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Unlike Crockett who bought Florida, Central States, UWF, etc, Titan Sports seemed to either be lucky and be given territories or paid for them and then severed ties
Los Angeles/Hollywood Wrestling - Mike LaBell - feel like Vince paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for this territory including the sought after TV time slot
Toronto - Jack Tunney - not sure how this one worked but Jack became President and he told Jim Crockett that he had shifted bringing in JCP talent with WWF talent
St. Louis - Vince got Wrestling at the Chase TV time slot
Georgia - Vince bought out the Briscos and Jim Barnett's shares in company to take over ownership
AWA - never came to terms on an agreement
Stampede/Calgary - Vince paid for it but then Harts stating running it again later and Vince didn't have to pay them per terms of the contract
Montreal - feel like Vince just swallowed them up in 1986
World Class - never came to terms on an agreement
What territories am I forgetting?
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Post: #1070672
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Although I wouldn't call it a territory, but didn't Vince buy out George Cannon's Superstars of Wrestling promotion just so he could use the name for his new TV show?
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Post: #1070693
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Not 100 % certain but hear say is that Vince made a few installment payments to Stu Hart on the agreed price but then Vince stopped paying at some point and maybe as a compromise Vince allowed The Harts to reopen Calgary and book some then WWF talent for that territory.
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Post: #1070696
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brothers started running cards in Calgary in 1985 and Vince did not have to pay Stu anymore.
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Post: #1070726
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If Sam Muchnick was still president of the NWA in 1983 could he have rallied the promotors to compete & slow the expansion ?
Could Vince have gone into St. Louis in Jan 1984 ?
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Post: #1070776
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No Way!
Sam was powerful & respected but no one was going to get all those other promoters to agree on anything.
Besides Sam was old by this time and Vince was to young, energetic, had to solid a expansion plan and too much momentum to be stopped.
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Post: #1070783
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Good points, Dan Shocket's Ghost. Sam was 78 when Vince turned 38. Vince had a plan that he worked on starting in summer 1982. By 1983 he had put that plan into action.
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Vince also went into business with Paul Boesch after Bill Watts, who owned part of the Houston promotion and was supplying his talent for the cards there. sold the UWF to Crockett and Houston Wrestling became a WWF TV show. After a few months the relationship had gone south and Paul chose to retire.
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Post: #1070806
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Didn't Vince buy out Joe Blanchard's San Antonio Southwest Wrestling just so he could get the Sunday 11 am All American Wrestling show on USA network?
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Sam Muchnick retired in 82, the year VKM bought the WWF. Just a coincidence.
What i found intriguing that the NWA was strong in 82. and how fast the alliance disintegrated the next few years. VKM taking their own ideas of music videos and super shows Starcade and bringing it to the next level.
But mostly with talent like Flair, Race, Dusty not being able to compete against Hulk Hogan.
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