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Continental Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion based in
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, and
Dothan, Alabama Dothan () is a city in Dale, Henry, and Houston counties and the Houston county seat in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is Alabama's eighth-largest city, with a population of 71,072 at the 2020 census. It is near the state's southeastern corner ...
from 1985 until 1989, owned by Ron Fuller. The promotion evolved out of the NWA-affiliated Southeastern Championship Wrestling and Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling territories owned by Fuller, who purchased the Knoxville territory from John Cazana in 1974 and the Alabama/Florida territory in 1977. When Fuller sold the promotion to David Woods in 1988, the name was changed to Continental Wrestling Federation.


History


The Gulf Coast years (1954–1974)

Nashville promoter
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had purchased the Mobile-Pensacola end of Leroy McGuirk's Tri-State Wrestling. Unlike McGuirk, who only promoted in the Mobile-Pensacola area on special occasions called spot shows, Welch decided to make promoting in Mobile-Pensacola a frequent attraction in the summer. However, due to his obligations in Nashville, his son Buddy Fuller (Edward Welch) was made booker for Mobile-Pensacola, and Fuller eventually expanded the territory into Mississippi-Louisiana as well. At this point, the territory didn't even have a name, its own belts, or even its own wrestlers (aside from members of The Welch Family of course). They often relied on wrestlers and champions from Buddy's and their Uncle Lester Welch's territory. He ran in places like Tampa, Florida, and Atlanta, Georgia (which would eventually become Championship Wrestling from Florida and Georgia Championship Wrestling), as well getting help from his father in Nashville, Tennessee, and some occasional help from his Uncles Herb and Jack. These early attempts would start to unravel when Buddy Fuller failed to make payments to the territory from his father Roy Welch. Buddy's cousin Lee Fields (Albert Lee Hatfield) would save the territory and gave it the name "Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling". Lee Fields would eventually buy the territory from Roy Welch and Buddy Fuller, and run shows in the area for almost two decades with Rocky McGuire booking Dothan-Panama City and Bob Kelly booking Mobile-Pensacola and Mississippi after a falling out with promoters in Louisiana with Mobile-Pensacola only running in the summer months. Kelly turned the promotion around from holding monthly and seasonal shows in a few towns which only drew a few hundred people to holding weekly shows in a different town night after night with local television exposure in each market, which led to each arena drawing thousands. Bob Kelly left the wrestling business in 1976 to enter real estate and spend more time with family, and Lee Fields found it more difficult to operate both his wrestling promotion and
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at the same time.. So he sold it to his cousin Ron Fuller around 1977-1978.


The Southeastern years (1974–1985)

In 1974, Ron Fuller purchased Southeastern Championship Wrestling based in Knoxville, Tennessee from John Cazana, where he focused mainly on the east Tennessee area. In 1977, Ron Fuller took over the territory his grandfather and father had founded when GCCW folded and Fuller expanded the SECW to run in the Southern Alabama, Northern Florida area in addition the Eastern Tennessee territory he already established. This was initially labelled ”the Southern Division” of the SECW treating them as two separate entities despite the original plan to run a talent exchange between the two involving talent spending sixteen months in one end of the territory and then spend eight months in another to regain momentum after losing steam in the previous one. In June 1979, several members of the talent roster and behind the scenes personnel left SECW out frustration involving backstage politics with Ron's brother Robert Fuller who was considered lazy in terms of booking the territory, and spent many nights partying and felt his spot in Southeastern was owed to him since he was a member of The Welch/Fuller family. Led by
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, Bob Orton Jr. and
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, All-Star Championship Wrestling fought a six-month promotional war over the Knoxville territory. Many of these defectors later joined the Kentucky based outlaw promotion
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owned and operated by Angelo Poffo. After this, the Knoxville end of Southeastern experienced financial losses, and sold to promotions such as
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and Georgia Championship Wrestling for the next five years. Fuller then made Birmingham his main end of the territory with the Dothan end continuing to flourish, giving early exposure to future stars such as The Fabulous Freebirds, rising stars in the territory along the lines of
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, and appearances by
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who would defend the NWA World Heavyweight Title in the area each year.


The Continental years (1985–1989)


Continental Championship Wrestling (1985–1988)

Five years later, Fuller decided that it was time to reach beyond the Southern Alabama/Northern Florida area and re-purchased the Knoxville end of the territory, with this expansion came a name change to Continental Championship Wrestling. After a failed negotiation with CBS, he settled on moving the television show out of the small television studio and into the big arenas where they did house shows in order to give the promotion a national look and feel. While the name ''Southeastern'' restricted the promotion to a more regional feel, the name ''Continental'' gave fans the impression they toured all over the country, except Alaska and Hawaii.


