{"id":92501,"date":"2020-01-29T15:47:04","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T21:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=92501"},"modified":"2020-01-29T15:47:04","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T21:47:04","slug":"nwa-power-hits-misses-1-28-marty-scurll-nick-aldis-sit-down-aldis-interviewed-by-sean-mooney-zicky-dice-vs-ricky-starks-the-pope-james-storm-aron-stevens-question-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/01\/29\/nwa-power-hits-misses-1-28-marty-scurll-nick-aldis-sit-down-aldis-interviewed-by-sean-mooney-zicky-dice-vs-ricky-starks-the-pope-james-storm-aron-stevens-question-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"NWA POWER HITS &#038; MISSES 1\/28: Marty Scurll-Nick Aldis sit-down, Aldis interviewed by Sean Mooney, Zicky Dice vs. Ricky Starks, The Pope, James Storm, Aron Stevens, Question Mark"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-184808102\" 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 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>\u2022OPENING MONTAGE &#8211; HIT:<\/strong> Scurll is here to cause a spot of bother and challenge for the NWA World\u2019s Heavyweight Championship, but due to Flip Gordon\u2019s loss at Hard Times to Nick Aldis, the champ controls the when and where for that eventual tilt. Great recap and mood music.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>\u2022NICK ALDIS WITH SEAN MOONEY (!!!) &#8211; HIT, HIT, HIT, HIT, HIT!:<\/strong> Aldis is back and dressed to the nines, no more stupid tracksuits. Nick Aldis, after a weird season two vacillating between comic villain and smarmy heel champion, he\u2019s firmly back at his heel champion best to start season three. He is now the marathon man because he runs the show and now that he\u2019s disposed of \u201cFlop Gordon\u201d, he\u2019s turned his focus to Marty Scurll and had a recorded sit-down with him that will close the show. Nick is back and on fire and we\u2019re all the better for it. Although, I know he\u2019s the National Treasure, but is it for the nation of England or the nation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? I have questions. He also has a new nickname to go with the Real World\u2019s Champion and the National Treasure&#8211;The Dealer! But you\u2019ll have to wait til show\u2019s end to find out why. Anyway, go back and watch this because how the champ dressed down Flip Gordon and why he sent Marty Scurll out of the building at Hard Times is just Heel 101 but done perfectly.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>\u2022ROYCE ISAACS (W\/ NOW MAY VALENTINE) vs. ANDRE GUHN &#8211; HIT:<\/strong> Sal Rinauro is on commentary with a broken arm and received a genuine pop from the crowd. GPB Studio audience has gone full Full Sail now, just putting over any two-bit bastard. Yuck. Anyway, there\u2019s not much to go on long about this match but it was a rehabilitative effort for Isaacs. He got to show some really good power moves over an enhancement guy and most importantly, he got a win, something Wild Cards haven\u2019t done since forming Strictly Business. Also, his two signature moves is a really lovely deadlift fisherman\u2019s suplex called the Money Clip and his finisher is the full nelson-German suplex hybrid called Hush Money. We know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about the Wild Cards, their gear matches in colours but not in motifs, and yet Royce\u2019s moves have money names. Why?! Do they ever plan on explaining who they are and why they are? Anyway, look to a feud with Rinauro and Isaacs in the future or Isaacs getting heat by attacking Sal\u2019s broken arm because they need to get their heat back and also Royce and Sal had words for each other after the match. In all, finally a sign of a good direction for Isaacs, his team, and his faction possibly.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>\u2022EDDIE KINGSTON\/POPE VIGNETTE &#8211; HIT (?!):<\/strong> Eddie is shown cutting a promo about Pope sending him all the mixed messages about being a potential world champ, about not needing Homicide, about needing Homicide and being tag champs, and he\u2019s doing this all in a t-shirt reading \u201cI HOPE YOU SUFFER.\u201d It cuts to Pope coming out and both the Dawsons beating Eddie up, bringing a smile to Pope\u2019s face. One question, WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?! They air it as a vignette like they do with recaps to continue storylines but I don\u2019t remember this at all. It\u2019s a good package though, but damn, it left me confused. As a reminder, this is a canned show, so how NWA continues to let all kinds of things air erroneously or troublesomely is quite baffling.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>\u2022THUNDER ROSA W\/ KYLE DAVIS &#8211; HIT:<\/strong> This was by far the best work Melina has done since debuting on Power. Rosa was to give a celebratory interview as the new NWA Women\u2019s Champ but before she could muster words, Melina and Marti Belle came out and Melina stole the show. It seemed obvious that once Rosa won the title and Melina didn\u2019t turn on her immediately, it would be one of those angles where Melina will be domineering and drive a wedge between her and Rosa on her own and as hack and cliche as it is, it worked. Melina told us that she\u2019s a champion maker and knew she could take Rosa to the top and that when you cheer Rosa, you\u2019re actually cheering Melina. The woman didn\u2019t even win or fight for the title and yet she\u2019s milking it. Super effective and short from Melina and it just fit her character and most importantly, it all made sense. Eventually Rosa did get some words in about being happy to win the belt and being the first Mexican-born woman to hold the title, but Melina eventually cut this interview short and Rosa went with it. One thing is clear, Rosa will be driven from the group and that\u2019s good because only Tim Storm can rival her popularity as a babyface.