The Best Of Mid-Atlantic Wrestling In The 1970's
This DVD series is what is now known as the "Cornette Films" from the Mid-Atlantic area. They're so named because Jim Cornette himself rescued them from a dumpster where they were being THROWN AWAY. He saved them and they've since leaked out. Incredible, incredible stuff here. Everything is in excellent video quality.
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Look at this line-up...
Big John Studd vs Blackjack Mulligan
Big John Studd vs Ricky Steamboat
Stan Hansen vs Tosh Togo, 1973 (This match, and the next several from 1973, make up a
basically complete episode of CWF TV with Gordon Solie on commentary! Stan Hansen
cleanly submits in this one!)
Hiro Matsuda vs Tosh Togo, 1973 (Judo Jacket Match)
Buddy Colt vs Johnny Walker, 1973 (Lights Out Match - Walker is AKA Mr. Wrestling II)
Eddie & Mike Graham vs The Medics, 5/73
Dick Murdoch vs Paul Jones, 1973 (Lights Out)
Battle Royal, 1973 (Won by Gorgeous George! His prize? $6,012. Not $6000. $6,012!)
Tony Charles vs Jim Brooks, 1973
Jack Brisco vs Bobby Shane, 1973
Ric Flair, Harley Race, and Masked Superstar vs Blackjack Mulligan, Dick Murdoch, &
Wahoo McDaniel (When Wahoo is the 5th-best worker in a match, you're know you're in
for a good one!)
Big John Studd vs Ricky Steamboat
Blackjack Mulligan & Paul Jones vs Baron Von Raschke & Greg Valentine (Jones turns heel
on Mulligan by refusing to tag, then helps attack him)
Andre the Giant vs Masked Superstar, 7/8/78 (No finish)
Ole & Gene Anderson & Art Neilson vs Rip Hawk, Swede Hanson & Gary (I think) Hart (Cage -
2/3 Falls - 2 falls shown)
Ricky Steamboat vs Paul Jones
Ricky Steamboat vs Ken Patera
MID-ATLANTIC FILMS VOL 2
Ricky Steamboat & Paul Jones vs Baron Von Raschke & Cyclon Negro
Jimmy Snuka & Paul Orndorff vs Greg Valentine & Baron Von Raschke, 12/78 (Snuka &
Orndorff win the NWA World Tag titles!)
Greg Valentine vs Paul Orndorff, 1979
Greg Valentine vs Paul Orndorff, 1979 (Valentine wins a car)
Jimmy Snuka & Paul Orndorff vs Gene Anderson & Rene Goulet
Rip Hawk & Swede Hanson vs Johnny Weaver & ??? Becker (No Finish)
Paul Orndorff vs Gene Anderson
Wahoo McDaniel vs Masked Superstar (Cool spot at the end where Superstar gets unmasked,
but pulls off the ref's shirt to cover his face!)
Ric Flair & Masked Superstar vs Ricky Steamboat & Paul Jones (INSANE crowd heat)
Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat
Ric Flair, Harley Race, & Masked Superstar vs Blackjack Mulligan, Dick Murdoch, &
Wahoo McDaniel, 6/18/78 (No finish)
MID-ATLANTIC FILMS VOL 3
Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (Steamboat breaks out the Torture Rack!)
