Continental Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion based in
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state ...
, and
Dothan, Alabama
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from 1985 until 1989, owned by
Ron Fuller. The promotion evolved out of the NWA-affiliated Southeastern Championship Wrestling and Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling territories owned by Fuller, who purchased the Knoxville territory from John Cazana in 1974 and the Alabama/Florida territory in 1977. When Fuller sold the promotion to David Woods in 1988, the name was changed to Continental Wrestling Federation.
History
The Gulf Coast years (1954–1974)
Nashville promoter
Roy Welch had purchased the Mobile-Pensacola end of Leroy McGuirk's Tri-State Wrestling. Unlike McGuirk, who only promoted in the Mobile-Pensacola area on special occasions called spot shows, Welch decided to make promoting in Mobile-Pensacola a frequent attraction in the summer. However, due to his obligations in Nashville, his son Buddy Fuller (Edward Welch) was made booker for Mobile-Pensacola, and Fuller eventually expanded the territory into Mississippi-Louisiana as well.
At this point, the territory didn't even have a name, its own belts, or even its own wrestlers (aside from members of The Welch Family of course). They often relied on wrestlers and champions from Buddy's and their Uncle Lester Welch's territory. He ran in places like Tampa, Florida, and Atlanta, Georgia (which would eventually become Championship Wrestling from Florida and Georgia Championship Wrestling), as well getting help from his father in Nashville, Tennessee, and some occasional help from his Uncles Herb and Jack. These early attempts would start to unravel when Buddy Fuller failed to make payments to the territory from his father Roy Welch. Buddy's cousin Lee Fields (Albert Lee Hatfield) would save the territory and gave it the name "Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling".
Lee Fields would eventually buy the territory from Roy Welch and Buddy Fuller, and run shows in the area for almost two decades with Rocky McGuire booking Dothan-Panama City and Bob Kelly booking Mobile-Pensacola and Mississippi after a falling out with promoters in Louisiana with Mobile-Pensacola only running in the summer months. Kelly turned the promotion around from holding monthly and seasonal shows in a few towns which only drew a few hundred people to holding weekly shows in a different town night after night with local television exposure in each market, which led to each arena drawing thousands. Bob Kelly left the wrestling business in 1976 to enter real estate and spend more time with family, and Lee Fields found it more difficult to operate both his wrestling promotion and
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History
During the golden age of stock car rac ...
at the same time.. So he sold it to his cousin Ron Fuller around 1977-1978.
The Southeastern years (1974–1985)
In 1974, Ron Fuller purchased Southeastern Championship Wrestling based in Knoxville, Tennessee from John Cazana, where he focused mainly on the east Tennessee area. In 1977, Ron Fuller took over the territory his grandfather and father had founded when GCCW folded and Fuller expanded the SECW to run in the Southern Alabama, Northern Florida area in addition the Eastern Tennessee territory he already established. This was initially labelled ”the Southern Division” of the SECW treating them as two separate entities despite the original plan to run a talent exchange between the two involving talent spending sixteen months in one end of the territory and then spend eight months in another to regain momentum after losing steam in the previous one.
In June 1979, several members of the talent roster and behind the scenes personnel left SECW out frustration involving backstage politics with Ron's brother
Robert Fuller Bob, Bobby, Robbie, Rob or Robert Fuller may refer to:
Academics
*Robert W. Fuller (born 1936), American president of Oberlin College
*Robert C. Fuller (born 1952), American professor of religious studies
Performers
*Robert Fuller (actor) (born 1 ...
who was considered lazy in terms of booking the territory, and spent many nights partying and felt his spot in Southeastern was owed to him since he was a member of The Welch/Fuller family. Led by
Bob Roop,
Ronnie Garvin
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,
Bob Orton Jr. and
Boris Malenko,
All-Star Championship Wrestling fought a six-month promotional war over the Knoxville territory. Many of these defectors later joined the Kentucky based outlaw promotion
International Championship Wrestling owned and operated by
Angelo Poffo
Angelo John Poffo (April 10, 1925 – March 4, 2010) was an American professional wrestler and wrestling promoter. He ran International Championship Wrestling for a number of years, holding cards in Tennessee, Kentucky and Arkansas. He was t ...
