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The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is an American professional wrestling promotion and governing body owned by Billy Corgan and operated by its parent company Lightning One, Inc. [4] Founded in 1948, the NWA began as the governing body for a group of regional promotions, the heads of which made up the board of directors.
July 27, 1963 House show: Omaha, Nebraska 2 42 Won both the Omaha title and AWA title. 17 Verne Gagne September 7, 1963 House show: Omaha, Nebraska 5 0 Won the AWA title from Fritz Von Erich on August 8, 1963 in Amarillo, Texas. — Unified September 7, 1963 — — — — The Omaha title was unified with the AWA title.
January 24 – Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC) breaks away from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) to form the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF). April 11 - Buddy Rogers was presented the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship at a WWWF TV taping in Washington, D.C., after being billed as the World Champion since late January.
1.1 National Wrestling Alliance (1963-1984) 1.2 World Wrestling Federation (1965-1977, 1981-1987) 2 Personal life and death. 3 Championships and accomplishments. 4 ...
The company's origins begin in 1953 as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC), a Northeastern territory of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). In 1963, CWC left the NWA to become the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), which was renamed to World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1979 and then World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2002 ...
In 1961, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) voted him into an NWA World Heavyweight Championship match. On June 30, 1961, Rogers took the title from Pat O'Connor in front of 38,622 fans at Comiskey Park , which set a new North American professional wrestling attendance record that stood until the David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions ...
National Wrestling Alliance (1949-1960) American Wrestling Association (1961-1962) National Wrestling Alliance (1963-1966) Jerry Vanover Rye Cove, Virginia All-American Wrestling (1988–1996) [1] Jack Viles 1975–1977 Lynn, Massachusetts: New England Wrestling Alliance (1975–1977) [1] Fritz Von Erich (Jack Adkisson) 1929–1997 1958–1990
The WWWF United States Tag Team Championship was the first version of the main tag team title in the World Wide Wrestling Federation from 1963 until 1967. Originally, the WWWF was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance operating out of the Northeast and was called the Capitol Wrestling Corporation.
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