Wrestler/political commentator Tyrus (the former Brodus Clay) told TMZ’s Inside the Ring podcast that he thinks there’s a good chance President Donald Trump will be at John Cena’s last match this December, which is taking place in Washington, D.C. on Saturday Night’s Main Event:
One thousand percent. If he says he’s going, he’s going. And that’s not by no mistake [the show being in Washington, DC]. He might even be in the finish. He might hit a binding resolution in the middle of that match. But, you know, I definitely think if the President says he’s going to be there, he’s going to be there. Because he’s a fan, he loves it.
KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York announced that – instead of hosting the January 5 episode of Raw – it will now host the January 2 episode of SmackDown. Brooklyn’s Barclays Center is the new venue for the January 5 Raw.
On his Hall of Fame radio show, Booker T was asked if he’d be interested in having Mercedes Mone challenge for the Women’s Championship in his indie promotion Reality of Wrestling:
Yeah, without even a shadow of a doubt. Without even thinking about it. She wants to come to Reality of Wrestling — drop me a line. Shoot, we’ll get you in. You know what I mean? We’ll even put the title on you. Mone wants the Reality of Wrestling titles? Come on down here and get them. Okay. No problem. I’ll sign it right now.
Y’all may know me as @AEW Star Toa Liona, but I am also a father to a daughter with Type 1 Diabetes. This Sunday @BreakthroughT1D Walk Fundraiser is happening so we can find a cure to this disease. Donate whatever you can, any amount will go a long way
When we came to El Paso in March, things were so busy that I didn’t get to come and pay my respects. But this time around, I made sure to make it a priority.
As soon as we pulled up and I got out the car, I could feel goosebumps. As we all know, Eddie is a huge inspiration for me. Not just being a Latino in the game and someone that I looked at as a kid and aspired to be. But someone who, like me, brought himself out of the trenches of rock bottom. Put in the work, paid his dues, and proved that he belonged under the brightest lights possible. So he can share with the world the gift that God has blessed him with.
I remember being kind of disappointed that I couldn’t make it the last time. But coming here now, AS A WORLD CHAMPION. Meant the absolute world to me. Blessed to be able to be paying tribute while carving my own path in this game.
Dezmond Xavier (former NXT wrestler Wes Lee) is now accepting bookings following his WWE release and will be free to work starting on November 11. He is represented by Paragon Talent Group.
House of Glory Wrestling will make its Los Angeles debut on January 30, 2026 with a show named City of Angels. It’s being held at the Globe Theatre, which was the home to PWG before that promotion went on its hiatus.
EC3 defeated Tyrus in the main event on night two of NWA’s 75th Anniversary show on Sunday in a bullrope match where Tyrus would be forced to retire if he lost.
Tyrus’s NWA Worlds title reign ends at 289 days, after he defeated Trevor Murdoch & Matt Cardona in a three-way to win the title at last November’s Hard Times 3 event.
In addition to the Worlds title switch, three other titles changed hands on Sunday’s NWA 75 show.
Kenzie Paige defeated Kamille in the semi-main event to win the NWA World Women’s Championship, ending Kamille’s 813-day reign with the title.
Paige’s Pretty Empowered stablemates Kylie Page & Ela Envy defeated M95’s Madi Wrenkowski & Missa Kate earlier in the evening to capture the NWA World Women’s Tag Team Championship in another title change.
On the NWA 75 pre-show, Talos & Daisy Kill defeated The Country Gentlemen’s Anthony Andrews & AJ Cazana to win the NWA United States Tag Team Championship. Talos & Kill won a tournament final on night one of NWA 75 to earn the title shot on Sunday.
The NWA World Heavyweight Champion is set to defend his belt on the show against EC3, who earned the title shot by cashing in the NWA National title.
Tyrus recently announced on Instagram Live that he wants their title clash to be a Bull Rope match. In order to entice EC3 to agree to the stipulation, Tyrus said that he’ll retire if he loses.
“I’ll make you an offer you cannot refuse,” Tyrus said. “I’m so passionate, I want this Bull Rope match, I want to be the bull in the woods, if you will, prove it at the Chase, at the 75, that I’m willing to put my career on the line as well. So, if EC3 wins the 12 pounds of gold against me in a Bull Rope match, not only will he be champion, I will retire.”
There's a long history of Bull Rope matches in the @nwa and that tradition continues at #NWA75! @PlanetTyrus vs @therealec3 in a BULL ROPE MATCH for the NWA World's Heavyweight Title.
If Tyrus loses, he will retire from the sport of wrestling.
NWA 75 takes place on August 26 & 27 at the Chase Ballroom in St. Louis, Missouri. The pay-per-view will be available on FITE TV.
NWA 75 night one 8/26:
NWA World Women’s Champion Kamille defends against Natalia Markova
NWA World Tag Team Champions La Rebelion (Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf) w/Vampiro defend against Blunt Force Trauma (Damage & Carnage) w/Aron Stevens
Burke Invitational Gauntlet to earn a NWA World Women’s Championship title match. Participants announced: Allysin Kay, The WOAD, Taylor Rising, Sierra, Samanta Starr, Ruthie Jay, Heather Monroe, CJ, MJ Jenkins, & TBA
The Fixers (Jay Bradley & Wrecking Ball Legursky) vs. Talos & Daisy Kill
NWA 75 night two 8/27:
NWA World Heavyweight Champion Tyrus defends against EC3 (Tyrus has proposed a Bull Rope stipulation, and says he’ll retire if he loses, although this has yet to be made official)
Winners of La Rebelion vs. Blunt Force Trauma from night one defend the NWA World Tag Team Championships against Trevor Murdoch & Mike Knox
Winner of Kamille vs. Markova defends the NWA World Women’s Championship against the winner of the gauntlet match on night one
NWA United States Tag Team Champions The Country Gentleman (AJ Cazana & Anthony Andrews) defend against the winners of The Fixers vs. Daisy Kill & Talos from night one
NWA 75 matches with no announced date:
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion Kerry Morton w/Ricky Morton defends against Colby Corino w/Jamie Stanley
JR Kratos vs. Odinson vs. Silas Mason w/Pollo Del Mar in a triple threat match for the vacant NWA National Heavyweight Championship
Homicide vs. Joe Alonzo
The Brothers of Funstruction (Yabo & Ruffo) w/Violent J vs. TBA
Additionally, NWA TV Champion Thom Latimer, NWA Women’s TV Champion Kenzie Paige, NWA Women’s Tag Champions M95, and Matt Cardona are expected to wrestle on the show.
The NWA World Heavyweight title match for NWA 75 is set.
After retaining the NWA National Championship on this week’s NWA Power against Thrillbilly Silas Mason, champion EC3 held the championship in the air, then dropped the belt on the floor. Announcer Joe Galli said that by doing this, EC3 had relinquished the championship, and that the main event of NWA 75 would be Tyrus defending the NWA World title against EC3. NWA 75 will take place at The Chase’s Khorassan Ballroom in St. Louis on August 26 and 27.
EC3 won the National title from Cyron back at NWA 312 on April 7.
Galli also confirmed earlier on NWA Power that Natalia Markova would be challenging Kamille for the NWA Women’s Championship at NWA 75. The two met earlier this year at NWA Crockett Cup back on June 4, with Kamille successfully defending the title.
Here is the updated lineup for NWA 75:
NWA World Heavyweight title: Tyrus defends against EC3
NWA Women’s title: Kamille defends against Natalia Markova
Billy Corgan has clarified previous comments he made about NWA World Heavyweight Champion Tyrus.
The NWA owner made headlines last month when he was quoted as saying, “If you’re not gonna watch [Tyrus], then you’re not a wrestling fan” during an interview with the NY Post.
“When Tyrus walks through the door, he brings the heat, and if you’re not gonna watch him, then you’re not a wrestling fan,” Corgan said. “I’m not booking a charity. I’m booking a professional wrestling company.”
Corgan recently clarified those comments during an interview with Steve Fall of WrestlingNews.co.
