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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
appeared on the WWE Network. Results are included for the week
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Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
Original broadcast: 05/07/83
(taped 5/04/83 at WPCQ-TV studios in Charlotte)
This program does not appear on the WWE Network
Unfortunately, WWE Network skips this week. Here are the abstract results:
- Mike Rotundo & Rufus R. Jones d. Bill White & Ken Timbs
- Jos LeDuc d. Snake Brown
- Dory Funk, Jr. & Jake Roberts d. Jim Nelson & Vinnie Valentino
- Great Kabuki & Magic Dragon d. Johnny Weaver & Abe Jacobs
- Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw d. Masa Fuchi & Ben Alexander
During the week, LeDuc won the TV title 4/30/83 in Richmond in a lumberjack match. That same night, Youngblood & Slaughter lost the cage match, loser-must-split-up final confrontation title match.
The following day, Greg Valentine regained the U.S. championship from Roddy Piper in Greensboro, when he hit him in the ear with the title belt. NWA representative Sandy Scott stopped the bout, and awarded the championship to Valentine, even though Piper said he could continue.
On TV, the Briscos demanded another match against Steamboat & Youngblood. According to Joe Shedlock’s “Wrestling,” Steamboat & Youngblood opted out, citing their tough encounter with Slaughter & Kernodle.
Meanwhile, on World Wide Wrestling this week, Dick Slater took on new TV champion Jos LeDuc. Valentine interfered for the DQ. Johnny Weaver came out to break things up, only for Slater to piledrive him on the floor. Scott then suspended Slater for 30 days. Conveniently, Slater would embark on a long tour in All Japan Pro Wrestling (and even teaming with Roddy Piper!).
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Results for the week, 5/02/83-5/08/83
(source: Clawmaster’s Archive via Sports and Wrestling blog posted by David Baker; “Wrestling” newsletter by Joe Shedlock)
Mon., 5/02/83 Greenville, SC; Memorial Auditorium
Magic Dragon beat Mike Davis
Kelly Kiniski beat Keith Larson
Mike Rotundo beat Jake Roberts
Greg Valentine beat Rufus R. Jones
Jimmy Valiant beat Great Kabuki
Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood DCO Jack & Jerry Brisco
Tue., 5/03/83 Columbia, SC; Township Auditorium
Wayne Jones & Mike Davis d. Masa Fuchi & Bill White
Gene Anderson d. Abe Jacobs
Mike Rotundo d. Rick Harris
Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw d. Kabuki & Magic Dragon
One Man Gang d. Jose LeDuc
Tue., 5/03/83 Raleigh, NC; Raleigh Civic Center
Vinnie Valentino beat Ken Timbs
Kelly Kiniski beat Keith Larson
Don Kernodle beat Jim Nelson in a boot camp match
Johnny Weaver beat Dick Slater by DQ
Greg Valentine beat Rufus R. Jones
Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood DCO Jack & Jerry Brisco
Wed., 5/04/83 Charlotte, NC; WPCQ-TV studio
Thu., 5/05/83 Sumter, SC
Abe Jacobs d. Masa Fuchi (Jacobs sub for Wayne Jones)
Rufus R. Jones vs. Ricky Harris
Mike Rotundo -draw- Jake Roberts
One Man Gang d. Jos LeDuc by DQ
Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood d. Greg Valentine & Dick Slater
Fri., 5/06/83 Charleston, SC; County Hall
Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood beat Greg Valentine & Dick Slater
Nelson Royal beat Jake Roberts
Liz Chase & Susan Starr beat Donna Christianello & Leilani Kai
Ricky Harris beat Vinnie Valentino
Fri., 5/06/83 Lenoir, SC
Ben Alexander d. Mike Davis
Masa Fuchi d. Abe Jacobs
Mike Rotundo -draw- Johnny Weaver
Jimmy Valiant & Jos LeDuc & Bugsy McGraw d. One Man Gang & Gene Anderson & Sir Oliver Humperdink
Sat., 5/07/83 Hampton, VA
Rufus R. Jones & Jimmy Valiant beat Great Kabuki, Magic Dragon & Gary Hart in a handicap match
Dory Funk, Jr. & Jake Roberts beat Dick Slater & Greg Valentine
One Man Gang beat Jos Leduc
Bugsy McGraw beat Bill White
Keith Larson beat Ken Timbs
Sun., 5/08/83 Savannah, GA
Tournament for World tag team championship match
First round: Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco d. One Man Gang & Kelly Kiniski
First round: Great Kabuki & Magic Dragon d. Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw
First round: Mike Rotundo & Rufus R. Jones d. Greg Valentine & Gene Anderson
First round: Dory Funk. Jr. & Jake Roberts d. Johnny Weaver & Nelson Royal
Semifinal round: Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco d. Great Kabuki & Magic Dragon
Semifinal round: Dory Funk. Jr. & Jake Roberts d. Mike Rotundo & Rufus R. Jones
Final: Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco d. Dory Funk. Jr. & Jake Roberts