GEORGIA WRESTLING NEWS, NOTES, AND NOSTALGIA: 02/05/2008

Courtesy of Rich Tate's GeorgiaWrestlingHistory.com:

NEWS

Florida Championship Wrestling will be in New Port Richey tonight at the Bourbon Street Night Club at 4331 US 19N. Matches start at 8:30 with a $7 admission. Advertised: a six-man, four corner elimination match featuring 7 FOOT TITAN, Jake Hagar, “Carnival Freak” Sinn Bowdee, “South City Thriller” Hade Vansen, FCW Southern Heavyweight champion Ted DiBiase Jr. and “Bad Seed” Shawn Osborne; The “Puerto Rican Nightmare” Eric Perez & Eddie Colon versus Robert Anthony & Johnny Curtis; “Handsome” Heath Miller & Steve Lewington versus Bryan Kelly & Rycklon; “Thee Superstar” Chris Gray versus TJ Wilson; Big Rob versus Mighty Mikey; Nattie Neidhart versus Victoria; Afa versus G-Rilla; “The Natural” Nic Nemeth & “The Campus Legend” Brad Allen versus Brandon Groom & Tommy Taylor; and Handsome Heath’s Happy Hour will feature a big announcement. Remember each Tuesday night you can see FCW live at Bourbon Street Night Club. Coming to the 2008 Florida State Fair, well you better on Friday February 15th to see FCW live at 6 & 8PM in the Entertainment Hall. Be there early because before and after the events you can meet the wrestlers for photos and autographs. WWE Hall of Fame member “American Dream” Dusty Rhodes plus WWE tag team champions John Morrison & The Miz are going to be in attendance, more names will be announced later. FCW will return to the Jewish Community Center on Saturday February 23rd with an 8pm belltime. Be looking for information on our TV tapings to begin on Thursday February 28th in Tampa. (Alan Wojcik)

The Power Pro Wrestling Alliance will be in Temple, GA, on March 1, at the New Temple Gym, located a few miles off I-20 at Exit 19. Bell time is 7:30 PM, with doors opening at 6:30. Ringside tickets are $10, and general admission is $8. Call Ricky at (770) 883-1064 or Brian at (678) 952-4209 for more info. Scheduled to appear: Cru Jones, Frankie Valentine, J-Rod, Shaun Banks, Josh Storm, Jason Lee, Dark Star, Josh Stone, Midnight, the Professor, and the Russian Kodiak. (Rich Tate)

NWA Anarchy results from the NWA Arena in Cornelia, GA, on February 2: "Kool" Seth Delay defeated the debuting Frankie Valentine in around 8 minutes with The Delayed Reaction; "The Stray Cat" Brody Ray Chase defeated Melissa Coates by DQ in around 5 minutes when Don Matthews interfered; "The No Pain Train" Iceberg w/ The Reverend defeated The Regular Guys (Tyler & Bobby) in a handicapped match in around 3 minutes with the Ground Zero Splash; The New Wave & Billy Buck defeated Talent & Money (JT Talent & Drew Pendleton)/The Hollywood Brunettes ("The Wizard Of Aaaaaaahs" Andrew Alexander & "Too Hot For TV" Kyle Matthews in around 12 minutes; "The Feature Presentation" Jeff Lewis vs. "The Real" Slim J to determine who would face Phil Shatter in hour #2 for the Anarchy Heavyweight Championship never got underway as Nemesis proceeded to deliver a brutal assault on Slim J as he was making his way to the ring; "The Technician" Todd Sexton defeated Adrian Hawkins in around 9 minutes by pinfall; "The Untouchable" Jeremy Vain & Mr. Adonis defeated Jesse Emerson & Chip Day in around 4 minutes by pinfall with the VDT while on Day while Adonis locked in the claw on Emerson; "The Big Deal" Sal Rinauro defeated 1/2 TNA's Rock N Rave Infection, "The International Superstar" Jimmy Rave by pinfall with a 180 springboard roundhouse kick to the face in around 12 minutes; Awesome Attraction ("Awesome" Austin Creed & "The Attraction" Hayden Young) defeated NWA Anarchy Tag Team Champions: The Devil's Rejects: ("The Sleeper Cell" Shaun Tempers & "The Son Of Satan" Azrael) w/ The Reverend by DQ when Iceberg interfered; and "The Universal Soldier" Phil Shatter defeated "The Feature Presentation" Jeff Lewis by pinfall after the PTSD in around 14 minutes to retain the NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Championship. Click here for a full report. (Rich Tate, courtesy of Bill Behrens)

NOTES

Click here for this week’s Bill Behrens’ NWA Notes update.

