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Encyclopedia > Memphis Wrestling
Memphis Wrestling
Details
Established 2003
Style Rasslin'
Location Memphis, Tennessee
United States
Founder(s) Corey Maclin
Owner(s) Corey Maclin
Formerly Championship Wrestling

Memphis Wrestling is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Memphis, Tennessee. Image File history File links Memphis-mw. ... Rasslin is a term that refers to a Southern style of pro wrestling. ... For other uses, see Memphis (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Memphis (disambiguation). ...

Contents

History

Memphis Wrestling evolved from an earlier short-lived promotion called Championship Wrestling.


Television

The Memphis Wrestling in-studio television show, Memphis Wresting: Home of Rhythm and Bruise, is broadcast weekly on WLMT (CW30), the Memphis, Tennessee affiliate of The CW Television Network, and is produced in the WLMT studio. It was originally broadcast every Saturday morning at 11 AM CT, beginning on May 17, 2003. In 2006, due to numerous conflicts with other Saturday morning broadcasting commitments, such as college football, the weekly broadcast moved to 10 PM CT and was re-named Memphis Wrestling Prime Time. The promotion also airs internationally on TWC Fight! in United Kingdom and Ireland, and The Fight Network in Canada. Weekly in-studio wrestling has been a mainstay of Memphis television since the early 1950s. WLMT, channel 30, is a CW affiliate for the Memphis, Tennessee area. ... The CW Television Network, normally abbreviated to The CW, also known as The New CW in its first season of the network, is a television network in the United States launched during the 2006 television season. ... The 12-hour clock is a timekeeping convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods called ante meridiem (AM, Latin for before noon) and post meridiem (PM, Latin for after noon). Each period consists of 12 hours numbered 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... Look up CT, Ct, ct in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... TWC Fight! is a satellite television sport channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, available as a free-to-air service on Freesat and Sky Digital. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...


As of January 2008, Memphis Wrestling is running repeats of previously-aired shows. 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...


Clash of Legends

Further information: PMG Clash of Legends

The PMG Clash of Legends is a forthcoming American professional wrestling show promoted by Memphis Wrestling owner Corey Macklin in conjunction with Hulk Hogan, scheduled to take place on April 27, 2007 in the FedExForum. ...

Roster

Wrestlers

  • Sinn
  • Reggie B. Fine
  • Dustin Starr
  • Neil Taylor
  • Shawn Shultz
  • Koko B. Ware
  • Kevin White
  • Richard Mullikin
  • Chris Lexx
  • The Crime
  • Myles Morrison
  • Austin Lane
  • Alan West

Brian Christopher Lawler (born January 10, 1972 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a professional wrestler currently performing for Memphis Wrestling and other independent promotions, and the son of professional wrestling legend Jerry The King Lawler. ... James Valen was a professional wrestler better known as Jimmy Valiant. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Mouth of the South Jimmy Hart (also known as The Colonel) (born January 1, 1943 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a professional wrestling manager, executive, composer and musician. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Curtis Hughes (born December 7, 1964[1]) is an American professional wrestler that has worked for the World Wrestling Federation, World Championship Wrestling, the American Wrestling Association, the American Wrestling Federation, and Extreme Championship Wrestling. ... Chris Michaels is an American professional wrestler who wrestles in the southeast independent circuit, most notably his stints in the defunct Smokey Mountain Wrestling and United States Wrestling Association during the late 1980s. ... Harry Del Rios (born September 17 in New York, New York) is an American professional wrestler most commonly known as the Spellbinder, but also as Phantasio, Elijah and Magnificent Maurice. ... Nick Cvjetkovich (born August 29, 1973 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian professional wrestler of British and Serbian descent, better known as The Original Sinn, or simply Sinn. ... Koko B. Ware & Frankie James Ware aka Koko B. Ware is former professional wrestler. ...

Tag teams and stables

Too Cool was a professional wrestling tag team and stable most notably active in the World Wrestling Federation between 1999 and 2001 and for a short time in 2004. ... Harry Del Rios (born September 17 in New York, New York) is an American professional wrestler most commonly known as the Spellbinder, but also as Phantasio, Elijah and Magnificent Maurice. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Brian Christopher Lawler (born January 10, 1972 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a professional wrestler currently performing for Memphis Wrestling and other independent promotions, and the son of professional wrestling legend Jerry The King Lawler. ... The Mouth of the South Jimmy Hart (also known as The Colonel) (born January 1, 1943 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a professional wrestling manager, executive, composer and musician. ...

Championships

The AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship was a major title in the Tennessee area during the 1970s and 1980s. ... The Memphis Championship Wrestling (MCW) Southern Tag Team first champions was determined in a battel royal on February 26, 2000. ... The MCW Southern Light Heavyweight Championship was the title for lighter wrestlers in the Memphis Championship Wrestling professional wrestling promotion. ...

External links


  Results from FactBites:
 
Memphis, Tennessee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4223 words)
Memphis is on the Lower Chickasaw Bluff above the Mississippi River, at the mouth of the Wolf River.
The Memphis Metropolitan Area (MSA), the 41st largest in the United States, has a 2003 population of 1,239,337, and includes the Tennessee counties of Shelby, Tipton, and Fayette, as well as the Mississippi counties of DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, and Tunica, and the Arkansas county of Crittenden.
Carnival Memphis (formerly known as the Memphis Cotton Carnival), is a series of parties and festivities staged every year by the Carnival Memphis Association and its member krewes (similar to that of Mardi Gras) during the early summer.
Memphis Championship Wrestling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (335 words)
Memphis Championship Wrestling (MCW) was a professional wrestling promotion ran by Terry Golden, based in Memphis, Tennesse.
It was also a World Wrestling Federation (WWF) developmental territory.
During June, 2001, it emerged that World Wrestling Federation had dropped Memphis Championship Wrestling as their developmental territory.
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