May
of
1975
saw
the
most
significant
title
change
of
the
year
in
Mid-Atlantic
Championship
Wrestling
take
place
in
mid
month.
After
three
and
a
half
months
of
dominating
the
tag
team
division
in
the
area
as
NWA
World
Tag
Team
Champions,
Gene
and
Ole
Anderson
suffered
a
stunning
defeat
in
the
Greensboro
Coliseum
on
May
15,
1975.
WAHOO
McDANIEL
&
PAUL
JONES
vs.
THE
ANDERSON
BROTHERS
The
ultra
popular
duo
of
Paul
Jones
and
Wahoo
McDaniel
became
NWA
World
Tag
Team
Champions
on
the
15th,
dethroning
the
seemingly
invincible
Anderson
Brothers
and
making
May
a
month
to
remember
fondly
by
the
fans
of
Jim
Crockett
Promotions.
At
the
33
minute
mark
of
the
title
bout,
McDaniel
caught
Gene
Anderson
in a
suplex
and
seconds
later
Paul
Jones
covered
Gene
for
the
three
count,
sending
the
Greensboro
crowd
into
a
frenzy,
and
the
Anderson's
into
disbelief.
While
Paul
Jones
and
Wahoo
were
the
Anderson's
top
challengers
for
the
previous
three
months
when
Gene
and
Ole
were
World
Tag
Team
Champions,
interestingly
the
two
teams
did
not
wrestle
each
other
at
all
in
the
month
of
May
prior
to
the
title
change
on
May
15th.
After
Jones
and
Wahoo
won
the
titles,
they
had
two
successful
defenses
against
the
Anderson's
during
the
remainder
of
the
month
of
May,
in
Ashville,
NC
on
May
18th
and
in
Norfolk,
VA
on
May
29th.
JOHNNY
VALENTINE
Mid-Atlantic
Heavyweight
Champion
Johnny
"The
Champ"
Valentine
continued
to
travel
some
in
the
month
of
May,
but
to a
lesser
extent
than
he
did
in
the
month
April.
Valentine
headed
to
St.
Louis
on
May
2nd,
and
at
the
end
of
the
month
on
May
31st
headed
to
Houston.
In
between
those
two
out
of
the
area
stints,
Valentine
got
back
to
being
his
dominating
best
in
the
Mid-Atlantic
area.
Valentine
defended
his
Mid-Atlantic
Title
often
in
the
month
of
May,
with
his
most
frequent
challenger
being
Paul
Jones.
Chief
Wahoo
McDaniel
also
got
a
number
of
shots
at
Valentine's
prestigious
belt
during
the
month.
After
Jones
and
McDaniel
won
the
World
Tag
Team
Titles,
their
focus
shifted
away
from
Valentine,
though
Jones
nearly
upended
Valentine
in a
memorable
title
match
in
Charlotte's
Memorial
Stadium
on
May
16th,
the
night
after
Paul
became
one
half
of
the
World
Tag
Champs.
RIC
FLAIR
May
3,
1975
was
a
date
of
some
historical
significance,
as
Ric
Flair
would
defend
a
title
against
Wahoo
McDaniel
for
the
first
time
ever
on
that
date.
In
Greenwood,
SC,
Flair
defended
his
Mid-Atlantic
Television
Title
against
Wahoo,
and
Ric
managed
to
barely
emerge
with
his
title
still
intact
on
May
3rd.
May
was
an
unusually
busy
month
for
Flair
defending
his
TV
Title,
as
during
the
month
the
"Nature
Boy"
put
the
belt
on
the
line
a
total
of
ten
times,
against
Paul
Jones,
Ken
Patera
and
Sonny
King
in
addition
to
the
title
match
against
McDaniel
in
Greenwood.
MID-ATLANTIC
TELEVISION
Mid-Atlantic
Championship
Wrestling
had
an
outstanding
month
in
May
as
far
as
its
television
shows
were
concerned.
In
particular,
the
shows
taped
on
May
7th
and
May
14th
were
excellent.
The
May
7,
1975
television
show
had
a
main
event
caliber
match
between
the
Super
Destroyer
and
Sonny
King.
