NWA show to start airing on national TV

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The WWE have rights to some NWA matches, not all of them. When Turner bought full control of WCW he bought loose the match library of the Crockett part of the NWA as well since that is what had become WCW, they then became the property of the WWE when they bough WCW from Turner.

WWE also bought the rights to all of their old NWA matches from when Vince McMahons grandfather and father ran WWWF as part of the NWA.

The NWA is a big organization consisting of hundreds of wrestling promotions all over the united states. WWE hardly has the rights to all of the NWA's matches, simply the once they were involved in back when there was a connection between the NWA, WWE or any organization the WWE bought out.

Oh so what the point of having there when WWE and WCW had there own title then?

 

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Oh so what the point of having there when WWE and WCW had there own title then?

Competition basically. There are some fans who didn't or don't like the WWE or WCW product and wanted or want to watch something else. Thus there exists other promotions for them to follow. In some states wrestling is really big so there are tons of local promotions, these local promotions banded together to form the NWA so that they could share their best talent (having them tour the country) and also have one common world title.

WWE and WCW expanded to such a degree that NWA was pushed out of the way as the top promotion in America. Now they are fourth I'd say with number 1 being WWE, second being TNA and third being Ring of Honor. The NWA is very big on the west coast and around the New York New Jersey area.

As for the titles: The WWE title was just a local title when it was part of the NWA, when Vince McMahon broke out of the NWA they elevated their title to the top title in the "world" or at least in their promotion, same thing WCW and ECW did when they broke out of the NWA (ECW started out as a local NWA promotion in Philadelphia). CM Punk's best friend Colt Cabana (Scotty Goldman in the WWE) was NWA World champ until just recently.

 

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Was wondering when this would start airing, so here's some more info in case anyone else was curious:

The promotion's official release reads:

**BREAKING NEWS** From the Desk of Brian Webster

Get ready to slam & jam when the action-packed excitement of the National Wrestling Alliance debuts on ION Television in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut!!!

ION Television is bringing the action of the National Wrestling Alliance to AT&T U-Verse, DirecTV, DISH Network, Cablevision, RCN Cable, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FIOS every Friday Night at 11 PM starting October 12th on ION TV!

From heavyweight champion Brian Fury, the ruthless Rex Lawless, tag team chicanery with the Minute Men, and a host of classic superstars like Jerry The King Lawler, Kerry Von Erich, Steve Austin, Superfly Jimmy Snuka, Andre The Giant, and an honor-roll of marquee names, the traditions of the past combine with the ring warriors of the present and superstars of the future to form the greatest tag-team combination televised pro wrestling has ever seen!

Each week, the hottest 60 minutes on television is NWA Wrestling On Fire! Over 100 million fans can’t be wrong! NWA Wrestling On Fire now brings main event style matches to a wide-eyed, captivated audience in the greater New York/New Jersey and Connecticut television market!

NWA, the National Wrestling Alliance is recognized worldwide as the 60-year leader in traditional professional wrestling action. Hall Of Fame stars that helped build the NWA from the ground up include Harley Race, Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Lou Thesz, and countless other megastars. NWA Wrestling On Fire continues the tradition that NWA’s founders so proudly began!

Call your local cable company for channel availability!

ION Television and NWA Wrestling On Fire--- Wrestling like it oughta be!! Grab a ringside seat, every Friday at 11 PM starting October 12th!

www.NWAOnFire.com.

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So that sounds like even though it's going to the ION Network, it will still only be aired in the NY, NJ and Conn. area. :sad: