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a" (English: ''"48 Hours Before the Storm"''). Morales has the Seal of Approval from both the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the National Weather Association (NWA). He was given the prestigious distinction of Certified Consulting Meteorologist from the AMS. Since 2003 he has been the Chief Meteorologist at WSCV in Miami. ==References== [[Categor |
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ty, Kansas]]-based Heart of America Sports Attractions#Midwest Wrestling Association|Midwest Wrestling Association (MWA). It was the direct predecessor of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight Championship. The title was created in 1940, and awarded to Bobby Bruns that January, in recognition of his winning the defeating Mauri |
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], Larry Hennig, and Wahoo McDaniel. ===National Wrestling Alliance=== In 1974, Flair left the AWA for Jim Crockett's Mid-Atlantic region in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA); and he soon captured his first singles title when, on February 8, 1975, he beat Paul Jones (wrestler)|Paul Jones for the Mid-Atlantic TV Championship. On O |
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g)|face]], or good guy, due to his good looks and superb wrestling ability. He feuded with Jerry Stubbs and Tom Prichard during his stay there and won the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) US Junior Heavyweight title there. ===National Wrestling Alliance=== Later he moved to the Georgia part of the NWA and feuded with Ted DiBiase and with father Bob, The Fabulous Freebirds |
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6)]] }} '''Starrcade '85: The Gathering''' was the third annual Starrcade professional wrestling event produced by Jim Crockett Promotions under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. It took place on November 28, 1985 from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina and The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia. The main event was between |
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–1992)=== ====Four Horsemen (1987–1988)==== In 1987, Luger went to work for Jim Crockett's World Championship Wrestling (WCW), which was under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner, with the nickname "The Total Package" and began using "#In wrestling|The Human Torture Rack", an Backbreaker#Argentine backbreaker rack|Argentine backbreaker, as h |
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World Championship Wrestling. It was held in the month of May in 1989 and 1992 and the month of February in 1990 and 1991. The first two events were under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. ==1989== {{Infobox Wrestling event |name=WrestleWar 1989 |image= |promotion=National Wrestling Alliance |date=May 7, 1989 |venue=Nashville Municipal Auditorium |city=[[Nashv |
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ained by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It was established in 1993 to honor wrestlers who began their careers long before the 1990s, mostly alumni of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), the predecessors of WCW. Inductees received commemorative plaques that had their names inscribed on it. Wrestlers were inducted by Gordon Solie, a senio |
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th Carolina]] |resides= |billed= |retired=1994 }} '''Jim Crockett, Jr.''' (born 1944) is a former professional wrestling promoter and the owner of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s Jim Crockett Promotions, and also part of the Charlotte Knights, a minor-league baseball team in Charlotte, NC. ==Career== ===Early life=== Born to [[Jim Crockett|Jim |
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'''S.D. Jones''' from his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). He also wrestled in Jim Crockett Promotions and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and he won the NWA Americas Tag Team Championship three times. ==Career== Before becoming a wrestler, Efriam worked at a telephone company. While there, he began training under [[Johnny R |
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t to defend the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Sting and Angle in a triple threat match at TNA Sacrifice#2007|Sacrifice. The day of the PPV, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), the owners of the NWA World Heavyweight and the NWA World Tag Team Championships, stripped Cage of the title and Team 3D of the tag team title. NWA Executive Director Robert K. Trobich stated the |
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nship Wrestling]] (WCCW), the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the Global Wrestling Federation (GWF), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Since his retirement from professional wrestling, Garvin has become an Airline Transport Pilot. ==Career== ===Early career=== Garvin began his wrestling care |
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ger]] in a tag team match with Shantelle Taylor on November 6, 2005. ===Return to New England=== In 2006, Rocha began competing for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) returning to the New England area wrestling for NWA Cyberspace as well as making regular appearances in Connecticut Championship Wrestling and New England Championship Wrestling (NE |
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played one season for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League, appearing in 13 regular-season games. ===Early career=== He worked briefly in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and the American Wrestling Association (AWA) beginning in 1976 until he joined the World Wrestling Federation in 1979. ===World Wrestling Federation / Enterta |
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the only person in the history of TNA to hold every active championship at the same time; TNA World, X Division, and World Tag Team. In May 2007 the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) ended their five-year partnership with TNA, which allowed the NWA to regain control over the NWA World Heavyweight and [[NWA World Tag Team Championship|World T |
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|attendance=15,447 }} '''Starrcade '83: Flare for the Gold''' was the first annual Starrcade professional wrestling event. It was produced under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner by Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP). The event took place on November 24, 1983 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina and was broadcast on [[closed-circuit televisio |