Continental Wrestling Federation (1988–1989)

In 1988,
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owner David Woods bought the controlling interest in the promotion from Ron Fuller, and he renamed it Continental Wrestling Federation in a further attempt to compete with Vince McMahon and appear to resemble a nationwide promotion, even to the point of getting a national TV deal with Financial News Network. Episodes also aired every Monday at 1:30 a.m. ET on the Sunshine Network, a regional sports
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that served the
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. Their last TV episode aired on November 25, 1989. The promotion closed after their final show on December 6, 1989.


Legacy

Despite many huge angles over the years, this territory often has the status as "the lost promotion". Such obscurity was due to the lack of media coverage during the Gulf Coast and Southeastern years since both Lee Fields and Ron Fuller believed that their promotions should not be covered by wrestling magazines and often did not allow reporters in the locker room to interview the wrestlers. This was to prevent the exposure to
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and preserve the illusion of wrestling as a sport in the area. However, Fuller relented with the changeover to Continental in order to get national exposure for the promotion from the magazines. Such exposure was at an all-time high during the Eddie Gilbert period. Due to the expensive nature of archiving at television stations before the
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boom of the 1980s, much of the footage from the Gulf Coast era and the Knoxville portion of Southeastern no longer exists, despite a few bits of rare footage turning up here and there. However, almost all of the Dothan portion of Southeastern along with the majority of Continental footage still exists. They are still owned by David Woods and Woods Communications.


Alumni

* Johnathan Holliday * The Alaskan Hunters * Andre the Giant * Randy Rose * Pat Rose * Les Thatcher * Lee Fields * Dynamite Dick Dunn *
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* Butch Malone * Bob Armstrong * Jos LeDuc * Ron Fuller * Robert Fuller * Whitey Caldwell * Jerry "Mr. Olympia" Stubbs * Kevin Sullivan *
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* Ron Miller * Ron Wright *
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* Jim Dalton *
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* Sterling Golden * Tom Prichard * The Bullet * Wildcat Wendell Cooley * Brad Armstrong * Scott Armstrong * Steve Armstrong * Tracy Smothers *
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*Johnny Rich * Tim Horner * Larry Hamilton * Bill Kazmaier * Frankie Lancaster * Jimmy Golden * Dutch Mantell * Nature Boy Buddy Landel * Jody "The Flame" Hamilton *
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* Adrian Street *
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(Michaels/Jannetty) * The New Guinea Headhunters * Don Wright * Davey Rich * Miss Brenda Britton * Miss Linda * Dirty White Girl * Moondog Spot * The Storm Trooper *
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* David Schultz *
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* "Nightmare" Danny Davis * Willie B. Hert *
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* Rikki Nelson * Mark Young * Eddie Gilbert * Tony "Dirty White Boy" Anthony * Brian Lee * "Nightmare" Ken Wayne * Lord Humongous *Alan Martin * Moondog Rex * The D.I. (Bob Carter) * The Wild Samoans (Sika & Kokina) * Todd Morton * Downtown Bruno, manager *
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, manager * Missy Hyatt, announcer *
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* Gordon Solie, announcer * Charlie Platt, announcer * Robert Gibson * Ed Faulk, referee * Rick Gibson * Gorgeous George, Jr. * Sir Dudley Clements * Cowboy Bob Kelly * Ken Lucas * Lester Welch * Bobby Fields * Buddy Fuller * Herb Welch *
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* Billy Spears * Carl Fergie * Cowboy Bob Kelly * Mario Galentto * The Wrestling Pro * Don Fargo *
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* Duke Miller * The Mysterious Medic *Curtis Smith * "Rotten" Ron Starr * Don Duffy * The Interns (Bill Bowman and Joe Turner) * Ron Carson * Eddie Sullivan and Rip Tyler * The Dirty Daltons * Rick Conners * Maw Bass * Spider Galento * Ken Ramey *
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* Michael Hayes *
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* Superstar Bill Dundee * Roy Lee Welch *
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* Mike Davis * Jamie Dundee * Mr. Wrestling II * Nelson Royal * Mr. Knoxville * Hector Guerrero * Rip Rogers * Terrance Garvin *
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* Shogun Warrior * The Tennessee Stud * Terry Gordy * Jacques Rougeau *
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* Tommy Weathers * Mac Mcurray * Phil Rainey, announcer *
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* Bill Ash *
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* Mike Stallings * Cowboy Ron Bass *
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* Luke Williams *
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* the Tennessee superstars * Sheik Abdullah * Ray Candy * Masa Saito * The gladiator * Jim Dalton * Mick "Cactus Jack" Foley * The Superstar


Championships


GCCW (1954–1974)

