The Bunkhouse Stampede was a professional wrestling tournament/show held annually by Jim Crockett Promotions from 1985 through 1988.
133-560: In 1985, the NWA 's Jim Crockett Promotions came up with a new match to increase the fans' interest in their product. The Bunkhouse Stampede was a regular battle royal where the wrestlers wore "bunkhouse gear" (blue jeans and cowboy boots, etc.) to the match, similar to 'street fight' matches. Weapons were also allowed. For example, Ivan and Nikita Koloff brought their chains to the ring, and The Road Warriors brought their spikes, others used trash can lids and leather straps. To win this match,
266-589: A Full Metal Mayhem match . He successfully retained his title against GFW wrestler PJ Black at Turning Point . Ethan Carter III gave Matt Hardy a last chance to win his title, in a Title vs. Jeff Hardy's Services match, which Matt Hardy accepted. On the September 2 episode of Impact Wrestling EC3 retained his title and won Jeff Hardy's services. On the September 23 episode of Impact Wrestling , Ethan Carter III successfully retained his title against his former rival Rockstar Spud . Ethan Carter III finally dropped
399-653: A World Title tournament for the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Championship . Unbeknownst to any one, the event was staged for ECW's public withdrawal from the NWA, with tournament winner Shane Douglas throwing down the NWA title belt and instead picking up the ECW Heavyweight Championship belt, proclaiming himself to be the ECW World Heavyweight Champion. ECW founder Tod Gordon would subsequently announce ECW's secession from
532-514: A controversial segment from that month's Samhain PPV event, in which Father James Mitchell along with several women and wrestlers were seen consuming cocaine , drew negative reactions online. The following month, The CW signed a deal with WWE for its weekly NXT program. Though it was rumored to be in-response to the Samhain segment, Corgan later revealed in a 2024 interview with Fightful that
665-588: A four-way match for the vacant championship. On April 14, 2003 Hutter appeared at the Heat tapings prior to Raw as Mike Hunter, where he was defeated by Rodney Mack . On July 24, 2006 he appeared again at Heat , where he teamed with Chris Cronus in a loss to Viscera and Charlie Haas . He also appeared on Raw in August 2006, as a police officer with Shane McMahon who were to arrest D-Generation X . Hutter made his Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) debut on
798-640: A heel , defeating jobber Norv Fernum . Carter defeated another jobber Dewey Barnes on the October 24 episode of Impact Wrestling . On November 21 at the Impact Wrestling: Turning Point special episode, Carter took a step up in competition defeating Shark Boy . Since then, Carter had matches with other jobbers, billed as TNA Legends, like Curry Man or referee Earl Hebner . On the December 12 episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter
931-597: A manager as he teamed with Lennox McEnroe in a loss to Scotty Goldman and DJ Gabriel . On the February 26 television tapings, Hutter, Washington, and Tristan Delta lost a dark match to Brett DiBiase , Maverick Darsow , and Tank Mulligan . In March, he and Dylan Klein lost to Kafu and Sweet Papi Sanchez. In April, he became known as Agent D, as part of Washington's Secret Service stable , alongside Agent T and Agent J. He reverted to his Derrick Bateman name in June, in
1064-567: A six-man tag team match , before losing to Mondo again. On the April 25 television tapings, Hutter teamed with TJ Dalton and Jamin Olivencia in defeat to Pat Buck , Johnny Punch and Braddock, before losing to Del Electrico in a dark match on the May 2 tapings. Throughout May, he went on to lose to Anthony Polaski (a renamed Tony Braddock) in a dark match and Dan Rodman , and on the May 23 tapings, he
1197-427: A challenge issued to him by Ethan Carter III, leading to Bennett attacking Carter and officially starting a feud between the two. During the April 12 episode of Impact Wrestling , Bennett and Carter had a match that ended in disqualification when Carter attacked Bennett with a steel chair. On the April 26 episode of Impact Wrestling: Sacrifice , Bennett defeated Carter by pinfall, ending Carter's unpinned streak. On
1330-487: A concurrent feud with O'Neil's friend AJ . Bateman and Maxine lost to O'Neil and AJ on the September 6 episode of NXT Redemption . On the October 26 episode of NXT Redemption , Bateman proposed to Maxine, who accepted the proposal after slapping and kissing him. On the November 2 episode of NXT Redemption , Bateman and Maxine became known as "Beta-Max", and they participated in a six-person tag match along with JTG in
1463-470: A contract with ROH on February 25. He was released after ROH announced they would be closing their doors. On NWA 74th Anniversary Show night one, EC3 made his National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) debut winning via submission over Mims. On Nuff Said pre-show it was announced that EC3 has officially signed to NWA. Later in the night, EC3 scored a submission victory over Kevin Kiley the former Alex Riley. On
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#17327794623271596-702: A dark match on August 29, 2013 before the Impact Wrestling television tapings in Cleveland, Ohio, losing to Jay Bradley . On September 26, TNA aired a vignette about a new talent, Ethan. The following week, another vignette aired as it was later reported that Hutter had signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and would be debuting with the new character as Dixie Carter 's spoiled nephew. The following week, another vignette aired revealing Hutter's new ring name as Ethan Carter III (EC3). On October 20, Carter made his TNA debut at Bound for Glory as
1729-456: A feud between the two, as EC3 and Rockstar Spud attempted to search for Willow in the woods. However, they were both attacked by Willow. At Sacrifice , they were defeated by Willow and a returning Kurt Angle. On the May 8, 2014 episode of Impact Wrestling , EC3 faced Kurt Angle, where EC3 won. During the match, Angle re-injured his knee, which allowed EC3 to capitalize on the victory and tear Angle's ACL. After his feud with Kurt Angle, he started
1862-561: A feud with Bully Ray , who threatened to put his aunt, Dixie Carter, through a table after the match. This resulted in a Texas Death match at Slammiversary XII , which EC3 won with help from Dixie Carter and Rockstar Spud. Through TNA's relationship with Wrestle-1 , Carter made his debut for the Japanese promotion in Tokyo on July 6, teaming with Rockstar Spud in a tag team match, where they were defeated by Tajiri and Yusuke Kodama . On
1995-614: A four-on-two handicap match against Sting and Jeff Hardy , where Carter pinned Sting. On the January 2, 2014 episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter was challenged by Sting for a match at the Impact Wrestling: Genesis episode, a match which Carter would win after help from the special guest referees Magnus and Rockstar Spud. On the February 6 episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter attacked Kurt Angle to save Magnus from losing by submission against him, then launched
2128-427: A holding company run by Houston, Texas-based attorney and wrestling promoter R. Bruce Tharpe, sued Trobich, Baucom, the NWA, and its then-parent company, Trobich's Pro Wrestling Organization LLC, claiming insurance fraud regarding the NWA's liability insurance policy. A settlement was negotiated that transferred the rights to the NWA name and trademarks from Trobich's company to Tharpe's. The new organization moved from
