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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2008 13:20:30 GMT -5
Before Vince Jr took over his father's business and made it global, wrestling was split into territories. Does anybody know exactly how many were there? These are the ones I know of...
Northeast(wwf)
Chicago area(awa)
Southeast(Crockett promotions)
Florida run by the Grahams
Houston run by Paul Boesch
Pacific Northwest
Carolinas
Dallas(wccw)
Mid South run by the Watts family
Hawaii(I think that was a territory)
Am I missing any? If so, I'd like to know. Thanks.
Does anybody miss the days when there were territories?
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Mar 25, 2008 14:35:44 GMT -5
I miss the old territory days. Our local cable channel would show 1 hour of wrestling from a different territory every day. I think it was Monday: AWA, Tuesday: WCCW, Wednesday: IWC, Thursday: WWF, & Friday: UWF.
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Post by The Maestro on Mar 25, 2008 14:37:23 GMT -5
I would add:
San Francisco (Roy Shire)
Los Angeles
Calgary (Stu Hart)
Georgia
West Texas (Dory Funk)
Central States (Geigel)
Detroit (Sheik)
Memphis
All the ones I can think of... I'm sure there's a handful more...
I think the Rougeau and Tunney families also had territories up in Montreal and Quebec...
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Post by redypiper on Mar 25, 2008 16:12:22 GMT -5
those days seem to have been the best time to be a wrestling fan.
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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Mar 25, 2008 17:48:02 GMT -5
Also should add Sam Muchnick's territory in St. Louis and Joe Blanchard (Tully's dad) in San Antonio.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2008 21:12:00 GMT -5
Man how can I forget Detorit, Memphis, St Louis, and the Canadian territories? Those were big. Ric Flair won his first world title in the St Louis territory.
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Post by carly1988 on Mar 25, 2008 21:36:06 GMT -5
Southeastern Championship wrestling was based around east tennessee, Western Carolinas and Alabama...headed up by The Fuller Family...This is where Hulk Hogan got his start
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2008 22:03:42 GMT -5
^ and Hogan started when? 1977?
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Post by carly1988 on Mar 26, 2008 0:02:54 GMT -5
^ and Hogan started when? 1977? Yea hogan started in 77 but he really got into Knoxville area big time around late 79...I dont think he did anything that big before hand. He wrestled as Sterling Golden here |
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Post by thedeadidol on Mar 26, 2008 0:09:03 GMT -5
you're missing out Portland, ran by I believe the Poffos. I know it's where Piper came from.
There was also a strong territory ran in Indianapolis & Evansville by Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher. My dad remembers fondly of watching them, and moreso my granddad.
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Post by carly1988 on Mar 26, 2008 0:21:29 GMT -5
Lets see what i can come up with.....
Amarillo Wrestling-The Funks
AWA- Verne Gagne (mainly Minnesota)
Central States Wrestling- Bob Geigel (Kansas City area)
Championship Wrestling from Florida-Eddie Graham
Continental Championship Wrestling/Southeaster Championship Wrestling-Ron Fuller
Detroit Wrestling- Ed Farhat (The Original Sheik)
Georgia Championship Wrestling-Jim Barnett
International Championship Wrestling-Angelo Poffo (lexington, KY area)
Maple Leaf Wrestling-Frank Tunney (Toronto area)
Mid South Wrestling- Bill Watts
Memphis (CWA) Jerry Jarrett
Southwest Championship Wrestling- Joe Blanchard
Stampede Wrestling- Stu Hart
St Louis Wrestling- Sam Muchnick
World Class Championship Wrestling- Fritz Von Erich
Mid Atlantic/NWA/WCW- Jim Crockett SR/Jim Crockett JR
Capitol Wrestling/WWWF/WWF/WWE- McMahon Family
Extreme Championship Wrestling- Paul Heyman/Tod Gordon (last true Territory)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2008 12:19:25 GMT -5
you're missing out Portland, ran by I believe the Poffos. I know it's where Piper came from. There was also a strong territory ran in Indianapolis & Evansville by Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher. My dad remembers fondly of watching them, and moreso my granddad. Portland was the Pacific Northwest and it was run by Don Owen. |
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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Mar 26, 2008 12:20:35 GMT -5
you're missing out Portland, ran by I believe the Poffos. I know it's where Piper came from. There was also a strong territory ran in Indianapolis & Evansville by Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher. My dad remembers fondly of watching them, and moreso my granddad. Portland was promoted by Don Owen. You're right about Dick the Bruiser in Indianapolis too, that was a big one... that's where Bobby Heenan first hit it big. |
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Post by thedeadidol on Mar 26, 2008 17:16:17 GMT -5
you're missing out Portland, ran by I believe the Poffos. I know it's where Piper came from. There was also a strong territory ran in Indianapolis & Evansville by Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher. My dad remembers fondly of watching them, and moreso my granddad. Portland was promoted by Don Owen. You're right about Dick the Bruiser in Indianapolis too, that was a big one... that's where Bobby Heenan first hit it big. I rechecked and my mind combined two territories. Poffos had ICW.. |
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