WCW Pro
WCW Pro | |
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Also known as | Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
NWA Pro Wrestling WCW Pro Wrestling |
Created by | Multicamera setup |
Running time | 60 minutes per episode |
Original release | |
Network | Syndicated (1985–1994) TBS (1994–1998) |
Release | January 11, 1958 September 27, 1998 | –
Related | |
WCW Monday Nitro WCW Thunder WCW Saturday Night WCW WorldWide WCW Clash of the Champions |
WCW Pro was an American televised wrestling show that was presented by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Along with WCW WorldWide, it was part of the WCW Disney tapings. The rights to WCW Pro now belong to WWE and 161 episodes of Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling are available for streaming on NBCUniversal's Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in international markets.[1]
History
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (1958–1986)
WCW Pro started off as Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling,[2][3] one of two weekly syndicated wrestling programs presented by Jim Crockett Promotions (the other was World Wide Wrestling, which in its final form was named WCW WorldWide). It started airing in 1958.[4][5]
NWA Pro Wrestling/WCW Pro Wrestling (1986–1994)
After the merger of JCP and
New York and Chicago editions (1990–1993)
In 1990, a hybrid edition of WCW Pro Wrestling began airing over WPIX in New York City and WGN-TV in Chicago; these two shows featured the same matches as the national version, but with wraparound segments localized for the specific markets inserted.
Jim Ross and Paul E. Dangerously hosted WPIX's WCW Pro New York. In late-September 1991, the New York version moved to WCBS-TV where the show aired in a late-night Saturday slot. However, after only a few weeks, the local version was dropped and WCBS-TV replaced it with the national version of the show. In April 1992, WCW Pro was replaced in New York altogether by WCW WorldWide (the show that WCW Pro New York replaced two years earlier on WPIX), which stayed on WCBS-TV for the next five years. WPXN-TV later picked up WCW Pro for its lineup, airing the show from 1996 until its cancellation.
WCW Pro Chicago was hosted by Tony Schiavone and veteran WGN sports broadcaster Jack Brickhouse. This show was also simulcast on WGN's national feed. Sometime in 1991, Brickhouse would leave commentary on the Chicago version to host his own segment on the program, "Brickhouse Bonus", and Larry Zbyszko took over Jack's old spot on commentary. WCW Pro Chicago would last until 1993.
WCW Pro (1994–1998)
In 1994 the show, now available on very few local stations, was added to
In November 1995, WCW started taping WCW Pro at the
In late September 1998, WCW Pro was canceled.
Title changes
WCW Pro had two title changes.
- Krusher Khrushchev and Ivan Koloffto win the NWA United States Tag Team Championship on December 13, 1986 (taped December 9, 1986)
- on March 9, 1991 (taped February 18, 1991).
References
- ^ "UPDATED X3 WWE Network Adds More Mid-Atlantic TV From 1984 and 1985". 2 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
- ^ No one did that better than the syndicated NWA Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling programs from the 1970s and 1980s, produced by Crockett Promotions out of Charlotte, North Carolina.
- ^ Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling is the oldest syndicated program in the South and has appeared on WBTV (Channel 3) since 1958.
- ^ "Wrestling Legends - Wrestling History - Crockett Foundation". Crockett Foundation - Tag In & Help Out!. Retrieved 2020-06-15.