2261-507: A larger audience than ever before. Rising demand and national expansion made wrestling a much more lucrative form of entertainment than in decades previous. This era would go on to be known as the "Golden Age" of professional wrestling. From 1948 to 1955, each of the three major television networks broadcast wrestling shows; the largest supporter being the DuMont Television Network . In 1956, allegations were made that
2394-522: A leglock, which injured his knee. On the February 27 episode of Impact Wrestling , Angle officially accepted his induction into the TNA Hall of Fame , but the ceremony was interrupted by EC3, who said he tore Angle's knee ligaments and therefore must retire. However, Angle attacked him and challenged him to a match at Lockdown. On the March 6 episode of Impact Wrestling , Angle was attacked again by EC3. It
2527-409: A loose coalition of independent promotions, with NWA: Total Nonstop Action (NWA:TNA) given exclusivity over its World Heavyweight and Tag Team championships from June 2002 to May 2007. In August 2012, the NWA discontinued its memberships and started licensing its brand to wrestling promotions. In 2017, it was purchased by Billy Corgan through his Lightning One, Inc. company. By late 2019–2023,
2660-509: A losing effort. On the final episode of the fifth season of NXT on June 13, Bateman teamed with Percy Watson in a losing effort against Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks. After the conclusion of NXT Redemption , NXT transitioned into the renamed FCW developmental territory. Bateman then continued to appear on NXT , where he defeated rival Johnny Curtis on the June 27 episode of NXT . On the October 27 episode of Saturday Morning Slam , Bateman lost to United States Champion Antonio Cesaro in
2793-468: A loss to DJ Gabriel. After a hiatus, Bateman returned to FCW in 2010, teaming with Adam Henderson in a loss to The Rotundo Brothers ( Bo and Duke ). In March, he lost to Richie Steamboat and Joe Hennig in singles competition, and to Johnny Prime , Orlando Colón , and Incognito as part of a six-man tag team match, before defeating Rudy Parker. He went on to lose to Skip Sheffield , Percy Watson , Mason Ryan , Wes Brisco , and Eli Cottonwood over
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#17327794623272926-535: A loss to O'Neil, AJ and Percy Watson . On the November 9 episode of NXT Redemption , Maxine revealed to Bateman that she and his former friend Johnny Curtis went on a date, and they later tag teamed together in a winning effort against the team of Titus O' Neil and Percy Watson. On the December 7 episode of NXT Redemption , Bateman defeated Johnny Curtis in singles competition, turning face once again, and afterwards broke up with Maxine thinking he flirted with her mother. After Bateman again defeated Johnny Curtis in
3059-410: A match at Bound for Glory , where Carter, Storm and Edwards defeated Hijo del Fantasma, Pagano and Texano. After defences against Hijo del Fantasma and Fallah Bahh , Carter put the title on the line against Matt Sydal , but the match ended in a draw. On the January 4 episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter retained his title in a three-way match against Sydal and Fallah Bahh. At Genesis , he dropped
3192-503: A match between Drew Galloway and Mike Bennett, during which he intended to try and make-good on his recent mistakes costing Galloway matches. However, as before, he once again struck Drew Galloway, costing him the match. Carter would eventually win the series defeating long-time rival Mike Bennett. Galloway challenged Carter to a match with the winner going on to face the champion at Bound for Glory . The next week, Carter defeated Galloway, with Aron Rex as special referee, to keep his spot in
3325-459: A membership model to a licensing model and significantly reduced the amount of territory some of the members held, which caused many promotions to immediately cut ties with the NWA. On September 9, 2012, Championship Wrestling from Hollywood (CWFH) announced it had left the NWA. CWFH was the unofficial home promotion of both the then-current NWA champion ( Adam Pearce ) and the most recent previous champion ( Colt Cabana ), both of whom publicly left
3458-430: A mixed tag team match. On the March 14 episode of NXT Redemption , he confessed his love for Kaitlyn and kissed her, solidifying their relationship. On the March 21 episode of NXT Redemption , Bateman and Kaitlyn were backstage with Tamina talking about his and Kaitlyn's newfound relationship, and later encountered Maxine and Johnny Curtis, who accused them of being involved with Matt Striker 's disappearance. Bateman
3591-458: A multi-year contract. On the March 13, 2015 episode of Impact Wrestling , EC3's feud with Spud came to a conclusion in a hair vs. hair match which Carter won. After defeating Mr. Anderson on the May 29 episode of Impact Wrestling to become the number one contender, Carter defeated Kurt Angle on June 25, 2015 (which aired on tape delay on the July 1 episode of Impact Wrestling ) to win
3724-463: A new distribution agreement with FITE TV . As part of this agreement, the NWA would remove content from their YouTube channel. On January 5, 2022, the NWA announced the launch of the NWA All Access subscription package on FITE TV, including past and upcoming pay-per-view events (PPV), new episodes of Powerrr on Tuesdays, and the newly announced NWA USA weekly series. In addition, it
3857-666: A new promotion called NWA: Total Nonstop Action (NWA:TNA). NWA:TNA was given creative control over the NWA World Heavyweight and World Tag Team championships through an agreement with the NWA. This would last until March 2007, when the NWA terminated its agreement with TNA. TNA would lose control over the NWA World Heavyweight and World Tag Team championships by the morning of the 2007 Sacrifice pay-per-view event on May 13. On September 17, 2010, KDOC-TV Los Angeles premiered NWA: Championship Wrestling from Hollywood . In August 2012, International Wrestling Corp.,
3990-488: A non-title match. In January 2013, Bateman entered the NXT Tag Team Championship tournament along with Alex Riley , but they were eliminated in the first round after a loss to Kassius Ohno and Leo Kruger . Bateman's final match was a non-title loss against NXT Champion Big E Langston , which was taped before his release. On May 17, 2013, Hutter was released from his contract. Hutter worked
4123-646: A number of issues. At the time Quinn walked out, a wrestler of his named Édouard Carpentier was involved in an angle where he and Lou Thesz were both being presented around the NWA as world champion after Carpentier had a disputed win over Thesz on June 14, 1957. As the 1950s came to a close, professional wrestling was losing television ratings, and soon TV stations dropped most wrestling shows from their lineups. The remaining televised wrestling promoters had small, local syndicated shows, which aired as late-night filler programming. Promoters started using localized television by purchasing airtime from rival territories, at
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4256-456: A singles match on the December 28 episode of NXT Redemption , Maxine again turned on Bateman, thinking he was trying to ruin her career, kissing Curtis and leaving with him. The next week on the January 4 episode of NXT Redemption , Bateman lost in singles competition to Darren Young after a distraction from Johnny Curtis and Maxine announcing that they're getting married in Las Vegas . On
