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Post by wildojinx on Jun 20, 2019 13:50:13 GMT -5
Found this video randomly this morning, any info on this promotion? The Kevin Von Erich commercial in the middle makes me think that this has some connection to WCCW, but i'm not sure about that.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Jun 20, 2019 14:15:18 GMT -5
Found this video randomly this morning, any info on this promotion? The Kevin Von Erich commercial in the middle makes me think that this has some connection to WCCW, but i'm not sure about that. From what I remember Tug taylor ran TASW. I think they lasted like 10+ years. Pretty sure Madison will have way more info on TASW. |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Jun 20, 2019 14:41:40 GMT -5
From what I remember Tug taylor ran TASW. I think they lasted like 10+ years. Pretty sure Madison will have way more info on TASW. Not the same promotion. The original Texas All-Star Wrestling started as Joe Blanchard's Southwest Championship Wrestling, aka the promotion that originally landed that sweet USA Network cable spot and lost it because they were inept. They promoted mostly out of two places - San Antonio and Pasadena (Texas, not Cali). Blanchard sold off and the name was changed to Texas All-Star Wrestling. Their big babyfaces were Scott Casey and rookie Big Bubba (Fred Ottman) and biggest heels were Al Madril, Jonathan Boyd (who was booking) and Golden Mike Golden. Lots of others would come through for tours and appearances - Adrian Street, One Man Gang, Bruiser Brody, etc. but they just couldn't gain traction. By 1986, they changed their name again to USA All-Star Wrestling in a deluded bid to go national and about three months later, they sold off to World Class, who held a few of their own cards in the old TASW buildings before closing things down. Now, while Tug Taylor was a roster member of the original TASW, he has no actual rights of succession to the old territory with his TASW. Fun fact: My first live shows were TASW shows, held at Gilley's rodeo barn behind the main Gilley's nightclub in Pasadena. The first was May 4, 1986 as a birthday gift. We attended the live shows until some point in the USA-WCCW transition. Somewhere out there is footage of a 10-year old me, my younger brother and a bunch of other kids dancing in the ring with Iceman Parsons and Tiger Conway Jr. Oh, and regarding the WCCW promo - the two neighboring territories shared several TV markets and the station didn't give a crap about not mentioning the others during your show. |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Jun 23, 2019 18:41:07 GMT -5
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