Columbus, Georgia (2004-2006) Phenix City, Alabama (2007-2009)
Venue
GCW Arena (2004-2006) GR8 SK8 Plex (2007-2009)
The Fred Ward Memorial Show was an annual professional wrestling memorial event produced by the Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) promotion, which was held from 2004 to 2009. The show was held in honor of Fred Ward, a pioneering wrestling promoter who controlled the central Georgia wrestling territory for over 30 years,[1] who died on May 7, 1992. It was originally held in Columbus, Georgia by GCW until Jerry Oates' retirement in 2006, whereupon the new owners Bill and Diane Hewes relocated the promotion, renamed Great Championship Wrestling, to Phenix City, Alabama.[1][2][3][4] Its third annual memorial show, the last show held at the GCW Arena, "drew the biggest crowd [at the venue] in over a year".[5]
Many of the featured wrestlers were former stars in World Championship Wrestling or were then competing in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as well as local stars such as Jason Cross, Damian Steele, Vordell Walker, and David Young. Older regional stars from the Georgia territory, many of whom had worked for Fred Ward, also made guest appearances. The first Ward tribute show in 2004 saw masked wrestler The Wrestler defeat GCW United States Junior Heavyweight Champion Vordell Walker and an 8-man single-elimination tournament in which the winner, Jason Cross, received an award from Mr. Wrestling II. Ole Anderson, Bill Dromo, Thunderbolt Patterson, Les Thatcher, Masked Superstar, The Oates Brothers (Jerry and Ted Oates), and Brad and "Bullet" Bob Armstrong were seen in later shows.[4][6]
^ abNational Wrestling Alliance (September 2008). "09/04/08 NWA GCW Fred Ward Memorial Results". Event Results. NWAwrestling.com.
^Martin, Adam (January 14, 2008). "Georgia Wrestling History for 1/12-13, Championship Wrestling & more". WrestleView.com.
^Goodman, Larry (September 2008). "Show Reports: September 4, 2008". Show Reports. GeorgiaWrestlingHistory.com.
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Selleck as the company's new national spokesperson following the death of Fred Thompson, their previous spokesperson. The commercials began running across...
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Foster and became a writer for The Tonight Show with Jack Paar. He originally partnered with writer Fred Freeman.[citation needed] In 1961, he and Freeman...
(now the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church). It was chartered as Miles Memorial College, in honor of Bishop William H. Miles. Bishop Miles had been born...
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