NWA Power results: The Cardona Family vs. Team Tyrus

This week’s NWA Power was the go-home show for this Saturday’s Nuff Said pay-per-view that saw some new matches added.

Kratos defeated Thrillbilly Silas (w/ Pollo Del Mar)

This was a solid match with Kratos getting the win. Silas has potential, but he is still quite rough around the edges. Kratos remains awesome, and I hope a main event run is in the future for him. Del Mar also took a heck of a bump off a pounce.

Kratos immediately dumped Silas to the floor. Silas did not enjoy this and ran back into the ring. Kratos hit a flying forearm in the corner that looked awesome. Silas hit the ropes and hit a flying shoulder tackle. I believe I forgot to mention this last week, but Silas has gotten in really great shape. Silas and Kratos exchanged hard strikes until Kratos hit a drop toe hold into the turnbuckle.

Kratos hit a slam and climbed to the top rope. Silas grabbed Kratos’ goatee and threw him off the ropes before hitting a series of running strikes in the corner, later hitting a running powerslam. Kratos rallied with a spinebuster and went back to striking in the corner before suplexing Silas across the ring. Del Mar got back in the ring to try and save Silas, so Kratos hit a pounce on Del Mar. He then hit a flying knee strike on Silas for the pin and win.

The Renegade Twins (Charlette & Robyn) defeated Roxy & Ella Envy (w/ Kenzie Paige) 

The twins winning made sense given they are trying to setup a title match with Pretty Empowered for the PPV, especially with Envy getting pinned. That said, the debut of Kylie Paige could have been handled better and having her cause her team a match is not the best way to make it work. She does look a lot like Kenzie, based on first impressions, so they may be able to do some twin magic down the line.

As the Pretty Empowered faction were making their way down to ringside, Kyle Davis announced that Kenzie Paige was going to be handcuffed to the ring post which she protested heavily. Robyn Renegade started the match with Envy, dropkicking her into the corner and hitting double knees to Envy’s back.

Roxy tagged in and took it to Charlette, trying to impress Paige and Envy to keep her position in Pretty Empowered. Envy stomped Charlette in the corner before hitting a cannonball. Roxy choked Robyn on the ropes and Envy screamed, “I’m almost proud of you!” and I laughed. This really is a great act.

Roxy and Robyn clotheslined each other and both went down. Both women tagged out and Charlette hit a Thesz press on Envy. That was followed by a fisherman’s suplex on Envy who kicked out. As this happened, Kylie Paige, the sister of Kenzie Paige, debuted and tried to get the handcuffs off her sister. She then jumped on the apron and tried to distract the Renegade Twins, but it resulted in Envy getting hit with a Hart Attack for the pinfall.

– May Valentine, still in her wedding dress, was with Matt Cardona saying that she couldn’t get over last week’s botched wedding with Aron Stevens, thus why she was still wearing the dress a week later. Anyway, Cardona said that he shouldn’t even be wrestling tonight, but he planned on winning so he can call the shots with a stipulation for his title match against Tyrus this weekend.

Cardona said that he had a third partner for tonight that didn’t like Tyrus and that he would tell Knox who it was after the interview.

NWA TV Champion Jordan Clearwater (w/ BLK Jeez) vs. Mims went to a time limit draw

Mims looked like a geek in this finish, going to a time limit draw and wasting his Champions Series shot already. He would have been better off cashing in for the PPV and not being restricted by TV time. Also, going for a bearhug with only 15 seconds left rather than hitting a suplex for a pin attempt? I’m really not sure about the booking on this one.

Clearwater claimed all the ladies wanted to see him as he hinted at gyrating. In a nice touch that I just noticed, Clearwater’s finisher is the Midas Touch which is a big boot. The boot he uses to hit the move is gold. Clearwater tried to stall for time as it counts as a successful defense if he goes the time limit, but Mims took it right to him with a lariat.

Clearwater necked Mims on the ropes and did it a second time on the middle rope before coming back in the ring and choking him. Clearwater hit a vertical suplex on Mims for a two count. He locked in a chinlock on Mims to try and keep him grounded, but Mims keeps firing back with strikes, followed by a series of clotheslines.

Mims called for the Big Strong Slam, but Clearwater rolled him up and then both men started exchanging roll-ups. Clearwater went for the Midas Touch, but Mims countered into a bear hug and the time limit ran out.

– Valentine was with Stevens and she asked him what happened. Stevens talked about the tag team division and Blunt Force Trauma. Valentine said she was talking about the wedding. Stevens went on about how the officiant was an idiot, and that Blunt Force Trauma would be Tag Team Champions soon, cutting the promo like an 80s manager. Valentine screamed that she hated him. This sucked.

Thom Latimer defeated Jax Dane (w/ Chris Silvio, Esq.)

This was a bizarre finish. The match was fine and I loved the distraction spot because it was so stupid, but a heel being that dumb makes all the sense in the world. The fan simply sharing that he emailed asking for an autograph leading to the heel stopping, deciding to sign it during a match, and paying for it made my day. It’s so ridiculous, but that is exactly why I loved it.

Dane continued the gimmick of leaving his vest on to show he wasn’t planning on keeping the match going long. Dane hit a shoulder tackle and then went to the outside of the ring. Chris Silvio ran up to Dane and asked Dane to sign an autograph to give to a fan who said, “I emailed you a while back!”

Naturally, this led to Latimer attacking Dane from behind (after the autograph was signed, because Latimer is a babyface after all) and I laughed at how ridiculous this distraction spot was. The ref then turned around to see Silvio grabbing the foot of Latimer openly yet he did nothing. Dane hit a few chop blocks and worked over Latimer. Thankfully, the follow up interference was actually missed by the ref.

Latimer hit a roll-up and then stomped on Dane in the corner, but sold his leg in the process. Dane shoved Latimer off the middle rope and hit a shoulder tackle before trying to smash his leg into the ring post. Latimer pulled Dane face-first into the post. Dane tried to pop the trunk with his lariat, but Latimer pulled Dane into a crossface and Silvio threw in the towel.

Silvio tried to pull the towel away from Latimer, but Latimer pulled him in and went for a piledriver. Silvio got away as Latimer’s knee gave out.

NWA World Champion Tyrus (w/ BLK Jeez) & Blunt Force Trauma (Damage & Carnage) (w/ Aron Stevens) defeated The Cardona Family (Matt Cardona & Mike Knox) & Rolando Freeman

Davis’ disbelief as Freeman entered as the mystery partner was fantastic. Cardona justified it by saying Freeman had defeated him in the past so the guy that had his number is now his partner. The referee took his time checking for weapons, discovering a weapon (a silver chain) in Freeman’s tights. The referee then found another chain in his knee pad…then a shiv in his boot while  Cardona and Knox looked on baffled.

Freeman blind tagged in and Tyrus hit him with the worst Tongan death grip I have ever seen to get the win. Tyrus got to pick the stipulation for the Nuff Said match with Cardona, saying it would be one-on-one with no outside interference to determine who would be undisputed champion.

Final Thoughts:

This show was fun right up until the finish of the last match. I even laughed at Freeman having a shiv in his boot while Cardona and Knox looked on. Tyrus got away with doing no work, which is probably for the best, but I can’t say the main event build for Nuff Said was any good at all. That said, the rest of the card could have some good matches. I actually really enjoyed this episode of Power, minus Tyrus and the nonsensical Valentine/Stevens stuff.

NWA Nuff Said final card:

• 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)
• Max the Impaler, Natalia Markova, Jennacide, Mercurio, and Thrillbilly Silas in TBA action