NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE

Promoter’s Rules

This list of rules are simple basic rules for the initial startup of the NWA and its member promotions.  Any changes to these rules will be created and voted upon by the membership of the NWA and not for any one member to decide.

PROMOTIONS
The promotions opened by any NWA member can be any former or current organization within the scope of the National Wrestling Alliance and its history.  Promoters can also choose to open their own federation which is representative of the Promoter’s region.  Example:  A Promoter joining the NWA who lives in Texas decides to open World Class Championship Wrestling, which represents Texas.  If a promotion covers a tri-state area, that is also up to the promoter, with his match schedule confined to that area only.

As members of the NWA, member promotions will be given the official title of “NWA…” followed by the organization name.  The official title will be used in title histories and some news reports, but the promoter is not obligated to call his promotion “NWA—“  Example:  World Class Championship Wrestling will be known as NWA World Class Championship Wrestling in some instances, but the promoters call the promotion World Class Championship Wrestling, mentioning that they are sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance.

All promotions will schedule cards for their area and will not be considered a World organization while a member of the NWA.  Any out of state or country cards to be scheduled must be approved by the President of the NWA as to avoid conflicts in scheduling with other regions.

TITLES
The only World titles recognized as such will be those sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance.  Those titles at present include the World heavyweight, World Light-heavyweight (235 pounds and under), World Tag Team and World Television titles.  Any contender as judged by the NWA can win these titles and defend them over the world.

There are also secondary titles which can be won by member wrestlers.  The North American heavyweight and International titles, as well as the WCW Heavyweight and Tag Team titles.  These, too, may be won by any wrestler within the membership.

A schedule will be determined by the NWA as to where any of its champions will go to defend their titles.  Though the NWA will run much like a member promotion, the NWA champions will not be staked to the NWA to defend titles.  They will travel amongst the member promotions, as well as defend their titles within the confines of the main federation.

All NWA titles will be defended in matches with 60 minute time limits, unless the matches have no time limits, are time-specified before the event in which a champion must wrestle, or if match stipulations simply do away with the time limit altogether.  Even the Television title, which used to be defended in 10-and-15 minute timed matches, must now be subject to a 60 minute time limit.  This decision makes all matches fair for contenders who would formerly be close to capturing a title, only to have a match ended due to the short time limit.

Titles which represent the member promotion’s region are determined by the promoters themselves, and don’t have to reflect the NWA main titles.

If any wrestler defeats an NWA main or secondary champion, that wrestler must then continue the former champion’s schedule of title defenses, including those out of his region and rematches with the former champion.

SPECIAL NOTE: If an NWA titlist wrestles in any member promotion, then a play-by-play of the match must be submitted to the NWA president for inspection, regardless of a title change or not.  Match conduct may be used to set up pay-per-view or television matches.

WRESTLERS AND CONTRACTS
Wrestlers may be contracted to any member organization, but only limited by this rule: if one wrestler appears on the same roster, that wrestler will be considered an “official” free agent, and may wrestle in any member organization and cannot be tied down to one roster.  It will not matter if that wrestler appears on two cards on the exact same night.  It will simply be assumed that the wrestler worked both cards at different times.  The wrestler may also be ranked in each area and could also win titles accordingly.  As a rule, any performer contracted are considered wrestlers employed by the NWA, and can be signed to a member organization exclusively if not appearing in other promotions.

NO SHOWS
There will be many opportunities in which a wrestler may no-show a scheduled event.  Each member promotion may handle no-shows with their wrestlers in his/her own way.  The NWA will not penalize a wrestler for no-shows with the following exception: if an NWA-sanctioned World or secondary champion no-shows a title defense, that wrestler will be stripped of his title, and according to the area in which the champion was to defend their belt, the top two contenders in that area, including any regional champion, will have a match to fill the vacant NWA title.  No NWA primary or secondary champion will no-show an event to keep his belt.

PAY-PER-VIEWS AND TV SHOWS
The NWA will schedule its own television and pay-per-view cards, and will bring wrestlers from member organizations in to perform on a “world stage.”  Promotions do NOT have to send any wrestler to any NWA event, or choose to send another wrestler in the previous wrestler’s place.  All NWA titles, unless injuries disallow it, will be defended at each PPV.  This gives member wrestlers the opportunity to win any NWA title while representing their promotion.  If a wrestler from a member organization is to appear at an NWA PPV, he may be asked to appear on NWA TV to set up the PPV appearance, whether he wrestles or not.

If a promoter believes one of their competitors are ready to appear on an NWA PPV, then a challenge must be made to a wrestler in either the NWA home promotion or in another member promotion.  A match will not be booked for an NWA television or PPV production unless the challenge is accepted.  If the challenge is for an NWA sanctioned title, the challenge is automatically accepted.  If the challenge is for a title in another promotion, the member promotion must agree to the match, then contact the NWA president with the match and any stipulations that may come with it.

