NWA Power live results: Champions Series finals

Tuesday marks a milestone for the NWA as they go live with a special edition of NWA Power as the road to next month’s Nuff Said continues.

The show will be headlined by Team Tyrus vs. Team Rock n’ Roll in the finals of the Champions Series where the winners all earn anytime, anywhere title shots.

NWA World Champion Tyrus and Matt Cardona will be on hand to sign the contract for their title match at the February 11th pay-per-view. Cardona will also be in action.

Bully Ray will face Odinson in a no tables match while NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion Kerry Morton will also compete against an opponent to be named as will NWA Women’s Tag Team Champions Pretty Empowered.

NWA US Tag Team Champions The Fixers will defend against The Country Gentlemen, and NWA Women’s Champion Kamille will team with Thom Latimer against Angelina Love & Fodder.

Aron Stevens and May Valentine will also have a wedding ceremony officiated by Santino Marella.

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NWA Power opened with a nice graphic for Jay Briscoe before Kyle Davis ran down the Champions Series thus far.

Davis was in the ring with Odinson who explained why he challenged Bully Ray to a no tables match, saying he didn’t need weapons — he was the weapon himself. He then dedicated his match to Odin, saying he was doing it for him.

Odinson defeated Bully Ray by DQ in a no tables match

The announcers claimed that Odinson must have planned for this to happen, but I can’t imagine he planned to be put through a table when he clearly tried to put Ray through it. So, we have Ray and Odinson going to a time limit draw a few weeks ago, then going to a DQ here. This must be setting up a n o DQ match, though it didn’t require the “no tables” gimmick to make sense. 

All of this would have worked without that, but the crowd did give Odinson heat for saying he wouldn’t need one and then grabbing one in the match. He still would have got the same heat without the stip.

Before the bell, as Ray was celebrating on the middle rope, Odinson attacked and low blowed Ray. Ray demanded for the referee to ring the bell anyway, and rolled up Odinson for a two count. Odinson got some heat after a dropkick, but Bully Ray responded with a Bully-to-back suplex as Joe Galli called it.

Both men stood up and traded blows until Odinson hit a belly-to-belly suplex and a pounce for a two count. Odinson went for the F10, but Ray slipped out and shoved Odinson into the referee. Odinson hit an uppercut, grabbed a table under the ring and set it up. The referee stood up and turned around to see Ray countering the F10 again and putting Odinson through the table to be DQ’d.

– Davis was with Thrillbilly Silas and Pollo Del Mar. Silas claimed he was planning on winning the Champions Series and he was going to cash in on NWA World Champion Tyrus, but he had something to settle with National Champion Cyon and Austin Idol first.

The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana & Anthony Andrews) defeated The Fixers (Wrecking Ball Legursky & Jay Bradley) to win the NWA United States Tag Team titles

The crowd was very hot for this match despite the action being a bit of a mess. That said, the crowd being super into it made it an entertaining watch and they loved seeing Cazana and Andrews win the titles.

Cazana and Bradley started with the two big men exchanging holds. Andrews and Cazana used each other as weapons against Legursky, but Andrews was unable to slam Legursky. Legursky tried to throw his own partner at Andrews, but Andrews rolled out of the way. Cazana tagged in, but ate a lariat from Bradley.

Legursky and Bradley isolated Cazana in the corner. They got the heat on Cazana for the next few minutes. Legursky missed a headbutt and got hit with one from Cazana, who then tagged out to Andrews. Andrews hit a knee and then, things fell apart a little bit until Bradley hit a gutwrench suplex on Andrews. Cazana dodged a corner charge from Legursky and rolled him up for the pinfall.

World title contract signing

Matt Cardona and Mike Knox made their way out to the ring for the contract signing for his match against NWA World Champion Tyrus. The announcers talked about how Tyrus had problems with the contract and that we knew about it, but we didn’t because it was never mentioned before this or on TV. Davis then said he had the contract and mentioned Tyrus having problems with it.

Tyrus then said he didn’t have problems with it, so it appears they can’t keep the story straight. Cardona then said he was the one with the problem and that he wanted to pick the stipulations. So, there was clearly some miscommunications in this story. 

Cardona then said that he needed to be champ. BLK Jeez then said that if they do a six man tag, they’ll let Cardona pick the stips, so that was made for next week.

Kenzie Paige defeated Charlette Renegade

It was advertised that this was going to be Pretty Empowered both in action, but Paige came out alone for this match. It is possible Envy will be in a match later.

Renegade hit a delayed fisherman’s suplex, which was impressive, for a two count to open the match. Paige rolled outside and ran around the ring, baiting Renegade into a chase, but Renegade dodged a leg drop. Renegade hit a lariat, but Paige was able to backtrack to the turnbuckle and pull her into the middle turnbuckle followed by a uranage.

Renegade hit a spinebuster after blocking what looked like a cutter from Paige. Paige hit a superkick and then grabbed the tag title, ready to hit Renegade, but the referee took the belt away. Paige pulled a small spray bottle out of her top and then sprayed Renegade with it before rolling her up for the win.

