Championship Wrestling from Georgia ch. 44

Air date: 3-30-85

Jim Crockett takes over Ole Andersons Championship Wrestling from
Georgia promotion and the changes are apparent.

Interview: Ole Anderson

Magnum T.A. vs George South

Upcoming CWG cards

Ronnie Garvin vs Joel Deaton

I: Jimmy Valiant

Upcoming CWG cards

I: Tommy Rich

Some notes: This is the second to the last Championship Wrestling from
Georgia show. Gordon Solie had been replaced with (a rather bland, at
least at the time imo) Tony Schiavone.

There are some interesting comments made during the Garvin-Deaton
match.
Apparently Garvin had lost the National title to Ron Starr but had the
belt returned to him because Starr used the trunks to score the pin. My
question is, did Ole want the belt on Starr but Crockett pulled it once
they took over the promotions? Ron Starr along with several other CWG
stars were released once Crockett took over.

Oh, and what was up with the left side of Joel Deatons chest?

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• championship
• wrestling
• from
• georgia
• schiavone
• ole
• anderson
• ron
• garvin
• magnum
• t.a.
• joel
• deaton
• george
• south
• rich

[zaius316]

Did WWF still occupy the 6 PM slot? By this time WWF would have been taping matches at Techwood.  Did they share the studio w/CWG?

[tim58hsv]

Yes, but this would be their (wwf) last week on TBS. Crockett took the time slot over the following week (4-6-85)

[mightyblack1]

The NWA need to hook back up with The Crocketts.

[Y2p731]

Schivone got worst through the years, especially in WCW where he called every main event match, "The Biggest Match In Wrestling History"

[GoldV316]

magnum was a jobber in tampa dusty liked him & when dusty fucked eddie graham & took all his talent & whet to the crocketts & became the booker he gave magnum a big push because of his look he couldn't work that's why his match's lasted only a minute on tv all the time because he couldn't work was in good shape & had a good look & that's it if it wasn't for dusty he would still be a jobber in florida magnum pi was the number 1 show on tv at this time & dusty was smart & gave him the big push

[Glovelacer]

He had a car wreck resulting in pec injury. Joel (smith) was trained by Ole & Gene and wrestled as one if the Thunderfoots for awhile.

[japanpro1]

was ringside in charlotte in 1985, when magnum wrestled flair for the belt. a full hour of non-stop exciting, breath taking action on the part of both wrestlers. total suspense. ended in draw at time limit, but i've never forgotten how both wrestlers put down everything for the fans.

[tommy15958]

@ashleybound According to Ric Flair, in his autobiography, Magnum was definitely going to become the Champion. He was scheduled to win the belt at Starrcade 1986 and was to have a long title reign. Of course the car accident occured in October and ended that. The reason he could not have the belt in 1985, was due to the old NWA politics. He had to be a "long-term" US Heavyweight title holder as a trial basis first- and that was what he did for all of 1985. According to "the man" himself!

[kevindwb]

@Y2p731 How bout every pay per view being the best one ever?

[mkl62]

@hawkmebbs I feel that it was ironic that he suffered the heart attack at a law enforcement class, since he was a heel for most of his wrestling career. Gene was a throwback no-nonsense wrestler. I really do miss his kind.

[hawkmebbs]

When Gene Anderson retired he became a deputy sheriff in the Charlotte area, he managed for a while in Crockets Charlotte NWA area. He died of a massive heart attack a couple years later.

[josephD32]

which is funny, since they're still basically the industry standard. Only WWE and a couple of others use 20x20... not that I'm knocking them, as I hope 20x20 should become the standard

[hmorganman]

Man were these the great old days of pro-wrestling! The promotions knew they had a dedicated cadre of devoted fans and they had the sense to serve that specific audience. The wrestlers were trained athletes who knew how to tell a story in the ring. There was no need to pyro-technics and absurd storylines. It doesnt take much thought to know that the desire to build an empire was the downfall of the NWA and Crockett promotions.

[1981CrueHead]

Small ass wcw rings.