Dory Funk vs Johnny Weaver (No finish)
The Spoiler vs Jerry Brisco
Baron Von Raschke vs Johnny Weaver, 3/8/78 (Weaver wins NWA TV title)
Ricky Steamboat vs Greg Valentine, 3/8/78
Wahoo McDaniel vs Kim Duk (no finish)
Blackjack Mulligan vs Big John Studd
Ole & Gene Anderson vs Nelson Royal & Sandy(?) Scott, 1974 (Cage)
Ole & Gene Anderson vs Ric Flair & Greg Valentine (No finish)
Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones
Masked Superstar vs Paul Jones
Greg Valentine vs Blackjack Mulligan
Johnny Valentine vs Paul Jones (Cage Match)
MID-ATLANTIC FILMS VOL 4
(There are a number of matches on this vol - and 5 & 6 - that are repeats of earlier volumes, so please be aware of that. Lots of original footage here too, though! Again, these are all highlight versions of matches)
Blackjack Mulligan vs Bobby Duncum (bad focus on this one)
Ricky Steamboat vs Iron Sheik, 1/11/80 (Falls Count Anywhere - Steamboat wins
Mid-Atlantic title - bad focus on this one too)
Ric Flair, Harley Race, & Masked Superstar vs Blackjack Mulligan, Dick Murdoch, &
Wahoo McDaniel (No finish)
Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat
Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (No finish)
Ric Flair & Masked Superstar vs Ricky Steamboat & Paul Jones
Wahoo McDaniel vs The Spoiler
Gene Anderson vs Paul Orndorff
Johnny Weaver & ??? vs Rip Hawk & Swede Hanson (No finish)
Jimmy Snuka & Paul Orndorff vs Gene Anderson & Rene Goulet
Paul Orndorff vs Greg Valentine (Valentine wins a car)
Jimmy Snuka & Paul Orndorff vs Greg Valentine & Baron Von Raschke, 12/78 (Snuka &
Orndorff win NWA World tag titles)
Jimmy Snuka & Paul Orndorff vs Greg Valentine & Baron Von Raschke
Buddy Rogers, Jimmy Snuka, & Big John Studd vs Jay Youngblood, SD Jones, and Rufus R Jones (Original film has a crack on this match)
Nick Bockwinkel vs Jim Brunzell (No finish)
Jimmy Snuka vs Greg Valentine (No finish)
Crusher Blackwell vs Dick Murdoch
Masked Superstar vs Blackjack Mulligan
Harley Race vs Dick Murdoch (Interesting to see Race, a heel as NWA champ, get a
completely clean pinfall over Murdoch, a face)
Andre the Giant vs Masked Superstar, 7/8/78 (No finish)
MID-ATLANTIC FILMS VOL 5
Tony Atlas vs Ken Patera
Tony Atlas vs Ken Patera
Tony Atlas vs Ken Patera (yes, these are all different matches)
Tony Atlas vs Ken Patera (lumberjack)
Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (2/3 Falls - 2nd fall only shown)
Tony Atlas & Dino Bravo vs Big John Studd & Ken Patera
Ric Flair & Ken Patera vs Ricky Steamboat & Tony Atlas
Jimmy Snuka & Paul Orndorff vs Greg Valentine & Baron Von Raschke
RIC FLAIR VS RICKY STEAMBOAT (No Finish)
Harley Race vs Dick Murdoch
Blackjack Mulligan vs Bobby Duncum (Bad focus on this one)
Ricky Steamboat vs Iron Sheik, 1/11/80 (Falls Count Anywhere - Steamboat wins
Mid-Atlantic title - bad focus)
Masked Superstar vs Blackjack Mulligan
Dick Murdoch vs Crusher Blackwell
Jimmy Snuka vs Greg Valentine (No Finish)
Buddy Rogers, Jimmy Snuka, & Big John Studd vs Jay Youngblood, SD Jones, & Rufus R Jones
(same match as above, but no crack in this copy)
Nick Bockwinkel vs Jim Brunzell
Jimmy Snuka & Paul Orndorff vs Greg Valentine & Baron Von Raschke
MID-ATLANTIC FILMS VOL 6
Masked Superstar vs Blackjack Mulligan (Superstar gets unmasked!)
Masked Superstar vs Blackjack Mulligan (Lumberjack - Superstar gets unmasked again, only this time we get a glimpse of his face!)
Andre the Giant & Blackjack Mulligan vs Ric Flair & Ken Patera, 9/23/78 (Flair is in
control on offense when Mulligan hits an elbow - an elbow! - and Flair jobs clean!)
