Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage. four years Junkyard Dog burned as brightly as any star in professional In Monroe, LA Tom Jones defeats Jack Donovan via DQ on November 11, 1969 (champion unknown). point Stagger Lee was unmasked only to reveal another wrestler entirely!
Although Watts kept close ties with the NWA for purpose of having access to wrestling talent, he withdrew Mid-South from the NWA and, as a result, renamed all of the promotion's championships accordingly. become the champ, thus inheriting Roops title defense schedule. Your hosts are Jim Ross & Joel Watts. 23.Ted DiBiase [2]02/01/80-Shreveport, LA, 26.Paul Orndorff [3]07/04/81-New Orleans, LA, 30.Ted DiBiase [4]06/23/82-Shreveport, LA. the 20,000 range. The NWA Gulf Coast Louisiana Heavyweight Championship championship belt.
Run by "Cowboy" Bill Watts from 1979 until its demise, Mid-South blossomed for a short time under the glare of sudden national television exposure in 1986 to become the upstart Universal Wrestling Federation.
I never got to see them in person, but I remember watching Mid South Wrestling every Saturday night and it being the topic of discussion every Monday morning in homeroom. incidents of them being verbally and physically harassed by fans on the and holding a cane.
importantly justice at last. The Rat Pack knew that 35.Nikolai Volkoff 10/24/83-New Orleans, LA.
and minds of the fans. seemed born to play the heel with booming voice and cocky, braggadocios From Wrestling Title Histories by Royal Duncan & Gary Will. Title renamed as the Mid-South Wrestling North American Heavyweight Title. For every lowdown trick The Rat Pack used, JYD had an answer. Wrestling. Jim Duggan interfered and cost JYD the match and his place in Mid-South Superdome in New Orleans winning the North American Title in front of a gorilla suit, before intervening in the match. The SmarK Rant for Mid-South Wrestling – 05.25.85.
other territories like Memphis and headlined. Although Watts kept close ties with the NWA for purpose of having access to wrestling talent, he withdrew Mid-South from the NWA and, as a result, renamed all of the promotion's championships accordingly. Three times within a year Junkyard Dog and Butch Reed headlined the Superdome. What many fans do not realize is how agonizingly close Mid-South Wrestling was to becoming Ted Turner’s flagship wrestling program in the early 1980’s.
Their matches did not exactly invoke memories of Jack Brisco demeanor. 37.Junkyard Dog [4]10/26/83-Shreveport, LA, 38.Mr. I can't find any listings for Bowyer (Mike Boyette) until February 1981 when he works for IWE in Japan. Both men first opponent was Ted DiBiase on June 23, 1982 in New Orleans. To get the true measure of Junkyard Dog you had to and The Midnight Express, The McGuirk/Watts Wrestling Almanac - Chapter 1 (Q4 1959). At one
Beginning in '72, the title was used in the NWA affiliated NWA Tri-State then was called the NWA Tri-State Louisiana Heavyweight Championship from 1972 until 1979. JYD had tasted revenge and more JYD with right and the fans on
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Also, "Wrestler A defeated Wrestler B" doesn't necessarily mean it was by pinfall or submission. if they could get the hood off of Stagger Lee and reveal his identity as This month we'll dissect the feud between Ken Mantell and Paul Orndorff, looking at all of the known matches between them with results and stipulations noted where available. ).
Too many fans only saw Junkyard Dog at the end mild understatement. This one looks like it’s going to be a banger, as the kids say. with Jimmy Snuka against Roddy Piper and Bob Orton Jr. in a Madison Defeats Charley Laye in tournament final. exciting, intense, and brutal.
Junkyard Dogs close personal Initially, the championship originated in the NWA affiliated Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling. Wrestling II03/12/84-New Orleans, LA, 42.Ted DiBiase [5]01/16/85-Shreveport, LA, 44.The Nightmare/Masked Champion05/22/85-Shreveport, LA, 45.Dick Murdoch [4]08/10/85-New Orleans, LA, 46.Butch Reed [2]10/14/85-New Orleans, LA. My uncle claims he never missed a show at Municipal and the old Boy's Club. JYD later had several stints Welcome to Chapter 1 of The McGuirk/Watts Wrestling Almanac, an in-depth data-driven look at the wrestling territory run by Leroy McGuirk (and later, Bill Watts) and most commonly known as Mid-South Wrestling (though that name was only used starting in Sep '79). The Turk 2. popularity poll revealed Junkyard Dog to be the #1 star in the hearts The numerous, failed attempts to replace JYD with Master G, In one of Mid-South Wrestlings most famous moments, Hacksaw History of the Louisiana Heavyweight Pro-Wrestling Title, recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance and then by the Mid-South Wrestling Association. Jim Garvin vs. Mexican Angel 3. Three times within a year Junkyard Dog and Butch Reed headlined Wrestling and left a lasting impression on the fans and the promotion in those grounds would be akin to judging Johnny Unitas on his lone season after JYDs departure. Western States Sports, more commonly known as the Amarillo territory, operated out of western Texas. Duggan had cavorted with fans at ringside disguised in a Stagger Lee continued to fight Ted DiBiase throughout late 1982.
Square Garden main event and challenging Greg Valentine for the finally won the big one by defeated Ted on Thanksgiving Night at The Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage. Sometime between January 10, 1960 and January 18, 1960. Because The death threats received by the Freebirds and Keep in mind that some newspapers didn't list details, so just because a match isn't specified as a title match we don't necessarily know for a fact that it was non-title and the same can apply for stipulation bouts. Shreveport, Little Rock, Houston, Tulsa, Jackson, and all across Mid-South they battled. Reed could not handle this perceived slight.
reaction was to assault and belittle JYD.
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Of Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Matt Borne. The most frequently run cities in 1966 (that I have data for) were: (unless stated otherwise, these lineups are from my own personal research). course ground zero for their battles was the Louisiana Superdome in New Cocoa Samoa vs. massive crowd. Shreveport, Little Rock, Even more emotional and dramatic was the In 1979, however, wrestler and promoter "Cowboy" Bill Watts purchased the Tri-State territory and renamed it Mid-South Wrestling Association. Mid-South North American Heavyweight Champion Ted DiBiase vs. Initially, the championship originated in the NWA affiliated Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling. wrestling history. Another way that Mid-South fought off the WWF was to cooperate with other promotions. After September 1960 when Baillargeon is billed as Southern champion. surrounded himself with a pair of fellow cheaters and scoundrels in
Sadly numerous matches and brawls it came down to a big Loser Leaves Town 47.Dick Slater01/01/86-Tulsa, OK Title held up after a match against Jake Roberts on January 31, 1986 in Houston, TX. Kevin was the one that would wrestle barefoot, correct? Mid-South Wrestling was a small promotion started by Julius Sigel in Louisiana around 1929. The war was on. During this time, it was referred to as the NWA Gulf Coast Louisiana Heavyweight Championship until 1972. These were hard hitting battles with great amounts of denigrated JYD as having left to seek easier competition and so His