This is the final of the Jax Dane Memorial Tournament in the National Wrestling Alliance, and two individuals have laid claim FTR be declared the number one contender for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Tonight, the match will be decided between Colby Corino and The Man They Call Frank.
Who will have their hand raised in victory to pursue the Ten Pounds of Gold?
We’ll find out in the Main Event. But first…
There’s more conflict resolution to be had with the HR Group of the Inspire Workshop from last week, as they try to make the roster of the NWA get along. Tiffany Nieves is instructed to say something mean to EC3, and she says with his reinventing himself every twenty seconds, “he’s like a wannabe Shakespeare, or Ric Flair on a good day.” Then La Princesa adds a dig on him losing the Ten Pounds of Gold.
Now, it’s EC3’s turn to do some positive conflict resolution. So he recites something in a poem titled, “The Princess is Poised©.”
As a Lucid Luchador™ fond of The Power of Pro Wrestling Poetry™ in many a recap, here is that Squared Circle Sonnet™:
*Ahem*
She walks in a quiet fire.
Not soft, but loud
like the sun over the Brooklyn sky.
Hot like cement.
Men, they call her beautiful.
Women…call her everything else.
She nods. She lets it go.
She has an army behind her, but she needs it not.
She has a throne to sit upon, but it’s only a seat.
Most importantly, she has herself.
And that…that is enough.
Get it. Got it. Bueno.
I salute the Warrior poet that is The OverLord. Game recognizes game.
Now it’s Mike Mondo and Kenzie Paige’s turn. The best Mondo can say that is remotely mean about Piage is that her hair was green. Paige explodes and she is so embarrassed that she cannot believe how she has to suffer this indignity.
Except she’s putting one over us as her form of conflict resolution.
The moral of the story: Try poetry, kids. It’s better and more fun. Especially if you get paid for it.
We come to you from the Dothan Civic Center in Dothan, AL., for more Hard Times. Joe Galli, Billy Corgan, and Danny Dealz have the call. Your First Match of the Night is tag team action between…
EC3 and Pretty Boy Smooth (with Pastor C-Lo) vs. Burchill and Joe Ocasio
TONIGHT at 6:05e on NWA POWERRR
With the 2025 Crockett Cup on the horizon, the erstwhile Exodus Pro duo of the “OverLORD” EC3 & Pretty Boy Smooth square off against Burchill & Ocasio, two established and hungry stars eager to shift the power balance in the NWA.@therealec3… pic.twitter.com/MaKR4V7wEz
— NWA (@nwa) June 10, 2025
We learn from commentary that this is part of establishing the Crockett Cup season, as Trevor Murdoch and Mike Knox have the top seed, with The Colóns getting the number two position last week.
Corgan Opines that the Overlord was politicking for a higher seed, and this match was made to state their case.
EC3 and Burchill start the match, and the Ripper puts on a clinic. At one point, C-Lo chop blocks Ocasio, and as Burchill is distracted by what happened to his tag partner on the outside, the Overlord takes over. A tag to Smooth and the Urban Playboy lays down a beating. He and EC3 cut the ring in half as Burchill is a Ripper in Peril. But he manages to push off the Overlord and gets the…I’ll be kind and call it a Medium Heat Tag to Ocasio, who is limping after the chop block and is gamely trying to get en Fuego. He finally gets into position in the corner, where C-Lo attempts to interfere. Ocasio stomps his hand, and then tags back to Burchill. Smooth manages to punch the Ripper to daze him, and EC3 takes advantage with the One Percenter to end it.
Your Winners via Pinfall: EC3 and Pretty Boy Smooth
They may get a higher seed once everything is said and done.
Now we have some junior heavyweight action between…
Hunter vs. Slade
This is the first time both men have faced each other in the squared circle. It’s also important to note that Slade is without his Spectacular manager in Rolando, but I doubt that will make any difference. Also curious is the fact that the commentary pointed out he is the fiancé of Kenzie Paige.
Hmm. Wonder why that’s important?
