NWA President Ernie Todd tritt zurueck

[Nefercheperur]

Ernie Todd der 22. NWA President gab gestern nicht ganz ueberraschend seinen sofortigen Ruecktritt als NWA President und Mitglied des NWA Board of Directors bekannt und duerfte damit die National Wrestling Alliance um einen weiteren Skandal reicher gemacht haben. Ernie Tood ist der erste NWA President der Geschichte der selbst zuruecktritt, ausserdem wirft er dem NWA Board of Directors (Mike Porter, Richard Arpin, Ed Chuman, Bill Behrens und Robert Trobich) Rassismus vor. Schon seit beginn seiner Amtszeit bei der 56 NWA Convention gab es spannungen zwischen Ernie Tood und dem NWA Board of Directors, und immer wieder wurden Kleinigkeiten aus den Politischen Spielchen hinter den Kulissen bekannt. Damit ist die NWA um ein trauriges Kapitel reicher.Bis zur NWA 57th Anniversary Show vom 6 bis zum 8 October wo der 23. NWA President gewaehlt wird, wird der momentane NWA Vice President Mike Porter die belange uebernehmen.

-Folgendes Statement gab Ernie Todd auf seinem Message Board bekannt:

It is with great regret that I am forced to tender my resignation as President of the NWA & from the NWA Board of Directors. I cannot be a part of a Board that attacks my race, my heritage, my family & everything else they can, with the purpose of running me off the Board so they can control the NWA. I apologize to all those members who support me & have supported me all these years by voting me on the BOD, 8 of the 9 years I have belonged to the NWA & supported me for the President bid last year. I have made many good friends on my NWA journey.

I cannot, nor will I tolerate being called a "Drug Store Indian" or being referred to as "Hiawatha" , nor will I allow certain members of the Board & certain members of the NWA, to constantly refer to my family in derogatary ways, nor will I allow idle threats to be made against my family by "power hungry" members of this BOD & the NWA for their own political purposes. They can call me names, play all their counter prodcutive games they want, I can handle that, but when you bring my family & race into it as a last resort, that to me is stepping over the line!!!

I am proud of my Aboriginal Heritage, proud of being bestowed the title of "Aboriginal Role Model", proud of my family & the accomplishments I have strived to achieve during my life & I will continue on the path that has been set our before me.

The goal of becoming the first Aboriginal President of what I thought was a respectful & tolerant organization, plus bringing the NWA 56th Anniversary Convention to Canada are goals I set & achieved. I do so to set an example for all Aboriginal youth, that they can achieve their goals if they lead a clean, healthy lifestyle by staying away from drugs & from alcohol abuse.

I will be considering my legal options as a result of this cowardly attack on my heritage & my legal options with the NWA & the individuals who made these comments. Attacks against one's race should not be tolerated in the society we all live in.

They wanted to force me out as President & they wanted to force me off the BOD, well now they have their wish. I have repeatedly asked for an apology & have pleaded with the membership to take action against the individuals who are making the racial slurs. The lack of action by the membership has forced me to resign from the BOD & as President.

I will not tolerate these types of offensive, racial comments any longer against my heritage.

A blockbuster announcement as to the future of the CWF in the coming weeks.

Ernie Todd

http://www.cwfwrestling.com/resignation.htm

[Nefercheperur]

Ueber denn Bullshit werde ich noch in kuerze eine Kolumne schreiben, das kann ja nicht wahr sein. Zu den Vorwuerfen von Todd laesst sich nur sagen das ich die fuer unhaltbar halte. Ich war natuerlich nicht bei den Meetings dabei, aber wer Behrens und Arpin kennt weiss das sie das nicht zulassen wuerden.

Wir sind wieder in der Zeit von 1982 bis 1998 wo es fast Skandale in jedem Monat gab, die Uneinigkeit regiert seit drei Jahren wieder in der NWA. Und einmal darf man raten an was das wohl liegt.

[The Chosen One]

An was liegt es denn?

[Nefercheperur]

Ich will meiner Kolumne ja nicht vorgreifen aber das die NWA nicht erfolgreich ist, ist deswegen weil jeder an sich und seine Promotion denkt. Wenn man zurueckblickt warum die NWA so erfolgreich war, dann ist das unter anderem deswegen so weil man damals zusammen arbeitete und einen starken Presidenten mit Sam Muchnick hatte.

