Plans for 2019 have officially been revealed by NWA President Billy Corgan
What's the story?
Big news coming on to the horizon by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) from NWA President Billy Corgan. Some exciting events have been revealed today that will surely put the NWA in the driver's seat heading into 2019.
In case you didn't know...
Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, the NWA has risen due in part of former Impact Wrestling Executive and current NWA President, Billy Corgan.
His passion and enthusiasm for professional wrestling and the NWA has shown with the resurgence of their talent roster, the resurrection of the NWA National Heavyweight Championship, key matches and wrestlers from around the world such as Cody Rhodes, Willie Mack, Nick Aldis (Magnus), Jazz, Flip Gordon and Tim Storm, just to name a few, that helped the NWA Brand out tremendously.
The #NWA70 show was a huge success and received worldwide attention from many wrestling journalists and fans from across the globe, featuring the epic rematch between Cody Rhodes and Nick Aldis for the NWA Heavyweight Championship (a.k.a. "Ten Pounds Of Gold"), along with Willie Mack becoming the new NWA National Heavyweight Champion!
The heart of the matter
A couple of things, as we cut right to the chase. The NWA will continue its partnership into 2019 with Ring of Honor Wrestling and Championship Wrestling from Hollywood which is great news for the organization in terms of talent roster and expansion is concerned.
Secondly, Billy Corgan has announced via Instagram several key pay-per-view events that will be taking place throughout 2019, including a "Pop Up Event" that includes a special meet-and-greet with the NWA wrestlers through a special VIP package.
All details for this show, along with many other announced events including the return of the Crockett Cup, can be seen below via Corgan's Instagram page.
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Friends, see below for the press release on our very first, NWA Pop-Up Event. We will be offering a special WPC VIP meet and greet in the coming days as well, something different than NWA 70 BILLY CORGAN'S NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE TEAMS WITH CLARKSVILLE’S TRIED-N-TRUE PRO TO BRING POP UP EVENT TO AREA Video - https://youtu.be/E4wZAoPueW4 Tix - https://triedntruepro.simpletix.com/Event-List/ The NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) descends on Clarksville at the beginning of 2019 to partner with Tried-N-True Productions to present the first ever “NWA Pop-Up Event”. On January 5, 2019, 'New Year’s Clash' will feature all active NWA Championship titles being defended: the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship currently held by Nick Aldis, the NWA National Championship held by Willie Mack, and NWA Women’s Championship held by Jazz. And as a special bonus, the very first qualifying match for the returning Crockett Cup Tag Team Tournament will be held. The NWA has a storied history dating back to 1948 but has enjoyed a huge resurgence since being purchased by Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan in 2017. The 70th Anniversary show held at the Nashville Fairgrounds in October, headlined by Nick Aldis vs Cody Rhodes, set a new box office record for any wrestling event in Fairgrounds history. Corgan is happy to be returning to Tennessee with the NWA: “We are thrilled to partner with Tried-N-True Wrestling for our very first NWA Pop-Up Event, where for one night we'll bring our champions to the great fans of Clarksville, Tennessee on what will be a night of hard hitting, old school meets new school professional wrestling.” NWA Pop Up Event: 'New Year’s Clash' will be hosted at the Wilma Rudolph Event Center located at 1188 Cumberland Drive in Clarksville, Tennessee. There will be a special meet and greet prior to the event featuring all the NWA Champions and more. Tickets may be purchased online at www.triedntruepro.com. You can watch all NWA content for free on YouTube at www.youtube.com/nwa Twitter/Instagram/Facebook: @nwa Contacts: Anthony Mayweather (TNT Promoter) Crimson@triedntruepro.com David Lagana (Vice President, NWA) nwawrestlingsocial@gmail.com
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What's Next
As noted above, the next big event for the NWA will be the "Pop Up Event" as part of "New Year's Clash", featuring NWA championship defenses by Nick Aldis, Jazz and Willie Mack respectively. No card has been announced as of yet, but we will keep you up-to-speed on any further developments.
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