History & Tradition: The Story of the National Wrestling Alliance TRAILER
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2012
- COMING SOON from ellbowproductions.weebly.com/ The National Wrestling Alliance is the oldest sanctioning and governing body in professional wrestling. The NWA World Title has the most storied history in the sport dating back to the 1900's. follow the history and Tradition of the most prestigious world title in wrestling from it's creation to the modern era of the NWA today. Learn of the great athletes who held the title, also the ones many say should never have held it, to the ones fighting to keep the heritage alive. The NWA World Title has had it's highs and lows but it's importance has never been tarnishied. Too many the NWA World Title represents a legacy that will never die. Does it still mean anything? Find out in History & Tradition: The Story of the National Wrestling Alliance.
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Thank you Mr. Corgan for giving the NWA a new platform to be seen. Even in the darkest years, I credit the unsung champions for keeping the tradition alive.
This is the title that I totally respect because of its history, lineage, legacy, tradition, and prestige because of the greatest wrestlers of all time holding this title and with it having a lot of surprising challengers of other wrestlers I know about very well on the independents and in any other wrestling promotion in professional wrestling. That's why I'll always respect this title
This title date back to Frank Gotch and George hackenschmidt.
Nwa world title belt is everything. There be no wwe if there no nwa world heavyweight championship belt.
Yeah, you are right. The NWA is pretty much the only World Title that is currently is being defended in the United States and Overseas.
The NWA govering body threats their world title as a sports titles, not like some promotions that treat their version of the world title as a tool to extend a storyline or used as a popularity contest.
WCW (1988-1994) had potentional but executives and politics (1995-2001) killed that promotion.
TNA and ROH STILL have potential to be great promotions.
Its a shame what happened to this belt. Its being defended in front of 40 people nowadays
Well lately things have changed , thanks to Nick Aldes !! It is back ! Those 10 pounds of gold. A lot can happen in 3 years
To this day and I’m 60 years old, the NWA world championship is the only one I respect, the only one I’ll pay attention to. Going all the way back Luthers who was my dad‘s favorite and honestly my favorite after watching so much footage of him and thank God it’s out there, he did set the standard for what a world champion should be a shooter, hooker, absolute bad ass. That was Lou, Jack Briscoe was probably the closest thing after that as far as a legit guy who could take anybody. But at the end of the day the NWA champ is still the only one I pay attention to and respect. And I’m glad that Nick Alldis is wearing that strap now, because no one else in my opinion outside of Brock Lesnar could convince me he’s the man.
The NWA World Heavyweight Championship is the most legendary undisputed championship
One of the best but not undisputed championship. You had the awa worldtitle that Jerry the king Lawler had and you had the wccw title that Kerry von Erich had , you also had the 1993 wcw title that r Simmons won from Vader. Remember the uswa world heavyweight championship belt .
Undisputed, you mean prestigious
It's the greatest title in the wrestling industry
Nah, that would the original world championship, as the NWA title has been watered down for half its existence.
I own this championship. Whenever I'm feeling low in my life, I put on a suit and Tie, take that title drape it over my shoulder and cut a promo in the mirror. It brings me right back up. I'm married so, I do it a lot. Lol
Keep it up man.. That belt is the holy grail of wrestling.
I have 2 versions and they are both special
Just ordered a copy. I can't wait. I'll be doing a review of it on my channel for sure.
I own the NWA Domed Globed from Amazon.After owning the title I idolized all the great professional wrestler who has own it from Lou thez,Dory Funk Jr,Harley Race,Jack Brisco,Dusty Rhodes,Ric Flair,Terry Funk and the list go on and on.Such a great legacy.Love the title.
I defeated this shahrinridor for his World championship in a packed house at Newport Mall in Jersey City,NJ!
I actually prefer the old style of the shownmanship aspect of wrestling they had in the NWA's glory days, it felt like these guys were in a competition and not a glorified soap opera. That said, having been raised on the more fast paced wrestling used in WWE, I have trouble focusing on the slower, more scientific and technical style the territories used.
WWE sucks
Henrik, you sound like a product of your generation. Try to slow down and learn to enjoy the finer aspects of life. You’ll have a greater appreciation for many things that you probably take for granted.