4389-661: A table. EC3 would then blame Rhino for Dixie Carter being put through a table, resulting in EC3 attacking him. The following week, he got himself disqualified by repeatedly hitting Rhino with a chair. Spud tried to stop EC3 from the beat down on Rhino, but EC3 threatened to hit him with a chair, thus teasing tension between the two. On the October 8 episode of Impact Wrestling , Rockstar Spud snapped and slapped EC3, resulting in Carter firing him as his chief of staff. On October 12, at Bound for Glory , EC3 defeated sumo wrestler Ryota Hama . On
4522-422: A tag-team match on the February 16 episode of Impact Wrestling , only for Spud to attack Carter and cost him his rematch against Hardy during a six sides of steel match at Lockdown . On the March 29 episode of Impact Wrestling, EC3 defeated Matt Hardy, Rockstar Spud, Tyrus and Reby Hardy by disqualification in a Four On One Handicap match. On the March 29 episode of Impact Wrestling Mike Bennett declined
4655-617: A three-way match between Carter, Storm and Magnus to determine the number one contender to the Impact World Heavyweight Championship , but after an altercation with Prichard, Carter attacked him. On the May 25 episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter defeated Storm and Magnus to become the number one contender to the Impact Wrestling Heavyweight Championship. However, on the June 1 episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter
4788-512: A three-way match, in a losing effort. At One Night Only: Live! , Carter was defeated by Eddie Edwards, and failed to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. On the January 12 episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter was defeated by Lashley in a Last Man Standing match and failed to become number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. On the March 9 episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter interrupted
4921-468: A title shot vs. voice match where if Carter lost, he would lose his TNA World Heavyweight title shot and if Drake lost, he would not be able to talk for the rest of 2016. On the December 8 episode of Impact Wrestling , his match against Eddie Edwards for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship ended in a no contest. On the January 5, 2017, episode of Impact Wrestling , he challenged Lashley and Eddie Edwards for Edwards' TNA World Heavyweight Championship in
5054-441: A vicious assault targeting Angle's surgically repaired left knee, resulting in serious injuries. The following week, Carter teamed with Magnus losing to Gunner and James Storm in a tag team ladder match where Carter's and Gunner's Feast or Fired briefcases were on the line. On the February 6 episode of Impact Wrestling , Kurt Angle had a match against Magnus, which Angle won by disqualification, when EC3 attacked him, performing
5187-403: A wrestler had to be the last one in the ring, with all of the other wrestlers having been thrown over the top rope. These were most often bloody matches, as there were several weapons involved. Each year, there were several Bunkhouse Stampedes held in the prior weeks, with the winners of each one going to the final Bunkhouse Stampede to battle for the championship. They began in 1985, and the last
5320-458: Is a documentary series chronicling the journey and career of the current NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion as well as others in the division. Debuting on October 20, 2017, on the NWA's YouTube channel, it was the first series to be produced after the organization's acquisition. NWA Shockwave was a web television program that aired on the NWA's YouTube channel and Facebook page. The series debuted on December 1, 2020. On August 10, 2020, it
5453-645: Is the flagship program of the NWA which currently streams on Tuesday nights on The CW 's app. The series debuted on October 8, 2019, originally airing on the NWA's YouTube channel. From 2021 to the end of 2022, the show had a first airing on Tuesday at 6:05 pm ET on FITE TV , with the episode debuting on the NWA's YouTube channel later in the same week in Friday at 6:05 pm ET. A companion series, titled NWA Power Surge (stylized as NWA Powerrr Surge ), premiered on April 13, 2021, and features wrestler interviews, unseen matches, and Powerrr recaps. Ten Pounds of Gold
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5586-547: The Impact Grand Championship . On the August 24 episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter entered in the twenty man Gauntlet for the Gold match for the vacant GFW World Heavyweight Championship at number 7, but was eliminated by Moose and Eddie Edwards. Then, he started a feud with El Hijo del Fantasma , Pagano and El Texano Jr. , Mexican luchadores from Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). This culminated in
5719-521: The NWA World Heavyweight Championship . The match took place on November 12 and saw Storm retain the title. This was the first title match under the new NWA regime headed by Corgan. On December 9, Aldis defeated Storm in a rematch at Cage of Death 19 to become the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion, making him the second British-born champion after Gary Steele . In 2018, the NWA briefly allied with Impact Wrestling ,
5852-677: The NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship against Thom Latimer. On November 14 episode of Powerrr , EC3 successfully defended his title against Talos. On March 2, 2024 at Hard Times , EC3 successfully defended his title against "Thrillbilly" Silas Mason. On August 31 at NWA 76th Anniversary Show , EC3 lost the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship to Thom Latimer , ending his reign at 370 days. On January 7, 2023 at Nightmare Rumble 2023, EC3 made his OVW debut by participating in
5985-612: The TNA World Heavyweight Championship for the first time in his career. Three days later, on June 28, at Slammiversary XIII , Carter and Tyrus defeated Anderson and Lashley in the co–main event. On the July 8 episode of Impact Wrestling , he retained the TNA World Heavyweight Championship three times in one night against Norv Fernum , Shark Boy and Kurt Angle. On the July 15 episode of Impact Wrestling , EC3 defeated Drew Galloway to retain his title. At No Surrender , EC3 defeated Matt Hardy in
6118-545: The United States . It remained the largest and most influential body in wrestling until the mid-1980s by which time most of the original member promotions went out of business as a result of the World Wrestling Federation 's (WWF, now WWE) national expansion . In September 1993, the largest remaining member promotion, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), left the NWA. The NWA would continue as
6251-488: The independent circuit . He is best known for his tenures with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and WWE , where he performed both under his EC3 ring name and, earlier, as Derrick Bateman . Hutter began his professional wrestling career in 2002, and began wrestling for the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) promotion in 2007. In 2009, he signed a contract with WWE, where he competed as Derrick Bateman. He
6384-456: The "Bateman Institute" advertising a fictional Mark Henry cologne . He also made his SmackDown debut with Damien Sandow , who refused to fight him. Bateman got his debut match against Ryback and lost. After a period of absence from WWE programming, Bateman was inserted into the fifth season of NXT as a rookie midway into the competition, returning on the June 28, 2011 episode of NXT Redemption and bringing back his Pro Daniel Bryan in
6517-496: The 100th episode of NXT Redemption , Bateman interrupted Johnny Curtis and Maxine's wedding ceremony by showing a security camera video clip in his locker room of Johnny Curtis stealing Bateman's iPad and sending an email to Theodore Long about getting rid of Maxine and going to SmackDown , and was later reunited with Maxine. On the February 15 episode of NXT Redemption , Bateman teamed with Justin Gabriel to defeat
