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The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is an American professional wrestling promotion and governing body owned by Billy Corgan and operated by its parent company Lightning One, Inc. Founded in 1948, the NWA began as the governing body for a group of regional promotions, the heads of which made up the board of directors.
National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Professional Wrestling History by Tim Hornbaker The National Wrestling Alliance was the ruling force during the territorial days of professional wrestling.
The story of the National Wrestling Alliance, which for decades was the largest and most powerful governing body in professional wrestling, can be traced back to a rather humble beginning in rural Iowa, with its founding father, Paul “Pinkie” George.
Sep 7, 2014 · On July 18, 1948 the newly-formed NWA awarded the organization’s first World title to Orville Brown, who was still an active wrestler at the time.”. “Over time, the National Wrestling Alliance grew into the largest wrestling organization in the world.
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1940s
Before the NWA was founded in 1948, there existed many regional professional wrestling promotions across North America (each promoting its own "World" champion). None of them, however, had backing or recognition outside of their own respective geographic base-areas. The concept of the NWA was to consolidate the championships of these regional companies into one true world championship of pro wrestling, whose holder would be recognized worldwide. In 1948, Paul "Pinkie" George, a promoter from...
1950s–1960s
Upon becoming the booker for Lou Thesz in 1950, Muchnick, who was the head of the St. Louis Wrestling Club, became the new NWA President and maintained that position until 1960. In the mid-1950s, serious disputes broke out within the NWA. There were antitrust problems with the government and there were a number of competing factions who wanted to replace Thesz as champion with different wrestlers such as Verne Gagne. The antitrust case led the infamous NWA Consent Decree of 1956 in US v. Nati...
Decline of the territory system
In the 1980s, video tape trading and cable television paved the way for the eventual death of the NWA's inter-regional business model, as fans could now see for themselves the plot holes and inconsistencies between the different regional storylines. Also, the presence of stars like Ric Flair on TV every week made their special appearances in each region less of a draw. Vince K. McMahon, who had bought the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1982, used these gathering trends, as well as raids...
Regional promotions of the past
Several smaller promotions that were once cornerstones of the NWA ceased to exist as the WWF and WCW grew to national levels. Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW) was one of the main NWA territories into the 1980s, but, due to the aging of promoter Don Owen and dwindling profit, PNW closed down in 1992. Another territory that was once considered a main territory of the NWA was promoter and two-time NWA President Sam Muchnick’s St. Louis-based promotion, the St. Louis Wrestling Club, which ran un...
NWA Wrestling Showcase
In January 2008, Colours TV on Dish Network and the NWA announced that they would begin airing an hour-long show entitled NWA Wrestling Showcase, featuring the NWA's current lineup of stars in action. The show was hosted by David Marquez (with Rob Conway co-hosting the first four episodes) with match commentary by announcers Todd Kenneley, Kris Kloss and Rick Otazu. Ten episodes were shown before re-runs began. All the matches were taped at the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. In January 200...
NWA Championship Wrestling From Hollywood
On July 12, 2010, NWA Pro Wrestling, Inc. and KDOC-TV Los Angeles announced a partnership in producing National Wrestling Alliance branded television programming to the station beginning September 2010.
NWA Mountain State
NWA Mountain State Wrestling and production company Cucumber and Company co-produced NWA Mountain State as an hour long show which aired on the local Fox station WVNS-TV (West Virginia, USA) Sunday mornings.
1 Brody replaced Jim Crockett, Jr. a short time into this term. 2 Trobich is the NWA's first Executive Director, after the Presidential position was abandoned at the 2005 NWA annual meeting.} 3 Tharpe became President/Owner after he gained ownership of the organization's properties through a holding company due to the result of his lawsuit against ...
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Apr 27, 2009 · Since it's inception in 1948, the NWA was set to govern and protect the integrity of pro wrestling. In a time where the wrestling world was shattered with numerous territories and...