The
promotion
followed
up
the
next
week
with
one
of
the
best
editions
of
Mid-Atlantic
Championship
Wrestling
TV
ever.
After
running
down
the
May
14th
television
card,
David
Crockett
said,
"The
whole
place
is
going
to
rock."
And
how
right
he
was.
There
were
three
main
event
caliber
matches
on
the
Mid-Atlantic
Championship
Wrestling
show,
and
the
Wide
World
Wrestling
show
played
a
film
of a
great
Wahoo
McDaniel
against
NWA
Champion
Jack
Brisco
match.
The
Mid-Atlantic
show
on
May
14th
started
with
a
promoted
"grudge
match"
between
California
star
Jose
Lothario
and
the
Super
Destroyer.
David
Crockett
told
the
TV
audience
that
Lothario
had
come
in
from
California
to
get
revenge
against
the
Destroyer,
because
the
Destroyer
had
hurt
Lothario
out
in
California.
This
angle
was
never
followed
up
on
any
further
after
the
TV
match.
Two
terrific
tag
team
bouts
rounded
out
the
TV
show
on
May
14th.
In
the
first,
Ken
Patera
and
Rufus
R.
Jones
dominated
Gene
and
Ole
Anderson,
but
without
garnering
a
clean
victory.
Patera's
strength
was
highlighted
in
this
match,
with
the
Anderson's
having
all
kinds
of
problems
dealing
with
the
strongman
from
Oregon.
The
May
14th
TV
show
ended
with
an
amazing
match
between
Ric
Flair
and
Johnny
Valentine
against
Paul
Jones
and
Wahoo
McDaniel.
Amazing
in
that
this
caliber
matchup
was
almost
never
shown
on
TV,
and
in
that
there
was
never
a
feud
between
these
four
that
was
set
up
on
the
heels
of
this
TV
match.
Nevertheless,
what
a
great
match
to
end
one
of
the
best
TV
programs
in
the
promotion's
history!
SUPER
DESTROYER
VS.
SONNY
KING
Two
notable
feuds
were
ongoing
during
the
month
of
May
1975,
but
both
proved
to
be
short-lived.
The
first
program
involved
the
Super
Destroyer
against
Sonny
King.
While
these
two
had
been
wrestling
sporadically
against
each
other
for
the
better
part
of a
year,
the
promotion
decided
to
start
a
pure
program
with
these
two
in
May.
To
be
sure,
there
was
a
history
between
the
Destroyer
and
King.
The
Super
D.
had
injured
King's
brother,
Bearcat
Wright,
in
mid
1974.
But
what
got
this
program
re-charged
was
a
challenge
by
the
Destroyer
to
King
on
Mid-Atlantic
TV
that
aired
on
May
3,
1975,
pitting
their
two
finishing
moves
against
each
other-the
claw
versus
the
head-butt.
On
that
same
TV
show,
King
had
Ken
Patera
hit
him
over
the
head
with
a
wooden
chair
to
show
the
audience
how
hard
his
head
was.
The
chair
was
shattered
into
a
number
of
pieces.
On
a
subsequent
TV
show,
the
Super
D.
claimed
he
had
outsmarted
King,
because
the
Destroyer
could
effectively
put
his
claw
on
other
parts
of
the
body
besides
the
head.
To
prove
his
point,
the
Super
Destroyer
beat
preliminary
wrester
L.D.
Lewis
with
a
claw
hold
around
Lewis'
facial
muscles
rather
than
around
his
forehead.
King
responded
that
it
didn't
make
any
difference
to
him
where
the
Destroyer
applied
the
claw.
The
Super
Destroyer
and
King
battled
for
several
months
around
the
circuit,
in
what
would
be
the
final
program
for
each
before
both
departed
the
Mid-Atlantic
area
in
the
summer
of
1975.
BLACKJACK
MULLIGAN
VS.
WAHOO
MCDANIEL
The
other
major
feud
of
May
1975
was
a
classic
battle
between
Cowboy
and
Indian…Blackjack
Mulligan
versus
Wahoo
McDaniel.
This
program
was
far
too
short,
and
its
life
for
the
most
part
was
confined
to
the
month
of
May.