“What I was saying was, if you don’t like Tyrus in a wrestling ring because of his politics and because he brings heat into wrestling, then I don’t understand what wrestling that you’re after. I went on to say and I don’t think it was quoted, ‘Are we only booking friends in a wrestling ring.’ Like is this just like Patty cakes and then everybody pretends these guys hate each other, and then they hug at the after party and everything’s cool?” I believe, like all good promoters, that the heat of the outside world coming into a wrestling ring isn’t necessarily a bad thing.”
“Remember when there was all the crazy heat with Edge, Matt Hardy, and Lita? That was a real-life thing that was ultimately taken advantage of in a wrestling ring and obviously, all the parties agreed. Whether that was comfortable or uncomfortable to them, I can’t really say even though I know Matt pretty well and I know Edge pretty well, but I don’t think I’ve ever sat down to really ask them how they felt personally about it. But obviously, that was a moment of real heat and people had opinions about how the whole situation played on a personal level. So if your argument would be, ‘That should not have been a wrestling angle’, well, that’s a viable argument to make. If your thing would have been, ‘I was uncomfortable with them being put in that spot’, well, that’s a viable argument to make. But it did happen and it has happened in wrestling where real heat and real life comes into the wrestling ring.”
“So that was my point. It wasn’t saying, ‘I’m going to pick this one person in Tyrus and if you don’t like them as a wrestling talent, or you don’t like them as a person, you don’t like wrestling.’ So that’s where it gets bastardized. It made for very good clickbait.
Corgan also teased “good news” coming up for the NWA:
“I’ve picked the NWA up out of the ashes. I’ve turned it into a successful business. We have a lot of good news coming which I can’t quite share yet, but I think we’re going in about our sixth year of me owning the company. The roster has never been stronger. There are people who have noticed the quality of the NWA wrestling product week in and week out.”
The NWA has two upcoming shows in Highland Park, Illinois. NWA HP Cares For Cooper on July 7 will be a charity event to raise funds for the ongoing medical expenses of 8-year-old Cooper Roberts, who was shot during the Highland Park mass shooting event last year.
NWA HP Cares for Cooper 7/9 lineup:
NWA World Women’s Champion Kamille defends against Natalia Markova
NWA National Heavyweight Champion EC3 defends against Jordan Clearwater
NWA World Women’s Tag Team Champions M95 (Madi Wrenkowski & Missa Kate) defend against Pretty Empowered (Kenzie Paige & Kylie Paige)
NWA United States Tag Team Champions The Country Gentlemen (Anthony Andrews & AJ Cazana) defend against SVGS (Blake Troop & Jax Dane)
Mike Knox and Trevor Murdoch vs. Daisy Kill & Talos
Joe Alonzo & Mario Pardua vs. The Southern 6 (Alex Taylor & Silas Mason)
Angelina Love vs. Ruthie Jay
Gaagz the Gymp vs. Eric Jackson
The promotion will then run a set of television tapings out of Highland Park the following day.
One year after the mass shooting in Highland Park, the NWA is holding a charity event to raise funds for the ongoing medical expenses of the youngest injured during this tragedy: Cooper Roberts and his brother Luke.
The 2023 NWA Crockett Cup tournament concludes Sunday after kicking off Saturday in Winston Salem, North Carolina.
After winnowing down the field Saturday, the quarterfinals will kick off with the following matchups:
NWA Tag Team Champions La Rebelion (Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf) vs. Blunt Force Trauma (Carnage & Damage)
Jinetes del Aire (Myzteziz Jr. & Octagón Jr.) vs. The Brothers of Funstruction (Yabo the Clown & Ruffo the Clown)
Mike Knox & Trevor Murdoch vs. Ricky & Kerry Morton
NWA World Champion Tyrus & Chris Masters vs. The War Gods (Kratos & Odinson)
The show will also feature two title matches as NWA Women’s Champion Kamille will look to extend her 700+ day run as champion as she defends against Natalia Markova. This will be their third-ever meeting in the NWA with Markova winning the first by DQ and the two going to a time-limit draw in April.
NWA Women’s TV Champion Kenzie Paige will defend her title against an opponent to be named.
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Pre-show:
The Country Gentlemen win a Gauntlet Match to retain the NWA United States Tag Team Titles
– Magnum Muscle (Dak Draper and Mims) defeated The NOW (Hale Collins and Vik Dalishus)
Magnum Muscle started the match against The NOW. They wrestled for maybe one minute but then Draper pinned Hale Collins.
– Magnum Muscle (Dak Draper and Mims) defeated The Fixers (Jay Bradley and Wrecking Ball Legursky)
The Fixers ran in and started destroying Magnum Muscle and they held the advantage for a good 2 minutes but then Dak Draper secretly tagged in and pinned Wrecking Ball for the second pinfall.
– Daisy Kill and Talos defeated Magnum Muscle (Dak Draper and Mims)
After the pin of the previous matchup, Talos made his way out onto the stage without Daisy Kill, who was in the ring attacking Magnum Muscle. Dak Draper was able to lift up the giant Talos once, but Kill dragged him down and set up a chokeslam for the pin.
– TNT (Terrence Hughes and Terrell Hughes) defeated Daisy Kill and Talos
TNT ran in with a lot of energy but it didn’t last long. Talos worked them both over for a little bit to start. Talos was taken out of the equation to the outside, so TNT hit the 3D for the pin.
– The Spectaculars (Brady Pierce and Rolando Freeman) defeated TNT (Terrence Hughes and Terrell Hughes)
This was somewhat noteworthy because Rush Freeman is usually part of The Spectaculars but for this match, it was Rolando. The commentators chalked it up to them losing in the first round of the Crockett Cup. They took care of business quickly and pinned TNT with a frog splash.
– SVGS (Jax Dane and Blake “Bulletproof” Troop) (with Chris Silvio, Esq.) defeated The Spectaculars (Brady Pierce and Rolando Freeman)
The SVGS, of course, had the early advantage. Some early distractions gave Rolando the opportunity to fight back, Jax Dane destroyed Pierce and killed Rolando in the ring with a clothesline for the pin.
SVGS (Jax Dane and Blake “Bulletproof” Troop) (with Chris Silvio, Esq.) defeated Los Vipers (Arez and Toxin)
This one started with another all-out brawl and the actual leg of the match only lasted about 30 seconds. Blake Troop hit his jackhammer finish for the pin.
NWA United States Tag Team Champions The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and Anthony Andrews) (with Joe Cazana) defeated SVGS (Jax Dane and Blake “Bulletproof” Troop) (with Chris Silvio, Esq.)
Jax Dane started this segment strong too against the champions. Andrews got the hot tag though and hit a massive uranage onto Troop. Dane interfered and got ready to spear Andrews but Troop tagged in and locked in a headlock which turned into the perfect position for The Country Gentlemen’s finish. They retain the titles.
“Thrillbilly” Silas Mason (with Alex Taylor) defeated Dan Maff (with Shawn Donavan)
It looks like the big theme of tonight is to have unannounced matches take place on a show that already has 10 on the card.
Maff came out angry throwing his jacket at Mason and attacking him early. They went back and forth after that working to the outside. Joe Galli had his hand laying on the announce table and Mason drove Maff’s head into it. Galli starts freaking out that his hand was broken and he needed ice. Tim Storm also needed some Diet Coke apparently.
Back in the ring, they worked this really well for two big guys that aren’t giant. They traded head butts, punches, and forearms. The finish came when Maff went for a lariat but Mason kicked the arm down and connected with the thrill ride out of nowhere for the win.
NWA Women’s Tag Team Champions M95 (Madi and Missa Kate) defeated Angelina Love & Max the Impaler (with Fodder & Father James Mitchell) to retain
Looks like we have an unannounced title match now. Including people we already saw last night. Madi and Love started the contest by screaming at each other and pushing each other around, but Madi came out on top with a cross face and toe drag.
Love went for the tag onto Max but she wasn’t holding the rope or extending her hand. Storm questioned whether she knew tag team rules even though we saw her in the most important tournament of the year, just last night. Max finally got the tag and dominated the match until Missa Kate got the hot tag. They worked over Max until she charged at her own corner and Love tagged her as she fell out. All Kate did was hit one kick-fil-a and they won the match.
