Is the NWA World Championship still a premier Championship? Part 2

 

In May 2007 TNA ended their relationship withdrawing from the NWA and creating their own new World Heavyweight and Tag Team Championships.  TNA had brought the NWA national recognition by featuring the World Championship on their weekly show and monthly PPV’s.

According to the ELLBOW Productions documentary on the History of the National Wrestling Alliance, TNA was looking to renegotiate their deal with the NWA and it was unfavorable to the Alliance.  Also the NWA was looking to regain control of their championships once again, as the NWA World Champion under the TNA banner rarely if ever worked the smaller NWA promotion shows.

The NWA was at the highest peak visibility wise that they had been in 14 years thanks to TNA and they needed to work hard to keep that momentum going.  None of the NWA Promotions at that time had national television distribution however in 2007 with the capabilities of the internet and resources such as You Tube and Facebook it’s much easier to get yourself in the public eye than ever before.

With the Championships vacant the NWA announced their intention to crown a new World Heavyweight Champion with a 16 man tournament starting on June 2, 2007 and culminating with the final match on September 1, 2007.  The tournament featured 4 mini brackets where the winners would advance to the final bracket.  The called it “Reclaiming the Glory!”

 

Lou Thez Bracket

June 2^nd Salyersville, KY            Brent Albright defeated Osamu Nishimura

June 9^th Meza, AZ                       Fred Sampson defeated Glamour Boy Shane

June 30^th Chula Vista, CA           Brent Albright defeated Fred Sampson

Terry Funk Bracket

June 16^th Danvers, MA                Claudio Castagnoli defeated Pepper Parks

June 30^th Lebanon, TN                 Sicodelico Jr. defeated Roughneck Ryan

July 21^st Wallingford, CT             Claudio Castagnoli defeated Sicodelico Jr.

Jack Brisco Bracket

June 16^th Vancouver, NC, CN       Bryan Danielson defeated Nelson Creed

June 30^th Qunicy, MA                   Fergal Devitt defeated Mikey Nicholls

July 21^st North Tonawanda, NY   Bryan Danielson defeated Fergal Devitt

Harley Race Bracket

June 2^nd Cornelia, GA                   Chad Parham defeated Damian Wayne

June 2^nd Lodi, NJ                           Adam Pearce defeated Aaron Aguilera

July 13^th Covina, CA                     Adam Pearce defeated Chad Parham

Semi Finals

August 12^th Charlotte, NC            Brent Albright defeated Claudio Castagnoli

August 18^th Vancouver, BC, CN   Bryan Danielson defeated Adam Pearce

Finals

September 1^st Bayamon, PR          Adam Pearce defeated Brent Albright

"Scrap Iron" Adam Pearce 5 time NWA World Champion

A week prior to the finals Bryan Danielson was injured in a match with Takeshi Morishima fracturing his orbital bone.  Danielson was unable to compete in the finals so the man he defeated Adam Pearce was placed in the match.  Danielson was made the special enforcer and ended up counting the pinfall after the referee was knocked out.  I remember watching the promo videos and all the hype when this first happened and I always got the feeling the Bryan Danielson was going to win the tournament

The NWA World Championship would remain in the public eye thanks to Adam Pearce working hard to keep the title relevant by being a touring champion and on June 7, 2008 Ring of Honor officially recognized the championship at their Respect Is Earned 2 PPV taping. 

Pearce would go one to defend the NWA World Championship at Battle for Supremacy in Dayton, OH on June 27, 2008 against ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness.  The match would end in disqualification when then NWA rule of no throwing your opponent over the top rope was enforced.

On August 2, 2008 at Ring of Honor’s Death Before Dishonor VI event in New York City and culmination of a near year-long feud would take a new turn as Brent Albright would defeat Adam Pearce for the NWA World Championship.  The feud would end at ROH’s Glory By Honor VII in Philly when Pearce would capture his second championship on September 20, 2008. 

Brent Albright NWA World Champion 8/2/2008 - 9/20/2008

In the 16 months since the NWA World Championship left the national exposure of TNA, the NWA had done a great job in keeping it a premier championship.  After winning the tournament Adam Pearce would tour with the title, bring it to ROH and maintain an excellent feud with Brent Albright.  But then the NWA Board of Directors decided to put the championship on Blue Demon Jr. and the NWA World Championship lost all footing it had gained in recognition and relevance.

