Yeah that wasn't good.

Going to make a tea for this. I'm pretty unreasonable in my dislike for Colt Cabana but I can't watch anything he does.

This match has been a million times more entertaining than what I was expecting.

Hopefully the ME is match of the night, but that triple threat surprisingly set the mark to beat.

I was making a tea and eating a sandwich for most of it but from what I saw it wasn't that bad. There was no right result though, none of those guys should be near a title.

Looking forward to this main event. Overall been a very good show so far.

Surely Tim Storm is going to factor into this third fall after being a non-factor in the second fall.

I enjoyed the main event a lot until the final act, but that ending was underwhelming.

When they announced another PPV in five weeks, I figured - especially with the Anderson beatdown of Drake - it was just about certain they would be setting up an Aldis/Storm rematch for the next PPV.

Yeah also enjoyed the main event a lot but not so much the ending. When the ref bump went down and Tim Storm came back into the match I was definitely getting that "WTF is going to happen" feeling which is good. Aldis getting more heelish as time goes.

Overall I thought it was a very good PPV. I'm not sure I'll continue to buy them if they happen so frequently but wanted to support the first one.

HOLY **** WOW

So is Marty Scurll good? I saw his name thrown around in advance of this.

WHAT THE ****!

Yeah he's very good both in ring and on the mic. He's contract just finished with ROH yesterday and apparently both WWE and AEW have been going after him hard so seeing him in NWA is a bit of a shocker. My guess is that he's going to AEW and they're letting him do NWA on the side.

My feed stopped working as he started his promo.

My lack of familiarity with Scurll notwithstanding, that ending to the PPV was great after I was lukewarm on the end of the ME. Aldis taking a more heelish route, and then getting backed down by the new guy, was a great moment.

Strong show, and again definitely better than I was honestly expecting when I bought.

So they're taping tomorrow. Would be cool if we got an episode this Tuesday, though I'm not counting on it. The next two Tuesdays are Christmas Eve and NYE though, so I'm confused on how much build is going to go into this next PPV.

At this point, if PPVs are frequent, I'll just plan on deciding depending on the card. Tonight I basically bought in spite of the card and got lucky with an above-expectations show.

Another thought from the women's stuff earlier: it really seems like a complete joke now for Thunder Rosa to be in any way subservient to Melina, who showed nothing (and I was pretty positive about her work in the former divas division in WWE). Think they just need to let Rosa turn face, get the title, and carry the division.

Yeah I came in not expecting much and ended up really enjoying the show.

Agree completely about the women's stuff. Rosa is over big time, even more so than the face champion. Give her the title and let her run with it.

Marty is such a good pick up for NWA both in terms of his actual talent but also the fans he will bring with him. A lot of people looked at the NWA roster and just saw it as TNA 2014 but now Marty brings that "indie cred" that seems to draw a lot of people in these days.

With that said, still concerned about them having PPVs so close. Hopefully they don't get burned out.

This was better than I anticipated

Couldn't watch live but caught the replay. Definitely a good show and worth the money to support the promotion. I didn't even hate the women's tag, but that might be because I just enjoy seeing tag matches with actual rules/psychology these days.

I was hoping the Rock and Roll Express got their nostalgia pop win and would lose the titles back here to get some heat on Wild Cards and put them over more. I agree with the sentiment that they're good for their age but I don't like them being the champions.

I liked the main event and am a sucker for those types of somewhat overbooked matches with a lot of moving parts and ambiguous character motivations. It felt intended to be a more definitive Aldis turn with a hypocritical promo afterwards, but the crowd just sort of went along with what he was saying. The muddied face/heel dynamics aren't a dealbreaker for me but I'd like to see more in the way of pure face/pure heel stuff since I enjoy that dynamic a lot.

Scurll is a name I've heard bandied about without ever really seeing him. Getting anyone with his name recognition and presumably talent is huge for the NWA. Talent depth is the only thing holding them back because the presentation and style is so good.

Bennett was excellent on commentary imo and alleviated a lot of my concerns about Cornette being gone. He's actually a better guy to have in the long run since there's less baggage and he's very capable. Galli is also my favorite PBP guy right now.

It was funny how prominent the crowd was in the show -- just being able to so clearly see people's faces and reactions during the action was interesting and I got somewhat distracted by it (there was one woman in the front who didn't really seem into wrestling and I noticed a couple of the wrestlers tried to get her into it when walking to the ring). It was also cool to see a relatively wide range of people at the show compared to some of these smarkfests where everyone is a 25-35 bearded white dude.

I must say, I'm pretty sure I've never seen a regular referee do an inside-out bump before.

The reason I went back and discovered the nature of the ref bump I giffed above is that this intrigued me, as I didn't remember it the same way. Think I still disagree upon going back and giving it due attention. Aldis has been a tweener since at least the start of Powerrr; yanking the turnbuckle pad in that spot wasn't much of a departure for him. For their part, the crowd booed the ending, and they did give Storm a pop as the officials helped him to the back. The start of Aldis's promo was rah-rah pro-NWA stuff that they did go along with (they're always going to go along with this), but when he declared himself unbeatable he did get booed, and then the crowd was behind Scurll when Scurll got in Aldis's face and caused Aldis to tuck tail and slink away.

I think the crowd reacted reasonably at all points and booed those heelish things Aldis did while still treating him like a tweener rather than a heel. NWA crowds so far are cool about leaning into face/heel dynamics appropriately. Like, I'm pretty sure most of the crowd enjoys Aron Stevens, but they show their love in the right way by booing the **** out of him. Anyway, the whole Aldis thing played less to me like an intended full heel turn than a potential slow burn toward full heel status. I would think we're headed toward an Aldis-Storm rematch in January just because it seems awfully quick to turn around to Aldis-Scurll given only a handful of Powerrr episodes, but I guess we'll see.

