 |
| The WWE Network is no longer available in the United States. |
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
TV Summaries & Reviews
by David Taub
Mid-Atlantic Gateway Contributor
This is a review of Mid-Atlantic Wrestling as it
once appeared on the WWE Network. Results are included for the week
(Monday-Sunday of the given week) as available. Please email with any
corrections, typos, results, other details at 1davidtaub@gmail.com. Follow @TaubGVWire
For links to all available summaries as well as links to the Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast, visit our TV Summary Index.
Please note: The WWE Network ceased operation in the United States on April 4, 2021. Their press release stated that their entire archive of material (which would include the Mid-Atlantic Wrestling shows) would be transitioned to NBC's Peacock streaming service by the end of the summer 2021. We'll update as we know more.
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
Original broadcast: 08/06/83
(taped 07/27/83 in Spartanburg, SC - Memorial Auditorium
Review is from the now defunct WWE Network (U.S.) feed.
Match 1
Bob Orton Jr. d. Golden Boy Grey
Stu Schwartz is the referee for the hour as we join with this match already in progress. A running powerslam gets Orton the victory.
[Break]
[TAPE] From last week’s World Wide Wrestling in Winston-Salem NC
Commentary by David Crockett and Johnny Weaver
Joined in progress: NWA World Champion Harley Race vs. Ric Flair - First Fall
We join this 2-out-of-3 fall match in progress. Typical hard-hitting battle. Flair gets the submission with a Figure Four in the first fall of the match.
-Int. w/Bob Caudle: Ric Flair
Flair says it’s just a matter of time before he takes the title.
[Break]
[TAPE] Arena footage of Harley Race vs. Ric Flair
We go to another Race vs. Flair match. Believe this is 7/23/83 in Charlotte, but no arena is identified. Sandy Scott is the guest referee. Flair stays to narrate the match. A chair is involved. Flair is about to finish Race with the Figure Four. Dick Slater comes in for the DQ. Slater stomps on Flair with his cowboy boots. Double-team on Flair. Prelim wrestlers try to help to no avail. Race is bloody, and now so is Flair. Back to the set. Flair peels off his bandage showing a gash in his forehead. Woo!
-Int. w/Bob Caudle: Ric Flair (Local Promo Slot)
This is lieu of local promos. Charlotte is his home. He’s not hard to find. The devil is in Ric Flair, and you must deal with that.
[Break]
Match 2
Roddy Piper d. Masa Fuchi
This is Piper’s first TV match back from his ear injury. He has tape on his ear again. All Piper. He wins by applying the abdominal stretch and rolling through.
[Break]
Match 3
Great Kabuki (w/Gary Hart) d. Rick McCord
Still no mention of the TV title. A long abdominal claw but can’t put away McCord. A head claw though, leads to a pin.
-Int. w/Bob Caudle: The Assassins (Local Promo Slot)
This is in lieu of local promos. Caudle introduces The Assassins, 1 and 2. Assassin (Jody Hamilton) corrects him. He answers to “Mr.”, and Hercules answers to “Sir.” Mr. Assassin says they are dedicated to one another. Injuries may come.
[Break]
Match 4
The Assassins d. John Bonello & Brett Hart
All Assassins. Just like their prior TV match, they flash tag in while punishing Hart with alternating hammerlocks and knee drops. The referee calls for the bell.
-Int. w/Bob Caudle: Rick Steamboat & Roddy Piper
Piper places a belt around his neck like a noose. “You try to take my hearing away, I hang you!” He warns kids not to do what he does. “It’s time to draw a line on Valentine!” More Piper ADD. He likes to rhyme a lot in this promo. Steamboat talks about Youngblood’s injury. Piper volunteers to team with Steamboat. Piper & Flair have Steamboat’s back. Who has the Briscos back? Piper is playing with the belt around Caudle’s neck. Caudle gently brushes it away.
“So long for now!”
* * * * *
Results for the week, 8/01/83-8/07/83
(source: Clawmaster’s Archive via Sports and Wrestling blog posted by David Baker; “Wrestling” newsletter by Joe Shedlock)
Mon., 8/01/83 Greenville, SC; Memorial Auditorium
Vinnie Valentino beat Tom Lentz
Gene Anderson beat Mike Davis
Mike Rotundo beat The Assassin (Hercules)
Jake Roberts beat Rufus R. Jones
Non-Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight championship: Bob Orton, Jr. beat Dory Funk, Jr. [ch.]
Ric Flair & Ricky Steamboat beat Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco by DQ
Mon., 8/01/83 Fayetteville, NC; Cumberland County Civic Center
Rick McCord & Keith Larson beat Jacques Goulet & Bill Howard
Kelly Kiniski beat Cy Jernigan
Johnny Weaver & Bugsy McGraw beat Dick Slater & One Man Gang
Great Kabuki beat Jimmy Valiant
Greg Valentine beat Roddy Piper
Tue., 8/02/83 Columbia, SC; Township Auditorium
Ric Flair & Roddy Piper beat Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco by DQ
Jimmy Valiant beat Great Kabuki
Gene Anderson & The Assassin beat Mike Davis & Brett Hart
Mike Rotundo beat Magic Dragon
Jacques Goulet beat Vinnie Valentino
Tue., 8/02/83 Raleigh, NC
Keith Larson d. Golden Boy Grey
Kelly Kiniski d. Rick McCord
Dick Slater & One Man Gang d. Bugsy McGraw & Johnny Wevaer
Jake Roberts beat Rufus R. Jones
Non-Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight championship: Bob Orton, Jr. beat Dory Funk, Jr. [ch.]
