Welcome to another look at the Gulf Coast promotion. The month we look at the year 1960. A new year, a new decade and the Gulf Coast has a new promoter. Lee Fields, arguably the top wrestler in the territory for the last several years takes over as promoter. But just as his predecessor Buddy Fuller did, Lee still climbs into the ring from time to time. In order to do that Lee will name other "matchmakers" to fulfill his role. World champion Pat O'Connor makes his way to the area as do the new World Tag Team champions.  

JANUARY: 

The Southern tag team title was hanging in the balance as Don & Bobby Fields faced off against Corsica Jean & Corsica Joe at the beginning of the year. The Fields brothers were the current champions and the Corsicans were former champions who wanted the title back. The first meeting of the two teams saw a wild affair with the first fall going to the champions after Bobby pinned Corsica Joe. The Corsicans came back to even the score when Jean pinned Don Fields after a series of knee drops to the throat. In the third fall, the Corsicans were giving the champions fits while referee Charley Laye seemed to be looking the other way. During the fray Joe tossed Bobby Fields from the ring and kept kicking him back out every time he tried to return. Bobby soon tired of this and equipping himself with a chair, made his way back into the ring. Once inside the ring, he proceeded to flattened the Corsicans with the chair. Referee Laye quickly stopped the match and awarded it to the Corsicans, who were now out cold on the mat. For his troubles, Laye also received a chair shot and was soon laying in a heap alongside the Corsicans. 

A rematch was quickly ordered and Rube Wright was assigned as the special referee. The Corsicans took the first fall after choking Bobby Fields with the top rope while he was trapped in their corner. Jean then applied a neckbreaker on Bobby and pinned him to take the fall. The Fields boys took turns walloping Corsica Joe in the second fall until Don pinned him to even the score. The battle was on in the third fall as all four men battered each other, with Bobby Fields getting the worst of it. He wound up with a bloody left eyebrow and was severely pounded by the Corsicans. At one point, Bobby shoved Joe away from him and right into referee Wright. Wright was knocked from the ring as the four men continued the battle. By the time Wright regained his senses and climbed back into the ring, Don had Jean pinned and Joe had Bobby pinned. Not remembering who was in the ring when he was knocked out, Rube counted Bobby Fields out and awarded the match to the Corsicans. Jean & Joe were now the Southern tag team champions. 

Don & Bobby lodged a protest and another rematch was set. This time it would be best 3 out of 5 falls, with no time limit and no disqualification. The match was even with both teams having scored two falls when the match was stopped. Referee Charley Whatley did his best to control the match, but after several minutes of all four men hammering at each other, he called a halt to the whole thing. Since he couldn't disqualify anyone, he just declared the match a no contest.