For those who are unaware, on 4/29/11 in Jacksonville, Florida Colt Cabana lost the NWA Title to well known Florida indepedent wrestler “The Sheik”. Due to apparent issues between The Sheik and NWA Hollywood, it has been stated that The Sheik would not be used in NWA Hollywood. Because of this, NWA Hollywood has now been left without a singles title. Starting with this show, the “Be The Star” tournament begins to crown a new TV champion for the promotion.
Your commentators are: Todd Keneley & Excalibur
To open the show, we are backstage with Willie Mack who proclaims that tonight, when he faces Joey Kaos, he will put him down as Kaos will not stand in Mack’s way as Mack moves towards greatness in the TV title.
Match #1:“Be The Star” TV Tournament Qualifier: SoCal Crazy vs. Freddy Bravo
Both competitors start off with some high octane offense, but Freddy Bravo quickly garners the advantage following a few dropkicks. Bravo takes down SoCal and chokes him. Bravo hits a big clothesline on SoCal. He throws SoCal into the corner and looks for a splash but SoCal moves out of the way. SoCal puts Bravo on the middle ropes and kicks him off and follows up with a Crossbody for 2. SoCal takes down Bravo again with a quick dropkick. SoCal throws Bravo to the ropes, but Bravo counters with the Parvity Cutter (Ace Crusher) and gets 2. Bravo throws a fit over it. He charges at SoCal, but SoCal moves out of the way. SoCal charges and Bravo throws SoCal up. SoCal lands on the apron and flips over Bravo, runs the ropes, and successfully hits La Mistica on Bravo, forcing Bravo to tap. He hit it better than Sin Cara did at Over The Limit!
Post-match, Hector Canales and Ricky Mandel jump SoCal and proceed to put the boots to him until Los Luchas make their return to NWA Hollywood by charging the ring, sending Canales and Mandel to the back.
Match Result: SoCal Crazy wins in 4:34 via La Mistica
In the back, Scorpio Sky is talking about his Qualifying Match for next week’s show, which will be against the man that has caused Sky some issues: Cedric The Hitman. Sky says the last couple of months have not been too enjoyable for him. Next week, that will change.
We have a strange video of an eye, followed by a gunshot and Johnny Cash’s “Hurt” playing. The word “awake” fades into the screen.
Match #2: Non-title Match – Natural Selection (Brian Cage & Shaun Ricker) vs. Sindarin & Lucha Machine
Percy Pringle is not at ringside with Natural Selection tonight. Cage and Lucha Machine start off. Cage uses his strength to control Lucha Machine with several big strikes and chops. Lucha starts to use his quickness, hitting several armdrags on Cage before being hit by a clothesline by Cage. Ricker tags in and is met with a headscissors takedown by Lucha. Sindarin tags in as Natural Selection goes to the outside to regroup. Ricker comes back in as he and Cage quickly tag out. Sindarin takes Cage down and tags in Lucha Machine. Lucha goes after Cage’s left arm, but Cage takes him down and tags in Shaun. Shaun puts Lucha in the corner and charges but eats a boot. Lucha leaps at Shaun, but Lucha gets caught and Shaun takes Lucha right into the turnbuckle. Cage tags in and Natural Selection hit a double suplex on Lucha. Cage knocks Sindarin off the apron and locks Lucha in a headlock. The crowd gets behind Lucha who gets a sunset flip on Cage before tagging in Sindarin who hits a crossbody on Cage. Sindarin leaps at Ricker who comes in the ring and RICKER CATCHES HIM IN AN AIR RAID SIREN. That looked VERY awesome. Cage then lays out Lucha Machine with a Pumphandle Facebuster. Ricker picks up Sindarin in a Powerbomb position and Cage comes off the top with a clothesline, hitting their finisher the Deselection, leaving Cage to pin Sindarin.
Outside the ring, The Tribe is looking on at Natural Selection as Natural Selection pose with the belts in front of them.
Match Result: Natural Selection wins following Deselection on Sindarin.
They recap James Morgan and Stu Stone beating up Cabana a couple weeks back. In the back, James Morgan/Stu Stone/Mortimer Lipschitz (their attorney) are speaking on Morgan’s qualifying match with Cabana on next week’s show, which is Morgan’s in-ring debut. Morgan says that Cabana should not turn his back on Morgan, as he will be the one to take the TV title. Stu Stone questions how this tournament is a qualifying tournament to be a star when James Morgan is already a star. It is time for Morgan to be the star he is meant to be.
Match #3: Buggy vs. Davina Rose
On account of Candice’s actions in her match with Buggy, it is revealed that Candice has been suspended from NWA Hollywood for the time being.
