80-672: Professional wrestling championship NWA Georgia Junior Heavyweight Championship Details Promotion National Wrestling Alliance Date established 1975 Date retired August 2017 Statistics First champion(s) Bob Orton Jr. Final champion(s) Stunt Marshall Most reigns Air Paris, Jeremy Lopez, Jimmy Rave, Slim J., Kevin Sullivan and J.C. Dazz (2 reigns) Longest reign Fast Eddie (455 days) Shortest reign Koonce (1 day) The NWA Georgia Junior Heavyweight Championship
160-653: 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
240-514: 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
320-569: A 12-man tournament for the Georgia Wrestling Crown Championship. He won his opening three-way match against Kyle Matthews and Sugar Dunkerton, then defeated Raphael King in the semifinals and finally Chip Day in the finals to win the tournament and become the first ever GWC Champion. As GWC Champion, Rave made successful defenses against the likes of Cedric Alexander , Davey Richards , Gunner , Johnny Gargano, AR Fox, Sami Callihan and Tommaso Ciampa until losing
400-762: A 3-way match unified with NWA Anarchy Television Title on June 4, 2005 when Jeff Lewis defeats Slim J. in 4-man tournament final to unify Georgia Junior Heavyweight and NWA Wildside Television titles. Elix Skipper 1 April 2, 2005 Columbus, Georgia The title is deactivated by the NWA on April 30, 2005. Koonce 1 October 25, 2014 Griffin, Georgia Defeats Marko in tournament to be recognized by NWA Atlanta. Fry Daddy 1 October 25, 2014 Griffin, Georgia Michael Stevens 1 July 25, 2015 Locust Grove, Georgia Kevin Blue 1 September 12, 2015 Locust Grove, Georgia The title
480-410: A 5-men one night tournament. Title stripped on December 6, 2003 for failure to defend the title within 30 days. Fast Eddie 1 December 27, 2003 Cornelia, Georgia Wins an 8-man gauntlet match defeating Nick Halen, Rinauro, Jay Fury, Ray Gordy, Matt Sydal, Delirious and Seth Delay. Slim J. 2 March 26, 2005 Cornelia, Georgia Defeats Eddie and Jay Fury in
560-532: A Six Team Cuffed in the Cage match where they lost. At Sacrifice , Rave competed in a TerrorDome match which was won by Kaz . At No Surrender , The Rock 'n Rave Infection (Rave, Lance Rock, and Christy Hemme) lost to Curry Man , Shark Boy , and Super Eric in a Six-person intergender tag team match. In October 2008 Rave suffered a neck injury at Bound for Glory IV in the Steel Asylum match . The injury
640-951: A babyface. Rave would eventually regain the GCW Heavyweight championship a month later in October. His feud with Sal Rinauro, which began on May 14, 2009, with a hard-fought match that saw Rave win after 30 minutes of action, picked up once again, as Rinauro (returning from a hiatus from the organization) returned to challenge Rave for the GCW title on November 12, only to once again be defeated by him. Rave also competed for Rampage Pro Wrestling (RPW), an organization overseen by former WWE referee Nick Patrick , and former Deep South Wrestling owner, Jody Hamilton , debuting in May 2009 and taking over head booker duties in June 2010. Rave continued to be one of
720-675: A broken nose, which would sideline him for six weeks, and as a result he was stripped of both the GCW Heavyweight and the RPW Intercontinental Titles. On February 21, 2011, Dragon Gate USA announced that Rave would be making his debut for the promotion on April 1 in Burlington, North Carolina . In his debut Rave entered the Breakout Challenge Series, defeating Kyle Matthews, Lince Dorado and Sugar Dunkerton in his first round match. Later in
800-528: A fan who threw a roll at him after his match. Rave developed a habit of stealing other wrestlers finishers and claiming them as his own. An example would be when he began to use the Rave Clash , a copy of Styles' own Styles Clash , and said he invented it and that Styles stole it from him. After losing a match to Styles in ROH where the stipulation was the loser could no longer use their respective version of
880-427: 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
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#1732801736669960-543: A job as the director of the Peer Support, Wellness and Respite Center in Bartow County, Georgia . Guffey announced his retirement via Twitter on November 28, 2020, due to an infection in his left arm that required amputation. On October 24, 2021, he tweeted that he had recently had both of his legs amputated due to an MRSA infection. Guffey died after a double leg amputation due to a MRSA infection at
1040-507: 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
1120-880: A match against A.J. Styles on October 6, 2001 in Cornelia, Georgia. Jimmy Rave 2 October 19, 2001 Cornelia, Georgia Defeats A.J. Styles, Jason Cross and J.C. Dazz. Jeremy Lopez 1 November 3, 2001 Cornelia, Georgia Todd Sexton 1 April 20, 2002 Cornelia, Georgia Defeats Lopez and Jimmy Rave in a 3-way match. Jeremy Lopez 2 May 4, 2002 Cornelia, Georgia Slim J. 1 October 19, 2002 Cornelia, Georgia Salvatore Rinauro 1 March 1, 2003 Cornelia, Georgia Seth Delay 1 July 5, 2003 Cornelia, Georgia Ray Gordy 1 September 6, 2003 Cornelia, Georgia Defeats Altar Boy Luke, Delirious, Matt Sydal , Salvatore Rinauro and Seth Delay in
