NWA Powerrr: Episode 2 Results, Grades, and Highlights

After a fantastic faux commercial where Tony Faulk sells waffles and tire irons, we get a recap of Eddie Kingston being the freaking man (he and Homicide confronted The Wildcards). And if that promo wasn’t enough to convince you of that universal truth, Kingston blessed us again with a tremendous backstage promo that was taped after the first episode. The video is on the first slide, so I won’t even bother trying to replicate most of what he said for fear of sullying his golden tongue. He closed the promo by saying that The Wild Cards weren’t anything until they “beat the King and the God of New York”.

In the ring, Ashley Vox waited for her opponent to make her entrance. NWA Women’s Champion Allysin Kay sauntered down to the ring with her pinky up and her title in hand. Can they just put the tag belts on Kingston and Homicide and have them hold it until the sun dies out?

Allysin Kay (c) vs. Ashley Vox- non-title match

Vox worked the arm to start, but Kay quickly grabbed a waistlock and took her over before ruffling Vox’s hair and allowing her to stand up. Vox then used her quickness to keep the champion off balance, but Kay eventually caught her and slammed her mid-ring.

The story here was that Kay was taking her opponent a bit lightly, and the lapses in focus allowed Vox to capitalize with her speed advantage for hope spots. But eventually, Kay would catch her and hit a fallaway slam or a wheelbarrow suplex for a near fall.

Later in the match, Kay attempted her finisher — a version of Adam Page’s Rite of Passage — but Vox slipped out with a sunset flip for a good near fall. She followed up with a headbutt and a shotgun dropkick. Kay recovered and charged the other corner, but Vox eluded the contact and delivered a head scissors out of the corner, fired up, and hit a corner cannonball for a near fall.

Vox attempted her Fish on a Hook finisher, but Kay powered out and hit her finisher for the win.

Winner: Kay via pinfall

Rating: **. The best match of the night so far. Even in defeat, Vox gained a lot from hanging with the champion as long as she did. Kay’s aura wasn’t dinged one bit by this match since the story was that she underestimated her opponent and could’ve finished her quicker if she focussed more.

Marquez interviewed Kay after the match. After getting on her “good side”, Kay said this was a new era of NWA and this was just the beginning. She called Vox over, telling her to put “a little pep in your step”, and told Vox that she did good but that her good wasn’t good enough.

She said that she was happy someone like Vox was on the roster and that her future was bright, just not with her championship, and that the NWA women’s division was in good hands. Spoiler: this was another very good promo.