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Extreme Championship Wrestling Currently owned and operated by Sheldon Goldberg, is one of the top independent wrestling promotions in New England.Its roster has included independent wrestlers Antonio "The Promise" Thomas, Slyk Xtreme Pro Wrestling Jim Crockett Promotions Inc. is a family-owned professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, restarted by Jim Crockett's son and Jim Crockett Jr's brother, David Crockett. Jim Barnett (who had briefly owned the Australian promotion of that name) came to Atlanta in the 1970s during an internal struggle for control of GCW. 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The World Tag Team Championship was the original professional wrestling world tag team championship in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) promotion, and the promotion's third tag team championship overall. The NWA National Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned and promoted by the U.S.-based, National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW) (also known as Big Time Wrestling and Portland Wrestling) is the common name used to refer to several different professional wrestling companies, both past and present, based in Portland, Oregon, United States.The first such company (that would later become Portland Wrestling) was founded by Herb Owen in 1925. HHG Corporation, doing business as Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), was a professional wrestling promotion and media company that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The promotion was founded in 1992 by Tod Gordon and in 1993, businessman and wrestling promoter Paul Heyman took over the creative end of the promotion from Eddie Gilbert and rechristened He is best known for his first run with WWF, where he held the WWF Intercontinental Championship for a record 64 weeks It featured and helped launch the careers of both Hardys, Shannon Moore, Joey Matthews, Christian York, Joey Abs, C. W. It is also referred to as Florida Championship Wrestling.When Mike Graham tried a return to promoting, the rights to the name had been acquired by an outside Show more. Until its September New England Championship Wrestling (NECW) is an independent professional wrestling promotion based in the Northeastern United States that has promoted events since 2000. 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List of WCW World Heavyweight Champions History of World Championship Wrestling Filip Chytil leads Rangers past Lightning in Eastern finals opener. The World Tag Team Championship was the original professional wrestling world tag team championship in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) promotion, and the promotion's third tag team championship overall. At one time its shows were presented on the ESPN television network. Juggalo Championship Wrestling (formerly Juggalo Championshit Wrestling) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion founded in 1999 by Violent J (Joseph Bruce) and Shaggy 2 Dope (Joseph Utsler), better known as the hip-hop duo Insane Clown Posse.JCW currently runs shows throughout the country. Global Force Wrestling was an American professional wrestling promotion founded in 2014 by Jeff Jarrett, the co-founder and former President of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (now known as Impact Wrestling), and his wife Karen Jarrett.It is owned and operated via its parent company Global Force Entertainment, LLC.. NWA National Heavyweight Championship He appeared on shows as the on-camera owner under the name Rob Black alongside his wife Lizzy Borden.The promotion focused on hardcore wrestling and had connections to the Los Angeles Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling Pacific Northwest Wrestling Matt Hardy The title is the top championship of the AAA promotion Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion owned by Rob Zicari.. Zicari originally ran the promotion out of Los Angeles from 1999 to 2003. The Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts, also known as OMEGA or OMEGA Championship Wrestling (stylized as MG CHMPINSHIP WRSTLIG), is an independent professional wrestling promotion based in central North Carolina.. Matthew Moore Hardy (born September 23, 1974) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts, also known as OMEGA or OMEGA Championship Wrestling (stylized as MG CHMPINSHIP WRSTLIG), is an independent professional wrestling promotion based in central North Carolina.. It began as a promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) that appeared on the national scene under the ownership of media mogul Ted Turner and based in Atlanta, Georgia.The name came from a wrestling television program Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) was a professional wrestling promotion based on the former National Wrestling Alliance member promotion, Championship Wrestling from Florida, which operated from 1961 until 1987. Independent Wrestling Association: Mid-South (IWA-MS) formed in 1996 in Louisville, Kentucky.The owner, Ian Rotten, is one of the first to bring hardcore style of wrestling to the United States with his feud with former tag team partner Axl Rotten.He formed the promotion shortly after being fired from Extreme Championship Wrestling in the mid-1990s.