1200-543: A match on March 4, 2007, in Liverpool , England, where McGuinness finally managed to pin Rave in a Fight Without Honor to end the rivalry. Following the match, Rave was temporarily sidelined from in-ring action due to a broken jaw. In storyline the injury was credited with McGuinness hitting him with a lariat , but in reality Rave had broken his jaw a month earlier in a match against Samoa Joe . During his recuperation Rave
1280-459: 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
1360-463: 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
1440-666: 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.,
1520-424: A new tag partner, Sal Rinauro , and the two began working through the tag ranks. In September 2006, Prince Nana announced his departure from Ring of Honor, ending The Embassy. Jimmy Rave would then go on a losing streak, until he scored a major upset by pinning ROH World Championship number one contender Homicide . The rest of the year and the early part of 2007, Rave feuded with Nigel McGuinness , culminating in
1600-646: 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
1680-575: A professional wrestling promoter from the U.S. Midwest , founded 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
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#17328017366691760-514: 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 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,
1840-514: 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 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
1920-508: A tournament final. Lazz 1 October 21, 2000 Cornelia, Georgia Defeats Onyx and Jeff G. Bailey in a handicap match. Caprice Coleman 1 December 2, 2000 Cornelia, Georgia J.C. Dazz 1 March 24, 2001 Cornelia, Georgia Jimmy Rave 1 April 21, 2001 Cornelia, Georgia Defeats Dazz and Caprice Coleman in a 3-way match. J.C. Dazz 2 September 29, 2001 Cornelia, Georgia Title held up after
2000-489: A tournament for the vacant title. Stan Lane 1 September 3, 1980 Columbus, Georgia Kevin Sullivan 2 January 1981 Dutch Mantell 1 1981 Record Unrecorded. Steve Olsonoski 1 1981 Record Unrecorded. George South 1 1986 The title is inactive. Air Paris 1 May 13, 1999 Loganville, Georgia Defeats Bart Sawyer in
2080-450: A trainer and wrestled in a tag team with Zema Ion . On January 12, 2013, Rave took part in the tapings of TNA's One Night Only: X-Travaganza special (aired on April 5, 2013), wrestling in a seven-man Xscape match , which was won by Christian York . On March 21, 2009, at ROH's seventh anniversary show, Rave made a surprise return to the company when Prince Nana announced him as Bison Smith 's mystery tag team partner. Rave and Smith lost
2160-458: 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
2240-403: 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, the heads of which made up the board of directors. The group operated a territory system which sanctioned their own company championships while recognizing
2320-645: 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
2400-2593: Is vacated in November 2016. Stunt Marshall 1 December 2016 The title is deactivated in August 25, 2017. References [ edit ] ^ Hoops, Brian (September 3, 2015). "ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (SEPT. 3): RIC FLAIR VS. TERRY FUNK TEXAS DEATH MATCH, GREAT MUTA VS. STING, TED DIBIASE AND STAN HANSEN WINS AJPW TAG TITLES" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved February 10, 2017 . ^ "NWA Georgia Junior Heavyweight Championship" . CAGEMATCH . External links [ edit ] NWA Georgia Jr. Heavyweight Title History v t e Georgia Championship Wrestling Championships World NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship NWA World Tag Team Championship NWA International Tag Team Championship National NWA National Heavyweight Championship NWA National Tag Team Championship NWA National Television Championship Regional NWA Columbus Heavyweight Championship NWA Columbus Tag Team Championship NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship NWA Georgia Junior Heavyweight Championship NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship NWA Georgia Television Championship NWA Macon Heavyweight Championship NWA Macon Tag Team Championship NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship NWA Southern Tag Team Championship NWA Southern Women's Championship Key personnel Jim Barnett Jack Brisco Jerry Brisco Ole Anderson Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NWA_Georgia_Junior_Heavyweight_Championship&oldid=1240764238 " Categories : National Wrestling Alliance championships Georgia Championship Wrestling championships NWA Wildside championships Professional wrestling in Georgia (U.S. state) Junior heavyweight wrestling championships State professional wrestling championships National Wrestling Alliance state wrestling championships Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Pages using infobox professional wrestling championship with won without champion National Wrestling Alliance The National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA )
2480-642: The Best of the Super Juniors for New Japan Pro-Wrestling in 2008, and made several appearances with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as well as an appearance on World Wrestling Entertainment 's Sunday Night Heat program in March 2005 losing to Chris Masters . Rave debuted in Ring of Honor in 2003. He later became a member of The Embassy , a stable led by Prince Nana , and was nicknamed "The Crown Jewel of
