GCW - Georgia Championship Wrestling (1974-1984)
Jim Barnett left his promotion in Australia, bought out Lester and Roy Welch's stock in Mid-South Sports and voted to rename the company "Georgia Championship Wrestling." The "War for Georgia" was raging between the NWA affliated Atlanta office and Ann Gunkel All-South promotion with each group battling over Atlanta, Columbus, Savannah, Augusta, Macon and other cities in the state. Barnett brought in the best minds to help GCW as Bill Watts, Ole Anderson and Jerry Jarrett did some excellent booking that soundly reclaimed Georgia and reaped the benefits of All-South's fall. Barnett secured a Saturday night spot on WTBS and when it went to satellite in 1976, the company became the first NWA affiliate to gain national exposure. Over the next ten years, the organization became one of the best in the United States and their TV was considered some of the best. They began using the "World Championship Wrestling" name for programming that Barnett had previously used in Australia to minimize their regional feel. This corresponded with an unprecidented move by expanding their operations to Ohio, Michigan and West Virginia. Whlie they were not aggressively invading, they were making it obvious that a national move was going to be made by someone at some point. Then Barnett was voted out as chairman of the company and he left the NWA the following year. Barnett used the influence that had made GCW a national powerhouse to destroy it. He brokered a deal that saw the WWF acquire GCW through a stock buyout and their valuable TV timeslot. Although the WWF did not last on WTBS, the move effectively killed Georgia Championship Wrestling. Ole Anderson tried to salvage the remains, but to no avail. 

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Jonathan Boyd
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Jimmy Snuka
Pak Song
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Mr. Wrestling II
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I'd like to thank first and foremost the websites Mid-Atlantic Gateway and Peach State Pandemonium, which provided a wealth of information. Furthermore, thanks to Tim Hornbaker's NWA History book, an invaluable resource. Also the various contributions to kayfabememories.com that helped with some details. And, of course Royal Duncun and Gary Will's contributions to wrestling-titles.com