6650-587: The 1970s, the NWA once again took over as the top promotion and gained huge dominance with their program, Georgia Championship Wrestling , which would become the first nationally broadcast wrestling program on cable television through then-superstation TBS in 1979. They brought in Gordon Solie , dubbed "The Walter Cronkite of Professional Wrestling," from former NWA President Eddie Graham's Championship Wrestling from Florida territory to be lead commentator and host. Videotape trading and cable television paved
6783-857: The 1970s. They changed their name from the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1979. At some point during the decade, Muchnick reportedly declared Atlanta, Georgia as the "leading wrestling city" for its "drawing capacity and near-capacity crowds at the City Auditorium or the Omni every Friday." While the American Wrestling Association (AWA) and World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation (WWWF/WWF) both faltered during
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#17327794623276916-523: The 2023 Nightmare Rumble for OVW National Heavyweight Championship , which was won by Jessie Godderz . On May 26 episode of OVW, EC3 was defeated by Crixus for the vacant OVW Kentucky Heavyweight Championship . On November 21, 2023 on OVW Thanksgiving Thunder , EC3 defeated Jessie Godderz to win the OVW National Heavyweight Championship. After his second WWE departure in 2020, Hutter reinvented his EC3 gimmick as
7049-821: The CW executives didn't have a problem with the spot, and that "it was a completely invented story by either a troll inside the company, a leaker or something.” Following Samhain, episodes of Powerrr were later added to The CW's app in November. In January 2024, NWA announced that new episodes of Powerrr would be available on The CW app from February 6. The same year, NWA included new territories: NWA Chicago in Chicago , Illinois , Kross Fire Wrestling (KFW) in Sevierville, Tennessee , World League Wrestling in Missouri as NWA's developmental system, and NWA Texas. Powerrr
7182-549: The FCW Florida Tag Team Championship by defeating the team of Donny Marlow and Brodus Clay and the defending champions, Los Aviadores in a three-way tag team match. They went on to successfully defend the championship against Los Aviadores , Clay and Marlow, and The Dude Busters ( Caylen Croft and Trent Barreta ). After a near three-month reign, Bateman and Curtis lost the championship to Wes Brisco and Xavier Woods on November 4. During
7315-659: The February 14, 2023 episode of NWA Powerrr , EC3 shows up to applaud the NWA World Champion Tyrus ’ victory over Rolando Freeman, accompanied by BLK Jeez . The following week, lead announcer Joe Galli interviewed EC3 and BLK Jeez about what transpired, though EC3 simply stated that he was only "controlling his narrative". He later went on to challenge Cyon for the NWA National Championship at NWA 312 , which would later be made official. At NWA 312 on April 7, EC3 defeated Cyon to win
7448-602: The July 3 episode of Impact Wrestling , EC3 defeated Bully Ray in a tables match , following interference from Rhino on Carter's behalf. This prompted Ray to challenge EC3, Rhino, and Spud to a six-man hardcore match with Devon and Tommy Dreamer as his partners, which EC3's team won following interference from Rycklon and Snitsky . On the August 7 episode of Impact Wrestling , EC3, Rhino, Rycklon and Snitsky were defeated in an eight-man Hardcore War against Team 3D , Al Snow and Tommy Dreamer. Afterwards, Bully Ray fulfilled his four-month promise by putting Dixie Carter through
7581-468: The June 7 episode of Impact Wrestling , EC3 and Gail Kim defeated Mike Bennett and Allie . Ethan Carter III defeated Bennett in a singles match at Slammiversary on June 12. On two separate occasions, Carter got involved in Drew Galloway 's matches with the purpose of aiding him. However his plans backfired when he inadvertently ended up striking Galloway with a chair on the first occasion and
7714-570: The March 1 episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter was defeated by Tyrus. On the March 15 episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter participated at the Feast or Fired match where he picked one of the briefcases alongside Eli Drake , Petey Williams , and Moose. After the match, he attacked Tyrus with the briefcase. The following week, Carter opened his briefcase, which was revealed to be the Pink Slip, and resulted in him being fired. After initially rejecting
7847-399: The March 27, 2007 television tapings, where he lost to Tony Braddock in a dark match using his real name. The following week, he lost to Mike Mondo in a dark match, before changing his ring name to Mike Hutter. He competed in several more dark matches before the television tapings, teaming with Nick Nemeth and Chris Cage in a loss to Mike Kruel, Vladimir Kozlov and Boris Alexiev in
7980-411: The May 10 episode of Impact Wrestling , Bennett declined another challenge from Carter unless Carter faced three of his former enemies; if Carter won all the three matches, then he would get to face Bennett at Slammiversary, to which Carter agreed. His first match was against Rockstar Spud in a Six Sides of Steel match , which Carter won. On the May 17 episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter's second match
8113-453: The May 4 episode of SmackDown where he once again faced Ryback, but was defeated. On the May 9 episode of NXT Redemption , Bateman was attacked backstage by an unknown person. On the May 30 episode of NXT Redemption , Bateman competed in a tag team match with Percy Watson and Justin Gabriel in a winning effort against Johnny Curtis, Michael McGillicutty , and JTG. Bateman competed on the June 8 episode of SmackDown against Brodus Clay in
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#17327794623278246-650: The NWA National Heavyweight Championship. On the May 2 episode of Powerrr , EC3 successfully defended his title in his first title defense against Carnage . EC3 successfully defended the NWA National Championship on both nights of the Crockett Cup against Silas Mason and NWA World Television Champion Thom Latimer . After successfully defending the title against “Thrillbilly” Silas Mason, EC3 dropped
8379-517: The NWA World Heavyweight Championship was featured at All In , with Cody defeating Aldis for the title, becoming the first second-generation NWA World heavyweight champion. After All In, the NWA would return to hosting its own events. The NWA 70th Anniversary Show , which took place on October 21, 2018, was the first to be produced directly under Lightning One, and was co-produced with Global Force Entertainment ;
8512-552: The NWA World Heavyweight, World Tag Team and World Junior Heavyweight Championships all changed hands at NJPW events. In September 2016, NWA signed a deal with the new Japanese Diamond Stars Wrestling (DSW) promotion to promote shows in not only Japan, but also other parts of Asia. As part of the deal, DSW chairman Hideo Shimada was appointed the NWA Vice President of the Asian Pacific region while Jimmy Suzuki
8645-604: The NWA and ROH. This would be the last event to be co-promoted with ROH; on July 24, 2019, the NWA announced that had ended their partnership. Subsequently, it was announced the following month that the NWA would host tapings in Atlanta on September 30 and October 1 for a new television series, later revealed to be titled NWA Powerrr . In January 2020, Marty Scurll , and other Ring of Honor characters, began to appear at NWA events once again as part of an inter-promotional angle. In addition to re-signing with ROH, Scurll would join
