List of National Wrestling Alliance territories

Formed in 1948, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) governing body was the largest organization in professional wrestling until the 1980s Rock 'n' Wrestling Era. Under the control of the NWA Board of Directors (consisting of various prominent, regional promoters), the governing body oversaw wrestling's national territory system, a system which saw promotions (referred to as "territories") recognize one world heavyweight champion, participate in talent exchanges, and collectively protect the territorial integrity of NWA members. Unlike modern independent promotions, the territories were regarded as major promotions and often collaborated with other NWA members.

In 1993,^[1] the NWA was reorganized following the withdrawals of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), with the majority of new NWA territories being small independent promotions. As other territories withdrew from the governing body, the NWA would discontinue its memberships in August 2012 and adopted a licensing model.^[2] In 2017, the NWA was purchased by Billy Corgan's Lightning One, Inc., which abandoned the licensing model and gradually transformed the NWA from a governing body to a stand-alone wrestling promotion.^[3]^[4]^[5]

In October 2023, while still under the ownership of Billy Corgan's Lightning One, Inc., the NWA reintroduced the territory system. The first NWA-affiliated promotion introduced under the new system was NWA Exodus Pro Midwest, owned by then NWA World's Heavyweight Champion Michael "EC3" Hutter.^[6]

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Promotion	Year(s) in the NWA	Territory	Promoter(s)
NWA Exodus Pro Midwest	2023–^[7]	Cleveland, Ohio	Michael Hutter
NWA JCP Southeast	2023–^[8]	Coalfield, Tennessee	Joe Cazana
NWA: Chicago	2024–^[9]	Chicago, Illinois	Bryan Idol and Billy Corgan
NWA Kross Fire	2024–^[10]	Sevierville, Tennessee	Kenzie Paige and Kylie Paige^[11]
NWA World League Wrestling	2024–^[12]	Troy, Missouri	Leland Race

Governing body	Affiliate(s)	Year(s) in the NWA	Territory	Promoter(s)
NWA Texas	Dogg Pound Championship Wrestling	2024–^[13]	San Antonio, Texas	Carlene Denise Moore-Begnaud and Rodney Begnaud
NWA Texas	Texas Style Wrestling	2024–^[14]	Dallas, Texas	David Horachek and Randy Cline
NWA New Mexico	Duke City Championship Wrestling	2025–^[15]	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Fred Slow

