World Championship Wrestling (Australia)

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name = World Championship Wrestling


acronym = WCW
established = 1964
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location = Melbourne, Australia
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World Championship Wrestling was an Australian professional wrestling promotion that ran from 1964 until 1978.

History

The promotion gained valuable publicity through televising programs through the Nine Network which was presented at noon on Saturdays and Sundays.

An average of 6,500 people attended in the first 3 months of the promotion's existence, a crowd of 8,000 attended a show on November 7 in Melbourne when the first title change in the new promotion took place as Dominic De Nucci defeated Killer Kowalski. WCW also promoted throughout Southeast Asia, particularly in Singapore and Hong Kong.

When WCW began operations in 1964, the promotion created the International Wrestling Alliance as a sanctioning body for WCW's original championships, the IWA World Heavyweight and World Tag Team Championships. WCW joined the National Wrestling Alliance in August 1969, but they continued to recognize the IWA World championships until 1971, when they were abandoned in favor of new NWA-sanctioned titles (see below).

In 1978, the Nine Network ceased coverage of WCW; with no TV coverage promoters were facing financial ruin, thus the death of the glory days of professional wrestling in Australia. The WCW name was later revived by Georgia Championship Wrestling in the United States for its own TV program, which became the roots of the American promotion later known by those initials.

A documentary about the promotion was released in 2007 called "Ruff, Tuff N Real".

Roster

* Abdullah the Butcher
* Allan Pinfold
* "Amazing Antonino Argentino" Rocca
* Andreas Lambrakis
* Angelo "Little Jumping Joe" Savoldi
* Antonio Pugliese
* Big Bad John
* Blackjack Slade
* Brute Bernard
* Bulldog Brower
* Butcher Brannigan
* Chief Big Heart
* Clyde Steeves
* Czaya Nandor
* Dale Lewis
* Dominic De Nucci
* Dr. Jerry Graham
* George Lackey
* Gorgeous George
* Hans Schroeder
* "Haystacks" Calhoun
* Jack Brisco
* Jan Jansen
* Kevin Martin
* Killer Karl Kox
* Killer Kowalski
* King Curtis
* Larry O'Dea
* Mario Milano
* Mark Lewin
* Max Tamboola
* Mr. Fuji
* Nikita Kalmikoff
* Ox Baker
* "Playboy" Gary Hart
* Ray Stevens
* Ron Miller
* Roy Heffernan
* Sheik Wadi Ayoub
* Skull Murphy
* Spiros Arion
* The Spoiler
* Steve Rackman
* Tiger Singh
* Tex McKenzie
* The Tojo Brothers
* Tony Kontellis
* The Von Steiger Brothers
* Waldo Von Erich

Championships

IWA-sanctioned championships

NWA-sanctioned championships

References

Resources

* [http://www.mediaman.com.au/ Media Man]
* [http://www.worldchampionshipwrestling.com.au/index.html WCW Australia Home Site]