Severn stripped of NWA title, More NWA-TNA signings
Submitted by William Martinez on Tuesday, May 28, 2002 at 8:45 PM EST


• The NWA stripped Dan Severn of the NWA title today due to his unavailability for the June 19th NWA-TNA show. Severn was unavailable for the show due to a previous commitment for a shoot fight. NWA-TNA wanted someone other than Severn to hold the title but wanted to use the now former champion so that the new champion would have been able to win the belt of the previous champion and not win a vacant title. The NWA released the following concerning the decision:
  
  "The NWA Board of Directors announced today that by unanimous vote, it has stripped the NWA World Heavyweight Title from current champion Dan“The Beast” Severn. Mr. Severn had been offered an opportunity to appear on the first NWA-TNA Pay Per View scheduled for June 19th 2002. Unfortunately Mr. Severn could not accept the booking due to a previous “shoot-fight” commitment. Dan Severn is a two time NWA World Heavyweight Champion having recently defeated Shinya Hashimoto in Japan.
  
  "We regret that Dan Severn could not change his schedule to appear on the first NWA-TNA Pay Per View," said NWA President Jim Miller. "Dan Severn represented the NWA well during his two reigns as champion and proved with his difficult decision that he is truly a man of his word who could not honorably cancel a previous booking even if it meant losing the NWA World Heavyweight title. We look forward to having a new NWA World Heavyweight Champion crowned in Huntsville on 6/19/02."
  
  NWA TNA: Total Nonstop Action will premiere at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville , AL on June 19, 2002 . The first ever PPV broadcast from Huntsville will air live nationwide on cable and satellite providers at 8pm EST / 7pm CST .
  
  Tickets are on sale now at all Ticketmaster locations and at the Von Braun Center Box Office. Tickets are available for $35, $25 and $18.
  
  NWA TNA: Total Nonstop Action will broadcast every Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on national cable and satellite providers with an encore presentation scheduled for the following Sunday at Noon ET (time approximate). The suggested pay-per-view retail price for each event is just $9.95."
  
  Credit: 1wrestling.com
  
  NWA-TNA sent out the following:
  
  NWATNA ANNOUNCE FOUR MORE SIGNINGS
  
  NWA TNA: Total Nonstop Action is proud to announce the signing of some of the most talented women in the wrestling business today.
  
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  http://nwatna.com/news/05/20/28.shtml
  
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