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NWA Power opened with Billy Corgan and Mickie James making an announcement about their first-ever all-women’s PPV in addition to NWA 73 — both of which can you read about here.

Joe Galli Gives The Business To Strictly Business 

Kamille joined Joe Galli to talk about how it felt to be the new NWA World Women’s Champion. She announced she was going to be a part of the main event tonight and brought out Thom Latimer who kissed her.

Galli cut off Latimer, saying Kamille earned this time, he should be ashamed of himself for what he did to Trevor Murdoch at Sunday’s PPV, and that he should be proud of Kamille and focus on her.

Galli cut a huge babyface promo on Strictly Business and their cheating, calling them despicable leading to Nick Aldis coming out with Chris Adonis and threatening him. Galli demanded answers for what Aldis did. Tim Storm came out and told him to cool off, protecting him from Aldis. Galli congratulated Kamille, saying she won the title the right way before walking away.

Storm then asked about the NWA National Title tournament. Adonis said that as far as he was concerned, he was still the National champion. Storm rightly pointed out that Aldis put Adonis in the position where he had to lay down the title to enter the no. 1 contender battle royal. Aldis put the blame on Billy Corgan and said it was Corgan’s attempt to keep Strictly Business away from all the titles in the NWA.

Aldis said that there was nothing Corgan could do to stop them from taking the National title and the Tag Team titles — holding all the gold. Storm then announced all the competitors in the tournament and were presented with a situation where Strictly Business could face off against each other, but it would be friendly competition between friends if it happens. Aldis then announced he was going to be the second for Kamille at her coronation tonight.

— May Valentine was with former champion Serena Deeb who put over Kamille and how the match went, saying that on that night she was the better woman and who knows what might happen next.

TV Champion The Pope defeated Luke Hawx (w/ PJ Hawx) to retain

This was a great little TV title match here with Pope retaining and having another victory heading toward his Lucky 7. 

Pope had the upper hand in the early going, but Hawx showed some technical ability by countering Pope and getting the advantage. Hawx has been wrestling for 20 years, so it’s nice to see him being positioned as a veteran equal to Pope. For every move that Pope had, Hawx had a counter.

Hawx hit a great dropkick on Pope for a near fall as the time ticked down with two minutes being left. Hawx hit a backbreaker and went right after the back with knees as well. Hawx, knowing he didn’t have much time left, tried to hit some strikes but missed a corner charge.

Pope hit a DDT and both men were down. Pope ducked a second kick attempt and hit an uppercut that drove him to the corner. Pope then hit the Elijah Express for the pinfall victory. He shook hands with both Hawx and his son after the match which got a great reaction from the fans in attendance.

— As Kyle Davis and Valentine were plugging merchandise, a masked man walked up and said he was signed by Billy Corgan and that Corgan was the only one that knew who he was and why he signed with the NWA. The masked man said that he didn’t respect anyone backstage and was here to compete. Interesting.

Taryn Terrell defeated Lady Frost

I didn’t like this at all as it made Lady Frost look dumb. Terrell was very good at being as annoying as possible, but unlike the Young Bucks who often look like fools after being annoying, Terrell did not which got the wrong kind of heat with me.

Terrell left the ring and backed off right away, saying that she really didn’t want to wrestle Frost. Frost demanded that Terrell get in the ring. Terrell said she was going to leave, shook Frost’s hand, and invited her to leave the ring. Frost shook her head and went to leave, but Terrell rolled her up and pulled the tights for the pinfall.

— Austin Idol & Tyrus came out for an unscheduled promo which Kyle Davis pointed out. Idol responded that Davis’ birth was unscheduled which made me laugh. Idol insisted that Tyrus could knock anyone out with his right hand, leading to BLK Jeez making his way out with a business proposition. Tyrus and Idol left. Seeing an old CZW star from the early 2000s come out on NWA Power was a bit surreal.

— Valentine was with Trevor Murdoch and said she wished she could be greeting him as NWA World Champion. Murdoch said he was used to being screwed in wrestling, but that when he came to the NWA, he thought he had a chance if he had a one-on-one match for the title. He said he had Aldis beat and still lost. He had given everything and it wasn’t enough. He said he needed time to collect himself and figure out what was next, saying he was a man without direction. He knew what he wanted, but maybe he just wasn’t going to win the big one. His best wasn’t enough and he really struggled with how to tell his son he couldn’t do it. This was a great promo.

