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WWWF Championship Wrestling, All Star Wrestling, and Superstars of Wrestling: how did they get started?

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WWWF Championship Wrestling, All Star Wrestling, and Superstars of Wrestling: how did they get started?

The two former were pre WWE shows that existed during their days
when it was a regional territory.

The latter is a show that I don't know much about.

I think it started in St. Louis in 1984, but I'm not sure.
 
Re: WWWF Championship Wrestling, All Star Wrestling, and Superstars of Wrestling: how did they get started?

> The two former were pre WWE shows that existed during their
> days
> when it was a regional territory.
>
> The latter is a show that I don't know much about.
>
> I think it started in St. Louis in 1984, but I'm not sure.

..."All-Star Wrestling" was a generalised name used by various territorial promotions; probably the most famous use was by Verne Gagne's American Wrestling Association throughout the '60s, '70s and '80s. Vince McMahon Sr. also used that title for his WWWF show for a while, as did Southwest Championship Wrestling as "Texas All-Star Wrestling." "Superstars of Wrestling" was the name the WWF used for its syndicated show throughout the '80s and '90s. The big St. Louis wrestling show had been "Wrestling from The Chase," which was an NWA-related show on KPLR/11 that was syndicated for a while in the early '80s...<P ID="signature">______________
King Daevid MacKenzie
WLSU Wisconsin Public Radio, La Crosse
heard weekly on http://www.radio4all.net/
"Kill Ugly Radio." FRANK ZAPPA</P>
 
Re: WWWF Championship Wrestling, All Star Wrestling, and Superstars of Wrestling: how did they get started?

"Championship Wrestling" changed its name to "Superstars of Wrestling" in 1985 or so.
 
Re: WWWF Championship Wrestling, All Star Wrestling, and Superstars of Wrestling: how did they get started?

WWWF/WWF/WWE began on the East Coast, with a "territory" reaching from Maine to Washington, D.C.

I don't think the company went nationwide until the very early 1980's. By 1982, WWF programming was nationally-syndicated and would also be seen on the then-new USA Cable Network.
 
Re: WWWF Championship Wrestling, All Star Wrestling, and Superstars of Wrestling: how did they get started?

> WWWF/WWF/WWE began on the East Coast, with a "territory"
> reaching from Maine to Washington, D.C.
>
> I don't think the company went nationwide until the very
> early 1980's. By 1982, WWF programming was
> nationally-syndicated and would also be seen on the then-new
> USA Cable Network.

...WWF syndication didn't go nationwide until 1983, and even by 1985 they didn't know quite what they were doing -- they sent tapes to WFLD/32 Chicago that promoted house shows in _Sacramento_, and tried to promote their Madison house shows through WCGV/24 Milwaukee, which isn't recievable in Madison under normal circumstances...as early as 1980, WWF cards carried by MSG Network were simulcast on USA, but the WWF didn't buy the Sunday-morning "All-American Wrestling" weekly time slot until 1984, when Joe Blanchard's Southwest Championship Wrestling out of San Antonio defaulted on its contract for the same time slot...<P ID="signature">______________
King Daevid MacKenzie
WLSU Wisconsin Public Radio, La Crosse
heard weekly on http://www.radio4all.net/
"Kill Ugly Radio." FRANK ZAPPA</P>
 
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