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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 (now on Peacock). Results are included for the week
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Please note: The WWE Network ceased operation in the United States on April 4, 2021 and the majority of programming transitioned to NBC's Peacock streaming service. The Mid-Atlantic shows returned in July of 2021. Links are provided where available.
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
Original broadcast: 10/15/83
Taped 10/05/83 taped in Greenwood SC at the Greenwood Civic Center
Review is from WWE Network/Peacock Network feed.
Match 1
Non-Title: Greg Valentine [U.S. champion] d. Steve Muslin
Caudle promises some exciting news coming up soon. Is it the announcement of Starrcade? Nick Patrick is the referee for the hour. Valentine finishes off Muslin (or Musulin as his real name is spelled) with an elbow from the second turnbuckle, followed by a half-crab submission.
-Int. w/Bob Caudle: Rick Steamboat & Jay Youngblood
Our exciting news is Steamboat & Youngblood are the new World tag team champions. No date or location mentioned (10/03/83 in Greenville, for the record). Steamboat praises The Briscos, how hard they were to beat and how long they chased them. They talk about being four-time champions, tying with the Andersons (which isn't true. Andresons held the titles six times.)
[Break]
-Int. w/Bob Caudle: Ric Flair
Flair is still hyper angry, carrying around his bat. He looks like a blonde Scarface. We got to a clip from the 9/03/93 World Wide Wrestling. David Crockett is interviewing Flair, Bob Orton Jr. and Roddy Piper. Flair brings his children, David and Meagan. Orton holds David while Flair is talking.
Back to the current interview. Flair is incensed that Orton touched his kid. Sandy Scott comes out and tells Flair he can’t carry the bat to the arena. Flair reluctantly relinquishes his weapon.
[Break]
-Int. w/Bob Caudle: Roddy Piper
Piper brings out a gift box. He says he knows it’s premature, but Valentine is premature too. He asks Caudle to present the gift to Valentine, but to say it’s from a big fan.
Match 2
Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco d. Vinnie Valentino & John Bonello
Bob Caudle lists all of the amateur credentials of both Brisco brothers.
Jerry scored the win with the Figure Four on Bonello. Jack splashes Bonello’s legs after the match for good measure.
[Break]
-Int. w/Bob Caudle: Greg Valentine
Caudle presents Valentine with the gift box. Valentine knows it’s from Piper. Caudle plays dumb. Valentine reveals a dog collar. He goes nuts. There is no way he will wrestle Piper in a dog collar match. He storms off.
Match 3
The Assassins (w/Paul Jones) d. Mark Youngblood & Scott McGhee
Caudle says this is a return match from last week. Apparently, The Assassins used the loaded mask to win. A back-and-forth battle. McGhee is about to unmask Hercules Assassin. The referee is tied up with Youngblood and Paul Jones. McGhee hits a sweet looking German suplex. But, no referee to count the pin. Hamilton Assassin comes off the top rope to break up the pin, makes the switcheroo, and pins McGhee.
LOCAL PROMO SPOT
-Int. w/Tony Schiavone: Ric Flair
This is in lieu of local promos. We are in front of the blue NWA set. First time Schiavone appears on a WWE Network broadcast. Schiavone talks about Starrcade. Flair talks about his cage match versus Harley Race. Flair sounds hoarse. They haven’t mentioned Starrcade yet on the main body of the show, so some context is missing here. [Context is from the missing show from 10/08.] Flair thanks Jim Crockett Promotions for bringing the match to the southeast. He won’t let the fans down.
[Break]
-Int. w/Bob Caudle: Mark Youngblood & Scott McGhee
Mark is unhappy they got cheated two weeks in a row. McGhee wants one more chance. A no holds barred match.
Match 4
Wahoo McDaniel & Chavo Guerrero d. Magic Dragon & Golden Boy Grey
A one-sided affair. Chavo pins Grey with a German suplex into a bridge.
