Billy Corgan says NWA has signed another TV deal

The NWA appears to have landed another TV contract.

Billy Corgan told TV Insider that he recently signed another deal but it has yet to be officially announced.

“I just signed another TV deal, which I haven’t announced yet. I saw someone in wrestling media wave off the NWA’s success, but I don’t know a lot of companies out there that have three television deals as an independent solely funded by me,” Corgan said.

Episodes of NWA Power currently air on the CW App. A reality series focused on Corgan’s running of the promotion titled “Adventures in Carnyland” premiered on the app today as well.

“We’re really fighting a lot of wars here not only to create a wrestling product that fans will like but also to beat the world’s perception that it can’t be done. That unless you have a billion dollars in your pocket you can’t manifest enough energy,” Corgan continued. “But what people don’t understand is I’m one of the only people in the world who understands how to take something literally from nothing and take it to the top of the mountain multiple times. I know it can be done with faith, dedication, and hard work. It will be interesting to see the behind-the-scenes stuff going on, which by the way is not work, but true and honest stuff that is happening. I insisted on real and organic storylines. It will be interesting to see if people perceive that as integrity or weakness on the part of the company. I think it’s a strength because we have nothing to hide.”

During a separate interview with Fightful, Corgan also addressed the controversial “cocaine spot” at NWA Samhain last October and The CW’s reaction to it. A report from Haus of Wrestling came out shortly after stating CW officials were not happy with what took place and it could negatively impact the NWA’s deal with the company.

“After the ‘cocaine spot’ where Sinister Minister and his hot minions were snorting sugar off a table in Cleveland, that story took a life of its own, ‘NWA is going to lose its CW deal, they’ve lost their CW deal..'” Corgan said. “About four days after the event, CW, I don’t want to say who but certainly one of the top people in CW called me and said, ‘What is this all about?’ And I said, ‘I don’t know because no one from your world has reached out to me.’ He says, ‘There’s no problem over here. We’re reading all these articles and we don’t understand what the issue is.’ And I said, ‘Okay, so just to be official about it, there’s no issue with what we did?’ They go, ‘No, we think it’s funny.’ So there’s no issue. It was a completely invented story by either a troll inside the company or a leaker or something.”

Our own Dave Meltzer addressed the issue later that week on Wrestling Observer Radio stating he’d had an email exchange with Corgan, who denied reports that the CW was upset with what happened at NWA Samhain.

The NWA is gearing up for the 2024 Crockett Cup on May 18 at The O.C Theater in Forney, Texas. Teams announced for the tournament include: Knox and Murdoch (Mike Knox and Trevor Murdoch), Blunt Force Trauma (Damage and Carnage) w/Aron Stevens, The Immortals (Kratos and Odinson), The Southern 6 (“Thrillbilly” Silas Mason, Kerry Morton and Alex Taylor) w/Ricky Morton, The Fixers (Wrecking Ball Legurski and Jay Bradley), Tim Storm and Jax Dane, The Country Gentlemen (AJ and KC Cazana) w/ Joe Cazana, and Daisy Kill and Talos. EC3 is also scheduled to defend his NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Sam Adonis on the show.