Ruthie Jay defeated NWA Women’s TV Champion Kenzie Paige by DQ
Ruthie Jay replaced La Rosa Negra last night in the Hardcore Team War so she may be replacing her in this match tonight too. No 6:05 time limit in this one due to it being a PPV, which doesn’t really make sense.
Paige started out ahead just being a classic heel, but Jay fought back and sent her to the outside. Paige got the heat back by pulling her hair and countering a cannonball in the corner. The champ locked in a sleeper that almost put Jay to sleep, but she fought out and did her comeback that ended in a facebuster. She then connected on a double German for a near fall. Paige kicked out and hit Jay with a superkick and sold her ankle. Kylie Page then ran in and just ran over Ruthie Jay right in front of the ref. He called for the bell and that was it.
Main Card:
NWA opened the show with their sizzle reel and commentary breaking down the bracket. Joe Galli, Velvet Sky, and Tim Storm are on the call.
Jinetes del Aire (Myzteziz Jr. & Octagón Jr.) defeated The Brothers of Funstruction (Yabo the Clown & Ruffo the Clown) in a Crockett Cup quarterfinal
Yabo came into the ring with a balloon sword. When he challenged Myzteziz to a sword fight, somebody in the crowd yelled this is a family show. Great start. The clowns kept throwing clown stuff at the luchadors but none of them foreign objects. Jinetes del Aire retaliated with a double tope suicida.
Yabo got the heat back cutting off the ring, but Octagon got the hot tag and ran wild on the clowns. He hit a cutter on Ruffo while Myzteziz did something to Yabo on the outside that we just never saw. Octagon followed it with a 450 splash for the win.
Mike Knox and Trevor Murdoch defeated Ricky Morton and Kerry Morton in a Crockett Cup quarterfinal
The Mortons came out on stage with Bobby Fulton trying to convince them to not fight dirty after they used a title belt to win last night’s match. They brushed it off and went to the ring.
Right when the match started Kerry distracted the ref and Ricky hit Murdoch with a low blow. The Mortons then cut off the ring and worked on the former world champ. Murdoch set up the hot tag with a massive spine buster onto Kerry. Mike Knox ran wild onto the Mortons which set up Kerry to go high and low for the win.
The Midnight Riders (Tyrus and Chris Adonis) defeated The Immortals (Kratos and Odinson) in a Crockett Cup quarterfinal
It was a battle of meat to start this one. NWA Heavyweight Champion Tyrus against Kratos. The Riders cut off the ring on Kratos with early domination. During this though, Tyrus looked like he hurt his knee and everything after looked weird but I think he was just selling it. He was able to suplex Kratos after selling for them for about 2-3 minutes. Adonis gets the hot tag and hits Odinson with a sky-high for a near fall.
Tyrus and Kratos fought on the outside when Odinson went for a top rope move onto Chris Adonis but he caught him in the master lock and made him pass out for the win. After the match, Tyrus was still selling the knee and Kyle Davis asked him if he can still take on Knox and Murdoch in the semifinals which he replied, in simpler terms, yes.
– They then brought out legendary NWA Tommy Young for an interview. He joked that he wasn’t Tommy Young, he was Tommy Old. When they asked Young for his prediction, he put over Fox News and how much Tyrus is on Fox News. That was weird.
Blunt Force Trauma (Carnage & Damage) (w/ Aron Stevens) defeated NWA World Tag Team Champions La Rebelion Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf) (with Vampiro) in a Crockett Cup quarterfinal
They started this match by talking about how Vampiro didn’t have a manager’s license so he had a Legends exemption. He’s out because he attacked the Flippin’ Psychos for the champions last night in the main event.
BFT attacked La Rebelion on the outside and they got the early advantage. Aron Stevens was on the outside barking orders and telling the team what to do. They worked over Bestia 666 for most of the match until Mecha Wolf got the hot tag. He hit a double moonsault off the top and then got help from Bestia for a double enziguri and tope. Stevens then got involved with his loaded glove but Vampiro went to the top rope and took a nasty bump in the ring. BFT rid the ring of all the interference and they actually got the surprise win over the champs. They’ll face Jinetes del Aire in the semifinals.
NWA National Champion EC3 defeated NWA TV Champion Thom Latimer in a Champions Choice match to retain
We got another unannounced match which was the same as last night. This was a Champions Choice match where EC3 got to select who he wanted to defend the title against. He selected NWA Television Champion Thom Latimer after he put himself over, of course. He gave Latimer the choice of which belt to defend and he picks the National title.
They ran wild to start fighting all over the place. Latimer got the early advantage though after catching EC3 on the outside. EC3 turned it around with a clothesline and Thesz press. They were just taking turns getting the heat and working, very old style. Almost too old to a point. They kept working this slow style until EC3 hit his one percent finish, but it was a near fall that got a big pop.
Latimer went to clothesline EC3 but EC3 wrapped around and just threw Latimer into the turnbuckle from a German suplex. This led to a giant superplex that led to a close 10-count draw. They got up and fought to the outside where EC3 wanted to use the title belt as a weapon, only for Latimer to hit him with a belly to back onto the apron. EC3 had the title taken away from him in the ring and when the referee was disposing of him he slammed Latimer in the groin and hit a piledriver to win and retain the title.
Colby Corino won a six-way scramble for a shot at the NWA World Junior Heavyweight title
This match started with all six men coming out but right after that, Colby Corino came out and was a surprise seventh entrant. In a six-way?
Jared Fulton, Eric Jackson, PJ Hawx, Flip Gordon, Joe Alonzo, and Gaagz the Gymp were the original six that came out for this #1 contender match. They proceeded to have a spot fest, which included Jackson and Hawx dropping each other right on their heads. The FITE stream also started going haywire during this match so I couldn’t see everything. I was able to see the old classic spot of everybody diving into the same spot so Flip Gordon can tease his dive, but he never did it.
Judais and Father James Mitchell then made their way out from the back and Judais picked up Gaagz and threw him out of the ring on top of everyone else. They then went to go pick up Gaagz the Gymp and left with him. They continued the spot show. It is 1000000x more exciting than anything else from NWA this weekend. The finish came when Colby Corino was in the ring with Gordon and he hit him with his arm lock DDT for the win. NWA Junior Heavyweight champion Kerry Morton came out after the match and got in Corino’s face and yelled at him.
Blunt Force Trauma (Carnage & Damage) (w/ Aron Stevens) defeated Jinetes del Aire (Myzteziz Jr. & Octagón Jr.) in a Crockett Cup semfinal
BFT started this match using the same strategy as their last match, which was an attack before the bell. The luchadors turned it around quickly though, catching them on the way back into the ring. they got a quick sequence in before Carnage turned it back around. BFT worked over Octagon on their half. Myzteziz finally got his hot tag after a missed elbow drop and the chaos resulted in a near fall.
Octagon set up Damage for a shooting star press which he missed badly so Galli had to change the move into a shooting star press head butt to the shoulder. Damage actually kicked out at 1 and BFT hit the double flatliner for the win. BFT moves on to the finals.
Mike Knox and Trevor Murdoch defeated The Midnight Riders (Tyrus and Chris Adonis) in a Crockett Cup semifinal
Tyrus is still selling the knee injury from earlier and he came out with a ton of tape on that knee. He can barely walk down the steps to the ring. So, of course, Adonis starts the match across from Mike Knox.
These two went back and forth in the beginning, but right when it looked like Murdoch and Knox were gonna work over Adonis for the entire match, Tyrus tagged himself in and tried to fight but Murdoch took advantage due to the knee. Adonis finally got his hot tag and put the Masterlock in on Knox but Murdoch broke it up and attacked Tyrus on the outside. Adonis couldn’t tag out so Knox and Murdoch went high and low to advance to the final against Blunt Force Trauma.
The Mystery Man defeated Cyon (w/ Austin Idol) by referee stoppage in an Unsanctioned Match
Cyon came out and Idol was lagging way behind. The Mystery Man is still wearing this black Cyon mask and his entrance theme is just really loud white noise. They started battling with Cyon getting the upper hand, but it really was an all-out brawl. Cyon went to the back and got a trash can and set it up in the corner. The Mystery Man then threw Cyon into the chair and got the heat back. Austin Idol was extremely quiet at ringside, which is not normal.