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etown= |trainer=Peter Maivia }} The '''Wild Samoans''' was the tag team of Afa Anoa'i|Afa and Sika Anoa'i|Sika in Mid-South Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The Samoans held 21 tag team championships around the world. ==Gimmick== In interviews the duo rarely spoke, only grunt |
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is wrestling career in 1970. During the first half of the decade, he competed in Pacific Northwest Wrestling, the Portland, Oregon-based division of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). While there, he formed a tag team known as The Compadres with Jose Gonzales and won the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship on July 2, 1973. Wrestling under the ring name Leo Madr |
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e inducted into the Hall of Fame, inductees must have held a title belt or played an important role in or around the Missouri area between 1959 and 1983, when the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) promotion had a strong presence in St. Louis. For the initial group of inductions, the directors decided that Sam Muchnick, Lou Thesz, Bill Longson, Mickey Garagiola, Penny Banner |
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vying for dominance. In 1948, wrestling reached new heights after a loose confederation was formed between independent wrestling companies. This was known as the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). In the late 1940s to 1950s, the NWA chose Lou Thesz to unify the various world championships into a single "World Heavyweight" title. Thesz's task was not easy, as some promoters, relu |
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nited States|American]] professional wrestler. He competed primarily in promotions operated by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). He also had shorter stints in the Continental Wrestling Association and Georgia Championship Wrestling. ==1970s== ===NWA Hollywood Wrestling=== Cash made his wrestling debut in 1973, co |
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e]] brothers "Handsome" Jimmy Valiant, "Luscious" Johnny Valiant, and "Gentleman" Jerry Valiant. The team wrestled for National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), World Wide Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Federation (WWWF/WWF) and World Wrestling Association (Indianapolis)|World Wrestling Association (WWA). == |
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966-68, with four different partners: Luis Hernandez, Mark Lewin, Victor Rivera, and Ricky Romero (wrestler)|Ricky Romero. During a stint in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), Morales held the Hawaiian U.S. title for two months in 1969. ===World Wide Wrestling Federation (1970-1973)=== In 1970, Morales joined the [[World Wre |
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s]] (JCP), a territory-promotion governed by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The title was only contestable by male individual wrestlers. Since 1974, JCP was also known as "Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling" (MACW), which is why all of its championships included |
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anca, Dixon made his professional wrestling debut in 1955 for Lutteroth's Empressa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL). In 1958 the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) granted Salvador Lutteroth the booking rights to the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship at their annual NWA Conference. Dixon was Lutteroth's choice as champion, defeating Al Kashley for |
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o the celebratory cake. The rivalry between the two teams carried on into the National Wrestling Alliance. ===Jim Crockett Promotions=== They went to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) in 1985 and won four NWA World Tag Team Championships over the next couple of years. On July 9, 1985, the team debuted in JCP against the team of [[Ivan Koloff |
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vying for dominance. In 1948, wrestling reached new heights after a loose confederation was formed between independent wrestling companies. This was known as the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). In the late 1940s to 1950s, the NWA chose Lou Thesz to unify the various world championships into a single "World Heavyweight" title. Thesz's task was not easy, as some promoters, relu |
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became the promotion's legitimate general manager after the company fired Nigel Sherrod. == Job titles == * Senior Developmental Referee and Referee Trainer *National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Referee *Former World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Referee *Former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Referee *Former Deep South Wrestling (DSW) Referee *Former [[Florida Championshi |
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ll post-1988 footage of WCCW and its successor promotions. == National Wrestling Alliance == Throughout its history, WWE has had a long relationship with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). For many decades, until the mid-1980s, the NWA acted as a governing body of the many various regional wrestling promotions, and membership allowed for decreased regional co |
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Until 2009, Danielson primarily competed on the independent circuit. ROH was generally regarded as his home promotion, but he also worked in FIP, PWG, and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). He has also worked internationally, most notably in Pro Wrestling Noah through ROH's involvement in the Global Professional Wrestling Alliance, a global organization of cooperative promotions th |
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o Florida Championship Wrestling, where they won five Tag Team Titles from 1988 through 1990. In 1990, they went to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s Jim Crockett Promotions which had been purchased by Ted Turner and would be renamed World Championship Wrestling (WCW) before they left a few months later. They [[Feud (professional wre |
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ay Traylor|Big Bubba Rogers]]. When Jim Crockett Promotions bought the UWF in late 1987, he was one of the few UWF wrestlers to receive an initial push in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). ===Teaming with Terry Gordy and Mike Rotunda (1988–1994)=== Williams became involved with Jimmy Garvin's war with Kevin Sullivan (wrestler)|Kevin Sullivan's Varsity Club in 1988, o |
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blished in WWE, having been introduced in 1963 as the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) World Heavyweight Championship. After ending its affiliation with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) governing body in 1983, the promotion was renamed World Wrestling Federation (WWF) with the title also renamed to reflect the acronym. In 2001, it was unified with the [[ |
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5 to 8:05 following the introduction of TBS (TV channel)#Turner Time|TBS' "Turner Time" in 1981) every Saturday night. In 1976, GCW became the first National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territory to earn a national cable television contract as the soon-to-be-renamed Superstation WTBS began to be carried by various cable and satellite providers nationwide. In 1982, Georgia Champio |
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n battle royal at WrestleRock 86 on April 20, 1986. The match was won by Sherri Martel. ===National Wrestling Alliance=== In 1986, Simmes joined the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and was awarded the NWA United States Women's Championship (a replacement of the prior NWA Women's Championship|NWA World Women's Championship held by Debbie Combs). She once challenged C |
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with a degree in pre med. In the course of his career, which has spanned over two decades, Hall has wrestled for the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and the World Wrestling Federation |
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ing }} '''Jim Crockett Promotions''' was a professional wrestling promotion owned by Jim Crockett, Jr. up until the late 1980s. It was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and was the forerunner to World Championship Wrestling (WCW). ==Early history== In 1931, Jim Crockett, Sr. began promoting wrestling from his homebase of [[Charlotte, North C |
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] player. He has competed for several promotions, and currently competes for Impact Zone Wrestling (IZW), a territory of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) based in Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix, Arizona. He has also wrestled in several other promotions and was signed to a contract with [[World Wrestling Entertain |
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Koji Kanemoto. the NWA World Junior Heavyweight title would reside around Tiger Mask IV’s waist for over a year until he lost it to Mike Quackenbush on a National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) sanctioned show in Portage, Indiana. When New Japan decided to create several "Brands", Tiger Mask was appointed as an 'ace' of New Japan Pro Wrestling#Brand Extension|WRESTLE LAND al |
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80s. It was an attempt to unify various federations, including Jim Crockett Promotions, the American Wrestling Association (AWA), and other members of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). ==Background== By 1984, Vince McMahon had begun moves to take the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment [WWE]) national, and bought |
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title was introduced on August 17, 1997 at an OVW live event, then known as the NWA-OVW Heavyweight Championship due to OVW's relationship with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) governing body. OVW eventually parted ways with the NWA in October 2001, and the title was renamed the OVW Heavyweight Championship. OVW later became a developmental territory for the [[World Wrestli |
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stling Association, where he twice captured their International Heavyweight title. Elsewhere in Canada, Jonathan found more success competing in Toronto's National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) affiliate Maple Leaf Wrestling (where he first teamed with Gene Kiniski to win the Canadian Open Tag Team title, in 1959) and in Winnipeg, Manitoba|Winnipeg, where he wrestled for NWA mem |
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in Amarillo, Texas. He and his brother, Dory Funk, Jr., quickly rose up the ranks and became big money wrestlers by the end of the decade. They joined the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in 1968. In 1975, Terry defeated Jack Brisco for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. He began a fourteen-month title reign which ended in Toronto when he was defeated by "Handsom |
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> <text xml:space="preserve">The '''NWA United States Tag Team Championship''' is a name used by several championships that were or currently are under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s supervision: *WWWF United States Tag Team Championship, was known as the ''NWA United States Tag Team Championship'' under the NWA-affiliated [[World Wrestling Entertainment|Capitol Wrestlin |
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s a retired American professional wrestler, best known by his ring name '''Soldat Ustinov''', who competed in North American regional promotions including the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and the American Wrestling Association (AWA) during the 1980s. ==Career== ===American Wrestling Association (1986 - 1989)=== Arriving in the AWA in late 1986, he would begin teaming with [[ |
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e NWA-ECW Heavyweight Championship with Jimmy Snuka becoming the inaugural champion on April 25. However, its origin is attributed to events that began in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), a promotion with various subsidiaries. In the early 1990s, Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW) was a subsidi |
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ional wrestling promotion|promotion]] which existed from 1988 to 2001. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a regional promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), named Jim Crockett Promotions until November 1988, when Ted Turner and his Turner Broadcasting purchased the promotion, renaming it "World Championship Wrestling". Turner, and |
