Podcast: MACW October 2, 1982

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Don Kernodle Tribute Part Two

Don't miss the long awaited, eagerly anticipated PART TWO of the Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast's tribute to the life and career of Don Kernodle. An incredibly detailed look at one of Mid-Atlantic Wrestling's iconic home-grown stars.

From their website:

In this second and final part, we continue the story of how a lifelong wrestling fan became one of the most respected workers in the business. We pick up at the legendary Road To Greensboro, and follow Don through his many adventures. Over three and a half hours, we cover everything. The match and the fallout of the legendary battle against Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood, his team with Sgt. Slaughter is forced to end, traveling to the World Wrestling Federation, successes in Toronto for Maple Leaf Wrestling, brief – but legendary – teams with Bob Orton Jr and Ivan Koloff, his creation of Nikita Koloff, semi-retirement, Atlantic Coast Wrestling, and so much more!

The first part of the special looked at how Kernodle broke into the business, his wrestling education, his big break as one of Sarge’s Privates with Jim Nelson, and all of the angles that led up to the famous night on March 12, 1983.

With tons of audio clips throughout, it is a tour de force! 

 

Links to both episodes: 

SPECIAL EPISODE: DON KERNODLE TRIBUTE SHOW PART 1
SPECIAL EPISODE: DON KERNODLE TRIBUTE SHOW PART 2

 

Mid-Atlantic Podcast Shines with Mid-Atlantic Gateway Audio

This year's Thanksgiving Day episode of the great Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast takes a look at an episode of Mid-Atlantic Wrestling from August of 1982 that IS NOT featured on the WWE Network. In light of that, host Mike Sempervive utilized exclusive (and rare) audio recordings of that show from the Mid-Atlantic Gateway audio archives to cover a lot of developments taking place that specific week. Sad that the network doesn't include this show. But very fortunate that David Chappell has preserved his audio casettes from all those years ago. 

Mike Sempervivie and Roman Gomez host the podcast as part of the Arcadian Vanguard Network and cover an individual episode of classic Mid-Atlantic Wrestling as seen on the WWE Network on each of their shows.

This particular episode is considered a special episode, and Sempervive is solo to work through all of the audio we provided, including the local promos for a show at the Richmond Coliseum in late August. on top of that as a special bonus, audio from World Wide Wrestling that same week is also featured, as hosted by David Crockett and Johnny Weaver. 

Mike does a great job of putting it all in perspective and introducung each audio clip an putting things in context of the times. Things we hot that week as Roddy Piper had approached Jack Brisco, Jimmy Valiant, and Wahoo McDaniel about letting him team up with them. Paul Jones turns dirty (again!) It's one of Paul's greatest promos as he talks about money being important, but it's championship he covets most. Plus Sgt. Slaughter and his Marine Privates attack Wahoo McDaniel, Jim Crockett resigns as NWA President, the House of Humperdink is growing, and more!

Great special episode, don't miss it! And follow their incredible Twitter feed @MidAtlanticPod.

 

Dr. Tom Prichard talks at length about Crown Jewel on "Taking You to School"

by Dick Bourne
Mid-Atlantic Gateway 

"It was a huge part of what attracted me as a fan. And I think today, too many people are jaded and don't appreciate the little things like that. Which really, back then, they were big things, but looking at it now with all the other glitz and glamour, and lights, camera, action, they are little things now. It's all the pieces and parts that make up professional wrestling, and "Crown Jewel" is a huge piece and huge part of the history of wrestling."

- Tom Prichard on "Crown Jewel" and what made the NWA belt so special.
"Taking You to School" Podcast

I was really pleased and honored that Tom Prichard, a fellow for whom I have a great deal of respect, spent nearly twenty minutes on his podcast Monday (11/9/20) talking about my new book Crown Jewel. Tom's podcast, titled "Taking You to School," is part of the Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling podcasting network, and hosted by John and Chad, two of the nicest guys you'll meet in and around the wrestling business.

John led off the discussion mentioning a post he'd just seen on the Gateway that Prichard wrote, and Tom explained it was actually an email that he had written me. I had asked permission from him to post it on the website. (See: Wrapped Up in History: Dr. Tom Prichard on "Crown Jewel")

He then took off on a near 20-minute dissertation on how much this version of the NWA World Title belt meant to him as a kid growing up, and how much it means to wrestling history.

"He's put out some great books, " Tom kindly said of my series of books on belts. "This one, though, really hit home." 

Tom was born in Texas in 1959, the same year the NWA "crown belt" was presented to then champion Pat O'Connor. In Texas, the Funk family dynasty were the major players and local heroes. He became a fan at a very young age, and so when Dory Funk, Jr. won the title from Gene Kiniski in 1969, the belt Funk wore became the symbol of excellence to Tom and his brother Bruce and thousands of other wrestling fans who went to see their heroes at the Sam Houston Coliseum every Friday night. He was there in Houston the very last night an NWA champion wore the "crown belt" into the ring and that belt was retired, when Jack Brisco defeated Harley Race for the title in June of 1973.