La Rebelion (Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf) & The End (Parrow & Odinson) went to a double DQ

While I’m never a fan of non-finishes, this one worked out well and had a nice little angle to setup a tornado tag or another stip match down the line between both teams. The End looked like monsters, but La Rebelion looked great too.

The End attacked before La Rebelion could get settled. The ref rang the bell, only for Mecha Wolf to get double teamed as Odinson hit a fireman’s carry slam on his own partner onto Wolf for a near fall. Parrow hit a huge chokeslam on Mecha Wolf for another two count. 

The match broke down into pure violence where all four men were fighting and the referee couldn’t get control, calling for the bell. The End hit double power bombs on La Rebelion and left the ring to confront the announcers. As they were saying that no one was safe, La Rebelion hit stereo suicide dives and they all brawled backstage.

— Aldis entered with two bouquets of flowers for Kamille and introduced her as the NWA Women’s Champion. Melina came down to the ring and got into her face. Jennacide then ran out and pulled Melina away to face off with her, but Melina rolled out of the ring.

Jennacide raised Kamille’s hand, picked up her flowers, and handed them back. Aldis and Kamille celebrated as the show went off the air. This was a rather weak segment to end the show on, but they are trying to build something between Kamille and Jennacide which seems like a logical step given past episodes.

Final Thoughts:

This was a very good episode of NWA Power. I loved Galli standing up for the babyfaces in a very traditional announcer role, but it was so refreshing to see one of them press the heels for answers and for it to get really heated. Aldis looked ready to kill him and Storm making the save but still pressing on the questions was really good too.

Both Pope and Luke Hawx were great too. I like that NWA is giving Hawx a look and lots of chances to look good.

They had several stories move forward tonight and despite the Dusty finish with the Murdoch-Aldis match on the PPV, they are actually trying to make the most of it. I am still reserving judgement because the NWA rarely does that kind of finish, but since we have been burned so often by WWE and TNA doing those kind of things in recent memory, it makes what could be an effective finish for heat actually turn into the wrong kind of heat.

With that said, Murdoch was great in his promo and I’m sure they are building to something with him and Aldis again for the anniversary show in August. We shall see how that goes.

The Pope opened the show by joining the commentary booth, showing off a bright new white strap for his NWA TV Title.

Kratos & Aron Stevens joined Kyle Davis at the podium to discuss their tag team title defense later in the show. Davis pointed out that Stevens and Kratos haven’t been getting along and Stevens said there was enough proof that they could get the job done by how they have kept successfully defending the titles.

Kratos said nothing and both men went to the ring, eyeing each other down.

NWA World Tag Team Champion Aron Stevens & Kratos defeated The War Kings (Jax Dane & Crimson) to retain

This was a solid tag match here, but this felt like the beginning of a feud and not the final match in one. I do think that the War Kings are going to be the ones to take out Stevens and Kratos. I do like that they are furthering the storyline of Kratos and Stevens not liking each other, but because they are so good, they get the job done anyway.

Kratos tagged himself in and Dane asked to go to war with the big man to open the match. The two big guys had a mean guy match using power moves with Dane flattening Kratos with a lariat.

Stevens tagged in when Kratos pulled Crimson back to their corner, but the advantage didn’t last long with Crimson and Dane double teaming Stevens. Dane did the Garvin Stomp on Stevens while taunting Kratos. Stevens managed to drag himself over for a tag and Kratos hit a huge deadlift vertical suplex on Crimson.

As the referee was looking at Dane, a mystery man attacked Crimson and knocked him out. Kratos took advantage and pinned him.

— Nick Aldis came out to the podium to discuss removing Thom Latimer and Adonis from the Tag Team Championship match last week. He claimed that he didn’t force them to do anything. Aldis said that they came to the decision collectively and then claimed he was going to make a star in Mims in an exhibition match.

— Kyle Davis announced a few more of the competitors in the battle royal later in the night, noting that Trevor Murdoch was one of the names in it. The problem: it hasn’t been 30 days yet (only 28 if you’re counting) on his suspension. I’m not sure what to think of that.

NWA World Champion Nick Aldis defeated Mims in an exhibition match

Aldis dominated this squash, ending with the Texas cloverleaf within a few moments.

Thunder Rosa (w/ Melina) and Kamille (w/ Taryn Terrell) ended in a draw

Rosa immediately started working over Kamille’s knee to keep her grounded. Rosa and Kamille exchanged a lot of mat wrestling, immediately making this very different from their previous matches. Rosa showed her advantage with her submission game, trying to slowly wear Kamille down, a highlight of which was the Cattle Mutilation.

