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词条 NWA Hollywood Wrestling
释义

  1. History

  2. Championships

  3. Alumni

  4. Footnotes

  5. See also

  6. External links

{{Infobox Wrestling promotion
| name = NWA Hollywood Wrestling
| image =
| acronym =
| established = 1958[1]
| folded = 1982[1][3]
| style =
| location = Los Angeles, California, USA[1]
| founder = Cal Eaton[1]
Aileen Eaton[6]
| owner = Cal Eaton
(1958–1966)[1]
Aileen Eaton
(1958–1966)[6]
Mike LeBell
(1966–1982)[1][10]
| parent =
| sister =
| formerly = North American Wrestling Alliance
(1958–1961)[1]
Worldwide Wrestling Associates
(1961–1968)[1]
|}}NWA Hollywood Wrestling (sometimes referred to as NWA Los Angeles) was a professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Los Angeles, California in the United States that promoted professional wrestling matches throughout Southern California. It was founded in 1958 as the North American Wrestling Alliance, a member of the National Wrestling Alliance. It broke away from the NWA in 1959 and was renamed Worldwide Wrestling Associates in 1961. In 1968, it rejoined the NWA and adopted its final name, remaining a member until closing in 1982.[1][2][15][3]

History

In 1942, Frank Garbutt, vice president of the Los Angeles Athletic Club, hired former California State Athletic Commission inspector Alvah "Cal" Eaton as the promoter of the Grand Olympic Auditorium at the advice of his secretary, Aileen LeBell. Eaton and LeBell married in 1948, and over the following years the couple became major professional wrestling and boxing promoters in Southern California.[4][5] By the early-1950s, the Eatons, along with Hugh Nichols, Johnny Doyle, and Mike Hirsch (collectively known as the "California Combine"), dominated professional wrestling in Southern California, leading to a United States Department of Justice antitrust investigation in 1955 and 1956.[19]

On July 24, 1957, Lou Thesz defeated Édouard Carpentier under controversial circumstances to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, the principal championship recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance. The decision was challenged by some members of the National Wrestling Alliance who continued to recognize Carpentier as World Heavyweight Champion.

In 1958, the Eatons created the North American Wrestling Alliance as a new vehicle for promoting professional wrestling in Los Angeles.[1] Eaton at the time was still a member of the National Wrestling Alliance, the national league that dominated professional wrestling in the United States, but had not paid dues since 1955. In October 1959, Eaton and LeBell withdrew from the NWA, recognizing Carpentier as the inaugural World Heavyweight Champion backdated to June 14, 1957, when Carpentier had originally won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. The promotion was renamed Worldwide Wrestling Associates in 1961.[6][7]

The promotion ran events throughout Southern California, with the Grand Olympic Auditorium as its base.[8] Bookers included Jules Strongbow, Freddie Blassie, Mr. Moto, and Gory Guerrero.[6][8][26] The promotion developed a working relationship with the Japan Wrestling Association and New Japan Pro Wrestling, resulting in many talent exchanges.[9] Aileen Eaton introduced a system of paying wrestlers a proportion of the gate rather than a guaranteed fee, boosting profits and encouraging wrestlers to help promote the events.[10] The promotion also pioneered the use of closed-circuit television to show matches to fans who were unable to secure tickets for live events, an early precursor to the pay-per-view model that emerged in the 1980s.[3]

In 1963, WWA World Heavyweight Champion Bearcat Wright faced Freddie Blassie in a bout that Wright was scripted to lose. Instead, Wright headbutted Blassie, dazing him, and then legitimately pinned him. Wright was subsequently stripped of the championship which was then awarded to Edouard Carpentier.[11]

Eaton died on January 10, 1966, with Aileen's son from a prior marriage Mike LeBell taking over on behalf of his mother, who by then was a major figure in boxing.[12][13][10] On August 18, 1968, LeBell rejoined the NWA, renaming the promotion NWA Hollywood Wrestling. The WWA World Heavyweight Championship was abandoned and the promotion began recognizing the NWA World Heavyweight Championship once more.[6]

In August 1971, the promotion set a national gate record for an event headed by a bout between Blassie and John Tolos that sold $142,158 worth of tickets.[9][3]

NWA Hollywood Wrestling continued to operate until folding on December 26, 1982.[14] In March 1983, the World Wrestling Federation began promoting shows in its former territory.[15][16]

