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NWA - Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (1973-1985)

In 1973, Jim Crockett passed away, leaving his promotion to his son, Jim Crockett Jr., and the rest of his family. At this time, the promotion took the name "Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling," which had been sporatically used over the years. They continued the tag team theme that the territory had been built on, but by the mid-70s it was time for a change. George Scott took over booking Mid-Atlantic and he is credited for much of the group's success as he began focusing on and providing a platform for individual stars like Johnny Valentine, Wahoo McDaniel, Ric Flair and many others. This new approach got over huge with the fans and the promotion was gaining more and more power going into the new decade. In 1980, Jim Crockett Jr. enjoyed his first tenure as NWA president and he was able to make his Mid-Atlantic promotion and its talent nationally recognized. The NWA was crumbling, but Mid-Atlantic and Jim Crockett were going to salvage the pieces and build a national empire.

Abdullah The Butcher

Siva Afi

Gene Anderson

Ole Anderson

Andre The Giant

Tony Anthony

Bob Armstrong

The Assassin (Jody Hamilton)

Tony Atlas

Giant Baba

Bob Backlund

Ox Baker

Ron Bass

Red Bastien

Brute Bernard

Jerry Blackwell

Brian Blair

Tully Blanchard

Richard Blood (Ricky Steamboat)

Matt Borne

Charlie Brown (Jimmy Valiant)

Leroy Brown

Jim Brunzell

King Kong Bundy

Leo Burke

Haystack Calhoun

Scott Casey

Randy Colley (Moondog Spot)

Carlos Colon

Al Costello

Cyclone Negro

Bill Dromo

Kim Duk

Keith Franks (Adrian Adonis)

Mr. Fuji

Tony Garea

Mike George

Sgt. Jacques Goulet (Rene Goulet)

"Superstar" Billy Graham

Eddie Graham

Mike Graham

The Grappler (Len Denton)

Larry Hamilton

Swede Hanson

Rip Hawk

Lord Alfred Hayes

Michael Hayes

Tim Horner

Sam Houston

Sir Oliver Humperdink

Invader I

Iron Sheik

Paul Jones

Rufus R. Jones

Pvt. Don Kernodle

Sonny King

Khrusher Khruschev (Barry Darsow)

Ernie Ladd

Buddy Landell

Larry Latham (Moondog Spot)

Jos LeDuc

Mark Lewin

Jose Lothario

Hartford Love

Magnum T.A.

Professor Boris Malenko

Masked Superstar

Masked Superstar II (Big John Studd)

Rick McCord (Austin Idol)

Wahoo McDaniel

Mighty Igor

Bugsy McGraw

Missouri Mauler (Larry Hamilton)

Bolo Mongol (Masked Superstar)

Mongolian Stomper (Archie Gouldie)

Pedro Morales

Angelo Mosca

Blackjack Mulligan

Blackjack Mulligan Jr. (Barry Windham)

Cousin Luke Mulligan (Killer Brooks)

Don Muraco

Dick Murdoch

Oates Brothers (Ted & Jerry)

Chuck O'Connor (Big John Studd)

Thunderbolt Patterson

Roddy Piper

Angelo Poffo

Lanny Poffo

Randy Poffo (Randy Savage)

Tom Prichard

Dewey Robertson (Missing Link)

Billy Robinson

Buddy Rogers

Mike Rotundo

Road Warriors (Hawk & Animal)

Gary Royal

Nelson Royal

Mr. Saito

Seiji Sakaguchi

The Samoans (Afa & Sika)

Buzz Sawyer

George Scott

Sandy Scott

The Sheepherders (Butch Miller & Luke Williams)

Dick Slater

Sgt. Slaughter

Alexis Smirnoff

Jimmy Snuka

Pak Song

Roberto Soto

Starship Coyote (Scott Hall)

Ricky Steamboat

Ray Stevens

The Stomper (Archie Gouldie)

Adrian Street

Jerry Stubbs

Big John Studd

Kevin Sullivan

Super Destroyer (Don Jardine)

Sweet Ebony Diamond (Rocky Johnson)

Ali Vaziri (Iron Shiek)

Nikolai Volkoff

Kurt Von Hess

Baron Von Raschke

"Cowboy" Bill Watts

Johnny Weaver

Tony White (Tony Atlas)

Barry Windham

Ed Wiskoski (Col. DeBeers)

"Mr. Wrestling" Tim Woods

Mr. Wrestling II

Bearcat Wright

Mr. X I & Mr. X II (Von Steigers)

Skip Young (Koko Ware)

Jay Youngblood

Zambuie Express (Elijah Akeem & Kareem Muhammad)

Larry Zbyszko

JCP/NWA - Jim Crockett Promotions (1985-1988)

In 1985, Jim Crockett Jr. took over the NWA presidency for a second time and within a year he had dramatically changed his operation. After the WWF had attempted to run Georgia's Saturday Night timeslot and failed, Crockett purchased it for $1 million and took to the national stage. During this time, Jim Crockett Promotions became a national face of the NWA and promotions would merge with them over the next two years. First was the struggling Atlanta office; next was St. Louis, the long-time capital of the Alliance; shortly after was Central States, which was the home promotion of Bob Geigel who traded NWA presidencies with Crockett; and finally the Florida territory and the UWF in 1987. During this four year run, JCP became the second largest pro-wrestling company in the US and was threatening the WWF in several markets. Crockett's booker Dusty Rhodes helped give the company the creative edge to make an impact on a large scale. They began doing pay-per-view supercards that began running in opposition to the WWF's. Crockett's operation had ballooned and while it was successful, its product was not able to defeat the family-friendly WWF. Throughout 1988, the company continued to struggle and finally they sealed a deal with Turner Broadcasting that saw a media company get behind the second largest pro-wrestling company in the US.