NWA All-Star Wrestling

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NWA All-Star Wrestling
Owner(s)Rod Fenton (until 1968)
Sandor Kovac (1968-1977)
Gene Kiniski (1968–1983)
Al Tomko (1977-1989)
Neil Drummond (1989)
Mark Vellios (2007–present)
ParentNorthwest Wrestling Promotions
FormerlyBig Time Wrestling

NWA All Star Wrestling (sometimes referred to as NWA Vancouver) is a Canadian professional wrestling promotion, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. All-Star Wrestling folded in 1989.

History

Early history

Although other wrestling promotions existed in Vancouver prior to the early 1960s (particularly a predecessor of All Star's called Big Time Wrestling), All Star (an affiliate of the

CHAN-TV began broadcasting their TV program (also called All Star Wrestling) in 1962, when Gene Kiniski arrived in Vancouver and became a regular on the roster. At the time All Star began, the NWA British Empire heavyweight title was the top singles title in the Vancouver territory,[1]
while the Pacific Coast tag team title initially served as the tag team championship (both titles were carried over from Big Time Wrestling); however, after the British Empire title was abandoned sometime after 1963 (when Kiniski last won it), All Star had no singles title of its own until 1970, when the Pacific Coast heavyweight title (which was first introduced in 1948 in Big Time Wrestling, but became inactive around 1958) was reactivated.

Kiniski/Kovacs era (1968–1977)

All Star started becoming a serious force in the

Don Owen, joined forces to promote the territory at the start of 1968,[2] forming Northwest Wrestling Promotions as the parent company to run All Star. During this time, the promotion shared talent (including many of the sport's big names of the time) with Owen's nearby NWA affiliate Pacific Northwest Wrestling while also developing local talent. At the same time, the All Star Wrestling program began to be seen across Canada via syndication. Ron Morrier was the original host of the TV show and served in that capacity until his death on August 6, 1981; after that, former CFUN
disk jockey Ed Karl took over as the host for the remainder of the show's run on CHAN-TV.

Al Tomko era (1977–1989)

Kovacs promoted his final All Star show on January 17, 1977,

Cloverdale
.

Noticing the decline of the promotion, Kiniski sold his ownership stake and got out sometime around 1983, after which he began promoting shows in Vancouver in association with

WWE Smackdown
, got his start as an on-camera personality with All Star Wrestling while still in his teens, late in the show's run.

Alumni

Championships

NWA-sanctioned championships

Championship: Last Champion(s): Active From: Active Till: Notes:
NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship Gene Kiniski July 1959 1963 Title was promoted by All-Star Wrestling’s predecessor Big Time Wrestling[3]
NWA World Tag Team Championship (Vancouver Version)
The Assassins
 June, 1966 1967 [3]
NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Championship
 Jay Youngblood February 9, 1970 March, 1981 The Pacific Coast Championship was also promoted by Big Time Wrestling between 1948 and 1958[3]
NWA Pacific Coast Tag Team Championship
 Gene Kiniski and Hard Boiled Haggerty 1961 November, 1962 Title was promoted by All-Star Wrestling’s predecessor Big Time Wrestling[3]
NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship
(Vancouver version) 		Dan Denton May, 1982 1989 Renamed the UWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship when All-Star withdrew from the National Wrestling Alliance in 1985[3]
NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) Rick Davis and Rocky Dellasera 1962 1986 [3]
NWA International Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) Sonny Myers and Super Destroyer 1981 1985 Title abandoned when All-Star withdrew from the NWA in 1985[3]

UWA-sanctioned championships

Championship: Last Champion(s): Active From: Active Till: Notes:
UWA Heavyweight Championship Sweet Daddy Sampson 1986 1989 [3]
UWA Tag Team Championship Robotron and the Olympian 1986 1988 [3]
UWA Junior Heavyweight Championship The Frog 1987 1989 [3]
UWA Women's Championship Cory Collins 1984 1989 [3]
UWA International Heavyweight Championship Timothy Flowers 1988 1988 [3]
UWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship (Vancouver version) Todd Tomko (Rick Davis) 1985 1989 [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "WrestlingTerritories.png". Freakin' Awesome Network Forums :: Freakin' Awesome Wrestling Forum :: (w)Rest of Wrestling. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b KM : Reading Topic : Sandor Kovacs career record
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-9698161-5-4
    .

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