NWA Anniversary Show

The NWA Anniversary Show is an event held nearly annually since 1998, celebrating the anniversary of the 1948 founding of the National Wrestling Alliance. The event has been held each year since the 50th anniversary in 1998, with the exception of 2006 and 2007.

Results

1998

NWA 50th Anniversary Show
Information
Promotion	National Wrestling Alliance
Date	October 24, 1998
Attendance	500
Venue	Hilton Hotel
City	Cherry Hill, New Jersey

The NWA 50th Anniversary Show took place on October 24, 1998 at the Hilton Hotel in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.^[1]

• The International Males (Christopher Daniels and Kevin Quinn) defeated The Hollywood Hardbodies (Danny Dominion and Ace Steel) to become the first NWA Midwest Tag Team Champions.
• Primo Carnera III and TNT defeated Lord Zeig and Patch.
• EZ Ryder defeated NWA/PWX Tag Team Champion Paul Atlas to become the first NWA Canadian Heavyweight Champion.
• Tre fought The Inferno Kid and Ray Odyssey to a double-countout to retain the NWA New England Cruiserweight Championship.
• Steve Williams won a 14-man WWF Dojo Battle Royal.
  • Also in the match were: Kurt Angle, Babu, Steve Corino, Christopher Daniels, Teddy Hart, Barry Houston, Glenn Kulka, Andrew Martin, Tom Prichard, Giant Silva, Tiger Ali Singh, Shawn Stasiak and Devon Storm.
• Abdullah the Butcher defeated T. Rantula.
• The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher) defeated NWA North American Tag Team Champions The Tennessee Volunteers (Steven Dunn and Reno Riggins) by disqualification.
  • The Tennessee Volunteers retained the title.
• The Extreme (Ace Darling and Devon Storm) defeated The Misfits (Harley Lewis and Lupus) (c) to win the NWA 2000 Tag Team Championship.
• The Brotherhood (Knuckles Nelson & Eric Sbraccia) defeated The Border Patrol (Agent Carson & Agent Gunn) (c), Team Extreme (Kit Carson & Khris Germany) and Tully Blanchard & Tom Prichard in a Four Corners match to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
• Dan Severn defeated Steven Regal to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
• Steve Corino, Lance Diamond, Doug Gilbert and Rik Ratchett defeated Dead Man Walking, The Pitbulls (#1 and #2) and NWA National Heavyweight Champion Stevie Richards in a Steel Cage match.
  • Richards' title was on the line for the match. Gilbert got the pinfall on Richards to win the title.

1999

NWA 51st Anniversary Show: Battle of the Belts 1999
Information
Promotion	National Wrestling Alliance
Date	September 25, 1999
Attendance	700
Venue	Grady Cole Center
City	Charlotte, North Carolina

The NWA 51st Anniversary Show, subtitled "Battle of the Belts 1999", took place on September 25, 1999 at the Grady Cole Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.^[2]

• Triple xXx (Drake Dawson and Curtis Thompson) defeated The Sex Pistols (Shane Austin and David Young).
  • Triple xXx advances to an NWA World Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's match later in the show.
• Team Extreme (Kit Carson and Khris Germany) defeated Gene Austin and Tommy Starr.
  • Team Extreme advances to an NWA World Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's match later in the show.
• The Canadian Cartel (Crusher Carlsen and Michelle Starr) fought The Rage (Quinn Magnum and Samu) to a no-contest.
  • Neither team advances to the NWA World Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's match.
• EZ Ryder defeated Sebastian P. Sterling to win the Queen's Cup.
• Team Extreme (Kit Carson and Khris Germany) defeated Triple xXx (Drake Dawson and Curtis Thompson).
  • Team Extreme advance to the main event match, for the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
• Gary Steele defeated Brian Anthony and Naoya Ogawa (c) in a Three-Way Dance to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
  • Ogawa defeated Anthony.
  • Steele defeated Ogawa.
• Abdullah the Butcher fought Don Brodie to a no-contest.
• Twiggy Ramirez won a 11-man battle royal to earn an NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship match.
  • Also in the match were: Danny Dominion, Chris Hero, Vince Kaplack, Tony Kozina, Mercury, Chris Michaels, Johnny Moss, Air Paris, Buck Quartermain and Gary Royal.
• Logan Caine defeated Twiggy Ramirez to retain the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
• Ron Garvin defeated Stan Lane.
• Team Extreme (Kit Carson and Khris Germany) defeated The Brotherhood (Dukes Dalton and Knuckles Nelson) to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship.

