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Universal Wrestling Archives, Inc.

OVER 145 DVD & VHS VOLUMES TO CHOOSE FROM:

www.universalwrestling.com

Presents:

The story of Mid-South, Power Pro, and the UWF

In the late 1960's through the late 1980's, a Professional Wrestling promotion was built by wrestling great Cowboy Bill Watts. The promotion spanned many of the Mid-Southern states in the U.S.: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Eastern Texas and Southern Missouri. The promotion was appropriately named Mid-South Wrestling.

The Mid-South Wrestling broadcasts enjoyed exceptional ratings success. In fact, they were in the top three of syndicated programming nationwide at the time. Because of its success, Mid-South spawned a second set of syndicated broadcasts, called Power Pro Wrestling.

Although the promotion covered a small area of the United States, wrestling followers all over the world became fans of Mid-South. The matches weren't glitzy or fancy. They were no-nonsense, get down to business REAL wrestling.

The promotion eventually grew to nationwide syndication, and was renamed The Universal Wrestling Federation. The UWF featured the same great athletes and matches. Only the name changed to reflect the wide distribution of the program.

The ownership again changed in 1990 when Ene Sooro Watts acquired the sole rights to the three promotions and their by products. Ms. Watts has other media interests as well, therefore naming the distribution company, Universal Wrestling Archives, Inc. a.k.a. UWA.

If you are accustomed to the lights and pyrotechnics of today's wrestling, you might not know what to think of these matches at first. But after you see the quality of what goes on inside the ring, you'll be hooked. These shows are legendary for their outstanding matches and wild antics.

You will notice too that even though it's a "no-holds barred" atmosphere, the wrestlers kept their body language and their spoken language clean. You won't see the innuendo and filth that accompany most of today's wrestling.

Mid-South Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that achieved huge popularity in the 1980’s.  The promotion staged hundreds of live events, and played to capacity crowds in major venues throughout the south central US. 

On television, Mid-South Wrestling earned outstanding ratings, and went into national syndication.  The nationally syndicated shows were named Universal Wrestling Federation and Power Pro Wrestling.  Both shows aired in 98 national markets, including 9 of the top 10 markets. 

Wrestling aficionados widely agree the Mid-South promotion produced some of the most entertaining and exciting wrestling programs ever televised.  Many of the stars featured on Mid-South have become world renowned, for example, Sting, Ric Flair, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, Rick Steiner, The Rock-n-Roll Express, Shawn Michaels, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, “Dr. Death” Steve Williams, Andre the Giant and Ted DiBiase.  The list of stars goes on and on, but wrestling fans are quick to point out that the action packed matches and intriguing storylines were what really made Mid-South Wrestling such a phenomenon.

Since the 1980’s, the Mid-South programs have never been re-released on a national or regional basis.  The Mid-South broadcast library is owned by Universal Wrestling Archives, an enterprise of Ene Sooro Watts.  The library contains over 275 hours of broadcasts, plus hundreds of hours of ancillary footage, much of which has never been released publicly.  The Universal Wrestling Archives currently sells VHS and DVD copies of about a third of the library through www.universalwrestling.com .

In addition, the Universal Wrestling Archives has been in contact with several of the wrestlers from the Mid-South wrestling era, and they are ready to do on-camera interviews and/or commentary when the shows are re-released.  They are experienced, professional entertainers who excel at speaking extemporaneously on camera, so from a production standpoint, they are a dream to work with.

OVER 145 DVD & VHS VOLUMES TO CHOOSE FROM:

www.universalwrestling.com

Bad Street, Atlanta, GA, U. S. A. Music Video w/Michael Hayes and The Fabulous Freebirds (other members: the late Great Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy & the always colorful Buddy Roberts) Available on Power Pro Wrestling Volumes 5 & 21 www.universalwrestling.com "Bad Street, Atlanta, GA Baddest Street in the whole USA" ATL :-)

"Nature Boy" Ric Flair Interview about "Cowboy" Bill Watts coming out of retirement. Flair states Watts is all man! www.universalwrestling.com

Professional Wrestling at it's best! Nobody did it better than "Cowboy" Bill Watts. And for the best commentator in the biz Jim Ross hosts the show. Haven't even gotten to the best athletes in the biz yet..."You" my friend are in for a real treat! Excerpts from Power Pro Wrestling 26 available exclusively from www.universalwrestling.com