Anywhoosles, Slade is in control early in the match, but Hunter has moves of his own as he connects with a snapmare to a dropkick. He sends him out and then leaps onto the apron edge. Slade trips him up and then rams his back into the pointed edge of the ring. Hunger almost Fears the Gear as he gets launched with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex, followed by a double underhook suplex to a float over cover for a two count. He then props up top and punches away at Hunter, but then, as he goes for a high-risk maneuver, Slade is pushed off the top turnbuckle, and a missile dropkick finds the mark. He then gives a front suplex to a spin kick and a running shooting star press on Slade gets him a count of two. Now Hunter goes back up the high-rent district and leaps, but Slade evades the aerial attack and picks him up for an Oklahoma Stampede for another near fall. He picks the knee for a submission, and Hunter manages to roll through. They jockey for position and start throwing bombs. Hunter nails a German suplex on the taller Slade, but is taken down with a clothesline. Now he finds his groove with a moonsault to the outside on Slade, and Kenzie comes out to cheer on her fiancé. He then sets up top for a forward somersault splash and misses the mark. Slade easily gets the ankle lock, and Hunter taps out.
Your Winner via Submission: Kenzie Paige
Kenzie asks what happened, as Hunter is limping and perplexed by his betrothed’s response.
I wonder what’s gonna happen after this (he wrote, knowing exactly what will take place after watching many a soap opera)?
Meanwhile, at the BitCrush (a local comic store in Dothan) enters one of God’s own prototypes, “Thrillbilly” Silas Mason. As he makes small talk with the cashier, who is equal parts hipster and Zen master. He notes this is the month for Pride, but notices there’s no merch for PRIDE FC.
(Author’s Note: See, kids. PRIDE FC was a Japanese mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion that operated from 1997 to 2007. Founded by Nobuyuki Sakakibara, PRIDE was known for its unique ruleset, which allowed for more aggressive and visceral fights than the Unified Rules of MMA. In short, it was a less douche-tastic version of UFC.)
Mason realizes he ain’t getting anywhere, and then asks for magazines like Hustler, Rustler, Tussler. Still getting denied, he asks for ‘ludes and/or speed, but still, The Cashier says they do not carry that. But then, The Cashier says he needs to reassess his position in the Southern Six.
Before he can elaborate, in comes Mondo, who is looking for a 24-hour gym to get ready for Max the Impaler. Sadly, that is not the case in Dothan.
Then The Cashier suggests to Mason that he is the Southern Six, and asks if they’ll get lucky this year in the Crockett Cup. Mason replies that it will be the case since they can employ the Freebird Rule. The Cashier says that he is not a part of the Southern Six.
He *is* The Southern Six.
Like I said…The Cashier has a Zen thing going on, even though he looks like a hipster. So much so that it even has Mason thinking.
Austin Idol is with Frank, and he is looking for a fighter. He follows that up by explaining you gotta be an idiot to face this Freak. Since his comments are directed at Corino, he tells The Prince of Old School to bring your hard hat and lunch pail, because he says Frank will rip out his fangs.
Quite the graphic image.
Now for the Main Event, and this is the final of the…
Jax Dane Memorial Tournament: Colby Corino vs. The Man They Call Frank (with Austin Idol)
Whoever is the winner will be the top contender for the Ten Pounds of Gold. As Frank climbs into the ring, Corino tries to get the jump, but to no avail. The power of the monster Frank is staggering against the Prince of Old School. Corino manages to dump the big man out and goes for a tope suicida, but Frank catches him midair and slams him face-first on the apron edge. Then he bounces Corino’s skull off the timekeeper’s table and then throws him into the barricade. He rolls back in the ring to break the ref count, and then Frank swings him into the steel steps, which leads to…
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We come back, and Frank mercilessly beats down Corino, as he nails him with a crucifix powerbomb on the apron edge. Back in the ring, Frank dominates and stomps him in the corner. As the ref takes him aside to admonish him, Idol takes a cheap shot at Corino. He tries to fire up any offense, but just can’t get anything going. He goes for a crossbody, and Frank gives him a one-armed fall-away slam, and he tumbles outside the ring. From there, he clubs his chest like a war drum and climbs back in the ring. Corino drop kicks the ankle of Frank and goes for another dive and he drills Frank on the outside with a tornado DDT. He sends him in the ring, and The Prince goes for a high-risk maneuver, but Frank catches him and nails a massive choke slam to cover for one, two…kick out. Now Frank goes for his finisher, but Corino reverses to a roll up and holds him down as the ref counts for one, two, and three.
Your Winner via Pinfall: Colby Corino
Corino rolls out, elated about his surprise victory, and that makes him one step closer to gaining the Ten Pounds of Gold as the show closes out.
Top Photo: Colby Corino and The Man They Call Frank are in the finals of the Jax Dane Memorial Tournament on this NWA Hard Times Signature event. Courtesy of the NWA via “X”