– Davis was with Thom Latimer and Kamille as they announced that there were travel issues for Psycho Love. As they were talking about how they were not able to get there, Psycho Love came out and attacked the two from behind.

Fodder and Angelina Love rolled Latimer and Kamille into the ring as Fodder beat on Latimer with a kendo stick. Love then hit the Botox Injection on Kamille, leaving both laying in the ring.

Team Rock n’ Roll defeated Team Tyrus in a Team War to win the Champions Series

This match was a complete mess, so I have recapped each match individually to try and keep track of it. The rules were not clearly explained with the winner of the fall being able to choose their next opponent, nor were the team captains or assistants allowed to compete. 

What a disaster of a match that was utterly confusing start to finish and had no time for any of the eliminations to sink in before the next one happened. This was terrible in every way.

La Rosa Negra defeated Allysin Kay

Kay went for a piledriver, but Negra hit a TKO and locked on a submission to submit Kay.

Robyn Renegade defeated La Rosa Negra

Negra hit a series of kicks, a fireman’s carry into a face-first slam, and a buzzsaw kick for a two count. Renegade and Negra botched a crucifix pin, so Renegade just settled for it being a submission and Negra tapped out.

Madi defeated Robyn Renegade

Madi hit the Reality Check quickly for the pinfall.

Samantha Starr defeated Madi

Starr hit at DDT to pin Madi quickly.

Taya Valkyrie defeated Samantha Starr

We actually got a little action in this before Valkyrie hit the Road to Valhalla, but not a lot.

Carnage defeated Taya Valkyrie

Valkyrie picked Carnage as her opponent, but EC3 distracted her. Carnage threw her over the top rope.

Carnage defeated Mims

Mims came in and ate a flatliner for the pin.

Chris Adonis defeated Carnage

Adonis dodged a dropkick and went for the Master Lock, but fought out. Carnage hit the ropes and Adonis hit a spinebuster for three.

Chris Adonis defeated Trevor Murdoch

Murdoch came in the ring, but Adonis took it right to him. Adonis threw Murdoch over the top rope and he was extremely upset, so Murdoch pulled Adonis to the floor and beat him up.

Thrillbilly Silas defeated Chris Adonis

Silas came in and hit a Thrillride for the three.

Thrillbilly Silas defeated Alex Taylor

Taylor hit a big head scissors on Silas who then caught Taylor in a dive off the rope with the Thrillride for the win.

Dak Draper defeated Thrillbilly Silas

Draper was the last one left for Team Rock n’ Roll, and Draper hit a crossbody and then a slingshot into a cradle. Silas caught Draper and hit a slam for a two count. Silas went for the Thrillride, but Draper countered into a sunset flip to eliminate Silas.

Dak Draper defeated EC3

EC3 went after Draper right away, attacking and beating on Draper. EC3 attempted to throw Draper out, but Draper landed on the apron. EC3 went for a Thesz press, landed without touching Draper, but the ref counted it as a pin anyway. Draper kicked out at two. 

EC3 got in the face with Ricky Morton on the floor. EC3 tried to throw Draper out again, but he landed on the apron and then got a jackknife pin on EC3 to end the series.

Aron Stevens/May Valentine wedding

Sam Temo (aka Santino) was the minister. Temo said, “I am nobody else that you think!” in his Santino voice. He asked for Stevens to read his vows. Stevens read a poem that Lanny Poffo would be ashamed of. The fans booed most of this.

Valentine claimed that Stevens made her believe in love again. Pollo Del Mar objected to the wedding, saying Stevens was going to embarrass her. Chris Silvio, Esq. came out and objected to Jax Dane not headlining the first live NWA Power. Mercurio objected, saying she should marry him.

Natalya Markova objected, saying she was speaking for all women in the world that Stevens was fake. As Markova was saying this, it seemed she fell in love with Mercurio. Stevens pulled out the marriage license but apparently it was not a legal one, because it was the wrong one for someone with a green card.

Valentine said that she was a permanent resident, but Temo said it was the wrong license and they couldn’t get married today. She threw her bouquet at Stevens and tore the set apart with the gifts.

This is, by far, one of the worst segments I have ever seen in wrestling. Valentine picked up the champagne bottle and broke it over Damage’s head. The show then went off the air.

Final Thoughts:

Goodness, this show was bad:

• A match that was advertised didn’t take place.
• Pretty Empowered was not in action, but Kenzie Paige was. 
• The Team War match to end the Champions Series was a disaster. 
• The best match on the card was for the NWA US Tag Team Championship, but the rest of the show was not good at all.
• The angle for the contract signing made little sense, but I tried my best to explain it. 

The closing angle was Russo-riffic in its execution, though not quite as bad as peak TNA or WCW. They wasted 15 minutes on an angle that never made sense and that was confusing from day one with Stevens and Valentine’s relationship.

Again, this was not a good show at all.