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Professional wrestling in Australia makes up a small part of Australian culture.Unlike the North American or Japanese products which have large, globally renowned organisations such as WWE, AEW, New Japan Pro-Wrestling or Impact Wrestling with several hundred smaller promotions, Australia only has approximately 30 smaller independent circuit promotions which exist in all Australian states and ...
In 1978, the Nine Network ceased coverage of WCW; with no TV coverage, promoters were facing financial ruin, leading to the decline of professional wrestling in Australia. The "World Championship Wrestling" name was reused in 1982 by Georgia Championship Wrestling in the United States for its own TV program, which became the roots of the ...
The WCW United States Championship Tournament was a tournament that took place on July 18, 2000, for the vacated United States Championship after Scott Steiner was stripped of the title due to using his banned Steiner Recliner on Mike Awesome during a match at Bash at the Beach. [1]
Due to the circumstances surrounding Benoit's departure WCW refused to acknowledge Benoit's victory as an official title reign, and Benoit's title reign was not listed in the title lineage at WCW.com. [8] However, the WWF recognized Benoit's title win, and Benoit's title reign is still listed in the title lineage at WWE.com. [9] Benoit spent ...
Diamond Dallas Page vs. Jeff Jarrett for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship [80] 4. WCW: WCW Monday Nitro (Ep. 227) January 24, 2000: Los Angeles, California: Staples Center: 12,106 Kevin Nash vs. Sid Vicious for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship [80] 5. WCW: WCW Nitro U.K. Tour 2000! (Day 1) March 10, 2000: Birmingham ...
In 2001, the World Wrestling Federation (now known as WWE) purchased the assets of WCW, including the video libraries of all previous NWA and WCW pay-per-views, and the ownership rights of the names of these events. To date WWE has only promoted one pay-per-view event using the name of a former WCW PPV, The Great American Bash, from 2004 until ...
The 2000 World Wrestling Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 1 to 3 September 2000. Medal table. Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total; 1
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Ted Turner in 1988, after Turner Broadcasting System, through a subsidiary named Universal Wrestling Corporation, purchased the assets of National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territory Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) (which had aired its programming on TBS).