![]() After being dumped by TNA, the NWA crowned a new champion at Ring of Honor's PPV, Reclaiming the Glory. Only this time the NWA was using a smaller promotion to help get it off the ground. But just as we saw with ECW, the belt still had life. TNA is another example of a little known promotion that leaped off the back of the NWA into success.īut just like ECW, as soon as it became established, it proclaimed the title dead and vacated the belt. In a gauntlet for a gold match, Ken Shamrock became the first NWA TNA world champ in 2002 and they continued to use the NWA until Kurt Angle became the new TNA champ in 2007. Using the honor and storried history of the NWA, Jeff Jarrett's TNA also lauched under the NWA banner.Īs NWA TNA, Jarrett's promotion was able to link itself to wrestling history as they brought in former NWA champs Dusty Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat, Harley Race among others to help them separate themselves from various independent organizations. Another fledgling promotion needed help getting started, and nobody could help them out like the NWA. There history took place as The Franchise proclaimed the belt dead as he threw the belt down and discarded it for the new ECW title.ĭespite Douglas's claims, the title was far from dead. The first ever champ, Superfly Jimmy Snuka.ĮCW continued under the NWA world title banner until Shane Douglas won a world title tournament in 1994 under the ECW's new owner, Paul Heyman. ECW used the NWA ECW Heavyweight Championship to help start the fledgling promotion. ![]() Ric Flair was the bot the first and last holder of the NWA belt under the WCW banner.īut WCW wasn't the only one who caught fire using the name of the NWA. And WCW continued to use the belt until they left the NWA in 1993. WCW used the NWA belt starting in 1985, when WCW owner became the NWA President. ![]() After being rocked by the savoy WWF, the NWA continued it's efforts by lending it's name and likeness to various start up promotions. Wounded but not killed off, the NWA continues to make a positive impact in the sport of pro wrestling. The local promotions soon lost steam, unable to compete with the WWF's television presence and the once great territories were reduced to independent stature. The NWA would continue to go around boosting the local territories until Vince McMahon Jr. Thus enhancing the credibility of the area's hero. He would typically lose via count out or DQ, thus making it seem that the local champ was robbed from the world title. The NWA champ was consider the best wrestler in the world, and when he came into town you knew you were in for a treat. Decided on by the Board of Directors, which included rival and non-NWA member Vince McMahon Sr., the NWA World Heavyweight champion would travel from territory to territory to feud with the area's biggest stars. In the AWA it was Pat O'Connor, Georgia Championship Wrestling had Fred Blassie, WCWA had Fritz Von Erich, and so on.īut all of these Heavyweight champions were under one champ, the NWA heavyweight champion. No matter where you went, every organization had it's own champion. In a time where the wrestling world was shattered with numerous territories and organizations, the NWA was the glue that kept wrestling together. Since it's inception in 1948, the NWA was set to govern and protect the integrity of pro wrestling.
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