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NWA World Heavyweight Championship The NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship is a world heavyweight professional wrestling championship owned and promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), an American professional wrestling promotion. The current champion is Tyrus (wrestler), ...
* NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship * NWA World Tag Team Championship * NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Gulf Coast version) (1965–1974) *
NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship The NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship or ''Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship'' was one of two identically named regional championship titles, a Southern and Northern division promoted by Southeast Championship Wrestling. The Southern di ...
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NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship The NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title for lighter wrestlers, board-controlled by the National Wrestling Alliance since December 1949. It originally was used by various promotions across the Southea ...
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NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Gulf Coast Version) The NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Championship was the main tag team championship in Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling or NWA Gulf Coast. The Gulf Coast tag team championship is the successor for GCCW's version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship ...
(1955–1967) *
NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship The NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (Southern Division) was originally the primary singles championship for ''Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling'' and was originally named the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship. As the name indicates ...
* NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Championship (1967–1977) *NWA Gulf Coast 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1975) *NWA Gulf Coast Brass Knuckles Championship (1971) *NWA Gulf Coast Martial Arts Championship (1975) * NWA Southeast Alabama Heavyweight Championship (1962–1974) *NWA Alabama Tag Team Championship (1970, 1977) *
NWA Louisiana Heavyweight Championship The Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Championship was a secondary professional wrestling championship that was used and defended from 1964 though 1983. Initially, the championship originated in the NWA affiliated Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling. ...
(1964–1968) * NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Championship (1958–1976) * NWA Mississippi Tag Team Championship (1968–1973) *
NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship The NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship was a secondary tag team title promoted as the name indicates mainly in the Tennessee region from 1967 until 1977, first by ''Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling'' and occasionally NWA Mid-America from 1967 to ...
(1967–1977) *NWA City of Dothan Heavyweight Championship (1973–1977) *NWA City of Laurel Tag Team Championship (1969–1971) *NWA City of Mobile Heavyweight Championship (1969–1975) *NWA City of Pensacola Heavyweight Championship (1970–1975) *NWA Panama City Heavyweight Championship (1970–1975)


SECW and CCW (1974–1988)

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(- 1987) *
AWA World Heavyweight Championship The AWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and the highest ranked championship in the defunct American Wrestling Association (AWA). All AWA trademarks, including the AWA World Heavyweight C ...
(1987–1988) * NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (- 1987) *
NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship The NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship or ''Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship'' was one of two identically named regional championship titles, a Southern and Northern division promoted by Southeast Championship Wrestling. The Southern di ...
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NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship The NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship or ''Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship'' was one of two identically named regional championship titles, a Southern and Northern division promoted by Southeast Championship Wrestling. The Southern di ...
(Southern Division: 1978–1980) * NWA Continental Heavyweight Championship (1984–1987) *NWA Continental Tag Team Championship (1986–1988) *
NWA Southeastern Television Championship The NWA Southeast Television Championship was a minor title in the National Wrestling Alliance's Alabama territory known as Southeast Championship Wrestling. It existed from 1977 until 1985. Title history See also *National Wrestling Allianc ...
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NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship The NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship was the major tag team title in the National Wrestling Alliance's Alabama territory known as Southeastern Championship Wrestling. It existed from 1974 until November 1986, when it became the NWA Continent ...
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NWA Continental Tag Team Championship The NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship was the major tag team title in the National Wrestling Alliance's Alabama territory known as Southeastern Championship Wrestling. It existed from 1974 until November 1986, when it became the NWA Continent ...
* NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Southern Division) (1978–1980) *NWA Southeastern Brass Knuckles Championship (1983) * NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (1976–1989) * NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship (1974–1988) * NWA Southeastern Tennessee Heavyweight Championship (1987–1988) *
NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship The NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship was a secondary tag team title promoted as the name indicates mainly in the Tennessee region from 1967 until 1977, first by ''Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling'' and occasionally NWA Mid-America from 1967 to ...
(1967–1977) *NWA Southeastern 6-Man Tag Team Championship


CWF (1988–1989)

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AWA World Heavyweight Championship The AWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and the highest ranked championship in the defunct American Wrestling Association (AWA). All AWA trademarks, including the AWA World Heavyweight C ...
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CWF Heavyweight Championship The NWA Continental Heavyweight Championship was a major title in the National Wrestling Alliance's Alabama territory called Southeastern Championship Wrestling. It existed from 1984 until 1988 when SECW became the Continental Wrestling Federatio ...
* CWF Tag Team Championship * United States Junior Heavyweight Championship


See also

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List of National Wrestling Alliance territories Formed in 1948, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) was the largest governing body in professional wrestling. Under the control of the NWA Board of Directors (consisting of various prominent, regional promoters), the organization oversaw the NWA ...
* List of independent wrestling promotions in the United States


References


External links


GCCWhistory.com
* ttp://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/gccw/gccw.htm Kayfabe Memories - Regional territories: GCWbr>Kayfabe Memories - Regional territories: SECWNWA SECW & CCW Title HistoriesCWF Title HistoriesThe Gulf Coast Years info esp. pertaining to The Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title.Interview with Cowboy Bob Kelly which provides more info on The Gulf Coast Years
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