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NWA World Title Tournament brackets

Rick GarrardPosted on 05/28/07 at 15:23:03

from nwawrestling.com and the new "home promotion" of the NWA .. NWA Pro Wrestling (run by David Marquez who is also the lead NWA announcer for Big Vision Entertainment it would seem)


Jack Brisco Bracket:
Bryan Danielson vs Nelson Creed
Fergal Devitt vs Mikey Nicholls

Harley Race Bracket:
Adam Pearce vs Aaron Aguilera
Damien Wayne vs Chad Parham

Terry Funk Bracket:
Claudio Castagnoli vs Pepper Parks
Sicodelico Jr vs Roughneck Ryan

Lou Thesz Bracket:
Glamour Boy Shane vs Fred Sampson
Osamu Nishimura vs Brent Albright

(semi-finals features winner of Brisco vs Race and Funk vs Thesz brackets with a location of the finals to be announced in the upcoming weeks)
Rick GarrardPosted on 05/28/07 at 15:35:01

Here are my predictions for what will happen:

Jack Brisco Bracket:
Bryan Danielson vs Nelson Creed  -- Danielson wins
Fergal Devitt vs Mikey Nicholls --  Mikey Nicholls wins (he cut a promo on the announcement video for the tourney)

Danielson vs Nicholls -- Danielson wins

Harley Race Bracket:
Adam Pearce vs Aaron Aguilera  -- Adam Pearce wins
Damien Wayne vs Chad Parham -- Chad Parham wins

Adam Pearce vs Chad Parham -- Adam Pearce wins

Terry Funk Bracket:
Claudio Castagnoli vs Pepper Parks  -- Claudio wins as ROH tries to take over the NWA tourney
Sicodelico Jr vs Roughneck Ryan -- Roughneck Ryan

Claudio Castagnoli vs Roughneck Ryan  -- Claudio wins

Lou Thesz Bracket:
Glamour Boy Shane vs Fred Sampson  -- Glamour Boy Shane wins
Osamu Nishimura vs Brent Albright -- Osamu Nishimura wins (mainly because New Japan Pro Wrestling pretty much controls the parent company of the NWA, Pro Wrestling Organization, LLC.)

Shane vs Nishimura -- Nishimura wins


Semis--
Danielson vs Pearce -- Pearce wins
Claudio vs Nishimura -- Nishimura wins

Finals -- Pearce wins but in controversial fashion setting up a rematch in Japan that Nishimura wins to take the title to New Japan.

OF course the semis sets up a potential ROH vs NWA/New Japan US tag match with Danielson and Claudio taking on Pearce and Nishimura, which if not mistaken would be interesting in itself since each team would have both a heel and a face on it.

And I might be all wrong... since ROH is getting PPV clearance, the NWA (and more importantly Big Vision Entertainment) may use that as their way to get to PPV faster than most wrestling companies have done in the past.
The EmpressPosted on 05/28/07 at 22:06:15

I would think NWA would let ROH run away with it like they let JCP run away with Ric Flair back in the 80s.  Danielson may not have the looks or charisma of Flair, but he definitely has the wrestling ability, and this could be the start of a rebirth for NWA if ROH decides to join up as their flagship.

To that end, I see Danielson winning the tourney.
pszPosted on 05/29/07 at 03:42:56

Then again, NWA's history of giving the title to a "Flagship" has burned them time and time again ;->


(I said a couple of months ago, though, that ROH should use the NWA titles while the ROH titles were in Japan)
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PulsarPosted on 05/29/07 at 04:36:48

Well, I know 1 wrestler from each brackett...that's a start.

The only problem is, I don't think that the titles should be considered "World Titles" anymore. By that, I mean, minus Danielson, not one person in that tournament really has the star-power to be World Champ.
pszPosted on 05/29/07 at 14:06:16

Two things always have to be considered when calling something a World Title:

A: History of the title to that point (NWA title has plenty of that)

B: Locations where defended currently (If NWA plans to keep everything in N. America, then it's not a World Title. If they still have deals to do shows in Japan and Europe, that's another story)


I believe PWI also requires some sort of TV/PPV deal that can be seen in more than one country as well (If NWA and ROH *DO* get together, and the ROH PPV is seen in Japan, then that would qualify)


(Then again, who knows anymore... AWA's title is a World Title again, and even though they have the history, I don't recall them having an international, or even national TV deal)
lazy_duckPosted on 05/29/07 at 18:52:17

According to PWI the following titles are considerd "World Titles"

AJPW Triple Crown Championship - created in 1989 by the unification of the NWA International Heavyweight Championship, the NWA United National Championship, and the PWF Heavyweight Championship (which until that time was the top championship in All Japan Pro Wrestling).

AWA World Heavyweight Championship - the top championship of what many consider to be the leading promotion of the 1960s. The title was defunct from 1991-1996, was revived in 1996, but did not regain World Title status until 2005.

ECW World Championship - spun off from the NWA belt when Shane Douglas, after being crowned the NWA champion, rejected the NWA title in favor of ECW's own title. The title earned world title status in August 1999, titles won before are considered world title reigns. It was defunct from 2001-2006, but was recently revived by WWE for their ECW brand.

IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - the top championship recognized by New Japan Pro Wrestling since 1987.

