Impact Wrestling Archives: Dan Severn and The First NWA TNA PPV
Intro: The National Wrestling Alliance or NWA for short has recently return to the wrestling world's attention as former lead singer of the rock band "Smashing Pumpkins" and former TNA Vice President, Billy Corgan has manage to revive the once dead promotion and with the help of various wrestlers both from the indies and formerly employed by TNA Wrestling, Corgan has provided a product for wrestling fans who are sick of the gimmicky, choreographed super kicking style of pro wrestling that it is now. But today, I'm here to talk about the reason why the NWA World Championship was vacant before the first NWA TNA PPV back in 2002. The Beast Becomes Champion In 1995, MMA star and pro wrestling's equivalent of Tom Selleck, Dan "The Beast" Severn joined the NWA where he would become the world champion on two different occasions while achieving major accolades along the way like win...