The first match of the night was a bout between Marti Belle and Crystal Rose. Honestly, it was a pretty short match and while it wasn't bad, it also wasn't anything to write home about.
This was immediately followed by a promo with the Dawsons. The pair are getting quite a bit of heel heat. I think it's silly though, because the crowd insults them by chanting "Dawsons' Creek." I get the reference and all, but it's kind of lame. Anyway the pair discussed their apparent success in the promotion because folks were already calling htem out.
Aron Stevens (Damien Sandow) came out and did another acting related promo. He was dressed like a renfest attendee and was their to promote his newest film... Tropical Pirates. Some b-roll was aired and it looked cheesy af. He got some boos, but I still think this gimmick is pretty funny. While I'd like to see the man wrestle, he does make me laugh. He ended with a great line, "When it comes to acting, I have more chops than Ric Flair."The second match of the night saw Caleb Konley (Suicide) took on Dan Parker. Parker was a Canadian heel. This was really strange, because the crowd had a lot of animosity to the young man, and it was because he was obnoxiously Canadian. It was really hard to hear what he said, but I know that he kept making snarky comments about being from Canada. Ultimately Konley won, which is cool. I think he might be my favorite guy in NWA.
Tim Storm did a promo talking about his future. He mentioned needing to really think about what he was going to do after realizing he could challenge for the 10 Pounds of Gold again. Instead of bashing the man that took that away from him, he praised Aldis. Eli Drake came out to talk Storm up and mentioned that just because he couldn't be the world champ, he could go after the tag gold with Eli as his partner. Drake booked a match for the pair against the Dawsons and Storm said he'd think about teaming with him.
This was followed by one of two bizarre commercials. I don't know who's idea the Spiritual Advice Invisible Hair Cream was, but it was a total wtf moment.
Jocephus came out to "apologize" to Jame Storm. He had gifts in a bag. Instead of Storm, Colt Cobana came out and took the gifts. He put on a cowboy hat, drank, and beer and was attacked by surprise. Jocephus threw foot powder in his face and would have mangled the comedic actor had Jame Storm not come out and attacked Jocephus. Mr. Anderson saved Cobana from being attacked by Storm.Nick Aldis came out and did another promo talking about the promotion and how it was doing great. He also spoke very highly of Tim Storm. Aldis also talked about who would challenge him for the gold and mentioned that Ricky Starks is someone to watch. Joe Galli brought up the "clickbait" angle and at this point even the crowd told Galli to drop it.
The second commercial promo followed and it was a bizarre clip that ended with "Who is the Question Mark?"
Tim Storm did come out and join Drake against the Dawsons. Drake and Storm put up an excellent fight and both showed great skill against the hosses. Unfortunately, Drake missed one of the Dawsons and kayfabe injured himself on the ring post, taking himself out of the match. Storm was taken down by the Dawsons pancake finisher and was pinned. After the bell rand, the pair kept attacking Storm. Fortunately Homicide and Kingston came out and chased the Dawsons away. The show ended with Nick Aldis coming out to check on Storm.
I think this is my favorite episode so far. While it had fewer matches, two of the three were really entertaining. The promos were good (minis fake commercials and the "clickbait" arc.").
Watch it for yourself and let me know if you agree:
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