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So the "Southern Wrestling Association" division was a proto-WCW with the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida as it's foundation in 1950s NWA. This is way by the 1980s the NWA collapsed due to various promoters having their little divisions within the NWA
In regards to the Southern Wrestling Association, you have to understand the cultural implications and prevailing attitudes in the late 1940s for some of these booking offices. When thinking about the NWA, try to remove the term "promoter" from you thinking, the bookers and booking offices were the members of the NWA, because the National Wrestling Alliance was formed primarily for three reasons. 1. Unify the World Title 2. Leverage the booking of talent 3. Form a cooperative to promote working together to increase safety and security of the offices as a unit. I suspect the SWA had more to do with #2 as the booking of talent in the late 40s in the South was different than other regions, especially with Women and African Americans.
The Southern offices were probably more comfortable with each other and had this bloc to make sure that some controlling leader of the NWA from the North was not going to be able to control them ot tell them what to do as far as booking and using talent and also thier own booking and philosophy of how wrestling should be presented outside the World Title matches. I think that was the primary driving force behind Jim Crockett, Sr's thinking around the SWA. Since that thinking eventually changed as the business paradigm changed, I don't think it really has any parallel to what happened later to the Alliance in the 80s. Totally different situation. Actually the owners and bookers did change philosophies as times progressed until the late 1970s when they stopped changing philosophies and that's when they started failing.
I have a question, as I tend to view wrestling from backward to forward, but I think your comment about "photo-WCW" is forward backward...is that what you mean? What is "photo-WCW" I guess is my question if you will indulge my ignorance?
Yes...everything in wrestling was pre-WCW...actually WCW was the end of wrestling...especially Southern wrestling. When Jim Crockett Promotions was sold, Southern Wrestling and everything about it was essentially over in 1988.
So the "Southern Wrestling Association" division was a proto-WCW with the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida as it's foundation in 1950s NWA. This is way by the 1980s the NWA collapsed due to various promoters having their little divisions within the NWA
In regards to the Southern Wrestling Association, you have to understand the cultural implications and prevailing attitudes in the late 1940s for some of these booking offices. When thinking about the NWA, try to remove the term "promoter" from you thinking, the bookers and booking offices were the members of the NWA, because the National Wrestling Alliance was formed primarily for three reasons. 1. Unify the World Title 2. Leverage the booking of talent 3. Form a cooperative to promote working together to increase safety and security of the offices as a unit. I suspect the SWA had more to do with #2 as the booking of talent in the late 40s in the South was different than other regions, especially with Women and African Americans.
The Southern offices were probably more comfortable with each other and had this bloc to make sure that some controlling leader of the NWA from the North was not going to be able to control them ot tell them what to do as far as booking and using talent and also thier own booking and philosophy of how wrestling should be presented outside the World Title matches. I think that was the primary driving force behind Jim Crockett, Sr's thinking around the SWA. Since that thinking eventually changed as the business paradigm changed, I don't think it really has any parallel to what happened later to the Alliance in the 80s. Totally different situation. Actually the owners and bookers did change philosophies as times progressed until the late 1970s when they stopped changing philosophies and that's when they started failing.
I have a question, as I tend to view wrestling from backward to forward, but I think your comment about "photo-WCW" is forward backward...is that what you mean? What is "photo-WCW" I guess is my question if you will indulge my ignorance?
I meant pre-WCW
Yes...everything in wrestling was pre-WCW...actually WCW was the end of wrestling...especially Southern wrestling. When Jim Crockett Promotions was sold, Southern Wrestling and everything about it was essentially over in 1988.