8778-422: The NWA had transitioned into a stand-alone, singular promotion. In October 2023, the NWA re-established its territory system, with Michael Hutter's NWA Exodus Pro Midwest being the first promotion sanctioned. Mid 20th Century 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s In 1948, Paul "Pinkie" George , a professional wrestling promoter from the U.S. Midwest , founded
8911-408: The NWA reestablished itself as a governing body, with EC3 's NWA Exodus Pro Midwest being the first territory to be sanctioned. On December 4, NWA welcomed Joe Cazana Promotions (JCP) to their territory system. On October 18, it was reported by news blog Haus of Wrestling that NWA had signed a deal with The CW to air Powerrr and a reality show documenting behind the scenes footage. However,
9044-755: The NWA was an illegal monopoly blocking competition. An investigation led by the US Department of Justice resulted in the NWA Consent Decree of 1956 ( United States v. National Wrestling Alliance ). Several promoters would leave the organization during this time, with some managing to find niches in the United States. In 1957, Montreal promoter Eddie Quinn walked out of the August NWA meeting in St. Louis, having fallen out with Muchnick over
9177-505: The NWA's Bunkhouse Stampede . The NWA responded by creating Clash of the Champions on TBS to counterprogram WrestleMania IV . By 1988, Jim Crockett Promotions was facing bankruptcy. On October 11, under the direction of owner Ted Turner , TBS bought the assets of JCP and renamed it World Championship Wrestling (WCW) after the TV show of the same name. Originally incorporated by TBS as
9310-550: The NWA, Corgan would also purchase Tharpe's stake in the NWA's "On Demand" VOD service and licensing of the Paul Boesch wrestling library. Corgan's ownership of the NWA took effect on October 1, 2017. All licenses granted by Tharpe to use the NWA branding expired the previous day, putting Corgan in complete control of both the brand and its championships. On September 23, 2017, Nick Aldis made his debut for Championship Wrestling from Hollywood and challenged Tim Storm for
9443-480: The NWA, rechristening the promotion as Extreme Championship Wrestling. In 1998, the World Wrestling Federation reached an agreement to use the likeness of the NWA titles, branding, and its history, to create a storyline. It would be later claimed that WWE still owned the rights. Despite the NWA receiving international television publicity during the angle, it was considered a failure due to low viewer interests. In June 2002, Jeff and Jerry Jarrett launched
9576-477: The NWA, with Pearce vacating the NWA World Title while exiting. Other major NWA territories like NWA Pro/NWA Pro West , NWA Georgia , NWA Pro East , NWA Southwest and NWA Midwest folded. In 2013, the NWA re-established a relationship with New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where Bruce Tharpe became an on-screen character, portraying a villainous manager of wrestlers representing the NWA. Over the next two years,
9709-570: The NWA. On September 5, 2020, Rosa unsuccessfully challenged AEW Women's World Championship Hikaru Shida at All Out . On October 27, 2020, Serena Deeb defeated Rosa during the United Wrestling Network's Primetime Live event to become the new NWA World Women's Champion. On March 2, 2021, the NWA announced their return to promoting events, with the Back For The Attack and new Powerrr episodes as part of
9842-533: The Narrative, where he defeated Matt Cardona. In October, EC3 hosted his second show Free the Narrative II, where he faced Adam Scherr in the main event, being defeated. Hutter and Scherr began to work together and, on February 17, 2022, they announced Control Your Narrative (CYN). Taking inspiration from Fight Club , the promotion will feature talent booking their own storylines in a way that resembles
9975-508: The National Wrestling Alliance with the backing of six other promoters: Al Haft , Tony Stecher , Harry Light , Orville Brown , Don Owen , and Sam Muchnick . The concept of the NWA was to consolidate the championships of these regional companies into one true world championship of professional wrestling, whose holder would be recognized worldwide. The newly formed NWA Board of Directors decided that Brown would become
10108-515: The October 15 episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter introduced his new bodyguard Tyrus . Carter and Tyrus entered the TNA World Tag Team Championship number one contenders tournament defeating Eric Young and Rockstar Spud in the quarterfinals only to lose to The Hardys on the October 29 episode of Impact Wrestling in the semi-finals, when Tyrus was pinned by Matt Hardy . On December 31, Hutter re-signed with TNA for
10241-461: The Ohio region after making his debut. He wrestled for Pro Wrestling Ohio, making his debut on episode nine of the television show, as an ally of M-Dogg 20 , under the name the "Deviant" Michael Hutter. He immediately began feuding with Josh Prohibition and Johnny Gargano and in the main event on episode 13 he teamed with Jason Bane to defeat Prohibition and Gargano. He made his final appearance for
10374-634: The United States. That same year, Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) and the NWA created its primary supercard , Starrcade , the first to be broadcast via closed-circuit networks and was regarded as their flagship event. On Saturday, July 14, 1984, in what would become known as Black Saturday , McMahon bought NWA member Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) and merged it into the WWF. The WWF would take over GCW's TV slot on TBS , which had been home to GCW's World Championship Wrestling program for 12 years. This move proved disastrous as ratings would plummet, and
10507-548: The Universal Wrestling Corporation, Turner promised fans that WCW would retain the athlete-oriented style of the NWA. The sale was completed on November 2, 1988, with a television taping of NWA World Championship Wrestling that very same date in WCW's hometown of Atlanta. By September 1993, WCW would withdraw completely from the NWA. On August 27, 1994, NWA: Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW) held
10640-486: The WWF would end up losing money on the deal. Then-NWA President Jim Crockett, Jr. , the owner of JCP, would buy the World Championship Wrestling program from McMahon for $ 1 million and returned NWA programming to TBS. By 1985, JCP would become the flagship territory of the NWA by acquiring more time slots on TBS and merging with other NWA territories in an attempt to compete with the WWF. With
10773-419: The championship to Matt Hardy, who pinned Drew Galloway in a three-way match on October 4, at Bound For Glory , after special guest referee Jeff Hardy betrayed him, officially ending Carter's reign at 101 days. Carter then filed an injunction ( kayfabe ) that banned Matt Hardy from appearing on Impact Wrestling for a month, which forced Hardy to relinquish the title in order to stay on the show. Throughout
10906-540: The company's booking team, enabling him to appear for both the NWA and ROH. However, in the fallout of the Speaking Out Movement , Scurll was accused of having intercourse with a 16-year-old female who was inebriated. After an investigation, Scurll would be removed from his position as booker, and by the following January in 2021, would be no longer under contract. Nick Aldis was scheduled to face PCO at Supercard of Honor XIV on April 4, 2020, before
