Southwest Championship Wrestling (SCW) was a professional wrestling promotion that was owned by Joe Blanchard and based[1] in San Antonio, Texas, from 1978 to 1985, when it was purchased by Texas All-Star Wrestling and absorbed into that company.
Its television matches were usually taped at The Junction, a small boxing venue in San Antonio, although occasional matches from cards at San Antonio's HemisFair Arena were also seen.
Television
Starting on December 5, 1982, Southwest Championship Wrestling became the first weekly wrestling program on the USA Cable Network, airing Sundays at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. As a result of the new national exposure, SWCW staged a one-night tournament in Houston, Texas, to determine an "Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion." Adrian Adonis was the winner of this tournament, and as a result he was presented with the oldest existing championship belt by Lou Thesz as well as a brand new belt. The 75-year old belt is now on display at the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in Waterloo, Iowa
However, because of a particularly bloody match between Tully Blanchard and "Bruiser" Bob Sweetan (which USA refused to air), the inability of the promotion to keep paying USA the $7,000 per week to keep the time slot, and a monetary offer made to the cable channel by WWF owner Vince McMahon to replace Southwest Championship Wrestling with his own programming,[2] USA canceled the program (in spite of the high ratings the show was garnering for the network) and turned the time slot over to WWF All American Wrestling. Adonis' "undisputed championship" simply faded from SCW storylines within a few months and was abandoned in September 1983, and in April 1985, the promotion was sold to Texas All-Star Wrestling.
In 2010, JADAT Sports Inc. bought all the footage of SCW and Texas All Star from Ronnie Martinez. They have released a DVD "Best of the 80s Volume I", which contains mostly SCW footage.[3] The Southwest Championship Wrestling tape library is one of the few classic wrestling tape libraries not owned by World Wrestling Entertainment. in 2021 JADAT Sports Inc. appointed Stream Go Media LLC as the exclusive distribution agents for both SCW and Texas All-Star Wrestling. Footage from both SCW and Texas All-Star Wrestling both appear on the streaming service "Wrestling Legends Network" built and operated by Stream Go Media, LLC launched on May 25th 2021 on the Roku platform and on www.WrestlingLegendsNetwork.tv.
Championships
For most of the promotion's existence, the World Heavyweight Champion of the American Wrestling Association was recognized as SCW's top champion as well.
^"MVD- Southwest Championship Wrestling Volume 1". MVD Entertainment.com. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
External links
Southwest Championship Wrestling title histories
January 07, 2023
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Southwest Championship Wrestling SCW was a professional wrestling promotion that was owned by Joe Blanchard and based 1 in San Antonio Texas from 1978 to 1985 when it was purchased by Texas All Star Wrestling and absorbed into that company Southwest Championship WrestlingAcronymSWCWFounded1978StyleAmerican WrestlingHeadquartersSan Antonio TexasFounder s Joe BlanchardOwner s Joe Blanchard Contents 1 History 1 1 Venues 1 2 Television 1 3 Working alliance 1 4 Rights of Footage 2 Championships 3 Alumni 3 1 Wrestlers 3 2 Commentators 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditVenues Edit Its television matches were usually taped at The Junction a small boxing venue in San Antonio although occasional matches from cards at San Antonio s HemisFair Arena were also seen Television Edit Starting on December 5 1982 Southwest Championship Wrestling became the first weekly wrestling program on the USA Cable Network airing Sundays at 11 00 a m Eastern Time As a result of the new national exposure SWCW staged a one night tournament in Houston Texas to determine an Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion Adrian Adonis was the winner of this tournament and as a result he was presented with the oldest existing championship belt by Lou Thesz as well as a brand new belt The 75 year old belt is now on display at the George Tragos Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in Waterloo IowaHowever because of a particularly bloody match between Tully Blanchard and Bruiser Bob Sweetan which USA refused to air the inability of the promotion to keep paying USA the 7 000 per week to keep the time slot and a monetary offer made to the cable channel by WWF owner Vince McMahon to replace Southwest Championship Wrestling with his own programming 2 USA canceled the program in spite of the high ratings the show was garnering for the network and turned the time slot over to WWF All American Wrestling Adonis undisputed championship simply faded from SCW storylines within a few months and was abandoned in September 1983 and in April 1985 the promotion was sold to Texas All Star Wrestling Working alliance Edit Southwest Championship Wrestling had many working alliances with other wrestling promotions such as the American Wrestling Association when its world champion Nick Bockwinkel defended his title at SWC cards Southwest Championship Wrestling also had talent exchange deals with World Class Championship Wrestling in Dallas and the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico Rights of Footage Edit In 2010 JADAT Sports Inc bought all the footage of SCW and Texas All Star from Ronnie Martinez They have released a DVD Best of the 80s Volume I which contains mostly SCW footage 3 The Southwest Championship Wrestling tape library is one of the few classic wrestling tape libraries not owned by World Wrestling Entertainment in 2021 JADAT Sports Inc appointed Stream Go Media LLC as the exclusive distribution agents for both SCW and Texas All Star Wrestling Footage from both SCW and Texas All Star Wrestling both appear on the streaming service Wrestling Legends Network built and operated by Stream Go Media LLC launched on May 25th 2021 on the Roku platform and on www WrestlingLegendsNetwork tv Championships EditFor most of the promotion s existence the World Heavyweight Champion of the American Wrestling Association was recognized as SCW s top champion as well Title Final champion s SCW Southwest Brass Knuckles Championship Tony Atlas abandoned in 1983 SCW Southwest Heavyweight Championship Kevin SullivanSCW Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship Ron SextonSCW Southwest Tag Team Championship The Maoris title renamed amp continued in Texas All Star SCW World Heavyweight Championship Scott Casey abandoned in 1983 SCW World Tag Team Championship The Sheepherders abandoned in 1984 Alumni EditWrestlers Edit Chris Adams Adrian Adonis Austin Idol Gino Hernandez Tully Blanchard Ted DiBiase Dory Funk Jr Terry Funk Bruiser Bob Sweetan Scott Casey Terry Allen Bob Orton Jr Chavo Guerrero Sr Mando Guerrero Brett Sawyer Buzz Sawyer Eric Embry Tim Brooks Dan Greer The Ninja Warrior CT Night The Boss Ivan Putski Tony Atlas Skip Young Buddy Landel Bobby Jaggers Kareem Muhammad Blackjack Mulligan Dick Murdoch Iceman Parsons Al Perez Larry Lane Manny Fernandez Tom Prichard Chicky Starr Kelly Kiniski Adrian Street Bushwhacker Luke Bushwhacker Butch Jonathan Boyd Mil Mascaras Rick Rude Eddie Mansfield Dick Slater Nick Bockwinkel Jim Duggan Wahoo McDaniel Abdullah the Butcher Kevin Sullivan Bruiser Brody Jerry Lawler Eddie Gilbert Tito Santana The Sheik Baron von Raschke Ron Sexton Tank Patton Tiger Conway Jr Rudy Boy Gonzalez The Grappler Tony Anthony The Hood Manny VillalobosCommentators Edit Gene Kelly Gene Goodsen Steve Stack Rapido RodriguezReferences Edit WrestlingTerritories png Freakin Awesome Network Forums Freakin Awesome Wrestling Forum w Rest of Wrestling Retrieved 25 March 2012 KM Reading Topic swc on usa MVD Southwest Championship Wrestling Volume 1 MVD Entertainment com Retrieved August 1 2015 External links EditSouthwest Championship Wrestling title histories Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Southwest Championship Wrestling amp oldid 1118290503, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
