Black pro wrestling Company

[goldenboost]

I remember about 10 years ago there was a really small time promotion run by black people on tv.

The weird things were that they had hip hop music playing during EVERY match and the champion of the company held the tag team championship of the promoter.

Anybody remember this or remember the name of the company?

[DSR]

I think you are talking about Urban Wrestling Alliance. I remember digging what little I had seen from them. But, they taped it like a TV show, so I eventually saw "repeats."

Can't remember anything beyond the name, though.

[Handsome Halfbreed]

OK.
I remember the UWA.. Urban Wrestling Alliance.
Orlando Jordan was one half of the UWA tag team champions.
The fed also featured Jorge Estrada, Solo Snuka as just Solo and Sonny Siaki as Money.

[DrBackflipsHoffman]

Rodney King used to run all black wrestling shows out of an old rodeo place, according to New Jack.

[STMP]

Wasn't Rocky Johnson involved as well?

[KingPopper]

Sonny Siaki was in Urban Wrestling Alliance, he was known as Money

[bigHEADinc]

I know that Oscar from Men On A Mission was involved in some sort of backstage role, I dont' remember if had an on-screen persona at all though...

[goldenboost]

Anyone remember why there was just ONE belt for the tag team champs? (It had something to do with the promoter having that tag belt in the past)

[AriadosMan]

they actually aired this where I live (DC area) for about 6 months, but it was REALLY late-night (2 a.m. or so). Not a mainstream success by any definition.

[thwak is T.hawk]

the more and more I find out about this the more and more hilarious it sounds.

[Mayonnaise]

giovanni said:

Wasn't Rocky Johnson involved as well?

I think he was the promoter, head of talent relations and, trainer.

[goldenboost]

jinxed said:

giovanni said:

Wasn't Rocky Johnson involved as well?

I think he was the promoter, head of talent relations and, trainer.

What was that half a tag belt the champion of the company held around that was the promoters?

I'm pretty sure it wasn't the WWE tag title....

[Deleted]

I vaguely remember this, I remember Sonny Siaki, I think was doing a ripoff of the Rock. The rest was so terrible that I must have banished it from memory.

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thwak said:

the more and more I find out about this the more and more hilarious it sounds.

[BigAl]

wasn't there a white tag team who fought with each other more than thier opponents?

[goldenboost]

This is ridiculous

I can't find any info on this dead company

[TuneinTokyo]

If they ever wanted to make serious money.....have a KKK guy as the heel. They would swim in money.

[Handsome Halfbreed]

Here is every single random memory I have of the UWA

-A white tag team w/ a football gimmick. I recal one of the wrestlers being Bison Smith.
-A Mexican tag team. They looked like the mario bros. except they were painters instead of plumbers.
-A gangster tag team called the Urban Assualt Squad and one of the guys was called Sideswipe.
-white wrestler who wrestled in his boxers: Steve Madison who went by the name 'Smoke.'
-A big burly black dude named Surge.
-a storyline where a heel put some kind of drug in faces water
-a storyline where a heel was mean to his girl so a face wrestler came down to her rescue.
-the federation had a GM who always got into everyones business granting title shots to faces and title defences to heels.

[goldenboost]

Uggh, looks like noone remembers the tag team title thing (Only had one) and was the promoters

[dirtydickraines]

mongobeefhead said:

-the federation had a GM who always got into everyones business granting title shots to faces and title defences to heels.

A black GM getting into people business and making random title matches? This sounds familiar.