On October 25, 2008 in Mexico City Blue Demon Jr defeated Adam Pearce to win the NWA World Championship becoming the first Mexican and Masked Luchador to win the title, it is also the first time that the Championship changed hands in Mexico.  Blue Demon Jr. is the adopted son of Blue Demon a legendary Mexican luchador.  Blue Demon Jr. is an excellent wrestler having debuted in 1985 and headlined arenas all over Mexico.  I can see why putting the championship on Demon Jr. would be a way to jump start recognition of the Championship in Mexico, however, it was not worth the damage it did to its recognition in the United States.

Blue Demon Jr. NWA World Champion 10/2/2008 - 3/14/2010

Demon Jr. held the Championship for 505 days rarely making an appearance in the United States primarily competing in his own promotion NWA Mexico.  In my eyes this hurt the NWA World Championship because it was now essentially exclusive to Mexico.  Historically the NWA World Championship was always defended around the world but it always maintained its strongest presence in the United States, especially the Southern United States and now it wasn’t even being defended there.

On March 14, 2010 Adam Pearce defeated Phil Shatter and Blue Demon Jr. in an elimination match to win his 3^rd NWA World Championship.  Pearce once again began touring as Champion to bring recognition back to the title in the United States. 

NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood promoted by Dave Marquez, premiered on KDOC-TV Los Angeles on September 17, 2010.  It is a 60 minute, multi-camera studio wrestling show that is crisp, has great production, and is a throw-back to old studio wrestling days of Georgia Championship Wrestling and Mid-Atlantic Wrestling.   This show is also available on the internet to watch. 

The NWA World Championship was prominently featured on the show and an excellent feud was built between Adam Pearce and Colt Cabana culminating in Cabana winning the NWA World Championship on March 6, 2011 on the show. 

Colt "Boom Boom" Cabana 2 time NWA World Champion

Forty eight short days later The Sheik defeated Cabana for the Championship in Jacksonville, FL.  There is a lot of controversy behind this title change.  It’s been said that The Sheik bought the title while others refute that.   Bill Behrens stated in the documentary “7 Levels of Hate” that Sheik winning the title was previously decided before Cabana winning the belt.

On July 11, 2011 the NWA stripped The Sheik of the Championship.  Much controversy surrounds this with many different versions of what really happened.  It’s been said that the Sheik didn’t know about the match or what his pay off would be.  That was refuted by the NWA stating that the date was known and that the pay for the Champion is a preset amount that has to be met by the promoter to book the Champion.  Others feel that Sheik didn’t want to lose as it would hurt his position in Zero-1 where he was getting a push.

The Sheik NWA World Champion 4/23/2011 - 7/11/2011

At the end of the day the Sheik was stripped and Adam Pearce started his 4^th reign as champion defeating Jimmy Rave, Chance Prophet, & Shaun Tempers in a fatal four way match at the Ohio State Fair on July 31, 2011. 

According to Adam Pearce the NWA basically said we made a mistake let’s just redo the feud with you and Cabana.  When Cabana was approached about this he was hesitant to do it.  They had built a feud for 10 months to result in a short reign when Cabana was ready to take the title around the world using is already established reputation. 

 In my opinion as a fan you’re watching and following a great feud with Cabana and Pearce that meant something and then after it culminates in this exciting moment of Cabana winning is all for naught as 6 weeks later with no build or rhyme or reason you switch the championship to someone else, and there is no follow up after that.

Pearce had made a deal with the NWA that he would take the Championship but Cabana would get it back and have a year-long reign.  Eventually Cabana agreed and they started a program where Pearce saved Cabana and they teamed in a feud with Stu Stone and the Stone Family that eventually lead to Pearce turning on Cabana.  Then on April 8, 2012 Cabana defeated Adam Pearce for his second NWA World Championship.  

 

After the title win Cabana and Pearce entered into a Best of 7 Series called the 7 Levels of Hate.  As a wrestling fan this was so exciting to anticipate because each match was a special stipulation and it was going to take the NWA World Championship to a huge level of recognition as these two would battle across the country and around the world in this series.