Ric Flair vs Dick Murdoch
Ric Flair vs Blackjack Mulligan (Cage - Flair gets a clean win off a messed-up finish.
Mulligan has Flair up for a slam and is supposed to trip over the ref and get
pinned. Only the ref is further back than he thinks, so instead of tripping over
the ref, they fall ON the ref in what could have been a really bad situation. The
ref is unhurt, though, and counts the fall!)
Paul Orndorff vs Paul Jones (Another blown finish as the ref counts 3 for Orndorff, then
immediately counts another 3 count for Jones. Ooops!)
Tony Atlas vs Ken Patera
Paul Orndorff vs Big John Studd (there's a long blank spot in the tape before this match,
30-60 seconds)
Ric Flair vs Jimmy Snuka
Tim Woods vs Blackjack Mulligan
Andre the Giant vs Big John Studd (Andre slams Studd one-handed)
Mr Wrestling I vs Blackjack Mulligan (yes, Wrestling I, not II)
Jimmy Snuka vs Swede Hanson
Tony Atlas vs Ernie Ladd
Jimmy Snuka vs Ken Patera
Dick Murdoch vs Ken Patera (No finish)
NWA MID ATLANTIC CLASSICS VOLUME 7
Race vs Steamboat;
David Crockett/Johnny Valentine Int.;
Orndorff/Jones vs Raschke/Valentine;
Jones vs Mulligan (2 times);
Flair/Mulligan vs Raschke/Jones;
Mulligan vs Flair (Cage);
2 Ring Battle Royal;
Flair vs McDaniel (2 times);
Flair/Race/Superstar vs Mulligan/Murdoch/McDaniel;
Flair vs Murdoch;
Murdoch vs Cyclon Negro (Taped Fist match);
Steamboat vs G. Valentine;
Flair vs G. Valentine (1980)
NWA MID ATLANTIC CLASSICS VOLUME 8
Flair vs Mulligan (1978);
Flair vs Mulligan (1978 Texas Death match);
Jack Brisco vs J. Valentine (no ending);
Jack Brisco vs Jones;
Henry Marcus/Jack Brisco Int.;
Flair vs Brazil;
Flair vs McDaniel;
Race vs Steamboat;
Race vs Jones;
Flair vs Jones;
Flair vs Steamboat (4 different matches to close out this volume)
NWA MID ATLANTIC CLASSICS VOLUME 9
The Mighty Igor vs The Masked Superstar (12/10/76);
Flair/G. Valentine vs Ole & Gene Anderson;
The Mighty Igor vs The Masked Superstar
Flair/G. Valentine vs McDaniel/Ole Anderson (lumberjack match);
Flair/G.Valentine vs Ole & Gene Anderson (Cage - McDaniel special ref);
Flair/G. Valentine vs Snuka/Orndorff;
Ole & Gene Anderson vs Snuka/Orndorff (no ending);
G. Valentine vs Snuka;
Flair vs Sunka (2/11/79);
Valentine vs McDaniel
NWA MID ATLANTIC CLASSICS VOLUME 10
G. Valentine vs Bravo;
Orndorff vs P. Jones;
Atlas vs J. Goulet;
Flair Int.;
Flair vs Steamboat (no ending);
Battle Royal;
Mulligan vs Duncum (Football match - no ending);
Flair/Valentine vs McDaniel/Mulligan (no ending);
Interviews: Crockett/Super Destroyer (1974);
Crockett/Sonny King;
Crockett/J. Valentine/I. Koloff;
Weaver/Becker vs Bernard/?;
Murdoch vs Russian Stomper;
Snuka vs Patera;
G. Valentine vs Orndorff;
Superstar vs Mulligan (Texas Death Match - no ending);
Swede Hansen vs David Finlay
NWA MID ATLANTIC CLASSICS VOLUME 11