Trash Talking Radio, hosted by Mike Trash, will feature K.J. Hellfire, Ray Alexander, and Tommy Hawk on its show on February 5 at 7:00 PM ET. (Rich Tate)

Wrestling Weekly, hosted by Doc Young and Les Thatcher, will feature Lacey Von Erich on its show tonight at 8:00 PM ET. (Rich Tate)

In Your Head will feature Juventud Guerrera on its show on February 6 at 8:00 PM ET. (Rich Tate)

It has been twenty-six years since Chris Belkas died at the age of 63.

El Santo suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 66 on this day in 1984.

NOSTALGIA

1923: Strangler Lewis, managed by Billy Sandow, defeated Carl Vasseur in two straight falls in the main event at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for the American Legion.

1930: Pete Sauer (Ray Steele) defeated Milo Steinborn in the main event at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Henry Weber. Also, Paul Harper defeated George Tragos.

1935: Dorv Roche defeated the Red Demon (Joe Cox) in the main event at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Henry Weber.

1936: Jack Ross defeated Pat Newman in two straight falls to retain the Southern Lightweight Title at the New Coliseum in Augusta for promoter Bill Metzger.

1937: George Hagen defeated Milo Steinborn in two straight falls in the main event at Loew’s Grand Theatre for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Frank Speer. Also on the bill, Mrs. Billy White Wolfe (Mildred Burke) defeated Clara Mortensen.

1943: Al Massey and Rudy Strongberg wrestled to a draw in the main event at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Sammy Friedman. Boom Boom (Don Lee) defeated Freddie Blassie in the semi-main event.

1960: Freddie Blassie defeated Ray Gunkel in a main event death match at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Paul Jones. Jones was the special referee for the match. It was billed that there was to be an ambulance at the door, prepared to take away the loser of the match between Blassie and Gunkel, and Blassie had vowed that if he did not put Gunkel in the hospital, he would leave Georgia. Chief Little Eagle defeated Tokyo Joe in the semi-main event. Little Eagle participated in an autograph session for fans. In the program we have for this card, the winner of the previous week’s Mystery Wrestler Contest was “Mr. Kay Fabian.” It was announced that Haystacks Calhoun would be on the card on March 5, 1960, and that Pepper Rodriguez and the Bat would be wrestling in Atlanta soon.

1963: Choo-Choo Lynn defeated Lenny Montana by disqualification to retain the Georgia Heavyweight Title at the Macon City Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Fred Ward. The origin of this version of the Georgia Heavyweight Title is unclear to us at this time. However, we do know that this version and the one that would later extend from 1964 through 1981 were not the same.

1965: Buddy Fuller defeated Dick Steinborn in the main event at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Paul Jones. Also, the Mysterious Medics defeated Joe Scarpa & Tony Marino to win the Southern Tag Team Title in the final round of a one-night tournament that included George & Crybaby Harris (George Harris & George Cannon), Bill Dromo & Krusher Karlson, Ray Villmer & Gino Brito, and Mario Galento & Red Roberts. The tournament was necessary because Jones had declared the title vacant on January 30, 1965, following a match between former champions the Medics and Fuller & Galento. The program we have for this card mentioned that Yukon Eric had died on January 16, 1965, and the cause of death was attributed to suicide. It was announced that Jack Bence, Darling Dagmar, and Baby Cheryl would be wrestling in Atlanta soon.

1971: El Mongol defeated Nick Bockwinkel to win the Georgia Heavyweight Title in the final round of a one-night tournament at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Paul Jones. The tournament also included Luke Graham, Assassin #2, Dick Steinborn, Skandor Akbar, Mr. Ito, Michel Dubois (Alexis Smirnoff), Silento Rodriguez, Kubla Khan, Bob Griffin, Jim Wilson, Gene Bobo, and Eduardo DeLynch. The title had been vacant since the NWA reportedly recommended such action following an appeal filed by Homer O’Dell and Buddy Colt after Colt seemingly lost the title to Ray Gunkel on November 27, 1970. Jack Crawford managed Khan. Wilson participated in an autograph session for fans. Charlie Harben and Charlie Smith were credited as being referees for this card. It was announced that Bobo Brazil would be wrestling in Atlanta on February 12, 1971, and that Danny Hodge and Nikita Mulkovitch would be wrestling in Atlanta soon.

