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|location=[[Dallas, Texas]] (2005-current) |
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|founder=[[Max Andrews]] and [[Joe Pedicino]] |
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|owner=Max Andrews (1991-1994)<br>Joe Pedicino (1991-1992)<br>Grey Pierson (1992-1994) |
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'''Global Wrestling Federation''' was a [[professional wrestling]] promotion based in [[Dallas, Texas]]. It started in June [[1991]] and folded in September [[1994]]. At one time its shows were presented on the [[ESPN]] television network. On many weeks, the promotion provided programming five days a week airing at 4 PM Eastern with current matches. |
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The GWF was the last pro wrestling promotion to be seen on ESPN regularly. Beginning in the mid-1990s, the network would begin to emphasize [[talk show]]s in the mid-afternoon hours, supplanting pro wrestling. |
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==Brief history== |
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Max Andrews & [[Joe Pedicino]] were the original GWF promoters. The organization was a mix of established names and newcomers, many of whom would launch their national careers after appearances on the daily ESPN show. The original stars included The Patriot ([[Del Wilkes]], who was the Trooper in the [[American Wrestling Association|AWA]]), [[Stan Lane]], Scott Anthony ([[Scott Levy|Raven]] of [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]), The Handsome Stranger ([[Buff Bagwell|Marcus Bagwell]] of WCW) and [[Mick Foley|Cactus Jack]]. In late 1991, [["Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert]] entered the promotion and took over much of the creative direction of the show introducing The Dark Patriot (his brother, [[Doug Gilbert]]) and "The Winner" [[Barry Horowitz]] (a character created by Gilbert and announcer Craig Johnson.) |
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The GWF began airing weekly shows in the local [[Dallas]] and [[Fort Worth]] metroplex television market from the [[Dallas Sportatorium]], which was billed for a short time as ''The GlobalDome''. The promotion's announcers were Craig Johnson, [[Scott Hudson (announcer)|Scott Hudson]], Steven Prazak (as "Steven DeTruth"), and Joe Pedicino, with Boni Blackstone as ringside interviewer. Scott Hudson left the announcer's table and in his place was "The Expert" Bruce Pritchard (Brother Love of WWF/WWE). In one of the stranger angles in wrestling, during a commercial break, Pritchard and Johnson argued in an expletive filled exchange only to reveal that Pritchard was orchestrating many of the nefarious activities of the heels. |
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The original GWF was notable for many of its wrestling broadcast innovations, most importantly, the acknowledgement of other promotions within the broadcast (including past promotions such as World Class Championship Wrestling). Competitors former titles were mentioned as well as departures of wrestlers to other promotions. Also included in the innovations were behind the scenes footage and news segments with features from around the sport. |
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[[Texas]] attorney Grey Pierson took over the promotion in summer 1992. Pierson is the son of [[Don Pierson]], the founder of [[Wonderful Radio London]], [[Swinging Radio England]] and Britain Radio and two [[Freeport Tortuga|freeport]] ventures, one in [[Haiti]] and the other in [[Dominica]] in which his son also participated. |
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Following a massive cutback of budget, Pedicino and Johnson left the promotion, and shortly thereafter, so did Eddie Gilbert. |
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Due to a pay dispute, "Hot Stuff" [[Eddie Gilbert]], along with his brother [[Doug Gilbert]] (working under a mask as the Dark Patriot) left the GWF in 1992. Eddie Gilbert took with him the [[GWF North American Heavyweight Championship]] belt. He made a few defenses of the title in the [[United States Wrestling Association]] as the GWF World Heavyweight champion, despite being stripped of the belt and not being recognized as such by the GWF. It was around this time that Grey Pierson and Joe Pedicino had their falling out, with Pierson taking over promoting duties for the GWF and cutting back to a roster featuring mostly Texas mainstays, and bringing in older Texas stars, mostly those from the World Class era. |
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By 1992, the GWF began promoting exclusively under Pierson, and many former [[World Class Championship Wrestling]] stars began appearing, including Chris Adams, [[Kerry Von Erich]] and Iceman Parsons, among others. [[Doyle King]], [[David Webb]] and other guest announcers (including former World Class announcers [[Bill Mercer]] and [[Marc Lowrance]]) were brought introduced as the show became more of a theatrical presentation. Mercer, a veteran of Sportatorium wrestling since the 1950s, hosted a weekly segment on many memorable events that took place in the venerable Dallas arena. |
