The NWA Anniversary Show is a professional wrestling event held by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The first event was held in 1998 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1948 founding of the NWA. The event then continued to be held annually until 2005. It has since been held periodically, with shows held in 2008, 2018, 2021, and the most recent in 2023.[1]
| NWA Anniversary Show | |
| Promotions: | National Wrestling Alliance |
| Firstevent: | NWA 50th Anniversary Show |
| NWA 50th Anniversary Show | |
| Promotion: | National Wrestling Alliance |
| Date: | October 24, 1998 |
| Attendance: | 500 |
| Venue: | Hilton Hotel |
| City: | Cherry Hill, New Jersey |
| Liveevent: | Y |
| Event: | NWA Anniversary Show |
| Lastevent2: | First |
| Nextevent2: | 51st |
The NWA 50th Anniversary Show took place on October 24, 1998 at the Hilton Hotel in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.[2]
| NWA 51st Anniversary Show: Battle of the Belts 1999 | |
| Promotion: | National Wrestling Alliance |
| Date: | September 25, 1999 |
| Attendance: | 700 |
| Venue: | Grady Cole Center |
| City: | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Liveevent: | Y |
| Event: | NWA Anniversary Show |
| Lastevent2: | 50th |
| Nextevent2: | 52nd |
The NWA 51st Anniversary Show, subtitled "Battle of the Belts 1999", after a regular event from former NWA territory Championship Wrestling from Florida, took place on September 25, 1999 at the Grady Cole Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.[3]
| NWA 52nd Anniversary Show: Battle of the Belts 2000 / Showcase of the Stars | |
| Promotion: | National Wrestling Alliance |
| Date: | October 14-15, 2000 |
| Attendance: | 500 200 |
| Venue: | Tennessee State Fairgrounds Arena |
| City: | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Liveevent: | Y |
| Event: | NWA Anniversary Show |
| Lastevent2: | 51st |
| Nextevent2: | 53rd |
The NWA 52nd Anniversary Show, took place over two events, subtitled "Battle of the Belts 2000" and "Showcase of the Stars", on October 14 and 15 2000 at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. In the ninth match on night two Brandon K substituted for J.B. Destiny, who was unable to appear due to travel problems.[4] [5]
| NWA 53rd Anniversary Show: Battle of the Belts 2001 | |
| Promotion: | National Wrestling Alliance |
| Date: | October 13, 2001 |
| Attendance: | 400 |
| Venue: | WrestlePlex |
| City: | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Liveevent: | Y |
| Event: | NWA Anniversary Show |
| Lastevent2: | 52nd |
| Nextevent2: | 54th |
The NWA 53rd Anniversary Show, subtitled "Battle of the Belts 2001", took place on October 13, 2001 at the WrestlePlex in St. Petersburg, Florida.[6]
| NWA 54th Anniversary Show: Battle of the Belts 2002 | |
| Promotion: | National Wrestling Alliance |
| Date: | October 26, 2002 |
| Venue: | Memorial Coliseum |
| City: | Corpus Christi, Texas |
| Liveevent: | Y |
| Event: | NWA Anniversary Show |
| Lastevent2: | 53rd |
| Nextevent2: | 55th |
The NWA 54th Anniversary Show, subtitled "Battle of the Belts 2002", took place on October 26, 2002 at the Memorial Coliseum in Corpus Christi, Texas.[7]
| NWA 55th Anniversary Show | |
| Promotion: | National Wrestling Alliance |
| Date: | October 10-11, 2003 |
| Attendance: | 300 325 |
| Venue: | Park Pavilion |
| City: | Parkersburg, West Virginia |
| Liveevent: | Y |
| Event: | NWA Anniversary Show |
| Lastevent2: | 54th |
| Nextevent2: | 56th |
The NWA 55th Anniversary Show, took place over two events on October 10 and 11 2003 at the Park Pavilion in Parkersburg, West Virginia.[8] [9] [10]
| NWA 56th Anniversary Show | |
| Promotion: | National Wrestling Alliance |
| Date: | October 15, 2004 October 17, 2004 |
| Attendance: | 100 |
| City: | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Liveevent: | Y |
| Event: | NWA Anniversary Show |
| Lastevent2: | 55th |
| Nextevent2: | 57th |
The NWA 56th Anniversary Show took place over two events on October 15 and 17 2004 at the Ramada Malbourough Hotel in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.[11] [12]
| NWA 57th Anniversary Show | |
| Promotion: | National Wrestling Alliance |
| Date: | October 8, 2005 |
| Venue: | Tennessee State Fairgrounds Arena |
| City: | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Liveevent: | Y |
| Event: | NWA Anniversary Show |
| Lastevent2: | 56th |
| Nextevent2: | 60th |
The NWA 57th Anniversary Show took place on October 8, 2005 at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.[13]
| NWA 60th Anniversary Show | |
| Promotion: | National Wrestling Alliance |
| Date: | June 7, 2008 |
| Attendance: | 2,500 |
| Venue: | Philips Arena |
| City: | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Liveevent: | Y |
| Event: | NWA Anniversary Show |
| Lastevent2: | 57th |
| Nextevent2: | 70th |
The NWA 60th Anniversary Show took place on June 7, 2008 at Philips Arena, now known as State Farm Arena, in Atlanta.[14] Although it was the best-attended of all the Anniversary Show events, arena officials believed the crowd to be the smallest that the 18,000-seat venue had ever seen.[15]
See main article: NWA 70th Anniversary Show.
See main article: NWA 73rd Anniversary Show.
See main article: NWA 74th Anniversary Show.
See main article: NWA 75th Anniversary Show.
See main article: NWA 76th Anniversary Show.