1981 Georgia Championship Wrestling: January (2/2)
The Mongolian Stomper targets Tony Atlas, The Freebirds injure Robert Fuller, and the Junkyard Dog comes to town. Plus, links to watch along!
Welcome to Georgia Championship Wrestling, in this edition you’ll read about Dusty Rhodes, Ole Anderson, The Fabulous Freebirds, Ted Dibiase, Robert Fuller, Mr. Wrestling II, Tony Atlas, The Mongolian Stomper, Junkyard Dog, Kevin Sullivan, Steve Keirn, and a whole lot more!
Sat. Jan. 17 Georgia Championship Wrestling
Fabulous Freebirds interview. They’re still the champs and have the car keys. Michael Hayes is special here. Now he’s driving a Lincoln Continental. A $17k car. Fuller and Dibiase can buy it back if they want it! They call out who has guys. The Freebirds are riding high!
National Tag Team Champions Fabulous Freebirds (Buddy Roberts & Terry Gordy) vs. Ted & Jerry Oates. The Oates brothers look good and this gets some time. The crowd is behind The Freebirds actually. They get DQ’d to save the titles.
Kevin Sullivan interview. Claims the TV Title was stolen and that Steve O and Steve Keirn are in cahoots. Sullivan rants over Omni clips where Sullivan pulled up Steve O and then Keirn tripped Sullivan and he lost the title.
National TV Title Steve O vs. Kevin Sullivan. A back and forth battle. Sullivan gets distracted by Keirn and gets counted out! Funny finish. The two fight it out.
Dusty Rhodes vs. Pat Rose. A quick squash for Big Dust.
Robert Fuller and Ted Dibiase interview. Fuller is in a neck-brace. They show Omni clips where Hayes was the difference. A triple piledriver hurt Fuller’s neck. He cuts a fired up promo. He’s gonna have their tails!
Dusty Rhodes sitdown interview. He was finished with Harley Race in 1980 for the World Title. He explains undercurrents. He pinned Race three times and Race never pinned him. Tony Atlas has the opportunity and winning the World Title is a big feeling. This is a great money promo with Rhodes hyping up Atlas for the shot.
Dusty and Atlas interview. Dusty fires him up. Atlas pinned Race in The Omni tag and he speaks about being the first Black World Champion. We see the Omni clips where Atlas press slammed Race and pinned him clean. Race responds post-match saying Atlas will pay the price Feb. 8th at The Omni. Ole does a post-match interview as well saying Atlas isn’t good enough. He wants Mr. Wrestling II’s mask in The Omni.
Junkyard Dog vs. Joe Powell. JYD has the music and looks great winning with a powerslam. He followed The Freebirds here after being blinded by them. He cuts a post-match promo saying he’s here to take care of business!
Mongolian Stomper and Don Carson interview. Stomper is a wrestling machine. Solie says Andre The Giant has challenged Stomper over who is the 8th wonder of the world! Feb 8th feels like a huge Omni card.
Tony Atlas bench press. Stomper attacks him under the weights and hurts him badly. This was very well done. Atlas cuts a pissed off promo damn near in tears saying nothing is gonna stop him from winning the World Title. Awesome!
Results: Steve Keirn defeated Ted Allen. Steve O defeated Kevin Sullivan by countout. Dusty Rhodes defeated Pat Rose. Tony Atlas defeated Ricky Craven. Jos LeDuc defeated Gerald Finley. Mr. Wrestling II defeated Gene Spurlock. Junkyard Dog defeated Joe Powell. Ted DiBiase and Robert Fuller defeated Bobby Garrett and Bobby Eaton. Mongolian Stomper defeated Jimmy Jones. Charlie Cook defeated Ken Timbs
Sat. Jan. 24 Georgia Championship Wrestling
Mongolian Stomper and Don Carson interview. I really like this act and Carson’s a terrific manager. He talks about why Stomper is the 8th wonder of the world.
Tony Atlas goes for another bench press record. Solie is great here. 505 lbs for two reps. Atlas made up for last week by doing it.
Carson and Stomper back. Stomper wants the TV Title. Steve O accepts the challenge.
Tony Atlas interview. At the top. He’s been winning with his wrestling ability instead of punches lately. He’s gonna knock Race’s eyeballs out!
National Television Title Steve O vs. The Mongolian Stomper. Steve brings the fight to Stomper. He’s selling the inner ear. O rolling away from stomps until Stomper gets DQ’d for attacking in the ropes. Good TV match. Stomper puts him in the sleeper, calling it the Shinin-No-Maki and won’t let it go. Mr. Wrestling II finally makes the save
Tony Atlas promo. He’s got onion head Stomper in Chattanooga.
Junkyard Dog interview. He’s suited up and gives his background. He’s three and half years in. He’s come down to help his friend Ted Dibiase against The Freebirds. All the top contenders are coming to Georgia. The Freebirds get his blood going and moving. JYD comes off like a huge star.
Results: Ted DiBiase and Robert Fuller defeated Gladiator #1 and #2. Steve O defeated Chick Donovan. Mongolian Stomper defeated Mike Lewis. Tony Atlas defeated Dave Stanley. Kevin Sullivan defeated Ricky Craven. Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Gene Anderson and Ole Anderson) defeated Charlie Cook and Jimmy Jones. Steve O defeated Mongolian Stomper by disqualification. Steve Keirn defeated Abdul Zaatar. Buddy Roberts defeated Gerald Finley. Bobby Eaton defeated Ken Timbs. Mr. Wrestling II defeated The Turk
Sat. Jan. 31 Georgia Championship Wrestling
Ted Dibiase and Stan Frazier interview. They’re the new tag team champions! Michael Hayes is a liar. They took out Gordy’s knee and that’s why they won. It was two on two. Hayes is forced to compete and there will be a title match today.
Michael Hayes and Buddy Roberts interview. It’s all lies. They claim Fuller interfered and they hate the car anyway. Such great heels.
National Tag Team Champs Ted Dibiase & Stan Frazier vs. Fabulous Freebirds (Buddy Roberts and Michael Hayes). The fans pop for Frazier getting in. Terry Gordy gets involved and Hayes pins Frazier to regain the titles. The Freebirds beat down Dibiase until Fuller helps. The ref holds the belts up after so there are now no champions.
National TV Title Steve O vs. Bobby Eaton. This is the workhorse title. Good crisp wrestling. Eaton steals the win and becomes the new champ!
Kevin Sullivan interview. He’s so insincere. He’s the rightful TV champion. He talks about a Boston Street Fight being come as you are and anything goes. He’s got Keirn in one at The Omni. Sullivan is in insane shape.
Results: Kevin Sullivan defeated Mike Jackson. Tony Atlas defeated Super Pro. Steve Keirn defeated Rick Connors. NWA National Television Title Match: Bobby Eaton defeated Steve O (c) - TITLE CHANGE!!! Mr. Wrestling II defeated Abdul Zaatar. Dick Slater defeated Frank Lavert. NWA National Tag Team Titles Match: Fabulous Freebirds (Buddy Roberts and Michael Hayes) vs. Ted Dibiase and Stan Frazier (c) ended without a winner as a no contest - TITLE VACATED!!! Robert Fuller defeated Jim Horn. Ole Anderson defeated Tom Hart. Mongolian Stomper defeated Deke Rivers. Charlie Cook defeated Rocket Monroe
If anything is missing or incorrect, please let me know!
Credits: WrestlingData, Retro Wrestling Archive, Kris Zellner, Cagematch.