It had numerous territories under its sway, some among the most influential in wrestling, and the NWA World Championship was ... At that time, a black wrestling star was still a novelty and ...

Lou Thesz, heralded as one of wrestling’s truest and first pioneers ... Thesz is perhaps best remembered for his three historic NWA Championship reigns that totaled over 10 years in combined ...

From the early 1950s until the NWA’s demise in the early 1990s, tag teams wrestling became an essential element of the ...