Rosa continued to outwrestle Kamille, who tried to pull hair and throw strikes to escape, but Rosa was relentless. Kamille eventually made it to the ropes to break them apart and Rosa went right back to kicking the legs, later hitting a bulldog. Rosa did a corner charge and Kamille tripped Rosa, who crashed headfirst into the middle turnbuckle.

It took Kamille using power and strength to take the advantage back. Kamille hit a few backbreakers on Rosa, keeping her grounded. Kamille looked a bit tired at this point, but Rosa sold so well that it still made all of Kamille’s offense look good for the most part.

Rosa hit a few chops and went for a crossbody, but Kamille caught her and locked on a bearhug, lifting Rosa from the mat. Kamille then hit a belly-to-belly and set up for a superplex, but Rosa countered with a sunset flip power bomb out of the corner.

Terrell tried to interfere, but Melina pulled her out of the ring. The screen was blurred because apparently there was a wardrobe malfunction. The referee threw Terrell and Melina out of ringside and Rosa hit a dropkick on Kamille on the floor. Rosa immediately went back to her game plan, working for submissions on the ground and outwrestling Kamille.

Rosa hit double knees to the face in the corner to Kamille and a huge dropkick to her spine for a two count. Kamille went for a spear, but Melina came back out. Kamille dropped her with a clothesline, but Rosa rolled through and hit a codebreaker on Kamille for another two count.

Kamille tried to pick Rosa up, but Rosa locked on an octopus stretch. Kamille still managed to power out into some pinfall attempts. Kamille had Rosa in a fireman’s carry, but she was clearly exhausted and just fell backward without doing an actual move. Rosa countered into an armbar on Kamille, who just picked Rosa up and power bombed her into the top turnbuckle.

Kamille hit a spear on Rosa, but Rosa got her feet on the ropes. Rosa countered a second spear into another armbar and had Kamille completely trapped as the bell rang for a time limit draw.

This match was infinitely better than their first one as Rosa worked incredibly hard to make Kamille look good. Kamille held up her end too, keeping pace with Rosa despite being exhausted toward the end of the match. The match ending in a draw means that Rosa is allowed to continue wrestling wherever she wants, but what does it mean for the no. 1 contender to the NWA Women’s Championship?

Trevor Murdoch won a battle royal to become the no. 1 contender to the NWA World title

Well, the match sucked but the ending was great. One of the weaker parts of this match was that the battle royal only had one rule: if you touch the floor, you’re eliminated. You didn’t have to be even thrown over the top rope.

I would have had Murdoch enter as the Midnight Rider given the 30 days haven’t actually been up yet. However, Murdoch was an excellent babyface here and easy to cheer for.

Chris Adonis came out, having given up the NWA National title to enter the battle royal. Sal Rinauro was immediately eliminated, followed by Parrow not long after. A few others went out fast as this was mostly standard battle royal fare. Aldis, on commentary, spent the match demanding people take out Murdoch.

Tyrus had the laziest elimination of Jordan Clearwater that I have ever seen. 

The final four was Adonis, Latimer, Murdoch and Tyrus. Pope came out and pulled Tyrus from the ring, who lazily laid down on the mat and barely got dragged out.

Adonis and Latimer tried to double team Murdoch, but Murdoch ducked and Adonis accidentally hit Latimer to send him to the floor. Murdoch then clotheslined Adonis over the top rope, getting revenge for all the attacks from Adonis.

Aldis stormed the ring and immediately attacked Murdoch, who fought back and hit a top rope bulldog. He celebrated before cutting to the podium with Kyle Davis. Murdoch, in tears, said he was so proud to challenge for the NWA World title. He said that he was coming for the title and was going to win the title that Harley Race held. This was an excellent babyface promo.

Final Thoughts:

I really couldn’t have imagined myself saying this months ago, but how do you not put the title on Trevor Murdoch after all of this? He should be the one to win it right now, because why not? At this point, you might as well go with the top babyface that you have.

I liked that they addressed Adonis being in the battle royal by having him give up the National title as he made a big sacrifice for Strictly Business. But, this has to come back to haunt Aldis at some point given it did not pay off.

I enjoyed the tag team build with Stevens and Kratos and I really liked the Rosa vs. Kamille match. Overall, this was a good episode of NWA Power and exactly what they needed going into the PPV in two weeks.

