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Post by phinney on Dec 18, 2005 17:36:29 GMT -5
11/25/76 Greensboro
Two ring Thanksgiving Day battle royal (Wahoo McDaniel won, eliminating Blackjack Mulligan) featuring Andre the Giant, Haystacks Calhoun, Wahoo McDaniel, Dusty Rhodes, Missouri Mauler, Ric Flair, Superstar Billy Graham, Ken Patera, Greg Valentine, Dino Bravo, Angelo Mosca, Crusher Blackwell, Adrian Adonis, Cowboy Frankie Laine, Vic
Rosaettani, Jack Evans, Jerry Rossi, Two Ton Harris, Steve Bolus, Tiger
Conway Jr., and and Tiger Conway Sr.
Frankie Laine drew Sgt Goulet
Superstar Billy Graham beat Vic Rossitani
Johnny Eagle beat Jack Evans
Jerry Blackwell beat Steve Bolus
Tiger Conway Jr beat Mike Dubois
att: 11,063
11/24/77 Greensboro, NC THANKSGIVING NIGHT
2 Ring Battle Royal Blackjack Mulligan won Ring 1, Tim Woods won Ring 2
Blackjack Mulligan beat Tim Woods to win Battle Royal
Wahoo McDaniel beat Greg Valentine DQ
Tiger Conway Jr beat Dick Murdoch DQ
Dino Bravo beat Scott Irwin
Mr Sato beat Tony Russo
Rick McGraw beat Ricky Ferrara
11/23/78 Greensboro
Cage Match
Ric Flair beat Blackjack Mulligan
Ricky Steamboat beat John Studd
Tony Atlas beat Ken Patera dq
Jay Youngblood & Johnny Weaver beat Brute Bernard & Swede Hanson
Richard Blood & Gary Young beat Mr. X 1 & Chris Tolos
Don Kernodle beat Steve Muslin
Steve Regal beat Frank Monte
att: 13,447
December 25, 1978 Charlotte
Klondike Bill beat Charlie Fulton
Frank Monte beat Joe Furr
Don Kernodle beat David Patterson
Mr X #1 beat Gary Young
Jay Youngblood & Skip Young beat Brute Bernard & Sgt Jacques Goulet
MID ATL TITLE Johnny Weaver beat Ken Patera DQ
Paul Jones beat Ricky Steamboat
US TITLE CAGE Ric Flair beat Blackjack Mulligan
11/22/79 Greensboro
Mr Wrestling Tim Woods no contest Jimmy Snuka
Blackjack Mulligan beat John Studd
Ray Stevens beat Jim Brunzell
Andre The Giant beat Jerry Blackwell
SD Jones beat Dave Patterson
Steve Muslin beat Frank Monte
att: 11,387
11/27/80 Greensboro
CAGE MATCH
Paul Jones & Masked Superstar beat Jimmy Snuka & Ray Stevens for the NWA tag team title
CAGE MATCH for the US title
Ric Flair (c) beat Greg Valentine
Mid Atlantic Tag Team champions The Sheepherders beat Matt Borne & Dewey Robertson
TV champion Roddy Piper beat Johnny Weaver
Candy Malloy beat Wendy Richter
SD Jones beat Ben Alexander
Rick Ferrara drew Abe Jacobs
11/26/81 Greensboro
Cage Match
Ole Anderson vs Ric Flair
Lights Out Match
John Studd vs Blackjack Mulligan Sr
1 night tournament for Cadillac Car featuring Greg Valentine, Angelo Mosca, Ricky Steamboat, Roddy Piper, Wahoo McDaniel, Ivan Koloff, Blackjack Mulligan Jr & Sgt. Bob Slaughter
11/25/82 Greensboro
NWA Champion Ric Flair beat Roddy Piper dq
----- Sorry that I don't have the rest of the results from 1982 or 1981 but these Thanksgiving cards were great. Did they have big Thanksgiving shows before 1975? I added the Christmas show from 1978 because I thought it was a better show than the Thanksgiving one from 1978. If the thanksgiving show was the biggest show of the year, why was the X-mas show stacked more in 1978? One final question, the article (Thanks Mid-Atlantic Gateway) for the 11-23-78 show lists the attendance as being 13, 447. Since exactly 2 thousand would be a sellout, was that a typo and it was actually sold out?
Thanks.
