Mid-Atlantic Wrestling taped 1/06/82

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
Taped January 6, 1982
Original Airdate: January 9, 1982

Opening comments by Bob Caudle and David Crockett
--> NWA representative Sandy Scott introduces Terry Taylor



--> Sgt. Slaughter withdraws offer for $1000 challenge, Scott explains that Mulligan Jr and his lawyers have put an injunction in forcing one more try for Mulligan at the cobra clutch challenge.

[1] Blackjack Mulligan Jr. and Jake “The Snake” Roberts defeat Doug Vines and Mike Miller after a Blackjack Jr. bulldog on Doug Vines.

[2] European Champion Billy Robinson (with Lord Al Hayes) defeats Keith Larson with a backbreaker
--> Commentary by Lord Hayes

Interview – David Crockett with Buddy Landel and Tony Anthony (in the local promo spot A)

[3] “Handsome” Jimmy Valiant defeats Jeff Sword
--> Commentary by NWA TV champ Ivan Koloff

Halftime interviews: Ray Stevens says he will give the tag belt back to NWA official Sandy Scott on the condition that the Andersons defend the tag title immediately; Blackjack Mulligan Jr and Jake Roberts

[4] Terry Taylor defeats Bill White with a rolling reverse cradle out of an abdominal stretch.
--> Commentary by Roddy Piper, who announces that he will not be wrestling on television anymore and will only do commentary

Interview – Mid-Atlantic Tag Team champs Ox Baker and Carl Fergie

[5] Ole Anderson (WTT) and Ivan Koloff (TV) (with Gene Anderson) defeat Buddy Landel and Tony Anthony
--> Commentary by Roddy Piper

Closing Interviews – Big John Studd; Sgt. Slaughter; Ole and Gene Anderson glad to have both tag belts; Ole says he didn’t do it voluntarily; he did it because he was scared. Ole says he will pick a partner and defend the titles, that Gene will be an advisor only.

Aired on WWE Classics On Demand in September 2009.

Champions as We Begin 1982

NWA World Champion: Ric Flair
NWA World Tag Team Champions: Gene and Ole Anderson
United States Champion: Sgt. Slaughter
Mid-Atlantic Champion: Roddy Piper
Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champions: Ox Baker and “Pretty Boy” Carl Fergie
NWA TV Champion: Ivan Koloff

Mid-Atlantic Wrestling taped 12/30/81

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
Taped December 30, 1981
Original Airdate: January 2, 1982
Date this tape aired on Bluefield WVA TV: March 6, 1981

Opening comments by Bob Caudle and David Crockett
-> Discussion of “Wrestler Who Has Contributed the Most in 1981” contest
Referee is Tommy Young

[1 ] Jake “The Snake” Roberts and Jay Youngblood defeat Mike Miller and Chris Markoff by pinfall

Interview – Mid-Atlantic Champion Roddy Piper who makes his case as to why he should win the

[2] NWA TV Champ Ivan Koloff defeats Ron Sexton by pinfall when Koloff delivers the knee to the back from the top rope.
-> Commentary by Sandy Scott

Local Promos with Big Bill Ward promoting cards in Wytheville VA 3/16/82 (Tuesday), Christiansburg VA 3/9/82 (Tuesday), Roanoke Civic Center Sunday 3/7/82, and Bluefield WVA at the Brushfork Armory “tonight” 3/6/82. A brief interview is shown from the WBIR-10 studios in Knoxville TN as Les Thatcher (host of NWA Championship Wrestling out of Knoxville) talks with the Super Destroyer (Don Kernodle under a mask) about his match in Bluefield with Jay Youngblood. If Super D loses, he must unmask; if Youngblood loses, he must leave town. Ward then talks with Lord Al Hayes about his lumberjack match with Johnny Weaver and TV champ Ivan Koloff about his title match with Jimmy “Boogie Woogie Man” Valiant.

[3] Ray Stevens defeats Tony Russo by pinfall after a piledriver.
Stevens still has one of the world tag team championship belts that belongs to the Anderson Brothers team.

Interview – Bob Caudle talks with Jake Roberts who talks about one of his hogs in his pigpin that looks a lot like Ole Anderson; also interviews with Blackjack Mulligan Jr. and Ray “The Crippler” Stevens.

