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     Afa Anoa'i

     The Wild Samoans
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     Bill Watts

     'Cowboy' Bill Watts
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     The Wild Samoans
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     Jim Duggan

     'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan
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     Melanie DiBiase

     Ted DiBiase
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     Ernie Ladd

     Ernie Ladd

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2. prowrestlingstories.com › mid-south-wrestlingMid-South Wrestling Association | The Wrestling Territories

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   Mar 10, 2023 · Learn about the rise and fall of Mid-South Wrestling, one of the hottest wrestling promotions of the 1980s, led by "Cowboy" Bill Watts. Discover the legends and legacies of Ted DiBiase, The Freebirds, Junkyard Dog, and more.

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Universal_WrestlingUniversal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts) - Wikipedia

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   http://www.universalwrestling.com. The Universal Wrestling Federation was a 1986 re-branding of wrestler-turned-owner Bill Watts ' Mid-South Wrestling promotion. Watts' goal was to elevate his promotion from a relatively smaller, regional-level business, to a national-level rival of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as WWE ).

   • Defunct: 1987
   • Headquarters: Bixby, Oklahoma

   • Founded: 1950s (NWA Tri-State), 1979 (Mid-South), 1986 (UWF)
   • Parent: Jim Crockett Promotions (1987)

5. www.youtube.com › mswwrestlingMid-South Wrestling - YouTube

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   Watch videos of past and present matches from MSW, a backyard wrestling promotion in Lafayette, LA. See exclusive interviews, Starrcade events, MSW championship bouts, and more.

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7. www.youtube.com › playlistMid-South Wrestling 1985 - YouTube

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   Mar 26, 2020 · Just a playlist of all the episodes for the year, for easy playback.

8. www.imdb.com › title › tt6063916Mid South Wrestling (TV Series 1981–1986) - IMDb

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   Watch episodes of Mid South Wrestling, a weekly sport show featuring top wrestlers from one of the most successful territories in the 1980s. See cast, crew, ratings, trivia, and more on IMDb.

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   • Release Date: 1982-03-13

   • Genre: Sport
   • Stars: Boyd Pierce, Bill Watts, Jim Duggan

9. www.wwe.com › article › over-30-episodes-of-midEvery episode of Mid-South Wrestling’s flagship ... - WWE

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   Oct 21, 2019 · Every episode of Mid-South Wrestling’s flagship series now on WWE Network | WWE. 01:21. Journey back to the 1980s with 33 new episodes of Mid-South Wrestling added to WWE Network . See Jake "The Snake" Roberts, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, Ted DiBiase and more in action in this latest WWE Network release, featuring episodes from May through December 1985.

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    What is Mid-South Wrestling Association?

    • Mid-South Wrestling Association was one of the hottest wrestling promotions of the 1980s, where many diamonds of the professional wrestling business began their careers or passed through its doors. In time, Mid-South became the Universal Wrestling Federation. Soon later, battle lines with the WWF and NWA were drawn.

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    What happened to Mid-South Wrestling?

    • In time, Mid-South became the Universal Wrestling Federation. Soon later, battle lines with the WWF and NWA were drawn. But, just as wrestling was about to enter its most significant boom period, things crumbled. Here is the story of this once-great wrestling territory’s rise and ultimate demise.

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    Who owns Mid-South Wrestling?

    • In 1979, Bill Watts acquired the Tri-State Wrestling territory from Leroy McGuirk, and re-branded it Mid-South Wrestling (MSW; officially, the Mid-South Wrestling Association). One of Watts' first acts as owner was to withdraw the company from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA).

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    What made Mid-South Wrestling so successful?

    • Much like other promotions in that part of the country, Mid-South Wrestling brought a hard-hitting style of wrestling to its fans. 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.

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11. midsouthwrestling.com › IntroductionMid-South Wrestling - An Introduction

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    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.