The 7 Levels of Hate

Stage 1 May 13, 2012 First Blood Match, NWA Wrestling From Hollywood, Glendale, CA

                Winner: Colt Cabana

Stage 2 June 8, 2012 Boston Street Fight, New England Championship Wrestling, Bridgewater, MA

                Winner: Colt Cabana

Stage 3 July 7, 2012 I Quit Match, Steel Domain Wrestling, Hopkins, MN

                Winner Colt Cabana

Stage 4 July 21, 2012 Best 2 out of 3 Falls Match, Metro Pro Wrestling, Kansas City, KS

                Winner: Adam Pearce – NEW CHAMPION

Stage 5 August 18, 2012 Dog Collar Match, NECW, Bridgewater, MA

                Winner: Adam Pearce

Stage 6 September 30, 2012 Texas Death Match, West Coast Wrestling Connection, Salem, OR

                Winner: Adam Pearce

Stage 7 October 27, 2012 Steel Cage Match, NWA Warzone Wrestling, Berwick, Victoria, Australia

                Winner: Colt Cabana

Stage 6 was set to take place in at NWA Legends Fan Fest in Charlotte, North Carolina and needed to be changed.  Stage 7 was to conclude at NWA Wrestling From Hollywood in Glendale, CA however the NWA had other things in mind.

Rob Trobich

E. Bruce Tharpe

In the middle of this Series the law suit filed by R. Bruce Tharpe against Bob Trobich and Pro Wrestling Organization LLC was settled and the ownership of the NWA and all its entities were now in the control of a new LLC headed by Tharpe.  To read more about it follow this link to Mike Johnson’s article at PWInsider.  

According to the documentary “7 Levels of Hate” after Stage 6 Fred Rubenstein contact Adam Pearce and stated they were no longer interested in doing business with Colt Cabana. Another issue was after the lawsuit and the way the structure of the NWA changed Championship Wrestling from Hollywood withdrew from the NWA on September 9, 2012. 

Originally State 7 was to finish in Glendale, CA where it started, now that Championship Wrestling from Hollywood was no longer part of the NWA they didn’t want the match to happen there.  Eventually Ben Gilbert of NWA Warzone Wrestling in Australia agreed to host the final match.  To Pearce and Cabana this was good for the feud and for the NWA because now the “7 Levels of Hate” was going international and it would be the first time the NWA World Championship would change hands in Australia.

The NWA strongly objected to Cabana becoming the Champion and told Pearce to drop the title the first week of October while he was in Virginia.  Pearce refused for several reasons.  First he was already book on several shows as Champion including a show for new NWA head Bruce Tharpe.  Pearce felt that the other promoters had already spent money on advertising, paid for airfare and paid deposits to Pearce for his appearances.  Also the feud with Cabana had running for two years and to have Pearce drop the title cold to someone else made no sense. 

 

Pearce strongly felt that Cabana had to win this feud and deserved the be the NWA World Champion and that Cabana was the right man to lead the NWA especially considering his large following and fan base.  As it was their right, the NWA felt different.   It was agreed that the match would be a non-sanctioned match by the NWA and that it would no longer be for the title. 

All of these actions drove Pearce to want to leave the NWA and he decided that he would step down as Champion after the match with Cabana, and that’s exactly what he did.  Cabana won and Pearce said that Cabana was the rightful champion.  Cabana cut a promo basically saying the NWA was the past and he was the future and that he didn’t want it.  Pearce also stated that because he lost the match he would honor his agreement that if he lost he would leave the NWA forever and if Cabana didn’t want the title, then neither did he.  The both dropped the belt in the ring and left it. 

Fred Rubenstein

 

After the fallout the Vice-President of the NWA Fred Rubenstein went on the Kayfabe Radio show in November 2012 and said the reason the NWA would not sanction the match was because the promoter of NWA Warzone had not paid his licensing fee, even after he was given two extensions to pay it.  When R. Bruce Tharpe became the owner of the NWA they switched from having shareholding members to having licensees.   According to the documentary “7 Levels of Hate” a licensing fee had nothing to do with it.