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>\u2022RICKY STARKS &amp; ZICKY DICE W\/ MARQUEZ &#8211; HIT:<\/strong> The good news is babyface Ricky is over, but it\u2019s a couple degrees down from Tim Storm, Thunder Rosa, and Eli Drake. He and Zicky Dice have really good chemistry on the mic together too, trading barbs and leaning into each other\u2019s shtick, but to me, Zicky is better because he has more grip on his character. When he\u2019s listing outlandish prices for his gimmick plastic glasses, gimmick plastic feather earing and gimmick fanny pack, it\u2019s beyond brilliant. I could watch this Zicky Dice all day; he really nails the outdated wrestling villain and does it to where you think he believes he doesn\u2019t know how out of place he is. Ricky handled his own though, reciting some of the history from the TV Title and National TV Title reigns, like Arn, Dusty, Ladd, and Austin Idool. He was effective in connecting past history to him establishing his own new history with the title and that\u2019s the stuff you want to hear from a babyface. And then he tried so hard to ruin it.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It came time for the two to stop talking and start fighting and Ricky steps back, gestures \u201cafter you\u201d to Zicky and accompanies it with \u201cLadies first!\u201d So let\u2019s start with the obvious. Being a woman is not a sign of weakness or inferiority. That\u2019s trash language that needs to be eliminated from wrestling. Too often in wrestling and combat sports, attacking a man\u2019s masculinity and calling them a woman is taken to be such an insult. That\u2019s trash. Stop it. And not to mention, Ricky Starks began his promo by saying the people he fought at Hard Times were some of the toughest he\u2019s ever fought and that included men and women. So you start with women are tough and then use women as an insult. This is again where I say people need diversity in their workplaces, and for wrestling, that means in creative positions because this shouldn\u2019t be allowed. It\u2019s tired, it\u2019s played out, it\u2019s offensive as hell, and I\u2019m beyond over it.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>\u2022NWA TV TITLE MATCH: ZICKY DICE vs. RICKY STARKS (C) &#8211; HIT:<\/strong> Solid match between the two and I think they could have one of those rivalries that goes on the backburner but never gets cold. Zicky had the early advantag with power and smarts but eventually Ricky\u2019s athleticism took control. It\u2019s a good thing that his finisher, formerly the Buster Keaton but now the Stroke, is a power move because it reminds you that this kid isn\u2019t all speed and flash, he\u2019s got some real strength. I love that these matches will continue to be 6:05 time limit, and we also found out that there\u2019s a lucky sevens rule in effect&#8211;win or draw in seven consecutive defences and you automatically get a title shot. Looking at how far we are from the Crockett Cup, there\u2019s no way Starks won\u2019t have his second chance at Nick Aldis. One thing though that will continue to plague babyface Starks is posing. When Zicky poses, it makes sense for him as an abrasive heel, and that\u2019s why it always goes against him in kayfabe; when Ricky poses, it goes against him as well and that\u2019s why this is a problem. Wrestling has gone to this cliche of babyfaces are dumb, and the more Ricky takes time to pose, the more it will work against him in matches. Be confident, Ricky, not cocky. Still it was a good match where we got to see Zicky show off and Ricky show out. I\u2019d like a longer PPV match between the two and see how much chemistry they really have.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3966025180\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>\u2022JAMES STORM &amp; ELI DRAKE AND ARON STEVENS &amp; QUESTION MARK W\/ GALLI &#8211; MOSTLY A HIT:<\/strong> Eli and James are over like rover but on this episode, James got far too silly. He told knock-knock jokes and dad jokes and I reckon pretended to be a bit inebriated? It was pretty terrible; James Storm doesn\u2019t need to do such comedy stuff when he\u2019s got legitimacy as a wrestler. Sure, you could argue well since he does have legitimacy, he has a longer leash. No, he doesn\u2019t because he doesn\u2019t do it well. It was hack and awful. In a segment where Shooter Stevens hammed it up with facial expressions, a triple-length black belt and more, it was he that seemed dialed back in comparison to Cowboy.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s good seeing Question Mark and Shooter still tied at the hip after Stevens left him hanging at Hard Times but it didn\u2019t bother Question Mark, yet at least. After the silliness of James Storm,\u00a0 Trevor Murdoch came out and announced he\u2019ll have a National Title shot next week against Shooter and Question Mark must\u2019ve not liked that because he Mongrovian Spiked Murdoch immediately. Some could argue Stevens and Mark have done enough and it\u2019s time to split them but I think they still have plenty of longevity as a unit.