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9/9/55 3/12/61 Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) Inactive promotion in the Americas region. 7/29/55 10/18/55 1/28/57 11/23/55 Many of the NWA's regional promoters were unhappy, but Barnett claimed since he was only using Georgia-based wrestlers, that there was no harm. 4/16/70 , 7/17/67 Well see you here next time and never forget: Our wrestling history is gold. 4/1/55 4/12/70 2/9/51 Coach Paul Coleman has done a great job getting Noah mat time at the high school level and putting him in position to elevate and push his skills further. 6/17/55 A secondary title complementing the NWA Columbus Heavyweight Championship, it was one of many state tag team championships recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance. 1/14/57 2/20/50 All wrestlers report to the awards area immediately following their medal match. - Top Rated Plus - opens in a new window or tab, - eBay Money Back Guarantee - opens in a new window or tab, GEORGIA CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING Vols 21-30- PRO WRESTLING, cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab, Report this item - opens in new window or tab. Lots of Buzz Sawyer though, for the people that like him.Match listing:Buzz . Ted Turner had taken his investment capital and made the right moves to secure himself a swath of prime real estate in downtown Atlanta. 2/11/55 2/11/70 12/22/55 4/9/70 13/9/54 Seeing this turmoil, McMahon approached the Brisco brothers and Jim Barnett, the fourth owner of the company, and discussed a potential sale. 5/19/44 georgia championship wrestling vols 11-20- pro wrestling. Some reigns were held by champions using a ring name, while others used their real name. 4/1/70 1/30/70 The final champion was Angelo Mosca and the title was eventually abandoned after 1979. 1/24/67 3/30/57 12/6/53 11/15/56 **this is not for the State or Novice Championships tournaments***. Compare and contrast the images below. Gunkel quickly made moves to open her own outlaw promotion outside of the NWA banner and run shows against Watts. 2/7/61 1/29/69 Copyright 1995-2023 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2/20/70 DVD $8.00 Buy It Now +$3.60 shipping 5 watchers Sponsored GEORGIA CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING HOUSE SHOWS 1981-82 PRO WRESTLING DVD (W-992) [4] Turner himself was angered by the sinking ratings and made two decisions that would fix the ratings problem. 4/23/70 When Georgia Championship Wrestling's local television carrier, WTCG Channel 17 (later renamed WTBS) was broadcast nationally via satellite beginning on December 17, 1976, it became cable TV's first "superstation" and the NWA's Georgia promotion was poised to become the first wrestling program with nationwide coverage since the days of the Dumont National Tag Team title (1980-1986) 3/13/70 3/6/70 4/29/70 He brought with him his former partner Lars to continue as The Minnesota Wrecking Crew, where he and Arn had left off. The changing of hands and promotional banners that Georgia Championship Wrestling went through in the early 70s leaves its history somewhat clouded during that time. World Championship Wrestling was a program featuring the "rasslin'" style of wrestling, that emphasized a more athletic product and put less emphasis on cartoonish gimmicks. All three men agreed to sell their stakes in GCW to McMahon, giving the WWF the controlling stake in GCW and McMahon access to the Saturday night time slot. 4/27/70 WWE: The Incredible Story Of Black Saturday, Explained. Georgia Wrestling Announcer Freddie Miller Introducing Vince McMahon, That did not turn out to be the case and on July 11, 1984, Titan Sports officially took legal control of Georgia Championship Wrestling, Inc. and its two weekend time slots on Ted Turners Superstation. Georgia Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion whose self-titled TV program aired its first show on WTCG, a UHF independent station in Atlanta, as a Christmas special on December 25, 1971. 4/27/70 All final champions are for this promotion, the title may have continued in other promotions. 