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2560-521: 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 ,
2640-703: The masked Mr. XTC . He later adopted the ring name Jimmy Rave. Rave wrestled for numerous professional wrestling promotions on the independent circuit , amongst them Combat Zone Wrestling , Full Impact Pro and NWA Wildside , where he won both the NWA Wildside Junior Heavyweight Championship and the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship twice, toured Japan with the Dragon Gate promotion on two occasions and competed in
2720-587: 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
2800-857: 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
2880-661: The 2006 Trios Tournament. Rave used his title shot earned at the Tag Wars 2006, but came up short in his match with Danielson at the Fourth Anniversary Show . In 2006, Rave had sporadically been tagging with Alex Shelley in search of the ROH Tag Team Titles, but after Shelley left the company in mid-year, Rave returned to singles action briefly. He found himself on the losing side of several encounters with Davey Richards . Soon Nana brought in
2960-821: 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
3040-487: The Embassy". Early on, Rave gained notoriety for having received excessive heel heat from ROH fans. In ROH it was common for fans to throw streamers over the wrestlers they support. Rave, however, had become a sort of cult recipient as fans threw rolls of toilet paper at him instead. ROH announced on November 6, 2006, that the throwing of toilet paper had been banned from all ROH shows after Jimmy Rave tried to attack
3120-517: 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 ;
3200-552: 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
3280-604: 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
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3360-553: 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, 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 ,
3440-408: 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,
3520-755: 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
3600-505: 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
3680-550: 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
3760-480: 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
3840-477: 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,
3920-570: 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
4000-465: The ROH Video Wire, challenging The Embassy's new Crown Jewel Tommaso Ciampa to a match at Final Battle 2011 . At the pay-per-view on December 23, Rave was defeated following interference from members of the Embassy. On March 2, 2013, Rave made his return for Ring of Honor at their 11th Anniversary Show iPPV, where he, Cliff Compton , Matt Hardy and Rhett Titus , revealed themselves as
4080-741: The Reverse Battle Royal which was won by Eric Young. At Turning Point , Rave competed in the Feast or Fired but failed to win the match. At Final Resolution , The Rock 'n Rave Infection lost to Latin American Xchange ( Hernandez and Homicide ). At Destination X , The Rock 'n Rave Infection lost a Three Way Tag Team match to determine number one contenders to the TNA World Tag Team Championship. At Lockdown , The Rock 'n Rave Infection competed in
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#17328017366694160-634: 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
4240-548: 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
4320-486: 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
4400-540: 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
4480-547: 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
4560-774: 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
4640-452: 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
4720-462: 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
4800-594: 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,
4880-551: The most popular stars there, defeating the likes of Adrian Hawkins, and Jeremy Vein, on his way up to contention for the heavyweight title, at the time held by Bull Buchanan . On December 6, 2009, he defeated Sal Rinauro to win the Rampage Pro Wrestling (RPW) Intercontinental Championship. He also went on to form the Jimmy Rave Approved stable , while working for RPW. In January 2010 Rave suffered
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#17328017366694960-534: The move, Rave began to use the Greetings From Ghana , a copy of Triple H 's Pedigree , as his new finisher and would again claim that he had in fact invented that move too. On January 14, 2006, in Philadelphia, Rave and Alex Shelley of The Embassy attacked ROH World Champion Bryan Danielson after a successful title defense. At Tag Wars 2006 , Rave, along with Shelley and Abyss , won
5040-503: The newest members of S.C.U.M. by attacking numerous members of the ROH roster following the main event, joining Kevin Steen , Jimmy Jacobs , Rhino and Steve Corino as members of the group. On June 10, 2013, it was reported that Rave was once again done with ROH. Jimmy Rave made his debut with Great Championship Wrestling on April 3, 2009, with a victory over his trainer, Murder One. Murder and Rave would subsequently battle throughout
