







The Rest Of The Show





The best PPV’s give you strong, no bullshit results but somehow leaving you asking yourself … we shit, what now. Into The Fire, the NWA’s first ppv coming off the inaugural run of it’s run-away-hit, yet very controversial, “Powerrr”did exactly that.In what was a very easy to watch, yet very entertaining event, NWA World Champion, Nick Aldis retained his ten pounds of gold against challenger James Storm, though it looked early on that an upset was about to take place. Brian Hebner was ref for the first match in the tilt. In the first of three falls, Storm, with the help .. kind of ...of one Kamille, after Kamille came to ringside. Aldis and Kamille got into an argument and Storm took control of the situation with a superkick to grab the first fall.Tim Storm took over the ref position for the second fall. Storm continued to attack Aldis after the conclusion of the first fall and dominated much of the second, at one point taking Aldis into the stands, beating the shit out of him some more and later doing the Fargo Strut and letting out a “Whoo,” It was only when he attempted to throw Aldis into the tree of woe, that Aldis got himself back into the match.Aldis whipped Storm into the tree and for a second, his second title reign was secure. However, the previous beatings were too much, Aldis didn’t have enough time to regroup before Storm was back on the attack. Storm came close to taking the TPOFG after hitting an Eye of the Storm, getting a two count, but Aldis kicked out. Frustrated, Storm grabbed a chair and was about to make pound steak out of Aldis, but Tim Storm warned him that he would DQ him. Aldis took advantage and almost pinned Storm several times before ending for the second fall.Brian Hebner won the coin toss to take over for the third and final fall. It’s always a murky situation when there is a Hebner involved in world title match, don’t ya know. This third and final battle was about strength, conditioning and sorry bout your damn bad luck as Aldis earlier took the padding off a turnbuckle and then, kicking out of a Storm pin attempt, sent Storm flying into said turnbuckle. Aldis didn’t hesitate, he put Storm in Texas Cloverleaf and Tim Storm paused .. but then called for the bell. A lot of intrigue and mystery comes out of this result. Was Tim in cahoots or just placed in a bad position? Will the match be thrown out, because of the turnbuckle?But wait, there’s more:Yeah, that happened. Marty Scurrl is in the fucking NWA - and he’s gunning for Nick Aldis. Now, when I sat down to watch this show, there were a lot of people I thought we may see show up at the end of the show. NONE of them were named Marty … wait, no, I thought about Marty Jannetty for a second. But none were named Scurrl. This elevates the NWA in a very big way, as Marty’s name was talked about for the past couple weeks about heading over to AEW or the WWE. For the NWA to have pulled of this coup (and for the record, we don’t know what this means for him, contractually) it’s a pretty big statement from Billy Corgan and Dave Lagana.Which brings me to Corgan. His artistic presence is felt throughout this show. The lighting, the opening promo by Stu Bennett, that put absolute chills upon my body. The stories that are being told so slowly, so methodically. It’s a joy to watch such passion explode on the screen. I really feel like every talent on the screen is totally sold on what they are supposed to do for the company.Another big story is the revealing of the TV Title. And yes, it’s THAT TV title. That beautiful read belt that Arn Anderson held for so long, the belt of legends. Oh, and that the NWA will return to ppv on January 24th, 2020.Aron Stevens defeated Colt Cabana, with the help of Pro Wrestler of the Year, the NWA’s most popular wrestler, a living legend, The Question Mark. Typical Stevens/Cabana fare, here, a fun but not over the top series battle … Thunder Rosa defeated newcomer Tasha Steelz in what turned out to be a really solid match. I’ve never seen Steelz before, but I was really impressed with her poise and confidence. Should be a really solid talent. After the match, Ashley Vox came out for an interview, but Thunder Rosa had other ideas, and basically ripped her wing off … The Rock N Roll Express held on to their NWA World tag team titles - and the irony is not lost on me, as on the same night Bobby Eaton is given a tribute show, Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson are still Rockin’ and Rolling. What a strange world we live in … Eli Drake defeated Ken Anderson. Anderson. I see these two being positioned into the TV Title picture … Anderson. Anderson got his revenge later, basically decapitating Drake with a steel chair to ring base. Allysin Kay came out alone while Melina and Marti Belle came out with smirks on their faces. That all changed when ODB stumbled her way out to ringside, puttin those titties up for the world to see. Pretty fun match, but I was really looking forward to seeing Vox and Kay team up. Kay and ODB scored the victory. After the match, Kay roofied herself, taking a shot from ODB’s flask. And of course, The Question Mark easily disposed of Trevor Murdoch because The Question Mark.Over all, fun show. Kept it under 4 hours - take notes, Vince. And delivered on every promise, and exceeded in most matches. And here’s Allysin. Because I can.