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NWA Hard Times 3 Pre-show
The YouTube show starts mid-match and the commentary team is Joe Galli and Tim Storm
Mims vs Adorable Anthony Andrews
Andrews dominates for most of the start of the televised match, and cuts off Mims whenever he tries for a comeback. Andrews works on the neck with a lot of his attacks. Mims is able to dodge an attack and gets a side slam for the pin and the win.
Winner: Mims and now he gets a chance at the TV championship
WildKat Wrestling Tag Team Champions Slime Szn (Bu Ku Dao & J. Spade) vs. Sal The Pal and Gaagz The Gymp
Sal starts with Spade, and they trade arm bars and headlocks. After an arm bar take down the tag team alarm goes off and all four men are in the ring, and Slime SZN is able to toss Gaagz. Dao tags in after a two count from Spade. Sal is able to take over with stomps and a series of kicks. He takes Dao to his corner and they work him over. Gaagz tags in and they trade strikes.
Sal tags in and gets a Dao from tagging out with stomping on his hands, or biting his hands. He keeps Dao in his corner and he and Gaagz execute a series of quick tags to keep Dao in their corner. As Sal is trying for a pin, Dao kicks him into his corner when Gaagz was waiting on the top. Dao is able to get the tag and Spade tags in to clean house.
Spade tosses Gaagz into Sal and then pins Gaagz for a two count, broken up by Sal. Sal takes out Dao on the outside and Spade is pinned by Gaagz, but the ref sees Sal is holding Spade’s feet. Sal slaps Gaagz, and the ref calls it a tag. Spade is able to get a backslide in Spade for the pin and the win.
Winner and still Wildkats Tag Team Champions: Slime Szn
May Valentine is with Thom Latimer and asks about his match with EC3. He says he is ready and goes over how EC3 has been ducking him for a match and tonight it’s just him and EC3. May asks about his wife’s match, and he says that his wife Kamille will win.
Mercurio & Jake Dumas & Jax Dane (with Christi Jaynes & Chris Silvio, Esq.) vs. Anthony Mayweather & JTG and The Pope in a hardcore team core match
Chris Silvio lets us know that Magic Jake has a sprained ankle after fighting the police and can’t fight tonight, so instead, Alex Taylor will be taking his place.
It’s an elimination match where weapons are allowed.
Taylor starts with JTG. They starts off with locking off and running the ropes, but JTG is pulled out fo the ring and he is attacked by the other team. He gets away and gets back in the ring. Taylor is able to get a slam and a two count. JTG is able to get a series of clotheslines and a neck breaker. He hits the Brooklyn’s Edge to eliminate Taylor.
Mercurio is in and he and JTG get a small package and roll on the mat with neither getting a pin. Mercurio goes for a leap from the top, but misses JTG, who starts again with clotheslines. JTG slams Mercurio and Dane comes in with a chain and takes out JTG, so that Mercurio gets the pin and JTG is eliminated.
Mayweather comes in for his team, Mercurio attacks Mayweather with his book. Pope comes in with a trash can full of weapons and it looks like Mayweather wasn’t the official entrant. We’ve got chairs and other plunder being used. Pope ties Mercurio in the tree of woe and drop kicks into a chair propped up on Mercurio’s face. Pope covers for the elimination.
Dane attacks Pope from behind and rolls him for the pin and the elimination.
It’s now down to Mayweather and Dane.
They fight on the floor, and Mayweather is shoved into the ring post and the barricade right after. Back in the ring, Dane wedges a chair in the corner. Dane then goes after Mayweather with a garbage can. Mayweather is able to get out of Dane’s hold and hits a spine buster. Dane is able to get a low blow on Mayweather, which is legal due to it being a hard core match. Dane grabs a chain and wraps it around his forearm.
Dane hits a clothesline with the chain around him. He then yells at Silvio for a chair, and he sits down and waits for Mayweather to get up. Mayweather is up using the ropes at 9. Mayweather counters Dane’ charge and drives him into the chair in the corner. He then hits a death valley driver on the chair. Mayweather goes to the top, and Silvio tries to attack him with the garbage can. Mayweather kicks him away and then hits the flying elbow onto Dane on the chair for the pin and the win.
Winners: Anthony Mayweather & JTG and The Pope
In the back, May Valentine is with Matt Cardona and Chelsea Green. She how they feel about that they may both leave as World Champions. Green mocks her for her question, and Cardona explains that he will win the title and he won’t waste time with the interview. Chelsea asks May to get her a coffee.
Jordan Clearwater vs. AJ Cazana to determine the new NWA TV Championship
Cazana quickly takes over and attacks Clearwater in each corner. Clearwater is able to stop him with a rake to to the eyes. Cazana goes back to attacks in the corner, but he runs into a boot from Clearwater. He is able to get a German suplex, but Clearwater has been attack king his shoulder, which is in a brace.
Clearwater is able to take control and beats Cazana down and then tosses him shoulder first into the buckle. He then wraps Cazana’s arm in the ropes for the four count. The brace is off and Clearwater keeps up by twisting the arm on the mat. Cazana is able to get a surprise roll up for a two, but Clearwater kicks out and then takes down Cazana and goes back to work on the shoulder.
Clearwater locks on an arm bar and Cazana tries break free. Cazana gets to his feet and drives Clearwater to the corner. Cazana tries to set up a figure four, but Clearwater kicks him shoulder first into the buckle. Clearwater gets another pin and a two count, and then works Cazana over in the corner.
