Updates on the NWA North American Tournament

Apparently the Bill Behren's Cup aka the NWA North American Championship tournament has been progressing nicely.  Ace Rockwell finally has an opponent to face in Kyle Matthews.  Shaun Tempers bested Caprice Coleman and Corey Hollis upset J-Rod.  It looks like before the end of the month we'll have a finals match scheduled.  Perhaps some of the answered challenges of Lance Hoyt or Ja'coby Boykins will be in line for a shot at the title down the road.

Updates on the NWA North American Tournament

The North American Title Tournament kicked off last weekend when NWA Southern Heavyweight Champion Ace Rockwell defeated Chrisjen Hayme at the confines NWA Main Event.  This so far as been the only bit of news regarding the tournament that has been released as of late.  That and that Kyle Matthews will be taking on Mike Posey for NWA Pro South.

There is a lot of unanswered questions about this tournament.  The bracket to the left is simply our best guess as to what direction the Tournament is following.  Obviously the Tournament can be much larger, but so far these are the matches that have been announced.  

The first edition of Talk NWA on Blog Talk Radio focused on whom the fans of the NWA would select for the tournament.  Guys like Ja'coby Boykins and NWA Texas Champion Lance Hoyt have lobbied via Twitter to be included in the tournament.  Even promoter Gabe Ramirez expressed interest in having wrestlers from Revolution Pro Wrestling.  However, the tournament planners are keeping all information regarding the tournament close to the chest and the NWA Faithful have to just guess what happens next in the tournament for to crown a new North American Championship. 

NWA to crown New North American Champion!

After the Sheiks victory over Colt Cabana for the NWA Worlds Championship the Board of Directors officially vacated the North American Championship and announced that a tournament would be taking places in the coming weeks to crown a new champion. The first episode of NWA TALK focused on whom the fans would like to see involved in the tournament.  Wrestlers have taken to twitter to ask for their shot, Lance Hoyt, Ja'Coby Boykins, and James Ross all have asked for their shot, but shortly before the show was set to air Bill Behren's made the announcement of the first initial matches.

NWA MAIN EVENT Nashville, TN 5-5-11

CHRISJEN HAYME VS ACE ROCKWELL

CHRISJEN HAYME – Alabama based Chrisjen Hayme is a 2 time Ultimate NWA Tag Team Champion & 1 time NWA Tennessee Junior Heavyweight Champion

ACE ROCKWELL – E Tennessee based Ace Rockwell is a 2 time NWA Wildside Tag Team Champion, 1 time NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Champion, 1 time NWA Anarchy Television Champion, 1 time NWA Anarchy Tag Team Champion, and the current NWA Southern Heavyweight Champion.

NWA ANARCHY Cornelia, GA 5-14-11

SHAUN TEMPERS VS CAPRICE COLEMAN

SHAUN TEMPERS – E Tennessee based Shaun Tempers is a 2 time NWA Anarchy Television Champion, 2 time NWA Wildside Tag Team Champion, 2 Time NWA Anarchy Television Champion, and 1 time Ultimate NWA Tag Team Champion.

CAPRICE “ICE” COLEMAN – North Carolina based Caprice Coleman is a 1 time NWA Wildside Television Champion, 1 time NWA Anarchy Television Champion & 1 time NWA Wildside Junior Heavyweight Champion.

NWA RAMPAGE PRO WRESTLING Warner Robins, GA 5-15-11

COREY HOLLIS VS J ROD

COREY HOLLIS – Alabama based Corey Hollis is a 1 time NWA Tennessee Junior Heavyweight Champion and 1 time Ultimate NWA Tag Team Champion. He was selected by Pro Wrestling Illustrated Magazine as a Rookie of the Year Runner-up for 2010.

J ROD – Georgia based J Rod is the only triple-crown winner in NWA Rampage Pro Wrestling having carried the promotion’s Heavyweight Title, TV Title, & Tag Team Title.

National Wrestling Alliance Returns To Chattanooga

While the NWA is built on a foundation of wrestling history, the event on Nov. 26 is looking towards the future. This card will featuring some of the up and coming wrestlers on the circuit today. The main event features a battle of the biggest and baddest as the 6'8" 328 pounds "Priest Of Punishment" Mikael Judas takes on the 360 pounds juggernaut of man known simply as Tank. Both men were ranked nationally in this year's Pro Wrestling Illustrated Magazine Top 500 wrestlers in the world.

Judas, originally a South Carolina native, has made a name for himself traveling the states and in Puerto Rico, where he captured the IWA World Heavyweight Championship in 2006 and is also a former NWA Georgia State Heavyweight Champion. Tank, who's originally a Chattanooga native, was a high school (Red Bank High) and collegiate (Wartburg) wrestling standout and has headlined pro cards in over 20 U.S. states as well as Mexico and is known as one of the single toughest wrestlers in the sport today.

Another featured bout on the card will see two former NWA World TV Champions collide as "All That" Adam Jacobs takes on "The Temptation" Shaun Tempers. Jacobs has been competing on NWA cards since the year 2000 where he has also held the Georgia and Alabama state tag team titles and the Georgia state heavyweight title, and has also appeared in the Ring Of Honor promotion out of Philadelphia, TNA Wrestling, briefly on WCW, and was a mainstay in the cult favorite NWA Wildside promotion where he actually scored a pinfall victory over prominent wrestling star A.J. Styles. Tempers is a thoroughbred athlete, the son of former Chattanooga Lookout great and now Philadelphia Phillies assistant coach Sal Rende. He has also competed on cards across the country and was also ranked in this years PWI Magazine Top 500 Wrestlers.

In addition to these two bouts, NWA Championship Wrestling will be presenting a veritable who's who of the nation's up and coming wrestling stars. People like "The Seven Figure Deal" Ace Rockwell, "The Perfect 10" Chrisjen Hayme, Andrew Alexander, Corey Hollis, The Hate Junkies and more.

The event will also include the announcement of the "The Scenic City Hall Of Fame." The first inductees will be the most feared tag team in Chattanooga wrestling history - "The No Pain Train," Gypsy Joe and the late, great Tojo Yamamoto. Gypsy Joe will be in attendance to accept the award, sign autograph and thank all the fans for their decades of support.

There will be more events in Soddy Daisy on Dec. 10, March 18 and April 1 with more dates currently in negotiations.

Ultimate NWA Action on 10/16 and again on 10/23

With alot of inter-changable parts with NWA Anarchy, Ultimate NWA out of Alabama is another Southern NWA promotion that is well worth checking out... And, Dan Wilson's Devil's Rejects stable out of the Compound raises plenty of hell here as they do in Georgia. Recently, The Rejects decided to attack U-NWA referee Justin Envy and U-NWA ring announcer Scott Hensley...The two Adams, 'All That' Adam Jacobs and Adam Roberts ran down and tried, in vain, to make the save. Jacobs recieved a savage beating at the hands of the Rejects as his running mate, Adam Roberts could only look on as he was hand-cuffed to the ring. This is the selling point for the Ultimate NWA show coming up on October 23rd, in Scottsboro,AL at the Jackson County Fairgrounds...Before this comes to a head in Scottsboro, though, Tomorrow night at Sparkman Civic Center in Hartselle, Al, the Ultimate NWA crew will be action there with a bell-time of 8 pm est. Just a few days removed from the events that led to Patrick Bentley re-joining the Rejects and then the Rejects coming to full force with the addition of the debuting Rufus Black, this should make for a very interesting time in the Ultimate NWA....