NWA Powerrr 4/8/2025

NWA Powerrr 4/8/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/04/nwa-powerrr-412025.html

This is the 200th episode of NWA Powerrr.

Country Gentlemen (AJ and KC Cazana) vs Size Matters (Sam Stackhouse and Eric Smalls)

This is stupid as Smallz is a midget fighting full size wrestlers, but this is the kind of stuff the NWA does.

AJ wants a test of strength with Eric then kneels down to help him reach. Eric slaps him then dropkicks him in the knee. Eric hits a bulldog while AJ is down. Sam and KC get in.

KC is thrown around. Sam lifts Eric and Eric boots his opponents. Joe Cazana distracts Eric and KC stomps on Eric. KC stomps on Eric. Eric takes a double elbow drop. KC leg drops Eric. Eric jawbreakers him then is crossbodied.

Eric boots AJ out of the corner then tornado ddt's him. Eric enzugiri's AJ. Sam gets in and hits shots on AJ and KC. Sam hits corner splashes then misses one. Sam hits a double cutter. Sam takes his shirt off. Eric bronco busters AJ then Sam cannonballs KC in the corner. Eric does a caterpillar and does a legdrop with KC's strut on KC. Sam takes a back elbow + russian legsweep.

Eric jumps on KC's back with a sleeper. Joe gets on the apron. The ref is distracted. Eric hits Joe in the nuts. AJ facekicks Eric then powerslams him for the win.

Thoughts: I'm not a fan of midgets fighting regular size wrestlers. It's not believable and AJ and KC having to cheat to beat them was pretty lame. I think this one was random but with how long it takes to follow up on things on this show, who knows.

We go to Kylie and Kenzie Paige's house. Their dad asays Kenzie is taking on too much. He wants to know why Hunter is wrestling Natalia Markova. Kylie says they won't let Kezie down. She says Markova is good for business. 

NWA National Title - Mims (c) vs Mike Mondo

I don't know how Mike earned this shot. Mike does a headlock takeover and Mims shoulders him over. Mims hits a shot to Mike's gut. Mims' head is banged off the buckles then he shoulders Mims over. Mims hits Mike from behind and stomps him.

Mike back elbows Mims and hits chops. Mike back elbows Mims then elbow drops him. Blk Jeez distracts Mike. Mims gets the advantage and pounds on Mike. Mims hits corner spears on Mike.

Mims corner splashes Mike. Mims suplexes Mike. Mims pulls Mikes arms back. Mike spinning neckbreakers Mims. Mike hits a snapmare driver on Mims.

Mims goes for a suplex but Mike cradles him for 2. Mims boots Mike in the gut. Mims spears the post when Mike moves. Jeez gets in the ring and Mike lion tamers him. Mims then rolls up Mike from behind and wins.

Thoughts: The ending was kind of silly here with Mike trying a submission on Jeez. The match was fine otherwise with thicker guys going at it and having a decent heavyweight match.

Aron Stevens does a video. he says it takes as much energy to wish as to plan. He says Thom Lattimer runs and is a coward in a warrior's body. He says Thom will be a forgotten warrior soon. He says the world sees Thom as strong but he knows him as weak. He says he's an unworthy champ and he's unworthy to be a man. Aron says he's concerned about Thom's scars. 

He said he tried to make them go away but Thom didn't want it. We see clips of Aron doing yoga with Kyle Davis, Sam Stackhouse and Eric Smalls. He says Thom didn't give attention to what is important. He says he may be misunderstood but he's the most honest human to ever live. He says he's genuine. He asks if Thom even sleeps at night. He says his ramblings will be the prelude to Thom's self-realization soon. He says Thom is not the man he set out to be when he started this. He says Thom sits out on the mountain but his demons sit with him. He says he will set Thom free from his demons and the notion of being Thom Lattimer.

Thoughts: This was another rambling promo with Aron again talking about whatever dirt he has on Thom without revealing what it is. I really hope the eventual pay off for this is worth it because it's not working so far.

Bryan Idol talks to Natalia Markova at the gym. Idol asks if she is aware if she can't beat Hunter, she won't get a title shot again. Idol puts Hunter over and says he's guy. He says she is risking a lot. He says she will blow this for both of them and says she better be sure. Markova says she guarantees she will send a message.

Mike Knox comes out solo for his match. We are told Murdoch couldn't make it due to weather issues. Mike says Murdoch is okay and he will go take a nap at the hotel. The crowd says no and he says he's kidding. He said he didn't come here to take a nap. He says he came to punch someone in the face. He says if The Slimeballz beat him, he will give them 2 title shots.

Handicap Match - The Slimeballz get 2 title shots if they win - Mike Knox vs The Slimeballz (Sage Chance and Tommy Rant)

Knox gets the edge on Sage to start and throws him hard into the corner. Sage is thrown hard into the buckles. Knox hits corner splashes on both then throws Sage into Rant. Knox hits a big sky high on Sage and pins him.

Thoughts: Uh, this didn't accomplish a lot.

Sage gets on the mic and calls Knox a chump. He says they aren't done kicking his @ss. Knox then heads back to the ring.

Handicap Match - The Slimeballz get 2 title shots if they win - Knox vs The Slimeballz (Sage Chance and Tommy Rant)

Knox pump kicks Rant. We go to break and return. Knox whips Sage with his jacket. Knox running lariats him. Sage gets on Knox's back and Knox crossbodies Rant. Knox bladerunners Sage. Carson Drake comes out and pulls the ref out on the pin attempt. Drake hits Knox with a belt. Sage then pins Knox.

Thoughts: It was pretty much all shenanigans here. It set up a match between The Slime's and Knox and Murdoch but not much else.

We see The Southern Six at the bar. Silas says he wants to know why Kerry Morton came out and did what he did. He says he wants to know what got into his head. Ricky says Silas would have done the same thing. Silas says old carnies are always trying to tell him how it is, was or will be. Silas says the power in the Six runs through him. Ricky says Kerry didn't mean to do nothing.

Silas says Kerry cost him the ten pounds of gold and money off his table. He says Kerry has nothing to worry about if he didn't mean to do it. He says Kerry's time will come but he has to wait to become champ.

Overall thoughts: The show continues to be an odd one with them pushing intergender matches, bad finishes, matches between midgets and full-sized wrestlers, Lucha Underground style backstage vignettes and random matches. Even if the vignette's and backstage segments aren't always the best, it's how you get people to care about matches, wrestlers and storylines and I think it's the right call. I didn't like the opener as it had midgets vs full-sized wrestlers. Mims and Mondo had an okay heavyweight match with a dirty finish. We got more from Aron Stevens on Thom Lattimer, but without them telling us what is going, it's not that effective. We had lots of shenanigans in the main event as well and that wasn't much of note. I'd give this one a 4 out of 10 and thought it was a soup made up of completely different ideas that didn't quite come together in the end.