Before TNA there was World Wrestling All Stars! WWA was one of several post WCW upstarts hoping to capture the WCW fans who wouldn't watch the WWF. Let's talk about how similar they were to TNA and the warning signs that TNA ignored.

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Kevin Eck "Going global: the WWA is looking to find its niche by spanning the world, but will American audiences buy into the "Ice Capades" concept?" Wrestling Digest (2002)
Jerry Jarrett "The Story of the Development of the NWA TNA" (2002)
Multiple issues of Bryan Alvarez's Figure 4 Weekly from August 2001-June 2002, www.f4wonline.com