[Break]
[VIDEO TAPE] -Comments from Harley Race
Race is in a back hallway at an arena in Florida. He says he will never return to North Carolina. He has no remorse what happened to Flair. Race says Flair can chase him. The word “butt” is bleeped out.
-Int. w/Bob Caudle: Dick Slater & Bob Orton
Slater says Flair is just a man without his baseball bat. Orton said if Flair’s kid had a bounty on him, he would collect on that too.
[Break]
-Int. w/Bob Caudle: Gar Hart, Mark Lewin and Kevin Sullivan
"Markie" has been Hart’s lifelong friend. Hart talks about his men’s superior bodies. Sullivan keeps spouting off, seemingly annoying Hart.
[Break]
LOCAL PROMO SPOT
-Int. w/Tony Schiavone: Ric Flair
This may be in lieu of local promos. Another Starrcade promo. Flair thanks the Crockett family. Lots of context missing, given the promo we just heard from Race. Wondering how these Flair promos got mixed into this tape.
Match 5
Dick Slater & Bob Orton Jr. NC Keith Larson & Rick McCord
On the prior bumper, a long-term question finally gets answered. The correct spelling is Larson, not Larsen. About a minute into the match, Flair charges into the ring with a broomstick. The referee gets the stick away, and Flair is taking care of Orton & Slater. Wahoo comes in to help Flair. The brawl continues.
The overdub music plays, and the credits roll as the brawl continues. The video freeze frames, which is kind of odd.
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Results for the weeks 10/03/83-10/16/83
(source: Clawmaster’s Archive via Sports and Wrestling blog posted by David Baker; “Wrestling” newsletter by Joe Shedlock)
Mon., 10/03/83 Fayetteville, NC; Cumberland County Civic Center
Dick Slater & Bob Orton, Jr. beat Ric Flair & Wahoo McDaniel by DQ
Roddy Piper beat Greg Valentine
Dory Funk, Jr. beat Rufus R. Jones
Kevin Sullivan & Mark Lewin beat Keith Larson & Rick McCord
Terry Gibbs beat Jerry Grey
Mon., 10/03/83 Greenville, SC; Memorial Auditorium
Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood beat Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco
Charlie Brown beat Baron Von Raschke
The Assassins beat Bugsy McGraw & Mark Youngblood
Scott McGhee beat Kelly Kiniski
Brickhouse Brown beat Bill Howard
Tue., 10/04/83 Columbia, SC; Township Auditorium
Bob Orton, Jr. & Dick Slater beat Ric Flair & Wahoo McDaniel by DQ
Greg Valentine beat Bugsy McGraw
Kevin Sullivan beat Brett Hart
Gene Anderson beat John Bonello
Terry Gibbs beat Tom Lentz
Magic Dragon draw Vinnie Valentino
Tue., 10/04/83 Raleigh, NC; Dorton Arena
Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood beat Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco
Charlie Brown beat Baron Von Raschke in a steel cage, bounty match
Johnny Weaver beat Steve Muslim
Brickhouse Brown beat Bill Howard
Rick McCord beat Gene Ligon
Kelly Kiniski beat Mark Fleming
Wed., 10/05/83 Greenwood, SC; Greenwood Civic Center (TV)
Thu., 10/06/83 Sumter, SC; Exhibition Center County of Sumpter (ECCOS)
Andre The Giant, Charlie Brown & Bugsy McGraw beat Baron Von Raschke & The Assassins
Rufus R. Jones beat Dory Funk, Jr. by DQ
Mark Youngblood beat Magic Dragon
Scott McGhee beat Kelly Kiniski
Thu., 10/6/83 Norfolk, VA; Scope Coliseum
Ric Flair & Wahoo McDaniel beat Dick Slater & Bob Orton, Jr.
