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- Based in Memphis, Tennessee, a classic wrestling hotbed and arguably the only place to successfully fend off Vince McMahon’s territorial expansion in the 1980s, the USWA was created from a merger of the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) and World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) in 1989.
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The United States Wrestling Association (USWA) was a professional wrestling promotion based in Memphis, Tennessee. The company was founded when the Memphis-based Continental Wrestling Association merged with the Dallas-based World Class Championship Wrestling.
World Class Championship Wrestling restarted operations, while the USWA abandoned Texas. Though business was well down from the highs of a decade earlier, business in Memphis remained stable through the early part of the 1990s. Key cities for the promotion included Memphis, TN, Nashville, TN, Louisville, KY, Evansville, IN and Jackson, TN.
May 14, 2020 · Based in Memphis, Tennessee, a classic wrestling hotbed and arguably the only place to successfully fend off Vince McMahon’s territorial expansion in the 1980s, the USWA was created from a merger...
- Foundation
- WCCW Withdraws
- Talent Exchange with The WWF
- Status as The Last Full-Time Wrestling Territory in The United States
- Struggling to Stay Relevant During The "Monday Night Wars"
- Closure
The USWA was founded as an attempt to create a third national promotion, alongside Jim Crockett Promotions/WCW, and the WWF (now known as WWE). The USWA was created through a merger of the WCCW (from Texas) and the CWA (based in Memphis). It originally promoted shows, usually headlined by Jerry Lawler, in both Tennessee and Texas.
The Dallas promotion (formerly WCCW), which was 40 percent owned by the Von Erich family, withdrew from the USWA in September 1990 due to a revenue dispute. According to Skandor Akbar, there were lawsuits involved, most notably when Jerry Jarrett was sued by Kevin Von Erich. That promotion reverted to the World Class name, but ceased operations two...
In 1992, the USWA began a talent exchange with the WWF, which saw Lawler sign on to Vince McMahon's federation, while several high-profile WWF stars appeared in the USWA. Dallas wrestler Gentleman Chris Adams spent a few months in the USWA in an angle involving Brian Christopher and Toni Adams, splitting his time between Memphis and Dallas' GWF dur...
The USWA survived for years. Despite being the last full-time wrestling territory in the United States after the national expansion of the WWF, the USWA was able to reinvent itself as a territory for young, up and coming wrestlers to make their names in professional wrestling, to one day perhaps work for either the WWF or World Championship Wrestli...
The wrestling landscape changed in 1995 - the Monday Night Wars began, with WWF and WCW battling for cable television supremacy on Monday nights each and every week. Unfortunately for the USWA, their biggest crowds came every Monday night at the Mid-South Coliseumin Memphis, Tennessee. With a growing wrestling viewership on Monday nights that could...
A combination of a poor line up, sub-standard venue, lack of talent and holding the show on a Thursday night led to a show on October 3, 1996 drawing the smallest crowd in the history of Memphis wrestling: just 372 fans, paying $1,800, to the Big One Flea Market. The future of the promotion was being questioned, following the previous week's resign...
The United States Wrestling Association or USWA was a professional wrestling promotion based in Memphis, Tennessee. It was founded by Jerry Jarrett, by merging his Continental Wrestling Association and newly acquired World Class Wrestling Association.
Jul 24, 2020 · Haskins was a Memphis native who began wrestling in the mid-1980s for the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) before it became the USWA.
Jul 24, 2020 · Up Next: USWA Championship Wrestling for June 17! This show took place at the Louisville Gardens in Louisville, Kentucky on June 11. According to Dave Meltzer’s Wrestling Observer, the show drew a crowd of.
