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World Wrestling Network
AcronymWWN
Founded1993
StyleAmerican Wrestling
Founder(s)Jim Crockett Jr.
Owner(s)Jim Crockett Jr. (1993โ€“1994)
Paul Heyman (1993โ€“1994)

The World Wrestling Network was a

Jim Crockett, Jr., his last attempt to rebuild a national wrestling promotion after selling Jim Crockett Promotions to Ted Turner in 1988. As part of a non-compete clause
in the agreement he signed with Turner, Crockett was unable to promote professional wrestling events for three years.

History

In 1993, Crockett began contacting former

breakaway from the National Wrestling Alliance.[2]

Holding its first event in Killeen, Texas in August 1993, the show proved moderately successful with 2,156 in attendance.[3] The following year, the promotion held its first televised event at the Manhattan Center in New York City on February 28, 1994 which featured Road Warrior Hawk and Jake Roberts as well as Public Enemy, Sabu, Terry Funk, Shane Douglas and Missy Hyatt[4] in her first appearance since being fired by WCW.[5]

Both Crockett and Heyman had hoped to provide a unique concept of producing televised matches in

internet broadcast, using much of ECW's television production and other resources to do so (this is one of the reasons that Eddie Gilbert resigned his position as head booker and left the promotion in September 1993),[7]
however, the event was the only HDTV-television taping broadcast and eventually Crockett closed the promotion by the end of the year.

World Wrestling Network in New York

World Wrestling Network in New York
New York City, New York, US
VenueManhattan Center

On February 28, 1994, the World Wrestling Network carried out a television taping in the

Eastern Championship Wrestling promotion.[8][9]

Event

During the event,

promo in which he declared he would be the inaugural World Wrestling Network Heavyweight Champion.[9]

The main event was a single match between Sabu and Terry Funk which ended in a double disqualification. The bout saw multiple spectacles, including Funk throwing Sabu into a dumpster and pushing it around the Manhattan Center; Sabu dismantling a concession stand and then moonsaulting through the table; Funk breaking a glass bottle; and the two men brawling into the audience.[9]

Results

No.ResultsStipulations
1
Paul E. Dangerously
) vs. Terry Funk ended in a double-disqualification		Singles match

References

  1. ISBN 1-4165-1058-3
  2. ISBN 1-59670-021-1
  3. ^ "Writer wants WCW Exec In Match". Miami Herald. August 8, 1993
  4. ^ Pro Wrestling Illustrated (2007). "Pro Wrestling Illustrated: Wrestling History". PWI-Online.com.
  5. ^ "New Role For Flair?". Miami Herald. March 6, 1994
  6. ^ "Television redefined by clarity of HDTV". The Daily News. February 4, 2007
  7. ^ McGee (August 30, 2004). "As I See It (8/30): The tenth anniversary of "Extreme" Championship Wrestling". Pwbts.com.
  8. ^ Downey, Colleen (July 1994). "Arena Reports: New York โ€“ World Wrestling Network TV taping at the Manhattan Center". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. p. 45.
  9. ^ a b c Johnson, Mike (August 27, 2010). "Looking back at the early days of Monday Night Raw: Manhattan Center memories". PWInsider.com. Retrieved December 17, 2021.

Further reading

  • Paterno, V.J. (July 1994). "A Veteran Promoter Gets Back In The Game: Can Jim Crockett's WWN Make An Impact?". The Wrestler.
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