The
two
never
really
feuded
in
an
organized
program
after
this,
despite
being
major
stars
for
JCP
for
many
years
after
this
time
period.
During
the
month
of
May,
these
two
progressed
from
straight
singles
matches,
to
bouts
where
Mulligan
would
be
fined
if
he
ran
from
the
ring
and
finally
moved
to
McDaniel's
famed
Indian
Strap
Matches.
McDaniel
got
the
best
of
Mulligan
throughout
these
contests,
and
effectively
ran
Mulligan
out
of
the
Mid-Atlantic
area
when
he
thrashed
Blackjack
in
an
Indian
Strap
Match
in
Richmond
on
May
30,
1975.
Mulligan
immediately
went
to
the
WWWF
where
he
quickly
became
one
half
of
their
World
Tag
Team
Champs
during
the
summer
of
1975.
However,
Mulligan
made
several
guest
shot
appearances
back
in
the
Mid-Atlantic
area
during
the
summer
of
1975,
challenging
Wahoo
to
Texas
Death
Matches
to
try
to
avenge
his
defeats
to
McDaniel
in
the
Indian
Strap
Matches
during
the
spring.
Included
in
those
guest
shots
was
a
Texas
Death
Match
in
Richmond
on
July
18,
1975,
where
Wahoo
again
defeated
Mulligan…this
time
at
Blackjack's
own
specialty
match.
Mulligan
would
not
return
to
the
Mid-Atlantic
area
in
earnest
until
the
autumn
of
1975,
when
he
would
start
his
largely
uninterrupted
six
year
run
for
Jim
Crockett
Promotions
that
most
fans
remember
him
for.
May
of
1975
had
numerous
big
events
as
part
of
it,
and
would
usher
in
June
and
the
hot
summer
of
1975
with
its
own
share
of
highlights.
And
at
the
very
same
time
school
was
letting
out
in
June,
Mid-Atlantic
Championship
Wrestling
would
see
the
arrival
of a
"Professor,"
named
Malenko.
WHO'S
HOT
1.
WAHOO
MCDANIEL---During
the
month
of
May,
Wahoo
became
one
half
of
the
NWA
World
Tag
Team
Champions,
and
also
dispatched
Blackjack
Mulligan
in a
physical
series
of
matches.
The
Chief
was
clearly
on
top
of
his
game
in
May
of
1975.
2.
PAUL
JONES---Jones
also
became
one
half
of
the
NWA
World
Tag
Team
Champions
in
May,
and
in
addition
was
the
top
challenger
to
both
singles
titles
in
the
area.
A
terrific
month
for
Mr.
# 1.
3.
JOHNNY
VALENTINE---The
"Champ"
traveled
less
in
the
month
of
May,
and
had
a
number
of
memorable
defenses
of
his
Mid-Atlantic
Heavyweight
Title.
With
Paul
Jones
and
Wahoo
McDaniel
becoming
tag
champions
during
the
month,
Valentine
started
seeing
a
singles
challenge
looming
in
the
future
from
Olympic
strongman
Ken
Patera.
WHO'S
NOT
1.
BLACKJACK
MULLIGAN---The
big
Cowboy
from
Eagle
Pass,
Texas
was
thoroughly
dominated
in
his
feud
during
the
month
with
Chief
Wahoo
McDaniel,
to
the
point
of
his
being
run
right
out
of
the
Mid-Atlantic
area.
However,
as
it
turned
out,
fans
would
not
have
to
wait
long
before
seeing
lots
more
of
"Mully"
in
JCP.
2.
GENE
ANDERSON---Gene
lost
the
fall
that
lost
the
World
Tag
Team
belts
to
Jones
and
McDaniel
in
Greensboro.
During
bouts
in
May
post
May
15th,
including
some
singles
matches,
Gene
struggled
as
well.
3.
OLE
ANDERSON---Like
his
brother,
Ole
struggled
to
deal
with
the
title
loss
on
May
15th,
and
fought
to
get
back
on
track
in
subsequent
single
and
tag
matches.
However,
June
would
be a
much
happier
month
for
both
Gene
and
Ole.
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