List of National Wrestling Alliance territories

Current NWA-affiliated promotions and/or territories

Former NWA-affiliated promotions and/or territories

Timeline, 1948–1993

References

External links

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Promotion	Year(s) in the NWA	Territory	Promoter(s)
NWA Iowa	1948–1959^[16]	Des Moines, Iowa	Paul "Pinkie" George†
Minneapolis Boxing and Wrestling Club	1948–1960^[16]	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Tony Stecher† (through 1954) Wally Karbo (through 1954–1960) Verne Gagne (through 1954–1960)
Harry Light Wrestling Office^[17]	1948–1961^[16]	Detroit, Michigan	Harry Light†
Midwest Wrestling Association	1948–1967^[16]	Columbus, Ohio	Al Haft†
St. Louis Wrestling Club	1948–1985^[16]	St. Louis, Missouri	Sam Muchnick† (through 1982) Bob Geigel
Central States Wrestling	1948–1988^[16]	Kansas City, Missouri	Orville Brown† (through 1958) George Simpson (through 1958) Bob Geigel (1958–1986, 1987–1988) Jim Crockett, Jr. (1986–1987)
NWA Montana	1949–1950^[18]	Great Falls, Montana	Jerry Meeker
NWA Hollywood	1949–1956^[19]	Los Angeles, California	Hugh Nichols
American Wrestling Association^[20]	1949–1957^[19]	Boston, Massachusetts	Paul Bowser
NWA Nebraska	1949–1957^[21]	Omaha, Nebraska	Max Clayton
Montreal Wrestling	1949–1957^[19]	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Eddie Quinn
John J. Doyle Enterprises California Wrestling Office Hollywood Wrestling^[17]	1949–1958 1968–1983^[17]	Los Angeles, California	Johnny Doyle (through 1954) Cal Eaton (1954–1966) Mike LeBell (1958–1983)
NWA San Francisco	1949–1961^[19]	San Francisco, California	Joe Malcewicz
Fred Kohler Enterprises^[17]	1949–1963^[17]	Chicago, Illinois	Fred Kohler
Southwest Sports	1949–1966^[19]	Houston, Texas	Morris Sigel Ed McLemore Paul Boesch Norman Clark
50th State Big Time Wrestling	1949–1979^[19]	Honolulu, Hawaii	Al Karasick (through 1961) Ed Francis James Blears
NWA Mid-America	1949–1981^[19]	Dyersburg, Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee	Nick Gulas Roy Welch John Cazana Joe Gunter
Tulsa Promotions Leroy McGuirk's Championship Wrestling Tri-States Wrestling Midwest Championship Wrestling NWA Tri-State Mid-South Wrestling^[22]	1949–1982^[19]	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Sam Avey (through 1958) Leroy McGuirk (1951–1979) Bill Watts (1979–1982)
Maple Leaf Wrestling	1949–1984^[19]	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Frank Tunney (through 1983) Jack Tunney
ABC Booking Mid South Sports Georgia Championship Wrestling	1949–1984^[19]	Atlanta, Georgia	Paul Jones (through 1974) Jim Barnett (1973–1983) Ole Anderson
Eastern Sports Enterprises^[23]	1950–1957^[24]^[17]	New York City, New York	Rudy Dusek
Manhattan Booking Agency Manhattan Wrestling Enterprises	1950–1957^[24]^[17]	New York City, New York	Joseph "Toots" Mondt
NWA Indianapolis	1950–1960	Indianapolis, Indiana	Billy Thom (through 1959) Balk Estes
Salt Lake Wrestling Club	1950–1960s^[25]	Orem, Utah	Dave Reynolds
Upstate Athletic Club Buffalo Athletic Club Erie Athletic Club	1950–1970^[26]^[27]	Buffalo, New York	Ed Don George (through late 1950s) Bobby Bruns Pedro Martinez
NWA New Mexico	1950–1982^[28]	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Mike London
Championship Wrestling from Florida	1950–1987^[25]	Tampa, Florida	Clarence Luttrell (through 1971) Eddie Graham (through 1985) Hiro Matsuda (1985–1987) Duke Keomuka (1985–1987)
Western States Sports^[17]	1951–1980^[29]	Amarillo, Texas	Dory Detton (through 1955) Karl Sarpolis (1955–1966) Dory Funk (1955–1973) Dory Funk, Jr. (1967–1978) Terry Funk (1967–1978) Dick Murdoch (1978–1980) Bob Windham (1978–1980)
Foothills Athletic Club Big Time Wrestling Stampede Wrestling^[30]	1951–1982^[29]	Calgary, Alberta	Larry Tillman (through 1952) Stu Hart (1952–1982)
Jim Crockett Promotions Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling	1951–1988^[29]	Charlotte, North Carolina	Jim Crockett (through 1973) Jim Crockett, Jr.(1973–1988)
Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance	1953–1973	Tokyo, Japan	Rikidōzan (through 1963) Toyonobori (through 1966) Yoshinosato
NWA Gulf Coast	1953–1978	Dothan, Alabama	Buddy Fuller (through 1960) Lee Fields Bobby Fields Rocky McGuire
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre	1953–1986^[31]	Mexico City, Mexico	Salvador Lutteroth
Capitol Wrestling Corporation World Wide Wrestling Federation World Wrestling Federation	1953–1963 1971–1983	Washington, D.C. New York City, New York	Vincent J. McMahon (through 1982) Joseph "Toots" Mondt (through 1965) Vincent K. McMahon (from 1982)
Pacific Northwest Wrestling	1957–1992	Eugene, Oregon	Don Owen
NWA All Star Wrestling	Early 1960s–1985	Vancouver, British Columbia	Sandor Kovacs (through 1977) Al Tomko
All-Star Pro Wrestling	1962–early 1990s	Wellington, New Zealand	Steve Rickard
Big Time Wrestling	1964–1980	Detroit, Michigan	Ed Farhat (The Sheik) Francis Flesher
NWA Big Time Wrestling World Class Championship Wrestling	1966–1986	Dallas, Texas	Jack Adkisson (Fritz Von Erich)
Big Time Wrestling	1968–1981	San Francisco, California	Roy Shire