NWA Hard Times (2024)

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Hard Times (2024)
NWA Hard Times 2024.jpg
Promotional poster featuring various NWA wrestlers
Promotion National Wrestling Alliance
DateMarch 2, 2024
(aired April 9, 2024,
April 16, 2024,
April 23, 2024,
April 30, 2024,
May 7, 2024)
City Dothan, Alabama
Venue Dothan Civic Center
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The 2024 Hard Times (also known as Hard Times 4) was the fourth Hard Times professional wrestling event promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). It took place on March 2, 2024, at the Dothan Civic Center in Dothan, Alabama.

Contents

The event was initially announced as a pay-per-view, but was instead used as a TV taping for NWA's flagship show NWA Powerrr , mapped into five episodes that aired on The CW app.

Production

Background

NWA Hard Times is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the National Wrestling Alliance. The inaugural Hard Times event took part on January 24, 2020, and the second event took place on December 4, 2021, making it a recurring annual pay-per-view event. [1] [2]

On October 28, at Samhain, NWA announced that their next PPV would be Hard Times, and on January 4, 2024, they announced that the event would be held on March 2, 2024, at the Dothan Civic Center in Dothan, Alabama. [3] [4] After NWA programming moved to The CW's app, the event would instead air as episodes of Powerrr .

Storylines

The event featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Storylines were produced during the seventeenth season of the NWA's weekly series, Powerrr . [5]

Results

First episode (aired on April 9, 2024)
No.Results [6] [7] [8] StipulationsTimes [9]
1Joe Alonzo defeated Colby Corino (c) by pinfall Singles match for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship 8:20
2Ruthie Jay and La Rosa Negra defeated Reka Tehaka and Tiffany Nieves by pinfall Tag team match 6:06
3Spencer Slade (with Rolando Freeman) defeated "Magic" Jake Dumas by pinfall Singles match 5:40
4 The King Bees (Danni Bee and Charity King) (c) defeated Pretty Empowered (Ella Envy and Kylie Paige) 2-1 Pretty Rules match for the NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship 7:58
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Pretty Rules match

ScoreWinnerDecisionTime [9]
1–0Danni BeePinned Ella Envy0:18
1–1Kylie PaigePinned Danni Bee4:07
2–1Charity KingPinned Ella Envy7:58
Second episode (aired on April 16, 2024)
No.Results [6] [7] [10] StipulationsTimes [11]
1The Fixers, L.L.C.(Jay Bradley and Wrecking Ball Legursky) defeated Tim Storm and J.A.C. by pinfall NWA United States Tag Team Championship tournament first round match 6:57
2Taylor Rising defeated Miss Star by pinfall Singles match 4:48
3Blunt Force Trauma (Damage and Carnage) (c) (with Aron Stevens) defeated The Immortals (JR Kratos and Odinson) by pinfall Tag team match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship 7:47
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
Third episode (aired on April 23, 2024)
No.Results [6] [7] [12] StipulationsTimes [13]
1Daisy Kill and Talos defeated Mecha Wolf and Alex Misery by pinfall NWA United States Tag Team Championship tournament first round match 6:51
2 Kenzie Paige (c) defeated Natalia Markova by pinfall Singles match for the NWA World Women's Championship 8:05
3The Miserably Faithful (Max the Impaler, Judais, and Gaagz the Gymp) (with Father James Mitchell) defeated Magnus Muscle (Mims and Dak Draper) and Carson Drake by pinfall Six-person tag team match 7:07
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
Fourth episode (aired on April 30, 2024)
No.Results [6] [7] [14] StipulationsTimes [15]
1The Kidz (Alexander Lev and Jackson Drake) defeated The Slimeballz (Sage Chantz and Tommy Rant) by pinfall Tag team match 7:21
2AJ Cazana (with KC Cazana and AJ Cazana) defeated Anthony Andrews (with Austin Idol and Zyon) by pinfall Last Call match
The winner picked which opposing member was fired from the NWA; Andrews was picked and thus was fired.		4:23
3Knox And Murdoch (Mike Knox and Trevor Murdoch) defeated The Southern Six (Alex Taylor and Kerry Morton) (with Ricky Morton) by escaping the cage Tag team steel Cage match 10:29
Fifth episode (aired on April 30, 2024)
No.Results [6] [7] [16] StipulationsTimes [17]
1 A. J. Francis defeated Bryan Idol by pinfall No Disqualification match 7:05
2 Thom Latimer defeated Blake "Bulletproof" Troop, Paul Burchill and Zyon (with Austin Idol) by pinfall Four-way match for the vacant NWA National Championship 5:20
3 EC3 (c) defeated "Thrillbilly" Silas Mason by pinfall Singles match for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship 12:49
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

NWA National Championship Tournament brackets

First Round
NWA Powerrr
(January 14)
(aired March 19 and 26, April 2)		Final
Hard Times 4
(March 2)
(airing TBC)
1 Thom Latimer Pin
8Carson Drake4:33 [18]
3Blake "Bulletproof" Troop TKO 1 Thom Latimer Pin
6Bryan Idol5:54 [19] 3Blake "Bulletproof" Troop7:05
4AJ Cazana7:24 [20] 5 Zyon –
5 Zyon Pin 2 Burchill –
2 Burchill Pin
7"Magic" Jake Dumas5:34 [21]

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