The Mystery Man started ripping at the mask of Cyon and we almost saw the face of Cyon. He started getting beaten so badly that he went crawling to his father Austin. Austin then whipped out the Brass Knuckles and punched his own son in the face. Jordan Clearwater came out to help but Idol punched him too. The referee ended the match, an unsanctioned match, because Cyon could not continue. The Mystery Man dragged both Cyon and Clearwater into the ring and spit on them.
NWA Women’s Champion Kamille defeated Natalia Markova to retain
Commentary made sure to say that this was the co-main event with the Crockett Cup Final, but who knows on this show? Markova was getting introduced and Kamille just runs her over on the apron onto the concrete. They also pushed how Kamille is from “right down the road” in Durham.
Natalia Markova was getting killed in the early going. She was taken some of the nastiest bumps I’ve seen all weekend. If NWA does one thing right, it’s making Kamille feel like a real star. After Markova moved out of the way of a charge onto the outside, it was a little bit more even in the ring. A neck-breaker from Markova got a 1-count. Soon after, she went for a roll-up in the corner that was a little too fancy and she fell right on her face. She got the heat back though and a superkick got a near fall. She followed it up with a roundhouse kick that got another near fall.
Markova set her up for the finish in the corner, but Kamille ducked and dropped the leg for her own near fall. She then set her up for a torture rack into a blue thunder bomb. They exchanged German suplexes, but Markova tried to win it with a top rope move and Kamille turned it into an avalanche German for a really good near fall. Kamille went for another avalanche, but Markova hit the head scissors from the top rope. She went to set up the finish in the corner one more time and Kamille speared her out of nowhere for the win. She hits two years as champion in a really really good match.
Mike Knox & Trevor Murdoch defeated Blunt Force Trauma (Carnage & Damage) (w/ Aron Stevens) to win the 2023 NWA Crockett Cup
Billy Corgan and Davy Crockett came out before this final match to hold the cup and take a seat at ringside. Aron Stevens made his way out with BFT taking off the jacket but not the white glove. Knox and Murdoch made their way to the ring looking fired up as always.
It was chaos to start with each man running into each other and then all four men brawling in the middle. The crowd was chanting BLT towards BFT which really angered Aron Stevens. It got back to normal in the ring but Stevens was messing with the apron in the corner where they were working and it tripped up Knox setting up a nasty-looking DDT by Carnage. This let BFT cut off the ring on Knox.
After a few rest holds and heel tactics, Knox finally powers out of a nerve hold and hits a clothesline onto Damage. This opens up the hot tag from Murdoch and he ran wild for about 10 seconds before he was speared by Carnage. Knox recovered and help Murdoch fight back, but as Knox rolled out of the ring, Murdoch got the referee trapped in the corner and he went down. Murdoch hit a piledriver with the referee down and got like an 8-count from the crowd. Aron Stevens came into the ring and punched Murdoch with the loaded glove and dragged Carnage on top. The referee only got to two before Murdoch kicked out. But right after, Carnage got set up for high and low, and without interference, Mike Knox and Trevor Murdoch win the 2023 NWA Crockett Cup.
– After the match, Stevens was shown crying over the cup. Corgan and Crockett lifted up the trophy to the two victors and they celebrated in the ring by holding it up and bowing down to the famous trophy.
Night 2 was definitely better than Night 1 but there was still too much going on. A 3-hour and 45-minute show that included 15 matches, the night after they went over 4 hours with 20 matches. Still fun at times and a very famous tournament that I had the pleasure of covering!
This week’s NWA Power featured a TV title match and a tag team match featuring NWA World Champion Tyrus.
NWA TV Champion Thom Latimer vs. EC3 went to a time limit draw
Latimer had his third defense of the TV title, and at least his second draw, I believe This sucked. There is no way around it. If they actually tried to work, it could have been decent. Latimer is good and EC3 can be fine when he wants to, but it is so clear no one cares about EC3. He did not get over here at all.
Latimer and EC3 locked up, wasting a full minute of the 6:05 time limit. Both men exchanged basic holds and takedowns until four minutes were left. Danny Dealz on commentary noted that they had to get going because there was only a short amount of time to win. He was correct. If the match made sense, EC3 should be doing submissions and high impact moves from the beginning.
Both continued to do nothing until there was 2:30 left. A few fans chanted, “This is wrestling!” which is technically true, but was hardly representative of the entire audience as the announcers indicated. The fans started chanting “Fight!” at the two-minute mark, so they picked up the pace a little.
EC3 hit a Thesz press and a standing splash. EC3 did his Ultimate Warrior imitation in slow motion when he shook the ropes to no reaction while screaming that he was “over, man.” Both men hit double clotheslines with 30 seconds left. The time limit expired as they threw punches and the crowd booed. Billy Corgan denied the fans five more minutes, saying that the time limit was the time limit.
– The announcers told us we would see highlights of the NWA/AAA events in Mexico. I wish we saw that instead of what we saw previously.
Yabbo the Clown defeated Ricky Morton
This was not good, but I was greatly entertained for the four minutes of the match. I’m not sure what that means.
To no surprise, Morton got one of the larger reactions from the audience for this TV taping. Yabbo blew up a balloon and offered it to Morton. He then let go of the balloon, causing it to fly away as Morton tried to grab it. Yabbo got the heat after no selling a stomp to the foot since his clown shoes were so huge. Yabbo did more magic than “Magic” Jake Dumas when he pulled a ribbon out of his hands magically to gouge the eyes of Morton. Yabbo then rolled Morton up and got his feet on the ropes to win.
– Aron Stevens was with May Valentine with Blunt Force Trauma. Valentine indicated he had landed something she called a coup. It was implied that we all knew what it was, but they never told us what it was.
Bully Ray promo
Kyle Davis was in the ring with Bully Ray who apologized to Thom Latimer and said that he only said what he honestly thought about Latimer at Billy Corgan’s request.
Ray said that he said some things that got into the head of Latimer which why Latimer got himself DQ’d in their match. Ray then had the fans chant for Latimer, saying he was teaching him to keep his head cool because he believed Latimer would be NWA World Champion.
Daisy Kill came out and said he wrote a song for Ray. He played his ukulele and insulted Ray who put him over for the guts to do that. Ray inspired a standing ovation for Kill, and said he was going to sing a song now. Ray then sang a song saying he was going to beat up Kill.
Bully Ray defeated Daisy Kill
Ray hit a uranage and followed up on his promise.
– Valentine was with Kenzie & Kylie Paige, noting that Kenzie is the NWA Women’s Television Champion now. Kylie said that she and Kenzie are the new legacy in the NWA, and that they may adopt some new family members for Pretty Empowered.
– Cyon was with Valentine and said that losing his National title was the best thing that happened to him, because he knew exactly what he wanted. Cyon said that he was tired of listening to Austin Idol, Tyrus, and anyone else, because the NWA was his now.
NWA World Champion Tyrus & Chris Adonis vs. Blunt Force Trauma (Carnage & Damage) (w/ Aron Stevens) went to a draw
Yikes. This was a bad finish to end all bad finishes. I have no problems with a countout if it makes sense, but how they got to it in this match made no sense at all. Tyrus had no reason to follow everyone to the floor. He could have just waited for Carnage to get back into the ring which made him look very stupid.
Tyrus and Adonis apparently agreed to team off screen as they came out looking like good friends this week as opposed to last week. Damage and Tyrus started with Tyrus hitting a bionic elbow before tagging out to Adonis. Adonis and Rockett (Carnage) carried the work of this match more than other two which is probably wise. Blunt Force Trauma got the heat on Adonis for a few minutes, using nerve holds and chin locks to keep him down.
Adonis dodged a corner charge and made the hot tag to Tyrus. Tyrus hit a series of clotheslines and then a suplex on Carnage as Tim Storm insisted Carnage weighed ten hundred eighty pounds. Stevens got into the ring to distract the referee. He faced off with Tyrus and as Tyrus scared him, he fell into the Master Lock.