As a result, the book all these years later seemed to really connect with the Prichard boys (Bruce's reaction here) and Tom spoke almost lovingly of the classic old belt, the little details that made it special (and that are presented in great detail in the book) and what it meant to him and to fans in that era, and how important it is in wrestling history.

Take a few moments to listen to Tom's podcast, linked below, and enjoy his memories of the old belt, the legendary title it represented, and the great wrestlers that wore it during that time. There is also some great discussion about Tom's close friend Brad Armstrong, who died eight years ago this month. 

TWO MAN POWER TRIP OF WRESTLING
"Taking You to School" with Tom Prichard
Crown Jewel, Brad, & NJPW

"A hell of a book," Tom told Poz. "I highly recommend it." 

No better recommendation than that. 

I want to thank Tom Prichard and his co-host John Pozarowski for the nice things they both had to say about this book and all my books. I am beyond flattered. 

More information on Crown Jewel can be found in the Mid-Atlantic Gateway Book Store. You can find purchase links there or search for it on Amazon. 

Bruce Prichard Talks "Crown Jewel" on Something to Wrestle

On a recent episode of the enormously popular "Something to Wrestle" podcast (the King Kong Bundy Episode, No. 239), Bruce Prichard and co-host Conrad Thompson discuss our recent book Crown Jewel, a look at the famous belt and the history of the NWA World Championship from 1959-1973. The discussion takes place at 14:42 into the podcast.

Transcript:

BRUCE PRICHARD: Okay, I'm going to do something very uncharacteristic for me. I've been doing a lot of uncharacteristic sh*t.

CONRAD THOMPSON: I agree.

BRUCE: (Holds up book) Can you see what that is?

CONRAD: Yeah, that looks like our man Dick Bourne's new book "Crown Jewel", the story of the NWA World Title from 1959-1973.

BRUCE: Yeah, and you need to send me Dick's number so I can thank him personally because this is my favorite championship belt of all time, the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from, as you said, 1959 to 1973. This is the belt worn by Pat O'Connor, Gene Kiniski, Buddy Rogers, Dory Funk, Jr. Harley Race wore it for a few short weeks or months before he dropped it on July 20, 1973 in Houston, TX, to Jack Brisco in the third fall with a Lou Thesz press. But, it's interesting, as I look back at some of the pictures he has of this particular belt - - you know as a kid, you fantasize - - like I got to hold this belt when, on July 20, 1973 in Houston Texas at the Sam Houston Coliseum, I was sitting in Section 5, Row 12, Seat 8 - - and Jack Adkisson, Fritz Von Erich, was holding this particular belt and I asked him if I could look at it and hold it, and did for a second. But to me it was always...

CONRAD: The belt.

BRUCE: ... thick gold, and heavy, and it just appears to be very thin in real life, and that's bothering me a little bit. 

CONRAD: When you're a kid, everything seems bigger and larger than life. And then you become an adult and your like, well, maybe not so much. But this belt, I know you've told me for years and years, it was your favorite of all the NWA world titles. You grew up on this one, and of course it was replaced by what we now know as the "ten pounds of gold" and then of course "big gold." But this was like your one. So when Dick told me he was doing a book on this, he sent me a copy of it, and I said "hey, can you send one to Bruce?" ... and you got a special one. But everybody can grab their own right now at midatlanticgateway.com or you can just look for it on Amazon. It's called "Crown Jewel: The NWA World Championship from 1959 -1973" and our old pal Dick Bourne, who did the Horsemen book, the Big Gold book, he did the Ten Pounds of Gold book, his belt series continues, and I thought this would be right up your alley. So I'm glad, (a) you got it, and (b) you remembered to put it over here for Dick.

BRUCE: It is. Well, because I've damn near read almost half of it, just in bits and pieces, the parts that I wanted to read about, and the part about Salvadore Lutteroth, Jr. and getting the jeweler in Mexico City to do the championship, which I had told you guys about and some people poo-poo'd me. But it's an interesting, very interesting read if your in to that kind of thing, it's the holy grail. It's funny because I had always noticed that there were two different straps on this belt, two different leathers, but I always thought, ah man, you know in the old days maybe their just touching up the picture, making the strap look bigger, and different parts. But the leather that Dory had on his was much softer leather than the normal championship belts at that time, and I always thought that was cool as hell. Don't know why. But, you know Thesz taking the belt - - and the fact that the globe! -- the world globe on the one when Dory got it, it came off. And for years I always thought it was all just one piece, and it wasn't. And that's freaking me out, too.

CONRAD: Really cool book, check it out over at Amazon.com or MidAtlanticGateway.com. Shout out to Dick Bourne, one of the best rasslin' book writers around.

BRUCE: Yes sir! I highly recommend it. 

 

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Check out the King Kong Bundy episode, No. 239, over at the Westwood One site for Something to Wrestle, on SomethingToWrestle.com, or download the show from anywhere you get your podcasts. 

Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard is co-hosted and produced by Conrad Thompson and is presented by the Westwood One Podcast Network. 

 Follow Bruce Prichard (@bruceprichard), Conrad Thompson (@heyheyitsconrad), and the show (@PrichardShow) on Twitter.

Anderson Boots on the Arn Show

TAGGED TO THE ANDERSON BOOTS DISCUSSION

Thank you, Sarah!