2/27/50 1/6/50 The territory was affiliated with what had been the world's top sanctioning body of championship titles for decades before, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Fritz Von Erich's World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) joined ESPN in 1986 and its Dallas-based successors, the United States Wrestling Association (USWA) and the Global Wrestling Federation (GWF), later occupied time slots on the network as well. Jack Brisco (1974-1984) He was 80 years old. 1/31/59 , 9/3/43 In professional wrestling, the term Black Saturday refers to Saturday, July 14, 1984, the day when Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation (WWF) took over the time slot on Superstation WTBS that had been home to Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) and its flagship weekly program, World Championship Wrestling, for 12 years. The WWF's style of wrestling sharply differed from that of GCW, with the WWF featuring cartoonish characters and storylines and squash matches and GCW featuring more athletic competition. Jones staged his weekly cards at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium every Friday evening beginning in 1944 until his retirement in 1974 and, under his watch, pro wrestling in the state of Georgia flourished. 2/21/70 We will no longer refund for incorrect registration. Great Female Inventors Jack Brisco and Gerald Brisco had major stakes in the organization while Ole Anderson was head booker and was basically in charge of operations. He died on September 18, 2004, from complications of pneumonia. Gunkel also used her inside connections with Ted Turner, rumored to be romantically linked from their college days at Brown University, to acquire the television spot occupied by Watts at WTCG. The first image is an aerial image of the Techwood Drive area from the mid-1960s (which looked very similar to this during the 70s and 80s when wrestling TV was taped there.) This was considered heresy in the wrestling world and probably did Vince more harm than good over the decade and a half that followed. 3/17/70 Yes this is some of the most legendary of all Georgia Championship Wrestling television with the angle in full and all the promos in the aftermath from every. The Omni would become synonymous with WCW wrestling in later years. 3/28/67 2/21/70 1/15/70 Born in Oklahoma City in June of 24, Jim Barnett started working around the wrestling business in his teens for Fred Kohler in his NWA Chicago territory. In the shakeup that occurred following the death of his top star (and minority owner in ABC Booking) Ray Gunkel, Jones company went into an unforeseen tailspin that took some time to recover from. 2/8/63 , 10/29/60 Both images show the WTBS Techwood Drive studios on the right and Alexander Memorial . 10/29/68 The Wrecking Crew left Georgia for a short time and formed the four-man powerhouse, The Four Horsemen, in the Mid-Atlantic territory. These programs ran until March 30, 1985, using the same set that would later be used by Jim Crockett when he purchased the WWF time slot from McMahon (see below).[2]. 12/2/60 11/15/69 7/28/44 The shortest reigning champion was Hiro Matsuda, whose first and only reign lasted 21 days. While still a shareholder in the company, Paul Jones was, by this point, a silent partner and the day-to-day operations of the promotion were primarily handled by the Chief Executive Officer of Mid South Sports, James E. Barnett and his booker, Ole Anderson. After documenting 9 house shows durin. 6/9/44 4/7/70 Longtime GCW booker, Ray Gunkel, died suddenly from a heart attack shortly after a match with Ox Baker in Savannah. GCW was one of the most powerful wrestling promotions in the NWA. 9/16/57 4/27/70 The Georgia Tag Team Championships also saw more than its fair share of action in the late 70s and into the 80s. 3/14/70 Vincent K. McMahon (1984), STATES & PRIMARY CITIES: 143 talking about this. At this point, Ann's promotion went downhill, being locked out of arena dates, with wrestlers defecting to Mid-South, and finally Ann Gunkel's All-South Wrestling Alliance folded in 1974. 3/14/67 While that may only be a story, it always tells the truth if you follow the money. Savannah, Georgia is steeped in U.S. history as much as it is the wrestling business. 9/1/60 Crockett, who had just bought out Championship Wrestling from Georgia, bought the World Championship Wrestling program from McMahon for $1 million and returned NWA programming to TBS. 50 talking about this. In addition, WWF World Championship Wrestling was mainly used as a re-cap show, featuring matches which had previously aired on the WWF's main programming venues such as WWF Championship Wrestling and WWF All-Star Wrestling. What became known as Black Saturday happened solely due to greed and spite. 