NWA Back to the Territories

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Back to the Territories
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Promotional poster featuring various NWA wrestlers
Promotion National Wrestling Alliance
DateJune 1, 2024
(aired September 3, 2024,
September 10, 2024,
September 17, 2024,
September 24, 2024)
City Knoxville, Tennessee
Venue Karns High School
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Back to the Territories was a professional wrestling event promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). It took place on June 1, 2024, at Karns High School in Knoxville, Tennessee, airing on tape delay across four episodes of NWA Powerrr on The CW app.

Contents

In addition to wrestlers from the NWA, the event also featured talent from its official territories and affiliate promotions – NWA Exodus Pro Midwest, NWA Joe Cazana Promotions Southeast, NWA Kross Fire Wrestling, NWA Chicago, Fight The World Wrestling, and World League Wrestling. The event also saw the return of the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship, which had been inactive since 1988.

Production

Background

On October 9, 2023, NWA President William Patrick Corgan announced the relaunch of the NWA territory system, officially recognizing Cleveland promotion Exodus Pro Wrestling (now NWA Exodus Pro Midwest), run by NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion EC3, as their first territory. [1] [2] [3] Since then, the NWA began establishing territories including NWA Joe Cazana Promotions Southeast and NWA Kross Fire Wrestling in East Tennessee, and the creation of NWA Chicago in the Chicago metropolitan area. Additionally, the NWA began affiliating with promotions such as Fight The World Wrestling on Long Island and World League Wrestling in Greater St. Louis.

On April 23, 2024, the NWA announced that Back to the Territories would take place on June 1, 2024, at Karns High School in Knoxville, Tennessee. [4] [5]

Storylines

The event will feature a number professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines. Wrestlers are portrayed as either heels (those that portray the "bad guys"), faces (the "good guy" characters), or tweeners (characters that are neither clearly a heel or a face) as they follow a series of tension-building events, which culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches as determined by the promotion. Storylines were played out on the eighteenth season of the NWA's weekly series, Powerrr . [6]

Results

YouTube exclusive (aired on September 2, 2024)
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes [7]
1 Colby Corino won by last eliminating Slade [Note 1] Matt Cardona's Carnyland Gauntlet Battle Royal for an NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship match later in the night15:38
  1. ↑ Participants in order of elimination: Tyler Shoop, Wayne Moxxi, Michael Chandler, Jason Hendrix, Rahim de la Suede, Sam Beale, Andy Optimal, Alexander Lev, Dustin Bozworth, Moses the Deliverer, Dillon McQueen, Sebastian, Manbun Jesus, Sal Vation, Anthony Catena, Samuel C, VHS, Gaagz the Gymp, Bruiser Bob, Jackson Drake, "Magic" Jake Dumas, Daisy Kill, and Slade.
First episode (aired on September 3, 2024)
No.Results [8] StipulationsTimes [9]
1DWayne Moxxi defeated Evan Golden by pinfall Singles match —
2 Natalia Markova defeated Max the Impaler (with Father James Mitchell) by countout Singles match 5:39
3 EC3 (c) defeated Colby Corino by pinfall Singles match for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship 9:05
4 Knox and Murdoch (with Eric Smalls) defeated Blunt Force Trauma (Carnage and Damage) (c) (with Aron Stevens) by pinfall Tag team match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship 8:03
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
D – this was a dark match
Second episode (aired on September 10, 2024)
No.Results [10] StipulationsTimes [11]
1Jeremiah Plunkett defeated Dante Casanova, Hunter Drake, and Mario Pardua by pinfall Four-way elimination match for the vacant NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship 6:16
2Carson Drake defeated Bryan Idol by pinfall Singles match 6:30
3 Thom Latimer (c) defeated Steve Boz by pinfall Singles match for the NWA National Heavyweight Championship 4:06
4 Pretty Empowered (Kenzie Paige and Kylie Paige) defeated The It Girls (Ella Envy and Miss Starr) by pinfall Street Fight 9:55
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship match

EliminatedWrestlerEliminated byMethod of eliminationTime
1Hunter DrakeDante CasanovaPinned after a sliding lariat 3:06
2Dante CasanovaMario ParduaPinned after a uranage 4:58
3Mario ParduaJeremiah PlunkettPinned after That Tennessee Move 6:16
WinnerJeremiah Plunkett—
Third episode (aired on September 17, 2024)
No.Results [12] StipulationsTimes [13]
1 Pretty Boy Smooth (c) (with Pastor C-Lo) defeated Mims (with BLK Jeez) by countout Singles match for the NWA Exodus Pro Midwest Championship6:03
2 The King Bees (Charity King and Danni Bee) (c) defeated Caribbean Flow (La Rosa Negra and Ruthie Jay) by pinfall Tag team match for the NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship 6:56
3 Juventud Guerrera (c) vs. Zyon (with Austin Idol) ended in a no contest Singles match for the NWA Kross Fire Championship6:38
4The Stew Crew (Dylan Stewart and Zach Stewart) (c) defeated The Fixers, L.L.C. (Jay Bradley and Wrecking Ball Legursky) by pinfall Tag team match for the NWA JCP Southeastern Tag Team Championship6:01
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
Fourth episode (aired on September 24, 2024)
No.Results [14] StipulationsTimes [15]
1Joe Alonzo (c) defeated Damian Fenrir, Sodapop Hendrix, Camaro Jackson, Jaden Newman, Tyler Franks, Ashton Day, and Rafael Quintero by pinfall Eight-way scramble for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship 8:45
2 Baron Von Storm and Jax Dane defeated The Slimeballz (Sage Chantz and Tommy Rant) by submission Tag team match to determine the #1 contender to the NWA United States Tag Team Championship 6:19
3Tiffany Nieves, Reka Tehaka, and The Southern Six (Kerry Morton, Alex Taylor, and "Thrillbilly" Silas Mason) defeated Burchill, Taylor Rising, Big Mama, and The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and KC Cazana) (with Joe Cazana) by pinfall Ten-person mixed tag team match 9:18
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

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References

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  2. ↑ Defelice, Robert (October 8, 2023). "Exodus Pro Wrestling Becomes 'NWA Exodus Pro' And Is Now A Recognized NWA Territory". Fightful. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
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