.
After this, the Knoxville end of Southeastern experienced financial losses, and sold to promotions such as
Jim Crockett Promotions and
Georgia Championship Wrestling
Georgia Championship Wrestling was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Atlanta, Georgia. The promotion was affiliated with what had been the world's top sanctioning body of championship titles for decades before, the National ...
for the next five years. Fuller then made Birmingham his main end of the territory with the Dothan end continuing to flourish, giving early exposure to future stars such as
The Fabulous Freebirds, rising stars in the territory along the lines of
Austin Idol, and appearances by
Ric Flair
Richard Morgan Fliehr (born February 25, 1949), known professionally as Ric Flair, is an American professional wrestler. Regarded by multiple peers and journalists as the greatest professional wrestler of all time, Flair has had a career spanni ...
who would defend the
NWA World Heavyweight Title
The NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship is a world heavyweight professional wrestling championship owned and promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), an American professional wrestling promotion. The current champion is Tyrus, who is in ...
in the area each year.
The Continental years (1985–1989)
Continental Championship Wrestling (1985–1988)
Five years later, Fuller decided that it was time to reach beyond the Southern Alabama/Northern Florida area and re-purchased the Knoxville end of the territory, with this expansion came a name change to Continental Championship Wrestling. After a failed negotiation with
CBS, he settled on moving the television show out of the small television studio and into the big arenas where they did house shows in order to give the promotion a national look and feel. While the name ''Southeastern'' restricted the promotion to a more regional feel, the name ''Continental'' gave fans the impression they toured all over the country, except Alaska and Hawaii.
Continental Wrestling Federation (1988–1989)
In 1988,
WCOV-TV owner David Woods bought the controlling interest in the promotion from Ron Fuller, and he renamed it Continental Wrestling Federation in a further attempt to compete with Vince McMahon and appear to resemble a nationwide promotion, even to the point of getting a national TV deal with
Financial News Network
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. Episodes also aired every Monday at 1:30 a.m.
ET on the
Sunshine Network, a regional sports
cable channel that served the
Southeastern United States
The Southeastern United States, also referred to as the American Southeast or simply the Southeast, is a geographical region of the United States. It is located broadly on the eastern portion of the southern United States and the southern po ...
.
Their last TV episode aired on November 25, 1989. The promotion closed after their final show on December 6, 1989.
Legacy
Despite many huge angles over the years, this territory often has the status as "the lost promotion". Such obscurity was due to the lack of media coverage during the Gulf Coast and Southeastern years since both Lee Fields and Ron Fuller believed that their promotions should not be covered by wrestling magazines and often did not allow reporters in the locker room to interview the wrestlers. This was to prevent the exposure to
kayfabe
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and preserve the illusion of wrestling as a sport in the area. However, Fuller relented with the changeover to Continental in order to get national exposure for the promotion from the magazines. Such exposure was at an all-time high during the Eddie Gilbert period.
Due to the expensive nature of archiving at television stations before the
home video
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boom of the 1980s, much of the footage from the Gulf Coast era and the Knoxville portion of Southeastern no longer exists, despite a few bits of rare footage turning up here and there. However, almost all of the Dothan portion of Southeastern along with the majority of Continental footage still exists. They are still owned by David Woods and Woods Communications.
Alumni
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Johnathan Holliday
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The Alaskan Hunters
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Andre the Giant
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Randy Rose
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Pat Rose
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Les Thatcher
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Lee Fields
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Dynamite Dick Dunn
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*
Ronnie Garvin
Roger Barnes (born March 30, 1945) is a Canadian former professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin. He is best known for his appearances with Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federa ...
*
Dick Slater
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Butch Malone
Butch may refer to:
People
* Butch (nickname), a list of people
* Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch, an Old West outlaw gang
*Barbara Butch, French lesbian DJ and activist
* Butch Miller (wrestler) (born 1944), ring name of New Zealand professional wr ...