Man muss die NWA verstehen. Die NWA ist eine Gruppe von Promotions die durch ihre Zusammengehoerigkeit sich einen Vorteil anderen einzelnen Promotions gegenueber erhofft. Die Vorteile in der NWA zusein hies frueher, das man Talente mit anderen NWA Promotions austauschen konnte, das man keine Konkurrenz im eigenen Territory bekam von anderen NWA Mitgliedern und vorallem das man den NWA World Heavyweight Champion booken konnte. Denn letzteres war immer ein Garant dafuer das man hohe Zuschauerzahlen hatte. Das hat auch 30 Jahre gut funktioniert, erst als die Streitigkeiten innerhalb der NWA begann da zerbrach man. Es waren leute wie Jim Crockett Jr die die NWA ruinierten weil sie damit begannen ueberall zu Promoten, den eigenen NWA Promotions Konkurrenz zumachen. Oder das Crockett Jr den NWA World Heavyweight Champion alleine bookte, und dem Champion verbot ausserhalb der JCP anzutretten. Er wollte den Vorteil des NWA World Heavyweight Champions fuer sich nutzen, doch damit ruinierte er die anderen Promotions und die NWA.

Gleiches Problem haben wir heute mit TNAW. Es kann nicht funktionieren wenn die NWA Promotions den NWA World Heavyweight Champion als ihren World Champion anerkennen, ihn aber nicht booken duerfen oder koennen, weil er zuviel kostet und nichts einbringt.

[The Chosen One]

Ok, jetzt verstehe ich das ganze. Wie man sieht, wird das noch länger so besch***** für die NWA bleiben.

[Nefercheperur]

Wer sich schon fragte wann den Ernie Todd eine Klage einreicht gegen die “Rassisten“ in der NWA, der wird aus dem lachen nichtmehr rauskommen. Folgendes Statement gab Ernie Todd gestern bekannt:

“I do apologize to any of the members I have offended in the past. I do not consider the NWA to be a racist organization. I hastily made the statement out of a passion for all aboriginal peoples & I do apologize to those that feel my statement harmed the organization.

I hope this all can be put in the past & the NWA can continue to prosper.

Ernie Todd”


Nochmal das ist der selbe Mann der folgendes Statement veroeffentlichte, als er als NWA President zuruecktrat:

“It is with great regret that I am forced to tender my resignation as President of the NWA & from the NWA Board of Directors. I cannot be a part of a Board that attacks my race, my heritage, my family & everything else they can, with the purpose of running me off the Board so they can control the NWA. I apologize to all those members who support me & have supported me all these years by voting me on the BOD, 8 of the 9 years I have belonged to the NWA & supported me for the President bid last year. I have made many good friends on my NWA journey.

I cannot, nor will I tolerate being called a "Drug Store Indian" or being referred to as "Hiawatha" , nor will I allow certain members of the Board & certain members of the NWA, to constantly refer to my family in derogatary ways, nor will I allow idle threats to be made against my family by "power hungry" members of this BOD & the NWA for their own political purposes. They can call me names, play all their counter prodcutive games they want, I can handle that, but when you bring my family & race into it as a last resort, that to me is stepping over the line!!!

I am proud of my Aboriginal Heritage, proud of being bestowed the title of "Aboriginal Role Model", proud of my family & the accomplishments I have strived to achieve during my life & I will continue on the path that has been set our before me.

The goal of becoming the first Aboriginal President of what I thought was a respectful & tolerant organization, plus bringing the NWA 56th Anniversary Convention to Canada are goals I set & achieved. I do so to set an example for all Aboriginal youth, that they can achieve their goals if they lead a clean, healthy lifestyle by staying away from drugs & from alcohol abuse.

I will be considering my legal options as a result of this cowardly attack on my heritage & my legal options with the NWA & the individuals who made these comments. Attacks against one's race should not be tolerated in the society we all live in.

They wanted to force me out as President & they wanted to force me off the BOD, well now they have their wish. I have repeatedly asked for an apology & have pleaded with the membership to take action against the individuals who are making the racial slurs. The lack of action by the membership has forced me to resign from the BOD & as President.

I will not tolerate these types of offensive, racial comments any longer against my heritage.

A blockbuster announcement as to the future of the CWF in the coming weeks.

Ernie Todd”

[Nefercheperur]

Today has been a historic & trying day for myself & the CWF.

I was kicked out of the NWA today for standing up for my rights as an aboriginal person in Canada & I was welcomed into the AWA (American Wrestling Association) by Dale Gagne, who has become a supportive friend. While it would be easy for me to go on here & bash the NWA, I have more respect for the tradition of the NWA, however I do not have too much respect for the current organization.

