Heartland Wrestling Association

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Heartland Wrestling Association
Founder(s)Les Thatcher
WebsiteHWAonline.com (inactive)

The Heartland Wrestling Association (HWA) was a Midwestern independent

World Wrestling Federation during the 1990s and 2000s, it was listed as one of the top independent promotions in the United States by The Professional Wrestlers' Workout & Instructional Guide by Harley Race, Ricky Steamboat, and Les Thatcher in 2005.[1]

History

The Heartland Wrestling Association was started in 1996 by Les Thatcher and Brady Laber, in association with his wrestling school Main Event Pro Wrestling Camp, and held the first annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show in 1998.[2]

The promotion served as the developmental territory for both

better source needed] WWE would later end its relationship and pulled financial support out of the HWA to cut their budget. The HWA was once featured in an episode of MTV's True Life
in the episode "True Life: I'm A Pro Wrestler".

HWA aired a weekly TV program "Adrenaline" nationally on the

Cincinnati, Ohio affiliate of The CW and America One television networks. As of early 2007, HWA has produced three online pay-per-view events: "CyberClash" from the HWA Arena in Evendale, Ohio, on March 17, 2006, "Road to Destiny" from the Dayton Gym Club in Dayton, Ohio
on June 10, 2006, and "CyberClash 2.0" from the HWA Arena in Evendale, Ohio on March 10, 2007.

In August 2007, majority owner Cody Hawk left HWA, launching a new promotion called EGO Pro Wrestling. However, HWA continued running events. HWA produced new episodes of HWA Adrenaline through 2008.[8]

Starting in September 2008, HWA performed at The Sorg Opera House in Middletown, Ohio. After a brief hiatus from weekly shows HWA returned starting on May 31, 2011 at the Great Miami Event Center in Hamilton, Ohio on a weekly basis known as "Adrenaline" which was every Tuesday. In addition to these events HWA ran weekend events regularly in Norwood, Ohio and in Hamilton, Ohio respectively.

In Autumn 2014, then HWA owner, Brandon Charles announced operations were moving to Georgia in 2015. In June 2015, Heartland Wrestling Association was sold to wrestler and promoter, Philip Stamper.[9]

Championships

Heartland Wrestling Association championships
Championship Final Champion(s) Previous Date Won Location
HWA Heavyweight Championship Dustin Rayz Chance Prophet July 5, 2014
Middletown, OH
HWA Tag Team Championship Inactive - - -
HWA Television Championship Ganger Quinten Lee June 5, 2007
Cincinnati, OH
HWA European Championship
Nigel McGuiness
 Hoss November 4, 2003
Cincinnati, OH
HWA Barroom Brawl Championship JT Stahr Vacant April 21, 2006
Cincinnati, OH

See also

References

  1. ISBN 1-58261-947-6
  2. ^ "Les Thatcher Bio". LesThatcher.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
  3. ^ Speer, Phil (2003-02-11). "EPWT Training Camp Testimonials". WWE.com. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
  4. ISBN 0-06-052154-6
  5. ^ "Much To Celebrate For Victoria On Her Birthday". Archived from the original on 2007-04-12. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
  6. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on January 1, 2013. Retrieved 2007-02-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link
    )
  7. ^ Horie, Masanori (1999-02-22). "View from the Rising Sun". Archived from the original on 2005-07-12. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
  8. ^ HWA (2003-02-11). "Heartland Wrestling Association". hwaonline.com. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
  9. ^ HWA (2015-06-20). "Heartland Wrestling Association Facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.

External links

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