*
Bob Armstrong
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Jos LeDuc
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Ron Fuller
*
Robert Fuller Bob, Bobby, Robbie, Rob or Robert Fuller may refer to:
Academics
*Robert W. Fuller (born 1936), American president of Oberlin College
*Robert C. Fuller (born 1952), American professor of religious studies
Performers
*Robert Fuller (actor) (born 1 ...
*
Whitey Caldwell
Whitey Caldwell (July 2, 1935 – October 2, 1972) was an American professional wrestler who mainly worked in the Gulf Coast and Tennessee territories.
Professional wrestling career
Whitey Caldwell made his professional wrestling debut in the 1 ...
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Jerry "Mr. Olympia" Stubbs
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Kevin Sullivan
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Paul Orndorff
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Tony Charles
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Mongolian Stomper
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Ron Miller
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Ron Wright
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Boris Malenko
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Bob Orton, Jr
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Toru Tanaka
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Mr. Fuji
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Jim Dalton
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Bob Roop
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Brickhouse Brown
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Norvell Austin
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Sterling Golden
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Tom Prichard
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The Bullet
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Wildcat Wendell Cooley
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Brad Armstrong
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Scott Armstrong
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Steve Armstrong
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Tracy Smothers
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Tommy Rich
*Johnny Rich
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Tim Horner
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Larry Hamilton
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Bill Kazmaier
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Frankie Lancaster
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Jimmy Golden
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Dutch Mantell
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Nature Boy Buddy Landel
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Jody "The Flame" Hamilton
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Jerry Stubbs
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Adrian Street
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The Midnight Rockers
The Rockers were an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty who teamed from 1985 to 1992. The team worked for NWA Central States Wrestling, the American Wrestling Association, Continental Wrestlin ...
(Michaels/Jannetty)
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The New Guinea Headhunters
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Don Wright Donald Wright (1907–1985) was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California, 1970–1977.
Donald or Don Wright may also refer to:
* Donald O. Wright (1892–1985), Minnesota Lieutenant Governor, 1953–1955
* Donald Wright (schoolmaster) (19 ...
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Davey Rich
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Miss Brenda Britton
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*
Miss Linda
Adrian Street (born 5 December 1940) is a retired Welsh professional wrestler and author known for his flamboyant, androgynous wrestling persona, brought to prominence in the 1970s and 1980s. Street was often accompanied to the ring by his long- ...
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Dirty White Girl
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Moondog Spot
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The Storm Trooper
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Doug Furnas
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Dennis Condrey
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Phil Hickerson
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David Schultz
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Austin Idol
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"Nightmare" Danny Davis
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Willie B. Hert
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Shane Douglas
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Rikki Nelson
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Mark Young
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Eddie Gilbert
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Tony "Dirty White Boy" Anthony
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Brian Lee
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"Nightmare" Ken Wayne
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Lord Humongous
*Alan Martin
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Moondog Rex
Randy Colley (May 2, 1950 – December 14, 2019) was an American professional wrestler better known as Moondog Rex. He was best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation as a part of The Moondogs, and as the original Smash of De ...
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The D.I. (Bob Carter)
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The Wild Samoans (Sika & Kokina)
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Todd Morton
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Career College & Amateur
Morton began playing college soccer at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2015, but transferred to the Univ ...
*
Downtown Bruno
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Wippleman began his career working in professional wrestling ...
, manager
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Paul E. Dangerously
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, manager
*
Missy Hyatt
Melissa Ann Hiatt (born October 16, 1963), better known by her ring name, Missy Hyatt, is an American retired professional wrestling valet, commentator, and occasional professional wrestler. She is best known for her appearances with World Champ ...
, announcer
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Ricky Morton
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Gordon Solie, announcer
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Charlie Platt, announcer
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Robert Gibson
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Ed Faulk, referee
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Rick Gibson
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Gorgeous George, Jr.
Gorgeous may refer to:
Animals
*Gorgeous barb, a species of cyprinid fish native to Africa
*Gorgeous bushshrike, a bird in the family Malaconotidae
* Gorgeous prawn goby, a species of goby native to tropical reefs of the Indian Ocean to the west ...
