NWA Hard Times (2024)
| Hard Times (2024) | |||
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| File:NWA HT 2024.jpg | |||
| Promotion | National Wrestling Alliance | ||
| Date | March 2, 2024 | ||
| City | Dothan, Alabama | ||
| Venue | Dothan Civic Center | ||
| Hard Times chronology | |||
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The 2024 Hard Times was the fourth Hard Times professional wrestling event promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). It took place on March 2, 2024, at the Dothan Civic Center in Dothan, Alabama.
The event was initially announced as a PPV, but was instead used as a TV taping for the NWA's flagship show NWA Powerrr.
Production
Background
NWA Hard Times is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the National Wrestling Alliance. The inaugural Hard Times event took part on January 24, 2020, and the second event took place on December 4, 2021, making it a recurring annual pay-per-view event.[1][2]
On October 28, at Samhain, NWA announced that their next PPV would be Hard Times, and on January 4, 2024, they announced that the event would be held on March 2, 2024, at the Dothan Civic Center in Dothan, Alabama.[3][4] After NWA programming moved to The CW's app, the event would instead air as episodes of Powerrr.
Storylines
The event featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Storylines were produced during the seventeenth season of the NWA's weekly series, Powerrr.[5]
Results
| No. | Results[6][7] | Stipulations | Times | ||
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| 1 | Joe Alonzo defeated Colby Corino (c) by pinfall | Singles match for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | 8:20 | ||
| 2 | Ruthie Jay and La Rosa Negra defeated Reka Tehaka and Tiffany Nieves by pinfall | Tag team match | 6:06 | ||
| 3 | Spencer Slade (with Rolando Freeman) defeated "Magic" Jake Dumas by pinfall | Singles match | 5:40 | ||
| 4 | The Fixers, L.L.C.(Jay Bradley and Wrecking Ball Legursky) defeated Tim Storm and J.A.C. by pinfall | NWA United States Tag Team Championship #1 contenders tournament first round match | — | ||
| 5 | Taylor Rising defeated Miss Star by pinfall | Singles match | — | ||
| 6 | Daisy Kill and Talos defeated Mecha Wolf and Alex Misery by pinfall | NWA United States Tag Team Championship #1 contenders tournament first round match | — | ||
| 7 | AJ Cazana (with KC Cazana) defeated Anthony Andrews (with Austin Idol and Zyon) by pinfall | Last Call Grudge match The winner picked which opposing member was fired from the NWA; Andrews was picked and thus was fired. | — | ||
| 8 | The Miserably Faithful (Max the Impaler, Judais, and Gaagz the Gymp) (with Father James Mitchell) defeated Magnus Muscle (Mims and Dak Draper) and Drake by pinfall | Six-person tag team match | — | ||
| 9 | The Kidz (Alexander Lev and Jackson Drake) defeated The Slimeballz (Sage Chantz and Tommy Rant) by pinfall | Tag team match | 4:51 | ||
| 10 | A. J. Francis defeated Bryan Idol by pinfall | No Disqualification match | — | ||
| 11 | The King Bees (Danni Bee and Charity King) (c) defeated Pretty Empowered (Ella Envy and Kylie Paige) 2-1 | Pretty Rules match for the NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship | — | ||
| 12 | Thom Latimer defeated Blake "Bulletproof" Troop, Paul Burchill and Zyon (with Austin Idol by pinfall | Four-way match for the vacant NWA National Championship | — | ||
| 13 | Blunt Force Trauma (Carnage and Damage) (c) (with Aron Stevens) defeated The Immortals (JR Kratos and Odinson) by pinfall | Tag team match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship | — | ||
| 14 | Kenzie Paige (c) defeated Natalia Markova by pinfall | Singles match for the NWA World Women's Championship | — | ||
| 15 | EC3 (c) defeated "Thrillbilly" Silas Mason by pinfall | Singles match for the NWA Worlds Championship | — | ||
| 16 | Knox and Murdoch (Mike Knox and Trevor Murdoch) defeated The Southern 6 (Alex Taylor and Kerry Morton) (with Ricky Morton) by escaping the cage | Steel Cage match | — | ||
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NWA National Championship Tournament brackets
| First Round NWA Powerrr (January 14) (aired March 19 and 26, April 2) | Final Hard Times 4 (March 2) (airing TBC) | |||||||
| 1 | Thom Latimer | Pin | ||||||
| 8 | Carson Drake | 4:33[8] | ||||||
| 3 | Blake "Bulletproof" Troop | Sub | 1 | Thom Latimer | Pin | |||
| 6 | Bryan Idol | 5:54[9] | 3 | Blake "Bulletproof" Troop | N/A | |||
| 4 | AJ Cazana | 7:24[10] | 5 | Zyon | ||||
| 5 | Zyon | Pin | 2 | Burchill | ||||
| 2 | Burchill | Pin | ||||||
| 7 | "Magic" Jake Dumas | 5:34[11] | ||||||
References
- ^ Powell, Jason (January 24, 2020). "NWA Hard Times results: Powell's live review of the NWA TV Title tournament, Nick Aldis vs. Flip Gordon, Aron Stevens vs. Scott Steiner for the NWA National Title, Allysin Kay vs. Thunder Rosa for the NWA Women's Title, NWA Tag Title Triple Threat". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- ^ Justin, McClelland (January 24, 2020). "12/4 NWA HARD TIMES 2 PPV REPORT: Murdoch vs. Knox, Aldis vs. Latimer, Kamille vs. Melina, more". Pro Wretling Torch. Archived from the original on September 30, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- ^ Defelice, Robert (October 28, 2023). "NWA Hard Times 2024 To Be The First NWA Pay-Per-View Of 2024". Fightful.
- ^ Defelice, Robert (January 4, 2024). "NWA Hard Times 2024 To Emanate From Dothan, Alabama On 3/2/24". Fightful.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
- ^ "SPOILERS: NWA Hard Times TV tapings: Matches taped on 3/2 in Dothan, AL". Wrestleview. March 3, 2024.
- ^ "NWA HARD TIMES 2024". TheSmackDownHotel. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
- ^ "NWA Powerrr#150". Cagematch.net. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "NWA Powerrr#148". Cagematch.net. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "NWA Powerrr #149". Cagematch.net. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "NWA Powerrr #149". Cagematch.net. Retrieved April 10, 2024.