Championship Podcast: May 1, 1982

There is a new episode over at the Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast (@MidAtlanticPod) for the May 1, 1982 episode. The show features ongoing focus on the NWA World Tag Team tournament taking place in various cities across the NWA.

By the way, we have a huge 12 part series on that NWA World Tag Team Tournament on the Mid-Atlantic Gateway that covers every known tournament in the series, with bracketing, results, and more.

And as always, we appreciate Mike Sempervive mentioning the Mid-Atlantic Gateway on the podcast. You can find links to all of their podcasts, links to the shows on the WWE Network,  as well as David Taub's ongoing show summaries on our TV & Podcast index page.

Ole Anderson confronts Angelo Mosca and Killer Khan as fans speculate what
it might be like to have two heel teams face each other in the NWA tag team tournament.

Regarding the podcast, if you're still unfamiliar (and if you are a Mid-Atlantic fan, you should be checking this great podcast out every week), Mike Sempervive and Roman Gomez  review another episode form the series that is currently available in the In-Ring/Territories section of the WWE Network. The podcast is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network and is available to stream on their website and anywhere else you get your podcasts (such as iTunes, etc.)

 Also available from the podcast is a special "Prelude Episode" that set the stage for the year 1982 and things to come, as well as three "bonus" episodes, one looking back at Starrcade '84, another looking at the first Clash of the Champions, and the third the other a special bio/profile of the patriarch of the Crockett promotional empire Jim Crockett, Sr.  All three of these bonus shows are excellent!

So make sure not to miss an episode and check out the Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast, a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network.

Championship Podcast: April 24, 1982

New podcast over at the Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast (@MidAtlanticPod) for the April 24, 1982 episode. Wahoo McDaniel and Don Muraco on the show together as Western Division Champions in the NWA World Tag Team Tournament.

By the way, we have a huge 12 part series on that NWA World Tag Team Tournament on the Gateway, including a special report on Wahoo and Muraco winning the West.


And as always, we appreciate Mike Sempervive mentioning the Mid-Atlantic Gateway on the podcast. You can find links to all of their podcasts, links to the shows on the WWE Network,  as well as David Taub's ongoing show summaries on our TV & Podcast index page.

Regarding the podcast, if you're still unfamiliar (and if you are a Mid-Atlantic fan, you should be checking this great podcast out every week), Mike Sempervive and Roman Gomez  review another episode form the series that is currently available in the In-Ring/Territories section of the WWE Network. The podcast is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network and is available to stream on their website and anywhere else you get your podcasts (such as iTunes, etc.)

"Chief" Wahoo McDaniel and "Magnificent" Don Muraco

 Also available from the podcast is a special "Prelude Episode" that set the stage for the year 1982 and things to come, as well as three "bonus" episodes, one looking back at Starrcade '84, another looking at the first Clash of the Champions, and the third the other a special bio/profile of the patriarch of the Crockett promotional empire Jim Crockett, Sr.  All three of these bonus shows are excellent!

So make sure not to miss an episode and check out the Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast, a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network.

Championship Podcast: March 27 and April 3 Episodes Are Up

The fellows over at the Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast (@MidAtlanticPod) are moving so fast, we can hardly keep up - they've just uploaded their fifth show in two weeks!

Two new episodes have recently dropped for the shows for March 27 and April 3, 1982. And in between was a special 2.5 hour podcast on the very first Clash of the Champions, which we posted about earlier.

And as always, we appreciate the kind words about the Gateway from Mike Sempervive on the podcast. We are honored you have been with is for so long.

Regarding the podcast, if you're still unfamiliar (and if you are a Mid-Atlantic fan, you should be checking this great podcast out every week), Mike Sempervive and Roman Gomez  review another episode form the series that is currently available in the In-Ring/Territories section of the WWE Network. The podcast is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network and is available to stream on their website and anywhere else you get your podcasts (such as iTunes, etc.)

Bob Caudle holds the mic as Ole Anderson confronts Jack Brisco

We continue to enjoy this weekly deep dive into each of these Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling episodes and encourage you to check it out if you haven't already done so.

Also available from the podcast is a special "Prelude Episode" that set the stage for the year 1982 and things to come, as well as two "bonus" episodes, one looking back at Starrcade '84, the other a special bio/profile of the patriarch of the Crockett promotional empire Jim Crockett, Sr.  Both of these bonus shows are excellent!

So make sure not to miss an episode (like we just about did!) and check out the Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast, a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network.

Recent shows:
Mid-Atlantic Wrestling March 27, 1982
Mid-Atlantic Wrestling April 3, 1982
Clash of the Champions Anniversary Special

Check out our TV & Podcast page for links to David Taub's TV summaries and all of the Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast episodes, along with links to the TV shows themselves on the WWE network.

Mid-Atlantic TV Report: Juy 31, 1982

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
on the WWE Network

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 (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.


Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
Original broadcast: 7/31/82
(taped 7/28/82 at WPCQ-TV studios in Charlotte)

WWE Network feed.  [How to watch this show on the WWE Network.]

