NWA 75 Recap and Review: Eight New Champions Crowned

NWA 75 was a two-night extravaganza from St. Louis, MO on August 26 & 27. There were fourteen title bouts with eight new champions being crowned.

The main event for NWA 75 was EC3 challenging Tyrus for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship in a bullrope match on Night 2. There was an extra stipulation that Tyrus would retire upon defeat. EC3 used a low blow with the rope to take control down the stretch. Two headlock drivers and three cowbell shots to the head paved the way for The Purpose submission. Tyrus tapped out, and EC3 walked out with the Ten Pounds of Gold. (Full details here.)

Aron Stevens’ managerial savviness paid off helping Blunt Force Trauma claim the NWA World Tag Team Championship from La Rebelion on Night 1. Mecha Wolf and Bestia 666 had Damage done on a teamwork flying backcracker, but Stevens pulled the referee out of the ring on the pin count. Vampiro, who was managing La Rebelion, unloaded a superkick to Stevens. In the chaos, Carnage recovered to attack Mecha Wolf with a big kick as the illegal man. Damage was there to make the pin to steal the gold. (Full details here.)

Thrillbilly Silas Mason now holds the NWA National Heavyweight Championship. The title was relinquished by EC3, so a new champion was guaranteed between Silas, Odinson, and Kratos in a hoss fight three-way on Night 1. Kratos had Silas down, so Pollo del Mar entered the ring to buy time for the Thrillbilly to recover. Kratos shoved her toward Silas, and Silas hit the Thrillride on his former lover on purpose. That relationship was pretty much in the toilet already. Consider it flushed now. Silas brought the title belt into the ring as a foreign object, and it ended up in the hands of Kratos. During a tug of war with the referee, Odinson blasted Kratos with a European uppercut smashing the belt in Kratos’ face. With Kratos down and out, Silas caught a shoulder tackle from Odinson to counter for the Thrillride to win.