Georgia Championship Wrestling
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Search complete. 257 mentions across 78 episodes found for "Georgia Championship Wrestling".
Sep 11, 2026
Lou KipilmanGUEST
Yes.
John McAdamHOST
And, you know, another person passed away, Jerry Oates, who was a longtime favorite in Georgia Championship Wrestling, and I am online friends with.
John McAdamHOST
with his nephew, Mark.
John McAdamHOST
I have been online friends with him for like 25 years.
Bob SmithHOST
He booked for, you know, CWA, USWA in the Memphis area for Mid-South with Bill Watts.
Bob SmithHOST
And the Georgia Championship Wrestling for a spell.
Bob SmithHOST
They would bring him in and he would be, he was a guy like a Dutch Mantell or a Kevin Sullivan.
Bob SmithHOST
The guys who really understood wrestling and could be creative and give a lot of input and behind the scenes where they were as important as they were in front of the camera.
Eddie ShepardHOST
You had Mid-South.
Eddie ShepardHOST
You had Crockett, Georgia Championship Wrestling.
Eddie ShepardHOST
It's just wild to me.
Eddie ShepardHOST
Championship Wrestling from Florida.
Tony RichardsGUEST
Yeah.
Tony RichardsGUEST
Georgia Championship Wrestling Monday night town was Augusta.
Gerald BriscoHOST
Augusta.
Gerald BriscoHOST
Down at the auditorium.
Scott ShiflettGUEST
That's why I think he was wrestling.
Scott ShiflettGUEST
Like he was Georgia Championship wrestling.
Matt SouzaPANELIST
He's in South Carolina now.
Matt SouzaPANELIST
That's not Georgia.
Karl SternHOST
Turner Broadcasting, the Superstation.
Karl SternHOST
Even though it was Georgia Championship Wrestling he was a part of, he was seen far and wide across the United States and helped popularize the WTBS Georgia Championship Wrestling program, which eventually evolved into WTBS.
Karl SternHOST
World Championship Wrestling after it was bought by the Crockett family, Jim Crockett Jr. and his Mid-Atlantic promotion.
Karl SternHOST
And eventually, ultimately, that amalgamation of promotions was purchased by Ted Turner himself and TBS.
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Karl SternHOST
So it seemed like he had some sort of knowledge or ability to do that besides just wrestling.
Karl SternHOST
John Walker was better known by the ring name of Mr. Wrestling too.
Karl SternHOST
He is best known for his appearances with Championship Wrestling from Florida, Georgia Championship Wrestling, Mid-Atlantic Wrestling, being a star on WTBS, Continental Wrestling.
Karl SternHOST
He did a short stint or two in Memphis for the Jarrett promotion.
Carl SternHOST
But he was a national star, make no mistake about it, by way of WTBS, Turner Broadcasting, the Superstation.
Carl SternHOST
Even though it was Georgia Championship Wrestling he was a part of, he was seen far and wide across the United States, and, uh, helped popularize the, uh, WTBS Georgia Championship Wrestling program, which eventually evolved into, uh, World Championship Wrestling after it was brought, bought by the, uh, the Crockett family, Jim Crockett Jr. and his Mid-Atlantic promotion.
Carl SternHOST
And, uh, eventually, ultimately, that, uh, amalgamation of promotions was purchased by Ted Turner himself and, and TBS.
Carl SternHOST
So Mr. Wrestling II holds a fairly significant place in history.
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Carl SternHOST
So it seemed like he, uh, had some sort of, uh, knowledge or ability to do that besides just wrestling.
Carl SternHOST
John Walker was better known by the ring name of Mr. Wrestling II.
Carl SternHOST
He is best known for his appearances with Championship Wrestling from Florida, Georgia Championship Wrestling, Mid-Atlantic Wrestling, being a star on WTBS, Continental Wrestling.
Carl SternHOST
He did a short stint or two in Memphis, uh, for the, uh, Jarrett promotion.
Mike McGuireHOST
So yeah, I, I think that's a pretty safe assumption.
Stefan BennettHOST
In 1983, he would move to Georgia Championship Wrestling, where he then became a major, major player, and this also would become a major, uh, role in his development.
Stefan BennettHOST
He became associated with Paul Ellering's original Legion of Doom, as known as the Road Warriors, working in an environment alongside major characters like Ron Garvin, where they would feud over the NWA Television Championship.
Stefan BennettHOST
Now, Roberts would defeat Garvin for the title on November 6th of 1983, and when the championship was n- renamed the NWA Television Championship in 1984, Roberts was recognized as its first champion.
Stefan BennettHOST
He's developing the DDT.
Stefan BennettHOST
And somewhere inside of all of that, you can start s- to see the wrestler who he's gonna become and become one of the biggest cult figures in the business.
Stefan BennettHOST
With Georgia Championship Wrestling, he would then go on to appear for World Class Championship Wrestling.
Stefan BennettHOST
Now, this was one of the hottest television wrestling promotions in America at the time.
Reggie HarpeGUEST
So the small town I was in was close to Augusta, Georgia.
Reggie HarpeGUEST
So I grew up with, I don't know if you're familiar with Gordon Solie, Gordon Solie in Georgia Championship Wrestling.
Joseph BruenHOST
Absolutely.
Reggie HarpeGUEST
That was, that was where I started, and I was- grew up with people like, you know, Tommy Rich, Mr. Wrestling Number 2, Tony Atlas, and Mass Superstar, everybody who came through the Georgia area.
NineHOST
Hey
MattmanHOST
... because he, uh, he's the one that tried to go back and buy Mid-Atlantic, right? Or buy, uh, Georgia Championship Wrestling.
NineHOST
Started swallowing them all up.
MattmanHOST
From Black Saturday.
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