WWE Network Direct Link to this show: Mid-Atlantic 7/31/82

-Int. w/Bob Caudle: Ivan Koloff & Sir Oliver Humperdink
Before Koloff and Humperdink get started, Matt Borne comes out and essentially begs Humperdink to manage him. Sir Oliver gives him the blow off, saying they will talk later. Koloff with a bandaged head, wants Valiant. He wants him in a coal miner’s glove match. Koloff goes into detail explaining a coal miner’s glove match. Ivan’s grandfather used to work in the salt mines in Russia. Koloff demonstrates the glove on newspaper. Of course, he tears it to shreds.

[Break]

Match 1
Ricky Steamboat d. Juan Reynoso
The yellow-wearing Sonny Fargo is the referee for the hour. Steamboat still has the beard. Caudle keeps going on about Koloff vs. Valiant. Silver lining: Caudle says that should be the end of their feud. Reynoso gets his offense in, but Steamboat finishes him with the cross bodyblock off the top rope.

-Int. w/Bob Caudle: Ricky Steamboat
Steamboat complains about Leroy Brown joining the House of Humperdink. He said anyone would have made the save last week.

[Break]

Match 2
Paul Jones & Jake Roberts d. David Patterson & Ken Timbs
Two weeks in a row for Patterson & Timbs as a team! Jones & Roberts work on Timbs’ left arm, including a Roberts knee lift. Roberts eventually gets the pin on Timbs with a knee lift to the head.
-Int. w/Bob Caudle: Jim Dalton & Bill White
I imagine this is in lieu of local promos. These are just normal, sports-based interviews. Wrestling is tough. I have experience. I think I can win. Bill White looks like Arn Anderson with curly hair. White talks a lot about Wahoo, saying he has the worst chop in the world. Not sure if that was a compliment or insult.

Match 3
Leroy Brown (w/Sir Oliver Humperdink) d. King Parsons
Brown is sporting a new look, as promised. Black tights and top. Dyed-blonde beard, and an earing. Brown dominates. Parsons tried a cross body-block off the top rope, and Brown catches him in mid-air. Parsons has Brown in the corner, but Humperdink tripped him, and Brown fell on top for the pin. Brown then lays Parsons out with a series of elbow drops, before Pork Chop Cash drags his partner out of the ring.

[Break]

-Int. w/Bob Caudle: Leroy Brown, Ninja and Sir Oliver Humperdink; Sgt. Slaughter
Brown doesn’t like Black Power, he likes black power. He’s taking back to Chicago style to beat people up. Humperdink likes the change in Brown. He also puts over Ninja, who is playing at the desk with his sword. Update: it’s not a coal miner’s glove challenge from Koloff, it is a Siberian Salt Miner’s glove. Matt Borne lurks around unexplained.

House of Humperdink leaves, and Slaughter comes in. He says he won’t be at the next show, because he will be at the White House to discuss military strategy with President Reagan. He mentions Piper is in Hawai’i enjoying Brisco’s money. He also notes that when Piper comes back, Ric Flair will be his partner versus Brisco & Wahoo. Slaughter loves it.

Caudle introduces the next match via magic blue screen. Borne is announced from Portland, as opposed to being from Milwaukie, Oregon.

[Break]

Match 4
Sgt. Slaughter & Gene Anderson & Matt Borne d. Mike Rotundo & Ron Ritchie & Mike Davis
Gene Anderson is back, with seemingly no fanfare. And, no mention of whatever happened to the World tag team tournament. Caudle notes Borne hopes to impress Humperdink. Anderson is taking some bumps, not many, but some. Borne pins Davis with the unacknowledged Bombs Away.

-Int. w/Bob Caudle: David Patterson & Ken Timbs
This is in lieu of local promos. A post-match interview with prelim talent? Patterson accuses Roberts of a loaded knee in their match. Timbs concurs. Caudle, is shocked, just shocked to hear accusations of Jake cheating. Patterson lays some Spanish on us to conclude the interview. Caudle asks for a translation. Patterson said it was exactly what he just said in English.

[Break]

Match 5
Jack Brisco & Wahoo McDaniel d. Jim Dalton & Bill White.
More Caudle talk on Humperdink and Leroy Brown. Brisco makes White submit to the figure four.

-Int. w/Bob Caudle: Wahoo McDaniel & Jack Brisco
Wahoo mentions the Siberian Salt Miner’s match. He then says facing Piper & Flair is an answer to his prayers. Wahoo says not to worry about Brisco paying him back. He can make $2,000 in a night. No mention of Jerry Brisco coming back this week.

“So long for now!”

