Charting The Territories

Here is our first look at Tri-State Wresting in 1975, covering the week beginning Monday, June 30th and ending Sunday, July 6th. If you're new to the blog, reading  this post  and  this post  will help you understand the SPOT rating and what it means. Here's a look at the talent roster for the week along with their SPOT ratings. Babyfaces are in blue on the left-hand side, heels in orange on the right. They are listed in descending order and grouped into loose categories, so you can easily see who were the main eventers, mid-carders, preliminary wrestlers, etc. Known shows for the week: Monday - Monroe, LA & Tulsa, OK Tuesday - Alexandria, LA & Shreveport, LA & Springfield, MO Wednesday - Baton Rouge, LA & Fort Smith, AR & Jackson, MS Thursday - Chalmette, LA & Greenville, MS & North Little Rock, AR Friday - Lawton, OK Saturday - Greenwood, MS Sunday - Lake Charles, LA Analysis/Notes: The main eventers include ...

Here is our first look at Mid-South Wresting in 1982, covering the week beginning Monday, June 28th and ending Sunday, July 4th. If you're new to the blog, reading this post  and  this post  will help you understand the SPOT rating and what it means. Here's a look at the talent roster for the week along with their SPOT ratings. Babyfaces are in blue on the left-hand side, heels in orange on the right. They are listed in descending order and grouped into loose categories, so you can easily see who were the main eventers, mid-carders, preliminary wrestlers, etc. Known shows for the week: Tuesday - Baton Rouge, LA Wednesday - Jackson, MS Thursday - Biloxi, MS Friday - Shreveport, LA Saturday - Lafayette, LA Sunday - Alexandria, LA (afternoon) & Monroe, LA (evening) Analysis/Notes: It's well documented that JYD was a big draw, and here you can see his SPOT rating was near-perfect (a SPOT of 1.00 would mean he was in the main event on EVERY car...

This blog is going to continue to focus on the McGuirk/Watts territory, but I'm going to do it a little differently. Every week I will take a look at four different years, starting with 1961, 1968, 1975 and 1982. For the first week in July, I will look at the first week in July for 1961, the first week in July for 1968, etc. SPOT ratings will be calculated every week for each of the years. This way, I can focus more on week-to-week changes for wrestlers and look at how wrestlers move up and down the cards over time. I will also list the matches that occurred most often, as well as the wrestlers that teamed up most often. I think this is way of presenting the data will be of more interest to wrestling fans: 1) It will lead to more frequent updates of the blog, as I will be making four updates each and every week. 2) By covering multiple time periods, fans who may be more interested in the Mid-South years will have something to look at every week. Fans who are more interested i...

We continue our look at 1967 by examining the top feuds in the territory for the year. One thing is very clear: the Assassins were busy, busy boys during the year.

We previously ranked all the regular towns for 1966, now let's do the same for 1967 and see if there are any changes (spoiler alert: there are)

Two former NWA World Heavyweight champions made appearances in the McGuirk territory in 1967, as well as several touring attractions (women & midgets). Here are the details...

Here's a look at some of the wrestlers who primarily filled out the lower portions of the cards in 1967.