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{{Infobox television
| image                = WCW Pro.jpg
| creator              = [[Jim Crockett Promotions]] / [[World Championship Wrestling]]
| caption              = 
| alt_name             = Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling<br>NWA Pro Wrestling<br>WCW Pro Wrestling
| camera               = [[Multicamera setup]]
| runtime              = 60 minutes per episode
| starring             = See [[World Championship Wrestling alumni]]
| country              = United States
| network              = [[Broadcast syndication|Syndicated]] (1985–1994) <br> [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]] (1994–1998)
| first_aired          = {{start date|1958|1|11}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|1998|9|27}}
| num_episodes         = 
| related              = ''[[WCW Monday Nitro]]''<br>''[[WCW Thunder]]''<br>''[[WCW Saturday Night]]''<br>''[[WCW WorldWide]]''<br>''[[Clash of the Champions|WCW Clash of the Champions]]''<br>
}}

'''''WCW Pro''''' is an American televised wrestling show that was presented by [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW). Along with ''[[WCW WorldWide]]'', it was part of the [[WCW Disney tapings]]. The rights to ''WCW Pro'' now belong to [[WWE]] and 161 episodes of Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling are available for streaming on [[NBCUniversal]]'s [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]] in the United States and the [[WWE Network]] in international markets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwenetworknews.com/2018/07/02/wwe-network-adds-more-mid-atlantic-tv-from-1984-and-1985/|title=UPDATED X3 WWE Network Adds More Mid-Atlantic TV From 1984 and 1985|date=2 July 2018|access-date=3 July 2018}}</ref>

==History==
===''Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling'' (1958–1986)===
''WCW Pro'' started off as '''''Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling''''',<ref>[http://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/macw/macw.htm Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling]</ref><ref>[http://www.tvparty.com/80wrestle1.html No one did that better than the syndicated NWA Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling programs from the 1970s and 1980s, produced by Crockett Promotions out of Charlotte, North Carolina.]</ref> one of two weekly [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] wrestling programs presented by [[Jim Crockett Promotions]] (the other was ''World Wide Wrestling'', which in its final form was named ''[[WCW WorldWide]]''). It started airing in 1958.<ref>[http://www.midatlanticwrestling.net/almanac/tv_history/tv_studios/wpcq/studio_wpcq.htm Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling is the oldest syndicated program in the South and has appeared on WBTV (Channel 3) since 1958.]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Wrestling Legends - Wrestling History - Crockett Foundation|url=https://crockettfoundation.com/wrestling-history/|access-date=2020-06-15|website=Crockett Foundation - Tag In & Help Out!|language=en-US}}</ref>

===''NWA Pro Wrestling''/''WCW Pro Wrestling'' (1986–1994)===
After the merger of JCP and [[Georgia Championship Wrestling]], in 1986 the show was renamed '''''NWA Pro Wrestling'''''. It was later renamed '''''WCW Pro Wrestling''''' in December 1990 after [[Turner Broadcasting]] bought JCP in 1988.

====New York and Chicago editions (1990–1993)====
In 1990, a hybrid edition of ''WCW Pro Wrestling'' began airing over [[WPIX]] in [[New York City]] and [[WGN-TV]] in [[Chicago]]; these two shows featured the same matches as the national version, but with wraparound segments localized for the specific markets inserted.

[[Jim Ross]] and [[Paul Heyman|Paul E. Dangerously]] hosted WPIX's ''WCW Pro New York''. In late-September 1991, the New York version moved to [[WCBS-TV]] where the show aired in a late-night Saturday slot. However, after only a few weeks, the local version was dropped and WCBS-TV replaced it with the national version of the show.  In April 1992, ''WCW Pro'' was replaced in New York altogether by ''WCW WorldWide'' (the show that ''WCW Pro New York'' replaced two years earlier on WPIX), which stayed on WCBS-TV for the next five years. [[WPXN-TV]] later picked up ''WCW Pro'' for its lineup, airing the show from 1996 until its cancellation.

''WCW Pro Chicago'' was hosted by [[Tony Schiavone]] and veteran WGN sports broadcaster [[Jack Brickhouse]]. This show was also simulcast on WGN's [[WGN America|national feed]].  Sometime in 1991, Brickhouse would leave commentary on the Chicago version to host his own segment on the program, "Brickhouse Bonus", and [[Larry Zbyszko]] took over Jack's old spot on commentary. ''WCW Pro Chicago'' would last until 1993.

===''WCW Pro'' (1994–1998)===
In 1994 the show, now available on very few local stations, was added to [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]] on Saturday mornings in place of WCW's ill-fated ''[[WCW Power Hour]]'' on March 12, 1994. Some stations continued to air it in syndication, however. The show title also was shortened to simply '''''WCW Pro'''''.

In November 1995, WCW started taping ''WCW Pro'' at the [[Disney's Hollywood Studios|Disney/MGM Studios]] (and later at [[Universal Studios Florida]]). Starting August 25, 1996, the show moved from its established [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]] timeslot of Saturday morning at 9:05{{nbsp}}am EST to Sunday afternoons at 5:05{{nbsp}}pm EST, where it remained until it was canceled by TBS and replaced by ''[[WCW Thunder]]'' in January 1998. Shortly afterwards the now syndication-only ''WCW Pro'' became a weekly highlights and recap show with one or two exclusive matches a week. Scott Hudson and [[Larry Zbyszko]] hosted the in-studio segments while [[Lee Marshall (announcer)|Lee Marshall]] and [[Mike Tenay]] called the matches. TBS would continue to air ''[[WCW Thunder|Thunder]]'' and ''[[WCW Saturday Night|Saturday Night]]''.

In late September 1998, ''WCW Pro'' was canceled.

==Title changes==
''WCW Pro'' had a few title changes.

* [[Roddy Piper]] defeated [[Jack Brisco]] to win the [[NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship]] on July 7, 1982
* [[Paul Jones (wrestler) | Paul Jones]] defeated [[Jack Brisco]] to win the [[NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship]] on September 1, 1982
* [[Ron Garvin]] and [[Barry Windham]] defeated [[Barry Darsow|Krusher Khrushchev]] and [[Ivan Koloff]] to win the NWA United States Tag Team Championship on December 13, 1986 (taped December 9, 1986)
* [[The Steiner Brothers]] ([[Rick Steiner]] and [[Scott Steiner]]) defeated [[The Fabulous Freebirds]] ([[Jimmy Garvin]] and [[Michael Hayes (wrestler)|Michael Hayes]]) to win the [[WCW World Tag Team Championship]] on March 9, 1991 (taped February 18, 1991).

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