Nick Aldis opened the show with Joe Galli and he was not pleased that Billy Corgan made a battle royal for the no. 1 contendership for the NWA World title. Aldis mocked it, saying that it was 14 nobodies in the ring and that he had to find it out from Galli insulted him.

Galli switched focus to the main event and asked about Chris Adonis and Thom Latimer taking on Aron Stevens and Kratos for the Tag Team titles. Aldis said it was only a matter of time before they held the Tag Team titles, the TV title, and the Women’s title as well. Strictly Business wanted all the gold.

Aldis noted that Corgan announced that no current champions could be in the battle royal. Aldis said that presented a problem for his men if they won the tag titles so he pulled Adonis and Latimer from the match, meaning at least Latimer could be in the battle royal which gave an advantage to Strictly Business.

I wasn’t too sure about the end of this promo, which was great up until that point. It implied that Adonis was going to be in it, but he’s a current champion so he can’t. If it ends up that only Latimer is in the match, it makes sense and Aldis just misspoke.

Matt Cross defeated Mims

This was a really solid and quick opener with Mims using his power to overwhelm Cross and Cross using his speed and high flying to try overwhelm Mims. Cross is so great. He sold like crazy and made him look like a million bucks in this match. 

Cross went to the middle rope and Mims tripped him, sending him back first into the top turnbuckle. Mims hit a giant spinebuster, but Cross managed to kick out. Mims sent Cross to the ropes, but he rebounded and hit a cutter for the pinfall.

— Tim Storm mentioned the previous match left him out of breath and Galli immediately said “Speaking of out of breath…” as Austin Idol came out with Tyrus (which applies to Idol never losing breath as he speaks and Tyrus being gassed just looking at the ring).

Idol called out The Pope, who said that Idol always hid behind someone like Tyrus so he was surprised that he wanted to talk. Idol said that he really liked what Pope had been doing lately, noting that he was clutching the TV title for all he is worth.

Idol noted that Pope was only four wins away from the Lucky Seven which allows him to challenge for the NWA World title. Idol said he wanted to congratulate Pope in advance and shake his hand. Pope isn’t a dumb babyface, however, and simply nodded and walked away instead.

— Aron Stevens was with May Valentine and spoke about Latimer & Adonis being pulled from the match. He said he needed to focus on whatever challengers step up and he intends to hold onto the tag titles as long as he can. He wants to finish his career in the NWA and to make the most of every chance he has. He admitted that he initially hired Kratos because he was a mercenary that does his job well. He doesn’t always agree with his methods, but he is a great wrestler. While they aren’t always on the same page, they are an effective tag team.

Kratos defeated Sal Rinauro

Before the match, Rinauro called out Kratos and wanted to stand up to “the bully” — no matter what it meant.

Well, poor Sal got murdered in this match. Kratos absolutely destroyed him in less than two minutes in a glorious squash match. After getting beat down, Rinauro managed to slip out of a deadlift suplex and dodge a corner charge. He went for a springboard forearm, but Kratos jumped into the air and hit a huge flying knee, absolutely killing him. Kratos then hit a wheelbarrow suplex for the win.

— Thunder Rosa and Kamille had a summit and Rosa gave a history lesson on women’s wrestling going back to Mildred Burke. This was excellent. Rosa is a superstar and she really carried herself well here, talking about the significance of being the NWA Women’s Champion.

Kamille said she did consider those things, especially when she sees Rosa on another program like AEW Dynamite. She said she has been with the NWA since day one, and that Rosa was only in it for herself and not the good of the NWA women’s division.

Rosa made it clear that she was a person who had to fight for everything she had and was not impressed with the disrespect that Kamille has been showing her. If they faced off again, she would come out on top again.

Kamille said that Rosa always had to brag about how great she is, but Kamille only needed to stand there and people could see it. She said that she wanted perform some charity for Rosa, offering her a match that had to be 20 minutes long. When she loses, she has to give up every booking she has outside of the NWA and she would be forced to see Kamille take the title from Serena Deeb.

Rosa agreed, saying that she would win and continue to help women’s wrestling on a worldwide basis.

Slice Boogie defeated Jax Dane in a falls count anywhere match

Dane and Boogie brawled all over the studio. They exchanged chops, but Dane no sold them and chopped the crap out of Boogie which even made the production guys in the crowd scream in pain. Dane suplexed Boogie on the floor which resulted in several bleeps.

