#ThrowbackThursday Back to 1967 on an episode of NWA Big Time Wrestling out of Texas. Here Fritz Von Erich confronts Joe Blanchard, who calls out Von Erich on his dangerous Claw hold he's been using. Von Erich is not too pleased, and clobbers Blanchard. At this time. Fritz Von Erich is the NWA United States Heavyweight Champion (Texas version of the title). This title lineage would continue on later as the NWA American Heavyweight title, and eventually the WCWA World Heavyweight Title. | Rusty R

On This Day in Wrestling History - United States Heavyweight Champion Barry Windham 36 years ago today on World Championship Wrestling (7/2/88) | NWA Wrestling Memories

On March 21, 1979 Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling’s World Wide Wrestling aired from the WRAL Studios in Raleigh, North Carolina. Host Rich Landrum gets a word with 28-year old Ricky Steamboat before he faces Swede Hanson. In 1977, Steamboat had entered the NWA-sanctioned Jim Crockett Promotions (which ran under the concurrent brand name Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling), where he would remain for the next 8 years of his career. It was here where Steamboat and Ric Flair began their legenda