Bodybuilding contest footage with Steamboat, Atlas, Snuka & Franke Monte;
D. Gilbert/Skandor Akbar vs Jerry & Ted Oates;
Blackwell/J. Goulet vs The Oates;
Patera vs Weaver;
Ole & Gene Anderson vs McDaniel/P. Jones;
I. Koloff vs Rhodes;
Akbar vs St. John;
Regal vs P. Jones;
More bodybuilding footage;
Howard vs Furr;
Buddy Rogers clips;
Flair vs Steamboat;
Flair vs McDaniel;
Steamboat/P. Jones vs Raschke/Negro;
Flair vs Steamboat (Andre is referee);
Weaver vs J. Valentine (Referee Bearcat Wright)
NWA MID ATLANTIC CLASSICS VOLUME 12
Weaver vs Destroyer;
2 Ring Battle Royal;
Weaver/Youngblood vs Gene Anderson/Swede Hansen;
2 Ring Battle Royal (no ending);
Orndorff vs G. Anderson;
Youngblood/Blood vs G. Anderson/J. Goulet;
Orndorff/Snuka vs Bernard/C. Tolos;
Battle Royal (no ending);
Interviews with
Ken Patera;
McDaniel/Igor vs Superstar/Saito;
Colt vs P. Jones;
Colt Int.;
Jones Int.;
Orndorff vs J. Goulet;
Someone gets their head shaved;
1 minute clip of a 6-man tag;
Flair vs Swede Hansen (no ending);
G. Valentine vs McDaniel;
J. Valentine vs Weaver (1974);
J. Valentine/Jones
Int.; Ole & Gene
Anderson vs Wright/Miller;
Valentine vs Weaver;
Andre/Valois Int
NWA MID ATLANTIC CLASSICS VOLUME 13
Mr. Wrestling 1/Weaver vs Akbar/Mr X;
Gym workout with Steamboat, Mr Wrestling, Tiger Conway & Weaver;
Gene Anderson/J. Goulet vs Ted & Jerry Oates;
Swede Hansen/Kay vs Young/Gallant;
Swede Hansen/J. Goulet vs Weaver/Rufus R Jones;
Regal vs Fulton;
J. Youngblood vs Negro;
White/Akbar vs The Oates;
Kernoodle vs White;
Young vs J. Goulet;
Young/Mr Wrestling vs J. Goulet/Mr X;
Youngblood/Weaver vs Swede Hansen/C. Tolos;
Blood vs Mr X; Mulligan vs Brazil (no ending);
Young/Youngblood vs G. Anderson/Swede Hansen;
Ole Anderson Interview about Flair & Valentine
NWA MID ATLANTIC CLASSICS VOLUME 14
Interviews: Super Destroyer; Sonny King;
McDaniel;
Valentine/Destroyer vs King/? (lumberjack match - no ending);
Interviews about Funk Jr. vs Brisco; E. Graham; Funk Jr.; Brisco; Battle
Royal clips;
McDaniel Int.;
Destroyer Int.;
McDaniel vs Valentine (no ending);
Jack Brisco Int.;
Brisco vs Missouri Mauler (clip);
Bruggers Int.;
Ole & Gene Anderson vs Royal/? (no ending);
Battle Royal clips;
King training footage;
Calhoun vs Destroyer;
Interviews: King; J. Valentine & Destroyer;
G. Valentine/Raschke vs P. Jones/Murdoch; Thatcher/Malenko/Superstar Int.;
Battle Royal (clip);
McDaniel vs G. Valentine;
J. Valentine vs Bruggers (no ending);
Orndorff vs C. Tolos;
Interviews: Weaver; Destroyer; King; J. Valentine/Conway; Destroyer;
prematch clips of B. Rogers, Snuka, Studd & Patera;
Kox Int.;
Weaver vs Roop;
Steamboat vs Piper;
Kox promo again;
McDaniel clip;
Destroyer vs Swede Hansen (Lumberjack match)
NWA MID ATLANTIC CLASSICS VOLUME 15
The Oates vs Kay/C. Tolos;
Battle Royal clips;
