Gary Hart, an Evil Genius according to Solie, called out the Plumber's Son by his real name. That was heady stuff when I was like 11. It was by God serious. Hart was pissed and Kabuki, or whoever he was managing, was gonna fuck Dusty up something fierce. Not sure when I first saw Virgil Riley Runnels was the executive producer of GCW.
If you're going there, it's Virgil Riley Runnels JR, and he also had a car lot down there called "Dusty Rhodes' Dream Cars" though I have no memory of how the sign was punctuated.
"Championship Wrestling from Florida", sanctioned by the NWA and hosted by Gordon Solie was a big part of my life for about three years- it was all real to me dammit. That and Creature Feature with Dr. Paul Bearer. Each on the same level of relevance.
Playboy Gary Hart and two or three other wrestlers crashed a plane into Tampa Bay under my watchful eye trying to accomplish the equivalent of crossing the street from St. Pete to Tampa.
All that wrasslin' was done under Eddie Grahams watchful eye. The best of the best and the shit up North back then was pointless especially including the midatlantic tripe.