Before the 2008 season, when Super League established a franchising system and ended automatic promotion and relegation in Super League, the National Leagues also used this system to determine the team that earned promotion to Super League.

Before 2000, K-1 was considered the only major kickboxing promotion in the world.

Before 2000, K-1 was considered the only major kickboxing promotion in the world.

* ROH Death Before Dishonor, an event by wrestling promotion, Ring of Honor

Before going to the WWE in 2003 Piper was the figurehead and commissioner of the now defunct XWF promotion featured in its earliest live events.

Before promotion was secured, however, Harry Griffiths died of a heart attack on 25 April 1978 before the home game against Scunthorpe United.

Before gaining prominence in WWE, Hardy performed for the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts ( OMEGA ), a promotion he ran with his brother Matt.

Before arriving in the WWF, Matt formed his own wrestling promotion, the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts ( OMEGA ) with Thomas Simpson.

Before the start of the 2000 – 01 season, Saha moved to Fulham where he established himself as first-choice striker, helping them to gain promotion to the Premier League in his first season with them.

Before debuting in TNA in June 2005, Seanoa competed in the Ring of Honor ( ROH ) independent promotion, where he held the ROH World Championship for a record 21 months.

Before this he played for Reading where he was on the losing side in the 1st Division Play-Offs despite finishing second overall ( which became an automatic promotion slot the following season ).

Before leaving on the mission he reportedly told a fellow officer: " I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary award ; I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary.

Before World War II, in a context of cordial relations with Germany, and in an effort to promote healthy activities for young people throughout the country, Japan's Ministry of education launched the movement among Japanese universities through its 「 奨健会ワンダーフォーゲル部 」 ( shôkenkai wandaafôgeru bu, promotion of health WanderVogel association ).

Before any such title was released, the promotion came to an end and both Chex Quest 1 and Chex Quest 2 became effectively unavailable until they were posted for download on internet fan pages several years later.

Before taking this position, Ms. Bork as the Senior Programs Manager for Human Rights at Freedom House a democracy promotion organization based in Washington, D. C.

Before they left the promotion, they lost the AWA Tag Team Championship on March 19 to Badd Company ( Pat Tanaka and Paul Diamond ).

Before the 1972 season clubs from the north could not gain promotion to the top division.

Before producing music, Tiga was involved in the promotion of rave parties in his native city during the early 1990s.

Before the promotion folded, Garvin was scheduled to feud with Chris Adams.

Before the Dragon Gate split in 2004 Toryumon Japan promoted a series of championships, only one of which originated in the promotion, Último Dragón Gym Championship, the rest were either bought from its previous owner or acquired after promotions closed.

Before that, he had worked in the music industry, holding a sales and promotion job at King Records ( from 1959 to 1961 ), and similar positions at RCA and United Artists.

Before the 2004 season, he moved to Norwegian club IK Start and helped secure their promotion.

Before the movie's premiere, Sum 41 released an unofficial music video for the single as promotion for the movie, featuring the band's scene in the movie where they play live, along with various other scenes from the movie.

Before the next season, 2008 – 09, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was quoted by newspapers as saying he expected to sign Berbatov ; Tottenham submitted a complaint to the Premier League alleging that Manchester United had broken league rules.

Before Harmony had a chance to reply, Rod cracked his long whip over his thin oxen's backs.

Before the Draft Act was passed Baker had confidentially briefed governors, sheriffs, and prospective draft board members on the administration of the measure -- and the confidence was kept so well that only one newspaper learned what was going on.

Before his departure, a group of his friends, the Reverend Stidger among them, had given him a luncheon, and Stidger had seen advance sheets of Elmer Gantry.

Before the fight was over, the Harlem boy had a concussion and Trig was cut up badly.

Before Payne loomed the Old Clubhouse, Seward's home, where Key had once been killed.

Before he went into battle Andrei had told Alex, `` I only want to be a Pole.

Before the Juniors entered the ring the Steward announced that after all Juniors had moved their dogs around the ring and set them up, they could relax with their dogs.

Before daylight Sunday morning, a posse of twenty-three men under the leadership of Deputy Sheriff Frank MacPherson of Catskill followed the trail to the house of Francisco Chaves, where 100 to 150 Mexicans had gathered.

Before coming on a visit to Spelman in 1885, Miss Mary had been a successful teacher in Worcester, and her position there was held open for her for a considerable period.

Before he was forty Griffith had created the art of the film.

Before he testified for 20 minutes, Stein, who lives at 3300 Lake Shore Dr., admitted to reporters that he had a wide acquaintance with crime syndicate hoodlums.

`` Before then, my sales during much of the year had lagged behind 1960 by 20% '', he says.

Before he could return to Burma, Field Marshal Slim had to rally the defeated remnants of a discouraged army and unite them with fresh recruits.

Before 1800 astronomers had isolated observational errors resulting

Before his departure from the city of Split, he had made over to the Templars the Castle of Klis, a strategic point in the hinterland of Split which controlled the approaches to the town.

Before leaving, he had stacked all his cultures of staphylococci on a bench in a corner of his laboratory.

Before that, several scientists had published or pointed out that mould or penicillium sp.

Before his death on August 11, 1919, Carnegie had donated $ 350, 695, 654 for various causes.

Before his departure for Rome, his friends had applied to the Venetian senate for a pension, to enable him to pursue his studies without embarrassment.

Before Caesar's time they had attached themselves to the Romans, and were honoured with the title of brothers and kinsmen of the Roman people.

Before his death in Herat, on June 9, 1863, Dost Mohammad Khan had nominated as his successor Sher Ali Khan, his third son, passing over the two elder brothers, Afzal Khan and Azam Khan.

Before this, cities and counties of sufficiently large populations such as most of Metro Atlanta already had Sunday alcohol sales at bars and restaurants, with local ordinances to abide by, such as having a certain amount of food sales in order to be opened and serve alcohol.

Before this action, though, he had for the most part opted to continue the Whig policy of limited expansion, preferring to maintain the then-current borders as opposed to promoting expansion.

Before the 1704 campaign ended, the Allies had taken Landau, and the towns of Trier and Trarbach on the Moselle in preparation for the following year's campaign into France itself.