Kahagas NWA World Champion 11/2/2012 - 3/16/2013

 The NWA quickly crowned a new champion in Kahagas on November 2, 2012 in Clayton, NJ when he won a multi-person elimination match.  Rob Conway won the title in San Antonio on March 16, 2013.  NJPW rejoined the NWA where currently R. Bruce Tharpe is a heel manger leading a faction of wrestlers representing the NWA at NJPW shows.   

Rob Conway 2 x NWA World Champion

Conway has had several matches in NJPW on their major cards defending the Championship in many high profile matches against Satoshi Koima, Manabu Nakanishi, and Jushin Thunder Liger while at the same time defending his title in the States. 

 Satoshi Kojima NWA World Champion 1/4/2014 - 6/2/2104

 

On January 4, 2014 at Wrestle Kingdom 8 Conway lost the Championship to Kojima.  Kojima successfully defended the title in Japan, Taiwan, and the United States before losing it back to Conway on June 2 in Las Vegas.

The current NWA World Champion is Hiroyoshi Tenzan having won the Championship on February 14, 2015 in Sendai Japan.

Hiroyoshi Tenzan NWA World Champion since 2/14/2015

The NWA World Heavyweight Championship has certainly suffered it’s up and downs over the years and while it is not currently being featured on a weekly nationally televised wrestling company in the United States it is still a very active championship and one only need to turn to the internet to keep up to date on it.  Most casual fans do not do that though, they look no further than what is fed them on television each week to get their wrestling fix.

I’m from Maine, in the Northeast the WWE has been king since 1963 and most casual fans aren’t familiar with anything that isn’t the WWE.  The NWA has always and will always been more highly regarded in the south and in Japan were in Japan professional wrestling is always held in a higher standing there than it is here in the United States, also Japan believes heavily in history and tradition. 

The basis of my tattoo

For a die-hard fan like my friends and I we watch good wrestling no matter who is producing it.  We follow it on the internet and social media.  We watch the shows on You Tube and buy the DVD’s.   When I think of the NWA I think of Ric Flair, I think of Jim Crockett promotions, I think of Georgia Championship Wrestling, Starrcade 1985 “I Quit” match with Tully Blanchard and Magnum TA inside the steel cage.  Hell, I have the NWA ring skirt logo tattooed on my arm because that to me is my favorite time of wrestling.

Magnum TA vs. Tully Blanchard "I Quit" Match for the NWA United States Championship Starrcade November 28, 1995

So the question is, is the NWA World Heavyweight Championship still a Premier Championship in wrestling?  When I started this I thought I already knew my answer which was no, not any more.  That answer though is why I started down this path writing this article.  I didn’t like that answer, I want the NWA World Championship to be highly regarded as a premier championship in wrestling.

The NWA is alive and well just not up here in the Northeast or in the whole country for that matter.  The NWA is highly active in the South East from Ohio/West Virginia down to Florida and Texas area and to those fans the NWA World Heavyweight Championship is THE premier championship. 

The NWA doesn’t need a national television deal to be a premier World Championship.  It only needs the fans that believe in it, the wrestlers that strive to compete for it, and the history that is behind it.  With this it will always be a premier World Championship, and that makes me very happy. 

On a personal note I would like to see the NWA start a YouTube show where the NWA Champion is featured weekly.  It doesn’t need to be a full hour of wrestling, just a 15 minute documentary style show like the Candice and Joey Show, Brian Myers Making Towns, or Kevin Steen’s Weekend Escapades that would show us what the Champion is doing, where he’s going, life on the road as champion. 

I think the NWA Champion needs to tour and hit every state in the country.  I don’t think the NWA World Championship has ever been defended in Maine, I think it should be.

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Is the NWA World Championship still a premier championship? Part 1

The NWA: National Wrestling Alliance was a coalition of promoters that came together to essentially rule the wrestling landscape and set boundaries or territories that each promoter was to adhere to when running their shows.  Also they worked together to declare one World Heavyweight Champion that would tour the territories.  Their first champion was Orville Brown of Sharon, Kansas.

Orville Brown, NWA Champion 1/5/1948 - 11/27/1949

For 45 years the NWA World Heavyweight Champion was THE recognized wrestling champion worldwide.  Cable television, tape trading, the expansion of the WWE (then WWF), and Ted Turner buying Jim Crockett Promotions (renaming the promotion WCW) eventually lead to the demise of the NWA as it was originally intended to be. 