NWA World Heavyweight Championship - claims lineage of George Hackenschmidt's 1905 and Frank Gotch's 1908 version, defended in multiple territories and promotions since 1948, used in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling from June 2002 to May 2007. Although it was stripped of its World Title status by PWI in the 1990s, with the recent success of TNA, PWI restored its World Title status officially in its August 2006 issue. It is too early to know whether or not world status will be awarded the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, or what the consequences may be for the status of the NWA title.

ROH World Championship - Established in 2002 with the development of the new promotion, the title earned World Status in 2003 when it was defended in the United Kingdom by then-champion Samoa Joe.

WWE Championship - originally titled the World Wide Wrestling Federation World Heavyweight Championship, the belt was spun off from the NWA in 1963 when WWWF left the National Wrestling Alliance. The WWWF rejoined the NWA in 1971, and until 1983, the title was demoted to regional status. The World Wrestling Federation Championship (as it was known after 1983) was recognized as a world championship, and all holders of the title during the previous time period (1963-1982) have been recognized as having held a world championship. This title was temporarily known as the WWE Undisputed Championship, when it was merged with the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. It is now known simply as the WWE Championship (since Eric Bischoff introduced the World Heavyweight Championship, formerly of RAW but currently on SmackDown!). The WWE Championship is currently defended on RAW.
World Heavyweight Championship - spun off from the WWE Undisputed Championship. This title was made for the WWE's RAW brand when the WWE Championship was made exclusive to their SmackDown! brand, but has since switched to SmackDown! during the 2005 Draft Lottery, where it is still defended.

So as of right now TNA titles are not considerd World titles and NWA title may lose its World title status.
UnrightPosted on 05/29/07 at 20:25:22

Hmph.. I have issues with PWI being the sole authority on what is and isn't a World Title.  

These issue mainly arise from the fact that their coverage is heavily slanted towards North America. Their top wrestler of the last 16 years have all been either American or Canadian.
lazy_duckPosted on 05/29/07 at 22:50:44

On 05/29/07 at 20:25:22, Unright wrote:Hmph.. I have issues with PWI being the sole authority on what is and isn't a World Title.

These issue mainly arise from the fact that their coverage is heavily slanted towards North America. Their top wrestler of the last 16 years have all been either American or Canadian.
I agree but according to everything I could find on the net, PWI has been recognized as the leading athority on all thngs pro wrestling and have been defining what is considerd a "world title" since 1980. Most of the websites I've gone to or books I've read in some way refere back to PWI as "the source" of their information. I guess untill there is an Official Pro westling board that can define what makes a world title a "World title" then PWI will have to be the benchmark till something better comes around.
phudjiePosted on 05/30/07 at 04:20:26

.....so then - what do you guys consider to be world titles?

.....I personally accept the WWE's WWE Title and World Title as well as the IWGP Title, the Triple Crown,  NOAH's GHC title to be World Titles and epending on the day the TNA Title
President StupidoPosted on 05/30/07 at 08:33:08

The world title of whichever TNM fed I'm running currently. ;D
CarlzillaPosted on 05/30/07 at 11:58:28

Rick, Osamu Nishimura no longer works for NJPW. He didn't resign in 2006 or the begining of this year, I can't remember which.

Either way here is the way I'd like it to go down.

Jack Brisco Bracket:
Bryan Danielson vs Nelson Creed
Fergal Devitt vs Mikey Nicholls

Danielson vs. Devitt

Harley Race Bracket:
Adam Pearce vs Aaron Aguilera
Damien Wayne vs Chad Parham

Pearce vs. Parham

Terry Funk Bracket:
Claudio Castagnoli vs Pepper Parks
Sicodelico Jr vs Roughneck Ryan

Castagnoli vs. Ryan

Lou Thesz Bracket:
Glamour Boy Shane vs Fred Sampson
Osamu Nishimura vs Brent Albright

Nishimura vs. Sampson

SEMIS:
Danielson vs. Pearce
Nishimura vs. Sampson

FINALS:
Danielson vs. Nishimura

I just think that Bryan Danielson makes an excellent world champion. He's capable of going a long time, he's got more talent than anyone else in the tournament, and he's easy to love or hate depending on which side they want to put him on.
Rick GarrardPosted on 06/06/07 at 15:07:15

I saw the same thing on Nishimura.  However, it appears that he is still in good graces with the Inoki's.  And from what it appears, Inoki's US NWA branch is getting the NWA World Title and thusly allows the NWA Title to travel to NJPW on a regular basis.
The EmpressPosted on 06/06/07 at 21:51:09

Charlotte, NC (June 3, 2007) - Opening day of the NWA™ Worlds Heavyweight Championship Tournament seen Chad Parham upsetting "Mr. Mid-Atlantic" Damien Wayne (15:07) using a pile driver at the NWA™ event in Atlanta, GA while "Scrap Iron" Adam Pearce won against Aaron Aguilera using the O'Connor Roll (18:32) in Clifton, NJ and "The Shooter" Brent Albright beat Nishimura with reverse Small Package (23:58) in Salyersville, KY. The first round continues this Saturday, June 9 with "Glamour Boy" Shane meeting Fred Sampson in Phoenix, AZ.
For more information on the tournament please visit www.nwawrestling.com/champ.
It appears Nishimura will not be getting it.