I ask this because around the time TNA and NWA severed ties, people on the internet talked as if it were a good thing for the title.
Personally, I don't think it is. Sure, being held by some near-unknown indy stars like Adam Pearce imbues NWA with some false sense of "honour" or something, but does the NWA having the power to pick and choose which wrestler's going to give the title near zero exposure and devalue it really mean anything?
Surely, surely, they were better when they had no power over it, but allowed it to be held by stars such as Jeff Jarrett, Sting and Christian Cage. TNA gave it a fair amount of exposure and made it famous again, even re-installing PWI's recognition of it as a world heavyweight title. It's beyond me why the NWA would want it back so soon. It must have some financial benefit, because it certainly did the belt no good.
And that's without even mentioning the state the tag team titles are in. Joey Ryan and Karl Anderson are no Team 3D, I can tell you that much.
Personally, I don't think it is. Sure, being held by some near-unknown indy stars like Adam Pearce imbues NWA with some false sense of "honour" or something, but does the NWA having the power to pick and choose which wrestler's going to give the title near zero exposure and devalue it really mean anything?
Surely, surely, they were better when they had no power over it, but allowed it to be held by stars such as Jeff Jarrett, Sting and Christian Cage. TNA gave it a fair amount of exposure and made it famous again, even re-installing PWI's recognition of it as a world heavyweight title. It's beyond me why the NWA would want it back so soon. It must have some financial benefit, because it certainly did the belt no good.
And that's without even mentioning the state the tag team titles are in. Joey Ryan and Karl Anderson are no Team 3D, I can tell you that much.