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Post by jobber83 on Dec 9, 2021 13:07:27 GMT -5
I was born in '83 and my first memories of wrestling are from '88, so I'm not old enough to have seen a heavy dose of the "territory days". I saw GWF promoter talking about a Memphis fed with guys who were known to spend a great deal of time there. I've been trying to do some digging, but I'm curious if anyone has insight on Eddie Graham's Florida territory. Seems to me the names that pop-up the most are: Dusty Rhodes, Kevin Sullivan, Gerry & Jack Brisco...but I am having a hard time finding those "core guys" that spent a lot of time there or were synonymous with the territory itself. Obviously, guys traveled around to all territories, but are there any groups of guys that are considered "Florida" guys?
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Post by TTX on Dec 9, 2021 13:44:42 GMT -5
Other than Mike Graham, there were several who had significant stints there without being locked to it (Steve Keirn, Blackjack Mulligan, Barry Windham among others)
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Post by jobber83 on Dec 9, 2021 13:55:11 GMT -5
Other than Mike Graham, there were several who had significant stints there without being locked to it (Steve Keirn, Blackjack Mulligan, Barry Windham among others) Thank Troy! At least I know I wasn't looking in the wrong places thinking there had to be a larger list of wrestlers. I know Keirn was one b/c he ended up starting the FCW here in Tampa before it moved to Orlando and became NXT. |
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Post by TTX on Dec 9, 2021 14:02:48 GMT -5
Indeed. If it wasn't for the Fabs, he might totally be thought of as a Florida guy who went to the WWF. Bob Roop wrestled there especially with Sullivan but hardly enough to be identified with the territory. I'd have to look after that.
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Post by walkswithwolf on Dec 9, 2021 15:35:32 GMT -5
The following is a list of alumni for Championship Wrestling from Florida.
Bad News Allen
Brad Armstrong
Steve Armstrong
The Barbarian
Ron Bass
Black Bart
Brian Blair
Jack Brisco
Jerry Brisco
Bruiser Brody
Ray Candy
Chris Champion
Cuban Assassin
Fallen Angel
JR Foley
Robert Fuller
Dory Funk, Jr.
Terry Funk
Jimmy Garvin
Tim Woods
Eddie Graham
Mike Graham
Superstar Billy Graham
Cisco Grimaldo
Chavo Guerrero, Sr.
Hector Guerrero
Billy Jack Haynes
Hercules Hernandez
Jimmy Hines
Oliver Humperdink
Abe Jacobs
Steve Keirn
Teijho Khan
Brian Knobbs
Ivan Koloff
Mark Lewin
Lex Luger
Hiro Matsuda
Wahoo McDaniel
Bugsy McGraw
Butch Miller
Frank Morrell
Blackjack Mulligan
Kendo Nagasaki
Tony Nero
Al Perez
Bobbie Peterson
Greg Peterson
Geoff Portz
Harley Race
Dustin Rhodes
Dusty Rhodes
Jake Roberts
Tiny Roe
Bob Roop
Sean Royal
Rick Rude
Jerry Sags
Buzz Sawyer
Don Serrano
Ron Simmons
Dick Slater
Tracy Smothers
Kevin Sullivan
Luna Vachon
David Von Erich
Karl Von Stroheim
Johnny Walker
Pez Whatley
The White Ninja
Luke Williams
Barry Windham
Kendall Windham
Mr.Wrestling
Mr. Wrestling II
Jay Youngblood
Mark Youngblood
Firpo Zbyszko
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Post by on_the_edge on Dec 9, 2021 19:45:19 GMT -5
I got into wrestling around the same time frame so do not have the strong knowledge of others on here for the territories. But I would think one way to get an idea of guys who spent a lot of time in a certain promotion is check the title history. If someone held the top, secondary or tag titles numerous times it would seem they spent a lot of time in the territory.
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Post by jobber83 on Dec 9, 2021 21:43:17 GMT -5
I got into wrestling around the same time frame so do not have the strong knowledge of others on here for the territories. But I would think one way to get an idea of guys who spent a lot of time in a certain promotion is check the title history. If someone held the top, secondary or tag titles numerous times it would seem they spent a lot of time in the territory. Great idea! Going to do that tomorrow while I’m “at work” lol |
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Post by Carlzilla on Dec 9, 2021 21:56:22 GMT -5
A few guys I always associate with Florida...
Eddie Graham
Mike Graham
Dusty Rhodes
Bob Roop
Buddy Colt
Hiro Matsuda
The Briscos
Boris Malenko
Sam Steamboat
Bob Orton Sr.
Larry Hamilton (The Missouri Mauler)
Bobby Shane
A lot of these guys can easily be associated with other places too. Florida was a seasonal territory until sometime in the mid/later 60s (IIRC) so a lot of the earlier guys did lots of stuff other places.
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Post by natureboi on Dec 10, 2021 6:06:22 GMT -5
There was some blonde musclehead Superstar Graham wannabe, Terry something or other, who broke into the business there but made more of a mark elsewhere.😉
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Post by jobber83 on Dec 10, 2021 7:28:48 GMT -5
There was some blonde musclehead Superstar Graham wannabe, Terry something or other, who broke into the business there but made more of a mark elsewhere.😉 Yeah, IIRC I read Matsuda trained him while he was still a music major at USF. |
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