Buggy takes Davina in a side headlock take over. Davina counters with one of her own. Both get to their feet and Buggy takes Davina down with a shoulder takedown. Both women exchange quick pinfalls. They begin to exchange forearms, before Davina whips Buggy to the ropes and hits a big knee to Buggy’s stomach. Davina locks in a headlock, but the fans cheer Buggy on who gets riled up and hits a Northern Lights Suplex for a 2 count. Buggy throws Davina to the ropes, but Davina counters with a reverse neckbreaker for a 2 count. Davina puts Buggy on the top rope looking for a superplex, but Buggy shoves Davina off and leaps off the middle rope, hitting a Bulldog on Davina for the 1-2-3.
Post-match, Buggy offers a handshake to Davina Rose who accepts.
Match Result:Buggy wins with a leaping bulldog in 3:19
In the back, Navajo Warrior speaks on him and Hawaiian Lion watching the Natural Selection earlier. Navajo says that NWA Hollywood has tried to hold down The Tribe in tag matches. Next week, they will show Natural Selection why The Tribe deserves a shot at the NWA Heritage Tag Team Championships.
Joey Kaos is an undisclosed location speaking to his followers, telling them that tonight is the night of revenge on Willie Mack. Kaos says Mack won’t know what hit him. He says each member of the group plays a piece of the puzzle. Tonight, due to the chaos and disorder, the NWA will know The Congregation.
We get a recap video of Joey Kaos and his Congregation going after Willie Mack, as well as their feud in general.
David Marquez is by the ring interviewing Matthew Chernus, of “Grill’em All” to advertise their restaurant. Their Twitter is @grillemalltruck.
Match #4: “Be The Star” TV Tournament Qualifier: Willie Mack vs. “The Rock Superstar” Joey Kaos
Mack charges at Kaos, but Kaos bails to the outside. When Kaos is not looking, Mack does a baseball slide, sending Kaos into the guardrail knocking it over. Mack takes Kaos around the ring chopping him, smacking him into the ring, etc. Mack seats Kaos on the apron and hits a big leaping kick to the chest of Kaos. He rolls Kaos in the ring, but Kaos rolls back out. Mack thrusts Kaos into the ring before rolling him back in and taking out Kaos with a big running kick to the face. Mack hits a leaping kneedrop for a 2 count. Mack throws Kaos to the corner. Kaos reverses, Mack leaps over, then Kaos leaps over. Mack. After an irish whip exchange, Kaos takes down Mack with a reverse neckbreaker. Kaos throws Mack to the corner and taunts Mack with chops. Mack hits some VERY stiff kicks and chops to the face of Kaos. Kaos grabs Mack and pulls Mack by his tights, sending Mack throat-first into the middle rope. Kaos poses which causes boos from the crowd. Kaos throws Mack to the ropes and hits a powerslam as we go to commercial.
Back from commercial, and Kaos still holds the advantage. He chops Mack in the corner and tosses Mack to the other corner, but Mack puts up a boot. Mack tries to take advantage, but Kaos hits a flapjack for a 2 count. After some posing, Kaos hits a Bridging Northern Lights Suplex on Mack for 2. Kaos then throws Mack to the ropes and locks in the Sleeper. Mack’s hand drops twice, but not the third time as Mack starts to fire up. He gets Kaos off and hits a HUGE leaping kick on Kaos, followed up a big pop up European Uppercut. He then hits a double neckbreaker on Kaos. Out of nowhere, Kaos’s Congregation climbs out from under the ring. Mack takes out a few of them, but Mack turns around and is hit by the “Thank you, goodnight!” Running Boot for the win.
Post-match, the Congregation all grab Mack and throw him up in the air and Kaos goes off the top with a Frog Splash. Kaos poses with The Congregation as this episode of NWA Hollywood concludes.
Match Result: Joey Kaos wins via Thank You, Goodnight in 10:21 to qualify in the “Be The Star” tournament.
This was yet another enjoyable main event from NWA Hollywood, despite the wacky ending. Mack showed a ton of fire throughout the match. The crowd was very into it. An extended match with these two will likely happen again sometime in the future and I personally am looking forward to it. ***1/4
OVERALL
This episode did a good job of selling the “Be The Star” tournament. I don’t really like how they sort of underplayed why the tournament is happening to begin with, but anyone who is slightly paying attention should have an idea of why that is the case. The remainder of the show did a good job of leading into the following week, such as Natural Selection having an impressive display before their match with The Tribe happens, as well as selling the match with Colt/Morgan which should be pretty heated. Kaos/Mack was a fun main event, showing off two of the premiere locals on the West Coast. Yet another good effort from NWA Hollywood. This episode, along with every other episode of NWA Hollywood, can be watched at www.NWAHollywood.com