National Wrestling Association
The National Wrestling Association (NWA) was an early
With the creation of the National Wrestling Alliance and Thesz winning the Alliance's world title, the National Wrestling Association would officially recognize the champions of the National Wrestling Alliance at their annual conventions but no longer promote their own separate championships. The governing body would continue to hold conventions through at least the 1960s and officially disband in September 1980 but had no significant impact on professional wrestling past 1949.
History
In 1921 the
in 1948 a number of wrestling promoters across the country decided to form the
By 1950 the National Wrestling Association no longer promoted their own specific championships, instead choosing to recognize several of the National Wrestling Alliance championships, including the
Championships
Championship name | Period of recognition | Notes |
NWA World Heavyweight Championship | 1930–1949 | Folded into the National Wrestling Alliance's World Heavyweight Championship[6] |
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship |
1936–1949 | Folded into the Los Angeles version of the National Wrestling Alliance's World Junior Heavyweight Championship[9][10] |
NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship | 1930–1960s | Folded into the National Wrestling Alliance's World Light Heavyweight Championship[11] |
NWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship | 1937–1940 | Weight class abandoned by the National Wrestling Association[14] |
NWA World Middleweight Championship | 1930–1960s | Folded into the National Wrestling Alliance's World Middleweight Championship[12] |
NWA World Junior Middleweight Championship | 1934 | Weight class abandoned by the National Wrestling Association[15] |
NWA World Tag Team Championship | 1939 | Credited as wrestling's first world tag team championship[16] Championship is later abandoned by the National Wrestling Association |
NWA World Welterweight Championship | 1930–1960s | Folded into the National Wrestling Alliance's World Welterweight Championship[12] |
References
- ^ a b "Officially closed in 1985/10" (PDF). Wrestling-title.com. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
- ^ a b c d Hornbaker, Tim (January 2, 2011). "National Wrestling Association history". Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- ISBN 0-7858-0641-5.
- ISBN 978-1-55022-741-3.
- ^ a b ""Matmen must post forfeit for sanction"". Retrieved January 5, 2016.
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- ^ a b "National Wrestling Association Conventions". Retrieved January 5, 2016.
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