GEORGIA WRESTLING NEWS, NOTES, AND NOSTALGIA: 11/04/2007

Courtesy of Georgia Wrestling History's Rich Tate:

NEWS

Southern Extreme Championship Wrestling runs in Villa Rica, GA, tonight at the SECW Arena, beginning at 6:00 PM. Call (770) 355-5742 for more info.

Total Championship Wrestling results from Douglasville, GA, on November 3: Brian Alexander over Seth Cruise; Jess Wade over Murder One; Ken Timbs, Jr., over Cody Gun; Pretty Boy Floyd over Damon Tazz by disqualification; Billy Knight & Josh Stone over the Hangman & the Blacksmith; and Kid Ego, Jr., over Josh Storm. No attendance was reported for this card.

Great Championship Wrestling results from Phenix City, AL, on November 3: Frankie Valentine & Tex Monroe over the Hooligans (Mason & Devin Cutter); David Young over Deathrow; A.J. Steele over Orion Bishop (w/ Wicked Nemesis) by disqualification to retain the GCW Interstate Heavyweight Title; Sonny Siaki over Michael Cook; in a GCW Tag Team Title Tournament Semi-Final match, Hot Like Lava (Shaun Banks & Cru Jones) (w/ Quentin Michaels) over the RJ Connection (Randall Johnson & Reuben James); Bull Buchanan over Johnny Swinger and Scotty Beach in a three-way match to retain the GCW Heavyweight Title. It was reported that 125 were in attendance for this card. Brian Slack wrote a report for this show which can be found at http://www.georgiawrestlinghistory.com/showreports/2007/026.html.

GCW has announced the following matches for their November 10 event in Phenix City: Scotty Beach & Bull Buchanan versus Hot Like Lava (Shaun Banks & Cru Jones) in the main event; In a GCW Tag Team Title Tournament Semi-Final match, Bad Company (David Young & Chris Stevens) versus Deathrow and Thug Rowe; and Sonny Siaki versus the Hooligans in a handicap match.

GCW has also provided more details regarding their involvement in the God Bless Fort Benning event in Columbus November 16-17. They will hold matches in the middle of 10th Street downtown, beginning at 7:30 PM on the 16th, and again at 10:30 AM on the 17th. The finals of the still ongoing GCW Tag Team Title Tournament will be held at their regular weekly event in Phenix City, AL, on November 17. They also have advertised that Johnny Swinger, Scotty Beach, A.J. Steele, and Hot Like Lava (Shaun Banks & Cru Jones) will appear at their event in Macon on November 30.

All-Star Championship Wrestling returns to Carrollton, GA, on November 8, at the VFW Fairgrounds, starting at 7:00 PM. Advertised: Ricky Morton versus Jimmy Golden; Tommy Rich versus Bobby Eaton; and Jake Roberts versus the Masked Superstar. Also scheduled to appear are Doug Somers, Ken Timbs, Jr., and Greg Valentine.

NOTES

I would personally like to thank everyone who has sent messages and comments regarding our fifth anniversary on Friday. It has been inspiring to read that people enjoy what we are doing. We will continue to do our best in providing as much information as possible as it pertains to professional wrestling in the state of Georgia – past, present, and future.

I received a message from Cru Jones, who attended the services for Jason Cross’ son on November 1. He said there were a few wrestlers in attendance, and that Jason seemed to be doing as well as could be expected. If you haven’t already done so, and would like to pass along comments to Jason and his family to help offer some support, you can access the guestbook at http://www.legacy.com/macon/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=97092512. If you would prefer to send Jason and his family a private message, and are not sure how to contact him, feel free to email me at rich@georgiawrestlinghistory.com, and I will pass them along to him.

NOSTALGIA

1930: Bill Bartush defeated Paul Jones in the main event at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Henry Weber.

1936: Buddy Knox defeated Ed Wayland two falls to one in the main event at the New Coliseum in Augusta for promoter Bill Metzger.

1938: Rip Roberts defeated Glenn Cowan in the main event at the Warren Arena in Atlanta for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter L.C. Warren.

1955: Bill ‘Red’ McIntyre defeated Eduardo Perez by disqualification to retain the Southern Heavyweight Title at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Paul Jones. McIntyre had been the reigning Southern Heavyweight Champion since he defeated Freddie Blassie on October 28, 1955, in Atlanta. Perez had won a tournament that took place that night to earn the title match. The tournament also included Blassie, Tom Drake, Nick Carter, El Toro, Tex Riley, Whitey Whittler, and Andre Drapp.

1960: Freddie Blassie defeated Tiny Evans by disqualification to retain the Southern Heavyweight Title at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Paul Jones. Blassie had been the reigning Southern Heavyweight Champion since he defeated Don McIntyre on October 21, 1960, in Atlanta.

1961: On “Live Atlanta Wrestling”, hosted by Ed Capral, for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Paul Jones, Don McIntyre was showing a demonstration of the abdominal stretch. The Assassin came out and claimed McIntyre could not apply the hold to him. McIntyre considered the challenge and invited him into the ring, where he not only applied it to the Assassin, but did it twice. This enraged the Assassin and he demanded a match with McIntyre, which was immediately accepted and booked for November 10, 1961.

1963: Chief Big Heart defeated the Mighty Hercules by disqualification in the main event at the William Bell Auditorium in Augusta for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Steve Manderson.

1966: Enrique & Ramon Torres defeated the Red Raiders by disqualification to retain the Southern Tag Team Title at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Paul Jones. The Raiders were disqualified in their match with the Torres’ when Chico Cortez interfered. The Raiders were also caught trying to use chloroform to subdue one of the Torres brothers. The Torres’ had been the reigning champions since they defeated Louie Tillet & Butcher Vachon on October 21, 1966, in Atlanta.

1967: Lou Thesz joined Ed Capral on “Live Atlanta Wrestling” to announce that the masked man in the picture from the November 3, 1967, program was known as the Destroyer, and should not serve as proof that Butcher Vachon was not Oki Yama.

1969: Roberto & Cyclone Soto defeated Vincent Lopez & Aldo Bogni to retain the Macon Tag Team Title at the Macon City Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Fred Ward. The Sotos had been the reigning champions since they defeated the Super Assailants and the Assassins September 16, 1969, in Macon.

1973: Bob Armstrong & Jim Wilson defeated Bobby Duncum & Stan Vachon in the main event at the J&J Center in Athens for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Paul Jones.

1975: Mr. Wrestling #2 defeated the Spoiler, managed by Gary Hart, to retain the Georgia Heavyweight Title at the Macon Coliseum for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Fred Ward. Wrestling #2 had been the reigning champion since he defeated Nikolai Volkoff, also managed by Hart, on October 3, 1975, in Atlanta. In the main event, Dick Slater defeated Brute Bernard, also managed by Hart.

1977: Dusty Rhodes & Dick Slater defeated World Tag Team Champions Ole & Gene Anderson by disqualification Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Paul Jones. Because of the disqualification, called by special referee Pat O’Connor, the Andersons retained the title. They had been the reigning champions since they defeated Dick Slater & Dusty Rhodes on October 14, 1977, in Atlanta.