Bob Roop- Bob also had two stints in the Mid-Atlantic area, once in the early 70’s as a lowcard heel and then in 1985, when GCW and JCP merged. Bob was a midcard heel at the time, but just because of his push with GCW. A couple of months later, Bob returned to Florida where he teamed with Kevin Sullivan and changed his name to Maya Singh.

Tatsumi Fujinami- Tatsumi made his entrance in the Carolinas in late 1975 known as Dr. Fujinami where he was a lowcard babyface which was weird at the time, because most Japanese wrestlers were always heels. Fujinami stayed in the area for over a year and then returned to Japan where he became a mega star and one of the top wrestlers in the entire decade of the 80’s.

Kamala- Kamala came in the area in the summer of 1984 managed by Paul Jones and immediately got involved in a feud with Jimmy Valiant. He only stayed a couple of months until returning to the World Class area.

Terry Taylor- Terry came in the area as lowcard babyface in the Winter of 1981 and only stayed a couple of months. He mainly feuded with Don Kernodle and Jim Nelson until moving on to Memphis where he started to become a star.

Mr.Wrestling II- II worked JCP in 1981 as a high midcard babyface feuding with the likes of Ivan Koloff and Mr. Fuji. II would eventually leave a few months later going back to GCW.

Ernie Ladd- Ladd came into JCP in early 1984 with Gary Hart as his manager and he feuded with Rufus R. Jones. Ladd and Rufus feuded over a couple of months and Ladd even jobbed to then jobber Brickhouse Brown on TV. Ladd left and went back to the Mid-South area where he became North American champ later in the year.

Tony Garea- Tony came in the Carolinas in 1979 as a midcard babyface and stayed in the area for almost a year after he became a lowcard babyface until moving back to the WWF to feud with ex-partner Larry Zbyszko.

Masa Fuchi- Fuchi entered the area in 1983 strictly as a lowcard heel jobbing to guys like Rufus R.Jones and Jimmy Valiant. Fuchi then went back to Japan where he became a huge star and one of the best workers of his time.

Bruiser Brody- Brody made a couple of appearances in the Winter of 1982. Sir Oliver Humperdink brought him in only to leave for Georgia. Brody’s rep was not to stay in a territory too long and JCP was just one of the stops.

Randy Savage- Randy and his brother Lanny came in the area in the Summer of 1976 as a midcard heel tag team. They stayed in the area for a few months before moving on to Georgia and then starting their own group with their father Angelo called ICW based out of Lexington, Kentucky.

Pedro Morales- Pedro entered the area in 1978 and stayed there for over a year as a midcard babyface. Pedro came in as a former WWWF champ, but was just a midcard guy. Pedro soon returned to the WWF in 1980 where he would go on to win the Intercontinental champion.

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