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Post by Kriss on Dec 9, 2022 19:45:26 GMT
Mississippi was part of the McGuirk territory with the Culkins(George and his son, Gil) as the local promoters. At some point, there was a rift and they went out on their own as they had all the local connections. They were even NWA promoters for at least a little while as the minutes from the August 1979 meeting have their promotion (Mississippi Wrestling Enterprise) listed as one of the members(not in attendance), and there is mention of a lawsuit between them and McGuirk.
The split with the McGuirk-Culkins was in September of 1977. In the summer of 1978, they were billed with the AWA logo as Nick Bockwinkel came in twice in November of 1978 and March of 1979 for title defenses. The Culkins and Watts began working together in August of 1979.
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Post by brodiescomics on Sept 18, 2024 15:57:47 GMT
Note: In August, the Culkins closed up shop & joined Bill Watts to form Mid-South Wresting. Cain, Slapowitz, Graham, Shikuna & Harris joined LeRoy McGuirk's new Tri-States promotion after splitting with Watts.
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Post by brodiescomics on Sept 18, 2024 16:08:40 GMT
Posted: Tue Apr 18th, 2017 09:49 pm
dbaker3179
There was some grey area in August, especially in Mississippi. I don't think Watts completely broke away until the first week in September. This card was probably still under the McGuirk NWA banner with the Culkins(they had settled the lawsuit by then) and McGuirk unaware of the impending split.
Posted: Wed Apr 19th, 2017 01:53 am
tamalie
Ah. I thought the Watts split with McGuirk had already occurred. Looking at some of the names, there are definitely guys who stayed in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Ozark Missouri instead of going to Louisiana and Mississippi after the split.
Posted: Wed Apr 19th, 2017 02:45 am
dbaker3179
To be more precise, the split in all likelihood took place after the 9/3 Tulsa(McGuirk) card. Some major names then appeared in Alexandria on 9/4 along with Bill Watts minus the McGuirk names that appeared on the next Tulsa card a week later.
Posted: Wed Apr 19th, 2017 03:37 am
CrescentCityChaos
I was always confused by the exact date Watts took over from McGuirk. I thought it was Sept 5...the tv taping Where Mike George won the North American title from Wrestling II. Then I used Porkchops as the measuring stick. He started working for Watts on 8-16-79 in New Orleans. Then there was a card in Tulsa on 9-3-79 using talent from Watts and Culkin....
Maybe it was a gradual thing over a couple of weeks? I had heard about the lawsuit being settled but never made the connection that could have been what Watts was waiting on?
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Post by brodiescomics on Sept 18, 2024 16:25:22 GMT
Posted: Thu Apr 11th, 2019 07:15 pm
Road Warrior Yajuta
I remember this promotion. I talk to Gil on Facebook quite often. He talks about these days. I also remember Championship Wrestling (TriStates) because that was shown on a New Orleans channel.
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Post by brodiescomics on Sept 18, 2024 16:26:18 GMT
Posted: Thu Jun 13th, 2019 01:44 am
WongLee
Is the Eddie Sullivan here the same guy as Ed Sullivan who was a bottom of the barrel WWWF jobber in '74 and '75?
Posted: Thu Jun 13th, 2019 10:21 am
Kriss
I'm pretty sure this Eddie Sullivan was Ruben Huizar. Interestingly, in earlier years, Tito Montez also used the name Eddie Sullivan while portraying a kayfabe gringo.
Posted: Sat Jun 15th, 2019 04:35 am
WongLee
Thanks Kriss. The guy that was up here in New York actually looked like a pasty, white Irish guy who spent a maximum of seven minutes in the gym every week.
Posted: Sat Jun 15th, 2019 07:34 am
indikator
Did that make him overqualified for the North East?
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Post by brodiescomics on Sept 18, 2024 16:29:10 GMT
Posted: Thu May 21st, 2020 12:13 am
AlGetz
Here are the cards I have from the first quarter of 1978 not previously listed in this topic.
Notes:
-when "plus one (or two) other bout(s)" is listed, they are usually prelim matches involving participants from an advertised tag team match
-when the Mongolians (Tio & Tapu) work on different shows on the same night, most of the time the ads in both towns list "Mongolian #1". Since there's no way of knowing who was who, I have simply listed them as "Mongolian" in those cases and left off the #1 or #2
Posted: Thu May 21st, 2020 09:28 pm
cman73
Thanks Al! Amazing stuff!
Posted: Thu May 21st, 2020 10:06 pm
cman73
Al, any idea who this Mr. Ito is? In the Hattiesburg listing for 1/5/1978, it lists a "Masao Ito", but he was in All-Japan during this time frame.
Posted by ?
Not Al but...Same guy as Umanosuke Ueda. He was back in Japan under the Ueda name one week later according to Wrestling Data.
Posted: Sat May 23rd, 2020 09:19 pm
AlGetz
The Hattiesburg ad I have for 1/5/78 lists Mr Ito and not Masao Ito, so somewhere along the way something got transcribed incorrectly. As others who work with clippings know, it is virtually impossible to keep things/names straight all the time. Collaboration and groupthink can help solve many of the "who was this guy" questions that come up regularly.
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Post by brodiescomics on Sept 18, 2024 16:32:35 GMT
Posted: Sun Oct 18th, 2020 02:41 pm
AlGetzHere are the remainder of my 1979 house show listings, listing all the cards I have in my records that haven't previously been posted to this thread. My blog, www.chartingtheterritories.com, offers some unique data-driven insight into wrestling territories if you're interested in taking a look.
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