National Wrestling Alliance 2017 update

The link is from PWInsider and believe me, as a fan of the NWA dating back to the old territory days of Florida, Pacific Northwest, etc. THIS is a bad move by Billy Corgan in my opinion. Not renewing the licenses for the indy groups under the NWA Banner (and thus making these groups change their name because of it) takes away a lot of what the NWA was and still COULD BE.

https://www.pwinsider.com/article/112497/national-wrestling-alliance-ownership-updates.html?p=1

For anyone who wants to say the NWA name is dead? I can easily say (before this little move/swerve by Corgan) BULLSHIT! I'd say watch this. https://www.amazon.com/History-Tradition-National-Wrestling-Alliance/dp/B008NDKX2Q  Which I have. You'd see how the tradition was very much being kept alive. I myself have watched shows of NWA Supreme (out of Indiana) which really entertained me. NWA New South (which now because of Corgan not renewing NWA Licenses has changed their name to American Wrestling Alliance and they still run shows every week at the New South Arena in Franklin, Kentucky every week), NWA Blue Collar which was running in Washington State and had guys like Kevin Sullivan on it, NWA Smokey Mountain (which changed their name to Innovative Wrestling) ALL proudly carrying the NWA brand with them.

But now that's about to change and I really believe this is a bad move by Corgan. if you really want the NWA to be a top name again in Wrestling you would've kept these promotions under the banner. That way it's an established territory of groups and a lot of various talent could be gotten from them. But if Corgan is thinking of trying to be like Jim Crockett Promotions with his vision of the NWA, just remember what happened to Jim Crockett Promotions. They sold out cause they expanded way past their means(everything past Chicago going west put the nails in the coffin).

Now Corgan owns the Bob Luce Library, which for me is a god learning ground of how to keep a profitable wrestling company going. For the longest time they just stayed in Indiana and occasionally ran shows in Chicago. As well as built to 'big' shows at the Hammond Civic Center( a place that's still existing today in Hammond, Indiana). So maybe, HOPEFULLY? Corgan goes thru the history of the Luce library and doesn't think 'too big, too fast'. That theory has killed many a promotion and will most likely kills his too.