Masters kept it on until Stevens passed out. Meanwhile, Tyrus just followed Carnage to the floor for no reason and started fighting with them until there was a countout. What a stupid finish.
Final Thoughts:
The best part of this show was easily Bully Ray, his promo, and then the squash match. Morton and Yabbo was entertaining. Kenzie and Kylie Paige showed some heelish charisma, but the rest of this show was not good. At. All.
NWA World Champion Tyrus would like to go home again for one last goodbye in WWE.
In an interview with Fox Digital to promote his title defense against Chris Adonis at Friday’s NWA 312 pay-per-view, he said that while the NWA is likely where he will finish his career, it would be nice to go back to WWE for one last time.
“I think because I started there (WWE), it would be nice to go back and say goodbye. But as far as a long-term run or anything like that, no, I’m not interested in that anymore. I’ll probably finish my career in the NWA, but it would be nice to come back and have a one-off or just say goodbye to the fans,” he said.
The 50-year-old started in WWE developmental in 2006, lasting two years before he was cut. He was re-signed in 2010 and changed his name to Brodus Clay, eventually aligning with Alberto Del Rio. He was part of the third season of NXT and had a main roster run that ran through 2014.
“Where I started in WWE is a big part of my success and, again, like I said, a lot of it has to do with scheduling. I’m pretty busy with Fox and there are no part-time jobs in WWE. I’ll cross that bridge when I get there. I was with WWE on two different occasions and on the second occasion, I did a lot of great things and am really proud (about) that. If I never went back, no sweat. If I did, it would be a nice close to a chapter and to move on. But my future is with the NWA for the time being and I can’t really see that changing,” he said.
In an interview on the Under the Ring podcast, Billy Corgan addressed the fan criticism Tyrus has received as NWA World Heavyweight Champion.
Corgan told Under the Ring that he’s very happy with the work Tyrus has done for the NWA as a wrestler. Corgan said he feels most of the heat around Tyrus, who works as a contributor for Fox News, is “political.” Corgan said he doesn’t feel Tyrus has ever crossed the line to where what he’s said has been detrimental to the NWA.
Let’s separate the wrestling and the personal, which isn’t always easy to do. On the wrestling side, I’ve been very, very happy and very satisfied. I think he’s done everything I’ve asked him to do and he’s been great to work with. As far as Tyrus as a public person, I knew Tyrus when he was working at TNA and basically standing with his arms crossed behind Matt Hardy and holding one of the babies, right? I saw when he first started working for Fox — and we’ve stayed in touch through all these years, we have our own relationship. Like myself, when you’re a public person, you say things that not everybody agrees with. But look, he’s on one of the biggest networks in the world, he knows what he’s doing, and so for better or for worse, he writes his own checks that way.
As far as I’m concerned, he has never crossed the line to the point where it’s been detrimental to the NWA. Now, I know not everyone agrees with that opinion, but I think people have this kind of weird sliding scale because there’s lots of blame to go around when you look at the professional wrestling landscape of where people look the other way at different things. Most of the heat around Tyrus is political. And as a person who’s been through some of those things myself, I tend not to pay a lot of attention to that stuff. Not because it’s not important, but because I think a lot of that stuff — there’s a lot of energy behind it which has other agendas. And it’s not really down to the individual as much as it’s like a culture war type of thing. So, as far as I’m concerned, we’re a professional wrestling company and we’re here to wrestle.
Tyrus became NWA World Heavyweight Champion when he defeated Trevor Murdoch and Matt Cardona in a three-way match at NWA Hard Times 3 last November. The next title defense for Tyrus will be against Chris Adonis at the NWA’s 312 pay-per-view this Friday night. Corgan told Under the Ring that he loves the story of whether the Master Lock can beat a giant like Tyrus.
Corgan also spoke about the “old school heat” Tyrus receives:
Can I say one other thing? What people don’t understand is I grew up in a time where wrestling heat was different. This world we live in, it’s like fake heat or a five-star matchup, five-star matches. To me, Tyrus brings that old school heat that an Ernie Ladd brought or an Andre the Giant brought. There’s not a lot of guys who can, at that size, bring that level of heat. And so, look, it’s professional wrestling. Come and boo, come and hate him, come and wish the next guy, in this case, Chris Adonis is gonna take him out. That’s what wrestling is for. When we try to overly kind of bring life into wrestling, I think that’s always an uncomfortable thing. Because you and I could spend an hour talking about where somebody did this and then people look the other way and they still have a job, At some point, like I said, as far as I’m concerned, he’s been a model employee for the NWA and I don’t have anything else to say about it other than he’s been great to work with.
NWA 312 is taking place at Studio One in Highland Park, Illinois on Friday. The NWA Women’s World Championship match at the show will see Kamille defend her title against La Rosa Negra.
The road to next month’s NWA 312 pay-per-view continued on this week’s NWA Power. However, this was a pretty terrible episode with no heat for anything.
Kratos defeated Magic Jake Dumas & Jordan Clearwater in a three-way
This was a bad match, but I don’t blame Kratos or Clearwater.
I have yet to see Jake do a magic trick unless you count being thrown around by Kratos, but that would make him a victim of Kratos’ magic. The irony was that the only person to do a magic trick in his act was his valet CJ, who pulled ribbons from her tights last week before Natalya Markova knocked her out.
Kratos took out both men with clotheslines and when he went for a pop-up power bomb on Clearwater, Dumas attacked from behind, leading to a temporary Clearwater and Dumas alliance.
This got very boring with Clearwater and Dumas getting the heat, mainly because Dumas is boring. Clearwater and Dumas hit a double clothesline and later a double suplex when Kratos started to fight back. Once Dumas and Clearwater turned on each other and Dumas was about to hit an Alabama Slam, Kratos picked up both men and hit a Samoan drop. Dumas didn’t go up for him, and nearly caused a botch. Kratos then hit a swinging uranage on Dumas for the pin and win (he barely went up for that, too).
– A promo package aired for Dak Draper & Mims vs. Blunt Force Trauma with comments from Aron Stevens, Draper and Mims.
– Danny Dealz pitched Alex Taylor a deal for a no. 1 contender’s match for the NWA Junior Heavyweight Championship. If Taylor loses, the Ill Begotten will be no more.
Blunt Force Trauma (Damage & Carnage) vs. Magnum Muscle (Dak Draper & Mims) wen to a no contest in a no. 1 contenders match
I have no words for how stupid this finish was as it was one of the dumbest I can remember seeing. The non-finish wasn’t the problem, but how they did it. DQs, countouts, no contests, and draws can be useful for storytelling when done right. This promotion never does that.
Draper and Damage started and it wasn’t long before they were getting the heat on Draper. Damage got the heat with some slow offense targeting Draper’s arm. Carnage continued the assault after a powerslam. Draper got Irish whipped to the corner, but he ran up the ropes. Unfortunately, Damage shook the ropes at that moment and Draper landed on the top turnbuckle. Draper turned a back suplex into a crossbody.
It was at this moment that Aron Stevens, who was banned from ringside, came out to the ring. Stevens went to punch Draper with his loaded glove, but May Valentine came out and slapped Stevens. This caused the referee to declare the match a no contest for no real reason. If anything, Blunt Force Trauma should have been DQ’d for Stevens being out there.
The announcers explained Magnum Muscle will advance to the PPV because of their Champions Series title shot, rendering this entire match pointless to begin with.
Joe Alonzo (w/ Jamie Stanley) defeated Alex Taylor (w/ Danny Dealz)
The finish was not as bad as the last one, but it was very bad.
It seems this week that the Ill Begotten were babyfaces after being heels forever. Alonzo, who was a babyface, is now officially a heel. I don’t recall a specific turn for any of them. Alonzo faked a knee injury and drew Taylor in, leading to Stanley choking Taylor on the ropes. Fundamentally, this was a good match with two good workers, but it was hard to care as we haven’t seen the Ill Begotten be anything other than a geek group with few hints about them breaking up.
It would have helped to have some build to make the stakes matter, but that didn’t happen here. Dealz, being the babyface that he is, gave a chair to Taylor, who realized he would lose and the Ill Begotten would be gone if he used it. Taylor refused to cheat and then ate a Skull Crushing Finale for the win. Of course, this make Dealz and Taylor both look like morons.
