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Big Time Wrestling (Detroit)

This article is about the wrestling promotion based in Detroit, Michigan from 1964 to 1980. For the wrestling promotion based in Boston, Massachusetts from 1960 to 1975, see Big Time Wrestling (Boston). For the promotion based in Dallas, Texas from 1966 to 1982, see Big Time Wrestling (Dallas). For the promotion based in San Francisco, California from 1961 to 1981, see Big Time Wrestling (San Francisco). For other promotions of the same name, see Big Time Wrestling.
Big Time Wrestling
Founded1945[1]
Defunct1980[1]
HeadquartersDetroit, Michigan, United States[1]
Owner(s)Harry Light, Jack Britton, and Bert Ruby (1945–1959)[2][1]
Jim Barnett and Johnny Doyle (1959–1964)[1]
Francis Fleser and Ed "The Sheik" Farhat (1964–1980)[1]
ParentHarry Light Wrestling Office
(1945–1959)[2][1]
Barnett-Doyle Corporation
(1959–1964)[1][2]
World Wide Sports
(1964–1980)[1]
FormerlyNWA Detroit

Big Time Wrestling (also known as NWA Detroit) was a professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Detroit, Michigan in the United States.[1]

History

Professional wrestling debuted in Detroit in the 1920s when Nick Londos began promoting events in the Detroit Olympia. Londos was succeeded by Adam Weissmueller, then by Louis Markowitz. By the 1930s, multiple promoters were competing in the territory.[2]

In the aftermath of World War II, Weissmueller's former assistant Harry Light established the Harry Light Wrestling Office as a vehicle for promoting professional wrestling in Detroit and secured the rights to promote events at the Arena Gardens.[2] In 1948, Light founded the National Wrestling Alliance along with Al Haft, Paul "Pinkie" George, Orville Brown, Sam Muchnick, and Tony Stecher. The six promoters agreed to divide the United States into regional territories within which they would not compete with one another and to recognise a single World Heavyweight Champion who would travel the country wrestling in each territory.[3] By the 1950s, Light - along with his business partners Jack Britton and Bert Ruby - controlled professional wrestling in Detroit[4] and Big Time Wrestling on WXYZ-TV Channel 7 was one of the most popular programs airing in Detroit.[5][6]

In 1959, Jim Barnett and Johnny Doyle (supported by backers such as Frank Tunney) formed a holding company, the Barnett-Doyle Corporation, and began promoting in Detroit, buying-out Light. Barnett and Doyle were originally "outlaw" promoters but the territory later rejoined the National Wrestling Alliance.[2]

In 1964, professional wrestler Ed "The Sheik" Farhat and his father-in-law Francis Fleser acquired the promotion (along with the rights to promote wrestling in the Cobo Arena) from Barnett and Doyle for $50,000 (equivalent to $491,202 in 2023), controlling it through "World Wide Sports" (a holding company they created). Farhat booked himself as the promotion's top wrestler, winning its top championship NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Detroit version) 12 times.[7][8][2][9] By the 1960s, the promotion was airing two to three television programs per week and staging weekly house shows at the Cobo Arena.[8] The promotion's TV program was unique in that it would occasionally air local collegiate wrestling matches alongside worked angles, in a segment called "Am-Pro Wrestling".

Starting in 1971, the promotion faced competition from Dick the Bruiser and Wilbur Snyder's All Star Championship Wrestling, which sourced its talent from their Indianapolis, Indiana-based World Wrestling Association. After several wrestlers defected to ASCW, Big Time Wrestling brought in talent from other NWA territories. However, ASCW ceased operations in 1974, and Dick the Bruiser would later work for Big Time Wrestling—even facing The Sheik in a series of brawls. During the 1970s, Big Time Wrestling helped popularize hardcore wrestling.[10]

The promotion's fortunes began to decline in the mid-1970s due to a combination of the 1973–75 recession, "no-shows" by its wrestlers, and the fanbase tiring of its predictable and formulatic booking.[11] As house show audiences dwindled, events were re-located to ever-smaller venues (from the Cobo Arena to the Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum, and then to the Lincoln Park Community Center outside of Detroit). The promotion went out of business in 1980.