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The local television shows boasted that it was also being aired over a fictitious global television network as Pierson persuaded many of his friends and associates to don the garb of equally fictitious and bizarre characters. In one of its more interesting [[angle]]s, GWF hired a "[[psychiatrist]]" as a [[valet]]. The "psychiatrist" was actually Dr. [[Allan Saxe]], a political science professor at the nearby [[University of Texas at Arlington]]. |
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One strange angle at that time included a "Bungee" match in which Steven Dane wrestled against Chaz Taylor in a scaffold match outside the Sportatorium. After the match, "Maniac" Mike Davis attached himself to the bungee cord and jumped off of the scaffolding. When he landed back on the ground, he claimed he had launched himself to the Moon and had returned to Earth with a "moon rock." Another weird angle in which announcer David Webb, having "amnesia" following an attack by [[Manny Fernandez (wrestler)|Manny Fernandez]], believed that he was [[Elvis Presley]] (who performed at the Sportatorium in the late-1950s during the ''Big D Jamboree'' days). |
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The shows were also presented in an abbreviated and more serious format for a brief time over the [[ESPN]] television network. |
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In 1992, the Global Wrestling Federation was sued by then [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]] because they felt the use of the word "Global" was in the same definition as the word "World".*[http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?qs=74186155 WWF sues GWF] |
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==Kerry Von Erich== |
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In 1993, a memorial wrestling card was held in memory of [[Kerry Von Erich]], who committed suicide on February 18th. Von Erich previously was to have faced the Angel of Death that day. Instead, a memorial service was held at the Sportatorium prior to the matches, with former World Class announcer [[Marc Lowrance]] making a special appearance to pay his tributes to Kerry (Lowrance was the ring announcer who called Von Erich's NWA World title victory over Ric Flair in 1984). The following April, a memorial tribute card was held at the Dallas Sportatorium, featuring many former World Class wrestlers, referees and other officials. In that card, the main event was the official last match between the Freebirds and the Von Erichs. [[Kevin Adkisson|Kevin Von Erich]] and [[Christopher Adams|Chris Adams]] faced [[Michael Hayes (wrestler)|Michael Hayes]] and [[Buddy Roberts]], with [[Skandor Akbar]] in Hayes and Roberts' corner, and [[Jack Adkisson|Fritz Von Erich]] in Chris and Kevin's corner (his last appearance in a professional wrestling match). The match ended with Kevin applying the claw on Roberts for the win, while Fritz applied the iron claw on Skandor Akbar. Adams meanwhile was ganged up by Hayes and Rod Price when The Angel of Death came in to save Adams. [[Sid Eudy|Sid Vicious]] and [[Booker T]] also competed on the memorial card. The [[Ultimate Warrior]] was scheduled to wrestle, but no-showed. |
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[[Bill Mercer]], Marc Lowrance, [[David Manning (referee)|David Manning]] and [[Bronco Lubich (wrestling)|Bronco Lubich]] were among the many WCCW officials and personalities whom appeared on the memorial card. Manning officiated Kerry's 1984 NWA World title-clinching match against Ric Flair at [[Texas Stadium]] nearly 9 years earlier. |
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Proceeds of this card went to a trust fund established for Kerry's daughters [[Hollie Adkisson]] and [[Lacey Von Erich|Lacey Adkisson]] (who is now an up-and-coming model under the name Lacey Von Erich and recently signed a developmental deal with WWE). In 1994, the GWF paid tribute to Kerry again in a month-long series of past matches Kerry was involved in, including some from World Class. |
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Afterwards, the federation centered mostly on Adams, who again ran his wrestling school and was working a feud with both Price and Iceman Parsons. During one match, Adams accidentally tore the hair weave off the hair of Price, resulting in stitches on his head. Chris' former second wife [[Toni Adams]] was also involved, siding with Price and Parsons; and during one match, she attempted to rub ''Freebird Hair Cream'' into Chris' eyes. The former couple also was wrestling in Memphis' [[United States Wrestling Association|USWA]] promotion, where Toni was billed as Nanny Simpson. |
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A renewed feud between Adams and [[Jimmy Garvin]] took place, but the closing of the GWF on September 21, 1994, ended any prospects of a long angle between the two former rivals. |
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After the GWF folded, promoter [[Jim Crockett]] brought the NWA back to the Sportatorium for a tenure lasting less than a year. After several other attempts to keep wrestling going, the Sportatorium was demolished in 2003. |
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==GWF Wrestlers and Personalities== |
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*[[Kerry Von Erich]] |
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*[[Del Wilkes|The Patriot]] |
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*[[Al Perez]] |