6/24/55 The only other national cable deal available at the moment was the one GCW had with WTBS; if McMahon was able to acquire this time slot, he would control all nationally televised professional wrestling in the United States. 1/7/70 1/11/70 10/15/57 After Gunkle's death in 1972, his widow Ann started a rival group called the All South . 5/6/55 4/24/70 Jones ran shows out of the Municipal Auditorium for nearly thirty years before his retirement. 2/25/55 In return McMahon received GCW's television time slots on WTBS, which McMahon then claimed for his WWF, which was in the midst of expanding into a national promotion. 3/23/70 4/3/70 In 1982, Georgia Championship Wrestling changed its main programming name to World Championship Wrestling. 6/30/61 2/14/61 8/7/61 , 1/31/58 1/1/68 Noah, who was accompanied by his family, entered the tournament as an individual through USA Wrestling certification.The Georgia Freshman State Championship exists to give college coaches and high school coaches a glimpse of what is to come skillswise in wrestling. 1/9/61 Though based in Atlanta, the company also ran live wrestling shows throughout its geographic "territory" of Georgia. 3/30/70 1/1/70 12/2/69 1/19/70 Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) Inactive promotion in the Americas region Overview News and Rumors Articles Events Event Statistics Results Titles All-Time Roster Matchguide Win/Loss Records Promos Tournaments Rivalries Books Ratings Comments Year: All-Time Roster Displaying items 1 to 117 of total 117 items that match the search parameters. 1/7/57 1/20/70 Notes - Delivery *Estimated delivery dates include seller's handling time, origin ZIP Code, destination ZIP Code and time of acceptance and will depend on shipping service selected and receipt of cleared payment. In 1983, Barnett was edged out of any shot calling in GCW through politicking and backroom dealings. 2/17/70 8/19/70 1/14/57 1/17/67 12/29/58 , 1/1/57 3/7/53 1/20/69 1/24/61 World Titles World Heavyweight Title World Junior Heavyweight Title World Women's Title World Tag Team Title World Television Title 1/18/70 By 1994, none of these companies remained in business, with the exception of the Memphis-based branch of the USWA, which folded in 1997. $15.99. 7/18/56 The company was also known for its self-titled TV program, which aired in the 1970s and 1980s on Atlanta-based superstation WTBS. Watts pulled out and headed to Oklahoma full-time with his Mid-South brand that would morph into the UWA before its eventual demise at the hands of national expansions. 1/2/69 9/19/60 The Columbus titles were one of two sets of GCW's city-wide championships, along with the NWA Macon Heavyweight Championship and NWA Macon Tag Team Championship, and one of a select few city championships recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance. Championship Wrestling from Georgia It was considered a power-brokering move by Barnett to secure his tight hold on the NWA office during that time. 2/10/70 When the gates returned, so did the wrestlers, and the Omni once again was cranking out the classics. McMahon's purchase led to a longstanding rivalry between himself and WTBS owner Ted Turner, who later bought GCW's successor Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) and formed his own company under the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) name. 11/14/58 4/4/70 In April 1985, shows began being co-promoted with Jim Crockett Promotions. Tommy Rich was born in the Volunteer State of Tennessee at the height of the 1956 summer. To this point, the NWA National Heavyweight Title and the NWA National Tag Team Titles were the only really active titles, along with the NWA National TV title in the background. Rich defeated Harley Race for the NWA Heavyweight Championship in April of 1981, only to lose the title back to Race four days later. The Masked Superstar was born under the name Bill Eadie on December 27, 1947. 4/15/70 8/27/58 8/19/60 BMS Coach and Athletic Director, Chad Smith, had the opportunity of welcoming in Noah on day one of his enrollment and was immediately excited about the skill set Noah contained in both sports. 5/10/63 The Garvins, Ronny and Terry, also held the titles in the early 70s and battled with Bullet Bob Armstrong and Robert Fuller until a new pair of heels took the title scene and made it their playground. 1/23/61 Noah was the only Bainbridge wrestler to compete while the tournament was an open invitation to all wrestlers. 