Talk:National Wrestling Alliance

Removed From Original

I took out a bit that looked pretty bias, but I thought I'd place it here if someone had a big problem with that. I think it's pretty clear, but here's the blurb:

It can't be said for sure, but if this conflict between the NWA parties and the AWA parties escalates any farther, then the NWA vs AWA war could make the WWF vs WCW war seems like a simple debate.

ThatDamnDave 16:49, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

How is it bias? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.162.68.235 (talk) 18:58, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

I don't feel that there is bias, but the comment is more of an opinion than a fact.

-NickSentowski 17:38, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

NWA promoters plotting to Kill Vince McMahon Jr.

On the Vince McMahon talk page, it says that NWA promoters plotted to kill vince around the same time he took over the company now known as the WWE. Should i Put this in the article? K-man-1 11:27, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.68.204.129 (talk) 16:50, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

No! It's untrue! - NickSentowski 17:43, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Needs to be deleted, unless it can be citated. THis is an encyclopedia not a rumour site.--Unopeneddoor 01:51, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

NWA Bylaws

• Does anyone know where we can get an official copy of NWA's current bylaws? I've been looking for them for a long time and can't seem to find them on the net. I think it'd be great to have them on Wikipedia! - NickSentowski 16:23, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

• Do these actually exist on anything other than an ad hoc basis nowadays?--Geoff K. 04:32, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

NWA Today

I've cleaned up the paragraphs describing the present situation. Fixed a spelling error and removed this sentence:

"They criticize what Mr. Todd and the AWA President, Mr. Dale R. "Gagne" Gagner have been up to."

To what does this refer? The new AWA running shows in Winnipeg? Sounds like POV to me. Also deleted a section below that talks about controversy on the message board- really, worth noting in brief, but rather tangential to the article overall.

Also adding a clarification that the NWA continues to recognise TNA Champions and jurisdiction on its site. --Geoff K. 04:32, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

updates

As you man have seen there have been some updates to this page - I expanded explanation of the territory concept and what the benefits of membership was, I reordered a few sections to give it history first, then details about federations that left. I also made the "NWA Territories" section less "Listy" to make it more of an encylopedic article. I dunno how it's possible to turn the titles into something *NOT* listy unless we create a category for NWA National & Regional titles and just link to it, I'd say the list is big enough to warrant it. I hope the edits are acceptable MPJ-DK 00:08, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

I like them. I took the liberty of cleaning up the grammar and punctuation. I feel like we need to mention that the NWA was investigated by the US Justice Department for its business practices. Where should that section go, do you think? - Geoffg 08:13, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

I got no problems with the edits, I'm Danish so while I am very good at English I don't always get the grammar and punctuation right so thanks for the help I appriciate it. I didn't know it was investigated, when was this? MPJ-DK 10:58, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

In the 1950s, and possibly other times. I got that from the book Chokehold by Jim Wilson, which purports to expose the "dark underside" of professional wrestling. Apparently, the NWA was under investigation since their practice of monopolizing the industry, and driving all competitors out of business was illegal. Also, they seemed to have an illegal salary cap, since the rule was that no one could earn more than the champion, and the champion was hand-picked by the Board of Directors. - Geoffg 02:54, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

"However, due to TNA not reporting to the NWA about title changes in accordance to NWA bylaws, TNA and NWA worked out a split and the titles were returned to the NWA on May 13, 2007" ... Where can I find documentation/citation for that, as TNA Wrestling won't officially comment on why they stopped using the NWA titles. Paleridernightwolf 14:50, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Television Coverage

I watched the youtube video in the article about how NWA has received a Television slot to air in again, just wondering if they are scheduled to air in the UK? --SteelersFan UK06 04:13, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Map of the Territories

That map of the teritories really needs to be put back in. There was no good reason to remove it. Whoever removed it should have just put the source down instead. It was a handy image that showed factually how the territories were aligned at the time. Heck, I would consider the removal vandalism and may just restore it myself.

Hmmm . . .

Actually, it seems I can't undo it due to a lack of knowledge as to how to format on the site and such, so someone else will need to repair it. How anyone can think the image did not belong in there boggled my mind, it was a graphical representation of the territories and useful for gathering information as I have been trying to do. So please, someone repair this vandalism.

For whoever wants it, here is the source for the image and the image itself:

http://www.midatlanticgateway.com/Resource_Center/potpourri/territories/territories.htm

This is definitely a valid source, so there you have it.

-Brandon Harwell — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.201.55.10 (talk) 01:24, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Ric flair show the NWA title on Raw

can that be put on —Preceding unsigned comment added by Supermike (talk • contribs) 16:48, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

NWA working with the WWF

In 1998, the NWA worked with the WWF. During that time, Double J was the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship and defended the belt on RAW. He was backed by the RNR Express and James E. That should also be noted. --Endless Dan 12:28, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

History vs. History of the territories

The two history sections (History and History of the territories) should be merged together into one overall history, IMO, as they repeat a lot of the same info. Thoughts? Nikki311 19:39, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

I agree. Any territory-specific history should be fully described on that territory's own page, and only mentioned here if it is a significant part of the overall history of the Alliance. For example, this page should mention which territories presidents and powerful promoters came from, as well as territories that split and were rivals of the NWA. This page does these things, but not in a well-organized way. - Geoffg (talk) 04:59, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Weasel Words

I'm new at this, but I've done a bit of neutralising while removing one section that was really AWA material and not really anything to do with the NWA. Can anyone indicate where any "weasel words" could be? Podgy Stuffn (talk) 04:14, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

No answer, so I'll assume I got them in my edits and remove the template. Podgy Stuffn (talk) 13:50, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

NWA Charlotte mention

this blurb near the end reads like an advertisement.--69.149.227.173 (talk) 06:41, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

It sure does. Removed. Podgy Stuffn (talk) 10:27, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

US vs NWA antitrust case

In the main article, there is a reference to there being a court case where the NWA is charged with violating antitrust laws. Are there any other websites which can be drawn upon to expand on that singular sentence?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blozier2006 (talk • contribs) 21:40, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

"The NWA"

I think "The NWA" should redirect here. "NWA" redirects to the rap group, but "The NWA" does not redirect to anything at the moment. Opinions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bbx118 (talk • contribs) 16:16, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

all non-WHC titles vacant following Corgan's purchase

Someone with time and desire can edit all relevant pages, but Billy Corgan confirmed that he/they stripped all the NWA championships, except the World Heavyweight Championship.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpc7uyEjv5Q&feature=share (about 11:48 into the video.)

Dahak (talk) 15:20, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Article split

JCP and WCW are two different articles because the two entities although successors were not the same, asset acquisition vs stock acquisition [1]. The NWA acquisition is no different. Not only is it technically a different entity, the way they operate and function are completely different too. I propose splitting the article with Billy Corgan's acquisition, and create a separate entity for the governing body than today's promotion. - Galatz גאליץ^{שיחה Talk} 18:11, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Neutrality

This article was written like a retrospective piece, rather than a non-bias, neutral piece on the history of the NWA. It's also wrong to divide the history section by decades as the NWA transitioned away from the membership model in 2012. I also propose giving the history of the NWA its own page. MarcoPolo250 (talk) 15:34, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

It's not that hard

Twice my edits have been reversed. Once, for pointing out the absence of cited sources, twice for removing the section because of the affordmented lack of cited sources. I already pointed out this issue and tagged the section and some anon reversed my edit. Oknazevad, how about you make yourself useful and actually fix the problem that I already solved. I swear, the professional wrestling editors on this website are a prime example of why Wikipedia should just sell already and hire editors who aren't useless.Thecleanerand (talk) 22:52, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

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