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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
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;
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]
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 ...
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 ".
Midget wrestling is professional wrestling involving people of exceptionally short stature. Its heyday was in the 1950s and 1960s, when wrestlers such as Little Beaver, Lord Littlebrook, toured North America, and Sky Low Low was the first holder of the National Wrestling Alliance's World Midget Championship.
National Wrestling Federation (1970–1974) International Wrestling Association (1975) [1] [29] [30] Don Marxen Moline and Davenport: American Wrestling Association (1963-1985) Jim Massingale 1987–1997 Smithfield, North Carolina: Carolina Championship Wrestling Alliance (1987–1997) [1] Hiro Matsuda: 1937–1999 1957–1987 Tampa, Florida