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> This is one of your newer members, Stranger in the Alps. I was wondering if you could help me figure out how to follow JCP TV programs. I know that Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling was Crockett's flagship show, but when did it end? World Wide Wrestling was considered the B-show, and then he bought the TBS slot from Vince and created World Championship Wrestling in 1985. So when did the Mid-Atlantic TV show end, and was World Wide the sole bridge between the Mid-Atlantic show and the beginning of World Championship Wrestling?
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Well, Mid-Atlantic never actually stopped, it became the World Championship Wrestling show after the WWF buyout. Georgia Championship Wrestling was the one that got booted out of the slot. It's actually kind of complicated as to who was doing what to whom around that time, since Georgia and Mid-Atlantic are so closely tied and shared so much talent.

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  1. KaceSeptember 14, 2013 at 5:30 PM

    There was Mid-Atlantic, World Wide, and World Championship Wrestling. All 3 had angles and were interspersed with one another in terms of timeline and keeping up with angles. Then Main Event was added. Mid-Atlantic would eventually become known as WCW Pro, World Wide was, of course WCW Worldwide, and World Championship Wrestling became WCW Saturday Night. Main Event became WCW Main Event.

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  2. Jesse BakerSeptember 14, 2013 at 5:41 PM

    Trying to remember: WCW Pro was the 5-6 PM Sunday show right? And Worldwide was the 7-8AM show (later moved into syndication where it aired around 11PM/12AM in the dying days of WCW).
    Remembering this shit reminds me of how they used to move the Saturday night show from 6-8 PM Saturday nights to 7-9 PM when college football aired in the fall.

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  3. Jesse BakerSeptember 14, 2013 at 5:49 PM

    Plus, wasn't there a friday night recap show that ran from 11:30-12:30?

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  4. Kevin McCarthySeptember 14, 2013 at 5:51 PM

    WCW Pro was the 8-9am show on TBS
    WCW Main Event was the 5-6pm Sunday show on TBS
    WCW Worldwide was always the syndicated JCP show, WCW Pro became Worldwide when they consolidated the shows in the late 90s.

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  5. MikeyMike2323September 14, 2013 at 6:08 PM

    I loved Saturday mornings when I first go into wrestling. It was great having the WCW shows on top of WWF Livewire.

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  6. \____O__/September 14, 2013 at 6:16 PM

    THA MUTHASHIP!


    Goin' 2 da pay winduh baybayyyyy


    funkylikeamunkey


    He got ya back strapped and his liver quiverin baby! (favorite)

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  7. jdg9September 14, 2013 at 6:23 PM

    When it comes to surreal Dusty quotes, nothing tops this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHSDPkV7UHI

    "If you ain't a jive-talkin' gorilla then I don't know what is brother!"

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  8. MagoonieSeptember 14, 2013 at 6:38 PM

    You are incorrect sir. WCW Pro was on 8:05 to 9:05 AM or 9:05 to 10:05 AM
    WCW Main Event was on 5:05 to 6:05 PM. And so on and so on when it comes to TBS. seriously, why did TBS do that back in the day, have all shows start at five after?

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  9. Kevin McCarthySeptember 14, 2013 at 6:47 PM

    Same Difference :-)

    It was done so that all shows would show up as its own entry in the TV Guide, and not grouped with everything that came on at 9:00am

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TBS_(TV_channel)#Turner_Time

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  10. Stranger in the AlpsSeptember 14, 2013 at 7:03 PM

    Basically, I'm trying to find all shows beginning in 1985, and grab them in chronological order. I couldn't find any evidence of Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling after 1983, when they stopped taping in the studio and went to mobile locations. historyofwwe.com has a TV history for JCP, but fails to list Mid-Atlantic's TV show.

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  11. Biscuit!September 14, 2013 at 7:08 PM

    I'm going to assume that's Brad Armstrong. If it isn't, I'll pretend it is.

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  12. Jeremy RinehartSeptember 14, 2013 at 8:14 PM

    I use to get up at 6 am on Saturday Mornings to watch WCW Pro. On the west coast, WCW Saturday Night came on at 3:05. Those were good times.

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  13. sinistasSeptember 14, 2013 at 9:07 PM

    I AM THE BULLOFTHEWOODS, IF YOU WEEEL

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  14. WaylonMercy2K13September 14, 2013 at 10:00 PM

    One of Dusty's all-time greatest lines:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpl_yWYNZVs

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  15. WaylonMercy2K13September 14, 2013 at 10:05 PM

    Turner's other theory behind that was that when the other channels were on commercial breaks, TBS would be showing programming so people were more likely to watch TBS. Obviously it worked.

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  16. Kevin McCarthySeptember 14, 2013 at 10:28 PM

    Look at the wiki article I posted. It explains Turner Time and why it was used.

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  17. jdg9September 15, 2013 at 12:04 AM

    I don't know who played the gorilla in this clip, but in the final blowoff it was apparently Dick Slater

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  18. Victory73September 15, 2013 at 5:33 AM

    Just go and watch the Worldwide shows in order from mid 85 thru 88. That show had better matches, plus it was from an arena instead of a small studio, so the atmosphere was ten times better. Whenever something big happened on the TBS show they would show the highlites of it on Worldwide anyway for the most part.

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  19. Jesse BakerSeptember 17, 2013 at 8:24 PM

    It was a ploy they designed where by starting everything five minutes late, they could lure in viewers who might start watching a rival network show but bail on it after a minute or two.

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