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Mid-South Wrestling website Bill Watts, also known as 'Cowboy Bill Watts,' a former professional wrestler, ranked in the top ten worldwide for over 25 years. Headlining events at Madison Square Garden in New York City, The Cow Palace in San Francisco, The HIC in Honolulu, The Sports Palace in Tokyo, The Omni in Atlanta, The Bayfront in St ...
Mid-South Wrestling. July 17, 1976 – Superdome Extravaganza in New Orleans, LA at The Superdome: Pat Barrett b Tom Jones, Ted DiBiase and Jay Clayton b Randy Tyler and Bobby Jaggers, Nelson Royal b Ron Starr, Grizzly Smith b Sigfried Stanke, Bobo Johnson and Farmer Pete b Little Tokyo and Billy the Red, Dick the Bruiser vs Abdullah the ...
Mar 2, 2024 · Mid-South Men’s Wrestling Championships Scheduled for Friday BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - The 2024 Mid-South Conference Championships are slated to begin at 10 a.m. CT on Friday followed by the Futures Tournament at 5 p.m. CT at Ephram White Gymnasium in Bowling Green, Ky.
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 ...
Mid-South wrestling grew out of the old Tri-State wrestling that Leroy McGuirk promoted. McGuirk had been a junior-heavyweight wrestler in the 1940's, but he was blinded in a car accident and turned to promoting instead. McGuirk was based in Oklahoma and promoted there and in the Louisiana and Mississippi areas.
Much like other promotions in that part of the country, Mid-South Wrestling brought a hard-hitting style of wrestling to its fans. Read More Led by the example of the irascible "Cowboy" Bill Watts, the ground and pound ethic of the roster was not only a key to its success but a keystone to its legacy.
