MikeCampbell Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 Something that came across my mind during the 'Death of the territory' thread. Discounting those who owned the promotion, what wrestlers were synonymous with various territories? I don't think anyone worked for one territory and nobody else, even Lawler made the rounds, but I'm just wondering what wrestlers were more or less married to one place, to the point of when thinking of that promotion their name always springs to mind. The ones I've thought off offhand. Memphis: Bill Dundee, Phil Hickerson, and Eddie Gilbert. Mid South: Dr. Death Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrickHithouse Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 Von Erichs - World Class Bruno Sammartino - WWWF Must....resist.....urge...to mention...oh what the hell: Bulldog Bob Brown = Central States, at least in KS (Harley in KC). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 A few of gimmies: Buddy Rose - Portland Bock - AWA The Andersons - Georgia Ted DiBiase - Mid South Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisZ Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 Steamer in JCP....he worked one MSG show, one Omni show, and a couple of CWF shows but besides AJPW tours he worked for JCP from 1977-85 exclusively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smack2k Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 Fullers / Jimmy Golden / Armstrongs - Southeast / Continental Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Steamer in JCP....he worked one MSG show, one Omni show, and a couple of CWF shows but besides AJPW tours he worked for JCP from 1977-85 exclusively. He also worked a WCCW show once I thought. It doesn't change your point or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisZ Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 And that was on loan from WWF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 One thing I'd like to know more about is the relationships between the NWA affiliates during the 1970s. Were some offices closer with each other than others? For example, take Ole and Gene Anderson, they seemed to oscillate between JCP and GCW almost exclusively. There are a lot of guys who went back and forth between Georgia and Florida too. I guess this might be partly a practicality of the geography, but were those three offices closer with each other, for example, than any of them were with say the Texas office? Just wondering really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Boricua Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 WWC had all of the locals: Colon, the Invaders, Chicky. You could even say Abdullah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisZ Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 GCW & CWF were very close probably the closest knit of all the territories together. JCP & GCW was pretty tight as well and GCW was tight with Mid-South as Watts was booking both at the same time for a while there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 And that was on loan from WWF Thanks. I wasn't sure about my timeline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khawk20 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Bock - AWA Verne and Greg too, for that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smack2k Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Bock - AWA Verne and Greg too, for that matter. Would you throw Billy Robinson in that AWA group as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khawk20 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Bock - AWA Verne and Greg too, for that matter. Would you throw Billy Robinson in that AWA group as well? I probably would, but a think a lot of people would think "Japan" as much as the AWA, since so much of what we have seen in terms of big matches of his come from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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