Showtime All-Star Wrestling and NWA Southern All-Star Wrestling is an American
professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring o ...
promotion based in
Rockwood, Tennessee
Rockwood is a city in Roane County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 5,562 at the time of the 2010 census. It is included in the Harriman, Tennessee Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Rockwood is located at (35.869147, -84.67 ...
.
History
SAW began in April 2007, started then business partners
Reno Riggins
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and TJ Weatherby at Weatherby's "SAW Mill," in
Millersville, Tennessee
Millersville is a city in Robertson and Sumner counties, Tennessee. The population was 5,308 at the 2000 census and 6,440 in 2010.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 13.5 square miles (35.0& ...
. In 2009, Riggins left. He then began to run shows in Nashville, at the
Tennessee State Fairgrounds.
SAW then ran shows at the Former Freddie Morton's Auction House (redubbed the new "SAW Mill") which became an
Antique Shop
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in
Columbia, Tennessee
Columbia is a city in and the county seat of Maury County, Tennessee. The population was 41,690 as of the 2020 United States census. Columbia is included in the Nashville metropolitan area.
The self-proclaimed "mule capital of the world," Colum ...
, and at the Old Armory Building in
Pulaski, Tennessee
Pulaski is a city in and the county seat of Giles County, which is located on the central-southern border of Tennessee, United States. The population was 8,397 at the 2020 census. It was named after Casimir Pulaski, a noted Polish-born soldier o ...
.
Until 2012, SAW toured as well. On November 11, 2012 SAW teamed with the NWA (
National Wrestling Alliance
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Founded in 1948, the NWA ...
) to form the New NWA SAW, in addition, SAW returned to Millersville, Tennessee and changed their format, going under the all new NWA SAW Branding. As of March 2015, NWA SAW moved out of the SAWMill in Millersville, and organize events in venues across Middle Tennessee. Under new ownership in 2014, NWA SAW did shows in
Rockwood,
Spring City, and
Dayton
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.
Television
SAW began broadcasting exclusively on
Comcast
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Cable channel 49 on Saturday nights at midnight. In 2009, SAW moved to Nashville's
WNAB
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, broadcasting on Saturday nights at 8:00 P.M, and became syndicated. In the fall of 2015, SAW left WNAB for the internet until 2016 when SAW returned to Comcast Cable channel 49 on Saturday nights at midnight. It then moved to CW20
WBXX out of
Knoxville
Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state' ...
.
Roster
Male wrestlers
Female wrestlers
Stables
On-air talent
Championships
See also
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List of National Wrestling Alliance territories
Formed in 1948, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) was the largest governing body in professional wrestling. Under the control of the NWA Board of Directors (consisting of various prominent, regional promoters), the organization oversaw the NW ...
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List of independent wrestling promotions in the United States
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References
External links
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{{Professional wrestling in the United States
2007 establishments in Tennessee
Independent professional wrestling promotions based in Tennessee
Companies based in Tennessee
National Wrestling Alliance members