The Mid-Atlantic Gateway

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"I can't make them believe wrestling is real, but I sure can make them believe I am real."
- Johnny Valentine

Gateway Interview

David Chappell updates the Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Almanac with history and roster for January 1974!

Johnny Valentine • The Anderson Brothers • Nelson Royal • Johnny Weaver • Bearcat Wright • Swede Hanson • The Super Destroyer & many more!

TIDEWATER HEROES

The Living Legend Larry Zbyszko

JOHNNY WEAVER BLOG

New Wrestling Venue Dedicated to the Memory of Johnny Weaver

NWA Title Defenses in the Mid-Atlantic Area - 1976

Anderson History for 1973

Matches & Results as Gene and Ole Anderson campaigned in the Mid-Atlantic and Georgia.

An email from Brad Anderson:

"I love the Crockett Park photos. I grew up out there with the Crockett kids doing odd jobs starting at 9 years old. Barry Windham worked there for a summer also. Dan Spivey and Scott Hall were there a little while working on the ground crew while they were breaking in the biz. The infamous Klondike Bill telling us stories about the business which no kid's ears should have heard at that age. We would sit on the picnic tables - which there is a great photo of - and Klondike would keep us entertained. GREAT!"

-Brad Anderson, 4/14/09

Crockett Park

Updated in Classic Venues

CLIPPINGS COLLECTION!

Now Available!

Over 12,000 clippings available from the decades of the 1960s and 1970s, from all over the Mid-Atlantic Territory!

More Details Here

A Special Book About Wrestling's

Greatest Trophy

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

NEW! Softcover Now available through Highspots.com

SPANNING THE GLOBE

From Bangkok to Christschurch and Prague to Saskatoon - and all points in between!

Take a look at all the places around the world where people visit the Mid-Atlantic Gateway.

54 Countries (and counting!)

Welcome to the Gateway!

Special Audio Greetings from

Bob Caudle | Ric Flair | Baron Von Raschke

Rich Landrum | Sandy Scott

Special Video Greetings from

Masked Superstar | Boris Zhukov | Jimmy Valiant | Les Thatcher

Special Photo Greeting to the Gateway: Roddy Piper

Long time wrestling fans in the Carolinas and Virginia know well that Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling was one of the great regional wrestling territories in the history of the sport.

This web-site is a tribute to the performers and athletes that made Jim Crockett Promotions the magic place that it was in the 1970s and 1980s.

The Mid-Atlantic Gateway site will cover Mid-Atlantic Wrestling from 1974-1986, basically the period of time that the Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship was recognized. (For more on our decision to focus on this time frame, click here.) We want the site to be the definitive resource on the World Wide Web for information and reference on Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling. As the years go by, we will continue to build the Mid-Atlantic Almanac, a collection of comprehensive reference documents on the area that we will build quarter-by-quarter, year-by-year.

Please visit often! If you know others who enjoyed these wonderful days gone by, point them in the direction of our site.

Thanks, and enjoy!

- Dick Bourne & David Chappell

The Mid-Atlantic Gateway

Except where noted, All Content and Website Design

Site Content: Dick Bourne & David Chappell

Special Thanks to Bill Janosik, Mark Eastridge, Eddie Cheslock, Carroll Hall, Steve Hall, Mike Cline, Dave Millican, Akihiro Iwata, Peggy Lathan and Blake Arledge.

Online Editor: James De Medeiros

Thanks also to those within the business who have been so supportive of our efforts here, especially Bill Eadie, Johnny Weaver, Bob Caudle, Brad Armstrong, Les Thatcher, Brad Anderson, Boris Zhukov, Jimmy Valiant, Rich Landrum, and Mr. #1 George South.