- oh wow, I just realized that this original post was 6 years ago. Well, I hope he learned to smell the flowers these past few years.
I only grew up and was born in the 90s and was introduced to the Ruthless Aggression Era, so I don't know much about the old school wrestlers from that generation, but that belt, judging by the looks of it, looks very prestiges. It's simple yet but still works!
The real NWA title continuity was carried under the WCW title and then in WWE as the World Heavyweight title. The NWA simply stated the title on WCW is no longer the NWA title so they created a replica of it and claimed that it’s the same title.
music at the beginning of the video? It's in a game called "Stealth".
Did you know that the WWE no longer owns Georgia Championship Wrestling and GCW are currently doing shows. It not as big as it was in the 1970s and 80's much like the NWA, but they are both still around free of the McMahons and the WWE.
This looks amazing guys!
Received and saw the documentary. It's a really good look back at a once great ea of professional wrestling. I know the NWA is still going today, and while I admire the efforts to keep the alliance alive, the truth is that the NWA died the day Jim Crockett sold JCP to Ted Turner. It could've been resurrected when Shane Douglas won the title in 1994, but ECW had other ideas. The NWA had its last best hope of remaining relevant during its partnership with TNA, but again, TNA had other ideas.
Really want to see the whole documentary on this. The NWA World Title was the very first World title I ever saw defended. My Dad and Grandpa took me to see Harley Race defend it against Archie "The Stomper" Goldie when Harley was booked in Stampede Wrestling during Stampede Week.
The true World Championship. I was happy when TNA had the belt back on weekly international TV. I Hope that belt gets international TV again. Jeff Jarrett was in my mind the last great NWA Champion on international TV. In terms of honoring defenses around the world and such. I hope that we get to see more champions on TV do the same in the future.
barry windham winning the nwa world belt in 1993 n. carolina was great. vader fought sting in a strap match, ordorff vs. cactus jack f.c.a., 2 cold vs. benoit. return of flair, superbrawl 3 was a dream ppv.
This is , and will be the Major League in Professional Wrestling since as a kid the NWA became part of everything
Greatest thing ever in my life besides Art.
The nwa belt was and is the greatest wrestling title ever. Ric flair is the greatest nwa champion ever in my opinion.
"The Ten Pounds Of Gold".....when even the casual Wrestling Fan hears that said, they know exactly what is being talked about. The N.W.A. Worlds Heavyweight Wrestling Championship Belt will ALWAYS be the Holy Grail Of Wrestling.
Where can I watch this NWA Wrestling Documentary? Or where can I buy it?
Ed "Strangler" Lewis, Thesz's trainer and mentor, held that NWA belt 5 times.
Strangler Lewis was virtually invincible during the 1920's. Many of Lewis's opponents were legitimate grapplers themselves, but they knew well enough Lewis's reputation as a "hooker" who could genuinely cripple an opponent in a heartbeat if he needed to, if the business dictates that he do so.
"Strangler" Lewis never held the NWA belt, he held the original lineage version world heavyweight title three times (which has no correlation with the NWA title, no matter how much WCW claimed otherwise in the early-90s), the Boston AWA title once and the New York State Athletic Commission version once.
Not to mention there were actually two separate NWA's. The Alliance and the Association. I know you two guys know that, but most other fans do not.
And the sad part to all this is, due to bad ownership/management & miss-spending of how you would get your wrestlers from show to show, plus allot of greed from another federation of whom shall remain nameless, (though I'm sure we ALL know who that is) the NWA now much like the territory's cease to exist. Towards the end, the NWA or WCW or whatever you wanna call it, myself it'll ALWAYS be the NWA tried to live a champagne life, with a beer glass taste. And THAT'S how they went belly up. That was even said in a documentary that I saw. These days, I don't even watch wrestling. In fact I done pulled the plug on cable all together. And if I DO watch wrestling, its on youtube. All I will say is, I'm just so glad & was so blessed to be here to see wrestling, back when it truly was fun to watch & back when it truly was KING. I wouldn't even piss on the crap they call wrestling today, that's how bad it is. The talent's great, but the writing sucks, & no matter how great the talent, if the writing sucks, so will the product. Don't believe me? Then ask yourselfs why so many shows on TV during the fall season never returns for a 2nd season for. The actors are the talent, but they have writers who make the show, & the talent reads what the writers put in the script & 1 of 2 things will happen. It'll either be a hit or a miss. And much like allot of today's "New" shows, wrestling to, is a miss. I'll never watch it again, I can tell ya that.