11039-399: The company, but quickly dropped it to R-Truth seconds later following a distraction by Carmella . EC3 would win the 24/7 Championship three more times in September, trading it back and forth with R-Truth across several house shows , becoming a four-time champion. In doing so EC3 has the most 24/7 title reigns that has not lasted longer than a full day. In November, it was reported that EC3
11172-547: The consequence of putting some of them out of business. On January 24, 1963, at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Lou Thesz defeated Buddy Rogers in a one-fall match and was declared NWA World Heavyweight Champion for the third and final time. However, after the event, Vincent J. McMahon and Toots Mondt of the Capital Wrestling Corporation (CWC) refused to recognize the title change since Thesz
11305-403: The debut of Alberto El Patron saying that he does not deserve a World Championship match. However, his speech was ignored, and a match between El Patron and Lashley was scheduled. Carter watched the main event and congratulated El Patron for his championship win. However, when El Patron relinquished the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, a match between Carter and him for the number one contender
11438-423: The early stages of Fight Club ' s "Project: Mayhem". On the October 19 episode of ROH Television, EC3 made his debut for the promotion cutting a promo in the ring. Afterwards, he was confronted backstage by Shane Taylor and S.O.S. (Soldiers of Savagery) where they challenged him and The Briscoes to a match which they accepted. The match was cancelled after EC3 tested positive for COVID-19 , he would sign
11571-406: The event back and rename it as The Dusty Rhodes Memorial Bunkhouse Stampede. National Wrestling Alliance The National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) is an American professional wrestling promotion and governing body owned by Billy Corgan and operated by its parent company Lightning One, Inc. Founded in 1948, the NWA began as the governing body for a group of regional promotions,
11704-774: The event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 18, 2020, Dave Lagana resigned as Vice President of the NWA after allegations of sexual assault were made public. The promotion would go into hiatus as a result of this and the pandemic. During this time, several wrestlers would also leave the NWA, including former Tag Team Champions James Storm , Eli Drake , Marti Belle , and Royce Isaacs , former Women's Champion Allysin Kay , former Television Champion Ricky Starks , former Television Champion Zicky Dice . NWA World Women's Champion Thunder Rosa would make appearances for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) while under contract with
11837-452: The event was streamed live on FITE TV . The main event saw Aldis defeat Cody to recapture the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and Willie Mack winning a tournament for the vacant NWA National Championship , which became the main secondary title. The Fourth Crockett Cup , an eight-team, single-elimination tournament that was revived to crown new NWA World Tag Team Champions , took place on April 27, 2019, as another collaboration between
11970-401: The fact that the last two wrestlers in the ring were The Road Warriors , but they tossed a coin and the loser jumped out of the ring), a two-man steel cage bunkhouse match (where one wrestler had to throw the other out of the cage) between the two determined the overall winner, over Jim Cornette 's protests that Rogers should have been declared the winner because, while Rhodes had won as many of
12103-431: The finale of season three of NXT , it was announced that Bateman would be part of the fourth season , with Season 1 alumnus Daniel Bryan as his mentor. He made his in-ring debut on the December 7 episode of NXT , teaming with Daniel Bryan in a loss to Conor O'Brian and his Pro Alberto Del Rio . He had his first singles match on the December 14 episode of NXT , but lost to Alberto Del Rio via submission . For
12236-469: The finals, to win the tournament and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship for a second time. Three days later, during the tapings of Impact Wrestling , which aired on January 19, Carter lost the title to Hardy in a Last Man Standing match , after Tyrus turned on Carter and attacked him, turning face in the process. In February, Carter started an alliance with his former rival Rockstar Spud in order to even things with Hardy and Tyrus, defeating them in
12369-462: The first ever NWA World Heavyweight Champion . In 1950, Sam Muchnick , one of the original promoters of the NWA and Lou Thesz 's booker, was named the governing body's President, a position to which he was unanimously re-elected and held until 1960, making him one of the longest-tenured presidents in the organization's history. Following the advent of television , professional wrestling matches began to be aired nationally during this time, reaching
12502-594: The former NWA:TNA, to hold an Empty Arena match at Universal Orlando in Orlando, Florida. It was contested by Tim Storm and Jocephus and served as a qualifier to challenge then-NWA World Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis. The match was recorded on January 14, 2018, and uploaded to YouTube the next day. Starting in 2018, NWA allied with Ring of Honor (ROH). NWA wrestlers such as Aldis, James Storm , and Eli Drake appeared at several ROH events, with ROH-contracted talent even winning NWA titles. On September 1, 2018,
12635-413: The group of undercard wrestlers that competed for WWE 24/7 Championship . EC3 competed in the 51-man battle royal at Super ShowDown on June 7, his only main card pay-per-view appearance of the year, but he was the first competitor eliminated and the match was ultimately won by Mansoor . On the June 24 episode of Raw , EC3 pinned 24/7 Champion Cedric Alexander , to claim his first championship within
12768-431: The heads of which made up the board of directors. The group operated a territory system which sanctioned their own company championships while recognizing a singular world champion who defended his title across all the territories, participated in talent exchanges, and collectively protected the territorial integrity of member promotions. Prior to the 1960s, it acted as the sole governing body for professional wrestling in
12901-480: The main event of Bound for Glory against Lashley . At Bound for Glory, he was defeated by Lashley. After the PPV, he started a feud against Eli Drake after his Fact of Life segment on the October 6 episode of Impact Wrestling . On the October 27 episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter and Jessie Godderz were defeated by Eli Drake and Aron Rex. On the November 24 episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter defeated Eli Drake in
13034-627: The matches, Rogers had won more money (because while most of the matches had $ 25,000 prizes, Rogers won a $ 100,000 match in Atlanta). Only one of the earlier Bunkhouse Stampedes, on December 28, 1985, was broadcast on NWA Television, but it was cut off after only a few minutes of action. The 1988 Championship was held on pay-per-view on January 24, 1988 in Uniondale, New York at the Nassau Coliseum . Petitions from wrestling fans to bring
13167-447: The new management of Impact Wrestling . Storm then tried to attack Carter, but Carter retaliated by lashing Storm over thirty times with a leather belt, causing significant injury to his back. The following week, Carter was defeated by Storm, after Carter brutally lashed the referee. After the match however, he tried to attack Storm after which Storm came out on top, but was immediately attacked by Magnus . Then, Bruce Prichard announced
