NWA Power results: Aldis & Storm vs. Adonis & Latimer

This week’s edition of NWA Power opened up with three good promos to open the show, all building future matches.

Kamille opened this week’s show with Kyle Davis and was asked about how Nick Aldis asked Thom Latimer and Chris Adonis to back down from fighting with Tim Storm last week that set up Storm and Aldis teaming against Latimer and Adonis tonight.

Without elaborating further, the NWA Women’s Champion said it was just some business that the men needed to work out. She then called out Melina, saying that she was too old and would never be the champion but they were still going to face off soon.

World Champion Trevor Murdoch then came out and cut a promo on Jax Dane, calling him a coward for trying to cash in his title shot after Murdoch injured his knee in the tag team main event last week. Murdoch said he wouldn’t back down and would fight him if he asks for it.

Pope came out and joined Murdoch at the podium and promised that if he was going to challenge for the World title, he was going to do it the right way and set a date. Pope promised news about what title he was going to challenge for next week. 

Tag Team Champions La Rebelion (Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf) defeated The Ill Begotten (Rush Freeman & Captain Yuma) and Slice Boogie & Marshe Rockett in a three-way, non-title lucha scramble

This match was awesome. It was a total spotfest where all three teams looked fantastic. La Rebelion has done a great job bringing life to the division since they have joined the NWA. If you watch one match from tonight, make it this one.

This was an elimination match where both members of a team must be eliminated to crown a winner. The champions spent the first part of this match in charge, showing why they are the champs. Yuma got a brief advantage, including hitting a dive to the floor, but Bestia 666 got back into the ring, hit a V Trigger-esque knee on Yuma and then a muscle buster to eliminate him.

Boogie came in and hit a slingshot over the top rope into a German suplex in the ring on Wolf. He then hit a Brooklyn’s Edge on Bestia 666 to eliminate him. Wolf came into the ring with a tornado DDT to pin Boogie.

Freeman hit a blue thunder driver on Wolf and Rockett hit a cutter on Freeman to eliminate him, so the match came down to Wolf vs. Rockett. Both men exchanged hard chops that had the crowd cheering loudly for every blow. Rockett missed a cutter and Wolf hit a 450 to score the win.

— Aron Stevens and Kratos were at the podium and Kyle Davis asked why they were still teaming after losing the Tag Team titles. Kratos took the mic and said his answer hasn’t changed from last time because he believes in brotherhood. If Stevens did, no one could stop them. This was an excellent promo from Kratos here.

James Storm defeated Judias (w/ The Sinister Minister)

I said it last week, but Judias is horrible. Everything he does looks bad and he has less than zero charisma. We know absolutely nothing about him, other than the Sinister Minister is with him for some reason. Storm did everything he could with this one.

Davis announced that there must be a winner in this match, but then announced the 15-minute time limit right after which doesn’t make sense. Judias went for a snake eyes, but Storm slipped out and hit a clothesline that sent Judias to the floor. Storm smashed Judias into the ring steps, but got distracted by the Sinister Minister.

Judias hit an ugly armdrag and then a fallaway slam in the ring. Judias fishhooked Storm and hit a clothesline. He called for a power bomb, but Storm slipped out and hit a superkick for the quick pinfall.

— Kylie Rae was with May Valentine and talked about her upcoming match with Lady Frost. Allysin Kay and Marti Belle came out and Kay said that she was going to make Lady Frost pay for interfering in her match last week and that the NWA already approved the match between them. Kylie Rae asked about her match with Lady Frost, so Kay said she might as well get in the ring too. Thus, we have an impromptu triple threat.

Kylie Rae defeated Lady Frost & Allysin Kay in a three-way

This was an excellent little match here as all three women put forth a great effort.

Rae made Kay regret adding her to the match right away with a superkick. Frost hit a corner kick on her and then did a cartwheel off the back of Rae and hit a dropkick. That was awesome. Kay recovered from the superkick and hit a German suplex on Frost that sent her to the floor.

Rae did a headscissors on Kay into a crossface, but Kay fought out, picked up Rae and hit a samoan drop. Frost came back in and went for a moonsault off the top rope, but Rae superkicked Kay who fell into the ropes, knocking Frost from the ropes. Rae locked on the Charity Case for the tapout.

— Davis was trying to interview the last two teams in the tag team tournament, though I am not sure they are the last two as they have called the matches last week the quarterfinals and semifinals both times in the show. They also had La Rebelion cut a promo on the winners last week before the tournament even ended. Not to mention we have never seen brackets, so I honestly have no idea what is going on with this tournament.

Unfortunately, the promo did not clear it up because TV Champion Tyrus and his crew came out and chased them off. Tyrus then cut a promo on the all the liberals in the crowd, saying they should go vape and watch CNN.

He announced that Jordan Clearwater was going to be his next challenger when Clearwater is in his crew. This promo sucked. If Tyrus stuck to the topic instead of talking about politics, it might have been okay, but it’s clear he is not working for the fans. This was absolutely horrible.

Nick Aldis & Tim Storm defeated Thom Latimer & National Champion Chris Adonis

This was a quick tag match, but did the job of furthering the story between Aldis and Strictly Business with a fantastic closing angle.

Aldis started by wrestling Latimer and soon thereafter tagged in Storm. Storm started to get overwhelmed by Adonis and it wasn’t long before they were working over his knee. Velvet Sky called Aldis ‘Magnus’ on commentary which Joe Galli covered for by saying it was because she’s known him for so long.

Storm hit an elbow, a big boot, and a neckbreaker on Adonis before making the tag to Aldis. Aldis tagged in and ran wild, hitting a Thesz press on Latimer. Aldis hit a Michinoku driver on Latimer, but Adonis broke up the pinfall and started yelling at Aldis about what he was doing. Latimer went for a victory roll on Latimer, but Aldis countered it into a pinfall and got the win.

Latimer shook hands with Aldis after the match and then Storm. Adonis came back in the ring and low-blowed Storm and Aldis was asking what was happening. Latimer then low-blowed Aldis. He grabbed a chair and destroyed Storm and Aldis before piledriving Aldis twice in the ring and then once on the chair. The rest of Strictly Business left Aldis laying in the ring.

Mickie James came out and was at her husband’s side as he was stretchered out of the arena as the show went off the air. This was a fantastic angle to close the show and the crowd booed Strictly Business out of the building.

Final Thoughts:

This was an action-packed episode of NWA Power and one of the best ones they have done in a long time. A lot happened on this show — far more than usual.

It featured both great promos and a huge angle to close the show. Everything clicked, barring Judias.

The rest of the show, however, was good. The in-ring action peaked with the lucha scramble, but the rest of the show held pace for the most part. This was a very good episode of NWA Power.