NWA Power results: The fallout from Empower and NWA 73

Joe Galli opened the show and noted that Nick Aldis had asked for a leave of absence from the NWA after his loss of the World title at NWA 73. He pitched to Kyle Davis who interviewed Women’s Champion Kamille and Thom Latimer.

Trevor Murdoch, Kamille and Thom Latimer promos

Kamille was upset with Billy Corgan for having to wrestle two nights in a row. She claimed that he was trying to injure her and Latimer, based on her working double duty and making Latimer wrestle in a street fight.

Davis invited new World Champion Trevor Murdoch to the interview podium. This caused Kamille and Latimer to leave in anger. The fans had a huge reaction for Murdoch who put over Aldis, saying he didn’t like him personally, but professionally, he was a great champion.

Murdoch said he hoped he would see Aldis again soon and wanted to work out their business as men. He thanked the fans for their support and got very emotional in doing so. This was a great babyface promo.

Colby Corino, Jax Dane and Da Pope were at the podium and they talked about the title matches that they were promised. Corino said that he won the tournament for his whole team and wasn’t going to miss when he takes his shot. Pope talked about how he was going to wait for the right time to make his move for a title in the NWA and that everyone will know when he does it. Dane talked about his shot and called out Murdoch.

Kiera Hogan defeated Skye Blue

This was a nice little squash match. Blue was given a little bit before the finish.

The two shook hands before locking up. There was a struggle early to see who could keep the advantage with Blue hitting a nice headlock takeover. Hogan managed to push Blue back into the corner, hitting a hard chop and then a dropkick right to Blue’s face. Blue responded with a superkick when she was dragged out of the corner for a two count. Hogan hit one of her own and then Face the Music for the pinfall.

Hogan walked up to Mickie James on commentary and told her that she needs to respect her.

— Jennacide, Paola Blaze and Taryn Terrell were at the podium. Terrell talked about how Lady Frost was a problem that kept them from getting the win at NWA 73 and was the only reason they didn’t get it. New champions The Hex came out with Marti Belle pointing out that Frost actually took the win from her.

— Blaze challenged Belle to a match, but nothing came of it as new Tag Team Champions La Rebelion came out for their promo time. Mecha Wolf put over The Hex as Women’s Tag Team Champions, saying they were like themselves. This was a bit of a mess.

The Rude Dudes (El Rudo and Nick Stanley) defeated The Ill Begotten (Rush Freeman & Captain Yuma)

This was a solid match, but was essentially another squash. Yuma is a good comedy character that the fans get behind, making him the perfect jobber.

Galli informed us that this was a qualifying match for a nine-team tournament to determine new contenders for the titles. Stanley complained that Yuma abused his jawline with a headlock. Storm said that they were a little rude in a quality dad pun.

Stanley choked Freeman and on commentary, Red Velvet made a “rude” joke after hearing Tim Storm make one as well. Stanley hit the ropes looking like he was going for a big move, only to put his foot on Freeman’s chest for a pinfall attempt.

Freeman made the tag to Yuma who knocked Stanley off the apron and hit a tornado DDT on Rudo for a near fall that Stanley broke up. Stanley hit a double stomp off the top rope into a backbreaker by Rudo for the win.

— La Rebelion was with Kyle Davis and they ran down the tournament. La Rebelion said they were going to take the tag titles to Mexico until the NWA is able to bring them challengers worthy of their time.

— National Champion Chris Adonis and Melina came to the podium. Adonis said it was ridiculous that Melina wasn’t on the card and blamed Corgan for it. Adonis nodded in agreement as Melina said that she was tired of Kamille. This seemed weird as it set him against the rest of Strictly Business which Kyle Davis pointed out.

Before he could answer, Father James Mitchell came out and talked about how Judias was going to crush him and take the National title from him. Adonis wasn’t intimidated. 

Kenzie Paige defeated Chelsea Green

Green started the early part of the match taking it right to Paige, hitting a kick in the corner and some stomps as well. Green went for an unprettier, but Paige fought and rolled into a sunset flip on Green, pinning her quickly. What an upset!

Green started screaming and going nuts. It seems the “Hot Mess” character started to come back as she threw a tantrum in the ring about losing.

— Austin Idol interrupted a James Storm promo and said he and TV Champion Tyrus looked all over the world for talent for Tyrus to face tonight. BLK Jeez and Jordan Clearwater came out which was weird because they have been aligned with Tyrus. Clearwater looked like he was going to fight, but Jeez hopped in the ring first to Clearwater’s clear frustration.

NWA TV Champion Tyrus defeated BLK Jeez to retain

Jeez immediately dropkicked Tyrus, hit a frog splash and then a DDT for a two count. Jeez hit a missile dropkick, but Tyrus kicked out again. Tyrus swatted Jeez from the air and hit an exploder suplex and a heart punch to finish the match. This was weird and a strange ending to the show.

Final Thoughts:

This was a confusing episode of NWA Power as I don’t understand why several things happened:

• Why was BLK Jeez suddenly facing Tyrus and why Clearwater was upset about it?
• Why did Kiera Hogan go up to Mickie James and saying that she had to respect her?
• Why did Melina join with Chris Adonis while bashing the rest of Strictly Business?
• Why was every single promo interrupted?

I was just absolutely baffled by this show. At least Trevor Murdoch’s promo was good but this was not the best way to follow up a good weekend of shows.