PWX promoter Jim Miller joined the National Wrestling Alliance in December of 1997, and began promoting PWX cards as NWA sanctioned events in January 0f 1998. Upon gaining membership, Miller was awarded the territory of Western Pennsylvania, as well as parts of Eastern Ohio and Northern West Virginia by the NWA Board of Directors. In 2001 Miller was also awarded the Pennsylvania areas that were vacated by former member Marc Corraluzzo, and in 2004 was given the territory of Michigan, which had been vacated earlier in the year by former member Gene Miller. Miller ha ...

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NWA East, NWA East - History, NWA East - Roster

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NWA World Television Championship, NWA World Television Championship - History

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During the "glory days" of the NWA, the NWA World Heavyweight Champion was required to to place a $25,000 security deposit to the NWA treasurer to ensure that the champion did not leave the NWA with the belt. Whenever the champion lost the title, he received the deposit, plus any interest that has accumulated over time. There were a few exceptions: Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes declined their deposit whenever they dropped the tit ...

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NWA World Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Heavyweight Championship - The $25000 Deposit, NWA World Heavyweight Championship - Current Champion

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List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions - Champions in TNA. Ken Shamrock Ron "The Truth" Killings Jeff Jarrett A.J. Styles Raven Rhino List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions - Champions in WCW. Ric Flair Hulk Hogan The Giant Randy Savage Lex Luger Sting Bill Goldberg Kevin Nash Diamond Dallas Page Bret Hart Chris Benoit ...

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List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions, List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions - Champions, List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions - Champions in TNA, List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions - Champions in WCW, List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions - Champions in WWF/WWE, List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions - WWE Undisputed Champions, List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions - History

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Boogie Down Productions was originally composed of KRS One, D Nice, and DJ Scott La Rock. The latter got shot after the release of BDP's debut album Criminal Minded in 1987, at about the same time when Ice T and NWA released their debut albums. While Criminal Minded was basically about sex and crime, BDP radically changed after Scott's death, becoming the most popular conscious rap group besides Public Ene ...

Including:

• Boogie Down Productions - Discography
• Boogie Down Productions - Singles
• Boogie Down Productions - External link

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Current version created in 1992 Go to "See Also" to see title histories ...

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NWA World Tag Team Championship, NWA World Tag Team Championship - Versions of the Title, NWA World Tag Team Championship - Current Champions, NWA World Tag Team Championship - Trivia

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There is still a group of promoters which hold membership in the NWA and continue to use the NWA name, although (with the exception of New Zealand's Steve Rickard, who rarely promotes anyway) no members are holdovers from the membership of the promotions "glory days" of the 1940s-1980s. In order to join the NWA, a promoter must have been operating for at least one year in a territory uncontested by any other NWA member, and their application must be approved by a majority vote of the Board of Directors, although there are numerous exc ...

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National Wrestling Alliance, National Wrestling Alliance - Territories, National Wrestling Alliance - Former Member Territories, National Wrestling Alliance - Decline and Fall of the Territory System, National Wrestling Alliance - The NWA Today, National Wrestling Alliance - Titles in the Company, National Wrestling Alliance - World Championships, National Wrestling Alliance - National Championships, National Wrestling Alliance - Regional Championships

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1985 would be a big year for Jim Crockett. First, Crockett was re-elected NWA president. Crockett also purchased the Saturday evening TBS timeslot from McMahon, and reverted it to the name "World Championship Wrestling". He would also buy out Ole Anderson's Georgia Championship Wrestling circuit, giving Crockett the power to run his shows as far south as Georgia, including in Atlanta. The post-1985 history of Jim Crockett Promotions ...

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Jim Crockett Promotions, Jim Crockett Promotions - Eastern States Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions - Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions - Georgia Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions - NWA Unification, Jim Crockett Promotions - Current Ownership, Jim Crockett Promotions - Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup, Jim Crockett Promotions - Titles in Jim Crockett Promotions

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The first promotion in the United States to use the WCW name was Georgia Championship Wrestling, which was a merger of two separate factions of promoters (NWA Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling & NWA Georgia) following the death of NWA Georgia promoter Ray Gunkel. This promotion, owned primarily by Jack Brisco and Gerald Brisco and booked by Ole Anderson, was the first NWA territory to gain cable TV access. In 1983, Georgia Championship Wrestling changed its name to World Championship Wrestling and began to run shows in "neutral" territ ...

