Georgia Championship Wrestling

Georgia Championship Wrestling, GCW short, is the name of a former U.S. wrestling promotion that was based in Atlanta, Georgia. Promoter was Ole Anderson.

History

The history of the Promotion begins by tradition in January 1944, when Paul Jones founded in Atlanta ABC Booking, in November, a sub-organization (affiliate ) of the National Wrestling Alliance was.

In November 1972 Jones ' company left the NWA and joined the Mid-South Sports of the American Wrestling Association.

March 29, 1974 MSS joined the NWA in again and was reorganized into the new banner Georgia Championship Wrestling. GCW organized now as NWA Georgia Championship Wrestling. GCW was in the 1970s and 1980s by her TV format in the U.S. very present and known.

1983 began working with Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling. You now produced a common TV format that the name World Championship Wrestling / Georgia Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling briefly wore.

This " WCW " format was the first TV show of the NWA, which was designed nationally and had a great influence on the TV formats of the competing World Wrestling Federation. " WCW " was indeed recorded in small studios, about 100 to 150 people sat in the audience as. But the kind of staging with some famous wrestlers and excellent matches made ​​the GCW in the U.S. in their time very well known. But financially, the " WCW " developed to disaster.

1984 Paul Jones retired from wrestling and left the running of the bankrupt GCW the promoters Jim Bernett, Jack and Gerald Brisco and Ole Anderson. The latter was able to prevail as head booker.

So Bernett and the Brisco Brothers sold in July 1984 their larger share to the World Wrestling Federation. So Anderson founded on July 14, on its part, the new promotion Championship Wrestling From Georgia, while the WWF ran the old GCW to 1987 as a development territory.

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• Sport ( United States)
• Sports (Georgia )