Jordan Huie of the Overtimer here to recap Episode 3 of NWA Powerrr!
Joe Galli greets us, talking about the confrontational nature of his last two interviews with Nick Aldis. He says on this episode, he will be having an interview with the champ but will only be addressing his next challenger.
Eddie Kingston comes out as the commentators are introducing. Eddie says what happened the other week, with the Dawsons attacking him, he’s not into it, we’re talking about the oldest championships in the world. Says the NWA was smart enough not to take their title shots away, congratulations he says as he applauds them. He says where they come from, when they did that, the NWA is lucky they didn’t catch the Dawsons in the parking lot. So he says before they get the Wild Cards they wanna get the Dawsons. Cornette asks when they want ’em, they say anytime! Challenge is made for tonight.
Marti Belle vs. Crystal Rose
Marti was part of the MYC last year. Waistlock from Marti, Crystal catches her with a back elbow. Marti ducks a clothesline, gets an arm drag, whip is reversed, Marti gets a boot up on the charge, flying headscissors takes her down. Gets Crystal in the corner, big charging forearm. Crystal reverses in the corner, lays in some boots, double knee drop to the back of Marti’s head! Crystal kicks her into the ropes. Hoists her up on her shoulders, Marti elbows out of it, hits the ropes, clothesline! And another, blocks a clothesline of her own and gets the third! Running hip attack in the corner. Sit-Out Pedigree, that gets it!
Winner: Marti Belle
Marquez welcomes the Dawsons who come out to quite a bit of heat. Chant of “Dawson’s Creek” ushers them. Marquez asks why the attack? Dawsons just say things happen, things happen for a reason. People boo and they demand that they shut up. Say everybody wants to throw their weight around, it’s time for them to throw their weight around! They let the world know that they’ll fight every single guy out there… except for Kingston and Homicide!
We see several flashes of a woman who has half of her face painted… Thunder Rosa.
Gatti wants to introduce Tim Storm, but Aron Stevens emerges instead, dressed like a pirate. He whispers into his ear, making Gatti remind everyone of the no eye contact rule. This gets boos, a chant of “Look at us”, Stevens deliberately turns his back on the audience as Gatti brings up Tim Storm. Stevens berates him for asking about other people. He struggles to make his point ’cause of the heat, someone calls him Captain Morgan and howls “I am not Captain Morgan!” This of course gets a Captain Morgan chant. He then introduces B-Roll for his new film Tropical Pirates.
It’s a pretty clear Pirates of the Caribbean knockoff, fit with shots of pirate chips on progressively fake looking seas, a brief shot of him reciting a meaningless line in front of a supporting actress whose face we don’t see, a shot of a stone in the shape of a skull with water coming out of it’s mouth that looks like it’s straight out of an amusement park, and that’s about it. Afterwards there’s big heat and Stevens claims that when it comes to acting, he has more chops than Ric Flair.
Caleb Konley vs. Dan Parker
Side headlock, hip toss, Parker reverses into a hammerlock, hair trip, but Konley kips up! Big shot to the face, wicked chop in the corner! Whips him to the ropes, a few reverses, Konley to the apron, dodges a shot and gives one of his own, flying headscissors takes him down! Big dropkick, 1 count. Chops in the corner, whips to the opposite side, Parker evades, eats a back elbow, Konley goes up top but Parker just whips him by the ankle and lets him fall to the mat! Parker hits a kitchen sink knee, talks smack to the crowd and covers for 2. Parker locks in an Abdominal Stretch, grabs the ropes whenever the ref looks away. Eventually Caleb hip tosses out of it, Parker charges into a back elbow. Enziguri kick, vicious spinning backfist, back suplex toss! Konley up top, BME, nails it this week and that’s that.
Winner: Caleb Konley
Short but very solid athletic match-up.
Gatti introduces Tim Storm finally. Brings up that he can never challenge for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship again and asks how he feels. Storm again brings up that Aldis didn’t have to make the offer and he’s a true champion’s champion, goads on applause for Aldis. Storm says the way he was perceived prior to the Ten Pounds of Gold series, he was perceived one way and that changed, same for the NWA, and he attributes that a lot to when Aldis walked onto the scene. Someone in the crowd says he loves Storm, Storm thanks them and says his mother loves him too, big “Momma Storm” chant.
