Charting The Territories

In the 4th quarter of 1978, Rock Hunter gets his heels organized, two new titles are introduced and three titles change hands on Christmas Day at the Superdome, the Ladd-Candy feud comes to a conclusion, and more!

This is a look at the Pacific Northwest Wrestling territory in 1979, using house show records to compile a list of the top wrestlers, a categorized list of all the wrestlers appearing regularly during the year, known title matches, and the biggest feuds. It is based on the largest possible collection of house show records, culled from my own research as well as various other sources, online or otherwise.

On the latest episode of the Charting the Territories podcast, Al & Jon discuss the 4th quarter of 1974 in the McGuirk wrestling territory. We talk about Tom Jones and his role in breaking racial barriers in the deep south. Plus, we listen to a few cuts from Sgt. Slaughter's album (!) and we reveal our Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame ballots!

In the 4th quarter of 1974, Hansen & Goodish team up, Johnny Eagles is fired up for revenge against Akbar, Andre the Giant makes his first appearances in this territory, and more!

On the latest episode of the Charting the Territories podcast, Al Getz and Jon Boucher cover the 4th quarter of 1966 in LeRoy McGuirk's wrestling territory. They discuss one wrestler who tried to launch a career in country music, and another who had a prolific post-wrestling career in the hot rod industry and was also killed (onscreen) by Michael Myers.

With Vice TV’s Tales From The Territories airing on episode on Championship Wrestling from Florida this week, I decided to use the statistics I’ve created (which analyze wrestling in the territorial era) to take a look at what was going on in Florida in October 1972, 50 years ago.

We are proud to announce that the first Charting the Territories book is now available for purchase on Amazon.com worldwide Additionally, a limited number of autographed editions are available for purchase by residents of the contiguous U.S. via PayPal