Does anyone remember a promotion based out of North Carolina called North American Championship Wrestling? It used to be on Friday night's out of Hickory NC several years ago. They had a huge show in Tennessee with Ole Anderson doing some commentary, Rick Steiner and Buff Bagwell were on the show. Jamal ( Umaga of today's WWE) was a featured star who was beating everyone half to death.  
Whatever happened to that promotion? They had some entertaining old school shows.

Who was the guy claiming to be The Masked asssassin in that group I can for sure tell you it wasn't Jody Hamilton he managed the Barbaian and to be honest he wasn't very good as that character
 
Jeff

Thanks for the feedback. They seemed to be on the verge of taking off and then all of a sudden, the promotion disappeared. I was just wondering what happened to them. I gather funding or lack thereof killed them. I did enjoy their tv show, though. They had a mix of young stars and a lot of veterans from the old mid-atlantic days.

It's nice to know that someone was watching.
 
I started NACW in Shallotte, NC in early 2000 and ran it actively through early of 2005.
 
As with most start-up companies of any kind, we were undercapitalized and over worked.
 
We grew the TV into 13 states on CSS Sports South and were on for nearly a year. The cost of the TV outgrew our live attendance so we called it quits.  
 
Contrary to most, I still believe a a regional entity could survive and flourish in today's environment but it would be expensive to bankroll for for a period suffiecient for it to take root and grow.
 
I would still like to give it a go if I could find sufficient funding. Oh well ..you just never know your luck.
 
Any way, thanks for asking about NACW.
 
If I can answer any more questions, please don't hesitate to ask.  
 
On a separate note, we will be doing a fund raising event at The Shallotte Middle School on Saturday November 3rd. Tony Atlas will headline.
 
Ben

Sorry but I was rambling on earlier and failed to answer any of the questions already posed.
 
There were a smidge over 800 folks that attended our live broadcast "Retribution" which aired in 13 states Live on CSS. This live broadcast peaked at 1.4 in the ratings in several major markets including Atlanta and Nashville. The average was just over 1. About the same numbers TNT draws on a weekly basis.
 
WXO was the brainchild of a guy named Steven Mills who is from Wales. He had several TV outlets overseas that wanted a high end program. Specifically outlets in Africa, Germany, Diego Garcia, and others.
I rebranded my product, "NACW WARZONE", naming it WXO and added an entrance set, etc to accomodate the look he felt we needed. We added "name wrestlers" and lots of dollars to the budget.
In hindsight this was a mistake but we needed funding and this appeaed to be a viable option of getting additonal funds to grow the business.
 
As often happens in the wrestling business, Mills took the money and run after getting 11 weeks of TV. I had sent him the "retribution show split into 2 weeks prior to the WXO productions beginning to "get himn across to the new shows" . He had 13 weeks of TV (a full season according to the contract with ActionX in SA) and had no further need to pay me. I'm guessing here but I never got any money from the sale of the shows which we co-owned.
In my opinion the guy was/is a crook!  
 
Regarding WHKY TV 14: We were on WHKY TV 14 in Hickory (which served Shelby to Rockingham(east to west) on cable and Boone to gaffney north to south) We ran regularly in the western part of NC and SC drawing decent numbers in Morganton, Lenoir, Newton, Gaffney, Laurens, Walhalla, and elsewhere. We also always drew good at home in Shallotte with our TV playing on WSFX TV out of Wilmington.
 
Our Assassin was none other than Randal Brown, the maker of the finest wrestling ring in existence btw. Randal was a big asset to our organization and a good friend to me to this day.
 
Follow this link to check out some of the stuff we did:
 
http://www.brightcove.tv/channel.jsp?channel=595242125
 
There are 17 complete episodes of The Warzone online ready to stream free of charge along with 8-9 WXO programs.  If you've got some time to kill check it out.
 
 

The Infernos in NACW were Jim Tucker and Ray Gordon.
 
Both guys were affordable and dependable and always entertaining. We used them to help get baby face teams over as needed. It was/is difficult to find guys who can work and entertain the fans and who are willing to do what is asked of them.
 
Both Jim and Ray were professionals in this sense and valuable to NACW.

NACW will be at The Shallotte Middle School in Shallotte, NC Saturday night November 3rd at 8pm.
 
This is a fund raising even for SMS Athletics.
 
Mr. USA Tony Atlas will headline VS Shiek Abdul Saatar
 
Other matches already scheduled include:
 
Six Man Tag - 2 out of 3 Falls
Jim, Larry,and Gene ..The Tucker Brothers
VS
The Black Angel, Bubba Freight Train Jones and T-Roy Jones
 
Bad Brad Hunter VS Cowboy Bobby Houston
 
Mr. Pleasure Chris Steele VS Ravishing Rico Rage
 
and more ...6 bouts in all plus an 10 man over the top Battle Royal.
 
Tickets are available at Jim's Automotive in Shallotte and also at the door the night of the event.
 
All seats $10

Ben, how did the card in Shallote, NC go?

Wow...talk about memories.  I had the distinct pleasure of working with NACW and Ben over the years.  I can say without a doubt that Ben is just plain and simple a classy individual.  He is a great person.  He led by example.  He gave the best and expected the same and he got it.  He allowed me the opportunity to step into the "squared circle" and work as a referee.  What an experience.  I got to call matches for some of the legends...Ricky Morton, Robert Gibson, Buff Bagwell, The Barbarian, Abdullah the Butcher. Lelani and many others.  I also got to work with some of the young talent like Danny Dollar, the Main Attraction, Bad Brad Hunter, Persephone, Amber O'neal, Krissy Vaine, Jenny Taylor and many others.  It was truly an honor to be in the ring with these legends. I was always amazed at just how much punishment these guys and girls could take and keep going.  I have seen some of the wrestlers in the back be in so much pain that I didn't think they could do the match..but when the bell rang, they were ready to rumble. That type of dedication is what NACW was all about.  It was also always geared toward families....the excitement of seeing the kids around the wrestlers was just great. I just found out that Ben ran a show in Shallotte.  Ben...if you need a referee ...my number is the same.  Call me.  I would really love to get back in the ring with a class organization.  And if NACW is back...and I hope it is...it will be a class organization.  Looking forward to hearing from you Ben....let's get this thing going again.
 
Randy

The Assassin was Randall Brown