12/29/61 2/6/70 Given the programs nationwide reach, it was soon common to see performers who were not normally associated with Georgia to come into the territory for short stints in order to benefit from the exposure that WTBS and Georgia Championship Wrestling afforded them, men like AWA legend The Crusher, Texas Kevin Von Erich, Calgarys Bret Hart, Mid Atlantics Ric Flair, Roddy Piper and Greg Valentine and even WWF Heavyweight champion Bob Backlund. 3/2/70 4/21/70 Sunday, March 5, 2023(Little Kids State), 7:00AM Weigh Ins for 6/8/10U State and 12/14U Novice - MUST BE IN LINE AT 7AM, Est 3:30pm Finalist Ceremonies and Finals for 1st/2nd and 3rd/4th place matches. What had once been a model of success began to crumble internally due to overspending, mismanagement and in-fighting. 1/15/69 As the NWA tried to broaden its scope and unify the territories, instead of seeing them bought out by the McMahon machine, many titles were absorbed and ceased to exist, as weve learned so far. 3/7/70 11/5/55 1/28/55 9/16/70 I don't exactly know the dates for these things, so they'll just go up in parts. 1/18/69 World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was founded in 1964 by Jim Barnett in Australia and represented much of the NWA's Asian and Oceania territory. McMahon promised the GCW fans who were tuned in that they would enjoy his new program just as much. 4/6/70 Current name: Georgia Championship Wrestling Current abbreviation: GCW Status: Inactive Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA Active Time: 1944 - 1984 Details Names: Georgia Championship Wrestling (1944 - 14.07.1984) Abbreviations: GCW Owners: Vince McMahon (1984) Gerald Brisco, Jack Brisco, Ole Anderson & Paul Jones (1983 - 1984) 1/25/61 From Bill Watts and Buddy Colt to Abdullah the Butcher and Stan Hansen, they all lost their titles to one man, who in total held that championship almost a dozen times between 1973-78. 6/8/10U-7:00 - 7:30AM - Wrestling will start at 8:00AM. 1/4/70 2/3/66 10/28/55 7/28/44 Beginning in late January 1972 the promotion's regular series, Big Time Wrestling, began airing on Saturday afternoons on WQXI-TV in Atlanta; the show was recorded for later broadcast over WJBF in Augusta and WTOC-TV in Savannah, stations located in two of GCW's major cities. 3/8/70 12/17/68 3/27/67 11/30/55 2/22/70 9/30/55 Rich was a fan favorite during his run in the NWA, working the babyface angle to the hilt as he battled with Buzz Sawyer, The Fabulous Freebirds, among many others. He got his early training in part by Pat OConnor and made his professional debut as Johnny Walker at 20. Excellent communication! Bad Fads Museum Noah is also a stand out football player for the BMS football team playing running back and linebacker. 3/8/70 Jim Barnett went on to become Vice President at Titan Sports, the parent company of the WWF. 10/14/55 The death set off some internal problems, with Ray's widow Ann, who had worked closely with Ray and expected to get her share of the promotion being shut out in favor of Bill Watts, with the promotion being renamed "Mid-South Sports." The oldest city in Georgia and a strategic port city in the American Revolution, Savannah was the last city occupied by the British before they sailed back home in 1782. 3/28/70 > Ted Oates versus Bobby Eaton . 4/2/70 With the grizzled, stoic Ole calling the shots, and the pitbull of a young worker in Arn delivering the heavy hits and suffocating spine busters that looked like Rembrandt in motion, the two decimated any pair that they laid their gaze on. 11/17/55 4/14/70 No matter how many top-tier competitors came after it, the Georgia Heavyweight Title was dominated by one man. Eadie was a hard-hitting bruiser that met every challenge with a flurry of fists and a hail of boots. In addition to the cities within Georgia that made up its traditional circuit, the stars of GCW began appearing in markets that had no specific NWA affiliation and soon cities in Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Michigan became part of the Georgia promotions touring schedule. Team Georgia is an all volunteer organization and is always looking for volunteers. 12/9/57 Georgia High School Wrestling Photo by Steven Ryan In Partnership with the GA High School Assn. 2/18/44 He's been a wrestling fan since the late '70s and a journeyman writer for the past decade. 