WWE needs to treat its WHC belt the same way as the NWA did. The Big Gold Belt was originally an NWA/WCW belt; it deserves respect. You don't bury it like Cena did on tonight's Raw.
Legends like Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Terry Funk, Harley Race, Ricky Steamboat, Sting have hold that beautiful belt.
- even modern-era Star wrestlers like AJ Styles, Cody Rhodes.
The NWA World Heavyweight Title for what is was & is, shares that N°1 spot along with the WWE Championship title
That is the greatest title in the pro wrestling industry no other title compares to it because of how how far it goes back.the who's who's in the business have been nwa champion this belt is defended around the world when others are not the heritage of this title goes back years in this business men like Lou thez,buddy Rodgers,ric flair,ect have held held it all amazing performers in this is business and hall of famers have all been Nwa world champion in there career and what a great one there did have
As a wrestling fan I saw more NWA Heavyweight Champions than I've seen WWF/WWE Champions.
You will because the history of the NWA world title goes back to 1905 and the history of the WWF/WWE title goes back to 1969 and the NWA title is defended all around the world thats why it's the greatest title in wrestling industry in my opinion
@@johnbrads5340 WRONG!!!! The WWF World Heavyweight Belt starts at May 17, 1963. But yes the NWA Belt has a long Lineage.
@@HARMARSCH2 well I made a mistake of history of the wwe title I didn't watch wwe much I watched more nwa/wcw
3) Championship Belt Design. I'm a HUGE fan of the NWA Championship and have nothing but respect for it, there comes a time when you HAVE to come to terms when something is "Out Dated" Update the championship by having a similar design but alter it a little so it meet to today's standards, perhaps a little bigger, and a more gold look to it. 4) Legit Challengers. Nobody cares if Adam Pearce is defending against Joe Blow. Bring in "legit challengers" at least in the fans eyes. Start from there.
Who do you guys think the best wrestlers are in the NWA now? and yeah about the syndicated show that promotion Hollywood Championship wrestling left the NWA
How is NWA's new management doing in your opinion? I'd say pretty well, since I KNOW who the NWA champ is.. and didn't know that at all post Ric Flair.
The documentary is available on dailymotion. If you want to check it out.
Yep. Vincent J McMahon(Founder of the WWWF)came from the NWA.
Honestly the National Wrestling Alliance needs to be on NATIONAL TV for the love of god, you've had a tradition long before I was born on Feb. 25, 1968, which is the same date as one "NatureBoy" Ric Flair. this company the tradition and future of the NWA needs to be back on National TV instead of being in moth balls like it has been twice since it left Superstation TBS and seperated from WCW and when it was on TNN or what is now Spike TV when it was apart of TNA Wrestling too!
Say there NWA Documentary,please upload all of this documentary. Peace.
Living in the greatness of the past does not guarantee a bright future. That belt used to mean something. The tradition of the NWA is great, but it's less than nothing now unfortunately. It can be great again if they work for it.
Go Kody get the belt long live nwa
I know it's not just me when i talk to real wrestling Fan's they agree with me about the way the business is going please get better thrue Fan's devere better than the shit we are getting now
funny how i am here watching a 6 Year old Video of the NWA most of the comments are that the NWA is dead and the championship means nothing anymore and the title is now defended on bingo halls that has a maximum of 50 people 2018 the championship Cody wins the championship on a 10,000 probably being defended again in a 20,000 seat arena in the g1 supercard thanks all to Mr.Billy Corgan
I like Wrestlers who can wrestle good over Characters and Charisma.
i like the one before this one the one harley traded in after he beat funk.
though.I have a wrestling game I bought in 1984 when it came out.I can still have my NWA wrestling.It may not be on T.V. but its just as good though.Mon-Thu I do the house shows where you go on tour and can really follow feuds and Fri-Sun I do the ol WTBS T.V. tapings.Google superstar pro wrestling game and your all set.I even hold PPVs cut promos do story lines the whole 9 yards. Try and take that away Vince.Aint gonna happen.The NWAis under my roof for life.Hope this helps ya out.
most good looking belts nwa world title and big gold
I love this belt
my husband wants this belt because of the history of the belt
Denise Shaffee they have some nwa replica titles on ebay.
