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A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. "Promotion" also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event. Within the convention of the show, the company is a sports governing body which sanctions
1968–1970 [131] Thomas Machlay: Tommy Young [132] Leslie Malady: Les Thatcher [133] Chris Markoff † Chris Markoff 1970 1981–1982 1985 [134] Micheal McCord: Austin Idol Dennis McCord 1972 1981–1982 [135] Edward McDaniel † Wahoo McDaniel 1974–1987 [136] Akihisa Mera: The Great Kabuki 1983–1985 [137] Omar Mijares: Omar Atlas 1965 ...
1970 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling. ... Only one promotion held notable shows in 1970. Promotion Name ...
National Wrestling Federation: 1970–1974, 1986 ... List of independent wrestling promotions in the United States. List of National Wrestling Alliance territories;
For many decades, from its founding in 1948 until the mid-1980s, the NWA acted as a governing body of America's many regional wrestling promotions, and membership in the NWA allowed for the shared use of big-name stars for local wrestling events. WWE (as the CWC) was a member of the NWA between 1950s and 1963, and again (as the WWWF/WWF ...
The promotion went out of business in 1980. Big Time Wrestling was the subject of the 1985 mockumentary I Like to Hurt People. [10] [12] Professional wrestling in Detroit remained subdued until the World Wrestling Federation began promoting in the city as part of the 1980s professional wrestling boom. [13]
This is a list of outlaw wrestling promotions in the United States, sorted by regional area, from the 1940s to 1980s. This list does not include pre-1948 groups active during the " Pioneer Era " (1900s–1940s), overseas promotions outside the NWA remit from this period or modern-day " indy promotions ".
The National Wrestling Federation (NWF) was a professional wrestling promotion based [1] in Buffalo, New York and owned by promoter Pedro Martinez. It ran from 1970 to 1974. It ran from 1970 to 1974. The promotion was then revived in 1986 by Robert Raskin.