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NWA World Title Tourney Announced
Charlotte, NC (May 21, 2007) – The National Wrestling Alliance®
is pleased to announce the following participants and locations & the first round match ups for “Reclaiming the Glory: The NWA™ World Heavyweight Championship Tournament presented by Big Vision Entertainment.” The tournament will take place at events across North America and begins Saturday June 2, 2007 from (3) locations. Saturday June 2, 2007 Cornelia, GA – www.nwa-wildside.com CHAD PARHAM Vs. “MR. MID-ATLANTIC” DAMIEN WAYNE Thayer, MO – www.cswwrestling.com AARON AGUILERA Vs. “SCRAP IRON” ADAM PEARCE Salyersville, KY – www.nwabluegrass.com “SHOOTER” BRENT ALBRIGHT Vs. OSAMU NISHIMURA Saturday June 9, 2007 Phoenix, AZ - www.risingphoenixwrestling.com FRED SAMPSON Vs. GLAMOUR BOY SHANE Saturday June 16, 2007 Vancouver B.C., Canada – www.eccw.com “THE BOMBER” NELSON CREED Vs. “THE AMERICAN DRAGON” BRYAN DANIELSON Danvers, MA – www.necwwrestling.com PEPPER PARKS Vs. CLAUDIO CASTIGNOLI Saturday June 30, 2007 Lebanon, TN – www.nwatop-ropewrestling.com ROUGHNECK RYAN Vs. SICODELICO, JR. Quincy, MA MIKEY NICHOLLS Vs. FERGAL DEVITT The NWA™ Board of Directors selected the participants and Executive Director Robert K. Trobich will supervise the tournament. For more information about these events and the NWA™ please visit nwawrestling.com. ********** We all know Bryan Danielson will win this thing, but what does everyone make of this tournament? To me, it's a very varied field, from Jesus Aguilera [seems like he's making a living off of tournaments now], Nishimura, Pearce and HWA standout Pepper Parks [who was also in the Super 8 once]. Should be a little more interesting than fantastic, but still. |
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Stickman
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NWA still exists?
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TPWW's HHH Mark Since '04
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I know the finals will be Albright vs. Danielson
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Last of a Dying Forum
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The NEO ROH Title. Exciting. Not really. Call me when the NWA finds something worthwhile for their belt.
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Well I've heard of three of those guys.
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American Dragon will win no doubt.
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They/Them
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BORING
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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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I'm picking "The Bomber" Nelson Creed
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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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lol Fergal Devitt
terrible name |
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And of course there's the always dangerous Sicodelico, Jr.. He could be a darkhorse.
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I just find NWA's style confusing. At least in TNA it had a base and a storyline etc. Now it just seems like multiple feds could have an NWA champion. bah. Too much ins and outs.
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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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The beast known as Mikey Nicholls could pull it off
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Yeah, the final will either be Danielson Vs Albright, or Danielson Vs Castignoli.
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AARON AGUILERA, “SCRAP IRON” ADAM PEARCE, “SHOOTER” BRENT ALBRIGHT, OSAMU NISHIMURA, GLAMOUR BOY SHANE, “THE AMERICAN DRAGON” BRYAN DANIELSON, PEPPER PARKS and CLAUDIO CASTIGNOLI. Other than that, I do not know the rest of the field. I have heard some of the other names and read results of theirs, but do not know enough about them to comment / haven't seen their work. |
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I'm fairly confident the finals will be either Brent Albright or Osamu Nishimura vs. Bryan Danielson. Nishimura is a former two-time IWGP World Tag Team Champion, and he's held the FC Tag Team Titles with Dory Funk, Jr. I actually think he may be in with a chance.
I like most of these guys, but it doesn't really scream "Best of the best" like an NWA Title tourney should. Aaron Aguilera and Fred Sampson, as talented as both men are, should not be in this tournament. Sampson has a lot of talent, but I recognise him from jobbing on Heat. Not a great "Top 16" guy for the NWA. Adam Pearce is even an iffy subject. Albright, Danielson, Nishimura, Castagnoli, Parks and Pearce are really the only guys I would keep in the tournament. I guess I should commend the NWA for sticking to their own, and trying to re-build themselves, but they shattered for a reason. They should have used this opportunity to turn the NWA World Heavyweight Championship into the belt to hold on the independent scene. If they think their legacy will keep their Title from becoming a joke, I would just like to present the AWA World Heavyweight Championship. Personally, I still see the AWA Title as meaning something, but a lot of people don't. A 16-man tournament could have been used to contain the following wrestlers: * Brent Albright * Bryan Danielson * Chris Hero * Claudio Castagnoli * Delirious * Doug Williams * El Generico * Joey Ryan * KENTA * Kevin Steen * Matt Sydal * Mike Quackenbush * Naomichi Marufuji * Nigel McGuinness * Osamu Nishimura * Roderick Strong It gives some of their talent the shaft, sure, but this is the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Not some NWA Wisconsis Title, or something that can be contested for by the guys who show up at Heat to job to Eugene to get noticed. Last edited by Mr. Nerfect; 05-23-2007 at 03:38 AM. |
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1/2 Optimist 1/2 Amazing
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I still don't understand why the NWA is trying to do this, by all accounts the title was in a shit state before TNA picked it up and it's going to go back to the gutter now that they have no TV for the belt to be seen on.
After WCW folded, without researching it, can anyone actually tell me some recent champs of that title? The only one i'm aware of it Steve Corino and that's only because he spoke about it on his shoot interview |
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Just strip the champion without a match and just call whoever wins some clusterfuck match, DA CHAMP! |
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NWA lives...
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Then yes, it 'lives' |
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1/2 Optimist 1/2 Amazing
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Now IMO Dan Severn was a shite wrestler, thus NWA have proved my point for me, they are getting too big for there boots again
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The Great Pink Hope
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Matt Sydal for NWA champ within 12 months. Just you wait.
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EATER OF HOT POCKETS
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Am I the only one who doesn't give a funky damn about this?
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Terminator Daddy!
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No disrespect to the legacy of NWA...but I'd rather see two homeless hookers fight over a belt from Sears and Roebuck than this.
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Terminator Daddy!
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Ok, I realize that TNA may not be the best thing since cocaine laced pussy, but come on! Is this really a step in the right direction compared to having your titles recognized and respected on a worldwide wrestling program? Sure, they only get a 1.0 rating...but this seems to me like taking the Vince Lombardi trophy from the NFL to the Pensacola Pee-Wee Leagues.
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I'm sorry, I didn't hear anything after "cocaine laced pussy."
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I don't care what it's called, I want some 'dat shit.
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Terminator Daddy!
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Frosting on the CupCake.
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Aguilera should be good in the tournament.
I'd keep him in, remove a few others, and call it a day. |
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TPWW's Glass Ceiling
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BTW, Alienoid had a pretty good line-up suggested.
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