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DAN0383 · 03-25-2009, 10:59 PM

With my 11th round pick I am proud to select in the "Storyline" category...
"Shane Douglas throws down NWA title"

In 1994, Jim Crockett's non-compete agreement with Ted Turner, who purchased World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from Crockett in 1988, was up and he decided to start promoting with the NWA again. Crockett went to Tod Gordon and asked him to hold a tournament for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at the ECW Arena on August 27, 1994. NWA President Dennis Coralluzzo thought that Crockett and Gordon were going to try to monopolize the title[4] (much like Crockett did in the 1980s) and told them they didn't have the NWA board's approval so he took control over the tournament. Gordon was upset at Coralluzzo for his power plays so Gordon and Shane Douglas, who was booked to win the title against 2 Cold Scorpio, planned to have Douglas throw the title down after he won it and break ECW from the NWA. [5][6] So after the match, Douglas threw down the NWA belt stating that he did not want to be champion of a "dead promotion." He then raised the Eastern Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Title and declared it to be a World Heavyweight Championship—calling it the only real World Title.
In accord with this speech, Paul Heyman later stated that "the National Wrestling Alliance was old-school when old-school wasn't hip anymore. We wanted to set our mark, we wanted to breakaway from the pack, we wanted to let the world know that we weren't just some independent promotion."

After ECW withdrew from the NWA and officially changed its name from "Eastern Championship Wrestling" to "Extreme Championship Wrestling", it became an underground sensation. The unorthodox style of moves, controversial story lines, and intense blood thirst of ECW made it intensely popular among many wrestling fans in the 18- to 35-year-old male demographic. Its intense fan base, albeit a small constituency, reached near-cultism in the late 1990s and inspired the "hardcore style" in other wrestling promotions, namely WWF and WCW.

2001-2009 - CM Punk
1991-2000 - William Regal
1980-1990 - Curt Hennig
Pre-80's - Abdullah the Butcher
Tag Team - Miz & Morrison
Stable - Raven's Flock
Women's - Maryse Ouellet
Personality - Eric Bischoff
Storyline - Shane Douglas throws down NWA title
Title Belt - Intercontinental Championship
PPV
Match - HBK vs Jeff Hardy, RAW 2/11/08

03-25-2009, 10:59 PM	#336
DAN0383 Scoring Winger Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Calgary, AB Exp:	With my 11th round pick I am proud to select in the "Storyline" category... "Shane Douglas throws down NWA title" In 1994, Jim Crockett's non-compete agreement with Ted Turner, who purchased World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from Crockett in 1988, was up and he decided to start promoting with the NWA again. Crockett went to Tod Gordon and asked him to hold a tournament for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at the ECW Arena on August 27, 1994. NWA President Dennis Coralluzzo thought that Crockett and Gordon were going to try to monopolize the title[4] (much like Crockett did in the 1980s) and told them they didn't have the NWA board's approval so he took control over the tournament. Gordon was upset at Coralluzzo for his power plays so Gordon and Shane Douglas, who was booked to win the title against 2 Cold Scorpio, planned to have Douglas throw the title down after he won it and break ECW from the NWA. [5][6] So after the match, Douglas threw down the NWA belt stating that he did not want to be champion of a "dead promotion." He then raised the Eastern Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Title and declared it to be a World Heavyweight Championship—calling it the only real World Title. In accord with this speech, Paul Heyman later stated that "the National Wrestling Alliance was old-school when old-school wasn't hip anymore. We wanted to set our mark, we wanted to breakaway from the pack, we wanted to let the world know that we weren't just some independent promotion." After ECW withdrew from the NWA and officially changed its name from "Eastern Championship Wrestling" to "Extreme Championship Wrestling", it became an underground sensation. The unorthodox style of moves, controversial story lines, and intense blood thirst of ECW made it intensely popular among many wrestling fans in the 18- to 35-year-old male demographic. Its intense fan base, albeit a small constituency, reached near-cultism in the late 1990s and inspired the "hardcore style" in other wrestling promotions, namely WWF and WCW. YouTube Video 2001-2009 - CM Punk 1991-2000 - William Regal 1980-1990 - Curt Hennig Pre-80's - Abdullah the Butcher Tag Team - Miz & Morrison Stable - Raven's Flock Women's - Maryse Ouellet Personality - Eric Bischoff Storyline - Shane Douglas throws down NWA title Title Belt - Intercontinental Championship PPV Match - HBK vs Jeff Hardy, RAW 2/11/08 __________________ My signature is awesome. Last edited by DAN0383; 03-25-2009 at 11:03 PM.