13300-410: The next months, he participated in various challenges. Bateman made it to the final three competitors, but was eliminated on the February 22 episode of NXT . He then returned on the March 1 episode of NXT , competing in a tag team match with Conor O'Brian defeating the team of Byron Saxton and Jacob Novak. While competing on NXT , Bateman appeared in pre-taped vignette on Raw as a scientist with
13433-528: The next several months. In mid-2010, he formed a tag team known as The Handsome Man's Express with Leo Kruger , and the pair unsuccessfully challenged Los Aviadores ( Hunico and Epico ) for the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship on July 2. The Handsome Man's Express disbanded as a team shortly afterward, with Kruger defeating Bateman in a singles match on July 29. On August 12, 2010, Hutter teamed with Johnny Curtis to win
13566-519: The number one contender for the Impact World Championship , which was won by Impact. On the February 15 episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter teamed with a returning Tyrus and defeated Impact and Sydal. After the match, Carter challenged Impact for a match where if he won, he takes his number one contender spot, which Impact accepted. However, Carter lost the match the following week after a misunderstanding with him and Tyrus. On
13699-436: The process. Meanwhile, Bateman's character began to show more villainous traits, eventually causing Bryan to abandon him after declaring that Bateman was making a fool out of himself. In July, Bateman started a long feud with Titus O'Neil that lasted until November, as both of them frequently traded wins and losses in a series of matches. In August, Maxine made her return to NXT as Bateman's girlfriend, and she started
13832-571: The promotion on episode 16, losing to Prohibition in a match to determine the participants in a match for the PWO Heavyweight Championship. On June 27, 2007, Hutter appeared at a Derby City Wrestling show in Louisville, Kentucky , where he teamed with Osiris to defeat The Belgian Brawler and Apocalypse in a dark match. On December 9, 2007, Firestorm Pro Wrestling held its inaugural show Destroy Erase Improve , which saw
13965-551: The rest of the year (taped in July), Carter began competing in the TNA World Title Series for an opportunity to regain the vacant championship, in which he continued his winning streak by defeating the likes of Lashley, Mr. Anderson, DJ Z and Davey Richards . On the January 5, 2016 live episode of Impact Wrestling , during its premiere on Pop TV , Carter defeated Lashley in the semi–finals and Matt Hardy in
14098-494: The result, he accepted his fate and was cheered by the Impact Zone despite being a heel. However, he attacked Jeremy Borash with his briefcase, before being confronted and attacked by Brian Cage . On January 27, 2018, under his EC3 moniker, he returned to WWE and its developmental territory NXT , sitting in the audience at NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia . On the March 28 episode of NXT , EC3 returned to NXT, where he
14231-538: The second occasion he struck him with a kendo stick. Following on from this, the two began a heated rivalry, fighting each other on several occasions, including an unsanctioned fight that led to a no-contest at Destination X . Later in August, Carter was involved in the Playoff , the winner of the series would go on to main event the PPV against the reigning champion at the time of the event. Before appearing in his own semi-final match against Matt Hardy, Carter interfered in
14364-675: The segment, EC3 was interrupted by Dean Ambrose , leading to a match that EC3 won. The following week on Raw , they competed in a rematch, which Ambrose won with a small package . After his short feud with Ambrose, EC3 would be off Raw for the following months, and was relegated to Main Event as a jobber. At the WrestleMania 35 pre-show on April 7, EC3 competed in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal , but
14497-587: The start of a six-man round robin tournament, in which Hutter competed. The tournament lasted nine months, before ending on September 12, 2008 at Something to Die For . That same show, Hutter won a six-man elimination match to become the inaugural Firestorm Pro Heavyweight Champion. Hutter made his last appearance with Firestorm Pro Wrestling on December 13, 2008, when he vacated the Firestorm Pro Heavyweight Championship, which he later awarded to John McChesney when McChesney won
14630-544: The storyline nephew of TNA's owner Dixie Carter . He won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship twice and the Impact Grand Championship once . He returned to WWE in January 2018, competing in NXT, before making his main roster debut in early 2019, where he held the WWE 24/7 Championship four times . His second tenure with WWE ended in April 2020. Hutter began his career in Cleveland wrestling regularly for several promotions in
14763-477: The success of WrestleMania III in 1987, the WWF would schedule another pay-per-view, Survivor Series , on Thanksgiving night to compete directly with NWA's Starrcade event, and demanded exclusivity from cable providers on carriage of the event. As a result, Starrcade was moved to December the following year, with the show now held around Christmas Day beginning in 1988. The WWF then scheduled their first Royal Rumble event in January 1988 to counterprogram against
14896-538: The team of Heath Slater and Johnny Curtis, and afterwards saved his friend Kaitlyn from Maxine. Two weeks later, Kaitlyn confessed her love for Bateman, kissing him during an intervention also involving Justin Gabriel and Alicia Fox , until Maxine came out and again attacked Kaitlyn. On the March 7 episode of NXT Redemption , Bateman was backstage with Johnny Curtis and Maxine, who revealed to Bateman that they are no longer dating after Kaitlyn kissed Bateman, leading to Bateman and Kaitlyn defeating Curtis and Maxine in
15029-529: The title in the ring, officially relinquishing it to challenge Tyrus for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship at NWA 75th Anniversary Show . On August 27 at NWA 75, EC3 defeated Tyrus in a bullrope match to become the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion. On September 26 episode of Powerrr , EC3 successfully defended his title in his first title defense against Jay Bradley . On October 28 at NWA Samhain , EC3 successfully defended
15162-414: The title to Sydal. On January 13, 2018, Carter was released from his contract by Impact Wrestling, but remained on Impact programming until March, as his appearances were filmed before his departure. On the February 1 episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter and Alberto El Patrón were defeated by Moose and Johnny Impact in a tag team match. This led to a fatal-four-way match the following week to determine
15295-456: The way for the decline of the NWA's inter-regional business model, as viewers could now see plot holes and inconsistencies between each territories' storylines. The presence of stars like Ric Flair on TV every week made their special appearances in each region less of a draw. The WWF left the NWA for good in 1983, as Vincent K. McMahon , who bought the WWF from his father in 1982, worked to get WWF programming on syndicated television all across
15428-435: Was accompanied by Kaitlyn in singles competition on the March 28 episode of NXT Redemption , losing to Hunico . Bateman and Kaitlyn discovered Matt Striker in a janitor's closet hidden by Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks on the April 11 episode of NXT Redemption . On the April 25 episode of NXT Redemption , Bateman was attacked by JTG, but later went on to defeat him in singles competition. Bateman made his televised return on
