In order to make sure that the event ended on a high note, the main event saw a handful of wrestlers including future TNA stars like Abyss, Christian York, Konnan and Scott Hall competing in the “Gantlet For The Gold” match to be crowned the new NWA Champion. On June 19th 2002 (the day of the first-ever NWA TNA event), MMA legend and professional wrestler, Dan “The Beast” Severn was scheduled to appear as he was the reigning NWA World Heavyweight Champion at the time however due to other obligations that needed to be dealt with, Severn was stripped of the title weeks before the show. It only makes sense we start this list off by mentioning the very first NWA title match to occur in TNA history by talking about the first TNA Wrestling event and the story behind it all is very interesting. The Gauntlet For The Gold (NWA TNA PPV #1) The National Wrestling Alliance (or NWA for short) is one of the most influential wrestling promotions of all time as the brand has helped to establish names like Sting, Vader and Ric Flair but it’s also helped in giving future companies like WCW, ECW and of course TNA the credibility needed to be taken seriously.įrom the very first event TNA back in 2002 until 2007, the NWA legacy was connected to the company we know today as Impact Wrestling due in large part to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and in today’s article, I’ll be mentioning the NWA championship matches have proven to be the most important in TNA Wrestling.

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