KrisZ

July 4th, 1983 features two great cards from Georgia Championship Wrestling to celebrate the 207th birthday of the United States of America. GCW @ Augusta, GA - Richmond County Civic Center - July 4, 1983 Bruiser Brody & Terry Funk vs. Stan "The Lariat" Hansen & Tommy "Wildfire" Rich "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff vs. "Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer "Hacksaw" Butch Reed vs. Super Destroyer Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Koko Ware Brad Armstrong vs. "King Kong" Angelo Mosca GCW @ Tifton, GA - Tift County High School - July 4, 1983 Jerry & Ted Oates vs. The Shadow Riders ("Hangman" Bobby Jaggers & Johnny Mantell) Scott McGhee vs. Les Thornton Mike George vs. Roberto Soto Jerry Bryant vs. George Weingroff Rick McCord vs. Tommy Wright

Graham was told the day he won the title that Backlund was going to beat him and the exact day that was going to happen....so SBG knew the deal and made the best out of the situation. SBG tried to get over as big as he could as a babyface though to try and change VJM's mind but that wasn't going to happen.

Oh sweet lord Budro in the nWo........amazing idea

For the territories that aren't doing daily shows.......would you be open to leasing your talent out to other promotions that would like to use them on your off days.

I wish everyone would do a day by day deal where you post results from all of your house shows and the like if you run that kind of loop....some territories didn't do that but most of them did. I plan on doing daily results plus posting the cards for the next week as well because you won't sell tickets if you don't have a lineup.

I think Boricua should get Harley since he has wanted to book him for those dates for a while now

President or not it doesn't matter.......I know my territory would love to have cooperation with the others and use the valuable television we have to help the others draw even more of an audience. We would love to use our TV time to showcase the other territories with film from their arenas if possible plus with our future live specials which as I said earlier will not only just come from the Omni but will go to other markets as well to spotlight their talent. Like I said we have an open door policy....we always have and always will....look at our track record for bringing in talent from around the other territories for successful big shows. WTBS isn't just the home of Georgia Championship Wrestling.......it's the home of the National Wrestling Alliance.

Maybe but getting that match with Bret that quickly was pretty big....who knows what would've happened.

No I forgot to put him in..........it's fixed now

Yeah I went with a randomizer

GCW is proud to announce that the National Heavyweight Title tournament is so big that it will be held in two venues on the same day as the first round of the tournament will take place at the Georgia Mountains Center in Gainesville, Georgia at 3:00 PM EST featuring these great matchups. GCW @ Gainesville, GA - Georgia Mountains Center - July 3, 1983 National Heavyweight Title Tournament - Round 1: Brad Armstrong vs. Bruiser Brody National Heavyweight Title Tournament - Round 1: Butch Reed vs. Super Destroyer National Heavyweight Title Tournament - Round 1: Terry Funk vs. Koko Ware National Heavyweight Title Tournament - Round 1: Paul Orndorff vs, Tommy Rich National Heavyweight Title Tournament - Round 1: Greg Gagne vs. Buzz Sawyer National Heavyweight Title Tournament - Round 1: Ronnie Garvin vs. Sgt. Slaughter National Heavyweight Title Tournament - Round 1: Jake Roberts vs. Greg Valentine National Heavyweight Title Tournament - Round 1: Stan Hansen vs. Angelo Mosca The rest of the tournament will take place at the legendary Omni in Atlanta, Georgia starting at 8 PM EST and the losers from earlier in the day will meet in special matches on the show as well. Of course Georgia Championship Wrestling would like to thank International Championship Wrestling, Maple Leaf Wrestling, Southeastern Championship Wrestling, & World Wrestling Council for lending the services of Ronnie Garvin, Greg Valentine, Tommy Rich, & Sgt. Slaughter respectively,. Also in non-tournament action GCW has scheduled a special show in Waycross, Georgia at the City Auditorium at 6 PM EST. GCW @ Waycross, GA - City Auditorium - July 3, 1983 Jerry & Ted Oates vs. The Shadow Riders ("Hangman" Bobby Jaggers & Johnny Mantell) Roberto Soto vs. Les Thornton Rick McCord vs. Scott McGhee Mike George vs. George Weingroff Jerry Bryant vs. Tommy Wright

You could always go status quo with Harley.....he was working JCP from 7/2 - 7/12 IIRC

Cards for July 2nd, 1983......TV Taping at Techwood Studios in Atlanta, Georgia at 9:00 AM that will also be simulcast later that day on WRBL in Columbus, Georgia and WMAZ in Macon, Georgia. GCW @ Chattanooga, TN - Memorial Auditorium - July 2, 1983 Terry Funk vs. "Hacksaw" Butch Reed "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff & Tommy "Wildfire" Rich vs. The Shadow Riders ("Hangman" Bobby Jaggers & Johnny Mantell) Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Koko Ware "Golden Boy" Chick Donovan vs. Greg Gagne Jerry Bryant & Tommy Wright vs. Rick McCord & Roberto Soto GCW @ Thomaston, GA - Upson County Civic Center - July 2, 1983 Stan "The Lariat" Hansen vs. "Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer Brad Armstrong vs. Bruiser Brody Angelo "King Kong" Mosca & Super Destroyer vs. Jerry & Ted Oates Scott McGhee vs. Les Thornton Mike George vs. George Weingroff

My 2 hour block every Saturday night and 1 hour block every Sunday night is open for any NWA promotion's talent to compete on.......we have an open door policy. GCW has plenty of television to showcase our talent between our valued TBS slots we also have our specialized local television on WRBL in Columbus and WMAZ in Macon every Saturday afternoon. Our huge ratings on TBS are highly valued by Ted Turner and he wants to feature more wrestling on his station thus allowing us to have big live arena shows every so often.

Free TV allows everyone not just a select few to sample what talent the NWA has to offer plus we will come to all of the major towns. Our former leader Sam Muchnick called Atlanta "wrestling's leading city" before he retired and we will continue to lead in the future with help from all of our friends.

One thing about this potential big show that JCP is putting on is that it would take place on Thanksgiving night thus competing against every promotion in the NWA which means if you send talent for said show you are taking away from your own promotion on one of the biggest nights a year. That's why when GCW plans nationally televised NWA specials they will not take place on traditional holidays.

I think every member of the NWA should work together especially the Canadian promotions......as they have a special place in the hierarchy. Word is already getting around among our friends at TBS that there is a possible 24 hour sports channel ala ESPN here being talked about in Canada in the next year so with our connections in the industry we can help get a block of wrestling on the new channel.

All I'm saying is that GCW needs to build the NWA up to Sam Muchnick levels after the signs of a potential downfall....... One thing that has been talked about is a special NWA 35th Anniversary Show on September 4th, 1983 where each territory will be able to spotlight talent on the show which will be broadcast LIVE on

Tommy Rich is working with me as part of a deal with Southeastern Championship Wrestling so it's all working out. Regarding the other territories stars they will be portrayed as they are there no side switching

Yeah but GCW did it more than anyone else in that era because of their TV penetration.....hell future world champs had to have a TBS cache before becoming champ.

Maybe not but he was definitely getting a huge push which could've meant that down the road. Thanks for the kind words everyone.

While I know the inner workings of how the NWA was run especially regarding the booking of the champion plus again I have the national TV outlet to spotlight every major star of the NWA.

Yes please because he was 2nd Vice President at the time.

Fred Ward should actually be the candidate but Paul was the promoter in the biggest town

I just don't trust your leadership group. It seems like they would sell you out in a New York minute. Those sellouts were drafted by WWF anyway