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Territorial Era Wrestling

The real territorial era in North America, drawn from each promotion's turf and towns (approximate). Pick a snapshot year: Texas splits four ways (Dallas, Houston, Amarillo, San Antonio), California north and south, and Illinois divides between AWA Chicago and Sam Muchnick's St. Louis. Three big promotions ran outside the alliance for most of it: Verne Gagne's AWA across the Upper Midwest, Vince McMahon Sr.'s Capitol / WWWF along the Northeast corridor, and Dick the Bruiser's WWA out of Indianapolis. Cities run by two promotions in the same year (St. Louis, Omaha, Chicago, Detroit) draw as split markers. The Midwest changes hands twice across these four years: Jim Barnett sells Indianapolis to Bruiser and Detroit to the Sheik in 1964, and Al Haft hands him Ohio in 1967.

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Framing one view

Two query parameters on the embed URL let a post frame the exact view its text is talking about.

?year=1975
Opens on that snapshot instead of 1958. This map is drawn at fixed years: 1958, 1965, 1975, 1985.
?highlight=mid-atlantic
Dims every territory except one. Here, that is Mid-Atlantic. Combine the two with &, e.g. ?year=1975&highlight=mid-atlantic .

Territory ids

Values accepted by ?highlight=:

  • mid-atlantic Mid-Atlantic
  • georgia Georgia
  • florida Florida
  • gulf-coast Gulf Coast
  • memphis Memphis
  • mid-south Mid-South
  • world-class World Class
  • houston Houston
  • san-antonio Southwest (San Antonio)
  • western-states Western States
  • central-states Central States
  • st-louis St. Louis
  • detroit Detroit
  • big-time Big Time Wrestling
  • columbus Columbus
  • pacific-northwest Pacific Northwest
  • los-angeles Los Angeles
  • san-francisco San Francisco
  • stampede Stampede
  • awa AWA
  • wwf WWF / Capitol
  • indianapolis Indianapolis
  • wwa WWA