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Naucalpan]] against EMLL. UWA would be a tremendous force for 15 years but due to a weakening talent pool and affiliates, it died in the 1990s. EMLL joined the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) as its Mexican affiliate as NWA-EMLL. In time, it pulled out in the 1980s due to promoter disunity, and the NWA's losing battle to stave off World Wrestling Entertainment's expansion and consoli |
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stBoy Yar. ===Jersey All Pro Wrestling and the independents=== Reil continued to wrestle and was honing his craft working in Jersey All Pro Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) New Jersey territory, and Grande Wrestling Alliance when his big break happened outside the ring. Due to his smaller size (160 lb) at the time, Reil was often taken advantage of in the r |
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Mike Graham and Kevin Sullivan (wrestler)|Kevin Sullivan. Two years later, he began working with the Hollywood Blondes once again. He worked for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s Jim Crockett Promotions in the 1980s where he managed Greg Valentine, Paul Jones (wrestler)|Paul Jones and George Gray (wrestler)|The One Man Gang. He left the company in 1983 but |
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#Gimmick/style championships|television]] Championship (professional wrestling)|championship in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). It was introduced in National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) affiliate and ECW precursor, Eastern Championship Wrestling in 1992 but was established under ECW in 1994. It served as the second highest ranked title in the ECW. |
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mained active for the next 51 years with the last recognized reign beginning on November 9, 1956. Several of the championship reigns are also recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) under the NWA World Heavyweight Championship's lineage. World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) current two World Heavyweight Championships (the [[ |
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Combs dated Randy Savage for five years while they were both working for ICW. ==Career== ===National Wrestling Alliance=== Debbie Combs worked in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and is a former NWA World Women's Championship|NWA World Women's Champion. There are conflicting facts about Combs' title reign. Either she defeated Penny Mitchell to become the champion in [[Kan |
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promoter. He was involved in professional wrestling for more than fifty years. As one of the longest surviving members of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), he was affiliated with the promotion from 1949 to 1982. ==Early life== He was born in Garvin, Oklahoma. He suffered the loss of his father before he was twelve and had endure the loss of si |
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ere he excelled as a boxer and won several championships. ==Career== McShain's family moved to Glendale, California, where he competed for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). He won his first championship, the World Light Heavyweight Championship (National Wrestling Association)|NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship, on October 11, 1937. Over the next ten years, |
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d]]''', known as members of the Four Horsemen (professional wrestling)|Four Horsemen, were a professional wrestling tag team in the 1980s competing in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as '''The Brain Busters'''. ==History== ===National Wrestling Alliance=== Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard were foundin |
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Texas Heavyweight Title. Regal and Garvin lost the tag title to Curt Hennig and Scott Hall four months later. The pair then signed to wrestle with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s Pacific Northwest Wrestling, where he held the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship twice. He vacated the title in December 1981 due to an injury. In 1986, he joined [[Jim Cr |
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eWar#1990|WrestleWar (1990)]] }} '''Starrcade '89''' was the seventh annual Starrcade professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. It was the second Starrcade event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and it took place on December 13, 1989 at The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia. |
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is concerned with the American professional wrestling promotion that existed from 1988 to 2001. It began as a promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) that appeared on the national scene under the ownership of media mogul Ted Turner and based in Atlanta, Georgia. In the 1990s, World Championship Wrestling |
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granted control over the NWA World Heavyweight and World Tag Team Championships by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) governing body; subsequently becoming an official NWA territory as NWA–TNA. On June 19, 2002, NWA–TNA held its first show; a |
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roa performed in a card presented by the IWA. Subsequently, Figueroa began competing for NWA On Fire, one of the independent promotions that form part of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). On December 27, 2008, Figueroa was booked to win the NWA On Fire Heavyweight Championship by defeating Danny Inferno. On May 2, 2009, Figueroa defeated Mike DiBiase II to win the [[NWA North |
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Public Enemy''' was the tag team of Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). They won the World Tag Team Championships in each company except WWF. Their name was taken from the [[Public Enemy (band |
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993, allegedly instigated by remarks Cornette made to black fans at ringside. ===National Wrestling Alliance=== The promotion had a brief association with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), whose flagship promotion Eastern Championship Wrestling had split away in autumn 1994, leaving the NWA with no World Heavyweight Champion. A 10-man tournam |