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Results for the week, 7/26/82-8/01/82  (source: Clawmaster’s Archive via Sports and Wrestling blog posted by David Baker; “Wrestling” newsletter by Joe Shedlock

Mon., 7/26/82 Greenville, SC
Kelly Kiniski beat Jim Dalton
Mike Rotundo beat Billy White
Tim Horner beat Ben Alexander
Ken Timbs beat Keith Larson
Paul Jones & Jake Roberts beat Matt Borne & Gene Anderson
Jimmy Valiant beat Ivan Koloff in a Siberian salt match

Tue., 7/27/82 Columbia, SC
Jack Brisco beat Leroy Brown by DQ
Wahoo McDaniel beat Sgt. Slaughter in a Canadian lumberjack match
David Patterson draw Kelly Kiniski
Matt Borne beat Mike Rotundo
Mike Davis beat The Monk
Ron Ritchie beat Ben Alexander

Thu., 7/29/82 Harrisonburg, VA
Jimmy Valiant beat Ivan Koloff in a chain match
Porkchop Cash & King Parsons beat Matt Borne & David Patterson
Mike Davis beat Ali Bey
Matt Borne beat Keith Larson
Tim Horner beat Juan Reynosa
Jay Youngblood & Jake Roberts beat The Ninja & Gene Anderson by DQ

Fri., 7/30/82 Richmond, VA — Richmond Coliseum
Mike Rotundo d. Juan Reynoso
Kelly Kiniski d. David Patterson
Pvt. Kernodle & Pvt. Nelson d. Jake Roberts & Tim Horner
Angelo Mosca d. Jay Youngblood
Rick Steamboat d. Leroy Brown by DQ
Roddy Piper d. Jack Brisco
Strap match: Wahoo McDaniel d. Sgt. Slaughter

Sat., 7/31/82 Spartanburg, SC
Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood beat Angelo Mosca & The Ninja
Johnny Weaver beat Jim Dalton
Paul Jones beat David Patterson
Tim Horner beat Ken Timbs
Ron Ritchie beat Juan Reynosa
Mike Davis beat The Monk

Sun., 8/01/82 Savannah, GA
Jimmy Valiant beat Ivan Koloff in a New York street fight
Pvt. Nelson beat Keith Larson
Mike Rotundo beat Juan Reynosa
Jay Youngblood beat Matt Borne
King Parsons & Porkchop Cash beat Pvt. Nelson & Pvt. Kernodle
Sgt. Slaughter beat Wahoo McDaniel
Roddy Piper beat Jack Brisco

The Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast Takes a Close Look at the first Clash of the Champions

The good folks over at the Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast have a special episode up taking a look at the very first Clash of the Champions special on WTBS in 1988, which launched Sting into stardom as he challenged Ric Flair for the NWA World Heavyweight championship in the big main event. The free show went head to head with the WWF's Wrestlemania pay-per-view. Host Mike Sempervive and co-host Roman Gomez take a look at everything that went on leading up to the show and of course the big show itself.

From the Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast website:

In celebration of the 32nd anniversary, The Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast proudly presents a very special look at the very first Clash Of The Champions

Aired live on WTBS, Mike Sempervive and Roman Gomez take a deep dive into Jim Crockett Promotions most successful attempt to hurt the WWF by going head-to-head with WrestleMania.

Backstory of the matches, featuring the television lead-up and promos, and our thoughts on what ultimately played out onto our screens – ending with Ric Flair’s coronation of Sting as the newest professional wrestling superstar.

Whether you’re reliving memories or creating some new ones, we here at The Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast thank you very much for coming along on the ride!

Excellent episode! If you haven't done so, check it out now.

The Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network.

Championship Podcast: March 20, 1982

The new episode of the "Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast" has dropped and features a look at the Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling episode from March 20, 1982.

First off, thanks for the very kind words directed at the Mid-Atlantic Gateway from host Mike Sempervive on this episode of the podcast:"There would not be a Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast," Mike said, "if it were not for the Mid-Atlantic Gateway." What a nice thing to say (and for us to hear.) We appreciate that Mike!

This episode features a great look at the March 20 show, which as Mike and Roman Gomez point out, was a good one, the show almost stolen my the great promos and match with Sgt. Slaughter. Sgt. Slaughter does a great interview on the opening of the show making it clear her was ready for the challenge of Wahoo McDaniel or Ricky Steamboat and even from NWA World Champion Ric Flair. Sarge also has a more competitive than usual TV match with "young lion" Ron Ritchie.

We loved Mike's rant about how the over-dubbed music WWE places over the original music on these shows. We know why they do it, but we were cheering on Mike as he lamented the loss of one of the special things about these shows.

Regarding the podcast, if you're still unfamiliar (and if you are a Mid-Atlantic fan, you should be checking this great podcast out every week), Mike Sempervive and Roman Gomez  review another episode form the series that is currently available in the In-Ring/Territories section of the WWE Network. The podcast is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network and is available to stream on their website and anywhere else you get your podcasts (such as iTunes, etc.)

We continue to enjoy this weekly deep dive into each of these Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling episodes and encourage you to check it out if you haven't already done so.

Also available from the podcast is a special "Prelude Episode" that set the stage for the year 1982 and things to come, as well as two "bonus" episodes, one looking back at Starrcade '84, the other a special bio/profile of the patriarch of the Crockett promotional empire Jim Crockett, Sr. Both of these bonus shows are excellent!

Previous Episodes of the podcast can be found on their website as well as linked from our TV and Podcast Summary Index. David Taub's summary of this show, with match results for the week, can be found here.