Tim says he took his shot, and now he has some hard decisions to make about his future… Eli Drake comes out and says it sounds like Storm wants to quit, and he doesn’t understand it. He brings up that Momma Storm was worried about him being hurt and injured, but she’s probably a lot more worried about her son giving up. He says one loss isn’t enough to take him off the list. Harley Race, Ricky Steamboat, Lou Thesz, they’re all on the list and so is Tim Storm. Drake talks about Ken Anderson and Colt Cabana pairing up and says maybe the Ten Pounds of Gold aren’t in his future… but perhaps the tag team titles are another story! Tells him he’s already set up a match against the Dawsons. Storm says he’ll make Momma Storm proud… and he’ll think about it.
Jocephus is out now. He whispers in Marquez’s ear. Marquez announces that he wants to apologize to James Storm and shake his hand. Colt Cabana emerges doing finger guns and asking where his gimmick is. Jocephus reveals a black cowboy hat and beer bottle from his bag and Cabana takes it up, introduces himself as James Storm. Jocephus says he loves him, offers to shake his hand. Cabana takes it and tries to leave, but Jocephus keeps him from going. Throws powder into his face! Whips Cabana into the ring. Jocephus emerges and makes some mocking finger guns. James Storm materializes behind him, Last Call Superkick! Cabana is struggling to his feet… and Storm ain’t happy with him. Ken Anderson sneaks in to drag him from the ring before James can attack him.
Joe Gatti introduces Nick Aldis and Kamille. Aldis wants to have a discussion about the next challenger for the Ten Pounds of Gold. Aldis puts over how the NWA is really cooking now. With Tim Storm in the mirror, a horse race has begun to find a new No. 1 Contender. Fortunately for him and for his bank account, there’s a lot of names out there who qualify. People give out names, Eli Drake, James Storm, says Jocephus might need some thinking… singles out Ricky Starks as his No. 1 Draft Pick for this entire business. But he says nobody has really stepped up quite yet to challenge. Suggests that perhaps he should find someone from some other promotion…
Gatti agrees but then brings up the familiar old issue and asks why he won’t let Kamille speak for themselves. Aldis finds this disrespectful, Aldis says that this is a non-issue. This is the National Wrestling Alliance, we settle issues in the squared circle, we don’t deal in clickbait nonsense. Says Kamille is his insurance policy, the best in the business and says she can speak for herself whenever she wants. Invites Gatti to ask, he does so and once more there’s pure silence. Aldis says she doesn’t speak because she doesn’t feel like it. As soon as she feels like it, Gatti will be the first to know.
A vignette about some mystery man plays. It ends with “Who is the Mark?”
Main event time! This one’s a bit shorter than the other eps. Storm does indeed show up to be his partner!
The Dawsons vs. Eli Drake & Tim Storm
Eli opens with Dave Dawson. Tie up, poor idea, Dave gets a knee in, headbutt in the corner. Body shot. Whips to the opposite corner, Drake bounces off with a series of clotheslines, ducks an axe handle, flying clothesline! Running spinning neckbreaker! Drake wants a suplex, but Dave punches his way out, tag to Zane Dawson. Eli lands on his feet off a suplex, neckbreaker for 2! Tag to Tim Storm, Storm with a series of chops, whips Zane to the ropes, clothesline. Kick to the gut, running kick to the head, gets a neckbreaker of his own for 2!
Tag to Drake, double back elbow. Zane throws him to the corner, eats a boot off a charge. Drake with a middle rope bulldog for a nearfall! Tag to Storm, open hand chop to the chest! Rams Zane headfirst into the corner. Whip to the opposite corner, Storm with a running clothesline, tag to Drake. Double clubbering blow. Quick tags continue, Storm with some bionic elbows almost. Kick to the gut, wants another running head kick but Zane evades it, gets a bear hug. Bullies him into the Dawson corner, Dave tags in, shoulder thrust, snapmare. Cover for 1.
Gets Storm into a waistlock. Crowd claps him to his feet, Storm elbows him and slips around but it just turns into a bear hug. Storm’s pulled to the Dawson corner, Zane tags in and gets in another waistlock. Storm turns this into a side headlock, gets some bell claps in to escape him, tag to Eli who runs in, knocks Dave off the apron, ducks clotheslines, Edge-O-Matic gets 2! Storm tags in, whips Drake to the corner, but Dawsons evade and Drake ends up posting his own shoulder! Storm tries to fight off both men, but gets double teamed. Compactor nailed, and Storm gets pinned.
Winners: The Dawsons
Big heat for that, as it’s treated like quite the upset. Storm is held, kidney shots pound him. Homicide and Kingston arrive to prevent any further abuse. Dawsons bail and Homicide and Kingston chase them off. Aldis emerges to check on the fallen Storm, gives a sideglance to Eli Drake as the show closes.