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Post by cwh47 on Dec 18, 2005 19:02:27 GMT -5
Phinney,
To answer your question about Thanksgiving cards
prior to 1975,yes there were big cards.The card held
in Greensboro in 1972 held the attendance record in the
Southeast until the US tournament in 1975.
On Nov.23,1972 over 13,000 fans were in Greensboro
to see Jack and Jerry Brisco beat Dory Funk Sr. and Jr.
Thunderbolt Patterson beat Ole Anderson in a
lumberjack match.
On Thanksgiving night Nov.22,1973 there were two
cards that night,one in Greensboro the other in
Charlotte.The combined attendance went over the
20,000 mark.
Jack Brisco successfully defended the NWA title against
Dory Funk Jr. in Greensboro.Lou Thesz was the special
referee.
Johnny Weaver lost to Johnny Valentine in the main
event in Charlotte.
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Post by Baltimore Jack on Dec 19, 2005 22:53:52 GMT -5
Shows were indeed a tradition on Thanksgiving in Greensboro, but weren't necessarily intended to be the "biggest shows of the year". Up until Starrcade, there was also always a Thanksgiving show on Thanksgiving night in Norfolk, too, which may answer why a show wasn't as "stacked" on Thanksgiving.
As I look at cards through out the George Scott years, I'm not sure the Thanksgiving shows stand out as special shows more than other shows through-out the year, with a few exceptions.
There really was not a "super card" mentality then. that came more in the 80s (at least as I see it.)
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Post by flairfanwes on Dec 20, 2005 0:06:46 GMT -5
I don't think stacked cards were what we were looking for anway. Which starcade was it, 86 maybe, that they had the matches in G'boro and Atlanta? I was in attendance in G'boro and could have done without the satellite shows. Just my opinion. I think it was this same card in G'boro that sold out and even sold out the theater room with all matches on the big screen. Merry Christmas to all!
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Post by Baltimore Jack on Dec 21, 2005 11:19:43 GMT -5
>> I don't think stacked cards were what we were looking for anway.
I agree with this completely. "Stacked cards" never really crossed my mind then. You wanted a couple of good main events that settled or extended current issues. I miss those days. When those events paid off on their own, they were so special, and stood out above everything else.
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Post by superworker on Dec 29, 2005 19:57:26 GMT -5
The Kayfabe Days were the BEST!Always was and always will be!
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Post by RowdyRoddy on Jan 5, 2006 13:57:17 GMT -5
January 5th, 1980
Charlotte, NC
Ric Flair/Blackjack Mulligan beat Frankie Laine/Doug Somers
Greg Valentine beat Abe Jacobs
Rick Steamboat/Jay Youngblood beat Mr. X/Steve Travis
Ray Stevens beat Ron Sexton
Jimmy Snuka/John Studd beat Tony Garea/Bob Marcus
January 5th, 1982
Raleigh, NC
Billy Robinson beat Johnny Weaver
Jimmy Valiant beat Ivan Koloff
Blackjack Mulligan beat John Studd by count out
Ricky Steamboat beat Roddy Piper by DQ
Tony Anthony beat Mike Miller
Buddy Landell/Mike Davis beat Jeff Sword/Doug Vines
January 5th, 1986
Asheville, NC
afternoon
Don Kernodle beat Pat Tanaka
Ron Garvin beat Thunderfoot
Jim Valiant beat Gene Ligon
The Midnight Express beat The Rock & Roll Express
Magnum TA beat Arn Anderson by DQ
The Road Warriors beat The Barbarian/Ivan Koloff
Ric Flair beat Manny Fernandez
January 5th, 1986
Charlotte, NC
evening
Arn Anderson beat Don Kernodle
The Rock & Roll Express beat The Barbarian/Black Bart
Road Warrior Hawk beat Thunderfoot
Road Warrior Animal beat Ivan Koloff
Magnum TA beat Tully Blanchard
Dusty Rhodes and Ric Flair fought to a no contest
January 5th, 1987
Baltimore, MD
Jimmy Valiant beat Mark Fleming
Hector Guerrero beat Eddie Roberts
Bill Dundee beat Alan West
Jim Garvin beat Hector Guerrero
Big Bubba beat Ricky Lee Jones
Midnight Express beat Ron Garvin/Dick Murdoch
The Rock & Roll Express beat Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez by DQ
Tully Blanchard drew Barry Windham
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