Championships

Championship Created Abandoned Notes
NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship19671982The title was first established in 1967 as a secondary championship in Worldwide Wrestling Associates. From 1968 until the promotion closed in 1982, the top singles championship in NWA Hollywood Wrestling.}}
NWA Americas Six-Man Tag Team Championship19691969A short-lived six-man tag team championship contested in NWA Hollywood Wrestling in 1969.}}
NWA "Beat the Champ" Television Championship19511982Originally contested in NWA Los Angeles, this championship was abandoned in 1959. In 1968, it was resurrected in NWA Hollywood Wrestling.}}
NWA Americas Tag Team Championship19641982Originally known as the WWA World Tag Team Championship. It was created in 1964 and defended in WWA until 1968. At that point, WWA became a National Wrestling Alliance affiliate, and the title was renamed the NWA Americas Tag Team Championship.}}
NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles/Japan version)19731981Primarily contested in New Japan Pro-Wrestling.}}
NWA United National Championship19701989Primarily contested in All Japan Pro Wrestling.}}
NWA World Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles version)19571982The original World Tag Team Championship of the WAWA. It was created in 1957 and abandoned in 1958 upon the WAWA leaving the NWA. The championship was reactivated in 1979.}}
WWA International Television Tag Team Championship19541964Created in 1954 and abandoned in 1964. Renamed the WWA United States Tag Team Championship in 1963.}}
WWA World Heavyweight Championship19571968The title was established as an offshoot of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship when Edouard Carpentier became recognized as champion in Los Angeles, when the promotion was then known as the North American Wrestling Alliance. The championship was renamed with the promotion in 1961 and was abandoned in 1968 after WWA joined the NWA and was renamed NWA Hollywood Wrestling.}}

Alumni

  • Chris Adams
  • Buddy Austin[10]
  • Freddie Blassie[6][8]
  • Lord James Blears
  • Dino Bravo[43]
  • Édouard Carpentier[6]
  • The Destroyer[6][3]
  • Ric Drasin[17]
  • Terry Funk[8]
  • Billy Graham[18]
  • Chavo Guerrero, Sr.[8]
  • Dick Lane (announcer)[19]
  • Gene LeBell[10]
  • Don Leo Jonathan[6]
  • Mil Máscaras[10]
  • Ray Mendoza[8]
  • Pedro Morales[8]
  • Mr. Moto[18][20]
  • Roddy Piper[8][21]
  • Rikidōzan[6]
  • Victor Rivera[22]
  • The Sheik[23]
  • Dennis Stamp
  • Sándor Szabó[24]
  • Lou Thesz[6]
  • John Tolos[18][3]
  • Dale Valentine
  • Bearcat Wright[6]