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From the "Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast" website for this episode:

Big Bill Ward

Welcome to The Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast. On this episode of the show, Mike Sempervive returns alongside Roman Gomez, to take a look at Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling from March 20, 1982, featuring:

• US Champion Sergeant Slaughter takes out his frustrations with Ric Flair on a surprisingly game Ron Ritchie. 
• A Murderer’s Row of promos on the show, including Flair, Slaughter, Piper, Stevens, Idol, Anderson, Hansen, Koloff and Valiant.
• Roddy Piper once again dominates the commentary, and also shows a heart for the retarded children coming to the Crockett Park BBQ.
• Valuable bumper stickers and C-Band satellite dishes.
• Plus a tribute to Lance Russell’s Nose, top results from around the loop, and much more on another exciting edition of the Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast!

Also, be sure to also check out David Taub's summaries of the Mid-Atlantic shows that are on the WWE Network. We will be cross-referencing that listing with links to the podcast episodes as well.

Championship Podcast: March 13, 1982

by Dick Bourne
Mid-Atlantic Gateway

The new episode of the "Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast" has dropped and features a look at the Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling episode from March 13, 1982.

I loved the choice of photo they've used on the webpage for this show (also seen below) of Austin Idol filming Stan Hansen with an 8mm movie camera at ringside. This was something Idol was doing at the time to "scout" teams that were entered into the NWA World Tag Team Tournament going on at that time. I always thought this was unintentionally hilarious because I figured if a 20-year-old kid like myself had a VCR, why couldn't a big time wrestler like Austin Idol? To be fair, VHS video recording machines were just barely entering the mainstream at that time and were frightfully expensive, averaging $800 - $1200 (in 1982 dollars!) with just a single tuner and no remote control! (And full disclosure, that VCR I was bragging about having at that time was my family's VCR, not mine!)

Another interesting tidbit, Ole Anderson took a shot at Memphis wrestling (or perhaps "Tennessee wrestling" in general) with this comment during the closing interview of the show:

"Valiant's a big kid now, making a big name for himself, first time I guess he's ever been in the big-time where people can see him."

While likely a bit of a rib on Valiant (Ole clearly saw value in him as Valiant was was being pushed like crazy), we could actually make a list of all the shots Ole took at other promoters and promotions over the years on TV. Good ol' Ole Anderson, always stirring the pot with somebody.


Regarding the podcast, if you're still unfamiliar (and if you are a Mid-Atlantic fan, you should be checking this great podcast out every week), Mike Sempervive and Roman Gomez  review another episode form the series that is currently available in the In-Ring/Territories section of the WWE Network. The podcast is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network and is available to stream on their website and anywhere else you get your podcasts (such as iTunes, etc.)

We continue to enjoy this weekly deep dive into each of these Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling episodes and encourage you to check it out if you haven't already done so.

Also available from the podcast is a special "Prelude Episode" that set the stage for the year 1982 and things to come, as well as two "bonus" episodes, one looking back at Starrcade '84, the other a special bio/profile of the patriarch of the Crockett promotional empire Jim Crockett, Sr. Both of these bonus shows are excellent!

Previous Episodes of the podcast can be found on their website as well as linked from our TV and Podcast Summary Index.

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From the "Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast" website for this episode:

Welcome to The Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast. On this episode of the show, Mike Sempervive returns alongside Roman Gomez, to take a look at Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling from March 13, 1982, featuring:

• US Champion Sergeant Slaughter once again becomes a focal point of the program, and has picked up a new rival along the way.
• An intense Ivan Koloff defends his Mid-Atlantic Television Championship against up Ron Ritchie.
• The Boogie Woogie Man Jimmy Valiant continues to make his presence in the area well-known.
• Ole Anderson’s double-dip, as Roddy Piper and Ray Stevens hype the Georgia contingent debuting in Lansing.

Plus top results from around the loop, great promos, and much more on another exciting edition of the Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast!

Also, be sure to also check out David Taub's summaries of the Mid-Atlantic shows that are on the WWE Network. We will be cross-referencing that listing with links to the podcast episodes as well.

Championship Podcast: March 6, 1982

by Dick Bourne
Mid-Atlantic Gateway

The new episode of the "Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast" has dropped and features a look at the Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling episode from March 6, 1982.

This show is a sentimental favorite of mine because I was living and working in Alexander City, AL, having just moved there a couple of months before this show aired. I was really homesick for the wrestling I loved so much in the Mid-Atlantic area. But on this particular weekend, I was making my very first return trip to the Mid-Atlantic area, visiting my grandparents in Spartanburg, SC, and this was one of the shows I was able to catch while on that visit.

This show features the return of the Briscos to the Mid-Atlantic area. You'll hear audio on the podcast of Caudle introducing them saying, "It's been a long, long time - Jack and Jerry Brisco!" It had indeed been almost a decade since the Briscos regualrly wrestled here, although they made many special appearances here, particularly in Greensboro, over the years. Both Jack and Jerry had held the Eastern/Mid-Atlantic heavyweight title here, and Jerry had been part of exciting tag team combinations with Thunderbolt Patterson, Sandy Scott, and of course his brother Jack.

The two brothers had been appearing as a team in the ongoing NWA World Tag Team tournament, having wrestled in both the Charlotte and Richmond regional tournaments. But this would be their first TV appearance in the WPCQ studio, and it would be a full-time return for Jack for roughly the next two years. Piper was funny in this segment. When Bob said he wanted to introduce the Briscos, Piper said, "It will be a pleasure, and I am sure it will be a pleasure for them to meet me, too." This was a classic segment, foreshadowing right away the classic feud that would develop between Jack Brisco and Roddy Piper.  