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tling career on this "side of the pond". Maynard is listed in the "WWE Top Wrestlers of All Time." He was National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s America's Tag Team Champion twice (with Rocky Johnson in 1970 as well as with his longtime partner Dory Dixon in 1972). All of his bodybuilding ach |
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]] singer * Tyler Scott, (CFL) player Toronto Argonauts, former player Holy Names Knights * Kim Shaw, actress * Larry Shreve, National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) professional wrestler known as Abdullah the Butcher * Joe Siddall, former MLB baseball player * Jimmy Skinner, 1917-2007 former NHL hockey coach and executive * [[Skip Spence|Alexander |
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was his manager in the very beginning. He mostly wrestled as Stu Hart's tag team partner after returning to wrestling in 1953. He fought Lou Thesz for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s NWA World Heavyweight Championship in 1953 in Canada and wrestled Thesz again to a 90-minute draw in Edmonton in 1955. George Gordienko won the Alberta Golden Jubilee tournament in 1 |
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nth. Returning to the United States, Pugliese formed another tag team in Big Time Wrestling, a Texas-based division of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). He teamed with Wahoo McDaniel to win the NWA Texas Tag Team Championship. Records from the time period in this promotion are unclear about the dates and titl |
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les, he emerged with bleach-blonde hair, over 100lbs lighter, and the new ring name "Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol in 1978. Idol challenged for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight Championship several times versus Harley Race (1980) and Ric Flair (1981-84). He also competed in the [[American Wrestling Associatio |
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|nextevent=Chi-Town Rumble }} '''Starrcade '88''' was the sixth annual Starrcade professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. It was the first Starrcade event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and it took place on December 26, 1988 from the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. Shortly before |
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efore the TNA World Heavyweight Championship was created, TNA held control over the NWA World Heavyweight Championship due to an agreement between TNA and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), the organization which owned the NWA Championship. In 2007, the agreement between TNA and the NWA ended, leading to the creation of the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. There have been a total of |
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ck]]. He competed across Canada, in several American promotions, and wrestled internationally for both Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council (WWC) and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in New Zealand. In Canada, where he spent the majority of his career, Cormier used the ring name '''Leo Burke'''. In the United States, however, he competed as Tommy Martin. Over the cour |
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nd renamed the circuit Mid-South Wrestling (MSW, known officially as the Mid-South Wrestling Association). One of his first acts as owner was to withdraw from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), though MSW would still remain loosely aligned with the organization and continue to have the NWA World Champion defend his title on MSW shows. MSW began adding |
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ent]] company primarily focused on professional wrestling. The promotion was founded in 1952 as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC). In 1953, CWC joined the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) as a subsidiary. During this time, CWC wrestlers could compete for championships operated by the NWA. In 1958, the CWC created the [[WWWF United States Tag Team Championship|United States Tag Team |
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d in Boston, Grable and Moolah were involved in a Feud (professional wrestling)|feud. ===National Wrestling Alliance (1956–1966)=== She wrestled in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territories through the 1950s and the 1960s. In September 1956, a battle royal (professional wrestling)|battle royal was held to determine the new [[NWA World Women's Championship|NWA World Women |
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a 4.5 buyrate, which means that 4.5% of pay-per-view subscribers ordered the event. The original plan for SummerSlam was to bring Ric Flair over from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) to the WWF. Flair, Ric. ''To Be the Man'', 234. Vince McMahon, the owner of the WWF, wanted Flair to challenge Savage in the main event for the WWF Championship. Flair, however, felt obligated |
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ress (professional wrestling)|Midnight Express]] (Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton, and later Stan Lane). With Cornette as manager, the team were 2-time National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Tag Team Champions and 2-time NWA United States Tag Team champions. As a manager, Cornette was known for both his loud mouth and for his ever-present tennis racket, which Cornette often use |
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July 4, 1960) is a professional wrestler and the son of wrestler Blackjack Mulligan. He is best known for his appearances with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). In NWA/WCW, he was a 1 time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, a |
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ompany had offices in both Washington, D.C. and New York. There is not a lot of information on the early days of the CWC, but it is known that it joined the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in 1953. Mondt had been using Antonino Rocca as a main eventer. He was successful in the role and Mondt was pleased to have him as part of the company. Unfortunately, Mondt was unable to keep |
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ined the NWA and enjoyed success there as one of the top draws (off-and-on) for the next decade. After departing from the WWF, Windham worked an extended stint in National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). He worked in NWA's territory Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF) as a Face (professional wrestling)|babyface, where most notably he wrestled in the main event of Battle of the Belts II |