Greg Valentine DCO Rick Steamboat
Wed., 8/03/83 Spartanburg, SC; Memorial Auditorium (TV)
MACW:
Roddy Piper & Rick Steamboat d. Bill Howard & Joel Deaton; Tommy Young
-Comments from Rick Steamboat [training montage with Jay Youngblood]
Greg Valentine & Dick Slater d. Vinnie Valentino & Mike Davis; Tommy Young
-Int. w/Bob Caudle: Bugsy McGraw
The Assassins d. Brett Hart & Keith Larson; Sonny Fargo
-Int. w/Bob Caudle: Mike Rotundo & Rufus R. Jones
Bob Orton Jr. & Mike Rotundo & Rufus R. Jones d. Magic Dragon (w/Gary Hart) & Tom Lentz & Sgt. Jacques Goulet; Sonny Fargo
WWW:
Bugsy McGraw d. Tom Lentz
Ric Flair & Bob Orton Jr. d. Golden Boy Grey & Bill Howard
The assassins d. Mike Davis & Rick McCord
Dory Funk Jr. & Jake Roberts d. Glenn Lane & Keith Larson
Rufus R. Jones & Mike Rotundo d. Kelly Kiniski & Joel Deaton
Dark
Ric Flair & Ricky Steamboat d. Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco by DQ
Greg Valentine d. Roddy Piper
The Great Kabuki d. Jimmy Valaint
Thu., 8/04/83 Sumter, SC; Exhibition Center County of Sumter (Eccos)
Ric Flair & Ricky Steamboat beat Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco by DQ
Mike Rotundo vs. Dick Slater
The Assassin vs. Brett Hart
Rick McCord vs. Jacques Goulet
Keith Larsen vs. Joel Deaton
Thu., 8/04/83 Norfolk, VA
Kelly Kiniski d. Cy Jerigan
The Dragon d. Mike Davis
Johnny Waver d. Gene Anderson
Bugsy McGraw d. One Man Gang
Roddy Piper & Rufus R. Jones d. Dory Funk Jr. & Jake Roberts
Greg Valentine d. Wahoo McDaniel
Jimmy Valiant & Bob Orton Jr. d. Great Kabuki & Gary Hart
Fri., 8/05/83 Charleston, SC; County Hall
Kelly Kiniski d. Joel Deaton
Brett Hart d. Sgt. Jacques Goulet by DQ
The Assassin (Hercules) d. Keith Larson
NWA TV championship: Great Kabuki [ch.] d. Bugsy McGraw
Cage match/handicap/loser leaves town: Jimmy Valiant d. One Man Gang & Sir Oliver Humperdink
Fri., 8/05/83 Richmond, VA; Richmond Coliseum
Wahoo McDaniel & Ricky Steamboat beat Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco
Greg Valentine beat Roddy Piper
Rufus R. Jones beat Dory Funk, Jr. to win NWA Mid Atlantic Title
Dick Slater beat Mike Rotundo
Johnny Weaver beat Mike Davis
Gene Anderson beat Cy Jernigan
Sat., 8/06/83 Charlotte, NC; Charlotte Coliseum
The Assassin beat Jerry Grey
Gene Anderson beat Vinnie Valentino
One Man Gang & Kelly Kiniski beat Johnny Weaver & Mike Davis
Bob Orton, Jr., Rufus R. Jones & Bugsy McGraw beat Dory Funk, Jr., Paul Jones & Jake Roberts
Wahoo McDaniel beat Dick Slater by countout
Ric Flair & Ricky Steamboat beat Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco by DQ
Sun., 8/07/83 Asheville, NC; Civic Center
Vinnie Valentino beat Tom Lentz
Brett Hart beat Jerry Grey
Joel Deaton beat Cy Jernigan
Ric Flair, Roddy Piper & Ricky Steamboat beat Dick Slater, Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco
NWA World Champion Harley Race beat Wahoo McDaniel by DQ
Sun., 8/07/83 Greensboro, NC; Greensboro Coliseum
Rick McGraw beat Billy Howard
Gene Anderson beat Keith Larson
The Assassin beat Steve Muslin
Jimmy Valiant beat Great Kabuki
Rufus R. Jones & Bugsy McGraw beat Dory Funk, Jr. & Jake Roberts
Roddy Piper & Wahoo McDaniel beat Greg Valentine & Dick Slater in an Indian strap match
NWA World Champion Harley Race beat Bob Orton, Jr.
Ric Flair & Ricky Steamboat beat Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco by DQ
Sun., 8/07/83 Toronto, Ontario; Maple Leaf Gardens (Maple Leaf Wrestling)
Sgt. Slaughter no contest with Angelo Mosca
Andre The Giant beat One Man Gang
Tournament for vacant NWA Canadian Television Title
1st Round
Don Kernodle beat Joe Marcus
Johnny Weaver double countout with Kelly Kiniski
Jacques Goulet beat Nick DeCarlo
Mike Rotundo beat Magic Dragon
Semifinals
Don Kernodle received a bye
Mike Rotundo beat Jacques Goulet
Finals
Mike Rotundo beat Don Kernodle to win vacant NWA Canadian Television Title in tournament final
Little Beaver beat Little Brutus