History YMMV / NationalWrestlingAlliance

* FanonDiscontinuity: Film/{{Robocop}} has never appeared in anything relating to the NWA, or Sting, or the Four Horsemen.

** One of the UK members, The Scottish Wrestling Alliance, had it's own NXT in 2007.

** George Gulas, son of NWA Mid-America promoter Nick Gulas, in the 1970s. Fans got so sick of George they that Wrestling/JerryLawler and Jerry Jarrett out of Mid-America in droves, putting Nick out of business. This didn't stop the Jerrys from making the same mistakes with their own sons, Brian Christopher and Jeff Jarrett, in USWA or TNA though.

** It's still real to me dammit!(from a fan at a press conference)

** Fans sometimes still describe the losers of {{squash match}}es, especially [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown extended squashes]] as "being destroyed", a (sometimes unknowing) reference to Destroyer.

** Fans sometimes still describe the losers of {{squash match}}es, especially particularly [[NoHoldBarredBeatdown extended squashes]] as "being destroyed", a (sometimes unknowing) reference to Destroyer.

* [[Memes/ProfessionalWrestling Memetic Mutation]]: It's still real to me dammit!(from a fan at a press conference)

** George Gulas, son of NWA Mid-America promoter Nick Gulas, in the 1970s. Fans got so sick of George they that Wrestling/JerryLawler and Jerry Jarrett out of Mid-America in droves, putting Nick out of business. This didn't stop the Jerry's from making the same mistakes with their own sons, Brian Christopher and Jeff Jarrett, in USWA or TNA though.

** George Gulas, son of NWA Mid-America promoter Nick Gulas, in the 1970s. Fans got so sick of George they that Wrestling/JerryLawler and Jerry Jarrett out of Mid-America in droves, putting Nick out of business.

** June Byers, whom the Fabulous Moolah claimed was sleeping with promoter Billy Wolfe to get better bookings. There is a {{broken base}}, one half stating she was inferior than Mildred Burke and that is why her push coincided with the decline of women's wrestling in the 1950s while the other points out she was still over and claims she was a revolutionary, preferring to blame any perceived declines on chauvinists who were taking hold of the USA during her reign. Regardless, Burke being kicked out of the NWA and three title changes being ignored in her favor puts her squarely in this camp, especially when one of those title changes was a catalyst in the WWWF breaking away from the NWA.

* CreatorsPet: June Byers, whom the Fabulous Moolah claimed was sleeping with promoter Billy Wolfe to get better bookings.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Many famous wrestlers start off in the smaller independent promotions which were/are still members of the NWA. {{Wrestling/MickFoley}} began as Cactus Jack in the Memphis-based CWA, as did The Freedom Fighters, later known as the Blade Runners and best known as {{Wrestling/Sting}} and {{Wrestling/UltimateWarrior}}.

* FashionVictimVillain: The NWA has had a lot of odd logos. Even if you don't think of the organization as whole of being very antagonistic it translated into a lot of oddly shaped and designed world championships. Particularly memorable is their giant world woman's belt that couldn't have looked good on anybody smaller than Wrestling/AmazingKong. It made the difference between the "World" and "Local" champions [[BiggerIsBetter immediately obvious]] though, which made up for it looking over sized on its carriers.

** Oh so much, whereas the NWA was once considered the ultimate authority in pro wrestling with the champion recognized by the majority of promotions in the U.S., Canada, Japan Mexico and beyond, it became restricted to small scale independent promotions. It is, however, still respected in Japan, and has an ongoing relationship with Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Many famous wrestlers start off in the smaller independent promotions which were/are still members of the NWA. [[{{Wrestling/MickFoley}} Mick Foley]] began as Cactus Jack in the Memphis-based CWA, as did The Freedom Fighters, later known as the Blade Runners and best known as {{Wrestling/Sting}} and {{Wrestling/UltimateWarrior}}.

* BadassDecay: Oh so much, whereas the NWA was once considered the ultimate authority in pro wrestling with the champion recognized by the majority of promotions in the U.S., Canada, Japan, and Mexico it is now restricted to small scale independent promotions. It is, however, still respected in Japan, and has an ongoing relationship with Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling.
** Also, the treatment of the [=NWA=] World Heavyweight title, particularly in the late 80s throughout Ric Flair's various reigns. The [=NWA=] presidency was becoming declawed while various member promotions were stretching just how much they could get away with. Specifically, [=NWA=] bookers began wanting their own top stars to go over the champion. In the past, the champ was the champ, and while the champion's job was to make local stars look good, he would still almost always come out on top. But more and more, regional members wanted [[SpotlightStealingSquad special exemptions]] made: Dusty Rhodes did not want to lose in Florida, the von Erichs did not want to lose in Texas, and so on. And more and more, the [=NWA=] front office gave in, leading to more and more time limit draws meant to keep their members happy. The overall perception, then, to the casual wrestling fan, was that perennial [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]] champion HulkHogan was an unstoppable juggernaut who had a solid hold on his belt, while RicFlair was more lucky than good by taking a beating in every match from almost everyone and just barely escaping with his. A lack of solid high-profile victories over anyone of status by the [=NWA=] champion eventually began to erode the importance of the [=NWA=] title.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Many famous wrestlers start off in the smaller independent promotions which were/are still members of the NWA. [[{{Wrestling/MickFoley}} Mick Foley]] began as Cactus Jack in the Memphis-based CWA, as did The Freedom Fighters, later known as the Blade Runners and best known as [[{{Wrestling/Sting}} Sting]] and [[{{Wrestling/UltimateWarrior}} The Ultimate Warrior.]]

* FashionVictimVillain: The NWA has had a lot of odd logos. Even if you don't think of the organization as whole of being very antagonistic it translated into a lot of oddly shaped and designed world championships. Particularly memorable is their giant world woman's belt that couldn't have looked good on anybody smaller than Wrestling/AmazingKong.

* BadassDecay: Oh so much, whereas the NWA was once considered the ultimate authority in pro wrestling with the champion recognized by the majority of promotions in the U.S., Canada, Japan, and Mexico it is now restricted to small scale independent promotions.

* FashionVictimVillain: The NWA has had a lot of odd logos. Even if you don't think of the organization as whole of being very antagonistic it translated into a lot of oddly shaped and designed world championships. Particularly memorable is their giant world woman's belt that couldn't have looked good on anybody smaller than Amazing Kong.

** Also, the treatment of the [=NWA=] World Heavyweight title, particularly in the late 80s throughout Ric Flair's various reigns. The [=NWA=] presidency was becoming declawed while various member promotions were stretching just how much they could get away with. Specifically, [=NWA=] bookers began wanting their own top stars to go over the champion. In the past, the champ was the champ, and while the champion's job was to make local stars look good, he would still almost always come out on top. But more and more, regional members wanted [[SpotlightStealingSquad special exemptions]] made: Dusty Rhodes did not want to lose in Florida, the von Erichs did not want to lose in Texas, and so on. And more and more, the [=NWA=] front office gave in, leading to more and more time limit draws meant to keep their members happy. The overall perception, then, to the casual wrestling fan, was that perennial [[{{WWE}} WWF]] champion HulkHogan was an unstoppable juggernaut who had a solid hold on his belt, while RicFlair was more lucky than good by taking a beating in every match from almost everyone and just barely escaping with his. A lack of solid high-profile victories over anyone of status by the [=NWA=] champion eventually began to erode the importance of the [=NWA=] title.