Founded in 1931, the promotion emerged as a cornerstone of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). By the 1980s, JimCrockettPromotions was, along with the
championship promoted in JimCrockettPromotions (JCP), a territory-promotion governed by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). On October 13, 1970, the
member promotion, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), left the NWA. The NWA would continue as a loose coalition of independent promotions, with NWA: Total