National Wrestling Alliance vs. Sunny Myers
The wrestler Sunny Myers had the 1959 National Wrestling Alliance sued her over his claim to the NWA World Title to enforce.
prehistory
In November 1947, the declared promoter of NWA Iowa , "Pinkie" George , Myers to NWA champion. But as early as January 1948, Myers was advised to forego his title claims and let the future NWA champion Orville Brown win it.
Myers did not see why he was forced out of his current contract as champion and appealed against this decision. When this was not pursued by the NWA Iowa, Myers finally filed his lawsuit against the promotion. However, Sunny Myers lost in court in November 1959 when the twelve jurors ruled in favor of the NWA.
Follow the process
It seemed like Sunny Myers was now pushed out of wrestling. But he seemed like a martyr to the independent wrestling scene .
In order to compensate for the damage to its image, the NWA sued Sunny Myers on March 26, 1962. Eight days later, "Pinkie" George's attorney filed his lawsuit against Myers. The trial began on January 10, 1964, and many things seemed to repeat themselves. Above all, it was in the foreground that the NWA in its former form was a "sporty mafia association".
Ultimately, the proceedings were discontinued on March 11, 1964, especially since Paul George, who had in the meantime broken with the NWA, openly referred to it in court as the "Cosa Nostra des Wrestling" . Myers was able to book a partial success through a special payment of 45,000 US $ from the NWA.
Myers retired as a 10-time champion from active wrestling and ended his career. He has now acted as a promoter on various occasions .
See also
literature
- Tim Hornbaker: National Wrestling Alliance. The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Pro Wrestling , ECW Press Toronto, Canada (2007), ISBN 978-1-55022-741-3