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Such a sad thing that James Storm was so goofy because the crowd is so into Eli Drake and Eli is great at milking it for everything. This should have been a can\u2019t miss hit. Damn you, James Storm and your luck.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>MARTY SCURLL-NICK ALDIS SITDOWN &#8211; HIT:<\/strong> Starting the segment off with Marty bitching about being made to wait while the champ is late was great. It set the tone for Aldis being completely in control, something that he is and was afforded after beating Flip Gordon anyway.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">So let\u2019s bullet point this conversation some: Nick is pissed because he looks out for himself, the company, the locker room, and yet he\u2019s still called the problem but Scurll, a fellow countryman, isn\u2019t as kind or as loyal as he appears. Nick was there to congratulate, encourage, and be a friend and Marty just had to challenge for the title last year. Nick allowed it, they fought it out and left it in the ring, they hugged at the end and that should be it but instead Nick feels Marty just wants all the nice things for himself, including Nick\u2019s title and spotlight.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Marty says everyone keeps bothering him about never being a world champ and that he should\u2019ve won the belt at last year\u2019s Crockett Cup. Marty also resents that he had to scratch for pennies in English indies while Aldis was then-TNA champion. His new big contract isn\u2019t what this is about for Scurll, he wants one more shot at the title.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">And this is where Aldis cranks up calculated heel and earns his new \u201cThe Dealer\u201d moniker. Picking at Marty saying it\u2019s not about money, Aldis asks for the entire purse! I love when pro wrestling still alludes to it all being a prize fight of sorts and that there\u2019s money in winning and being a title holder. Aldis shuffles everything up and deals from the bottom of the deck though when he lays down his condition for Marty: he\u2019ll give him one last shot at the 10 Pounds come this year\u2019s Crockett Cup but if Marty loses, he has to reimburse all ticket buyers! Making Marty put his mouth where his money after getting the new contract is an interesting twist and not one I can say I\u2019ve heard before. It wasn\u2019t loser leaves town or some other contrivance, and this makes me wonder how they get out of this totally. I\u2019m now interested in this match and I didn\u2019t see that happening at all.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Oh and Nick didn\u2019t even wait for an answer as he just left Marty there to stir and soak in his own thoughts. You son of a bitch, Nick Aldis.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3525496452\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>\u2022OVERALL &#8211; HIT:<\/strong> The season three premiere was much better than season two. Where season two was rushing to get to Hard Times in about five weeks, they just threw a lot at us and shrugged. Having a good two months plus until the Crockett Cup, NWA took their time with this season opener, giving us mostly promos to set up new feuds. I\u2019m intrigued as to what Marty will do in his new situation and how they progress the Rosa\/Melina breakup over time. Ricky Starks is hitting his stride now and Trevor Murdoch is climbing the ladder fast. So far, season three looks like it has some good stuff to deliver.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>RECOMMENDED:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/01\/28\/1-28-nwa-power-tv-report-sean-mooney-debuts-with-nick-aldis-interview-ricky-starks-vs-zicky-dice-rouse-isaacs-vs-andre-duhn-aldis-marty-scurll-sit-down-summit\/\">1\/28 NWA POWER TV REPORT: Sean Mooney debuts with Nick Aldis interview, Ricky Starks vs. Zicky Dice, Rouse Isaacs vs. Andre Duhn, Aldis-Marty Scurll sit-down summit<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3504088091\"><div id=\"pwtor-4210045759\"><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>\u2022OPENING MONTAGE &#8211; HIT: Scurll is here to cause a spot of bother and challenge for the NWA World\u2019s Heavyweight Championship, but due to Flip Gordon\u2019s loss at Hard Times to Nick Aldis, the champ <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/01\/29\/nwa-power-hits-misses-1-28-marty-scurll-nick-aldis-sit-down-aldis-interviewed-by-sean-mooney-zicky-dice-vs-ricky-starks-the-pope-james-storm-aron-stevens-question-mark\/\" title=\"NWA POWER HITS &#038; MISSES 1\/28: Marty Scurll-Nick Aldis sit-down, Aldis interviewed by Sean Mooney, Zicky Dice vs. Ricky Starks, The Pope, James Storm, Aron Stevens, Question Mark\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1454,"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":[52,28,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opnionandanalysis","category-specialists_hitsandmisses","category-specialists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Storm_3x2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92501","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92502,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92501\/revisions\/92502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}