NWA Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (1978 – 1979)

9th May 1978: MACW @ Raleigh
Raleigh, North Carolina (U.S.A.)
1. Gene Anderson and Jan Nelson vs. Ted Oates and Roberto Soto
2. Missouri Mauler vs. Tony Atlas
3. Frank Monte vs. Richard Blood
4. Ken Patera vs. Wahoo McDaniel
5. Blackjack Mulligan vs. Greg Valentine

7th June 1978: MACW @ Raleigh
Raleigh, North Carolina (U.S.A.)
1. Frank Monte and Tony Russo vs. Ted Oates and Jay Youngblood
2. Bill White vs. Ricky Steamboat
3. Blackjack Mulligan vs. Skandor Akbar
4. Baron Von Raschke vs. Paul Jones
5. Akio Sato vs. Ken Patera

NWA MID-ATLANTIC TV – 12/31/78
Intro of Paul Orndorff & Jimmy Snuka as NWA World Tag champs
Ric Flair rubbing Ricky Steamboat’s face into the concrete floor (Great angle – Flair
offers Steamboat a US title shot on TV, then beats the crap out of him and rubs
his face into the concrete studio floor. Awesome!)
Ricky Steamboat stripping Ric Flair (Steamboat gets his revenge on Flair for the above
attack by stripping Flair out of his suit in front of a couple of ladies)
Blackjack Mulligan vs Crusher Blackwell (Some video problems from the original broadcast)
Clips of ending of 2-ring battle royal that leads to…
Ricky Steamboat vs Paul Jones (JIP – Jones turns on Steamboat and pins him)
Johnny Weaver vs Baron Von Raschke (Sleeper vs Claw – combined ages of the participants?
Roughly 4,212.)

NWA WORLDWIDE TV – 12/31/78 (Same as above, another year-in-review show)
Intro of Paul Orndorff & Jimmy Snuka as NWA World Tag champs
Ken Patera feats of strength with Tony Atlas (Hilarious stuff with Patera & Atlas
performing legit (I think) feats of strength. Ends with Atlas headbutting Patera)
Ric Flair rubbing Ricky Steamboat’s face into the concrete floor (Same as above)
Ricky Steamboat stripping Ric Flair (same as above)
Ken Patera vs Johnny Weaver (JIP)
Ricky Steamboat vs Paul Jones (Same match as above, but less shown)

Mid-Atlantic Year in review 1978
interview: new NWA Tag Champs Paul Orndorff & Jimmy Snuka
Tv: Ric Flair-Ricky Steamboat ;the infamous Flair rubbing Steamboat’s face into the concrete.
Tv: Ric Flair-Ricky Steamboat ; the infamous “Steamboat’s revenge” ripping Flairs suit off.
interviews: Ken Patera,Paul Jones,John Studd, & Ric Flair for Charlotte card
Tv: Bounty Match: Crusher Blackwell vs. Blackjack Mulligan
interviews: John Studd,Greg Valentine & Ric Flair, Paul Jones
Arena tape: end of Battle Royal with Jones vs. Steamboat (Jones turns on Steamboat)
interviews: Johnny Weaver,Steamboat, Orndorff. for Charlotte card
Tv: Hold vs. Hold: Johnny Weaver vs. Baron Von Raschke
World Wide Wrestling 12-30-78 ; ’78 Review show;
interview: new NWA Tag Champs Paul Orndorff & Jimmy Snuka
Tv: Ken Patera challenges Tony Atlas to match his feats of strength
interviews: Jones,Studd, & Flair for Greensboro card
Tv: Ric Flair-Ricky Steamboat ;the infamous Flair rubbing Steamboat’s face into the concrete.
interviews: Patera,Studd,Flair
Tv: Ric Flair-Ricky Steamboat ; the infamous “Steamboat’s revenge” ripping Flairs suit off.
Arena tape: Johnny Weaver vs. Ken Patera
interviews: Orndorff,Mulligan,Steamboat for Greensboro card
Arena tape: end of Battle Royal with Jones vs. Steamboat

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling 3/1/79
Herb Gallant/Johnny Weaver v.Ernie Ladd/John Studd
Rick Steamboat v.Swede Hanson
Pedro Morales/Steve Regal v.Baron Von Rashke/Paul Jones
Ric Flair v.Nick DeCarlo
Snuka/Orndorff v.Mike Monty/Brute Bernard
interviews with Steamboat,Orndorff and Snuka,Von Rashke-Jones,Ladd,Studd,Flair.

24. April 1979: MACW @ Raleigh
Raleigh, North Carolina (U.S.A.)
1. David Patterson vs. Don Kernodle
2. Herbert Gallant vs. Lynn Denton
3. Ernie Ladd vs. Jimmy Snuka
4. Gene Anderson and Moose Morowski vs. Leo Burke and Jay Youngblood
5. AWA World Heavyweight Title Match: Nick Bockwinkel � vs. Ricky Steamboat

July 8, 1979 – Battle of the Nature Boys
in Greensboro, NC at The Greensboro Coliseum:
Gary Young vs Tony Russo,
Les Thornton vs Mr. X,
Tony Garea vs Charlie Fulton,
Johnny Weaver and Jay Youngblood vs Gene Anderson and Swede Hanson,
Jim Brunzell and Rufus R. Jones vs John Studd and Ken Patera,
Dusty Rhodes vs Ernie Ladd,
“Nature Boy” Ric Flair (NWA United States Champion) vs “Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers
Harley Race (NWA World Champion) vs. Ricky Steamboat

14. August 1979: MACW @ Raleigh
Raleigh, North Carolina (U.S.A.)
1. Gene Anderson vs. Johnny Weaver
2. Abe Jacobs vs. Rudy Kay
3. Dewey Robertson vs. Don Kernodle
4. Brute Bernard vs. Tony Garea
5. Jimmy Snuka, Paul Jones and Baron Von Raschke vs. Ric Flair, Blackjack Mulligan and Ricky Steamboat


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