– La Rosa Negra was with Gagz the Gimp as Valentine was escorted out of the building for slapping Stevens. Gagz asked a question via a flash card since he doesn’t speak. It was about something about stalking people she loved. I stopped paying attention at that point.
– Later, NWA Tag Team Champions La Rebelion were with Gagz who asked via flash card for them to explain who they were. They then cut a promo on Draper and Mims.
EC3 & BLK Jeez defeated NWA World Champion Tyrus & Eric Jackson
Jackson tried, but this was horrible. I do not recommend.
Jeez assured us this was just an exhibition. He and Jackson were in the early parts of the match before Tyrus tagged in. The champion did nothing but pat Jeez on the head after putting him on the turnbuckle. Jackson got a near fall that EC3 broke up and then blind tagged in.
Jeez hit a flatliner on Jackson and then claimed Tyrus took it too far. You know, Tyrus only patted him on the head. Jeez then hit a suplex on Jackson. EC3 and Jeez got the heat on Jackson and the ref missed the hot tag to Tyrus. Jackson then got finished with a splash by Jeez.
Tyrus and EC3 faced off after the match, so it looks like they are building to a match no one wants to see with Jeez siding with EC3.
Final Thoughts:
The crowd seemed to be around 30-40 people in the front row and there was utter silence for most of the things that happened. Then, we got literal silence when Gagz was interviewing people.
Again, that non-finish really was one of the dumbest non-finishes I have ever seen and that includes Seth Rollins getting DQ’d in a Hell in a Cell against the Fiend.
The NWA World Heavyweight title match for the company’s next pay-per-view, 312, has been announced.
On Tuesday’s NWA Power, Chris Adonis confirmed that he was cashing in his Champions Series title match for the pay-per-view, which takes place on April 7 in Chicago, Illinois. Tyrus last defended the title at Nuff Said earlier this month, defeating Matt Cardona.
The NWA Women’s Championship will also be defended, with champion Kamille taking on La Rosa Negra. In a promo during Tuesday’s show, Negra appeared and said she was also cashing in her Champions Series win. Kamille came out and put over Negra, saying she was one of the few people who saw something in her when she first started. However, Kamille promised to show no mercy to anyone who tried to challenge her.
Already announced for the show is the finals of a tournament to crown the first NWA Women’s Television champion and Cyon defending the National title against EC3.
Here is the lineup so far for 312:
NWA World Heavyweight title match: Tyrus (c) vs. Chris Adonis
NWA Women’s Championship: Kamille (c) vs. La Rosa Negra
The first-ever NWA Nuff Said pay-per-view takes place Saturday from the sold-out Shrine Center in Tampa, Florida, with Tyrus gunning for his first-ever title defense as he battles former champion Matt Cardona.
Recent Impact World title challenger and NWA competitor Bully Ray will be on commentary for the match. Everyone else is banned from ringside.
NWA Women’s Champion Kamille will defend her title against Angelina Love in a no DQ match, NWA National Champion Cyon defends against Homicide, and NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion Kerry Morton defends against Alex Taylor.
NWA Tag Team Champions La Rebelion defend against Blunt Force Trauma while NWA Women’s Tag Team Champions Pretty Empowered defend against The Renegade Twins.
The debuting Kevin Kiley (fka WWE’s Alex Riley) will face EC3, former NWA World Champion Trevor Murdoch battles Chris Adonis, and Thom Latimer challenges Fodder in a Singapore cane match to round out the main card.
Four matches will be part of the pre-show.
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NWA Nuff Said Preshow
Unlike past preshows of NWA PPVs, this one started on time and not during the middle of a match. An improvement!
La Rosa Negra defeated Missa Kate
Kate and Rosa exchanged some technical wrestling to start, and the counters continued throughout the first few minutes of the match. Rosa powered up off the mat into an airplane spin on Kate that was followed with an elbow for a 2-count. Rosa went to the top ropes but was cut off by Kate. Kate blocked a strike and smashed Rosa Negra’s face into the turnbuckle. Rosa Negra dropped Kate and then hit a frog splash for the win.
Mims & Dak Draper defeated Jax Dane & Blake Troop (w/ Chris Silvio, Esq.)
Troop and Dane argued after the match but ended up leaving together. Given this was the first time we saw them teaming, I’m not sure why we would care about them arguing.
Dane and Troop attacked Mims and Draper from behind and immediately isolated Mims. Draper tagged in but missed a springboard back elbow, and then Dane popped the trunk and hit a lariat. For some reason this didn’t finish the match, and Dane went to a stretch and then a German suplex.
Troop tagged in and immediately started suplexing Draper. Draper showed some power against Troop, but it didn’t last long before Troop hit another suplex. Dane tagged in and Draper hit a German suplex. Mims tagged in and hit an awesome clothesline before dumping Dane to the floor. Silvio tried to get involved, but he accidentally hit Troop, leading to Draper being able to cradle Troop for the pin.
–May Valentine interviewed EC3, who claimed he was over. He was wrong. He also said he was bringing CYN to the NWA and he was going to help people around the industry recover their passion, or something like that, as he faces Kevin Kiley.
Odinson defeated Joe Alonzo
Odinson is very confusing as he has turned babyface, then heel, then babyface, then heel, and then babyface again in the last year, I think. I like Odinson, but his booking has been very inconsistent. Him and Alonzo had a good match here though.
On his way to the ring, Joe Alonzo challenged Tim Storm, who chuckled. Odinson hit a uranage right away and then dominated the next few minutes. Alonzo was able to get an attack in after pulling Odinson into the ring post, attacking the “crown jewels of Asgard” as Joe Galli put it. Alonzo worked over the knee, but Odinson used the purpose spray to hype himself up before hitting another uranage for a 2-count. Odinson dodged a lionsault and then hit a pounce before hitting the F10 for the win.
–Thrillbilly Silas was with May Valentine and claimed he was going to suck the air out of the arena when beating Kratos. You know, I think that may kill the fans. It will stop Kratos though. This was a perfect 80s style nonsense promo.
Natalia Markova & Mercurio defeated Jennacide & Max the Impaler (w/ Amy Rose)
This was fine. Not sure what the point is of introducing Amy Rose and then having her team lose, but this is the NWA where the booking rarely makes sense.
Father James Mitchell was noticeably missing from Max’s corner, but Amy Rose came out managing Max. Mercurio started the match with Jennacide and tried to romance her. It didn’t work. Jennacide then hit a neckbreaker type move on Markova before tagging out to Max. Markova and Mercurio struggled individually against Max, but were able to hit a few moves when they teamed up. Markova hit a running knee strike on Max, but Jennacide came in and hit a proto-plex. Mercurio yanked the hair of Jennacide in the corner before Markova hit a double armed DDT for the win.
–Magic Jake Dumas made his return from injury after the match to confront Mercurio and Markova. The crowd made no noise. Last I checked Dumas was a heel, so they’re setting up a heel vs. heel feud with CJ and Dumas against Markova and Mercurio. I can hear the old F4W No Buys anthem. Also, still waiting for Dumas to do a magic trick. He never has. Unless the injury was actually a disappearing act?
Main Show
Thom Latimer wasted no time at the start of the show, running down to the ring to confront Fodder.
Thom Latimer defeated Fodder in a Singapore Cane match
Well, the match delivered on the stipulation by having the kendo sticks used a lot.
Latimer sent fodder crashing into the steps at ringside before grabbing a kendo stick, but as he jumped off the top rope, Fodder hit Latimer in the stomach. Fodder broke a kendo stick over the back of Latimer. He violently beat Latimer down with it before continuing his assault to Latimer’s back in the corner with Irish whips. Fodder tried to hit Latimer with the kendo stick again, but Latimer caught it, then broke it over the back of Fodder before locking on the crossface with the kendo stick for the submission.
NWA World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Kerry Morton (w/ Ricky Morton) defeated Alex Taylor (w/ Danny Dealz) to retain
Good match from Taylor and Morton. Morton is turning into a really solid worker, and Alex Taylor is quite underrated.
