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In 1985, the World Wrestling Federation was an emerging competitor to Jim Crockett Promotions, and created the WrestleMania event, which had significant success. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] The following year's WrestleMania, WrestleMania 2 , was created similar to Starrcade, being held in three locations.
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).
The jointly promoted venture was known as Pro Wrestling USA. [2] Reportedly, promoters Verne Gagne (AWA) and Jim Crockett (NWA) disputed the live gate for the show, with Crockett claiming $288,000 and Gagne claiming $200,000 was made. Due to the money dispute, several NWA stars set to appear on Gagne's upcoming AWA events were pulled, with some ...
1985 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the ... NWA New Japan Pro-Wrestling: NJPW ... mostly theme music of wrestlers on the roster at the time. ...
Then-NWA President Jim Crockett, Jr., the owner of JCP, would buy the World Championship Wrestling program from McMahon for $1 million and returned NWA programming to TBS. By 1985, JCP would become the flagship territory of the NWA by acquiring more time slots on TBS and merging with other NWA territories in an attempt to compete with the WWF. [26]
A Hot Summer Night: The '85 World Invitational Wrestling Spectacular [6] (also known as Polynesian Hot Summer Night [2]) was a professional wrestling supercard produced by NWA Polynesian Pro Wrestling (NWA-PPW), which took place on August 3, 1985, at the Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. [2]
Jim Crockett Promotions was a professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States that traded from 1931 to 1988. The name was revived for a separate promotion that held its first show in July 2022.
NWA Vendetta Pro Wrestling [50] 2014-2017 California. Nevada. Billy Blade Joseph Duncan NWA World Class 2009 Rio Grande Valley, Texas: Carmine DeSpirito NWA Wrestling Revolution 2007 McAllen, Texas: James Dante NWA Wrecking Ball Wrestling 2007 Wichita, Kansas. Frisco, Texas. Tony Martin Xtreme Latin American Wrestling: 2007 Mexico City, Mexico ...