It's the only belt that matters if you know anything about wrestling i love wrestling i don't like seeing what happening to it in to days world i still think there is a chance it will get better good i hope so for all of us who still love it for what it should be not what WWE is giving us because there stuff just plain sucks
The NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship. Is The Be All End All. It is The Measuring Stick for professional Wrestling. When you held that championship everyone knew you were on top of the Mountain you were IT you were Number 1, Plain and simple The Man.
I grew up on the NWA wrestling
Is this out yet???
I agree.. If the NWA was smart they would try to partner with ROH and, use that as the "Big Show" and, have the main champ travel to the smaller territories and, use ROH Television to promote the smaller NWA companies..
That was the world title I liked most. Regret that Pat O'Connor did not hold the title for over five straights years.
"I'd rather be happier winning the NWA than the WWE title". Until he looks at his payday vs WWE champ payday.
NWA BELT MEAN SOMETHING UNLIKE WWE NOWADAYS
There's a reason why that title was thrown to the wayside later on because the other wrestling companies were tired of the personal politics and not having their contender become a world champion. People like Verne Gagne and Vince McMahon Sr. went on to break away from the NWA to create their own champions.
I feel like a good NWA Champ right now would be Cody Rhodes. He knows what it represents. He doesn't work at either the WWE or TNA.
Johnny Skinwalker He would be a good building block to have the organization return to prominence
Well it's September 2018 and you have your wish! He won it a few days ago.
He just did it
Shall we call you Nostradamus?
Doesn't he work at Ring of Honor?
The best looking belt.
Ric Flair was the best ambassador for wrestling ever.
Well you still have other promotions that the WWE such as:
1) Promotions governed by the National Wrestling Alliance/NWA,
2) Total Nonstop Action/TNA,
3) Ring Of Honor/ROH,
Ohio Valley Wrestling/OVW,
Dragon Gate USA,
EVOLVE/Evolve Wrestling,
Championship Wrestling from Hollywood/CWFH,
Georgia Championship Wrestling,
Memphis Wrestling,
Promotions governed by the Wrestling Superstars Live/WSL.
There a lot more and that's only in the United States.
A long time ago that belt mean a big deal to the fans and to the wrestlers,if a NWA World Title match took place,it was a big deal.Today you see guys win it ,rather it's their gimmick or just somebody the promotion like,then he's a world champion,without really proving himself like they did in the old school.The NWA need real TV time with huge names.
Harley Race was and still is the shit. Could you imagine Harley Race beating the hell out of "FANDANGO" and dragging the carcasses of those Legion of Doom impersonators or those groups of wrestlers who dress in black (sorry, haven't watched wrestling in 7 1/2 years--accept for Flair's retirement, HBK's, a few guest appearances etc.) lol. Then He will grab a microphone and growl "7 times I was the world heavyweight champion. I spilled blood all along that ring in amounts you've never seen. Dog Caller Matches, I Quit matches, Cage Matches......"
Makes me sick how they hire celebrities and men from the UFC (no offense to these guys) who don't care about wrestling; well some do don't get me wrong.
And what about the Women's Division? I've been a wrestling fan since 1988, saw my first match in 1990 with my father (wow, what an experience. These guys knew what they were doing). There were tough women, unlike WWE'S Porn Stars. Just think of women like Medusa, many names from TNA (in its infancy) and in other promotions and long ago.
I even wanted to be a wrestler. I trained at a school and passed even. But wasn't taken because I was so skinny. That's cool because I love where God has placed me now, but that experience made me respect the sport and realize how these guys literally sacrifice everything for us (families, health, life) night after night just to entertain us. I don't know about you but those are high stakes and speak volumes about how spiritually tough they are.
