Charting The Territories

Our coverage of 1975 continues with a look at the week ending July 27, 1975. For new readers,  this post  and  this post  will help you understand the SPOT rating and what it means. Here's a look at the talent roster along with their SPOT ratings for the week. The first number to the right of each wrestler's name is their SPOT rating for this week and the second number is their rating for the previous week. Babyfaces are in blue on the left-hand side, heels in orange on the right. They are listed in descending order; wrestlers at the top were mostly in main events while wrestlers at the bottom were mostly in preliminary matches. I have data for the following house shows this week: Monday - Monroe, LA & Tulsa, OK Tuesday - Alexandria, LA & Shreveport, LA Wednesday - Baton Rouge, LA & Fort Smith, AR & Kosciusko, MS Thursday - Greenville, MS & North Little Rock, AR Saturday - Greenwood, MS Analysis/Notes: The biggest changes in this ...

Our coverage of 1982 continues with a look at the week ending July 25, 1982. For new readers,  this post  and  this post  will help you understand the SPOT rating and what it means. Here's a look at the talent roster along with their SPOT ratings for the week. The first number to the right of each wrestler's name is their SPOT rating for this week and the second number is their rating for the previous week. Babyfaces are in blue on the left-hand side, heels in orange on the right. They are listed in descending order; wrestlers at the top were mostly in main events while wrestlers at the bottom were mostly in preliminary matches. I have data for the following house shows this week: Monday - Monroe, LA Tuesday - Baton Rouge, LA Friday - Lafayette, LA Saturday - Jackson, MS Sunday - Alexandria, LA Analysis/Notes: Ted DiBiase assumes the role of "lead heel" this week, with his SPOT rating increasing from .84 to .91. Many of the other heels see small decr...

Our coverage of 1961 continues with a look at the week ending July 23, 1961. For new readers,  this post  and  this post  will help you understand the SPOT rating and what it means. Here's a look at the talent roster along with their SPOT ratings. The first number to the right of each wrestler's name is their SPOT rating for this week and the second number is their rating for the previous week. 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 - Shreveport, LA & Tulsa, OK Tuesday - Little Rock, AR & Monroe, LA Wednesday - Baton Rouge, LA & Fort Smith, AR & Springfield, MO Thursday - New Orleans, LA & Wichita Falls, TX Friday - Oklahoma City, OK & Paris, TX The Tulsa info comes from  oklafan.com Ana...

Our coverage of 1968 continues with a look at the week ending July 21, 1968. For new readers,  this post  and  this post  will help you understand the SPOT rating and what it means. Here's a look at the talent roster along with their SPOT ratings. The crew that worked central and southern Louisiana is listed separately in the second chart. The first number to the right of each wrestler's name is their SPOT rating for this week and the second number is their rating for the previous week. 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 - Shreveport, LA & Tulsa, OK Tuesday - Little Rock, AR & Monroe, LA Wednesday - Fort Smith, AR & Springfield, MO Thursday - Longview, TX & Wichita Falls, TX Friday - Oklahoma City,...

Our coverage of 1975 continues with a look at the week ending July 20, 1975. For new readers,  this post  and  this post  will help you understand the SPOT rating and what it means. Here's a look at the talent roster along with their SPOT ratings. The first number to the right of each wrestler's name is their SPOT rating for this week and the second number is their rating for the previous week. 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 Wednesday - Baton Rouge, LA & Fort Smith, AR & Jackson, MS Thursday - Greenville, MS & North Little Rock, AR Friday - Lawton, OK Saturday - Greenwood, MS & Wichita Falls, TX Analysis/Notes: The t...

Our coverage of 1982 continues with a look at the week ending July 18, 1982. For new readers,  this post  and  this post  will help you understand the SPOT rating and what it means. Here's a look at the talent roster along with their SPOT ratings. The first number to the right of each wrestler's name is their SPOT rating for this week and the second number is their rating for the previous week. 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 Thursday - Biloxi, MS Friday - Shreveport, LA Saturday - New Orleans, LA Sunday - Oklahoma City, OK (afternoon) & Tulsa, OK (evening) The Oklahoma City info comes from  oklafan.com Analysis/Notes: Not much changed this week, as the promotion continued their ru...

I continue looking at the year 1961, and this week is the first time we're able to look at week-to-week changes in the SPOT ratings for this year. For new readers,  this post  and  this post  will help you understand the SPOT rating and what it means. Here's a look at the talent roster along with their SPOT ratings. The first number to the right of each wrestler's name is their SPOT rating for this week and the second number is their rating for the previous week. 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 - Shreveport, LA & Stillwell, OK & Tulsa, OK Tuesday - Little Rock, AR & Monroe, LA Wednesday - Baton Rouge, LA & Fort Smith, AR & Springfield, MO Thursday - New Orleans, LA & Wichita Falls, TX Frida...