2000

NWA 52nd Anniversary Show: Battle of the Belts 2000 / Showcase of the Stars
Information
Promotion	National Wrestling Alliance
Date	October 14 and 15 2000
Attendance	500 (night one) 200 (night two)
Venue	Tennessee State Fairgrounds Arena
City	Nashville, Tennessee

The NWA 52nd Anniversary Show, took place over two events, subtitled "Battle of the Belts 2000" and "Showcase of the Stars", on October 14 and 15 2000 at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.^[3][4]

Night one

• Lazz defeated A.J. Styles.
• Chris Champion defeated Slash.
• Damaja and Nick Dinsmore defeated NWA Ohio Valley Heavyweight Champion Rob Conway and Flash Flanagan.
• James Storm defeated Big Bully Douglas.
• Strawberry Fields defeated Leilani Kai to win the vacant NWA World Women's Championship.
  • The title had been vacant since it was stripped from Debbie Combs in October 1996.
• Vince Kaplack defeated Tony Kozina to win the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
• Bad Attitude (Rick Michaels and David Young) defeated The Hotshots (Cassidy O'Reilly and Air Paris) to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
• Mike Rapada defeated Chris Harris to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.

Night two

• Blade Boudreaux defeated Bulldog Raines to win the NWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship.
• Johnny Moss defeated Jon Ryan.
• Magic defeated Biggie Biggs, Eric Kreed and Zieg in a Fatal Four-Way match to retain the NWA New York Heavyweight Championship.
• N8 Mattson defeated Ricco Rodriguez to win the NWA Great Lakes Junior Heavyweight Championship.
• Mr. Attitude and Bobby Inbred defeated Johnny Hard and Viper.
• Mr. Mayhem defeated Necro Butcher in a Hardcore match.
• The Maniacal Crew (Brother Love and Joey Venture) defeated The New Texas Outlaws (Ricky Murdock and Austin Rhodes) to win the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship.
• Dave Mysterio and X-Factor defeated Touch of Reality (Jim the Messenger and Bob Steele).
• Jimmy Angel and Paul Atlas defeated Brandon K and Big Poppa Gator to win the NWA East Tag Team Championship.
  • Brandon K substituted for J.B. Destiny, who was unable to appear due to travel problems.
• Jason Rumble defeated Beau Douglas to win the NWA New England Heavyweight Championship.

2001

NWA 53rd Anniversary Show: Battle of the Belts 2001
Information
Promotion	National Wrestling Alliance
Date	October 13, 2001
Attendance	400
Venue	WrestlePlex
City	St. Petersburg, Florida

The NWA 53rd Anniversary Show, subtitled "Battle of the Belts 2001", took place on October 13, 2001 at the WrestlePlex in St. Petersburg, Florida.^[5]

• Jacey North defeated Biggie Biggs to win the NWA Virginia Heavyweight Championship.
• Gene Austin and Brimstone defeated The Chunk-n-Dales (Chunk and Dale).
• Rocky Reynolds defeated Star to win the NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship.
• Sudden Impact (Chris Gatlin and Steve Lane) defeated Disturbing Behavior (Jeff Daniels and Tim Renesto) (with Dominique) to win the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship.
• Pepe Prado defeated The Cuban Assassin (with Fantasy).
• Ricky Murdock defeated Blade Boudreaux to retain the NWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship.
• Gary Steele and Paul Vault defeated Danny Garnell and Johnny Moss.
• Naohiro Hoshikawa defeated Dagon Briggs.
• EZ Ryder defeated Juggernaut to win the vacant NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship.
  • The title had been vacated by Crusher Carlsen in September 2000.
• Hotstuff Hernandez defeated Kevin Northcutt to win the NWA National Heavyweight Championship.
• Quinn Magnum defeated Spyder to win the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship.
• Cyborg defeated Buck Q to win the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship.
• A.J. Styles (with Jeff G. Bailey) defeated Christopher Daniels.
• The New Heavenly Bodies (Vito DeNucci and Chris Nelson) defeated Total Destruction (Rusty Riddle and Sean Royal) to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship
• Jason Rumble defeated Brandon K, Lex Lovett (c), Jimmy Rave and BJ Turner in a Five-Way match to win the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
• Steve Corino fought Shinya Hashimoto to a no-contest to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
• Team IPW (Scoot Andrews, Jet Jaguar, The Shane Twins (Mike and Todd) and Mike Sullivan) (with promoter Ron Niemi) fought Team NWA Florida (Lex Lovett, The New Heavenly Bodies (Vito DeNucci and Chris Nelson), Buck Q and Rod Steel) (with promoter Howard Brody) to a no-contest.

