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Media Man Australia: Jim Barnett

Jim Barnett

NWATNA.com reports that legendary promoter - Jim Barnett, has accepted an offer from Vince McMahon to work as a consultant for the WWE.

Jim Barnett was one of the promoters of Australia's World Championship Wrestling. He was scheduled to participate in a legends ceremony for NWATNA but has been released from that obligation.

Jim Barnett shaped the future of professional Wrestling in Australia when in 1964 traveled to Sydney with Johnny Doyle to inspect the Australian Wrestling scene.

They returned under the banner of "World Championship Wrestling" presenting their first card on October 23rd 1964 at the Sydney Stadium.

The promotion gained valuable publicity through televising programs through Channel 9 which was presented at noon on Saturday's and Sunday's.

An average of 6,500 people attended in the first 3 months of W.C.W, a crowd of 8,000 attended a show on November 7th in Melbourne when the first title change in the new promotion took place as Dominic Denucci defeated Killer Kowalksi.

In 1978, Channel 9 ceased coverage of W.C.W, with no TV coverage promoters were facing financial ruin, thus the death of the 'glory days' of Australian Professional Wrestling transpired.

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