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*[["Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert|Eddie Gilbert]] |
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*[[Doug Gilbert|Dark Patriot]] |
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*[[Scott Levy|Scotty Anthony]] |
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*[[Mick Foley|Cactus Jack]] |
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*[[Sean Waltman|Lightning Kid]] |
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*[[Jerry Lynn]] |
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*[[Chaz Taylor]] |
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*[[Barry Horowitz]] |
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*[[Christopher Adams|Chris Adams]] |
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*[[Rip Rogers]] |
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*[[Charles Wright (wrestler)|The Soultaker]] |
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*[[Mike Shaw|Makhan Singh]] |
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*[[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] |
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*[[Lane Huffman|Stevie Ray]] |
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*[[Axl Rotten]] |
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*[[Ian Rotten]] |
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*[[Tom Davis]] |
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*[[Steve Davis]] |
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*[[Steve Simpson]] |
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*[[King Parsons|Iceman Parsons]] |
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*[[Chris Walker (wrestler)|Chris Walker]] |
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*[[Butch Foot Odor]] |
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*[[Michael Hayes (wrestler)|Michael Hayes]] |
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*[[Jimmy Garvin]] |
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*[[Terry Gordy]] |
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*[[Marcus Bagwell|Handsome Stranger]] |
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*[[Tug Taylor]] |
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*[[Barney Irwin|Wild Bill Irwin]] |
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*[[Rick Harris|Black Bart]] |
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*[[John Tatum]] |
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*[[Jeff Gaylord]] |
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*[[Brian Adias]] |
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*[[Jeff Raitz|Jeff "Rattlesnake" Raitz]] |
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*[[Terry Simms|Terry Garvin]] |
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*[[Bobby Duncum, Jr.]] |
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*[[John Layfield|Johnny Hawk]] |
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*[[Gary Young (wrestler)|Gary Young]] |
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*[[Boni Blackstone]] |
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*[[Manny Fernandez]] |
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*[[Sam Houston (wrestler)|Sam Houston]] |
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*[[Osamu Nishimura]] |
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*[[Anthony Norris|Moadib]] |
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*[[Scott Putski]] |
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*[[Manuel Vialobos]] |
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*[[Ben Jordan]] |
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*[[Rod Price (wrestler)|Rod Price]] |
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==GWF Titles== |
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*[[GWF North American Heavyweight Championship]] |
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*[[GWF Television Championship]] |
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*[[NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship|GWF Texas Heavyweight Championship]] |
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*[[GWF Brass Knuckles Championship]] |
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*[[GWF Light Heavyweight Championship]] |
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*[[GWF Tag Team Championship]] |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tx/gwf/ GWF Title Histories] |
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*[http://solie.org/titlehistories/gwf.html Solie.org GWF Title Histories] |
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*[http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?qs=74186155 WWF's trademark decision against GWF] |
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*[http://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/gwf/gwf.htm Regional Territories: GWF] |
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[[Category:American professional wrestling promotions]] |
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[[Category:1991 establishments]] |
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[[Category:1994 disestablishments]] |
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Revision as of 14:16, 30 November 2007
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