, ▁and ▁title ▁switch es ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁those ▁territ ories , ▁none ▁would ▁match ▁the ▁impact ▁of ▁the ▁title ▁change ▁in ▁Neb r aska . ▁Ver ne ▁G agne ▁became ▁world ▁champion ▁when ▁he ▁defeated ▁Car pent ier ▁in ▁O ma ha ▁on ▁August ▁ 9 , ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁for ▁what ▁would ▁become ▁the ▁World ▁He avy weight ▁Championship ▁of ▁O ma ha . ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁came ▁to ▁an ▁close , ▁professional ▁wrest ling ▁had ▁lost ▁its ▁high ▁ratings , ▁and ▁produ cers , ▁real izing ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁over ex posed ▁it , ▁soon ▁dropped ▁most ▁wrest ling ▁shows ▁from ▁their ▁line ups . ▁The ▁remaining ▁tele vised ▁wrest ling ▁prom ot ers ▁had ▁small , ▁local ▁synd ic ated ▁shows , ▁which ▁network ▁produ cers ▁placed ▁as ▁late - night ▁fill ers ▁rather ▁than ▁signature ▁programming . ▁Prom ot ers ▁started ▁using ▁local ized ▁television ▁as ▁a ▁weapon ▁for ▁elimin ating ▁the ▁competition ▁by ▁purch asing ▁air time ▁from ▁rival ▁territ ories , ▁effectively ▁putting ▁some ▁of ▁them ▁out ▁of ▁business . ▁▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁ ▁Ch alleng es ▁continued ▁for ▁the ▁N WA ▁as ▁it ▁entered ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁After ▁defe ating ▁Car pent ier ▁in ▁O ma ha , ▁Ver ne ▁G agne ▁tried ▁for ▁two ▁years ▁to ▁work ▁things ▁out ▁with ▁the ▁N WA . ▁Finally ▁sett ling ▁on ▁breaking ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁N WA , ▁the ▁Min ne