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ning with Jerry Jarrett. Throughout the 1980s, he alternated his time between Tennessee, Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia, and Alabama territories of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). He won dozens of NWA regional titles during this time. He is best known as one of the original stars of the TBS (TV network)|TBS wrestling shows from the 1970s and 1980s. His bloody [[Feud (prof |
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Action Wrestling]]'s (TNA) tag team division. After the formation of TNA in June 2002, the company executives signed a contractual agreement with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) that allowed them control of the NWA World Heavyweight and World Tag Team Championships. TNA subsequently changed their nam |
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rtner, Tod Gordon, who in return renamed the promotion Eastern Championship Wrestling. When Eastern Championship Wrestling was founded, it was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). At the time, Eddie Gilbert (wrestler)|"Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert [http://www.eddiegilbert.com/profile2.html Doors Open and Doors Close] was the lead booker of Eastern Championship Wres |
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Heyman's increased workload led to him making fewer and fewer appearances on-camera. A year later, the company was the flagship promotion of the struggling National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). A tournament was scheduled to be held in August 1994 for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, at an ECW-hosted event mostly featuring ECW wrestlers. The proposed outcome was the current ECW c |
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began wrestling at the age of 15 and was trained by The Fabulous Moolah. She was the frequent tag team partner of Sandy Parker, with whom she won the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship. The title reign, however, is unrecognized. In 1975, Green defeated Moolah for the NWA World Women's Championship, but the reign is unrecognized by t |
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to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport. ==Championship history== In the late 1980s CMLL left the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) to avoid the politics of the NWA. In 1991, CMLL decided to create a series of World Championships, one of which was the for the Middleweight division. They use a one night, eight man tournament to de |
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ed by two championship belts, which were worn by the champions. Originally, ECW was known as Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW) when it was a subsidiary for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), a promotion that had numerous subsidiaries. In 1992, the NWA created the tag team championship for ECW and oversaw its operation; the NWA also owned the copyrigh |
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obsessedwithwrestling.com/profiles/d/doug-williams.php] After a short time, McPhie moved on to compete in the independent wrestling scene and competed for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in singles matches against the UK Pitbulls. He also worked for the Catch Wrestling Association before settling with the Ultimate Wrestling Alliance (UWA). McPhie was a regular rival of |
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lis|Minneapolis, Minnesota]] that ran from 1960 to 1991. It was owned and founded by Verne Gagne and Wally Karbo. The territory was originally part of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), becoming an independent territory in the late 1950s. The influence of Verne Gagne and the AWA as a whole in professional wrestling is immeasurable. Many wrestlers and personalities were either train |
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''' was a professional wrestling world tag team championship in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). It was introduced in National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) affiliate and ECW precursor, Eastern Championship Wrestling in 1992 but was established under ECW in 1994. ==History== The ECW World Tag Team Championship was i |
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ffice. Partnering with Gust Karras and Pat O'Connor, he renamed the promotion Heart of America Sports Attractions. He then took his place on the board of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). In that same year, Geigel was cited as a co-defendant in an anti-monopoly case brought against the Central States territory by previous owner Pinkie George. Along with his partners Karras and O'Con |
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Stampede]] }} '''Starrcade '87''' was the fifth annual Starrcade professional wrestling event produced by Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. It took place on November 26, 1987 from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. It was the first NWA event to be broadcast on pay-per-view, and was the first major JCP even |
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ssional wrestling]] World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling)|world heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling)|championship of the National Wrestling Association (NWA), an offshoot of the National Boxing Association (NBA). The title existed from 1929 through 1949, when it was unified with the National Wrestling Alliance's [[ |
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the John Lennon song "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" as using the word in a positive context. Rose also discussed the use of the word by the band Niggaz With Attitude (NWA) and was occasionally photographed wearing an NWA hat from then on. Other times he recalled personal experiences which had driven him to write such lyrics, such as feeling intimidated by the black str |
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pril 2008) Egan, Paul, and Tom Greenwood. “Lawsuit accuses Northwest of discriminating against disabled.” The Detroit News. 14 April 2008. === Suit filed against Northwest Airlines (NWA) and Wayne County Airport Authority on behalf of five disabled passengers, claiming that NWA and the Airport Authority violated the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Carrier Act and the |