5120-648: The night, Rave was defeated in the finals of the tournament by Arik Cannon . On April 3 at Open the Ultimate Gate, Rave was defeated by Johnny Gargano in a singles match. On July 31, Rave was given the opportunity to wrestle for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship , but was defeated by Adam Pearce in the four-way match, which also included Chance Prophet and Shaun Tempers. On June 22, 2014, Rave made his debut for Atlanta Wrestling Entertainment (AWE), defeating Drew Adler. At AWE's To Be The Man! show on June 18, 2015, at The Masquerade , Rave participated in
5200-532: 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
5280-764: The summer, in a series of matches in which Rave finally defeated Murder for the GCW Heavyweight Championship. Of these battles, the July 16 street fight between the two that saw them brawl all over the GCW building, and the August 29 Mayhem in Milledgeville road show match, both stand out as two of the best matches the promotion had seen in over two years. Rave lost the championship belt in September to Johnny Swinger , who revealed himself to be plotting against Rave for months, while masquerading as
5360-442: The tag match to Bryan Danielson and the also returning Colt Cabana when Cabana pinned Rave. Rave spent the rest of the year feuding with Grizzly Redwood and Necro Butcher . On September 19 Rave was defeated by Necro Butcher in a dog collar match and subsequently left the promotion. Rave later revealed that ROH released him due to his drug addiction. Rave returned to Ring of Honor on December 16, 2011, appearing on an episode of
5440-649: The tapings of the June 16 edition of Impact Wrestling , Rave made a one night return to TNA, losing to Austin Aries in a three–way first round match of a tournament for a TNA contract, which also included Kid Kash . On October 26, Rave defeated Kyle Matthews in a dark match at the Impact Wrestling tapings in Macon, Georgia . In December 2011, Rave took part in TNA's India project, Ring Ka King , where he worked as
5520-404: The title to Martin Stone . Rave had two children from a previous marriage. At the time of his death in December 2021, he was living in Philadelphia with his fiancée and fellow wrestler Gabby Gilbert. Guffey had admitted to having past problems with drug addiction, which he blamed for his underwhelming performances in 2009. After leaving Ring of Honor, he checked into rehab and eventually got
5600-460: The tournament final for the reactivated title. Title stripped on October 28, 1999 for failure to defend in 30 days with injury. Andy Anderson 1 October 28, 1999 Loganville, Georgia Defeats Dusty Dotson for the vacant title. Air Paris 2 November 4, 1999 Gainesville, Georgia Title stripped in May 2000. Onyx 1 May 20, 2000 Cornelia, Georgia Defeats Adam Jacobs in
5680-456: 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
5760-532: Was a championship in the NWA 's Georgia Championship Wrestling promotion. It was strictly for the junior heavyweight wrestlers. Title history [ edit ] Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes: Bob Orton, Jr. 1 April 1975 The title is vacated in April 8, 1980. Kevin Sullivan 1 June 8, 1980 Atlanta, Georgia Defeated Dutch Mantel in
5840-513: 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,
5920-494: 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
6000-565: 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
6080-483: Was minor as he quickly recovered and appeared at Turning Point and on Impact! . at Final Resolution , Rave competed in a Feast or Fired match but failed to win the match. At Genesis , Rave, Kiyoshi and Sonjay Dutt lost to Eric Young and The Latin American Xchange (Hernandez and Homicide) in a Six-man tag team elimination match. On February 11, 2009, Rave was released from his TNA contract along with his former tag team partner, Lance Hoyt. On June 13, 2011, at
6160-638: 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
6240-538: Was prescribed with pain medication, which later led to an addiction. On May 22, 2007, it was announced that Rave had signed a contract with Ring of Honor. On August 2, 2007, however, it was announced that Rave had left both Ring of Honor and Full Impact Pro. In August 2007 it was announced that Rave had signed a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . He returned to the promotion at No Surrender on September 9, 2007, where he appeared alongside Christy Hemme and Lance Hoyt , later known as Lance Rock. The trio
6320-518: Was released May 8, 2023. Singles Tag Team Jimmy Rave James Michael Guffey (December 8, 1982 – December 12, 2021), better known by the ring name Jimmy Rave , was an American professional wrestler . He was best known for his time with Ring of Honor (ROH) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). James Michael Guffey was born in Atlanta , Georgia , on December 8, 1982. Trained by Murder One, Guffey debuted in October 1999 as
6400-585: Was subsequently named the Rock 'n Rave Infection , with Hemme, Rock and Rave adopting the mannerisms of a rock band and carrying Guitar Hero game controllers to the ring. He then became a jobber to the X Division, and the Tag Team division with Lance Rock, putting over such teams as Team 3D, LAX, Prince Justice Brotherhood and the Motor City Machine Guns. At Bound for Glory , Rave competed in
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