Big Time Wrestling was the subject of the 1985 mockumentary I Like to Hurt People.[10][12] Professional wrestling in Detroit remained subdued until the World Wrestling Federation began promoting in the city as part of the 1980s professional wrestling boom.[13]

Championships

Championship Created Abandoned Notes
NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Detroit version) 1953 1980 This version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship was created in 1953 when Verne Gagne was awarded the championship in the Chicago-based Fred Kohler Enterprises. In 1959, the championship was moved to Detroit. The championship was abandoned in 1980 when the promotion closed.[14]
NWA World Tag Team Championship (Detroit version) 1965 1980 The Detroit version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was created in 1965 when Chris Tolos and John Tolos were awarded the championship. The championship was abandoned in 1980 when the promotion closed.[15]

Alumni

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Big Time Wrestling (BTW)". Cagematch.net. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Tim Hornbaker (2007). National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Professional Wrestling. ECW Press. pp. 269, 282–283, 303–308. ISBN 978-1-55490-274-3.
  3. ^ John Grasso (2014). Historical Dictionary of Wrestling. Scarecrow Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-8108-7926-3.
  4. ^ Bertrand Hébert; Pat Laprade (2005). Mad Dog: The Maurice Vachon Story. ECW Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-77305-065-2.
  5. ^ Gordon Castelnero (2006). TV Land Detroit. University of Michigan Press. p. 7. ISBN 0-472-03124-4.
  6. ^ Steven Johnson; Greg Oliver; Mike Mooneyham; J. J. Dillon (2013). The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: Heroes and Icons. ECW Press. p. 500. ISBN 978-1-77090-269-5.
  7. ^ a b c Greg Oliver; Steven Johnson (2010). The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Heels. ECW Press. pp. 29–30, 500. ISBN 978-1-55490-284-2.
  8. ^ a b Gordon Solie; Robert Allyn; Pamela Allyn (2005). Gordon Solie...Something Left Behind. Florida Media, Inc. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-9763062-1-4.
  9. ^ George Steele; Jim Evans (2013). Animal. Triumph Books. pp. 124–126. ISBN 978-1-62368-208-8.
  10. ^ a b Brian Solomon (2015). Pro Wrestling FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the World's Most Entertaining Spectacle. Backbeat Books. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-61713-627-6.
  11. ^ David Hofstede (1999). Slammin': Wrestling's Greatest Heroes and Villains. ECW Press. pp. 13. ISBN 978-1-55022-370-5.
  12. ^ Pat Laprade; Bertrand Hebert (2013). Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screw Jobs: The Untold Story of How Montreal Shaped the World of Wrestling. ECW Press. pp. 1, 959. ISBN 978-1-77090-296-1.
  13. ^ Larry Matysik (2013). 50 Greatest Professional Wrestlers of All Time: The Definitive Shoot. ECW Press. pp. 93–94. ISBN 978-1-77090-305-0.
  14. ^ "NWA United States Heavyweight Title [Detroit]". Wrestling-Titles.com. 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  15. ^ "National Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Title [Detroit]". Wrestling-Titles.com. 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  16. ^ David Shoemaker (2013). The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling. Penguin Publishing Group. pp. 134–135. ISBN 978-1-101-60974-3.
  17. ^ Kristian Pope (2005). Tuff Stuff Professional Wrestling Field Guide: Legend and Lore. Krause Publications. p. 79. ISBN 1-4402-2810-8.
  18. ^ a b Tim Kiska (2005). From Soupy to Nuts!: A History of Detroit Television. Momentum Books. pp. 74–75. ISBN 978-1-879094-70-3.
  19. ^ Eric Bischoff; Jeremy Roberts (2006). Controversy Creates Cash. Simon and Schuster. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-4165-2729-9.
  20. ^ Heath McCoy (2010). Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling. ECW Press. pp. 105–107. ISBN 978-1-55490-299-6.
  21. ^ Brian Shields (2010). Main Event: WWE in the Raging 80s. Simon and Schuster. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-4516-0467-2.
  22. ^ "Matches Murray Cummings".

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