WCW Pro
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| WCW Pro | |
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| Format | Professional wrestling |
| Created by | Jim Crockett Promotions / World Championship Wrestling |
| Starring | See World Championship Wrestling alumni |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multicamera setup |
| Running time | 60 minutes per episode |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Syndicated (1985 - 1994) TBS (1994 - 1998) |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original run | 1985 – 1998 |
WCW Pro was a televised wrestling show presented by World Championship Wrestling. Along with WCW WorldWide, it was part of the WCW Disney Tapings.
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[edit] Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
WCW Pro started off as Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling[1][2], one of two official weekly syndicated wrestling programs presented by Jim Crockett Promotions (the other was World Wide Wrestling, which in its final form was named WCW WorldWide).
[edit] NWA Pro Wrestling/WCW Pro Wrestling
After the merger of JCP and Georgia Championship Wrestling in 1985, the show was renamed NWA Pro Wrestling. It was later renamed WCW Pro Wrestling sometime after Ted Turner bought JCP in 1988.
Around 1994, the show was removed from syndication and added to TBS on Saturday mornings in place of WCW's ill-fated WCW Power Hour.
[edit] New York and Chicago
In 1990, WCW Pro Wrestling was picked up by WPIX-TV in New York City and WGN-TV in Chicago. These two shows were localized versions of the show, with Tony Schiavone hosting WGN's WCW Pro Chicago, while Jim Ross and Paul E. Dangerously hosted WPIX's WCW Pro New York. These local versions featured the same matches as the national version of the show, with local spots inserted. In mid 1991, the New York version moved to WCBS-TV. However, after only a few weeks, the show was replaced by WCW WorldWide.
[edit] WCW Pro
In the fall of 1995, WCW started taping WCW Pro at the Disney/MGM Studios (and later to Universal Studios Florida) as well. In 1996, the show moved to Sunday afternoons, where it remained until its cancellation in 1998, and had its name shortened to WCW Pro.
In October 1998, WCW Pro was canceled. TBS would continue to air Thunder and Saturday Night.
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