This article is about the San Francisco, California-based professional wrestling promotion that traded from 1935 to 1961. For the promotion that traded in San Francisco from 1960 to 1981, see Big Time Wrestling (San Francisco).
NWA San Francisco
The San Francisco Civic Auditorium, the home of NWA San Francisco.
Founded
November 1935[1][2]
Defunct
1961[3]
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States[1]
Founder(s)
Joe Malcewicz[1][3]
Owner(s)
Joe Malcewicz[1][3]
Parent
San Francisco Booking Office[4]
NWA San Francisco was a professional wrestling promotion headquartered in San Francisco, California in the United States.[1][5] Founded in 1935 by "The Utica Panther" Joe Malcewicz (1897–1962), the promotion joined the National Wrestling Alliance in 1949. It traded until 1961, when it folded due to competition from the upstart Big Time Wrestling promotion. The promotion's heartland was San Francisco, with the San Francisco Civic Auditorium as its core venue, but it also ran shows in other Northern Californian cities including Fresno, Oakland, Richmond, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, Stockton, and Vallejo.[4]
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