Boogie hit a stun gun on Dane into the bottom rope and apron before setting him up on a chair. Boogie ran at Dane, but Dane popped up and hit a Vader-style tackle and continued to beat on Boogie.

Boogie slammed Dane into the steps face first and went for a dive off the steps, but Dane caught him and drove him into the ringpost. Boogie managed to slip out of an attack and then sent Dane flying face first into the ringpost.

Boogie hit a knee that sent Dane back to the floor, followed by a flying cross body over the top rope that got a two count. Boogie grabbed another chair and smashed it over Dane’s back. As Dane was laying on the floor, Crimson walked out with what looked like a white towel.

Boogie hit another chair shot and Dane rolled into the ring. Boogie wrapped the chair around his head, but Crimson distracted him. Dane threw the chair down and ran at Boogie, but Boogie moved and Dane crashed into Crimson, sending him flying to the floor. Dane went to check on him and threw in the towel for himself, concerned with helping his friend to the back.

The finish was quite bizarre as the NWA seemed to have turned Dane babyface and now are pitching his concern for his tag team partner as the reason why he quit the match. It just felt weird. The match was good though, but I’m not sure about this finish but I want to see where it goes.

— Galli announced that Stevens and Kratos were at the curtain, ready to defend their titles but Strictly Business had already left the building, so the promised main event was cancelled just as Aldis said it would be.

Final Thoughts

This was a good episode of NWA Power in terms of the in-ring action. I was confused about the finish of the main event, but otherwise, everything made sense in terms of where they were going. They kept the stipulation of Trevor Murdoch being off TV for 30 days so far, though I expect him to win the 14-man battle royal in two weeks under a mask as the Midnight Rider.

The promo work from Aldis was, again, excellent. Idol and Rosa were also fantastic in their promos and while I am concerned with a 20-minute match between Rosa and Kamille, it is interesting with the stipulation that Rosa must give up all outside bookings if she loses. I see this ending with Rosa winning, but I’m definitely interested in it.

The NWA returned on Fite.TV for their first new edition of Power since May 12th.

Joe Galli opened the show with Tim Storm and Velvet Sky on commentary.

Strictly Business interview

Kyle Davis was with Strictly Business (NWA World Champion Nick Aldis, Thom Latimer and Kamille) who were talking about how they had a six-man tag coming up, but were short a wrestler. Latimer wanted to talk about his Sunday draw with TV Champion The Pope, saying that Pope couldn’t call himself a real champion.

Kamille then talked about becoming the number 1 contender for the Women’s championship and that the podium might not be able to hold all the gold they will be carrying when she wins. Latimer cut off a question to Aldis and ranted about Pope again. Aldis then spoke about how NWA Power was back and it was cause to celebrate.

Aldis said that he didn’t condone the type of behavior that Chris Adonis did with National champion Trevor Murdoch as he is only about Strictly Business. Aldis said he had a broom as a prop and wanted to talk about the clean sweep at Back for the Attack, but Latimer didn’t get what he deserved as he should be TV champ. He also promised that Kamille would be Women’s champion. This was fantastic.

We then got a highlight video promoting the replay of Sunday’s Back for the Attack pay-per-view.

Kamille defeated Alex Gracia

This was a great squash and highlighted Kamille well. The match with Thunder Rosa from Sunday was good, but too long. This is the kind of match Kamille needs to highlight her right now. Gracia went after Kamille quickly, but countered a hurricanrana attempt with a massive power bomb. Kamille said, “That’s going to make a GIF right there” which was a great line. She applied a torture rack on Gracia and sent her crashing to the mat. Kamille hit a spear soon thereafter for the pinfall. 

The Pope interview segment

TV Champion The Pope was with Davis and talked about how he wasn’t happy with the way he retained his title in the aforementioned draw. But, he did survive and that means he successfully defended his title regardless. He said that he was aiming to have six more successful defenses so that he would have seven wins and would be able to challenge for the NWA World title.

He said that he was going to go out there week in and week out to defend it and fight, but everyone who comes for him better be ready. This was a great promo. As he was talking, Austin Idol came out with Tyrus and cut a promo on Pope, saying he was lucky to stand on the same set as him.

Idol announced Tyrus as his new client and promised to take him to the top and that he was going to eat Pope alive. Idol said, “I made Nick Aldis and if it wasn’t for me, he wouldn’t be NWA champion” and promised to make Tyrus the next NWA World champion. Tyrus said that Pope probably had questions, but to get answers, he has to go through Idol and they left.

