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Yeah Verne was an NWA ally but didn't have a seat on the board whereas Vince was an exception by keeping his seat even as he ran his own promotion.
Its interesting to note that in the late 70's during his first AWA title run certain board members wanted to bring Nick Bockwinkel in to the NWA and make him champion. Fritz Von Erich, Paul Boesch, and Jim Barnett all wanted him to do it so they booked him to defend the belt in their territories.
Yes, from what I understand Bock took him out of consideration because of the terrible schedule that the NWA champ had to do.
A couple of things to add: Boesch actually had his own world championship very briefly. Fed up with the NWA and being insulted when Harley Race no showed a Houston show, Boesch held a tournament to crown a new world champion. Wahoo won the title but it was very soon discontinued. Boesch then used Bock and the AWA as his world champion.
Also, Stu Hart switched to Bock when Dusty won the NWA title. He believed that Dusty's style would not go over at all in his territory where it was stiff and pretty realistic compared with other places.