Tommy Rich With The Belt: Part 2

     Back on September 12, we posted what few photos we had of Tommy Rich with the NWA title belt. (See that post here.) There weren't many taken, as he only held the belt for 96 hours during the spring of 1981.

     Here are two more we've come across from the August 1981 edition of Inside Wrestling magazine. In the lower photo, Tommy stands with Columbus, GA promoter Fred Ward.

     Thanks to Scott Bowden for pointing us in the direction of these photos and to Mark James for sending us the issue of the magazine.

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Tommy Rich with The Belt

NWA Champion Tommy "Wildfire" Rich

     Photographs of Tommy Rich with the NWA belt are hard to come by since Rich only held the title for 96 hours. Three that we've found include on the cover of "The Wrestler" magazine (cover date September 1981), a cover of "The Ringsider" which was the official program of Georgia Championship Wrestling, and a posed photo that appeared in several of the news stand magazines back in the day. We are always looking for more.

     The Ringsider cover is featured in the book "Ten Pounds of Gold." I treasure that issue; it was given to me many years ago by Ms. Rose Ogle, daughter of longtime Columbus/Macon/Albany Georgia promoter Fred Ward.

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Update on 10/4/12: More photos found and posted here: Tommy Rich With The Belt: Part 2