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Tyrus wins NWA World Heavyweight title at Hard Times 3

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Tyrus is the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion.

He defeated champion Trevor Murdoch and former champion Matt Cardona in a three-way match in the main event of Saturday’s NWA Hard Times 3 event to win the championship for the first time. The finish had Murdoch giving Cardona a DDT on the cement floor. As he re-entered the ring, Tyrus grabbed Murdoch and put him in the Tongan death grip, chokeslamming him for the victory.

The end of Hard Times 3 saw Tyrus celebrating with the rest of Idol Sports Management.

Cardona, who held the championship earlier this year, had to vacate the title after injuring his biceps. Tyrus failed to capture the title in the main event of the second night of NWA 74 back in August, but received another championship match after he cashed in the NWA Television title, which he had successfully defended seven times.

Other title changes on the show included Jordan Clearwater defeating AJ Cazana to win the Television title and Kerry Morton defeating Homicide to win the NWA Junior Heavyweight title.

The NWA also announced that a live edition of their NWA Power television show will be held on January 31 from the Knoxville Convention Center in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Trevor Murdoch wins NWA World Heavyweight title at Alwayz Ready

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Trevor Murdoch won the NWA World Heavyweight title for a second time at NWA Alwayz Ready after Matt Cardona vacated the championship due to injury.

The originally advertised main event, Cardona vs. Nick Aldis for the title, did not take place. Instead, a four-way was set up, with Murdoch, Aldis, Sam Shaw (formerly Dexter Lumis) and Thom Latimer battling it out for the vacant title. Murdoch won the match after hitting Aldis with a top rope bulldog.

Cardona appeared at the end of the show and initally refused to vacate the title. After the four contenders came out to argue their case for a title match, NWA President Billy Corgan persuaded Cardona to vacate the title. After giving Corgan the title, Cardona stormed out of the ring, upset.

Cardona underwent surgery for a torn bicep earlier this month after suffering the injury at GCW’s Downward Spiral event in a match against Blake Christian. The NWA did not make an announcement about the status of the main event prior to the show.

Two more title changes took place on tonight’s show in Knoxville, Tennessee. Pretty Empowered (Kenzie Paige and Ella Envy) defeated The Hex (Allysin Kay and Marti Belle) to win the Women’s Tag Team titles. Meanwhile, the Commonwealth Connection (Doug Williams and Harry Smith) defeated La Rebellion (Bestia 666 and Mecha Wolf) to win the NWA World Tag Team titles for the first time.

VIDEO: NWA Power episode 15 – ‘Generation Clash’

Posted on by F4W Staff

A clash of generations takes place tonight on NWA Power:

NWA World Heavyweight champion Nick Aldis will take on one half of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express, Ricky Morton. The NWA World Heavyweight title will be on the line.

Melina will have a special challenge for NWA Women’s champion Allysin Kay, as Kay will be facing a mystery opponent of Melina’s choosing.

Matches set for today’s show include Thunder Rosa vs. Tasha Steelz and Thom Latimer vs. Trevor Murdoch in a TV title qualifying match.

Interview segments slated for this show include Ricky Morton’s longtime tag team partner Robert Gibson, Elijah Burke, Eli Drake, James Storm and Royce Issacs.

There will also be a Hard Times PPV update that will cover scenarios in case Ricky Morton becomes the new NWA World champion. The update will also cover the TV title situation and an opponent for Aron Stevens and the NWA National championship.

Hard Times, the NWA’s next pay-per-view, takes place on January 24.