9/19/69 Georgia Championship Wrestling was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Atlanta, Georgia. If you have not purchased your USA card please do ASAP. 1/5/70 By 1980, Georgia mainstays like Dusty Rhodes, Mr. Wrestling II, Tommy Wildfire Rich, The Masked Superstar, Tony Atlas, Austin Idol, Ole Anderson, Wahoo McDaniel and many others were genuine national wrestling celebrities due to the fact that Georgia Championship Wrestling had become cable TVs first legitimate hit show. In 1979, Austin Idol made his bid for the belt and took it from Ray Candy, and captured it two more times by the end of 1980, feuding with Tommy Rich and Kevin Sullivan, who held it three times himself. 3/3/44 While it probably wasnt a good idea to screw over Ole, the partners all came out of the deal financially or occupationally sound for the rest of their careers in the business. 1/24/69 In 1955, Barnett leveraged his way into the Chicago promotion and bought into the NWA franchise. slaughter vols 1-12 - pro wrestling. Something went wrong. 3/10/44 9/16/55 Well discuss one of the most prolific territories to have ever opened its doors on the way. 1/31/61 10/21/55 One worked under the mask, while the other lit the territory up like wildfire. 3/11/70 1/21/44 Boasting a rotating but consistently first-rate roster of talent that was now being seen by fans from coast to coast, the already popular Georgia territory quickly became the place to be in professional wrestling and its television program, hosted by the legendary Gordon Solie, was a bona fide ratings giant during the infancy of cable TV. The Masked Superstar Bill Eadie would later make a significant impact in the WWF as Ax in Demolition. 3/20/67 2/5/70 Fast shipping! National Heavyweight title (1980-1986) 1/14/55 3/3/66 8/6/57 6/21/69 Please disable your ad blocker to view the video content. Professional Wrestling Online Museum, Copyright 2020 Adscape International, LLC - All Rights Reserved, Dr. George Zahorian Convicted Of Selling Steroids To WWF Wrestlers. 5/6/66 Once back on American soil, Barnett was involved with the wrestling business full bore, and things started to turn around for Watts and his Mid-South one-off. The earliest recorded champions were The Mighty Yankees (Mighty Yankee #1 and Mighty Yankee #2), and the last-known champions were Robert Fuller and Bob Armstrong. Black Inventors Online Museum 10/7/55 McMahon had underestimated two major factors, however. 6/23/44 West Virginia (Wheeling, Bluefield, Huntington) Due in large part to both parties' actions, McMahon and Turner began a rivalry that would continue for over a decade, before ending in 2001 when McMahon purchased the non-license assets of WCW from AOL Time Warner, which had previously purchased Turner's wrestling assets (along with the rest of his company) in 1996. 2/4/57 7/2/69 3/1/70 Finally, on March 2, 1985, the WWF began airing in-studio matches (while changing the name of the program to WWF Georgia Championship Wrestling) co-hosted by ring announcer Miller and play-by-play commentator Gorilla Monsoon. Event Name: 1/1/70 A+++Thank you again!!! 2/1/61 He brawled his way through the Georgia heavyweight division, capturing the title four times during his time there, and he unified his belt with the newly formed NWA National Heavyweight Championship in September 1981. 1/1/69 Meanwhile, The Briscos payday, besides the near one million dollars they sold their stock for, was guaranteed spots at the WWF as road agents and later an on-air role for Gerald in the Attitude Era. 2/27/70 11/26/56 3/3/70 Georgia Championship Wrestling has roots in Atlanta dating back to 1944. 11/14/58 9/14/62 Once they did, the tag ranks became their turf. 4/23/57 1/11/61 Well, times a-wasting, yall. WRESTLING LEGENDS - JACK BRISCO VOLS 1-15 - PRO WRESTLING (#185736680115), WRESTLING SUPERSTARS -BILLY JACK HAYNES VOLs 1-5 - PRO WRESTLING (#185727442110). 4/16/68 The Minnesota Wrecking Crew sold out anywhere they wrestled in Georgia and tore the house down in Arns birthplace of Rome anytime they made their way through the area. 10/31/67 Georgia Tag Team title (1968-1980) Another great transaction from this seller! John Walker was born in the midst of the Turbulent Thirties in the beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina. [Photo: Mervyn George Bishop/Fairfax Media]Barnett stayed in Australia for the next decade until he got the call to return to Georgia in 1974. Wrestling Arrests You May Not Be Aware Of! 4/15/70 The exact length of several title reigns are uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. Not only was he the state champion but was the first to ever win this level of tournament for a Bainbridge wrestler. 