 it was a member of the <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance" title="National Wrestling Alliance">National Wrestling Alliance</a> (NWA), an organization that had numerous member <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_promotion" title="Professional wrestling promotion">promotions</a>. ECW withdrew as a member of the NWA in 1994 and renamed itself to Extreme Championship Wrestling.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</spa