4.1. When did the NWA become WCW?
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This article is from the Pro-Wrestling FAQ, by macika@emunix.emich.edu (Dominic Macika) with numerous contributions by others.
4.1. When did the NWA become WCW?
In November, 1988, Jim Crockett sold Jim Crockett Promotions to
WTBS. Crockett promotions had been the promotion most widely
associated with the NWA. In order to distance itself from the
NWA, which still existed as a paper organization at the time,
WTBS began to change the name of its titles and television
programs from NWA to WCW. The change took place in late 1990. By
January, 1991, the WCW name was fully in place and the NWA name
was all but dropped by the organization.
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