LOL Harley beating the crap out of Fandango, book it! XD
;) I'll contact Vince. Does anybody have his number?? lol
THE stanrdardnof all world heavyweight titles!
I bet Beau James LOVED being apart of this documentary.. I see him being excited as hell to be apart of any wrestling documentary.. LOL.. I love the history of the NWA but, for anyone to act like it will be revived, they are lying.. It's not dead but, it is where it will stay and, thats a small scale.. If promoters would work together, someone put some money in it, secure a good TV Deal with the main NWA show, spawned out to the smaller NWA shows, it could work.. But won't happen, too many egos
I think this video needs more Jay Cal. I'm just saying.
The NWA is a legacy brand that several businessmen decided to reconstitute with the aspirations of making money by re-living the 'glory' years. It would be like me buying the naming rights to a defunct chain like 'Woolworths' and opening up a business. The NWA as it stands today is a loose confederation of indy leagues barely staying afloat. As the economy continues to twist and turn, I suspect leagues will be dropping out and/or folding.
that promotion recentlyleft the NWA
Just search for history and tradition the story of the national wrestling alliance. It is split in to three parts. Or look for the user okaroscik.
What version is that? The globe is flat and the font is completely different. It almost looks like a bootleg
current one.
The ring of honor world title is the most important in all of pro wrestling today
Nobody wasn't implying that they didn't. He just said what he liked, that doesn't make him a smark.
The WWE is a corporation with about 50 wrestlers or sports entertainers as they prefer to call them employed...The NWA consisted of thousands of wrestlers in different territories...Each with their own brand and style and personality...Vince went and turned it into a circus...It made him rich and ruined a wonderful thing..Now we got clowns and guys pretending to be Japanese...They do not even have fun matches like the NWA did...Texas death matches, Bullrope matches, Russian chain matches
WWE should make mattel nwa figures that come with the NWA championship. That would be badass
The NWA can still come back!
The NWA needs create a promotion to be the frontrunner for the NWA which is a govering body, not a promotion. One name comes up is NWA: Universal Pro Wrestling (UPW).
Do any of you know if it's true that the NWA is getting a national tv show?
The NWA should create a promotion to be the frontrunner for the NWA which is a govering body, not a promotion. On name comes up is NWA: Universal Pro Wrestling (UPW).
To show you old The NWA was, Frank Gotch was THE first NWA Champion starting in 1905
Airsoftcleaner that wasnt the NWA National Wrestling Alliance which started in late 40s.
where do I purchase it at for him
You can buy the DVD at Highspots.com. They recently released a collector's edition with more content. You can get it here: www.highspots.com/p/nwa_doc-collectors_dvd.html
that's a pretty belt
A shame that it's lost so much of it's prestige. The NWA World championship hasn't been the pinnacle of pro wrestling in nearly 30 years. Some of these guys are living in a different era.
The last time the NWA Championship was treated as a "world title" was when TNA had the title. After TNA relinquished control of NWA Championship, the title was defended in small indie promotions. The NWA Championship briefly regained its prestige when NJPW gained control of the title with Hiroyoshi Tenzan being the champion. However, Tenzan lost the title in 2015, which means the NWA Championship is back to being defended in bingo halls and school gyms rather than in major wrestling promotions such as TNA or NJPW.
Matthew pham Corgans NWA is gaining some steam.
NWA title being defended at All In
This is what the NWA needs to do. 1) National TV Deal. Personally they should have NEVER severed ties with TNA. At least TNA gave them exposure and still had a Champion traveling from place to place. 2) Established Names. While I like Adam Pearce, most of these people are just indy guys. NWA should bring in free agents like Jerry Lynn, Lance Storm, Steve Corino, Sabu, Buff Bagwell, Scott Steiner, Scott Norton, to give an example of established names that are out there.
A lot wrestling organizations started out as NWA affiliates, such as the WWE, World Class Championship wrestling, UWF (Mid South) and WCW which started out as the Mid Atlantic area, ECW and TNA. All of these pulled out and tried to go National during the pro wrestling boom of the 80s.
