Once again, here we are in the "1980's Boom" of professional wrestling. Hulkamania, Andre the Giant, Macho Man Randy Savage, The Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase, Ultimate Warrior, Rowdy Roddy Piper, and Wrestlemania. This is the reason that this "Era" is number three and that the number two spot goes to. Ultimately, the NWA and Jim Crockett Promotions couldn't stand up to the giant that was the WWF and was later sold to Ted Turner and rebranded/renamed WCW. This was my preferred brand during this time, and some of my favorite memories were watching these larger than life characters battle it out on TBS or at the Greensboro Coliseum. Sting also was catapulted to stardom because of a feud with Ric Flair over the Heavyweight title. This period also saw the rise of Ricky Steamboat (who also had a brief period in WWF from 1985-1988) and had matches with Ric Flair that people, to this day, consider them to be some of the best matches ever. Mid-Atlantic, This time frame is what enabled such Hall of Famers as Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Andre the Giant, Junkyard Dog, Jerry Lawler and more to become the stars that most people remember from the 1980s. The NWA was also established some years prior, to help bind these independent promotions and utilize some of the more popular talent available. If fans couldn't watch it as easily on TV, then their best option was to buy a ticket to the local promotion's show that weekend. This is a major reason that a lot of territories started to flourish. In the 1950s (which is considered the first "Golden Age of Professional Wrestling") the media and pro wrestling promoters thought that they had watered down and thinned the pro wrestling product and scaled down on the number of wrestling programs taking major TV time slots.
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