Initially WCW recognized the NWA World Championship as their premier title; however in 1991 WCW established their own World Championship and recognized current NWA Champion Ric Flair as their champion.  WCW stripped Ric Flair of the championship on July 1, 1991 when he left for the WWE; however the NWA continued to recognize Flair at their World Champion until September 8, 1991 when Flair entered the WWE.

 

The NWA didn’t recognize a World Champion for almost 1 year until a tournament held by New Japan Pro Wrestling where Masahiro Chono defeated Rick Rude in the Finals to become Champion on August 12, 1992.  This year long lapse where a champion was not recognized was the first blow in the NWA losing credibility.  There was nothing to keep the NWA fresh in the minds of the fans. 

Masahiro Chono NWA World Champion 8/12/1992 - 1/4/1993

After Chono won the NWA World Championship WCW began to recognize both titles on their programming.  Eventually the NWA World Championship made its way back to perennial champion “Nature Boy” Ric Flair who won the title from Barry Windham on July 18, 1993.

"Nature Boy" Ric Flair 9 Time NWA World Champion

On September 1, 1993 after a disagreement with the NWA Board of Directors WCW withdrew from the NWA leaving the NWA with no national stage and no major promotions left to carry the NWA banner hurting the integrity of the Championship even more.  The NWA stripped Ric Flair of the World Heavyweight Championship. New Japan Pro Wrestling also withdrew from the NWA in 1993.

The Big Gold Belt used from 1985 - 1993

Another blow to the NWA was the fact that WCW physically possessed the belt that had been recognized at the NWA World Championship belt since 1985 aka the Big Gold Belt.  WCW renamed the title the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship until it was unified with the WCW World Heavyweight Championship on June 23, 1994.  The Big Gold Belt became the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.  For the casual fan the belt that was the symbol of the NWA since 1985 was still being presented at the premier championship they just didn’t realize it was technically no longer the NWA World Championship.

Let’s take a moment to assess where the NWA stands at the time when WCW withdraws.  The group is led by a 3 person Committee in Steve Rickard from New Zealand, Dennis Coralluzzo from New Jersey, and Howard Brody from Florida. 

World Heavyweight Championship:                         Vacant 9/1/1993

World Tag Team Championships:                             Vacant 9/1/1993

National Heavyweight Championship:                     Vacant 9/28/1986

World Junior Heavyweight Championship:              Vacant since 1989

The former NWA World Television and United States Championships were absorbed into the WCW Versions of the titles and the NWA never created their own version again.   There are countless regional championships with the NWA name attached to them, but we are only focusing on the national championships that give the NWA a national name. 

At this point the NWA is essentially dead.   The grand vision that was started back in Waterloo, Iowa in 1948 is no more.  We can clearly see now that the glory days of the NWA are over, but back then these three men try their best to keep the NWA alive and bring it to the forefront once again.   After the withdrawal of WCW and NJPW the NWA is reorganized with a few promotions recognized by the NWA board. 

In 1994 the NWA is gearing up to re-crown their World Champion bringing back the prestigious “Ten Pounds of Gold” domed globe version of the belt that was first worn by Harley Race in 1973 and last worn by Ric Flair 1985. NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling promoted by Tod Gordon proposes to hold the tournament at his promotion as they have the largest TV coverage of all the existing NWA Promotions.

"The Franchise" Shane Douglas officially recognized as an NWA World Champion

I’m sure most of you know this story by now.  On August 27, 1994 Shane Douglas wins the tournament pinning 2 Cold Scorpio at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA and is declared the new champion.  He then cuts a scathing promo that the NWA is dead and throws down the title and declares himself the ECW World Heavyweight Champion.  Shortly thereafter the ECW withdrew from the NWA and rechristened themselves Extreme Championship Wrestling.

Once again the NWA name is tarnished they have now gone a year with no recognized major champion severely damaging the credibility of the NWA World Championship as a viable title.

Chris Candido NWA World Champion 11/19/1994 - 2/24/1995

November 19, 1994 the NWA finally crowned a new World Champion in Cherry Hill, NJ when Chris Candido defeated Tracy Smothers in a tournament final.  This tournament was held in conjunction with Jim Cornette’s Smoky Mountain Wrestling, however the affiliation was brief.  On February 24, 1995 Candido lost the Championship to Dan Severn in Erlanger, KY at a SMW house show.   Severn then became a touring champion leaving the SMW territory. 