Roddy Piper beat Greg Valentine in a lumberjack match
Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood beat Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco
Kevin Sullivan beat Johnny Weaver
Mark Lewin beat Brett Hart
Gene Anderson beat Terry Gibbs
Brickhouse Brown beat Bill Howard
Fri., 10/07/83 Richmond, VA; Richmond Coliseum
Baron Von Raschke beat Charlie Brown in a steel cage, bounty match
Johnny Weaver beat Dory Funk, Jr. in a 2-ring, 18-man battle royal that also included Andre the Giant, Ric Flair, Wahoo McDaniel, Dick Slater, Bob Orton, Jr., Kevin Sullivan, Rufus R. Jones, Gene Anderson, Brett Hart, Keith Larson, Vinnie Valentino, Jerry Grey, Tom Lentz, Terry Gibbs, Bill White and others
Dory Funk, Jr. beat Johnny Weaver
Kevin Sullivan & Mark Lewin beat Vinnie Valentino & Brett Hart
Terry Gibbs beat Tom Lentz
Brickhouse Brown beat Jerry Grey
Fri., 10/07/83 Charleston, SC; County Hall
Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood beat Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco in a no DQ match
Roddy Piper beat Greg Valentine in a lumberjack strap match
Mark Youngblood vs. Assassin #1
Scott McGhee vs. Assassin #2
Kelly Kiniski vs. Rick McCord
Sat., 10/08/83 Greensboro, NC; Greensboro Coliseum
Rick McCord beat Tom Lentz
Mark Lewin & Kevin Sullivan beat Vinnie Valentino & John Bonello
Rufus R. Jones beat Dory Funk, Jr.
Bugsy McGraw & Mark Youngblood beat The Assassins
Roddy Piper & Charlie Brown beat Baron Von Raschke & Gary Hart
Ric Flair & Wahoo McDaniel double DQ Bob Orton, Jr. & Dick Slater
Sat., 10/08/83 Lincolnton, NC
Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood beat Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco
Greg Valentine beat Johnny Weaver
Scott McGhee beat Magic Dragon
Kelly Kiniski beat Steve Muslim
Brickhouse Brown beat Jerry Grey
Sun., 10/09/83 Columbia, SC; Township Auditorium
Ric Flair & Wahoo McDaniel beat Dick Slater & Bob Orton, Jr.
Charlie Brown beat Baron Von Raschke in a steel cage, bounty match
Rufus R. Jones & Mark Youngblood beat The Assassins
Kevin Sullivan beat Steve Muslim
Mark Lewin beat Brett Hart
Magic Dragon beat Brickhouse Brown
Mon., 10/10/83 Greenville, SC; Memorial Auditorium
Ric Flair & Roddy Piper beat Bob Orton, Jr. & Dick Slater by DQ
Wahoo McDaniel beat Greg Valentine by countout
Kevin Sullivan & Mark Lewin beat Johnny Weaver & Rick McCord
Chavo Guerrero beat The Ninja
Gene Anderson beat Keith Larson
Tue., 10/11/83 Rocky Mount, NC; Municipal Stadium
Bob Orton, Jr. & Dick Slater beat Ric Flair & Roddy Piper by DQ
Mark Lewin & Kevin Sullivan beat Steve Muslin & Brickhouse Brown
Scott McGhee beat Bill Howard
Chavo Guerrero beat Magic Dragon
Vinnie Valentino beat Tom Lentz
Wed., 10/12/83 Spartanburg, SC; Memorial Auditorium (TV)
MACW:
Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood beat Magic Dragon & Bill Howard
Dick Slater beat Steve Muslin
Kevin Sullivan & Mark Lewin beat Brett Hart & Vinnie Valentino
Charlie Brown & Bugsy McGraw beat Kelly Kiniski & Tom Lentz
Mark Youngblood & Scott McGhee beat The Assassins
WWW:
Chavo Guerrero beat Magic Dragon
Kevin Sullivan & Mark Lewin beat Brett Hart & John Bonello
Dick Slater beat Keith Larson
Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood beat Bill Howard & Tom Lentz
The Assassins beat Terry Gibbs & Steve Muslin
Thu., 10/13/83 Orange, VA
Ric Flair beat Dory Funk, Jr.
Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Weaver beat Bob Orton, Jr. & Baron Von Raschke by DQ
Chavo Guerrero beat The Ninja
Mark Lewin beat Steve Muslin
Kevin Sullivan beat Vinnie Valentino
Thu., 10/13/83 Marion, NC
Wahoo McDaniel beat Dick Slater by countout
The Assassins beat Mark Youngblood & Bugsy McGraw
Scott McGhee beat Bill White
Fri., 10/14/83 Hampton, VA; Hampton Coliseum
Ric Flair & Roddy Piper beat Bob Orton, Jr. & Dory Funk, Jr.
Charlie Brown beat Baron Von Raschke
Kevin Sullivan & Mark Lewin beat Johnny Weaver & Terry Gibbs
Chavo Guerrero beat The Ninja
Magic Dragon beat Brett Hart
Vinnie Valentino beat Jerry Grey
Fri., 10/14/83 Charleston, SC; County Hall
Wahoo McDaniel beat Dick Slater
The Assassin beat Mark Youngblood & Bugsy McGraw
Brickhouse Brown vs. Bill Howard
Scott McGhee beat Bill Howard(sub for Gene Anderson)
Keith Larson beat Tom Lentz
Sat., 10/15/83 Culpeper, VA
Vinnie Valentino beat The Ninja
Brett Hart beat Jerry Grey
Chavo Guerrero beat Magic Dragon
Kevin Sullivan & Mark Lewin beat Johnny Weaver & Terry Gibbs
Ric Flair beat Bob Orton, Jr. by countout
Sat., 10/15/83 Roanoke, VA; Roanoke Civic Center
Charlie Brown & Mark Youngblood beat Baron Von Raschke & Gary Hart in a steel cage match
Winner to get Ric Flair: Dick Slater beat Dory Funk, Jr. via pinfall
The Assassins beat Bugsy McGraw & Brickhouse Brown
Scott McGhee beat Kelly Kiniski via pinfall
Gene Anderson beat Keith Larson
Rick McCord beat Tom Lentz
Sun., 10/16/83 Toronto, Ontario; Maple Leaf Gardens
Nick DeCarlo beat Scrap Iron Sheppard(12:32)
Rudy Kay & Terry Kay beat Bob Marcus & Joe Marcus(11:10)
Kelly Kiniski beat Big Mac(7:19)
Johnny Weaver beat Bill Howard (11:28)
Leo Burke beat Brett Hart (14:46)
Don Kernodle beat Mike Rotundo (13:02) to win NWA Canadian Television Title
Roddy Piper beat Greg Valentine (14:51)
Angelo Mosca beat Sgt. Slaughter (12:41) via pinfall in a lumberjack match
Sun., 10/16/83 Fayetteville, NC; Cumberland County Civic Center
Ric Flair & Wahoo McDaniel beat Dick Slater & Bob Orton, Jr.
Charlie Brown beat Baron Von Raschke in a street fight match
Dory Funk, Jr. beat Chavo Guerrero
Kevin Sullivan & Mark Lewin beat Scott McGhee & John Bonello
Vinnie Valentino beat The Ninja
Brickhouse Brown beat Jerry Grey
Sun., 10/16/83 Greensboro, NC; Greensboro Coliseum
Ric Flair beat Bob Orton, Jr.
Baron Von Raschke vs. Charlie Brown in a cage match
Wahoo McDaniel beat Dick Slater by DQ
Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco vs. Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood
Gene Anderson beat Keith Larson
Terry Gibbs beat Tom Lentz
Scott McGhee beat Magic Dragon
Dory Funk, Jr., Bugsy McGraw & Mark Youngblood beat The Assassins & Paul Jones