Cazana is able to get a belly to belly, but it wasn’t strong due to the shoulder. He lands on Clearwater for a two count. Cazana is up first and gets a a pair of clotheslines and then charges into Clearwater from a three point stance. They run the ropes and Cazana gets a spine buster but takes too long to cover and only gets a two count.
Cazana gets a take-down and a knee bar, but his shoulder isn’t strong enough to lock it on properly. Clearwater makes it to the ropes for the break. Clearwater is able to shove Cazana shoulder first into the post and then hits the Midas Touch for the pin and the win.
Winner and new NWA TV Champion: Jordan Clearwater
It is NWA Hard Times 3 in New Orleans!
The commentary team is Velvet Sky, Tim Storm and Joe Galli and we are in the Frederick J. Sigur Civic Center in Chalmette, LA.
Max the Impaler vs. Natalia Markova - Voodoo Queen Casket Match
Max comes out with Father James Mitchell.
Markova puts on a crown and Max removes and destroys it. Markova hits a spinning leg on Max and Max no sells it, grabs her and tosses her across the ring. Mitchell grabs Markova’s foot, which is legal in a casket match, and Max drops Markova and keeps her down. Markova is up to her feet and she gets in a few blows before Max drops her again, and then brings her to the ropes. Max beats her down in the corner.
Markova goes tot he top, kicks Max away and then hits a shotgun drop kick from the top. Max is up and clotheslines Markova down. Markova is knocked out of the ring and Max keeps up the attack. Markova tries to attack, but Max is able to choker her against the ring post. Marvoka is able to escape Max and shove her into a ring post. Markova jumps onto Max’s back to choke her out and Max pulls her over into a snap mare on the floor grazing Joe.
Max carries Markova to the casket, and as Markova tried to fight free, Max slams her to the floor. Max puts Markova in the casket and Markova kicks her way free. Markova is able to keep fighting and then hits a DDT on the floor. Markova opens the casket and Sal the Pal pops out and throws voodoo dust at Markova.
Max slam Markova and then puts her in the casket and closes the lid for the win.
Winner: Max the Impaler
May Valentine is with EC3 and she asks if by beating Tom Latimer, he will convince him to join CYN. EC3 says that to self-actualize, he needs to step in the ring with EC3. For Tom to join his CYN promotion is not what CYN is, it’s to tell his story and Tom Latimer is on the hero’s journey and he has to go through hell first.
MLW National Openweight Champion Davey Richards vs. Colby Corino
They start with a Greco-Roman knucklelock and go to the mat quickly. Richards uses it for a one count, but Colby is able to force his way up. The hold breaks with a move to an arm bar, and then into the ropes with Richards getting a shoulder block and then tossing Colby onto the top rope.
They move to another arm bar and Davey his able to get a belly to back suplex for a two count. Davey keeps Colby down with kicks to the chest. The third one first Colby up and they throw hands. Davey tries for an overhead suplex, and Colby is able nail him with a knee while in the air. Colby hits a pair of clotheslines in the corner, and spinning slam and then a flying elbow for a two count.
Davey gets a German suplex, and Colby is immediately on his feet and drops Davey with a drop kick. Both men are down and Davey is up first in the corner. They meet in the middle and throw hands again. Colby gets a side suplex, a clothesline and a two count. Davey is able to recover first and get on an ankle lock.
Davey gets a running kick and then a stomp from the top rope for a two count. Davey hits a brain buster and covers for two. Davey puts on the ankle lock again and this time Colby has to tap out.
Winner and still MLW Openweight Champion: Davey Richards
The Question Mark vs. The Question Mark 2 - Mask vs. Mask
Aron Stevens is with the “real” Question Mark who looks a lot like Rodney Mack.
Kratos comes out with Question Mark 2 and Stevens says that Kratos doesn’t have a manager’s license and needs to leave.
And to make it easier, Question Mark will be called Mark and Question Mark 2 will be called Two.
Mark keeps Two in the corner for a series of attacks. They trade chops and Two gets a pair of hip tosses, and Mark rolls to the outside and asks for a time out. Aron distracts by getting on the apron and mark attacks with a clothesline from behind. Two is tossed into the ring post from the inside and then slammed for a one count.
Mark chokes Two until the count of three. As Mark argues with the ref, Aron chokes Two with the bottom ropes. Mark gets a pair of covers with Two kicking out at two. Mark tries to hold Tow down with a headlock, but Two is able to work is way up and go for the ropes. Mark drops him with a spinning elbow. Mark locks in a sleeper hold.
Two grabs Mark’s hands to get free, but Mark forces him down for a two count. They get to their feet and Mark applies another sleeper hold. Two drops to his knees, but works back up, and Mark clubs him down. Two is able to get up and get a series of chops until Mark stops him with an uppercut. Two is able to knock Mark down and then lands a running splash for a two count.
Aron gets on the apron with a loaded glove, but the ref sees him. Kratos is back out and chases Aron out of the arena. Two nails Mark with the spike and covers for the three count.
Winner: Question Mark Two
Question Mark has to unmask. Aron tell the crowd to shut up and the Mark will not take off the mask. The ref tells him he has to. They stall and Aron finally starts to take off the mask from behind. When the mask comes off, Aron is able to cover his head with a towel. Kratos comes out and Mark and Aron are able to run to the back.
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