If a promoter wants a wrestler to be scouted at the home territory, then he must request a match on NWA TV.  In most cases, the promoter will be given up to three NWA wrestlers from the home promotion for their competitor to face, and the member promotion must then decide who to send their man into a match with.

Member promotions may hold their own PPV cards, but must be held in their own territories and cannot conflict with the date of any NWA PPV.  For the card to be sanctioned by the NWA, the entire card, upon completion, must be submitted to the NWA.  After the card, any title changes must be sent to the NWA president so that complete title histories may be kept by the NWA.

It will always be assumed with few exceptions that all member TV and/or PPV events are operating under the sanctioning of the NWA and its front office.

STORYLINES
Storylines for each member promotion is strictly up to the promotion.  Storylines can also be used in cross-promotion to build up appearances for either TV or PPV appearances.

OFFICIAL ROSTERS
Any wrestler, past or present, real or fantasy, may be used on a roster of any NWA member promotion.  Explanation of same wrestlers on different rosters is explained earlier.  Size of roster, to have an effective group for storylines, can be no less than 25 names, and no more than 50 wrestlers.  Groups within these boundaries should be large enough to set up storylines, and have undercard and preliminary rosters.  Remember, too, that some of these men will be appearing on main NWA cards on occasion, and NWA main players can also appear in their area every now and then.

Upon determining a roster of competitors, each member organization must submit that roster to the NWA president so it is known by the main office who is wrestling where.  Official free agents will be announced to all member organizations.

BOOKING MATCHES
Booking matches for each promotion is up to the individual promoter.  Anything a promoter uses to set up his storylines and upcoming cards may be allowed.  The only time match-booking will not be allowed is during the defense of any NWA or NWA/WCW title.  Titles must be won on an individual basis, and not be planned in advance.  If a wrestler is to be a champion, he will prove it inside the ring when the time comes.

This rule does not hold true for regional titles.  Any individual promoter may allow his own titles to change hands at his own discretion, whether dictated by storylines or any other instance.  And if agreed upon by the promoters, titles may change hands in any cross-promotional contest via match-booking.

EXPORTS
Since there will be occasions in which a member promotion or the NWA main office will use wrestlers from other organizations during TV broadcasts for upcoming PPV shows or PPV shows themselves, then there is a possibility they will need to have exports of fantasy wrestlers appearing on a TV or PPV show.  Cross-promotional matches can then be ran in any promotion, but only if the person owning that wrestler has agreed to allow any of his wrestlers to travel to a specific region.  Once the wrestler’s set appearance(s) are completed, he will be considered returned to his base promotion, unless the wrestler fails to re-sign with the promotion or storyline dictates his exit.

MONETARY SYSTEMS
Just as is with storylines, any use of monetary systems for any member promotion will be at the discretion of the promotions themselves.

WRESTLING SCHEDULES
To keep a bearing on where and when all member’s wrestling cards will be held, each member must submit a list of scheduled cards for any month prior to the first of that month.  Please include date and place of the card, as well as any special cards or PPV events to be held during that month.  The NWA president will review each schedule and make sure no cards conflict in date and/or location.  If any card is essential to a promotion’s storyline or advancement of a member of its current roster, then the card can be rescheduled for another date that isn’t in conflict with another promoter, on a date close enough to allow whatever plans the promoter has to be fulfilled.

WRESTLER RATINGS AND RANKINGS
The NWA will create a ratings list every four weeks, outlining champions and challengers to titles.  These lists will include any wrestler ranked in the NWA main area, plus contenders from any member organization.  For wrestlers in member organizations to be included in the regular NWA rankings list, each member must provide a list of their top ten wrestlers (including their champions in the number one spot) to the NWA President as close to the ratings period as possible.  Titlists can be included in the ratings lists, as well as any contender underneath them, depending on their win-loss records, and match hot streaks.

WEB SITES
Any NWA promoter may open an official web site outlining their federations with news and other information.  Along with their sites, they must include the official NWA seal, recognizing the promotion as an official NWA member promotion.  The seal can be either logo at the top of this page.  The seal must link to the main NWA site.  Content of any web site is at the discretion of the promotions.

If any promoter already has a wrestling site, and plans to include their NWA federation on that site, then the NWA link should appear on the NWA area of the site.

E-MAIL
The NWA President will create an official email address for both NWA personnel and members, as well as fans, to address issues within the NWA and make comments.  This email address will be forwarded to each member so all promotions will have access to it.  The NWA front office will monitor this address and any question or correspondence regarding a member promotion will be forwarded to that promotion.