Taylor kept slowing the speed of Morton down every time Morton tried to pick up the pace. Eventually the ended up exchanging chops and forearms on the apron, ending with Alex Taylor taking an implant DDT on the apron. Danny Dealz exclaimed “He almost killed him! There is no way that is legal!” before grabbing the foot of Kerry Morton, which is not legal.
Alex Taylor did a suicide dive through the corner to the floor to nail Morton, who violently swore when Taylor drove him into the guardrail. Morton managed to hit a twisting neckbreaker back in the ring before doing a monkey flip. Danny Dealz tried to pull a garbage can out from under the ring, but Ricky Morton dropped him. Alex Taylor hit a cradle shock for a 2-count. Morton hit a running knee, the Kiss Her Goodbye, for a 2-count. Taylor hit a superkick on Morton before going for a fireman’s carry. Morton slipped out and hit a GTR for the pinfall.
Thrillbilly Silas (w/ Pollo Del Mar) defeated Kratos
This was a mean guy match, but the blood on Kratos was horrifying at the end. He was very badly busted open. I hope they have a doctor on hand to check him.
Kratos used hard strikes to rock Silas early in the match before hitting a back suplex on the apron. Kratos suplexed Silas across the ring, and mocked the crowd by clapping. The crowd clapped, showing they don’t realize he is a heel. Kratos ripped the turnbuckle pad off, which clued them in, so they booed. Kratos, a good worker.
Kratos took Silas’ head off with a lariat. The crowd started chanting for Silas soon thereafter, and Kratos tried to drive him face first into the exposed buckle, but he blocked it. Kratos kicked Silas’ leg out of his leg instead. Kratos missed a few elbow drops and Silas got a crazy look in his eyes and fired up before hitting a few punches and a running power slam.
Silas hit a lariat of his own that nearly dropped Kratos on his head. Silas hit a massive powerbomb on Kratos, which was very impressive. Kratos caught Silas on a crossbody attempt and lifted him into a brainbuster. That was incredible. Silas responded with a thrill ride, but Kratos kicked out. Kratos tried to send Silas into the exposed turnbuckle, but Kratos crashed face first into it and was busted open hard say. Silas then locked on a submission for ref stoppage. Silas then rubbed the blood on his face, which was disgusting.
–Angelina Love was with May Valentine and talked about how she wasn’t scared of Kamille and was going to end her reign.
The Renegade Twins (Robyn & Charlette Renegade) defeated Pretty Empowered (Kenzie Paige & Ella Envy) to win the NWA Women’s Tag Team Championship
Paige continues to be awesome, throwing a forearm to drop Charlette Renegade off the apron before tagging out to Robyn. Charlette and Robyn were able to get the advantage on Envy for a bit, which caused her to flee to Paige and tag out. Paige took the advantage again, giving Envy time to recover and they got the heat on the twins.
Robyn tried to fight back, but Paige with respond with even harder forearms before locking on a sleeper. Charlette hit a fisherman’s suplex on Envy, but Paige broke it up with a senton. The Twins went for the Renegade’s Revenge, but Paige saved Envy again. Robyn pulled Paige from the ring, finally getting Envy alone, and Charlette rolled up Envy for the flash pinfall.
EC3 defeated Kevin Kiley Jr.
The best worker in this match was Kevin Kiley, and he struggled throughout. I don’t blame him, as he hasn’t been wrestling frequently for so long. I imagine he’ll be fine once he gets a few more matches under his belt to knock off the ring rust. I hope he is okay after that horrible crash to the floor.
EC3 was announced as being from “The Narrative in His Mind” and with his new nickname, The Overman, because he’s over, man. Gah. I cringed writing that. The announcers told us that Kevin Kiley received a call from EC3 and that is why he was here for this match. Kiley decided to come back, but looked a bit lost coming out, which may have been by design with EC3 saying he wanted to bring the best out of him.
This was Kiley’s first match in 6 years, and you could tell. Kiley hit two splashes in the corner before hitting a flying forearm, but as he charged the corner, EC3 hit a stun gun on the corner to drop Kiley. EC3 beat on him with plodding offence before locking on a camel clutch and yelling that no one wanted Kiley. EC3 kicked him in the gut and ran the ropes, but Kiley hit a few strikes and a neckbreaker before hitting a spinebuster.
EC3 rolled to the floor and Kiley tried to jump over the ropes to the floor on EC3, but his foot caught the ropes and he crashed face first to the floor. I hope he is okay, because that looked brutal. EC3 brought him into the ring and locked on the purpose (which is not to be confused with the purpose that Odinson sprays in his own face to hype himself up) for the submission.
NWA World Tag Team Champions La Rebelion (Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf) defeated Blunt Force Trauma (Damage & Carnage) (w/ ‘A Game’ Aron Stevens) via DQ
A terrible DQ finish in a poor match. La Rebelion looked good until the finish, and this team of Blunt Force Trauma is not over at all. Whatever they are doing with them and Stevens is obviously not working, but they persist.
Apparently Aron Stevens’ nickname is now ‘A Game.’ Not to be confused with The Game. Damage (Rodney Mack) beat on Bestia in the early parts of the match. Bestia countered a knee strike with a cradle, but Carnage (Marshe Rockett) kicked out. Mecha Wolf tagged in and hit a springboard crossbody on Damage. Mecha Wolf then hit a moonsault off the top rope onto both Damage and Carnage.
La Rebelion hit stereo enziguris before sending Carnage to the floor with some fast double team offence and suplexing Damage. Damage and Carnage both ended up on the floor and La Rebelion hit a series of dives onto both men. Aron Stevens had a conniption on the floor but ended up getting caught hitting Bestia with a loaded glove.
Chris Adonis defeated Trevor Murdoch
The recap of this match would seem to indicate otherwise, but this was actually a good match. This is the only time this comparison will happen, but Adonis worked this match like a babyface Randy Savage, selling and selling until the finish. Not bad at all.
Murdoch worked the arm of Adonis throughout the early parts of this match, attempting to limit the usage of the master lock. Every time Adonis tried to strike back, Murdoch would hit a hard clothesline to drop him. Murdoch hit a giant pop up spinebuster but did not go for the pin. He decided to go for the top rope bulldog, but Adonis caught him and put on the master lock and Murdoch passed out for the referee stoppage.
NWA World Women’s Champion Kamille defeated Angelina Love in a No DQ match to retain
Both women worked hard in this one, with the right finish. Love bumped like crazy for Kamille, and Kamille showed some great selling, which she doesn’t do often. She really has improved dramatically since she won the title and has really come into the role, being champion for nearly 2 years now.
Kamille didn’t wait for Love to finish her entrance before running in and attacking. Love, however, managed to drive Kamille into the ring post shoulder first and then into the ring post on the on outside again. Love sent Kamille into the ring steps and the guardrail. Love put Kamille in a crossface using Kamille’s own hair to complete the choke.
After a few more minutes of heat from Love, Kamille picked Love up into a torture rack and hit a torture rack bomb for the 2-count. Kamille set Angelina Love in the corner and put a garbage can against her face. Kamille then went coast to coast, hitting a dropkick into the can. This should be the finish, but Love kicked out after 2.
Kamille pulled a table out from under the ring and propped it up against the turnbuckle. Love threw the trash can into the arms of Kamille before hitting the Botox injection for a 2-count. Love tried to hit Kamille with the title belt, but Kamille ducked and hit a spear through the table on Love for the win.
–May Valentine was with Tyrus and BLK Jeez, and he cut a promo on “internet trolls” who mocked him, saying there were only 1500 of them, and that he had the support of millions of people that watch him. Of course, they watch him on Fox, and it has translated to nothing for the NWA other then making their fans upset.
NWA National Heavyweight Champion Cyon (w/ Austin Idol) defeated Homicide to retain
This went way too long given that both were heels. Homicide’s mild babyface turn part way through the match couldn’t save it, despite the work being really solid at a fundamental level. The crowd was dead though.
Austin Idol cut a promo about his own history in wrestling in Tampa, and that he really wanted to say he was happy to be back there, but he would be lying, because Tampa sucked. Idol called Tampa Bay a cesspool, saying it was polluted, and that he was glad to get out of there as early as he did. I laughed.
