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MID-ATLANTIC GATEWAY RESOURCE
CENTER
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Mid-Atlantic
Wrestling
Potpourri
Potpourri
- (noun) an unusual or
interesting mixture of things.
(Cambridge
Dictionary Online)
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Cokes and
Popcorn
Potpourri
- (noun) an
unusual or interesting mixture
of things.
(Cambridge
Dictionary Online)
Misc
Charlotte
Billboard
Mural
at Time Warner Cable Arena
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"Hello Everybody,
this is Billy Powell..."
Greenville,
Spartanburg, and Asheville area fans
will fondly remember Billy Powell.
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Who
ARE those Guys?
Speculating in 1999 on
the Mystery Wrestlers on the
Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Open
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Newspaper Ads for
WFBC TV
A collection of
newspaper ads for the Mid-Atlantic
Championship Wrestling TV program
that aired on WFBC Channel 4 in
Greenville, SC
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I
Do It With Flair
Ric Flair's first
commercial t-shirt. It wasn't
available long, and we haven't seen
one since!
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Growin' Up
A montage from a 1976
TV guide which documents the
traditional times Mid-Atlantic and
Wide World Wrestling aired on my
cable system. This is likely of no
particular interest to anyone but
me!
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Wrestling References on BT
Memories
Reno Bailey is
webmaster of a wonderful nostalgia
website about WBT radio and WBTV
television in Charlotte NC. Their
copyright line says the site is a
"project by and for former employees
of WBT/WBTV" in Charlotte, but it
contains some wonderful memories for
all of us.
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FEATURED LINKS
ARCHIVE |
We
frequently post "featured links" on
the main page of the site. I have
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Franco's
of Richmond
Ric Flair frequently
mentioned Richmond's finest clothier
in promos in the 1970s and 1980s.
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National
Hat Shop (Charlotte)
For about as long as
the Crockett family promoted
wrestling in Charlotte, advance
tickets were sold at the National
Hat Shop. Gary Silverstein tells us
a little about his Dad's store that
was a Charlotte institution for over
50 years.
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Ric
Flair on Bruce Springsteen
I'm not sure who was
hotter in 1985, Ric or Bruce. But I
loved them both, so it was cool to
see Ric invoke the Boss's name on
TBS! - D. Bourne
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Charlotte
History Mural at Time Warner Arena
in Charlotte NC
Mid-Atlantic
Wrestling, Flair for Governor, Billy
Graham, Bojangles, the Charlotte
Checkers, and tons of other good
memories from Charlotte's past. I
want this Charlotte back.
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Words we'd like to
hold onto...
WAWLI | CANOE
| PWTORCH
LOUNGE
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1980s
Wrestling - Territorial Map |