2002

NWA 54th Anniversary Show: Battle of the Belts 2002
Information
Promotion	National Wrestling Alliance
Date	October 26, 2002
Venue	Memorial Coliseum
City	Corpus Christi, Texas

The NWA 54th Anniversary Show, subtitled "Battle of the Belts 2002", took place on October 26, 2002 at the Memorial Coliseum in Corpus Christi, Texas.^[6]

• Jacey North defeated Brother Love.
• Ryan Pisiak defeated Dagon Briggs in a Hair vs. Hair match.
• The East Coast Connection (Sick Dog and Joe Wolfen) defeated Ricky Murdock and Magnum.
• Spyder defeated Paul Tracey to retain the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship.
• Biggie Biggs defeated Preston Quinn to retain the NWA Jersey Heavyweight Championship.
• Jason Rumble defeated Rocky Reynolds to retain the NWA New England Junior Heavyweight Championship.
• Steve DeMarco defeated J.P. Black in a Texas Death match to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship.
• Johnny Moss defeated Danny Garnell to retain the NWA United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship.
• Char Starr defeated Madison to win the NWA World Women's Championship.
• Jorge Estrada defeated Paul Atlas to win the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship.
• Konnan defeated NWA Midwest Heavyweight Champion Danny Dominion.
• America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) defeated Rocky Reynolds and A.J. Styles to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
• Ron Killings defeated Hotstuff Hernandez to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.

2003

NWA 55th Anniversary Show
Information
Promotion	National Wrestling Alliance
Date	October 10 and 11 2003
Attendance	300 (night one) 325 (night two)
Venue	Park Pavilion
City	Parkersburg, West Virginia

The NWA 55th Anniversary Show, took place over two events on October 10 and 11 2003 at the Park Pavilion in Parkersburg, West Virginia.^[7][8]

Night one

• Kevin Rhodes defeated C.B. Kool to win the NWA Florida Junior Heavyweight Championship.
• Bruce Banner defeated Romeo Godwinn.
• Bobby Jay and Vinnie Viagra defeated Zach Mercury and Rob Stardom.
• The Hawaiian Power Company (Kapu and Tiki) defeated Chris Cavanaugh and Cholo to retain the NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship.
• Spyder defeated Fergal Devitt to become the first NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion.
• Paul Tracey defeated Muscles Mansfield.
• NWA National Heavyweight Champion Ricky Murdock defeated NWA Missouri Heavyweight Champion Shane Somers to retain the National title and win the Missouri title.
• Chance Prophet defeated Trik Nasty to retain the NWA Bluegrass Heavyweight Championship.
• Sinn (with Traci Brooks) defeated Mason Hunter.

Night two

• Kid Inferno and Twisted Youth defeated DJ Skittlez and Clark.
• Roderick Strong defeated Jerrelle Clark and Danny Doring in a Triple Threat match to retain the NWA Florida X Division Championship.
• JT Wolfen defeated Chance Prophet to retain the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship.
• Leilani Kai defeated AJ Sparx to retain the NWA World Women's Championship.
• America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) defeated The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens).
• Double Dragon, Chris Draven (c), Rocky Reynolds and Vinnie Viagra fought to a no-contest in a Fatal Four-Way Ladder match for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
  • Draven retained the title.
• Trik Nasty won a Battle Royal.