Unfortunately, as entertaining as that was, the crowd did not want to cheer Cyon after that. Homicide is a heel, Cyon is a heel, Austin Idol is a heel, and the promotion is a heel. There is no one to root for in this. The crowd, predictably, responded with silence. The fundamentals of booking really escape Mr. Corgan.
Cyon asked for a mic and said that Homicide should apologize to all the stuff he said to Austin Idol. Cyon claimed that the fans didn’t even know Homicide’s name. Homicide turned slightly babyface by cussing Idol out while in a chinlock. The fans sort of got into the match despite Homicide working the first half as a heel offering a few claps and cheers for Homicide.
Homicide hit a tornado DDT for a 2-count. Homicide then got claps for doing the 3 Amigos while yelling “This is for you Eddy Guerrero” and I guess Homicide is a babyface fully now. Homicide went for the frog splash, but Cyon cut him off and hit a superplex. Cyon hit a Death Valley Driver soon thereafter for the win.
–Bully Ray made his entrance for commentary and told the fans that he was happy to be back in Tampa, before going to the table. “I never go into business for myself, right Tim?” Storm agreed. Ray then paused as he was sitting down midway, looked at Storm, and then laughed.
NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Tyrus defeated Matt Cardona to retain
Goodness, this match sucked. Cardona tried his best, and even with all the smoke and mirrors there was nothing he could do to make this anything more then a negative star match.
Matt Cardona got a far bigger reaction of both boos and cheers than Tyrus. Tyrus was mildly booed with a few smatterings of cheers. Cardona was given a main event reaction. That should tell you who should be in this match and who shouldn’t. Tyrus did an arm drag and looked gassed.
Matt Cardona rolled to the outside and yelled at Bully Ray, claiming he was going to get involved. Tyrus headbutt Cardona, but made it so slowly back to the ring that Cardona kicked the middle ropes to low blow Tyrus. Cardona hit a dropkick to the knee of Tyrus and Tyrus went down and proceeded to stay there for the next few minutes as Cardona worked over the knee.
Cardona put on a figure four leglock. Tyrus tried to roll over. Tried being the key word. He got halfway and Cardona just let go. Cardona jumped off the middle ropes into Tyrus, who supposedly swatted him, but he just stood there and Cardona hit him and fell to the mat. Cardona dodged a corner charge and Tyrus walked into the corner. Cardona hit a the reboot on Tyrus 3 times.
Tyrus kicked out of a pinfall attempt. Cardona grabbed the NWA title and brought it back to the ring. This made no sense since Tyrus was basically dead on the mat. He went to hit Tyrus, but Tyrus somehow got to him first and went for a clothesline, but Cardona ducked and took out the referee. Tyrus hit an exploder and walking elbow but the referee was down.
Rorlando Freeman ran down and hit Tyrus with a chair. Tyrus no sold it, stood up, and hit an exploder on Freeman. Cardona hit Tyrus with a chair and the title belt for a 2-count. Cardona grabbed the referee and protested, and Tyrus charged the corner. Cardona moved and Tyrus crushed the referee. Mike Knox ran down and hit a crossbody on Tyrus.
Bully Ray stopped Knox from using the ring bell, and threw Knox into the ring steps. Tyrus slowly rose to his feet and put the Tongan death grip on Cardona, slamming him down for the pin.
–Bully Ray grabbed a mic after the match, and said that he respected Tyrus because he was champion, and decided to do the right thing. Bully Ray put him over as much as he could and said you had to respect him. A few of the fans chanted for Tyrus. Are they trying to turn him babyface? Oh no.
Tyrus thanked Bully Ray and said that no one in the locker would come out to help him, as they feared him. Yes, locker. Not locker room. That is what he said. Tyrus said he would give Bully Ray a title shot any time he wanted, but they are not friends. Oh no.
Final Thoughts
This was not a good show. There were some good elements on it, with Kamille and Angelina Love probably having the hottest match of the night. Kerry Morton and Alex Taylor was probably the best from an in ring perspective.
I can’t seem to escape Bully Ray in a main event position on the shows I recap here for F4W, as he’s now in the NWA title picture after losing to Josh Alexander in Impact. That said, I would take Bully Ray as champion long before I’d take Tyrus, if that means anything.
The top two matches being heel vs. heel did not help this show at all, and they should have learned by now that Kamille is probably going to have the hottest match on the card despite how little build this one got. She should have closed it and sent the fans home happy, rather then the nonsense we got after it. That said, Tyrus and Bully Ray is not a feud I needed, but it is likely what is next. Oh no.
A stipulation has been added to the upcoming NWA World Championship match set for this weekend’s Nuff Said.
During tonight’s NWA Power, Tyrus and Blunt Force Trauma defeated The Cardona Family in a six-man tag team match. As a result, he got to name the stipulation for the upcoming title match. It was established that the match will not feature any seconds or have any outside interference.
Additionally, more matches have been announced for this weekend’s show via NWA’s Instagram. They include Dak Draper and Mims vs. Jax Dane and Blake Troop, Mercurio and Natalia Markova vs. Jennacide and Max The Impaler, and Joe Alonzo vs. Odinson.
A pre-show match between Missa Kate and La Rosa Negra has also been added.
Here is the current lineup for Nuff Said:
NWA World Champion Tyrus defends against Matt Cardona (w/ Bully Ray on commentary)
NWA National Champion Cyon defends against Homicide
NWA Women’s Champion Kamille defends against Angelina Love in a no DQ match
Thom Latimer vs. Fodder in a Singapore cane match
Trevor Murdoch vs. Chris Adonis
EC3 vs. Kevin Kiley (fka Alex Riley)
NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion Kerry Morton defends against Alex Taylor
NWA Tag Team Champions La Rebelion defend Blunt Force Trauma (w/ Aron Stevens)
Dak Draper and Mims vs. Jax Dane and Blake Troop
Mercurio and Natalia Markova vs. Jennacide and Max The Impaler
The NWA is bringing in a guest commentator for the main event of this weekend’s Nuff Said pay-per-view.
In the main event of Nuff Said this Saturday, Tyrus will put his NWA World Heavyweight Championship on the line against Matt Cardona. It was announced last night that Bully Ray will serve as a guest commentator for the match.
“As announced on tonight’s NWA Livestream, @bullyray5150 will be ringside on commentary for the #NuffSaid main event between @PlanetTyrus & @TheMattCardona,” the NWA tweeted on Monday. “NUFF SAID is sold out, but you can still catch it live on @FiteTV!”
Cardona responded to the announcement: “@bullyray5150 sliced a layer of skin off my forehead with a cheese grater a few months ago and now he’s the ‘guest commentator’ in my @nwa Worlds Heavyweight Championship match against @PlanetTyrus? HOW IS THAT FAIR?! #NuffSaid”
Bully Ray also appeared as a guest commentator at the NWA’s Alwayz Ready PPV in June 2022.
Bully Ray was in action on the live episode of NWA Power last week, losing to Odinson by disqualification in a “no tables” match.
At NWA Hard Times 3 last November, Tyrus defeated Trevor Murdoch and Cardona in a triple threat match to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
Nuff Said is being held at the Egypt Shrine Center in Tampa, Florida on Saturday night. The updated card for the PPV is listed below:
NWA World Heavyweight Champion Tyrus defends against Matt Cardona
NWA World Women’s Champion Kamille defends against Angelina Love
NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion Kerry Morton defends against Alex Taylor
NWA National Champion Cyon defends against Homicide
Ticket information and further details for Nuff Said will be announced soon. The PPV will be available live via Fite as a standalone event or as part of the NWA All Access annual pass.
The PPV is named after NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Tyrus’ catchphrase. Nuff Said was also the name of Tyrus’ show on Fox Nation.
In the main event of Nuff Said, Tyrus will defend his title against Matt Cardona. A contract signing for the match has been announced for a live episode of NWA Power that’s taking place on Tuesday, January 31, 2023.
Tyrus became NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion by defeating Trevor Murdoch and Cardona in a triple threat match at NWA Hard Times last month.
Cardona is a former NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion. He won the title this February but had to vacate it in June due to injury.