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World Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling - In the Beginning: The NWA Years, World Championship Wrestling - The Bischoff Era Begins, World Championship Wrestling - Monday Night Wars, World Championship Wrestling - WCW vs. nWo, World Championship Wrestling - Vince McMahon Strikes Back, World Championship Wrestling - The Death of WCW, World Championship Wrestling - Final champions, World Championship Wrestling - Books, World Championship Wrestling - WCW Titles, World Championship Wrestling - WCW Special Tournaments

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ECW was founded in 1992, under the name Eastern Championship Wrestling, and upon its foundation, it was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance. After owner Tod Gordon had a bad falling out with head booker "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert, Gordon called upon Paul Heyman. Gordon called Heyman because Heyman was Eddie Gilbert's closest confidant. Gordon wanted Heyman to help him book a big show called Ultra Clash '93 (on September 18, 1993) at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia. Some people have accused Heyman of stabbing Eddie Gilbert ...

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Extreme Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling - NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Extreme Championship Wrestling - History, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Tommy Dreamer Versus Raven, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Dudley Family Reign, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Steve Austin Period, Extreme Championship Wrestling - WWF Cross-Promotion, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Crucifixion, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Mass Transit, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Barely Legal, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Justin Credible Period, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The FTW Heavyweight Championship, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Mike Awesome Title Controversy, Extreme Championship Wrestling - XPW, Extreme Championship Wrestling - TNN, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Bankruptcy, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Tod Gordon takes on WWE, Extreme Championship Wrestling - ECW in WWF, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Alliance, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Rise and Fall of ECW, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Reunion shows, Extreme Championship Wrestling - ECW One Night Stand, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Hardcore Homecoming, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Books, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Final champions, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Famous crowd chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - General chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Wrestler-specific chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - General performer chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Trademarks

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During its heyday, all the member federations of the NWA had a monopoly over their given territory; the members of the NWA would all recognize the NWA World Heavyweight Championship as their highest title. Wrestlers, like Ric Flair, who held the NWA Title, could also go on tours of member federations. What this meant is that any member territory who broke the NWA's rules faced expulsion, and thus risked missing out on having wrestlers with household names appear in their territories. Similarly, if another promoter began performing sho ...

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National Wrestling Alliance, National Wrestling Alliance - Territories, National Wrestling Alliance - Former Member Territories, National Wrestling Alliance - Decline and Fall of the Territory System, National Wrestling Alliance - The NWA Today, National Wrestling Alliance - Titles in the Company, National Wrestling Alliance - World Championships, National Wrestling Alliance - National Championships, National Wrestling Alliance - Regional Championships

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National Wrestling Alliance - World Championships. Upon its founding in 1948, the NWA Board of Directors recognized only three championships as world titles. There were however no rules within the organization preventing individual members promoting titles in other divisions as world titles. Only the first two are still recognized by the Board. NWA World Heavyweight Championship NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship NWA Wo ...

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National Wrestling Alliance, National Wrestling Alliance - Territories, National Wrestling Alliance - Former Member Territories, National Wrestling Alliance - Decline and Fall of the Territory System, National Wrestling Alliance - The NWA Today, National Wrestling Alliance - Titles in the Company, National Wrestling Alliance - World Championships, National Wrestling Alliance - National Championships, National Wrestling Alliance - Regional Championships

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Theodore Long - Early career. In the past, he worked as a manager to many wrestlers, in both the defunct WCW, and the WWF. He also worked as a referee in the late-1990s. Theodore Long - NWA/WCW. Long started out as an errand boy for wrestlers Tommy Rich and Abdullah the Butcher. He eventually became a member of the ringcrew and was promoted to referee in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions in 1985 as Teddy Long. He was a good referee until 1989 when he started to bend the ...

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Theodore Long, Theodore Long - Career, Theodore Long - Early career, Theodore Long - NWA/WCW, Theodore Long - WWF/WWE, Theodore Long - Quotes, Theodore Long - Wrestlers managed by Theodore Long, Theodore Long - Accomplishments

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Video tape trading and cable television paved the way for the eventual death of the NWA's regional business, as fans could now see for themselves the plot holes and inconsistencies between the different regional storylines, and the presence of stars like Ric Flair on TV every week made their special appearances in each region less of a draw. WWF promoter Vince McMahon used these gathering trends, and talent raids, to turn his northeastern territory into a national federation. To compete against this threat, various promoters attempted to co-promote shows under the Pro Wrestling U ...

