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Regional
Territories 4
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This
section contains monthly articles on over two dozen territories. To
relive those wonderful days of old, click here.
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Wrestlers
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Enter
this section for bios/profiles of various wrestlers from the regional
days. To find more out about your favorite pro wrestler, click here.
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Stories
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This
section contains stories from the pros themselves told exclusively
to Kayfabe Memories. Want to know more as told from the wrestlers
themselves? Click here.
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Old
School Book Reviews4
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Click
here to find various book reviews from old school
wrestlers.
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KM
Links 4
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For
tons of links to old school related sites, click here.
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KM
Micro Wrestlers4
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What are Micro Wrestlers? Click here
to find out.
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KM
Interviews... 4
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Click here
to read exclusive interviews with stars from the regional territories.
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View
Old Guestbook
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The WWWF brand name was born in 1963, when
promoters Toots Mondt and Vincent James McMahon broke away from the National
Wrestling Alliance over a title dispute concerning NWA World heavyweight
champion Lou Thesz and contender Buddy Rogers.
The company, which rejoined the National
Wrestling Alliance in 1973, ran under the World Wide Wrestling Federation
banner until late 1978, when the name was shortened to just the World Wrestling
Federation.
In 1983, Vincent J. McMahon sold his company,
the Capitol Wrestling Corporation, to his son Vincent K. McMahon who merged it
into his already-existing company, Titan Sports, Inc. (later restructured as a
publically-traded company called World Wrestling Federation Entertainment,
Inc.). Vincent K. McMahon can have much attributed to him for the success of
wrestling, but he has also been cited as the man who destroyed wrestling as it
was known.
With the advent of cable, McMahon saw an
opportunity to go beyond anything his father did. Choosing to ignore the
territorial boundaries that had been respected for so long by the various
regional promotions, McMahon began to run his WWF shows outside of his
northeast territory.
This, along with his expansion into cable
TV, and with his recognizable and extremely popular champion, Hulk Hogan,
McMahon unquestionably changed the wrestling world.
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KM
DVD/VHS Store 4
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Click here to purchase DVD or VHS
products direct from the official distributors.
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KM
Replica Masks 4
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Click here
to purchase pro quality replica wrestling masks of all your favorite
old school masked wrestlers.
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KM
Store 4
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The KM Store now features products featuring the GCW logo as well as
some other very cool images. To see what's new and to purchase
T-Shirts, ball caps, mouse pads and more, click
here.
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KM
Message Board 4
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Want
to chat with other fans of regional wrestling? This message board
has forums for over two dozen promotions. Click here.
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KM
Belt Gallery 4
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This
section contains an extensive title belt gallery... images of heavyweight,
tag, U.S. and various regional title belts. To view it,
click here.
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Old
School Tape Review 4
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Reviews
of various PPV's, commercial tapes and regional wrestling TV shows
are available in this section. To read more, click here.
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