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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).
Professional wrestling's championship belts are modeled similarly to the championship belts in boxing, and other combat sports such as mixed martial arts. They are made of elaborately designed plates of gold or other precious metals , usually bearing the name of the title and the wrestling promotion, and is on a leather strap.
The 2024 World Wrestling Championships was held from 28 to 31 October 2024 in Tirana, Albania. Athletes who participated in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games would not be allowed to compete. Athletes who participated in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games would not be allowed to compete.
During the championships, individual match winners earn points based on the level and quality of the victory, which are totaled to determine the team championship standings. The Oklahoma State Cowboys have won more NCAA team championships than any other school, with 34 titles (including 3 unofficial), the most recent being won in 2006.
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion that existed from 1988 to 2001. It began as a promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) that appeared on the national scene under the ownership of media mogul Ted Turner and based in Atlanta, Georgia.
It was originally known as the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship and began as a regional championship created by and defended in Jim Crockett Jr.'s Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, a territory of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Harley Race became the inaugural champion on the title's introduction on January 1, 1975.
WCW Light Heavyweight Championship; WCW United States Tag Team Championship; WCW Women's Championship; WCW World Heavyweight Championship; WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship; WCW World Tag Team Championship; WCW World Television Championship; WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship; WWE Cruiserweight Championship (1996–2007) WWE United ...