Pro Wrestling Illustrated October 1987, article makes copious use of WCW and "the World Championship area" names in reference to JCP. ↑ "Ratings Analysis" subsection "Goodbye WCW" Pro Wrestling Illustrated May 1988, article states that since the closure of other NWA territories "it is clear that the NWA and WCW are one and the same." ↑ Wrestling Information Archive - WCW COTC and Other Ratings Archived January 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine ↑ Wrestling Information Archive - WWF Other Ratings Archived January 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine ↑ Assael, Shaun; Mooneyham, Mike (July 16, 2002). Sex, Lies and Headlocks: The Real Story of Vince McMahon and the World Wrestling Federation. Crown Publishers. pp. 77–78.