Lonestar vs. NWA

You all may remember NWA Houston.  When the NWA entered its newest phase NWA Houston seemed to be the center.  Thwarp was a Brownsville lawyer, so he himself was in TX, and Houston was the biggest market in the NWA that continued with Thwarp.  Thwarp immediately had the belt go to NWA Houston based Barbi Hayden.  Brian Wilcott won the NWA North American Title, and he was a regular at NWA Houston, although probably based more in Louisiana.  The world title went to Rob Conway at a Branded Outlaw event and Jax Dane was clearly a favorite son.  Dane had been in NWA Houston quite a bit, although based in nearby Branded Outlaw Wrestling. 

He staged the first big NWA event out of Houston, NWA Invasion that featured New Japan Stars, stars from NWA Smoky Mtn., and Lou Marconi the current NWA National Champ. 

Then on the way to the big event in Vegas, NWA Houston hosted Kojima vs. Houston Carson for the World Title.  NWA Houston looked big.  But then it severed ties with the NWA.  It was out of the blue. 

NWA Houston became Lonestar Wrestling and bigtime World Title contenders like Houston Carson were gone from the NWA.  About half a year later NWA 360 also left the NWA and Carson was now no longer on the scene.  Barbi Hayden dropped her title and was no longer heard from anywhere.  There appeared to be a bit of a war over who would be the wrestling power in Texas, but we now know who won.

Lonestar Wrestling is on "hiatus" and is selling their old belts to raise money.  It suspended its November show until January, and then that show never took place.  The ultimate proof is in Houston Carson, who is now actively involved in the NWA again.  He is the current NWA Elite champion (based in Houma, LA), and is scheduled to appear in March at a huge NWA Texoma show.  I am glad the NWA came out on top.  I don't know the issues Lonestar had, but they made a poor choice. 

The good news out of this is that perhaps we are going to see Barbi Hayden back in the Women's title mix.