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National Wrestling Alliance, National Wrestling Alliance - Territories, National Wrestling Alliance - Former Member Territories, National Wrestling Alliance - Decline and Fall of the Territory System, National Wrestling Alliance - The NWA Today, National Wrestling Alliance - Titles in the Company, National Wrestling Alliance - World Championships, National Wrestling Alliance - National Championships, National Wrestling Alliance - Regional Championships

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1-Time WCW World Tag Team Champion (with Jimmy Garvin) 2-Time WCW United States Tag Team Champion (with Jimmy Garvin) 1-Time WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Champion (with Jimmy Garvin & Badstreet) 1-Time NWA United States Heavyweight Champion 1-Time NWA World Tag Team Champion (with Jimmy Garvin) 4-Time NWA National Tag Team Champion (with Terry Gordy 3 times and Otis Sistrunk once) 1-Time NWA Georgia Tag Team Champion (with Terry Go ...

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Michael Hayes wrestler, Michael Hayes wrestler - Career, Michael Hayes wrestler - Early days, Michael Hayes wrestler - World Class, Michael Hayes wrestler - NWA/WCW, Michael Hayes wrestler - WWF/WWE, Michael Hayes wrestler - Profile, Michael Hayes wrestler - Finishing and signature moves, Michael Hayes wrestler - Championships and accomplishments, Michael Hayes wrestler - Trivia

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Rick Michaels - Wrestlers trained by Rick Michaels. Jason Blackman The Lost Boys Skeeter Frost Slim J Kid Kool Jimmy Rave Salvatore Rinauro A.J. Styles ...

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Rick Michaels, Rick Michaels - Career, Rick Michaels - NWA Wildside, Rick Michaels - Personal life, Rick Michaels - Profile, Rick Michaels - Wrestlers trained by Rick Michaels, Rick Michaels - Championships and accomplishments

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The Great American Bash - NWA & Jim Crockett Promotions. July 6, 1985 in Charlotte, NC (Independence Arena) Jimmy Valiant def. Paul Jones Manny Fernandez, Sam Houston and Buzz Tyler def. Superstar Billy Graham, Konga the Barbarian and Abdullah the Butcher (with Paul Jones) Ron Bass (with James J. Dillon) and Buddy Landell fought to a draw National Tag Team Champs Ole and Arn Anderson def. Buzz Sawyer and Dick Slater NWA World Tag Team Champs Krus ...

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The Great American Bash, The Great American Bash - History, The Great American Bash - NWA & Jim Crockett Promotions, The Great American Bash - World Championship Wrestling, The Great American Bash - World Wrestling Entertainment

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A tag team tournament was held for three years among the NWA promotions to honor the late Jim Crockett. It was called the Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament. The tournaments were also headlined by NWA World Title Matches. The 1986 show was held on April 19, 1986 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Road Warriors won the tournament by defeating Ron Garvin & Magnum T.A. in the fin ...

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Jim Crockett Promotions, Jim Crockett Promotions - Eastern States Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions - Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions - Georgia Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions - NWA Unification, Jim Crockett Promotions - Current Ownership, Jim Crockett Promotions - Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup, Jim Crockett Promotions - Titles in Jim Crockett Promotions

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Lex Luger - NWA Florida. Luger began wrestling in the NWA Florida territory, and quickly came to dominate the area. He got his first victory on Halloween 1985 against Ed "The Bull" Gantner, and later won the Southern title from Wahoo McDaniel. In 1986, he fought NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair to a 60 minute draw. Towards the end of his run in Florida, Luger was involved in a now-legendary steel cage match with Bruiser Brody, where Brody stopped cooperating, leading to a quick exit from the ring b ...

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Lex Luger, Lex Luger - Football career, Lex Luger - Wrestling career, Lex Luger - NWA Florida, Lex Luger - World Championship Wrestling, Lex Luger - World Wrestling Federation, Lex Luger - World Championship Wrestling, Lex Luger - Semi-retirement, Lex Luger - In wrestling, Lex Luger - Finishing and signature moves, Lex Luger - Previous managers, Lex Luger - Championships and accomplishments

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Nancy Daus - Early days. When George Napolitano needed a beautiful young girl for the cover of the June 1984 edition of the pro-wrestling magazine Wrestling All Stars fellow photographer Bill Otten suggested the young Nancy Daus for the role. Nancy, who would often sit alongside her then husband Jim to watch matches was no new-comer to being in a wrestling magazine. Otten had previously photographed her for an apartment wrestling feature for another wrestling magazine. Nancy, who had been selling progra ...

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Nancy Daus, Nancy Daus - Career, Nancy Daus - Early days, Nancy Daus - NWA, Nancy Daus - ECW, Nancy Daus - WCW, Nancy Daus - Profile

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