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The old NWA territory system in North America. Formed in 1948, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) was the largest governing body in professional wrestling until the 1980s Rock 'n' Wrestling Era. Under the control of the NWA Board of Directors (consisting of various prominent, regional promoters), the governing body oversaw wrestling's ...
The original NWA territory system in North America (1940s-1980s).. The following is a list of National Wrestling Alliance attendance records.Founded in 1948, the National Wrestling Alliance controlled the professional wrestling industry in North America and other parts of the world during the "Territory-era" (1940s-1980s).
International Wrestling Alliance: Winnipeg: Joan McGuire Tony Condello 1974–2000 No Originally known as the West Four Wrestling Alliance from 1974 to 1994. New Wrestling Nation Île-des-Chênes: Dan King 2006–2011 Steeltown Pro Wrestling Selkirk: Rob Stardom TJ Bratt 2007–2013 Yes: Supercard Wrestling Winnipeg: Walter Shechyk 1979–1984 No
The history of Professional wrestling in Canada dates back to the founding of Maple Leaf Wrestling, which opened in 1930 and was the first known professional wrestling company in the country. [1] Many Canadian wrestlers including Bret Hart , Roddy Piper , Edge , Chris Jericho , and Kenny Omega have gone on to achieve worldwide success.
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.
Map of the territory system in North America under the National Wrestling Alliance. Hart's territory can be seen covering Montana, Alberta and Saskatchewan. By 1947, Hart was working for Jerry Meeker and Larry Tillman in Montana as both a wrestler and a booker. [25] [26] In late 1947 he travelled to wrestle in San Antonio briefly.
During the 1950s, the National Wrestling Alliance oversaw many wrestling territories such as Mid-Atlantic Wrestling and NWA San Francisco, in a business model known as the "territory system". [1] This is a list of the most notable past and present professional wrestling promotions.
The original NWA territories in North America, most of which promoted a NWA World Tag Team Championship at some point. In 1948 six professional wrestling promoters in the United States joined to form the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) as a governing body for a number of different wrestling promotions, which then became known as the NWA territories. [2]