Charting The Territories

Welcome to Chapter 4 of The McGuirk/Watts Wrestling Almanac, an in-depth data-driven look at the wrestling territory run by Leroy McGuirk (and later, Bill Watts). The territory is most commonly known as Tri-State Wrestling and/or Mid-South Wrestling, though neither of those names were actually used until September 1979 when Watts split from McGuirk. Every month we will post a new Chapter, with each chapter covering a three-month period of time. Previous chapters: Chapter 1  (Q4 1959) Chapter 2  (Q1 1960) Chapter 3 (Q2 1960) ----- THE McGUIRK/WATTS WRESTLING ALMANAC CHAPTER 4 (Q3 1960) ADVERTISED LINEUPS FOR ALL KNOWN HOUSE SHOWS 6/27/60 Shreveport, LA (Municipal Auditorium) Danny Hodge vs Karol Krauser Carlos Rodriguez vs Chief Red Cloud Lorenzo Parente vs Ray Duran 6/27/60 Tulsa, OK (Fairgrounds Junior Arena) Jack Donovan vs Red McKim Bull Brummel & Lorraine Johnson vs Cowboy Bradley & Laura Martinez Jack Curtis Jr vs Taro Miyaki 6/28/60 Ava, MO...

Welcome to Chapter 2 of The McGuirk/Watts Wrestling Almanac, an in-depth data-driven look at the wrestling territory run by Leroy McGuirk (and later, Bill Watts) and most commonly known as Mid-South Wrestling (though that name was only used starting in Sep '79). Every month, we will post a new Chapter, with each chapter covering a three-month period of time. Previous chapters:  Chapter 1 ----- THE McGUIRK/WATTS WRESTLING ALMANAC CHAPTER 2 (Q1 1960) ADVERTISED LINEUPS FOR ALL KNOWN HOUSE SHOWS 12/28/59 Tulsa, OK (Fairgrounds Junior Arena) Great Bolo vs Ivan the Terrible Danny Hodge & Farmer Jones vs Mr. Sasaki & Soldat Gorky Karol Krauser vs Oni Wiki Wiki 12/29/59 Woodward, OK (Convention Hall) Wrestle Royal featuring Danny Hodge, Great Bolo, Ivan the Terrible, Oni Wiki Wiki and Soldat Gorky Plus two matches determined by order of elimination 12/30/59 Fort Smith, AR (Sports Arena) Dick Hutton vs Soldat Gorky Farmer Jones vs Mr. Sasaki 12/30/59 Springfield...

Welcome to Chapter 1 of The McGuirk/Watts Wrestling Almanac, an in-depth data-driven look at the wrestling territory run by Leroy McGuirk (and later, Bill Watts) and most commonly known as Mid-South Wrestling (though that name was only used starting in Sep '79). Every month we will post a new Chapter, with each chapter covering a three-month period of time. A few quick notes: -A huge tip of the hat to  http://www.midatlanticgateway.com  as their "Almanac" section helped serve as inspiration for the entire Charting the Territories project. -Unless otherwise noted (which is very rare), all of the information listed here is the result of my own personal research, even at the expense of duplicating information/research that was already out there. -My focus is on the advertised lineups for wrestling events, not the results. As such, we generally will not be posting results for events, just what was advertised to take place. -While SPOT Ratings and FEUD Scores are given...

Here's a look at the McGuirk wrestling territory in March 1976: Danny Hodge breaks his neck in a car accident less than 2 weeks after regaining the NWA World Junior Heavyweight title, Blondes have more fun and get the gold, the Funker comes to town, Sweetan returns while Patera moves up & more!