12/7/62 1/21/57 National Television title (1979-1984). The Genius Cast with Lanny Poffo (2018-19), HOMAGE.com Our favorite in retro wrestling attire! 3/7/67 3/5/70 3/19/70 1982 Has no April or July. 8/14/57 He can be reached by e-mail at squints72hhi@gmail.com. 10/23/57 Jim Barnett. 11/7/70 , 7/5/67 8/21/57 Along with the squash matches, Miller did interviews with many of the WWF stars, mainly to promote the upcoming, inaugural WrestleMania I. Hulk Hogans Rock n Wrestling | When Wrasslin Shifted to Entertainment, Gorgeous George and the Don Eagle Chicago Short Count Screwjob, Freddie Blassie The Truth (and Somewhere In-Between). First, Turner made an offer to Bill Watts, a promoter who ran Mid South Wrestling out of Oklahoma, to take a Sunday afternoon time slot on TBS. The WWF show on TBS was a ratings disaster from the start. It was launched under the ABC Booking company run by Paul Jones (not to be confused with Paul Frederik, who was later given the name), a former wrestler who went by the name of Andrew Lutzi. 7/14/58 2/9/70 GCW's core audience began writing and calling TBS in droves,[3] furious over the fact that GCW was no longer airing on the station and demanding to know why. 1/31/67 4/7/70 8/26/58 In 1976 WTCG (renamed WTBS in 1979) began retransmitting its signal via satellite and became a superstation available to cable systems across the United States. No one was safe, and no quarter was given when the Wrecking Crew hit the ring. Within a year of McMahons debut on the Superstation, Jim Crockett, Jr. was able to purchase the WWFs TBS time slots and Jim Crockett Promotions absorbed Andersons Championship Wrestling from Georgia group, thus establishing the entity that would eventually become WCW. 5/13/57 2/7/57 2/9/70 Big Time Wrestling was hosted by Ed Capral, and featured ring announcer Charlie Harben and referee Leo Garibaldi, and included interviews with wrestlers pertaining to their upcoming matches. Trending pages Lars Anderson Hulk Hogan A.J. 1/23/67 4/28/70 1/13/70 4/19/70 Learn more. Georgia Championship Wrestling was formed in Atlanta in 1944 by promoter Paul Jones (retired wrestler Andrew Lutzi, not Paul Frederik who later was given the name) as ABC Booking. I am extremely proud of Noah and his record setting accomplishments this year. 7/23/59 Bill Watts (1972-1980) In 1982, Georgia Championship Wrestling renamed its weekly program World Championship Wrestling, a name the entire promotion would grow to be identified by. 10/21/55 Noah was the only Bainbridge wrestler to compete while the tournament was an open invitation to all [] Jones was so infirmed by this time (he died in 1988) that Gunkel effectively ran the promotion. (The Australian promotion was called World Championship Wrestling.) 1/27/66 2/21/67 [2] In time, the show was renamed WCW Saturday Night, reflecting an overhauled look and a new home studio-arena at the CNN Center. 1/13/50 Noah Stutler, a 8th grade wrestler for Bainbridge Middle School and also a Junior Varsity starter for the Bainbridge High School wrestling team competed at the Georgia All Freshman State Competition yesterday in Atlanta. 1/10/57 6/15/57 , 11/14/56 On April 27's main event, Arn Anderson wrestled Thunderbolt Patterson to a no contest in the Columbus Municipal Auditorium, then CWG disappeared. 12/9/55 4/29/70 1/10/61 Both Mid South Wrestling and Championship Wrestling from Georgia outdid the WWF in ratings. Then, only a month later, in a match where they defeated NWA National Tag Team Champions Robert Fuller and Stan Frazier, better known for his time in the WWF as Uncle Elmer, The Freebirds unified the NWA and Georgia Tag Titles. wrestling superstars - road warrior hawk vols 1 & 2 - pro wrestling. 2/14/67 Barnett wasnt the only one growing a company in the 70s. 4/8/70 Turner's decision to give time slots to Bill Watts and Ole Anderson indirectly led to other wrestling organizations gaining national cable television contracts. 7/28/60 3/25/70 The National titles, originally created in 1980 in Georgia, were carried on by Crockett until 1986, when they were either abandoned or unified with equivalent titles.[3]. 1/12/70 Verne Gagne's AWA debuted on ESPN in 1985 and aired on the network until the company folded in 1991. 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