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- On December 27, 1983 and January 16, 1984, the WWF held TV tapings at the Chase Park Plaza that were turned into several episodes of Wrestling at the Chase, which began airing in 1984.
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Wrestling at the Chase is a professional wrestling television series of local and national historical importance in the field of television wrestling. The show was recorded in St. Louis, Missouri, for KPLR-TV, Channel 11, and aired from May 23, 1959, to September 10, 1983.
One of the longest-running and most influential television programs in history, Sam Muchnick’s legendary Wrestling At The Chase debuts on KPLR in St. Louis. Muchnick’s groundbreaking series, which originally emanated from the Khorassan Room at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel (and later, the KPLR studios) easily qualifies as one of the five most ...
Apr 10, 2016 · Starting on May 23rd, 1959, KPLR-TV Channel 11, a longtime local station in St. Louis, began airing Wrestling at the Chase, which aired at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel off of Central West End. The episodes would be televised at 10:00 a.m on Saturday in the Khorassan Room.
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was a professional wrestling television show that aired in St. Louis, Missouri, the matches were taped live on Saturday nights as well as televised. It was repeated traditionally on Sunday mornings. It was promoted by the St. Louis Wrestling Club, which was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance.
The show was the brainchild of Sam Muchnick, president of the St. Louis Wrestling Club, and Harold Koplar, who owned KPLR and the old Chase Park Plaza Hotel. The two were together on an airplane in 1958 and wondered how they could put wrestling into St. Louis area homes.
The series began on May 23, 1959 and ran until September 10, 1983. KPLR-TV produced and televised the matches, which were held at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis' Central West End and televised at 10:00 A.M.; conveniently, the KPLR studios were in an adjacent connecting building. The show produced approximately 1,100 episodes over its 24 years.
Although the St. Louis Wrestling Club began by taping one show at a time, they began taping three shows at a time on Sunday mornings in the early 1970s. Admission to the tapings was free, and the room in which the matches took place seated 900 fans.
In January and February 1984, a few episodes of the show were produced from WWF tapings held at the Chase. The first of these shows featured Hulk Hogan's return match after three years in the AWA.
was consistently one of the highest rated television shows in St. Louis. Among St. Louis-based shows, it was third behind the local news and St. Louis Cardinals baseball games. The show often had over 100,000 viewers per episode. It is considered one of the pro wrestling industry's most historic programs.
As of 2009, 12 volumes of the program have been released for sale. In 2005, Larry Matysik's book, Wrestling at the Chase: The Inside Story of Sam Muchnick and the Legends of Professional Wrestling was published by ECW Press.
Aug 28, 2021 · Famed actor John Goodman presents the cold open for NWA 73, discussing the history, legacy & tradition of the National Wrestling Alliance and Wrestling at the Chase.
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Jun 7, 2022 · Head over Heels: Remembering Wrestling at the Chase tells the story of one of St. Louis’ most popular and longest-running local programs, KPLR-TV's Wrestling at the Chase. For many St....
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Mar 26, 2022 · What happened in St. Louis paved the way for today’s multi-billion-dollar sports entertainment industry. The centrepiece of this magical operation was “Wrestling at the Chase,” a television program which broadcast from 1959 to 1983 from the majestic Chase Hotel.