15561-408: Was against Tyrus in a Last Man Standing match , which Carter won. On the May 24 episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter won his last match against Matt Hardy, but Bennett refused to give him his rematch, since Carter won by disqualification. On the May 31 episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter was put in charge of the show, and he made the match between himself and Bennett official for Slammiversary. On
15694-554: Was announced after that night's Impact Wrestling that Kurt Angle, due to EC3's attack, would be pulled from the Lockdown card due to a torn MCL . On March 9, at Lockdown , Bobby Lashley answered Carter's open challenge after his scheduled opponent (Kurt Angle) couldn't wrestle due to injury the match ended in a no contest. The following week on Impact Wrestling , Lashley and Carter had a rematch which Carter won via disqualification after an assault by Willow on Carter. This started
15827-528: Was announced as a participant in a six-man ladder match for the NXT North American Championship at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans against Adam Cole , Killian Dain , Lars Sullivan , Ricochet , and Velveteen Dream , where he was unsuccessful. Throughout the summer, he began a feud with Velveteen Dream, after Dream walked out on EC3 during a tag team match. This led to a match between the two at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 , where EC3
15960-513: Was announced that Powerrr would return to YouTube, airing on Fridays after the FITE premiere, and that NWA USA would air on Saturdays on the platform before moving to Sundays on FITE. Finally, it was announced that the NWA would expand their PPV schedule to six events per year, as part of a new deal with FITE TV. Though the partnership ended in 2023, with NWA's programming returning to YouTube, FITE still carries NWA PPV events. On October 9, 2023,
16093-494: Was announced that the NWA will partner with the United Wrestling Network (UWN) to produce a live, weekly pay-per-view (PPV) series named UWN Primetime Live . Matches from this series would also be featured as part of Shockwave . NWA USA is a weekly program that debuted on January 8, 2022, on YouTube and focuses on the NWA Junior Heavyweight Championship division. The last episode
16226-565: Was appointed senior NWA consultant. On May 1, 2017, it was reported that Billy Corgan , lead singer of the Smashing Pumpkins , had agreed to purchase the NWA, including its name, rights, trademarks and championship belts. The report was confirmed by Tharpe that same day. Over the following weeks, the NWA trademarks were moved from Tharpe's International Wrestling Corp. over to Corgan's Lightning One, Inc. production company. According to multiple sources, as part of his acquisition of
16359-423: Was assigned to WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where he won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship with Johnny Curtis . Also, he competed in the fourth and fifth seasons of NXT , a program where rookies were paired with Pros. He left WWE in May 2013 and then signed a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He worked with the promotion as Ethan Carter III,
16492-475: Was attacked by Kruel, Kozlov, and Mr. Strongo. In his final OVW appearance in June, Hutter competed in a gauntlet match to earn a match against then United States Champion , Montel Vontavious Porter , but the match was won by Chet The Jet. Hutter made his Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) debut on February 9, 2009, as Mike Hutter, when he lost to Drew McIntyre . On February 19, he changed his ring name to Derrick Bateman, and gained Abraham Washington as
16625-467: Was confronted by Sting and was issued an option; either face Sting immediately, or enter the Feast or Fired match. Carter entered the Feast or Fired match and grabbed one of the briefcases, which was revealed to contain a future TNA World Tag Team Championship match. On the December 26 episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter teamed with Rockstar Spud and The BroMans ( Robbie E and Jessie Godderz ) in
16758-573: Was defeated by Alberto El Patrón in a Six Sides of Steel match , failing to win the GFW Global Championship and lost his opportunity to face Lashley at Slammiversary . At Slammiversary, Carter defeated Storm in a Strap match. After that, Carter was put in the orbit of the Impact Grand Championship, which he won on the August 3 episode of Impact Wrestling , when he defeated Moose via split decision to win
16891-483: Was defeated by Dream. During his match against Dream, he suffered a concussion, delaying the plans to call him up to the main roster during the summer. On December 17, 2018, it was announced EC3 would be debuting on the main roster. During the following weeks, he was seen during backstage segments of Raw and SmackDown Live , before making his official debut on the February 4, 2019 episode of Raw , appearing on Alexa Bliss ' talk show A Moment Of Bliss . During
17024-515: Was eliminated early in the match. EC3 was drafted to the Raw brand as part of the Superstar Shake-up . In a dark match before the April 9 episode of SmackDown , EC3 was managed by Drake Maverick . However, Vince McMahon was reported to have disliked the match, so the partnership was not brought to television. Following that, he was mainly used in comedic roles, including being among
17157-477: Was held in 1989, after which it was abandoned. The winner was awarded a large bronze cowboy boot. The format was slightly different in 1987; rather than have all of the champions meet in a final match, it was decided that whoever won the most matches during the tour would be declared the champion. When Dusty Rhodes and Big Bubba Rogers ended up tied after the final match in San Francisco (itself marred by
17290-444: Was injured with a concussion. On April 15, 2020, EC3 was released from his WWE contract as part of budget cuts stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic . After leaving WWE, Hutter began to show a series of videos, claiming he wants to control the narrative. This led to a series of cinematic matches. The first match took place at Impact Wrestling's Bound for Glory against Moose , where he was defeated. In May he hosted his own PPV, Free
17423-638: Was not a strong draw in their Northeastern territory. They then withdrew the CWC from the NWA. As a result, McMahon and Mondt formed the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF, later to be known as WWE ) with Rogers as its first world champion in April 1963. Although both Gagne and McMahon promoted their own world champions, their promotions continued to have representatives on the NWA Board of Directors and regularly exchanged talent with NWA promotions during this time. Wrestling's popularity continued to decline in
17556-497: Was released May 8, 2023. Singles Tag Team Ethan Carter III Michael Hutter (born March 18, 1983) is an American professional wrestler and promoter better known by the ring name Ethan Carter III (or simply EC3 ). He is signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he is a former NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion and NWA National Heavyweight Champion . He also performs on
17689-516: Was scheduled the following week, which El Patron won by submission. On April 20 episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter interfered in the match between Lashley and James Storm for the World Heavyweight Championship, hitting Storm over the head with a beer bottle, thus turning heel in the process once again. On the May 11 episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter came out dressed as a cowboy and proceeded to berate Storm and
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