When Ed Chuman call me a "Drug Store Indian", I found that offensive. Implying that all aboriginal people in Canada stand around & do nothing, don't work, wait for handouts, welfare, I find offensive. That is a stereotypical attitude that we are fighting to change.

I invited Mr. Chuman to come up to some of the Northern communities I visit to see for himself & relay his thoughts to those people in the commuities. That I would like to witness personally.

I asked for an apology, when he refused, I asked for an arbitrator to be assigned under our bylaw structure, but was refused by the current BOD members. The membership failed to respond & they failed to protect my rights as not only a member but from the discriminatory remarks.

I was left no choice but to take a stand, When I did Dave Republic had these comments in an e-mail " you do not have any support from any Aboriginal leaders or organizations in Canada. In fact you are detested because of your 1/16 Métis heritage which you only use as a tax advantage". Facts are Dave Republic & Ed Chuman were the ones who brought forth the motion & lobbied for my removal from the membership with a motion that was a twisted version of the truth & this is only the tip of the iceberg. Both of them seem to have a problem with Aboriginal people.


Now onto more positive news. I joined the AWA & obtained the rights to Canada. That is great news for all those people contacting me in British Columbia. Now I will be able to start visiting BC communities with no fear of being kicked out of an organization for doing so. That is another story. In addition, I have already been contacted by a BC based promotion & an Alberta based promotion about the AWA affiliate program.

I used to sit glued to the TV every Sunday afternoon watching the AWA when I was a kid. Nick Bockwinkel, The Crusher, Maddog Vachon all made wrestling real for me. My goal is the same as the AWA, to bring back that "old school" style, which I have been doing for the last 3 years. The AWA will only validate my efforts to a higher level.

I met many of the stars of the AWA at the old Gold's Gym in Winnipeg when they used to come to town. Back then I was power lifting. I remember one of the Fabulous ones asking me if I ever consider becoming a wrestler. At that time I had no interest in the business. Man, how times change.

Stay tuned as the plans are under way to feature some AWA legends on my upcoming 10th Anniversary show. Once a date has been confirmed, the announcement will be made.

Meegwetch,

Ernie Todd

President - AWA Canada

[Nefercheperur]

Folgendes Statement hat Ernie Todd diese Woche DOI geschickt, sehr unterhaltsam

A motion was put forth by the NWA to remove me from the company. I have not received any notice of my termination from the company. The NWA has not informed me that my membership has been terminated. Even though I have been told that Dave Republic has been offering free affiliate memberships in my territory, I still officially am the member of record. I will continue to use the NWA brand name as I see fit in my territory that I paid for. I am fully prepared to take the NWA, plus the current Board of Directors to court if necessary & I have the necessary documentation to back up my case. I have been told by legal counsel that if I win, since the NWA has no money, I could very well be awarded the assets, which means I could win up owning the NWA. However, I have sent an e-mail to Bob Trobich asking to settle this out of court & spare the NWA the embarrassment of court proceedings, where everything becomes public knowledge. I have correspondence saved dating back to 1998.

Being that Dave Republic has banned me from viewing the NWA message board weeks ago, I cannot view the comments made about myself.

There is nothing in the NWA prohibiting a member from belonging to another organization. Bill Behrens belongs to the WWE, he will be promoting Deep South & he has associates promoting NWA so he can retain his membership.

I made the public statement on the NWA site like they wanted, I apologized to the membership & they still voted to remove me but I have not been officially notified.

An interview is being conducted now for the AWA site, which will reveal some shocking revelations about this matter & the NWA.

May main focus is building AWA Canada but as far as I am concerned I am still a member of the NWA & will protect my rights through the court systems if necessary.

Regards,

Ernie Todd – President

[Nefercheperur]

Folgende E-Mail erhielt Ernie Todd von Mike Porter vor zwei Wochen bzgl seines NWA “Rausschmisses“

Ernie,
By majority vote of the Membership, as per Section 3.6 of our Bylaws, your Membership with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is hereby terminated effective immediately.

All titles, merchandise, materials, website addresses, etc. in your possession which currently have the marks and/or logos associated with the NWA are to be stripped of any such marks and/or logos. This is to be done no later that 12:01am Winnipeg time on August 30, 2005.

This decision was not an easy one to make and we wish you well with your future endeavors.

On behalf of the NWA Board of Directors,

Mike

Mike Porter, Vice President
National Wrestling Alliance Board of Directors
Coordinator of Board Controlled Titles
P.O. Box 160224
Nashville, TN 37216