re: What is the Mid-South? How does it differ from the rest of the South?

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It's wrestling from the St Bernard Civic Center.

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Cowboy Bill Watts and Leroy McGuirk split NWA Tri-State in 1979. Watts gained promoting rights in Louisiana and Mississippi while McGuirk kept Arkansas and Oklahoma. The name Mid-South Wrestling was chosen for Watts new company. I don't recall the phrase "Mid-South" being used anywhere but the wrestling. If anything, the news referred to Shreveport, Texarkana, and everything around it as the "Ark-La-Tex". Mid-South Wrestling was filmed at the Irish McNeil Boys Club in Shreveport in 1985, I don't know if that was the only locale though. Larger non-televised events were held in venues like Hirsch Coliseum.

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Texas is also SOUTH of Missouri and situated on the Gulf. So it is part of the south, but not "Deep South".

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East Texas is where the "South" begins along the Gulf of America.

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The Mid-South is actually the more Black part of each state (especially for Tennessee).

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yeah until I read this thread, I had a different idea of that the mid South was

Apparently I've had this wrong for years
I always thought deep south was Lafayette and mid south was Alexandria

The big cat Ernie Ladd.
The Rock-n-Roll Express

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Mid South from 1979 to 1984 is the greatest wrestling promotion of all time .

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Had more talent than WWF back then. Many wrestlers who were big stars got their start in Mid-South wrestling

Alexandria

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Many wrestlers who were big stars got their start in Mid-South wrestling

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HBK on the left. His first televised match was on Mid-South.

Mid south is the rock and roll express and junk yard dog.