2004

NWA 56th Anniversary Show
Information
Promotion	National Wrestling Alliance
Date	October 15 and 17 2004
Attendance	100 (night two)
Venue	Ramada Malbourough Hotel[9]
City	Winnipeg, Manitoba

The NWA 56th Anniversary Show took place over two events on October 15 and 17 2004 at the Ramada Malbourough Hotel in Winnipeg, Manitoba.^[10][11]

Night one

• Tejas defeated Dustin Masters to retain the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship.
• Shane Matthews defeated Keith Loughman.
• The Trailer Park Boyz (Dave Drako and Matt Korn) defeated Gino Martino and Larry Huntley by disqualification.
• Johnny Moss defeated Byron Black.
• Team Ireland (Fergal Devitt and Paul Tracey) defeated Paddy Morrow and Carl O'Rourke.
• Conscience defeated L.A. Warren to retain the NWA Scottish Heavyweight Championship.
• Dru Onyx defeated Will Phoenix to win the vacant NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship.
  • The title had been stripped from Spyder on October 1.
• Steve Jaworski won a 15-man battle royal to win the vacant CWF Heavyweight Championship.
• Vid Vain defeated Kerry Brown to win the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship.
• Spyder defeated Ricky Murdock to win the NWA National Heavyweight Championship.

Night two

• Chasyn Rance defeated Mark Stephens to become the first NWA Spinebuster Junior Heavyweight Champion.
• Steve Jaworski defeated Tank Roberts to retain the CWF Heavyweight Championship.
• Will Phoenix defeated Shane Matthews.
• Conscience, Paddy Morrow and Carl O'Rourke defeated Byron Black, Fergal Devitt and Paul Tracey.
• Gino Martino defeated Dave Drako to retain the NWA New England Brass Knuckles Championship.
• Shane Dyson and Roadblock Jones besiegen Keith Laughman and L.A. Warren.
• Jason Rumble defeated Jerrelle Clark (c) and Vance Desmond in a Three-Way Dance to win the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
  • Clark defeated Desmond.
  • Rumble defeated Clark.
• Petey Williams defeated Kenny Omega to retain the TNA X Division Championship.

2005

NWA 57th Anniversary Show
Information
Promotion	National Wrestling Alliance
Date	October 8, 2005
Venue	Tennessee State Fairgrounds Arena
City	Nashville, Tennessee

The NWA 57th Anniversary Show took place on October 8, 2005 at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.^[12]

• Three Guys That Totally Rule (Patrick Bentley and Seth Delay) defeated Adam Roberts and Gabriel (with Jeff G. Bailey).
• Vance Desmond defeated Zac Vincent to win the NWA Tri-State X Division Championship.
• The Syndicate Crew (L.A. Player and Superfly P) (with YT) defeated The Amazing Pookie and Cousin Cooter.
• Scotty Blaze defeated Brandon Day to win the NWA Virginia Heavyweight Championship.
• Komei defeated Alex Koslov.
• Abyss (with Tim Welch) fought Chris Michaels to a no-contest.
• The Twin Terrors (Koko and Razz Mansour) defeated LuFisto and Tank to retain the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship.
• Paddy Morrow defeated Paul Tracey to retain the NWA Ireland Heavyweight Championship and win the NWA United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship.
• Jason Rumble (with Quentin Michaels) defeated Mark Moment,
• The Psycho defeated Rick Morgan to retain the NWA Battle Zone Cruiserweight Championship.
• Fergal Devitt defeated Dru Onyx to win the NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship.
• The Blackbirds (Ice and Jazz) defeated The Bounty Hunters (Big Nasty Bill and Ricky Murdock).
• Vinnie Viagra defeated Chance Prophet to retain the NWA Bluegrass Heavyweight Championship.
• Jeff Daniels and Mike Woods (with Dominique) defeated The Old School Players (Apollo and Dynamite Derrick) to win the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship.
• Scottie Gash defeated Nikita Allanov and Chris Taylor in a Triple Threat match to retain the NWA East Heavyweight Championship.
• Tommy Marr defeated JT Wolfen (with Dave Heart) to win the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship.
• Ricky Murdock defeated Conscience and The Juggulator in a Triple Threat match to win the vacant NWA National Heavyweight Championship.
  • The title had been stripped that same day from Spyder, due to his no-showing his scheduled defense.
• Chris Escobar and Shane Falco defeated Daron Smythe and Tim Warcloud to win the NWA North American Tag Team Championship.
• Christie Ricci defeated Lexie Fyfe (c) and Tasha Simone in a Triple Threat match to win the NWA World Women's Championship.
• The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens) defeated Cassidy Riley and Eric Young in a Nashville Street Fight to win the held-up NWA World Tag Team Championship.
  • The title had been held up after a match between these teams on October 5 in Springfield, Tennessee. This was a rematch.