Yeah I think you're right on this and I'm maybe looking at things more through a WWE lens where they tend to hit you over the head with these types of plot beats.

I think they want to do Scurll/Aldis before Marty inevitably ends up in AEW or wherever he's going, which might be why they're doing a quick turnaround to the PPV. Then it seems like we're getting an Anderson/Drake rematch (which I don't care for really but w/e) and probably a Thunder Rosa women's title match.

Ep. 10 (S02E01):

They're seriously running Anderson vs. Drake back three days after that beatdown? That's garbage, and really devalues the beatdown that extended the feud.

Great Stevens promo. Felt like my favorite from him so far. I don't like any version of Colt Cabana really, but at least seriousface Colt lacks the huge obnoxiousness factor that fun time Colt has.

They can't have thought people would cheer Ashley Vox jumping Thunder Rosa. In kayfabe she had good cause, but it was never going to go over the way it was meant to. Obviously they have different ideas than I do though, given the next segment with Melina and Rosa running down Marti Belle. Can't say I love that route; Belle just turned heel, and is now being left in some sort of face/heel purgatory. Obviously I continue to be dubious that the crowd is ever going to accept heel Rosa.

Jobber three-way was whatever. Didn't care about it. Dawsons/Wild Cards brawl...I guess I'm interested, but who is going to go after the tag titles?

Enjoyed the full Marty Scurll promo that got cut off on the PPV. Didn't realize they had a kayfabe history. That helps me be okay with seeing him get hotshotted into a title match.

Eddie Kingston only got a few minutes at the commentary table, but he was what made that Rock 'n Roll jobber match interesting. Sounds like he could be good at the commentary thing.

Wasn't really into the Dawsons/Wild Cards match. Heel vs. heel is a bit tough to care about, even if the crowd would clearly favor the Wild Cards between the two. Having the Wild Cards go over easily doesn't seem to serve much of anything well that I can see, mostly because I'd prefer the Dawsons to remain credible. No ****ing idea what that business with the Wild Cards and Jocephus Claus was.

Great promo by James Storm. He's hit-or-miss, but when he hits it's very good.

A few interesting options for TV Champ (Trevor Murdoch or Tim Storm being my favorite options). I like including Nick Aldis in this field. I'd sure like to see Eddie Kingston beat Ricky Starks next week, but the subsequent Aldis/Starks promo obviously points in the other direction.

Aldis's talk of assembling a team brings me back to the place where I suspect Tim Storm could be his enforcer. The apparent breakup with Kamille may easily be a swerve.

At least they bothered to have Eli Drake sell the voice issue. I'm surprised that Ken Anderson hasn't transitioned to wearing a shirt while he wrestles. The brawling through the crowd isn't my thing, though the match's payoff did feel satisfying at the end. Just a little weird that they reignited this as a blood feud only to have Eli immediately blow it off with a decisive win within days.

...okay, it doesn't appear that Tim Storm joining Team Aldis is correct. In my defense, I got the Kamille breakup swerve part right. Didn't realize she was with Tim Latimer in real life (or that he was previously married to Charlotte). Anyway, it does look like Aldis is finally full heel after the tweener stuff from season 1.

While I obviously had some criticisms along the way, this was an enjoyable episode, and it felt like they kept the momentum going nicely coming out of the strong PPV. Plenty to remain interested in for the coming weeks. The calendar deals some tough breaks with the next two Tuesdays being Christmas Eve and NYE, but I'm hoping they plan to drop episodes on those days anyway, and people can obviously catch up whenever on YT.

Incidentally, Wild Cards joining Aldis in what appears to officially be a stable just serves to make Rock 'n Roll's successful PPV defense look that much worse. Would especially much rather see the belts on the Wild Cards now. I suppose they'll be circling back now though, given what looked at first like a nonsequitir with Rock 'n Roll scoffing at Aldis comparing himself to Flair and Race.

Yeah I assume it's leading to Aldis/Wild Card screwing them over to take the titles, which should get some good heat. Assuming that's the plan, I'm fine with it.

I think I enjoyed this show a bit more than you. Only thing I didn't like much was the jobber triple threat with that Guy Fieri guy (though Guy Fieri is a pretty good heel gimmick I guess). I didn't mind the quick turnaround on Drake/Anderson just because it feels important for Drake to go over in that feud quickly and move on to bigger things. The beatdown still served to cement him more as a face.

The crowd seems great for this tapings so I'm looking forward to the future weeks with a much more clear heel Aldis and a lot of guys the crowd likes going after him.

The quick turnaround to another PPV seemed built for that. Drake cutting promos for weeks with the wrecked voicebox, and then obviously goes over at the PPV. That's fully blown off now. Obviously I'll be forgiving of it if they have a more interesting direction for him to go for the PPV.

Regardless, I should clarify that I was perhaps a bigger fan of the episode than the totality of my remarks might suggest. I've just taken to blogging as it goes, and while I do stand by my various criticisms, none of them were killing my viewing experience, and it did feel like this show was better than the sum of its parts.

Shoutout to Stu Bennett, who has quickly convinced me that the Cornette ouster may have been a blessing in disguise in the long run as long as the NWA didn't take too drastic of a short-term hit. Still a Cornette fan, but Bennett is very much up for the job.