I can see the appeal of putting the Championship on Severn, multi time AAU wrestling champion, 3 time US Olympic Team Alternate, and he was competing in the UFC.  He had legitimacy like the old school NWA Champions.  In 1995 he would go on to win the UFC 5 Tournament, The Ultimate Ultimate 1995 Tournament, and the UFC Superfight Championship and the whole time he carried the NWA World Championship Belt to the Octagon with him.

Dan "The Beast" Severn 2 time NWA World Champion

However, they never really mentioned the NWA belt on the shows, and UFC at that time was not accepted main stream like it is now.  It was viewed as barbaric and was banned in most states, so it’s not like he was bringing huge publicity to the NWA.  In fact Severn’s over 4 year reign did nothing to elevate the NWA in anyway. 

The NWA did receive some minor national recognition with a brief and failed invasion of the WWF (now WWE) in early 1998 lead by Jim Cornette.   You can read a detailed account that I wrote about this angle here, and you probably should before continuing with this post.

Essentially Severn joins the Angle March 30, 1998 billed as the NWA and UFC Champion, a shooter and is put over as a shooter stretching the Headbangers on his debut.  He would go onto win most of his matches with submission holds and he was billed as the NWA Champion, however he was never put in any high profile angles or matches as NWA Champion and only wrestled mid-carders.  I’m pretty sure the NWA Championship was never even defended in the WWE.   By June of 1998 Severn was no longer as billed as NWA Champion and in the end this angle essentially buried the NWA. 

Severn’s last match in the WWE was a house show on February 21, 1999 in Springfield, MA teaming with Tag Team Champions: Jeff Jarrett & Owen Hart defeating The Godfather, Val Venis, & Steve Blackman.  A couple weeks later on March 14, 1999 in Yokohama, Japan Severn lost the championship to Naoya Ogawa. 

Severn’s time in the WWE did nothing to elevate the NWA or the Championship.   As soon as he was no longer being recognized in the WWE has NWA Champion he should have dropped the title.  Instead he spent the next 9 months as a WWE mid-carder then as soon as he left he drops the belt.

The NWA did promote a great card to celebrate the 50^th Anniversary of the NWA on October 24, 1998 in Cherry Hill, NJ.  However, it was the only significant NWA card held that year.

In 1999 6 years since the reorganization of the NWA they still don’t have a national presence, and their affiliation with WWE was a bust.  They have affiliates all over the United States and a few in other countries, but their 4 year World Champion did little build the title.

For the next couple years the NWA continued to struggle to bring themselves back to the forefront of wrestling.  They returned to the national spotlight when they signed a deal with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) giving TNA exclusive rights to use the NWA World Heavyweight and World Tag Team Championships as their primary titles.  The current champions Dan Severn and  The Shane Twins were stripped of their titles.

Ken Shamrock NWA World Champion 6/19/02 - 8/7/02

At TNA’s first show on June 19, 2002 in Huntsville, AL they crowned a new World Heavyweight Champion in Ken Shamrock.  World Tag Team Champions would not be crowned until July 3, 2002 in Nashville, TN as AJ Styles & Jerry Lynn would defeated the Rainbow Express: Bruce & Lenny Lane in a tournament final.

NWA would flourish over the next 5 years as TNA brought back credibility and prestige to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.  NWA’s secondary titles even though not defended on the national scene were elevated to the casual fan as the name NWA was becoming recognizable again.

Christian Cage 2 time NWA World Champion

In May 2007 as the end of 5 year agreement was coming to pass TNA decided to withdraw from the NWA.  On May 13, 2007 at the PPV Sacrifice the NWA World Champion Christian Cage competeed in a triple threat match against Kurt Angle & Sting and at matches end Kurt Angle won and was declared the first ever TNA World Heavyweight Champions. The NWA World Tag Team Champions: Team 3-D were declared the first ever TNA World Tag Team Champions.  At the end of the PPV NWA officially vacated both championships.

However, unlike when WCW withdrew NWA did not wait a year to crown a new champion.  Instead they immediately announced a tournament and that they were going to reclaim the glory of the championship.

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