Here are the ten selected shows thought to be part of an early collection on the WWE Network in advance of the big drop of 100 shows in "The Vault." The information is taken from the WWE Network News website.
The dates listed are apparently first-run air dates, not the dates the shows were taped in studio. As was the case for decades in Jim Crockett Promotions, some markets received the tape on a "bicycle" distribution one or two weeks delayed from the original air-dates in the major markets. The dates provided are thought to be the "first-run" dates.
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MID-ATLANTIC CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING9/12/1981 (Special Gateway Look at this Episode)
MID-ATLANTIC TELEVISION CHAMPION RON BASS PARTNERS WITH JAY YOUNGBLOOD FOR A TAG TEAM MATCH MAIN EVENT. RODDY PIPER LEADS ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER INTO ACTION AGAINST RON RITCHIE. PLUS, SGT. SLAUGHTER, JAKE ROBERTS, AND MANY MORE IN ACTION.
12/12/1981
SGT. SLAUGHTER AND PVT. JIM NELSON TAKE TO THE RING TO BATTLE THE DUO OF TONY ANTHONY AND LARRY HAMILTON IN A TAG TEAM MATCH MAIN EVENT. PLUS, RICKY STEAMBOAT IN ACTION, IVAN KOLOFF DEFENDS THE MID-ATLANTIC TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP, AND MORE.
6/26/1982
CHAOS ERUPTS WHEN JAKE ROBERTS TAKES TO THE RING TO GO ONE-ON-ONE WITH RODDY PIPER. JACK BRISCO PARTNERS WITH RICKY STEAMBOAT TO BATTLE MATT BORNE AND STEVE SYBERT. PLUS, JIMMY VALIANT, WAHOO MCDANIEL, AND MANY MORE IN ACTION.
8/21/1982
NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION RIC FLAIR TAKES TO THE RING TO GO ONE-ON-ONE WITH JACK BRISCO IN SINGLES COMPETITION. PLUS, RODDY PIPER PARTNERS WITH JIMMY VALIANT FOR A TAG TEAM MATCH, GENE ANDERSON CALLS OUT WAHOO MCDANIEL, AND MORE.
11/27/1982
NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION RIC FLAIR LOOKS TO HUMILIATE RODDY PIPER BY CHALLENGING HIM TO A UNIQUE CONFRONTATION. PLUS, NWA UNITED STATES CHAMPION GREG VALENTINE IN ACTION, BOB ORTON JR. PARTNERS UP WITH JACK BRISCO, AND MUCH MORE.
3/12/1983
GREG VALENTINE PUTS THE COVETED NWA UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE AGAINST RODDY PIPER IN THE MAIN EVENT. PLUS, NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION RIC FLAIR COMPETES IN SINGLES ACTION, ONE MAN GANG PARTNERS WITH MID-ATLANTIC TELEVISION CHAMPION DICK SLATER, AND MUCH MORE.
4/30/1983
TENSIONS BETWEEN RICKY STEAMBOAT AND SGT. SLAUGHTER ERUPT. RODDY PIPER CONTINUES HIS REIGN AS THE NEWLY CROWNED NWA UNITED STATES CHAMPION BY TAKING TO THE RING TO COMPETE IN SINGLES ACTION. PLUS, JOS LEDUC, THE GREAT KABUKI, AND MANY MORE IN ACTION.
7/2/1983
PAUL JONES ANNOUNCES THE WINNER OF HIS ‘DREAM CONTEST’ AFTER LEADING JAKE ROBERTS AND DORY FUNK JR. TO THE RING FOR MAIN EVENT ACTION. PLUS, RICKY STEAMBOAT LOOKS TO SHUT JERRY BRISCO’S MOUTH, WAHOO MCDANIEL GOES ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE MAGIC DRAGON, AND MORE.
9/10/1983
THINGS TAKE A DANGEROUS TURN FOR RIC FLAIR WHEN “THE NATURE BOY” TAKES TO THE RING TO CHALLENGE HARLEY RACE FOR THE NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE MAIN EVENT. PLUS, BOB ORTON JR., WAHOO MCDANIEL, AND MORE IN ACTION.
10/22/1983
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE MEET TO ESTABLISH THE UPCOMING BATTLE FOR THE NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BETWEEN HARLEY RACE AND RIC FLAIR AT STARRCADE. PLUS, THE ASSASSINS, RICKY STEAMBOAT, DICK SLATER, AND MANY MORE TAKE TO THE RING FOR ACTION.
Descriptions from the WWE Network via the WWE Network news website.
We'll have further updates here as they are available.