Fred Rosser defeated Matt Cross & Marshe Rockett to become the #1 contender to the TV title

This was a fast paced triple threat and a very good match.

Within the first few seconds, Pope (out for commentary) called Rosser “Darren Young” which made me laugh. Cross was disregarded early on due to him being smaller than the other two, but he made them pay with a springboard crossbody to Rockett.

As the match went on, Galli did some excellent commentary, talking about Rockett’s 20-year career, having wins over Rhino and Mustafa Ali, which helped us believe this new guy is legit. Rockett hit a big powerslam on Cross and all three men were left on the mat.

Cross hit a cutter on Rockett and Rosser followed it up with a legdrop on Rockett before going after Cross. Cross missed a shooting star press on Rosser, but he rolled through and hit a forearm on Rockett to send him to the floor. As Cross turned around, Rosser hit a Gut Check on Cross for the pinfall.

— Boogie Slice was backstage with May Valentine. He said he didn’t come to the NWA for just one match at Back for the Attack, but he did start his NWA career right, going 1-0 so far. He said he didn’t have his eyes on anyone in particular, but will fight anyone. He then flirted with Valentine.

Mike Parrow defeated Jordan Clearwater

Clearwater got no offense in this as Parrow crushed him in a few minutes. Parrow immediately charged Clearwater in the corner and hit a full nelson slam. He then crushed Clearwater with a senton as Galli said Parrow was a walking monster movie in a great line. Parrow hit an over the shoulder sitout piledriver for the pin after a few minutes to finish a good squash.

Thunder Rosa interview segment

Thunder Rosa came out and said she wanted to get her championship back. She was disappointed that she lost at Back for the Attack, but that she wasn’t done and thought it was disgusting that NWA might have Kamille as the face of the company.

Melina came out and said that while she and Rosa had their differences, she kept track of her and was still so proud for all that she has done. She knew how it hurt to lose, that it’s hard to come back, and that if she ever needed someone there for her, she was there.

Rosa said Melina paved the road for her and was quite flattered that Melina was offering her help, but she could still do things on her own. Melina said if she ever needed anything, she would be there and even offered to manage her. Rosa said that the past was the past and she earned what she did because she worked hard, but she didn’t think that she needed Melina’s help. This was another great segment and pushed forward some interesting storylines.

Strictly Business (World Champion Nick Aldis & Thom Latimer) & Chris Adonis defeated TV Champion The Pope and Tag Team Champions Aron Stevens & Kratos

This was a very good main event that helped push several stories forward, especially with Stevens’ new babyface role clashing with his tag partner which was very well done.

Aldis condemned Adonis’ actions against Trevor Murdoch earlier in the show, but welcomed him as a tag partner here which Storm pointed out. The hypocrisy of the heels shone through here in a very easy to understand way.

Stevens started the match with Adonis, hitting a big clothesline and a belly-to-belly, but took an eye poke and was beaten down by Latimer. They got the heat on Stevens for the next few minutes, keeping him grounded and away from his corner with cheap tactics and good tag team wrestling.

Stevens kept trying to fight back, but kept getting grounded. Kratos yelled, “Are you kidding me?” as Stevens got beaten down, looking very upset that his partner was failing. Stevens swept the leg of Latimer and hit a DDT. Stevens managed to tag out to Pope and Kratos looked disappointed. Pope ran wild, hitting a big splash in the corner and a flying forearm on Adonis.

Pope hit a double DDT on Adonis and Latimer and a running bulldog on Adonis, but Aldis cut him off. Latimer tried to bring a chair into the ring, but Pope stepped on it, crushing Latimer’s hands. Adonis hit a spinebuster on Pope, but Kratos came in and took his head off with a clothesline.

Aldis tried to lock on a clover leaf on Pope, but ate a superkick from Stevens when he did. Pope hit the STO on Adonis, but Kratos blind tagged in as Pope was arguing with the referee. Kratos grabbed a chair and tried to kill Adonis with it, but Stevens pulled the chair away. Adonis rolled him up with a handful of tights for the win.

In the post match, Stevens said that Kratos didn’t need the chair to win and handed him his title back, saying that they weren’t going to wrestle that way. Kratos said that Stevens should have let him do it and the show went off the air with conflict between the two.

Final Thoughts:

This was an excellent episode and return for NWA Power.