NWA Powerrr Episode 5: Results, Grades, and Highlights

 The Dawsons vs. Matthew Mims and Jordan Kingsley

Zane Dawson and Matthew Mims started things off with a collar-and-elbow. Zane powered Mims to the corner and backed off. He went for a pair of clotheslines, but Mims ducked both before suckering Zane into Mims’ corner to eat an enzuigiri from Kingsley.

Still in the corner, Mims drove his shoulder into Zane’s gut twice and tagged in Kingsley, who leapfrogged his partner to deliver a flying European uppercut to Zane. He tried again in the parallel corner, but Zane caught him with a right hand and tagged in Dave.

They hit a combo delayed vertical suplex, but Dave took his sweet time following up, allowing Kingsley to get some blows in. Kingsley hit the ropes, but Dave cut him off again by tossing him in the air and dropping him face first.

Dave tagged Zane back in and the two hit some more double team offense; Zane held Kingsley in place for a big boot from Dave and then picked Kingsley up for a sidewalk slam/splash combo. Zane went for a cover but picked Kingsley up after a two count.

Another tag to Dave, who hurled Kingsley over to Kingsley’s team’s corner. Dave begged Mims to tag in and Mims obliged. He connected with a few punches, but Dave reversed his Irish whip and connected with a dropkick that looked more like a falling superkick. He tagged Zane back in and the two flattened Mims with a double powerbomb for the win.

Winners: The Dawsons via pinfall (Zane pinned Matthew Mims)

Rating: 1/2*. This was a fine squash. Kingsley bumped and sold well for the Dawsons, who looked like jerks for continuing the beating after they had the win secured, but also came across as legit tough guys for willingly challenging the bigger guy toward the end.

The winners then joined Marquez at the dais and noted that they beat the number one contenders last week (with help) and voiced their need for a tag title shot. As Dave talked up he and his brother’s dominance, Eddie Kingston (YES!) and Homicide came out for a rebuttal.

Kingston said he and Homicide didn’t come out to “b—- and moan”, congratulated the Dawson’s on last week’s win over them, and said that if the Dawsons needed a title shot so badly, they should wrestle him and Homicide. Dave said that he and Zane would think about it, which drew boos from the studio audience.

My thoughts: Man, the Dawsons are dumb heels. Even the announcers questioned why they wouldn’t accept the challenge.

After a graphic promoting NWA’s December pay-per-view, we then see Joe Galli standing ringside with Tim Storm for a pre-recorded interview.

Galli asked Storm for his thoughts following a couple of high-profile losses on Powerrr and whether he was considering retirement.

Storm said that he saw the show as an opportunity to “climb back on the mountaintop” and redeem himself, but it didn’t work out the way he thought it would. He added that he doesn’t regret taking the challenge (to Nick Aldis on the first episode), put over Aldis, and said he was proud of the match they had before saying that a lot of decisions still need to be made.

Galli then asked Storm if he planned on pursuing the other NWA titles now that the World Title was “no longer within [his] grasp”. Storm mentioned how heartbreaking it was to hear that before putting over the other belts and saying that he didn’t know if that was the path for him.

He was then asked if there was any way he could get back in the World Title picture, but he said that he was a man of his word and would honor the “no more World Title shots” stip. As he finished that answer, Nick Aldis showed up and pulled Storm aside for a chat.

Adis told Storm to look around the Atlanta studio and said that the show (and the NWA’s resurgence) would’ve been possible without Storm. He implored Storm to not let guys like Eli Drake get in his head and to remember who he was, adding that “everything is possible”.

My thoughts: Ok, they’re definitely setting up another Storm/Aldis match, probably for the December PPV. Storm was excellent here as the veteran who’s at a career crossroads and Aldis was just as good, though his motivational speech bordered on cheesy toward the end.