NWA Back to the Territories
| Back to the Territories | |||
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 Promotional poster featuring various NWA wrestlers | |||
| Promotion | National Wrestling Alliance | ||
| Date | June 1, 2024 (aired September 3, 2024, September 10, 2024) | ||
| City | Knoxville, Tennessee | ||
| Venue | Karns High School | ||
| Supercard chronology | |||
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Back to the Territories was a professional wrestling event promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). It took place on June 1, 2024, at Karns High School in Knoxville, Tennessee, airing on tape delay across several episodes of NWA Powerrr on The CW app.
In addition to wrestlers from the NWA, the event also featured talent from its official territories and affiliate promotions – NWA Exodus Pro Midwest, NWA Joe Cazana Promotions Southeast, NWA Kross Fire Wrestling, NWA Chicago, Fight The World Wrestling, and World League Wrestling. The event also saw the return of the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship, which had been inactive since 1988.
Production
[edit]Background
[edit]On October 9, 2023, NWA President William Patrick Corgan announced the relaunch of the NWA territory system, officially recognizing Cleveland promotion Exodus Pro Wrestling (now NWA Exodus Pro Midwest), run by NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion EC3, as their first territory.[1][2][3] Since then, the NWA began establishing territories including NWA Joe Cazana Promotions Southeast and NWA Kross Fire Wrestling in East Tennessee, and the creation of NWA Chicago in the Chicago metropolitan area. Additionally, the NWA began affiliating with promotions such as Fight The World Wrestling in Long Island and World League Wrestling in Greater St. Louis.
On April 23, 2024, the NWA announced that Back to the Territories would take place on June 1, 2024, at Karns High School in Knoxville, Tennessee.[4][5]
Storylines
[edit]The event will feature a number professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines. Wrestlers are portrayed as either heels (those that portray the "bad guys"), faces (the "good guy" characters), or tweeners (characters that are neither clearly a heel or a face) as they follow a series of tension-building events, which culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches as determined by the promotion. Storylines were played out on the eighteenth season of the NWA's weekly series, Powerrr.[6]
Results
[edit]| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colby Corino won by last eliminating Slade[Note 1] | Matt Cardona's Carnyland Gauntlet Battle Royal for an NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship match later in the night | 15:38 |
- ^ Participants in order of elimination: Tyler Shoop, Wayne Moxxi, Michael Chandler, Jason Hendrix, Rahim de la Suede, Sam Beale, Andy Optimal, Alexander Lev, Steve Boz, Moses the Deliverer, Dillon McQueen, Sebastian, Manbun Jesus, Sal Vation, Anthony Catena, Samuel C, VHS, Gaagz the Gymp, Bruiser Bob, Jackson Drake, "Magic" Jake Dumas, Daisy Kill, and Slade.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times | ||
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| 1 | Natalia Markova defeated Max the Impaler (with Father James Mitchell) by countout | Singles match | 5:39 | ||
| 2 | EC3 (c) defeated Colby Corino by pinfall | Singles match for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship | 9:05 | ||
| 3 | Knox and Murdoch (Mike Knox and Trevor Murdoch) (with Eric Smalls) defeated Blunt Force Trauma (Carnage and Damage) (c) (with Aron Stevens) by pinfall | Tag team match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship | 8:03 | ||
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| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | ||||
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| 1 | Participants TBD | TBD match for the vacant NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship | ||||
| 2 | Pretty Empowered (Kenzie Paige and Kylie Paige) vs. The It Girls (Ella Envy and Miss Starr) | Street Fight | ||||
| 3 | Thom Latimer (c) vs. Steve Boz | Singles match for the NWA National Heavyweight Championship | ||||
| 4 | Carson Drake vs. Bryan Idol | Singles match | ||||
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References
[edit]- ^ "Official Press Release on the return of the territory system beginning with @ExoProWrestling!". National Wrestling Alliance on X. October 9, 2023. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ Defelice, Robert (October 8, 2023). "Exodus Pro Wrestling Becomes 'NWA Exodus Pro' And Is Now A Recognized NWA Territory". Fightful. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ Pritchard, Bill (October 9, 2023). "NWA Announces Territory System Revival Under Billy Corgan's Leadership". WrestleZone. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ Hetfield, James (April 24, 2024). "NWA's "Back To The Territories" TV Taping Set To Take Place This June In Knoxville". PW Mania. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ Thomas, Jeremy (April 23, 2024). "NWA 'Back To the Territories' TV Taping Set For June". 411Mania. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.