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!

Here's a look at the McGuirk wrestling territory in March 1972: Danny Hodge regains the NWA World Junior Heavyweight title from Doctor X, Ken Mantell and Eric the Red move up the cards, the US Tag Team titles change hands, The Stomper (non-Mongolian version) debuts & more!

Welcome to Chapter 3 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) ----- THE McGUIRK/WATTS WRESTLING ALMANAC CHAPTER 3 (Q2 1960) ADVERTISED LINEUPS FOR ALL KNOWN HOUSE SHOWS 3/28/60 Tulsa, OK (Fairgrounds Junior Arena) Ali Bey vs Timmy Geohagen Danny Hodge vs Jack Donovan Carlos Rodriguez vs Jody Hamilton 3/29/60 Little Rock, AR (Robinson Auditorium) Ali Bey vs Danny Hodge Jack Donovan vs Timmy Geohagen Carlos Rodriguez vs Jody Hamilton 3/30/60 Fort Smith, AR (Sports Arena) Carlos Rodriguez vs Hassan Bey Jody Hamilton vs Ti...