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Sir Dudley Clements
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Cowboy Bob Kelly
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Ken Lucas
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Lester Welch
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Bobby Fields
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Buddy Fuller
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Herb Welch
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Mike Boyette
Michael Bowyer (April 24, 1943 – December 6, 2012), also known by the ring name Mike "The California Hippie" Boyette, was an American professional wrestler, who made his debut in 1966.
Early life
Boyette was born in Tucson, Arizona. Prior t ...
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Billy Spears
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The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league ...
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Carl Fergie Carl may refer to:
*Carl, Georgia, city in USA
*Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
* Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name
*Carl², a TV series
* "Carl", an episode of te ...
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Cowboy Bob Kelly
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Mario Galentto
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The Wrestling Pro
Edward Leon Baxter (June 4, 1938 – August 15, 2019) was an American professional wrestler who competed throughout the National Wrestling Alliance in the 1960s and 70s. He was best known for wrestling under a mask as (The) Wrestling Pro and also ...
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Don Fargo
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Eduardo Perez
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Duke Miller
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The Mysterious Medic
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*Curtis Smith
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"Rotten" Ron Starr
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Don Duffy
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The Interns (Bill Bowman and Joe Turner)
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Ron Carson
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Eddie Sullivan
Eddie or Eddy may refer to:
Science and technology
*Eddy (fluid dynamics), the swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid flows past an obstacle
* Eddie (text editor), a text editor originally for BeOS and now ported to Lin ...
and
Rip Tyler
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...
*
The Dirty Daltons
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*
Rick Conners
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Maw Bass __NOTOC__
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Biology
* A human's or animal's stomach or gullet, a bird's crop (anatomy), crop
* A fish's gas bladder (swim bladder)
* Abomasum, the fourth stomach of a ruminant
Games
* Maw (game), a card game
*''The Maw'', a 2009 v ...
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Spider Galento
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Ken Ramey
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Entertainment
* Ken (album), ''Ken'' (album), a 2017 album by Canadian indie rock band Destroyer.
* Ken (film), ''Ken'' (film), 1964 Japanese film.
* Ken (magazine), ''Ken'' (magazine), a large-format political magazine ...
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Dr. Jerry Graham
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Ric Flair
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*
Jerry Lawler
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Michael Hayes
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Arn Anderson
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Superstar Bill Dundee
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Roy Lee Welch
Roy Edward Welch (December 19, 1901 – September 27, 1977) was an American professional wrestler and promoter. He is best known as the promoter of the NWA Mid-America territory (also known simply as the Nashville office) alongside Nick Gulas.
...
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Tommy Lane
Tommy Lee Jones was born on January 4, 1949, and is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Tommy Lane. Lane is best known for his appearances in Southern United States professional wrestling promotions as To ...
*
Mike Davis
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Jamie Dundee
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Mr. Wrestling II
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Nelson Royal
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Mr. Knoxville
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Hector Guerrero
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Rip Rogers
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Terrance Garvin
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Chris Colt
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Shogun Warrior
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The Tennessee Stud
*
Terry Gordy
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Jacques Rougeau
*
Curtis Hughes
*
Tommy Weathers
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Mac Mcurray
Mac or MAC most commonly refers to:
* Mac (computer), a family of personal computers made by Apple Inc.
* Mackintosh, a raincoat made of rubberized cloth
* A variant of the word macaroni, mostly used in the name of the dish mac and cheese
* Mac, ...
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Phil Rainey
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* Phil (given name), a shortened version of masculine and feminine names
* Phill, a given name also spelled "Phil"
* Phil, Kentucky, United States
* ''Phil'' (film), a 2019 film
* -phil-, a lexical fragment, used as a root term ...
, announcer
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Kerry Von Erich
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The Great Kabuki
*
Porkchop Cash
*
Bill Ash
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The Honky Tonk Man
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Mike Stallings
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Animals
* Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum
* Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off
* Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and documenta ...
*
Cowboy Ron Bass
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Jonathan Boyd
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Luke Williams
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Stan Lane
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The Von Brauners
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the Tennessee superstars
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Sheik Abdullah
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*
Ray Candy
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Masa Saito
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The gladiator
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Jim Dalton
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Mick "Cactus Jack" Foley
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The Superstar
Championships
GCCW (1954–1974)
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NWA World Heavyweight Championship
The NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship is a world heavyweight professional wrestling championship owned and promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), an American professional wrestling promotion. The current champion is Tyrus, who is ...
