NWA Back to the Territories

Back to the Territories was a professional wrestling event promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance. It took place on June 1, 2024, at Karns High School in Knoxville, Tennessee, airing on tape delay across four episodes of NWA Powerrr on The CW app.
In addition to wrestlers from the NWA, the event also featured talent from its official territories and affiliate promotions – NWA Exodus Pro Midwest, NWA Joe Cazana Promotions Southeast, NWA Kross Fire Wrestling, NWA Chicago, Fight The World Wrestling, and World League Wrestling. The event also saw the return of the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship, which had been inactive since 1988.

Production

Background

On October 9, 2023, NWA President William Patrick Corgan announced the relaunch of the NWA territory system, officially recognizing Cleveland promotion Exodus Pro Wrestling, run by NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion EC3, as their first territory. Since then, the NWA began establishing territories including NWA Joe Cazana Promotions Southeast and NWA Kross Fire Wrestling in East Tennessee, and the creation of NWA Chicago in the Chicago metropolitan area. Additionally, the NWA began affiliating with promotions such as Fight The World Wrestling in Tampa Bay and World League Wrestling in Greater St. Louis.
On April 23, 2024, the NWA announced that Back to the Territories would take place on June 1, 2024, at Karns High School in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Storylines

The event will feature a number professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines. Wrestlers are portrayed as either heels, faces, or tweeners as they follow a series of tension-building events, which culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches as determined by the promotion. Storylines were played out on the eighteenth season of the NWA's weekly series, Powerrr.