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With all do respect to Robert Aitken, my writing colleague, there are better wrestlers in the 1980s that came out of other organizations besides the WWF...
After leaving his job as booker for the Oklahoma-based company headed by NWA member promoter Leroy McGuirk, Watts formed his own office, Mid-South Sports, Inc. (without NWA affiliation) and took over former McGuirk cities in Louisiana and Mississippi. By 1982, Watts had gained control of McGuirk's old towns in Oklahoma as well, and began to ...
e. The 1980s professional wrestling boom (more commonly referred to as the Golden Era or the Rock 'n' Wrestling Era) was a surge in the popularity of professional wrestling in the United States and elsewhere throughout the 1980s. The expansion of cable television and pay-per-view, coupled with the efforts of promoters such as Vince McMahon, saw ...
Mar 26, 2020 · Just a playlist of all the episodes for the year, for easy playback.
May 31, 2022 · 10 The Warlord. The Warlord was one half of the tag team, The Powers of Pain. He spent the mid-1980s in NWA and eventually WWE signed The Powers of Pain in 1988. While The Warlord was involved in some tag team feuds, he never won the twin golds in WWE. The Warlord is currently 60 years old, but he hasn't retired from wrestling yet.
Aug 22, 2023 · Mid-South Wrestling’s Ted DiBiase signed with WWE in 1987, where he was given a gimmick that would make him an icon of The Golden Era: The Million Dollar Man, an absurdly rich heel who used his ...
Nov 1, 2023 · Wrestled for: National Wrestling Alliance, Mid-South Wrestling/Universal Wrestling Federation, All Japan Pro Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation Finishing Move: Million Dollar Dream DiBiase ran rampant in NWA, NJPW, and WWF throughout the ’80s and proved to be a paragon of in-ring excellence in each federation.