Footnotes

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/s/wwa/|title=Worldwide Wrestling Associates|publisher=Wrestling-Titles.com|accessdate=January 11, 2016}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/s/hw/|title=Hollywood Wrestling|publisher=Wrestling-Titles.com|accessdate=January 11, 2016}}
3. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2009/11/24/11914276.html|title=Los Angeles promoter Mike Lebell dies|publisher=Postmedia Network|author=Oliver, Greg|work=Canoe.com|accessdate=February 12, 2017}}
4. ^{{cite book|author1=Steve Springer|author2=Blake Chavez|title=Hard Luck: The Triumph and Tragedy of "Irish" Jerry Quarry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HbKCBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA46|date=1 April 2011|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-7627-6863-9|pages=46–47}}
5. ^1 2 {{cite book|author=John Grasso|title=Historical Dictionary of Boxing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=njefAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA135|date=14 November 2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7867-9|pages=135}}
6. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 {{cite book|author=Tim Hornbaker|title=National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Professional Wrestling|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=npQBhSTtvCsC&pg=PT334|year=2007|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1-55490-274-3|pages=330–334}}
7. ^{{cite book|author=Scott Beekman|title=Ringside: A History of Professional Wrestling in America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SzAHxRZtreQC&pg=PA101|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-275-98401-4|pages=101}}
8. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite book|author1=Eddie Guerrero|author2=Michael Krugman|title=Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQlHZTIsOl4C|year=2005|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-7434-9353-6}}
9. ^1 {{cite book|author=Tim Hornbaker|title=Capitol Revolution: The Rise of the McMahon Wrestling Empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c0MlBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT228|date=1 March 2015|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1-77090-689-1|pages=228}}
10. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite book|author1=Keith Elliot Greenberg|author2=Freddie Blassie|title=The Legends of Wrestling: "Classy" Freddie Blassie: Listen, You Pencil Neck Geeks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2MDgz2o0ly0C&pg=PA74|date=15 June 2010|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-4516-0426-9|pages=74–76}}
11. ^{{cite book|author1=Steven Johnson|author2=Greg Oliver|author3=Mike Mooneyham|author4=J.J. Dillon|title=The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: Heroes and Icons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0wxLpfRhZqcC&pg=PT333|date=11 January 2013|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1-77090-269-5|pages=333}}
12. ^{{cite book|author1=Ariel Teal Toombs|author2=Colt Baird Toombs|title=Rowdy: The Roddy Piper Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L6ngCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT90|date=4 October 2016|publisher=Random House of Canada|isbn=978-0-345-81623-8|pages=90}}
13. ^{{cite book|author=Malissa Smith|title=A History of Women's Boxing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_ErHAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA113|date=5 June 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-2995-2|pages=113}}
14. ^1 {{cite book|author=Josh Gross|title=Ali vs. Inoki: The Forgotten Fight That Inspired Mixed Martial Arts and Launched Sports Entertainment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rPCGDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA82|date=9 June 2016|publisher=BenBella Books|isbn=978-1-942952-20-6|pages=82}}
15. ^{{cite book|author1=Bob Backlund|author2=Robert Harrax Miller|author3=Roddy Piper|title=The All-American Kid: Lessons and Stories on Life from Wrestling Legend Bob Backlund|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YTCGCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT451|date=20 November 2013|publisher=Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated|isbn=978-1-61321-696-5|pages=451}}
16. ^1 {{cite book|author1=Jim Wilson|author2=Jim Wilson|author3=Weldon T. Johnson|title=Chokehold: Pro Wrestling's Real Mayhem Outside the Ring|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=epCYZj7Li-AC&pg=PA367|date=2 September 2003|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|isbn=978-1-4628-1172-4|pages=367}}{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=January 2018}}
17. ^{{cite book|author=Ric Drasin|title=The Time of My Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ubBDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT94|publisher=Creators Publishing|isbn=978-1-945630-42-2|pages=94}}
18. ^1 2 3 {{cite book|author=Superstar Billy Graham|title=WWE Legends - Superstar Billy Graham: Tangled Ropes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T9AEDADI4_IC&pg=PT103|date=11 May 2010|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-4391-2179-5|pages=103–104}}
19. ^{{cite book|author1=Dick Enberg|author2=Jim Perry|title=Dick Enberg, Oh My!|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EmUGSTsTkPsC&pg=PA54|date=January 2004|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|isbn=978-1-58261-824-1|pages=54}}
20. ^{{cite book|author1=Greg Oliver|author2=Steven Johnson|title=The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Heels|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H-6DoPuiRkEC&pg=PA373|date=16 November 2010|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1-55490-284-2|pages=373}}
21. ^{{cite book|author=Larry Matysik|title=50 Greatest Professional Wrestlers of All Time: The Definitive Shoot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TFFB1LAMbN8C&pg=PT198|date=14 March 2013|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1-77090-305-0|pages=198}}
22. ^1 {{cite book|author1=Patric Laprade|author2=Bertrand Hebert|title=Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screw Jobs: The Untold Story of How Montreal Shaped the World of Wrestling|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ey8bluWM_m4C&pg=PA1974|date=14 March 2013|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1-77090-296-1|pages=1,974}}
23. ^{{cite book|author1=James Dixon|author2=Arnold Furious|author3=Lee Maughan|title=The Complete WWE Guide Volume Six|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OfRDCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA162%7Cdate%3D17+December+2015%7Cpublisher%3DLulu.com%7Cisbn%3D978-1-326-50746-6%7Cpages%3D162%E2%80%93%7D%7D%3C%2Fref%3E|date=17 December 2015|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-1-326-50746-6|pages=162}}{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=January 2018}}
24. ^{{cite book|author1=Woody Strode|author2=Sam Young|title=Goal Dust: The Warm and Candid Memoirs of a Pioneer Black Athlete and Actor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RCzxAqM4smQC&pg=PA119|date=8 September 1993|publisher=Madison Books|isbn=978-1-4617-3052-1|pages=119}}

See also

  • Championship Wrestling from Hollywood, brief local NWA revival in the 2010s, still running as an unaffiliated promotion

External links

  • Worldwide Wrestling Associates at WrestlingTitles.com
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZAMuVyambA NWA Hollywood Documentary]
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