For decades, distinctive professional wrestling territories thrived across North America. Each regionally based promotion operated separately and provided a brand of localized wrestling that greatly appealed to region fans. Promoters consistently coordinated with affiliates in surrounding areas, and the co-operation displayed by users of the National Wrestling Alliance made it easy for wrestlers to traverse the landscape with the utmost freedom.

Dozens of territories flourished between your 1950s and late ’70s. But by the early 1980s, the growth of cable had put brand-new outside pressures on promoters. An enterprising third-generation business owner who believed wire was his opportunity to consider his promotion national soon capitalized on the problem.

A host of novel tips and the will to take chances gave Vincent Kennedy McMahon an incredible advantage. McMahon waged war in the territories and raided the NWA and AWA of their top talent. By creating WrestleMania, jumping into the pay-per-view field, and growing across North America, McMahon changed professional wrestling forever.