It's a tiny little detail, but it was cool to hear Mike Sempervive give mention on the podcast to the bright red sport coat Roddy Piper was wearing on this show while doing color commentary with Bob Caudle. I had been watching a lot of Georgia Championship Wrestling over the past months and Roddy frequently wore that same sport coat while doing color commentary with Gordon Solie on that show. Most famously, though, it is the same sport coat Piper is wearing on the cover of the (now hard to find) Georgia Wrestling 1983 calendar, which is has become something of a collectors item. Anyway, whenever I see Piper in that red coat, I think of that Saturday I reunited with Mid-Atlantic Wrestling, if only for one weekend. 

Regarding the podcast, if you're still unfamiliar (and if you are a Mid-Atlantic fan, you should be checking this great podcast out every week), Mike Sempervive and Roman Gomez  review another episode form the series that is currently available in the In-Ring/Territories section of the WWE Network. The podcast is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network and is available to stream on their website and anywhere else you get your podcasts (such as iTunes, etc.)

We continue to enjoy this weekly deep dive into each of these Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling episodes and encourage you to check it out if you haven't already done so.

Also available from the podcast is a special "Prelude Episode" that set the stage for the year 1982 and things to come, as well as two "bonus" episodes, one looking back at Starrcade '84, the other a special bio/profile of the patriarch of the Crockett promotional empire Jim Crockett, Sr. Both of these bonus shows are excellent!

Previous Episodes of the podcast can be found on their website as well as linked from our TV and Podcast Summary Index.

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From the "Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast" website for this episode:

Welcome to The Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast. On this episode of the show, Mike Sempervive returns alongside Roman Gomez, to take a look at Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling from March 6, 1982, featuring:

• Another showcase performance for Roddy Piper, and where was he better at doing color: the Carolinas or Atlanta?
• In the wake of Greensboro, the Sarge’s Privates are proving to be a handful.
• Austin Idol continues to ascend, while Jimmy Valiant gets under everyone’s skin.
• Promos from this week’s Maple Leaf Wrestling, hyping the snow-delayed $27,000 Cadillac Cup tournament on March 7.

Plus results from around the loop – including Tri-State still on life support. Would Ricky Steamboat have made a good heel? Promo Trifecta, and so much more, on another exciting edition of the Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast!

Also, be sure to also check out David Taub's summaries of the Mid-Atlantic shows that are on the WWE Network. We will be cross-referencing that listing with links to the podcast episodes as well.

Championship Podcast: February 27, 1982

The new episode of the "Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast" has dropped and features a look at the Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling episode from February 27, 1982.

Each week, Mike Sempervive and Roman Gomez will review another episode form the series that is currently available in the In-Ring/Territories section of the WWE Network. The show is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network and is available to stream on their website and anywhere else you get your podcasts (such as iTunes, etc.)

We continue to enjoy this weekly deep dive into each of these Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling episodes and encourage you to check it out if you haven't already done so.

Also available from the podcast is a special "Prelude Episode" that set the stage for the year 1982 and things to come, as well as two "bonus" episodes, one looking back at Starrcade '84, the other a special bio/profile of the patriarch of the Crockett promotional empire Jim Crockett, Sr. Both of these bonus shows are excellent!

Previous Episodes of the podcast can be found on their website as well as linked from our TV Summary Index.

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From the "Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast" website for this episode:

Welcome to The Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast. On this episode of the show, Mike Sempervive returns alongside Roman Gomez, to take a look at Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling from February 27, 1982, featuring:

• A slight reprieve this week from the constant hammering home of the ongoing NWA World tag team championship tournament, as well as Who Contributed The Most in 1981.
• Austin Idol continues to scout the area’s talent – and begins to make his own locker room leery of him.
• Jimmy Valiant makes a statement by way of Stan Hansen, Ole Anderson and Ivan Koloff.
• We’re still not sure if Sgt. Slaughter knows why Mike George is here, but he certainly knows who Ron Ritchie is now.
• Plus top results from around the loop, great promos, and much more, on another exciting edition of the Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast!Championship Podcast!

Also, be sure to also check out David Taub's summaries of the Mid-Atlantic shows that are on the WWE Network. We will be cross-referencing that listing with links to the podcast episodes as well.

Championship Podcast: February 6, 1982

The new episode of the "Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast" has dropped and features a look at the Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling episode from February 6, 1982.

Each week, Mike Sempervive and Roman Gomez will review another episode form the series that is currently available in the In-Ring/Territories section of the WWE Network. The show is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network and is available to stream on their website and anywhere else you get your podcasts (such as iTunes, etc.)

We continue to enjoy this weekly deep dive into each of these Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling episodes and encourage you to check it out if you haven't already done so.


Also available from the podcast is a special "Prelude Episode" that set the stage for the year 1982 and things to come, as well as two "bonus" episodes, one looking back at Starrcade '84, the other a special bio/profile of the patriarch of the Crockett promotional empire Jim Crockett, Sr. Both of these bonus shows are excellent!

