Global Wrestling Federation

Global Wrestling Federation is a former professional wrestling promotion based in Dallas, Texas. It started in June 1991 and folded in September 1994. Max Andrews & Grey Pierson were the promoters and Joe Pedicino was the booker. They had a television deal with ESPN, and its weekly shows were held at the Dallas Sportatorium, which was billed for a short time as The GlobalDome. The promotion's announcers were Craig Johnson, Scott Hudson and Joe Pedicino, with Bonnie Blackstone as ringside interviewer. By 1992, the GWF began promoting exclusively under Pierson, and many former World Class Championship Wrestling stars began appearing, including Chris Adams, Kerry Von Erich and Iceman Parsons, among others. New announcers Doyle King and for a short time David Webb were brought in.

Related Topics:
Professional wrestling - Dallas, Texas - June - 1991 - September - 1994 - ESPN - Dallas Sportatorium - World Class Championship Wrestling - Doyle King - David Webb

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In one of its more interesting angles, GWF hired a "psychiatrist" as a valet. The "psychiatrist" was actually Dr. Allan Saxe, a political science professor at the nearby University of Texas at Arlington.

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Angle - Psychiatrist - Valet - University of Texas at Arlington

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In 1993, a memorial wrestling card was held in memory of Kerry Von Erich, who commited suicide on February 18th. Von Erich previously was to have faced the Angel of Death that day. Instead, a memorial service was held at the Sportatorium prior to the matches, with former World Class announcer Marc Lowrance making a special appearance to pay his tributes to Kerry (Lowrance was the ring announcer who called Von Erich's NWA World title victory over Ric Flair in 1984). The following April, a memorial tribute card was held, featuring many former World Class wrestlers, referees and other officials. In that card, the main event was the official last match between the Freebirds and the Von Erichs. Kevin Von Erich and Chris Adams faced Michael Hayes and Buddy Roberts, with Skandor Akbar in Hayes and Roberts' corner, and Fritz Von Erich in Chris and Kevin's corner (his last appearance in a professional wrestling match). The match ended with Kevin applying the claw on Roberts for the win, while Fritz applied the iron claw on Skandor Akbar. Adams meanwhile was ganged up by Hayes and Rod Price when The Angel of Death came in to save Adams. Sid Vicious also competed on the memorial card.

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Kerry Von Erich - Kevin Von Erich - Chris Adams - Michael Hayes - Buddy Roberts - Skandor Akbar - Fritz Von Erich - Sid Vicious

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Afterwards, the federation centered mostly on Adams, who again ran his wrestling school and was working a feud with both Price and Iceman Parsons. During one match, Adams accidentally tore the hair weave off the hair of Price, resulting in stitches on his head.

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