Swede Hansen/Conway Int.;
Hawk/Flair Int.;
Soto vs Monte;
T. Oates vs Studd;
Jacobs vs Fulton;
Mr Wrestling 1 & 2 vs The Oates;
Raschke vs Mr Wrestling 1;
Young vs Mr X 1;
Regal vs Monte;
Swede Hansen vs Travis;
Hansen/Mr X vs The Oates;
Bernard/Hansen vs Weaver/Youngblood;
Gym workout: Valentine, Patera & Monte;
Patera Int.;
Nelson vs Conway;
G. Anderson/J. Goulet vs Swede Hansen & Roberto Soto
NWA MID ATLANTIC CLASSICS VOLUME 16
Blood vs Kay;
Weaver/Young vs Mr X 1 & 2;
White/Howard vs Kay/Kernoodle;
2 Ring Battle Royal;
Weaver vs Patera;
Weaver vs Swede Hansen;
Mr X vs ?;
Morales/Thornton vs Bernard/Mauler;
G. Valentine vs Bravo;
Hansen/G. Anderson vs Young/Youngblood;
Studd vs Bravo;
Rufus R Jones/Bravo vs G. Anderson/?;
O. Anderson Int.;
Funk Jr. Int;
Weaver vs Patera;
Steamboat vs O. Anderson;
Battle Royal clips;
Mulligan Int.;
McDaniel clip;
Piper vs Steamboat;
Mulligan Int.;
Akbar vs Young;
Mr X vs ?;
Akbar/Mr X vs Mr Wrestling/Weaver
NWA MID ATLANTIC CLASSICS VOLUME 17
All is from 1979 COMPLETE WORLWIDE
WRESTLING TV SHOW
Ladd/Studd vs Weaver/Gallant;
Steamboat Int then vs Swede Hansen;
Snuka/Orndorff Int.;
Raschke/P. Jones vs Steve Regal & Pedro Morales;
Flair vs DeCarlo;
Jones/Raschke Int.;
Snuka/Orndorff vs Bernard/Monte;
Ladd/Flair/Studd
Int.; years not known from this point anymore and this is
once again now house show footage:
G. Valentine vs Kernoodle;
Blackwell/Negro vs Atlas/J. Youngblood;
Mulligan/Superstar vs Patera/Igor (1976 no ending);
Blackwell/Negro vs Weaver/Youngblood
NWA MID ATLANTIC CLASSICS VOLUME 18
Ladd vs Atlas;
Steamboat being stretcherd out;
Avenger/Soto vs ?;
Flair vs Mulligan (lumberjack match becomes Battle Royal);
Murdoch vs Raschke;
Race vs Steamboat (no ending);
Battle Royal clips;
Atlas vs Patera;
Atlas vs P. Jones;
Ole & Gene Anderson Int.;
Battle Royal
VOLUME 19 - The 1978 Year In Review
Interview with Ricky Steamboat and review of Steamboat stripping the clothes off of Ric Flair
Bounty match from July - Crusher Blackwell tries to collect the bounty on Blackjack Mulligan
Interview with Paul Jones and review of the two-ring battle royal from Charlotte where Paul Jones turned on Ricky Steamboat.
Interview with Johnny Weaver and review of the Sleeper vs. Claw match between Baron von Raschke and Johnny Weaver.
Tony Atlas battles Ken Patera in a feats-of-strength challenge.
This collection also includes local promos for both Charlotte NC and Greensboro NC, including the Greensboro cage match between Flair and Steamboat which featured Steamboat putting his hair up against the US title of Ric Flair. This match, held later the same night of this broadcast, featured a title change.
Also featured is an arena match between Johnny Weaver and Ken Patera, as well as interviews with John Studd, Greg Valentine, and Blackjack Mulligan.