[4] Blackjack Mulligan Jr. defeats Bill White after a bulldog.
-> Commentary by Sgt. Slaughter

Local Promos with Big Bill Ward promoting cards in Wytheville VA 3/16/82 (Tuesday), Christiansburg VA 3/9/82 (Tuesday), Roanoke Civic Center Sunday 3/7/82, and Bluefield WVA at the Brushfork Armory “tonight” 3/6/82. Ward then talks with Jay Youngblood about his match in Bluefield with the Super Destroyer (Don Kernodle). If Super D loses, he must unmask; if Youngblood loses, he must leave town. Ward then talks with Johnny Weaver about his lumberjack match with Lord Al Hayes and Jimmy “Boogie Woogie Man” Valiant about his title match with TV Champ Ivan Koloff.

[5] Sgt. Slaughter & Pvt. Nelson defeat Mike Davis & Terry Taylor by submission when Mike Davis submits to the Cobra Clutch.

Final interview – Bob Caudle with TV champ Ivan Koloff and NWA World Tag Champions Gene and Ole Anderson. Ole says Sandy Scott may be able to keep him from getting his belt back from Ray Stevens while they are outside the ring, but once they are in the ring, all bets are off!

Rare 1966 Mid-Atlantic Segment

On a recent edition of the Legends Roundtable on WWE Classics On Demand, a rare clip from Crockett Wrestling aired from 1966. The roundtable topic was "Patriotism" and the panelists were discussing great foreign heels. Jim Ross was giving some background info on Boris Malenko when they broke away to show a roughly 1:40 clip from All-Star Wrestling in 1966 from the WRAL-5 studios in Raleigh featuring host Bob Caudle interviewing Boris Malenko and the Missouri Mauler who was the Southern Heavyweight Champion at that time.

Before you get too excited about some old WRAL footage existing from that far back (as I briefly did), the explanation for the existence of the clip is that it actually came from a broadcast of Championship Wrestling from Florida. The interview was taped at WRAL and sent for airing on Florida TV. Malenko and Mauler were heading to Florida for Mauler to defend the Southern title against "Big O" Bob Orton.

A wonderful clip to have none-the-less, and especially cool to see that version of the Southern Heavyweight title belt which Mauler actually won in Florida and brought to the Charlotte territory (as explained to us by our friends at WrestlingMemories.com.)

December 1981 Tape/Broadcast Chart

Jim Crockett Promotions taped several weeks worth of Mid-Atlantic Wrestling over a multi-night period in December of 1981 for broadcast over the entire month, including weeks where the promotion was shut down for its annual vacation period.

The following list shows the dates TV was recorded at WPCQ studios in Charlotte and when it first aired in most major markets.


Source: Mid-Atlantic Gateway

First Report: Mid-Atlantic Wrestling taped 12/10/81

The Rogers Report

The show opens with Bob and David telling us about the upcoming show. Sgt. Slaughter joins the two with some thoughts and is interrupted by Sandy Scott concerning the cobra clutch challenge. Scott says the $1,000 will be put up today in the challenge. Slaughter is not happy about Scott's decision, but Scott states the decision is final.

First match is Blackjack Mulligan Jr. and Jake Roberts vs Mike Miller and Charlie Fulton in tag action. Good physical match with Roberts getting the pin with the backbreaker and knee lift.

Our next match is Billy Robinson vs Tony Anthony.Robinson gets the win with the backbreaker.

Next are promos for WIHT-TV in Ann Arbor,MI. Austin Idol makes some comments. Ivan Koloff also comments on "looking forward to invading Ann Arbor". Roddy Piper says it it great being on TV in Ann Arbor.

Back in the studio, our next match is NWA TV Champion Ivan Koloff vs. Keith Larsen. Koloff gets the win after driving Larsen's head into the mat from the top rope. Sandy Scott discusses with Bob the situation with Paul Jones and the Ninja and Gene Anderson.

Johnny Weaver joins Bob to discuss Steamboat and Piper, and the opportunity for Steamboat to get his hands on Piper during the Battle Royal matches. Ray Stevens joins Bob to discuss Ole Anderson. Stevens still has the tag belt and tells Ole when he comes around he is "going to kick Ole's can like it has never been kicked before".