*
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
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NWA World Tag Team Championship
The NWA World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship created by the National Wrestling Alliance. From 1948 to 1982, the NWA allowed member promotions to create their own territorial version of the "NWA Worl ...
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NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Gulf Coast version) (1965–1974)
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NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship
The NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship or ''Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship'' was one of two identically named regional championship titles, a Southern and Northern division promoted by Southeast Championship Wrestling. The Southern di ...
*
NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship
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NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Gulf Coast Version) (1955–1967)
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NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship
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NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Championship (1967–1977)
*NWA Gulf Coast 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1975)
*NWA Gulf Coast Brass Knuckles Championship (1971)
*NWA Gulf Coast Martial Arts Championship (1975)
*
NWA Southeast Alabama Heavyweight Championship (1962–1974)
*NWA Alabama Tag Team Championship (1970, 1977)
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NWA Louisiana Heavyweight Championship
The Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Championship was a secondary professional wrestling championship that was used and defended from 1964 though 1983. Initially, the championship originated in the NWA affiliated Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling. ...
(1964–1968)
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NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Championship (1958–1976)
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NWA Mississippi Tag Team Championship (1968–1973)
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NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship (1967–1977)
*NWA City of Dothan Heavyweight Championship (1973–1977)
*NWA City of Laurel Tag Team Championship (1969–1971)
*NWA City of Mobile Heavyweight Championship (1969–1975)
*NWA City of Pensacola Heavyweight Championship (1970–1975)
*NWA Panama City Heavyweight Championship (1970–1975)
SECW and CCW (1974–1988)
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NWA World Heavyweight Championship
The NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship is a world heavyweight professional wrestling championship owned and promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), an American professional wrestling promotion. The current champion is Tyrus, who is ...
(- 1987)
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AWA World Heavyweight Championship
The AWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and the highest ranked championship in the defunct American Wrestling Association (AWA). All AWA trademarks, including the AWA World Heavyweight ...
(1987–1988)
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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (- 1987)
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NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship
The NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship or ''Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship'' was one of two identically named regional championship titles, a Southern and Northern division promoted by Southeast Championship Wrestling. The Southern di ...
*
NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship
The NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship or ''Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship'' was one of two identically named regional championship titles, a Southern and Northern division promoted by Southeast Championship Wrestling. The Southern di ...
(Southern Division: 1978–1980)
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NWA Continental Heavyweight Championship (1984–1987)
*NWA Continental Tag Team Championship (1986–1988)
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NWA Southeastern Television Championship
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NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship
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NWA Continental Tag Team Championship
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NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Southern Division) (1978–1980)
*NWA Southeastern Brass Knuckles Championship (1983)
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NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (1976–1989)
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NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship (1974–1988)
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NWA Southeastern Tennessee Heavyweight Championship (1987–1988)
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NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship (1967–1977)
*NWA Southeastern 6-Man Tag Team Championship
CWF (1988–1989)
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AWA World Heavyweight Championship
The AWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and the highest ranked championship in the defunct American Wrestling Association (AWA). All AWA trademarks, including the AWA World Heavyweight ...
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CWF Heavyweight Championship
The NWA Continental Heavyweight Championship was a major title in the National Wrestling Alliance's Alabama territory called Southeastern Championship Wrestling. It existed from 1984 until 1988 when SECW became the Continental Wrestling Federatio ...
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CWF Tag Team Championship
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United States Junior Heavyweight Championship
See also
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List of National Wrestling Alliance territories
Formed in 1948, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) was the largest governing body in professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring ...
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List of independent wrestling promotions in the United States
References
External links
GCCWhistory.com*
ttp://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/gccw/gccw.htm Kayfabe Memories - Regional territories: GCWbr>
Kayfabe Memories - Regional territories: SECWNWA SECW & CCW Title HistoriesCWF Title HistoriesThe Gulf Coast Years info esp. pertaining to The Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title.Interview with Cowboy Bob Kelly which provides more info on The Gulf Coast Years
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