Previous Episodes:
January 02, 1982
January 09, 1982
January 16, 1982
January 23, 1982
January 30, 1982

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From the "Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast" website for this episode:

Welcome to The Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast. On this episode of the show, Mike Sempervive returns alongside Roman Gomez, to take a look at Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling from February 6, 1982, featuring:

• NWA World Champion Ric Flair returns to area television and battles Jay Youngblood
• Blackjack Mulligan Jr – aka Barry – continues to have headaches with Sgt. Slaughter.
• Roddy Piper makes an interesting selection to be his tag team partner for the show.
• Another superfecta of Hall of Fame promo artists.
• Plus results from around the loop, a check-in with George Scott and Paul Jones out in Oklahoma, and much more, on another exciting edition of the Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast!

Also, be sure to also check out David Taub's summaries of the Mid-Atlantic shows that are on the WWE Network. We will be cross-referencing that listing with links to the podcast episodes as well.

The Arn Anderson Podcast Spotlights Arn's Four NWA World TV Title Reigns

We're celebrating @TheArnShow’s World TV title episode:

Many folks may not know that the NWA World TV title, which later became the WCW World TV title, traces its origins back to the Mid-Atlantic TV title in 1974.

• Mid-Atlantic TV Title (1974): Danny Miller became the first champion, defeating Ole Anderson in a tournament that took place on TV.
• NWA TV Title (1978): Jim Crockett Promotions renamed the championship in 1978 during the reign of Baron Von Raschke. The story was that a tournament was held featuring all of the regional/territorial TV champions to crown one NWA TV Champion.
• NWA World TV Title (1985): After Dusty Rhodes defeated Tully Blanchard for the NWA title, Jim Crockett announced that the title would now be classified as a "World" title. Funny how that happened when Dusty won the title!
• WCW World TV Title (1990): Ted Turner's new wrestling company which he had just bought from Jim Crockett a little over a year earlier renamed the championship to reflect the companies new name. Arn was in the middle of his second TV title reign.

Some other TV title history tidbits we recently included on our twitter feed:

• Early TV champions (1974-1975) included Danny Miller, Ivan Koloff, Paul Jones, and a young Ric Flair!
• In fact, Ric Flair's first singles title was the Mid-Atlantic TV championship in early 1975, defeating No. 1 Paul Jones. It was Arn's first singles title for JCP in 1986.  
• OK, we know Arn Anderson officially won the World TV title from Wahoo McDaniel in a tournament in Greensboro NC on 1/4/86. But we all also know he REALLY won it when he and Tully Blanchard kicked the crutches out from under Dusty Rhodes months earlier on WTBS and Arn walked away with the belt. 
• Tully Blanchard brought the TV title back into main event prominence in 1984, but Arn Anderson took it to a whole new level in 1986 as Jim Crockett Promotions expanded nationwide and the TV title had tremendous exposure on Superstation WTBS, defended regularly on TV by Arn Anderson.

 
Don't miss the TV title episode of the the Arn Anderson podcast, available at thearnshow.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

Championship Podcast: January 30, 1982

The new episode of the "Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast" has dropped and features a look at the Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling episode from January 30, 1982.

Each week, Mike Sempervive and Roman Gomez will review another episode form the series that is currently available in the In-Ring/Territories section of the WWE Network. The show is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network and is available to stream on their website and anywhere else you get your podcasts (such as iTunes, etc.)

This week, the tournament for the vacant World Tag Team titles is being hyped, and tape is shown of outside team Adrian Adonis and Jessie Ventura who will be competing in the Greensboro tournament coming up a week after this show airs. You can find out all the details on that torunament which lasted for months in our special 12-part series that starts here.

There is some good discussion about Bob Caudle on this podcast episode as well.


We continue to enjoy this weekly deep dive into each of these Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling episodes and encourage you to check it out if you haven't already done so.


Also available from the podcast is a special "Prelude Episode" that set the stage for the year 1982 and things to come, as well as two "bonus" episodes, one looking back at Starrcade '84, the other a special bio/profile of the patriarch of the Crockett promotional empire Jim Crockett, Sr. Both of these bonus shows are excellent!

Previous Episodes:
January 02, 1982
January 09, 1982
January 16, 1982
January 23, 1982

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From the "Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast" website for this episode:

Welcome to The Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast. On this episode of the show, Mike Sempervive returns alongside Roman Gomez, to take a look at Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling from January 30, 1982, featuring:

• More bells and whistles are added to the NWA World tag team title tournament, which now has expanded into Florida.
• An amazing commentary platoon of Roddy Piper and Ray Stevens.
• The unwieldiest named contest in the history of professional wrestling soldiers on – with a new top vote getter revealed!
• A brief moment with the Devil’s Duo that not many got to see until now.
• Plus a tribute to the centering presence that was Bob Caudle, and much more, on another exciting edition of the Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast!

The Mid-Atlantic Championship Podcast is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network.



Also, be sure to also check out David Taub's summaries of the Mid-Atlantic shows that are on the WWE Network. We will be cross-referencing that listing with links to the podcast episodes as well.