Southern Championship Wrestling (Georgia)

Southern Championship Wrestling

Acronym	SCW
Founded	1988
Defunct	1990
Style	Rasslin'
Headquarters	Marietta, Georgia
Founder(s)	Jerry Blackwell
Owner(s)	Jerry Blackwell (1988–1990) Joe Pedicino (1990–1991)
Parent	American Wrestling Association (1988–1990)
Formerly	AWA Georgia

Southern Championship Wrestling (SCW) was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Marietta, Georgia by Jerry Blackwell and operated from 1988 to 1990, and was continued by his successor, Joe Pedicino, who ran the promotion as Georgia All-Star Wrestling for another year.

Though short-lived, the group showcased some of the top talent from the American Wrestling Association and National Wrestling Alliance as well as notable on-air talent including Pedicino, Rick Stewart, Rhubarb Jones, Paul Heyman, and booker Buck Robley. It was one of the top independent organizations in Georgia during the late-1980s, rivaling Jody Hamilton's Deep South Wrestling, and the state's last territory-era promotion prior to the collapse of the NWA territory system. The show was filmed mostly at Miss Kitty's in Marietta, Georgia but filmed several shows at The Memorial Gym in Rome,Ga.

Southern Championship Wrestling was established in Georgia by Jerry Blackwell in early-1988. Blackwell, then a star in American Wrestling Association, had run shows under the "AWA Georgia" banner the previous year using talent from the AWA. One of its biggest shows was held at the Cobb Civic Center in Marietta and was headlined by Blackwell, Wahoo McDaniel, Sgt. Slaughter, The Iron Sheik, Curt Hennig, Jerry "The King" Lawler, and The Original Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey and Randy Rose). Condrey and Rose were scheduled to appear in SCW as the AWA World Tag Team Champions, however, the angle was dropped when Condrey was unable to appear. His place was taken by Comrade Busich and introduced by their manager, Paul E. Dangerously, as "Ravishing Randy and Comrade Busich, the substitute Original Midnight Express."