On June 23rd, IMPACT Wrestling (fka TNA) taped their upcoming episodes, themed as ‘SummerSizzler’ at the Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling taped a lot of their weekly ‘NWA World Championship Wrestling’ / ‘WCW Saturday Night’ episodes at the same venue between 1989 and 1996.
During these IMPACT tapings, WCW Veteran Jobber Chic Donovan – who in 1979 started as a professional wrestler in Georgia – lost to Johnny Swinger, but WCW Veteran Ernest ‘The Cat’ Miller came out and restarted the match, that Donovan ended up winning.
Here are the results:
Taping 1
Dirty Dango (Fandango) defeated Crazzy Steve
IMPACT X-Division Championship: Chris Sabin (c) defeated Trey by DQ
Lio Rush defeated Jack Price
Masha Slamovich defeated KiLynn King
Kenny King defeated Yuya Uemura
Nick Aldis Promo
Taping 2
Eddie Edwards defeated Frankie Kazarian
Sami Callihan & Rich Swann defeated Shera & Champagne Singh
Jonathan Gresham defeated Angels
Gisele Shaw defeated Courtney Rush
Johnny Swinger defeated Chic Donovan (Ernest ‘The Cat’ Miller restarted the match)
Chic Donovan defeated Johnny Swinger
Chris Bey defeated Kevin Knight (Santino Marella was on commentary)
IMPACT Knockouts World Championship: Deonna Purrazzo (c) defeated Taylor Wilde
IMPACT World Championship: Alex Shelley (c) defeated Brian Myers (Curt Hawkins)
Street Fight: Steve Maclin defeated PCO (Quebecer Pierre aka Jean-Pierre LaFitte)
Here’s an old WCW picture of Chic Donovan:
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