He could've just scooped up the talent either way. The main reason he bought any territories was to obtain their arena rights and TV clearences. It had nothing to do with keeping the NWA happy. JCP was the NWA for the most part at that time, as Mid South was technically independant but could book the NWA champ and Fritz was readyto bail out on the NWA soon. Florida, Continential,Alabama etc etc were way minor promotions for the most part by this time (85)