Late 70's and early 80's I watched a lot of Mid-South Wrestling on Saturday nights. It was done in the Sam Houston Coliseum, got to go once in person.
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan and Jake "The Snake" Roberts (and the DDT move he did) were some of my favorites.
Junkyard Dog, King Kong Bundy, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael "P.S." Hayes and Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy), The Von Erich family, Ric Flair, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Jimmy "The Heart" were all in this league, some of which went on to the WWF.
About the time that the WWF was becoming popular (mid 80's) was when I quit watching.