Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Old School 101 - August 6, 2008

(courtesy of www.georgiawrestlinghistory.com)

AUGUST 6, 1962 (MONDAY) – AUGUSTA, GA – WILLIAM BELL AUDITORIUM (Steve Manderson – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Gene Murphy versus Chief Crazy Horse > Joe Scarpa versus Mr. Moto > Don Curtis versus Pedro Godoy > Chief Little Eagle versus the Russian Crusher / Notes: No documented results for this card have been found.

AUGUST 6, 1979 (MONDAY) – AUGUSTA, GA – WILLIAM BELL AUDITORIUM (Charlie Harben – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Mike Stallings defeated Bill Howard > Killer Karl Kox defeated Genichiro Tenryu > Tony Atlas & Stan Hansen defeated Ole Anderson & Ivan Koloff > Mr. Augusta defeated the Masked Superstar by disqualification > Georgia Television Title Match: Ray Candy defeated Blackjack Lanza* to win title / Notes: Bobby Heenan managed Blackjack Lanza, Killer Karl Kox and the Masked Superstar.


...and on this day in wrestling history:

1963 - Ali Bay defeated Gory Guerrero
for the EMLL NWA Light Heavyweight title

1994 - Chris Candido & Brian Lee
defeated the Rock n' Roll Express
for the Smokey Mountain Tag Team title

1995 - Event - Clash of the Champions XXXI

2001 - Tajiri defeated X-Pac for
the WWF Light Heavyweight title





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Dino Bravo (49)

Jimmy Valiant (66)

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