Television Wrestling Association

**TWA (Television Wrestling Association)** is a CAW league created by TWAWorld on Youtube.

## History

Season 1 of TWA started on March 19, 2011 with a 46-Man Royal Rumble. From there, over 4 years, TWA grew to be a very unusual CAW league, adapting biblical figures such as God and Satan while also booking CAW legends such as Batman, Superman, Mario, and Luigi plus their own original CAWs such as Santa Claus' daughter named Santina, a wrestler with massive legs named "Legs", an overweight parody of Hulk Hogan named Bulk Hogan and later, a Spanish wrestler named Fernando Striker (inspired by the character of Jesus from the movie *The Big Lewobski*). Given their name, the TWA also adapted many famous names from movies and television such as Rocky Balboa, Freddy Krueger, James Bond, Chuck Norris, Jim Carrey, and Ray Barone.

TWA concluded its run on August 22, 2015 with their event called TWA End of Days. This was the finale of Season 5.

## 2019 Revival

After 4 years, TWA would finally return to YouTube on January 5, 2019 with a sixth season albeit under new management. The former TWA Light Heavyweight Champion Indiana Jones would be revealed as the new General Manager of TWA.

This revival would have a unique spin to how TWA operated. TWA would now be split into 4 separate divisions: 20th Century Fox (later renamed to Walt Disney), Paramount, Universal, and Warner Bros. All roster members are assigned a division and can only contend for that division's title (save for the TWA, TWA TV Tag Team, & TWA Women's Tag Team Championships). With that being said, wrestlers can still request to challenge for a division's belt or request a switch to a different division if need be.

As of June 2021, TWA has not uploaded any shows or events since their last CPV TWA Vortex, which was uploaded on June 11, 2019.

## Controversies

TWA has not conducted its business without controversy.

In the lead up to Telethon 5, during their feud for the TWA Rated R Championship, challenger Freddy Krueger used racist slurs and wore a KKK outfit, enraging champion Django Freeman.

Ironically, during the 2019 revival of TWA, at Fallout, after Django cashed in his Bank Heist contract and pinned Captain Rhodes to win the TWA Championship, Django refused to appear on TWA programming or defend his belt unless his suspension was lifted and Indiana Jones stepped down as TWA General Manager. During Battlefront episodes, Jones would try to reason with Django to get him to appear, but Django refused, calling Jones "racist" for holding back people of different ethnicities, in particular black people.

Battlefront #91 kicked off with Tony Stark AKA Iron Man cutting a promo towards Indiana Jones calling him a "bigot". This, in turn, made Stark a heel with a "woke" agenda, appealing to the social justice crowd. Stark also called the TWA a "racist, sexist and homophobic hellhole" for putting white people at the forefront instead of people of different races, genders or ethnicities. During Battlefront #92, Tony Stark used offensive Nazi slurs towards German wrestler Gigant.

## Roster

### Men's Roster

* Alex DeLarge
* Ammo
* Ash Williams
* Austin Powers
* Bane
* Billy Mays (Assistant To The TWA General Manager)
* Bruce Lee
* Borat
* Bugs Bunny
* Bulk Hogan
* Captain Jack Sparrow
* Captain Rhodes
* Chuck Norris
* Conan The Barbarian
* Count Dracula
* Django Freeman
* Donkey Kong
* Fernando Striker
* Frankenstein's Monster
* Freddy Krueger
* Ghostface
* Gigant
* Harry
* Homer Simpson
* Indiana Jones (TWA General Manager)
* Jack Burton
* Jack Torrance
* James Bond
* Jaws
* Jim Carrey (AKA Ace Ventura/Lloyd Christmas/The Cable Guy/The Mask)
* John McClane
* Justin Bohner (FKA Legs)
* Kharis
* Kylo Ren
* Link
* Luigi
* Machete
* Marv
* Nazareth
* Mr. Bean
* Renfield (Manager)
* Scorpion
* Stanley Kubrick (Manager)
* Steve
* Sub-Zero
* Tarzan
* The Hulk
* The Invisible Man
* The Stalker
* The Terminator
* The Tourettes Guy
* The Tramp
* Tony Stark (AKA Iron Man)
* Triple A
* Waluigi
* Wario
* Victor Frankenstein (Manager)

### Women's Roster

* Ana (Manager)
* Barbie
* Daisy
* Elvira
* Katniss Everdeen
* Kitana
* Mileena
* Rey
* Samus Aran
* Santina
* Sonya Blade
* Wicked Witch Of The West
* Wonder Woman

### Alumni

* Alec Trevelyan
* Alfred Hitchcock
* Arms
* Barack Obama
* Bub
* Batman
* Count Orlok (AKA Nosferatu)
* Death
* Donald Trump
* Flair-Tron 5000
* Fox McCloud
* Francis
* God
* Imhotep
* King Kong
* Leatherface
* Mario
* Metal Queen
* Rich Uncle Pennybags
* Rocky Balboa
* Satan
* Superman
* The Most Interesting Man In The World
* Vince Offer
* Wilfred Brimley

## Legacy

TWA remains somewhat of a sleeper hit among CAW fans for their unique approach towards the business, using voices to make the characters from TV, movies, video games, etc. talk instead of text, something that is more commonly used for CAW leagues with mostly original characters who are voiced by their real-life creators.

During their 2019 revival, TWA garnered praise for their usage of WWE 2K19's highlight reel feature, using it to transition between moves, promos, and segments. TWA was also praised for its upload schedule. Almost every week non-stop (sometimes twice in 1 week), a new TWA Battlefront episode or CPV mega-event would be uploaded to YouTube. This was acclaimed due to a CAW league with fully recorded and edited shows plus commentary managing to do such a thing weekly given the relaxed nature of recording, editing, and uploading CAW shows. It was something almost unheard of.