2008

NWA 60th Anniversary Show
Information
Promotion	National Wrestling Alliance
Date	June 7, 2008
Attendance	2,500
Venue	Philips Arena
City	Atlanta, Georgia

The NWA 60th Anniversary Show took place on June 7, 2008 at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.^[13]

• Mike DiBiase defeated Aaron Stevens to retain the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship.
• Iceberg (with Dan Wilson) defeated Mikael Judas and Shatter (with Jeff G. Bailey) in a Triple Threat match to retain the NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Championship.
• Abdullah the Butcher (with John Cheatum) fought Tommy Rich to a no-contest.
• Blue Demon, Jr. and Sean Waltman defeated Rob Conway and Carl Ouellet.
• Mike Quackenbush defeated Ricky Vega to retain the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
• Los Luchas (Phoenix Star & Zokre) defeated The Naturals (Andy Douglas & Chase Stevens) and The Real American Heroes (Karl Anderson & Joey Ryan with C. Edward Vander Pyle) in a Triple Threat elimination match to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
• Sid Vicious defeated The Playas Club (Justin Corino and Dave Greco) in a Handicap match.
• The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton) defeated The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton) (with Jim Cornette).

Footnotes

1. ^ "NWA 50th Anniversary Show results" (in German). Cagematch.de. http://www.cagematch.de/?id=1&nr=7867. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
2. ^ "NWA 51st Anniversary Show results" (in German). Cagematch.de. http://www.cagematch.de/?id=1&nr=7866. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
3. ^ "NWA 52nd Anniversary Show (Battle of the Belts) results" (in German). Cagematch.de. http://www.cagematch.de/?id=1&nr=7865. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
4. ^ "NWA 52nd Anniversary Show (Showcase of the Stars) results" (in German). Cagematch.de. http://www.cagematch.de/?id=1&nr=7864. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
5. ^ "NWA 53rd Anniversary Show results" (in German). Cagematch.de. http://www.cagematch.de/?id=1&nr=7094. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
6. ^ "NWA 54th Anniversary Show results" (in German). Cagematch.de. http://www.cagematch.de/?id=1&nr=7095. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
7. ^ "NWA 55th Anniversary Show (night one) results" (in German). Cagematch.de. http://www.cagematch.de/?id=1&nr=7862. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
8. ^ "NWA 55th Anniversary Show (night two) results" (in German). Cagematch.de. http://www.cagematch.de/?id=1&nr=7863. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
9. ^ Waldman, Jon. "NWA heading to Winnipeg for convention". Canadian Online Explorer. http://www.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2004/09/29/648475.html. Retrieved 2008-07-17. 
10. ^ "NWA 56th Anniversary Show (night one) results" (in German). Cagematch.de. http://www.cagematch.de/?id=1&nr=7868. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
11. ^ "NWA 56th Anniversary Show (night two) results" (in German). Cagematch.de. http://www.cagematch.de/?id=1&nr=7869. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
12. ^ "NWA 57th Anniversary Show results" (in German). Cagematch.de. http://www.cagematch.de/?id=1&nr=4271. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
13. ^ "NWA 60th Anniversary Show results" (in German). Cagematch.de. http://www.cagematch.de/?id=1&nr=22150. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 

References

• Schramm, Chris (October 15, 2003). "NWA 55th anniversary show shines". SLAM! Wrestling. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2003/10/15/226783.html. Retrieved 2009-05-02. 

See also

• National Wrestling Alliance