Next match is NWA Rookie of the Year Terry Taylor vs Tony Russo. During the match, Sandy Scott tells Bob and David that a drawing was held in the back and Blackjack Mulligan Jr. will get the shot at Slaughter's $1,000 cobra clutch challenge later in the program. Taylor gets the win with the flying forearm.

More promos for TV in Ann Arbor. Ray Stevens, Johnny Weaver, and Jimmy Valiant comment on MACW being on the Michigan TV station.

Back in the studio, we see Mid-Atlantic Tag champs Ox Baker and Carl Fergie getting a win over Don Kernodle and Vinnie Valentino.

Next is our cobra clutch challenge with Mulligan Jr. going after Slaughter's $1,000. Sarge goes into the stall again and then drops a hard elbow on Jr. while he is seated in the chair. Scott tells Sarge if he does it again, he will be fined more than a $1,000. Sarge slaps on the clutch and Jr. puts up a big fight to break it. David says "No, we can't be....",but we are out of time and the credits start to roll. TV time runs out while the challenge is still going on.

Thanks to Brian Rogers for this report.

First Report: Mid-Atlantic Wrestling taped 12/9/81

The Rogers Report

The show opens with Bob and David telling us what's on tap for this weeks episode, including an appearance by European heavyweight champion Billy Robinson. US champion Sgt Slaughter joins them at the podium to remind everyone he still has the cobra clutch challenge going for the $1,000. Bob reminds Sarge that Jay Youngblood wants to accept the challenge, but Sarge blows it off.

Our opening match is tag-team action with Blackjack Mulligan Jr and Jake Roberts vs Charlie Fulton and Chris Markoff. Mulligan Jr gets the win with the bulldog.

Our next match is the Ninja,with manager Gene Anderson,taking on Mike Davis. Ninja uses the Anderson style of working on one part of the body and dominates Davis throughout. He gets the pin with the headbutt from the second rope.

Our next match is Terry Taylor in action vs Mike Miller. Bob reminds us that Taylor is the Rookie of the Year. Blackjack Mulligan joins Bob during the match to comment on Slaughter's cobra clutch challenge and how he could use that $1,000 in the Mulligan household. Jack is impressed with Taylor in the ring. David then tells Blackjack that Sarge is going to demonstrate the cobra clutch later in the program.Taylor gets the pin with the flying forearm.

Next we have promos for WIHT-TV in Ann Arbor, MI featuring Sgt Slaughter and Pvt. Nelson.

Back in the studio, our next match is Jimmy Valiant vs Tony Russo.Valiant gets the win.Back at the podium, Rick Steamboat and Paul Jones join Bob to discuss the Ray Stevens situation. We then see film of Steamboat in a match from WWW in which Piper attacks Steamboat after the match. Ole Anderson joins Piper in beating down Steamboat. Ray Stevens hits the ring and makes the save. Back at the podium, Jones says he trusts Stevens and Steamboat says he appreciates the help from Stevens. Jake Roberts joins them and says that Ole is the hunted now.

Back from break,and Big John Studd is with Bob at the podium, and he has some harsh words for Blackjack Mulligan and all the "rednecks" who idolize Mulligan. Piper comes in and comments on his feud with Ricky Steamboat and reminds us he is still the champion.

Back in the ring, our next match is European champion Billy Robinson taking on Don Kernodle. A good match with Kernodle putting up a good fight, but Robinson gets the win with the backbreaker across the knee.

Slaughter joins Bob at the podium and explains the cobra clutch.He then invites Bob into the ring with he and Nelson as he gives us a demonstration using the move on Tony Anthony. He locks it in and will not break the hold. Youngblood, Roberts, and Taylor hit the ring and Sarge and Nelson bolt.

More local promos for WIHT-TV in Ann Arbor, MI. Jay Youngblood says he is looking forward to coming to Michigan. Porkchop Cash and Jake Roberts comment also.

Back in the studio, our next match is new Mid-Atlantic tag-team champions Carl Fergie and Ox Baker in action against Keith Larsen and Jay Youngblood. Fergie gets the pin on Larsen after Ox nails Larsen with the heart punch.

At the podium, Paul Jones says Slaughter's actions were totally uncalled for. Youngblood also joins Bob and comments on Slaughter and his clutch challenge and says he will get that $1,000. Roberts and Mulligan Jr join Bob and say they are looking forward to tagging alot more and anyone that wants a shot at them,to bring it on.

Bob says so long for now.......