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Website. WCW on WWE.com. 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.
The world title of the NWA. It was defended within WCW from 1988 until 1993. NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship: The title was established under the Chicago territory of the NWA in 1955 and defended within WCW from 1988 to 1989. NWA World Tag Team Championship: The world tag team title of the NWA. It was defended within WCW from 1992 ...
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.
World Class Championship Wrestling was a member of the NWA and was originally known as Big Time Wrestling until 1982, when Adkisson decided that the name of his federation needed to be changed. Mickey Grant, who headed the production of its telecasts (known as Texas Championship Wrestling), suggested the name World Class.
Jim Crockett Promotions is a family-owned professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. [2] Founded in 1931, the promotion emerged as a cornerstone of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). By the 1980s, Jim Crockett Promotions was, along with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), one of ...
The WCW World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and its lineage began when Ted Turner purchased Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), which used the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) alliance name. Turner's organization was renamed World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and split from the NWA in 1991. [1]
The WCW World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship originally used in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and later, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the original world title of the World Championship Wrestling promotion, spun off from the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Undisputed version) January 27, 1981 – January 1991. WCW United States Heavyweight Championship. January 1991 – March 26, 2001. WCW Canadian Championship (unofficially) July 18, 2000 – October 29, 2000. WCW United States Championship. June 24, 2001 – November 18, 2001. WWE United States ...