{"id":125871,"date":"2021-08-30T09:06:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T14:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=125871"},"modified":"2021-08-30T09:06:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T14:06:08","slug":"nwa-world-heavyweight-championship-changes-hands-at-nwa-73","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/08\/30\/nwa-world-heavyweight-championship-changes-hands-at-nwa-73\/","title":{"rendered":"NWA World Heavyweight Championship changes hands at NWA 73"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4143811807\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Trevor Murdoch is the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion. Murdoch defeated Nick Aldis to win the title in the main event of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/08\/30\/8-29-nwa-73-ppv-report-nick-aldis-defends-the-world-heavyweight-title-mickie-james-vs-kylie-rae-adonis-vs-storm-more\/\">NWA 73 PPV event<\/a>. He won a battle royal earlier in the show to earn the opportunity at Aldis.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ANDNEW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ANDNEW<\/a>!!!!!!!!!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealTMurdoch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheRealTMurdoch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NWA73?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NWA73<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>[ Discount bundle on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FITE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FITE<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P56waqUEjl\">https:\/\/t.co\/P56waqUEjl<\/a> ] <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4AP5GRubP1\">pic.twitter.com\/4AP5GRubP1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TrillerTV (@FiteTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FiteTV\/status\/1432181852601823236?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Murdoch won the match after connecting with a piledriver. He followed with a top rope bull dog and then covered for the victory. After the match, Murdoch celebrated in the ring with his family and Ric Flair, who was on-site at the event due to the significance of venue in St. Louis.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Aldis had been the reigning NWA World Heavyweight Champion since October of 2018.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/08\/28\/8-28-nwa-empower-ppv-report-kamille-vs-hirsch-melina-vs-purrazzo-womens-invitational-cup-more\/\">8\/28 NWA EMPOWER PPV REPORT: Kamille vs. Hirsch, Melina vs. Purrazzo, Women\u2019s Invitational Cup, more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1982035973\"><div id=\"pwtor-192515130\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Trevor Murdoch is the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion. Murdoch defeated Nick Aldis to win the title in the main event of the NWA 73 PPV event. He won a battle royal earlier in the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/08\/30\/nwa-world-heavyweight-championship-changes-hands-at-nwa-73\/\" title=\"NWA World Heavyweight Championship changes hands at NWA 73\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":125872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5848],"tags":[1241,6601],"class_list":["post-125871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-nwa-news","tag-nwa","tag-nwa-73"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2021\/08\/Trevor-Murdoch-NWA-Champion.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125871"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125873,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125871\/revisions\/125873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}