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Advertised Lineup For Tonight’s NWA Pop-Up ‘New Years Clash’
A look at the lineup for NWA’s ‘New Years Clash’ Pop-Up event!
Coming up tonight, the National Wrestling Alliance will be back in action as they partner with Tried-N-True Pro for their first NWA Pop-Up event, New Years Clash.
The show at the Wilma Rudolph Event Center in Clarksville, Tennessee will see NWA World’s Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis challenged by ‘Cowboy’ James Storm, the winner then going on to defend against PJ Black at Ring Of Honor’s Saturday Night At Center Stage (more on that here). Additionally, IMPACT Wrestling’s Allie will take on Jazz for the NWA Women’s World Title, plus David Arquette in a Hair vs. Hair Match.
Here’s a look at the advertised lineup for New Years Clash:
NWA World’s Heavyweight Championship
(C) Nick Aldis vs. ‘Cowboy’ James Storm
NWA World Women’s Championship
(C) Jazz vs. Allie
NWA National Championship
(C) Willie Mack vs. Matt Cross
Hair vs. Hair
David Arquette vs. Jocephus
Tried-N-True Championship
(C) Samuel Shaw vs. Crazzy Steve
The War Kings (Crimson & Jax Dane) w/Road Warrior Animal vs. TBA
Jeremiah Plunett vs. Maxx Stardom
Rosemary vs. TBA
What does the city of Clarksville mean to @Crimson? #NWAPopUp tonight at 7pm!
Watch now – https://t.co/nrzD0G7lbC pic.twitter.com/N48GI1lYhh
— NWA (@nwa) January 5, 2019
What the hell happened last night?
Watch now – https://t.co/nrzD0G7lbCWhat will happen today at the #NWAPopUp in Clarksville, TN
Wilma Rudolph Events Center @DavidArquette vs. @JocephusNWA – #HairVsHair@TriednTruePro pic.twitter.com/Xt1mgMw8sp— NWA (@nwa) January 5, 2019
What does wrestling for the #TenPoundsOfGold mean to @JamesStormBrand today at #NWAPopUp?
Watch now – https://t.co/nrzD0FPKk4
Limited GA tickets at Box Office in Clarksville today. pic.twitter.com/Z3Nqub4Zg4
— NWA (@nwa) January 5, 2019
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Did your picks win points?
The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!
Here are your Gold League standings!
- Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
- Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
- Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
- Rush: 0-1, 0 points
- Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
- Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points
Here are your Blue League standings!
- Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
- Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
- Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
- Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
- Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
- Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete
My Thoughts:
Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.
Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.
In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.
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Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”
Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:
Blue League
- Bryan Danielson
- Andrade El Idolo
- Brody King
- Claudio Castagnoli
- Daniel Garcia
- Eddie Kingston
Gold League
- Jon Moxley
- Swerve Strickland
- Rush
- Mark Briscoe
- Jay Lethal
- Jay White
Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:
- Every match has a 20 minute time limit
- The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
- EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action
Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!
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