tony Schiavone Champions NWA United States Championship - David Schultz NWA Television Championship - Terry Gordy NWA World Tag Team Championship - The Russians MAIN ROSTER "Nature Boy" Ric Flair The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, & Buddy Roberts) Dr. D Dave Schultz The Iron Sheik "Fantastic" Tommy Rogers Hector Guerrero The Vachons (Mad Dog and Butcher) Scotty Casey Barry Darsow Nikolai Volkoff Brad Rheingans The Tonga Kid "Nature Boy" Budd…

Owners: Dick the Bruiser (& Wilbur Snyder?) Announcer: Apparently the announcer at this point was David McLane of future GLOW fame which really makes me wish we could have drafted announcers Referees: Johnny Shorn, Bill Beach, Henry Van Loon and Connie Marker. Heels: Larry Zbyszko Dory Funk Jr. Masked Superstar Blackjack Mulligan James J. Dillon (manager/occasional wrestler) Bobby Colt Jerry Valiant Abdullah the Great Zoltan the Great Black Gordman Goliath Fred Marzino Babyfaces: Bobo Brazil Jimmy Snuka Chavo Guerrero Mike Rotundo Brickhouse Brown Dick the Bruiser Salvatore Bellomo Kelly Kiniski Jerry Oske Spike Huber Billy Anderson …