National Wrestling Alliance
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The National Wrestling Alliance is a historic professional wrestling governing body and promotion founded in 1948 that once served as the sport’s dominant sanctioning organization in North America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Wrestling Alliance canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13213128 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: National Wrestling Alliance Context triple: [Paul Heyman, workedFor, National Wrestling Alliance]
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A.
American Wrestling Association
The American Wrestling Association was a prominent U.S.-based professional wrestling promotion, especially influential in the 1960s–1980s, known for showcasing major stars and helping shape modern wrestling.
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B.
United States Wrestling Association
The United States Wrestling Association was a regional professional wrestling promotion based primarily in Memphis, Tennessee, known for developing future stars and continuing the legacy of territorial wrestling in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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C.
World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling was a major American professional wrestling promotion that rose to prominence in the 1990s as the primary rival to the World Wrestling Federation, featuring stars like Hulk Hogan, Sting, and Ric Flair.
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D.
World Association of Wrestling
World Association of Wrestling is a British professional wrestling promotion, best known as the family-run company founded by the Knight wrestling family in Norwich, England.
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E.
Heartland Wrestling Association
Heartland Wrestling Association is an American independent professional wrestling promotion and former developmental territory known for training and showcasing future major wrestling stars.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: National Wrestling Alliance Target entity description: The National Wrestling Alliance is a historic professional wrestling governing body and promotion founded in 1948 that once served as the sport’s dominant sanctioning organization in North America.
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A.
American Wrestling Association
The American Wrestling Association was a prominent U.S.-based professional wrestling promotion, especially influential in the 1960s–1980s, known for showcasing major stars and helping shape modern wrestling.
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B.
United States Wrestling Association
The United States Wrestling Association was a regional professional wrestling promotion based primarily in Memphis, Tennessee, known for developing future stars and continuing the legacy of territorial wrestling in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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C.
World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling was a major American professional wrestling promotion that rose to prominence in the 1990s as the primary rival to the World Wrestling Federation, featuring stars like Hulk Hogan, Sting, and Ric Flair.
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D.
World Association of Wrestling
World Association of Wrestling is a British professional wrestling promotion, best known as the family-run company founded by the Knight wrestling family in Norwich, England.
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E.
Heartland Wrestling Association
Heartland Wrestling Association is an American independent professional wrestling promotion and former developmental territory known for training and showcasing future major wrestling stars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (117)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
professional wrestling governing body
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professional wrestling promotion ⓘ sports organization ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 2017 ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formerAffiliation |
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ring of Honor NERFINISHED ⓘ Total Nonstop Action Wrestling NERFINISHED ⓘ World Championship Wrestling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerHeadquartersLocation |
Charlotte, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
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Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Louis, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerRole | sanctioning body for member promotions ⓘ |
| founded | 1948 ⓘ |
| founder |
Al Haft
NERFINISHED
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Harry Light NERFINISHED ⓘ Orville Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Boesch NERFINISHED ⓘ Pinkie George NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Muchnick NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Stecher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingLocation | Waterloo, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | sports entertainment ⓘ |
| governs |
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
NERFINISHED
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NWA World Tag Team Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ NWA World Women’s Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLogo | NWA logo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotto | The National Treasure of Professional Wrestling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableFigure |
Bill Corgan
NERFINISHED
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Bob Geigel NERFINISHED ⓘ Bruce Tharpe NERFINISHED ⓘ Dennis Coralluzzo NERFINISHED ⓘ Howard Brody NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Crockett Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Muchnick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
NWA National Heavyweight Championship
NERFINISHED
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NWA Television Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ NWA World Tag Team Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ NWA World Women’s Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ NWA World Women’s Tag Team Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://nationalwrestlingalliance.com ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| historicalSignificance | once the dominant professional wrestling sanctioning body in North America ⓘ |
| industry | professional wrestling ⓘ |
| influenced |
Extreme Championship Wrestling
NERFINISHED
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Major League Wrestling NERFINISHED ⓘ Ring of Honor NERFINISHED ⓘ Total Nonstop Action Wrestling NERFINISHED ⓘ World Championship Wrestling NERFINISHED ⓘ World Wrestling Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ modern independent wrestling promotions ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableChampion |
Cody Rhodes
NERFINISHED
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Dan Severn NERFINISHED ⓘ Dory Funk Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Dusty Rhodes NERFINISHED ⓘ Gene Kiniski NERFINISHED ⓘ Harley Race NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Brisco NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff Jarrett NERFINISHED ⓘ Kerry Von Erich NERFINISHED ⓘ Lou Thesz NERFINISHED ⓘ Nick Aldis NERFINISHED ⓘ Pat O’Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ Ric Flair NERFINISHED ⓘ Ricky Steamboat NERFINISHED ⓘ Shane Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Sting NERFINISHED ⓘ Terry Funk NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Storm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
NWA 70th Anniversary Show
NERFINISHED
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NWA Crockett Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ NWA Hard Times NERFINISHED ⓘ NWA Into the Fire NERFINISHED ⓘ NWA Starrcade (early years) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMemberPromotion |
All Japan Pro Wrestling
GENERATED
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Central States Wrestling GENERATED ⓘ Championship Wrestling from Florida GENERATED ⓘ Georgia Championship Wrestling GENERATED ⓘ Jim Crockett Promotions GENERATED ⓘ Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling GENERATED ⓘ NWA All-Star Wrestling GENERATED ⓘ NWA Big Time Wrestling GENERATED ⓘ NWA Central States GENERATED ⓘ NWA Detroit GENERATED ⓘ NWA Hollywood Wrestling GENERATED ⓘ NWA Mid-America GENERATED ⓘ NWA Polynesian Pro Wrestling GENERATED ⓘ NWA San Francisco GENERATED ⓘ NWA Tri-State GENERATED ⓘ NWA Western States Sports GENERATED ⓘ New Japan Pro-Wrestling GENERATED ⓘ Pacific Northwest Wrestling GENERATED ⓘ Stampede Wrestling GENERATED ⓘ World Class Championship Wrestling GENERATED ⓘ World Wrestling Council GENERATED ⓘ |
| owner | Billy Corgan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakInfluencePeriod |
1950s
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1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ early 1980s ⓘ |
| shortName | NWA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | professional wrestling ⓘ |
| televisionProgram |
NWA Main Event
NERFINISHED
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NWA Powerrr NERFINISHED ⓘ NWA Pro Wrestling NERFINISHED ⓘ NWA USA NERFINISHED ⓘ NWA World Championship Wrestling NERFINISHED ⓘ NWA World Wide Wrestling NERFINISHED ⓘ World Championship Wrestling (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territorySystem | NWA territory system ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: National Wrestling Alliance Description of subject: The National Wrestling Alliance is a historic professional wrestling governing body and promotion founded in 1948 that once served as the sport’s dominant sanctioning organization in North America.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.