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Richmond Reflections

by David Chappell

Goodbye to "Mr. Mid-Atlantic" Johnny Weaver MOST RECENT ENTRY

Reunited, And It Feels So Good

Happy New Year from an Empty Richmond Coliseum 

Wahoo McDaniel: One of The Family Passes Away

Remembering Big Swede Hanson

Johnny Valentine - The Champ

Super Destroyer: A Cut Above the Rest

A Hot August Night  

Prom Night, April 30, 1976

Learning Your Way Around the Richmond Circuit

 

Also see:

Richmond's Top 15


Featured Articles by Gateway Contributors

A Night at the WRAL Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Television Tapings by Bruce Mitchell

Big Bill's Playhouse: Remembering Bill Ward and WBTV by Mike Cline

Wrestling 101: Discovering Wrestling on Television in the 1960s by Wayne Brower

Johnny Weaver's Title Chase by Mike Cline

A Family Together: A Look Back at the Hall of Heroes CLass of 2008 by Bruce Mitchell


Gateway Guide to Great Wrestling Road Food

Price's Chicken Coop, Charlotte NC

South 21 Drive-In, Charlotte NC

 


Ric Flair WWE Updates 2007-2008

by Jim De Medeiros

 

Flair Proves He's Still Wrestling's MVP

Happy Woo Year!

Ric Flair's Last Run Derailed?

Flair Promises to "Go Out in a Blaze of Glory"

Ric Flair: The Final Countdown

Staying The Man FINAL IN THE SERIES


 

 

 

 

On The Backstreets

by Dick Bourne 

Saddle Up! Blackjack Mulligan Returns to Charlotte  MOST RECENT ENTRY

I Still Owe Harley Race a Beer

Fate (Or Something Like It)

The Pride of the Peacock

South 21 Drive-In: A Charlotte Wrestling Tradition

The Greatest Finish Man Ever (Blackjack Mulligan Reminisces On Johnny Weaver) 

Saying Goodbye to Johnny Weaver

Ole & Solie: The Evolution of TV Wrestling in Georgia After Black Saturday

Thanksgiving Tradition

The Return of Pvt. Jim Nelson

A Legend Comes Home: Johnny Weaver Returns to Mid-Atlantic Wrestling in 1975

In The Woods of North Georgia: A Visit with Ole Anderson in 2007

Worlds Collide: The Anderson Brothers vs. The Mongols in 1976

The Unexpected Gift

A Simpler Time

The Lost Title Reign of Tiger Conway, Jr. and Steve Keirn

The Little Ol' Lady Ringside

Historical Controversy: Should Paul Jones' victory over Johnny Valentine for the Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship be recognized?

The Chicken Coop 

Local Listings

The Original Minnesota Wrecking Crew

I Believed in Gene Anderson

Backed by the Jack: A Visit with Blackjack Mulligan

Black Saturday

The Birth of Mid-Atlantic Wrestling on Television

The Origin of the Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship

Perfect Storm: The Legend of The Hat and Robe

Starrcade's Magic Moments

Giving Thanks in Spartanburg

Full Circle


From the Bookshelf:

Finally, A Great Book on A Lost Art Form: The Tag Teams

Something Left For All of Us