The NWA is the STANDARD above others.
That is not true, mrbloodcrush. The NWA World Heavyweight Wrestling Title is being defended not only in Japan and the US on NWA Southern All-Star Wrestling TV and dozens of promotions, there are negotiations right now for defenses in Australia for AAW and Canada in the works.
We Wrestling fans know the NWA as a National TV Promotion which later became WCW after Turner brought Jim Crocket Promotions in 1988. in March 2001, WCW came to a tragic end when the whole wrestling organization was purchased from Time Warner by rival wrestling promotion, the WWE. right now, TNA is the new WCW since it was founded by the Jarretts and owned by the PandaEnergy Company.
JCP became WCW when Ted Turner purchased JCP the NWA and WCW were 2 separate entities which is why WCW had a world title and the NWA had a world title
I grew up with the NWA and still think its the only real world title belt.
The best thing to ever happen to the belt is when shane douglas throws it down
The Real World Title!
I think Jerry Lawler should win it before he retires
Which is why they hold events in high school gyms?
What I never understand is who books it? Does the title ever stay in one place? Does each territory have to have a lottery number or something to determine the next challenger? Why keep the title on one guy for so long? Who decides to be the next champion? How come no European ever won the world title? Do they still keep the old rules of a title bout?
Josh Waldorf NWA Territory system ran like The Commission(Mafia), Each member of the board which was made up of promoters had a vote on where should the champion head next, who should he lose it, if the championship is vacated like when WCW left the NWA, NWA Board went through a vote on who shouls hold a tournament for the vacated NWA Title & they all agreed that NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling(yeah that ECW) should hold a tournament since after WCW left the NWA, ECW became the number one most televised NWA member.
Josh Waldorf they're been Europeans who held the belt before like Nick Aldis from the UK and current NWA Champ.
Back in the day the nwa title was the only one that mattered.
I like Adam Pearce
Just saw this documentary a couple months back. Bad or good it's still interesting to see how the nwa evolved or devolved, depending on your opinion....
NWA died years ago...it's starting to become like ECW, they just won't let it die
if WWE dsidnt own all the footage imagine what else this documentary would have
Adam Pierce is a good champion for the Alliance, and I'm sure he travels around defending that belt, but DOES IT MEAN ANYTHING IF NO ONE TAKES NOTICE? R.I.P. NWA- 1948-1991.
the NWA world title is only active in japan now to my knollege
NWA world belt is the real world heavyweight belt.
the nwa is now becoming the wwf jake roberts years
Did that guy SERIOUSLY meant that??? "If you're not in this business to be NWA's heavyweight champion, then you shouldn't be in this business"??? That company isn't even near TNA and they're pretty much dead! Vince is the KING of wrestling and he calls it sports entertainment! Thanks for the laugh though!
+JohnACorp782 45 wrestlers in the span of 50+ years is almost everyone to you?
JohnACorp782 Kurt Angel,Steve Austin,Rock,Bruno,Bret Hart,Daniel Bryan,Eddie,Brock Lesnar,Shawn Michaels,Undertaker,CM Punk,Bob Backlund,Seth Rollins,Edge,and most of the wrestlers that won it are great wrestlers.Again only 45 wrestlers within 50+ years isn't everyone.
Reminds of a 78th rank NCAA team coach once claimed he would rather be in the NIT because that tournament has more history and “means something”
Whoever buys NWA, (hint: it's WWE), they will have legitimate claim to the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship that began in 1905 with George Hackenschmidt being the first champion.
Swing and a miss.
I have, plenty of times.
The 80s was more "sports entertainment" than today. The 80s had a damn Saturday morning cartoon.
WWE champion doesn't travel? So the WWE doesn't go on South America, European, or Asian tours?
There is no territory system anymore, that's what happens with competition.
Who draws more crowds today? WWE or NWA?
i heard that if had the nwa belt you were the champion back when they had world class wrestling awa wrestling and wwf wrestling
Michael Bartosh WWF never acknowledge the Championship.
Who's the guy at 4:32?
The Stro (formerly The Maestro in WCW)