1974: We do not have results for this card, but the Missouri Mauler, managed by Rock Hunter, was scheduled to defend the Georgia Heavyweight Title against Ray Candy at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for All-South Wrestling Alliance promoter Ann Gunkel. The advertised main event was to feature Wayne Cowan (Dutch Mantell) versus Ted Oates in a brass knucks match. A handicap match pitting Thunderbolt Patterson & Assassin #1 (Tom Renesto) against Hunter, Assassin #2 (Jody Hamilton) & the Super Gladiator (Ricky Hunter) was the scheduled semi-main event. There was also to be a death match between El Mongol and Geto Mongol, managed by George Cannon. Pat & Mike Kelly were to wrestle the Royal Kangaroos, and Jack Armstrong versus Lanny Poffo was the opener.

1974: Ron & Terry Garvin, managed by Jimmy Garvin, defeated Tim Woods & Roberto Soto to win the Southeastern Tag Team Title for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Fred Ward. Bob Armstrong defeated Southeastern Heavyweight Champion Bobby Duncum, managed by Gary Hart, by disqualification in a title match. Also, Mr. Wrestling #2 defeated Ricky Gibson to retain the Georgia Heavyweight Title. Also, Rufus R. Jones defeated Gorgeous George, Jr., by disqualification in a lumberjack match, and Jerry Lawler, also managed by Hart, defeated Bobby ‘Porkchop’ Cash. Roy Lee Welch defeated Taru Hayashi in the opener.

1979: The Masked Superstar defeated Mr. Wrestling #1 to retain the Georgia Heavyweight Title at the William Bell Auditorium in Augusta for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Charlie Harben. Andre the Giant defeated Ox Baker in the semi-main event. Wahoo McDaniel defeated Stan Hansen, and Tommy Rich defeated Ole Anderson by disqualification.

1983: Butch Reed defeated Ivan Koloff by disqualification in the main event at the Chattanooga (TN) Memorial Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Paul Jones. Dick Murdoch defeated the Super Destroyer in the semi-main event. In other matches, the Moondogs, managed by J.J. Dillon, defeated Ray Candy & Brad Armstrong, and Paul Ellering defeated Johnny Rich. Tom Prichard defeated Pete Martin in the opener.

1984: Ted DiBiase defeated Jack Brisco to retain the National Heavyweight Title at the Omni Auditorium in Atlanta for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Paul Jones. Pez Whatley & Sweet Brown Sugar (Skip Young) defeated the Road Warriors, managed by Paul Ellering, by disqualification in the semi-main event. Jake Roberts, also managed by Ellering, defeated Jerry Brisco to retain the National Television Title. In other matches, Mr. R (Tommy Rich) defeated the Spoiler, also managed by Ellering, by disqualification, and Ron Garvin defeated King Kong Bundy by countout. Also, Brad Armstrong and Les Thornton wrestled to a draw, and Johnny Rich defeated Jesse Barr in the opener.

2001: Kurt Angle & the Rock defeated Steve Austin & Triple H in the main event at Philips Arena in Atlanta for the World Wrestling Federation. Chris Benoit defeated Al Snow in the semi-main event. The WWF World Tag Team Champions, the Dudley Boyz defeated Kane & the Undertaker by disqualification in a title match. Also, Chris Jericho defeated Matt Hardy to retain the Inter-Continental Heavyweight Title.

2005: TNA X-Division Champion A.J. Styles and Jason Cross wrestled to a thirty-minute draw in a main event title match at the GCW Sports Arena in Columbus for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Jerry Oates. David Young defeated Damien Steele in the semi-main event, and Terry Taylor defeated the Masked Superstar.

2005: Frankie Valentine & Colt Derringer defeated Lee Thomas & Rob Adonis to win the UCW Tag Team Title in Grantville for Ultimate Christian Wrestling promoter Rob Fields. Josh Storm defeated Valentine in the semi-main event to win the Georgia Heavyweight Title.