| NWA Shockwave | |||
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 Promotional poster featuring various NWA wrestlers | |||
| Promotion | National Wrestling Alliance | ||
| Date | January 11, 2025 | ||
| City | Forney, Texas | ||
| Venue | The OC Theatre | ||
| Event chronology | |||
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NWA Shockwave is an upcoming professional wrestling event produced by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). It will take place on It will take place on January 11, 2025, at The OC Theatre in Forney, Texas, airing on tape delay across several episodes of NWA Powerrr on X.
On September 26, 2024, the NWA announced that NWA Shockwave would take place at The OC Theatre in Forney, Texas, on January 11, 2025. [1]
The event will feature a number professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines. Wrestlers are portrayed as either heels (those that portray the "bad guys"), faces (the "good guy" characters), or tweeners (characters that are neither clearly a heel or a face) as they follow a series of tension-building events, which culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches as determined by the promotion. Storylines were played out on the NWA's weekly series, Powerrr . [2]
On December 21, 2024, the NWA announced an eight-man single-elimination tournament to determine the number one contender to the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship, which would be set to begin at Shockwave. [3] Colby Corino, Sam Adonis, and Tyler Franks were later announced to compete in a three-way play-in match to determine the number eight seed in the tournament. [4] The first offical match in the tournament was announced on December 27, with The Southern Six's Kerry Morton facing Wrecking Ball Legursky of The Fixers. [5] On December 28, a Burchill and Zyon were announced to wrestle each other in the first round as well. [6]
| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | ||||
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| 1 | Alexander Lev vs. Gaagz the Gymp | Hair vs. Mask match [7] Joe Ocasio will serve as the special guest referee. | ||||
| 2 | Colby Corino vs. Sam Adonis vs. Tyler Franks | Three-way match [4] Play-In Match to determine the 8 seed in the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender's Tournament. | ||||
| 3 | Natalia Markova (with Bryan Idol) vs. Hunter Drake (with Kylie Paige) | Intergender match [8] | ||||
| 4 | Carson Bartholomew Drake (c) vs. Alex Misery | Singles match for the NWA World Television Championship [9] | ||||
| 5 | The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and KC Cazana) (with Joe Cazana) vs. Sam Stackhouse and Eric Smalls | Tag team match [10] | ||||
| 6 | Pretty Boy Smooth (c) (with EC3) vs. Baron Von Storm | Singles match for the NWA Exodus Pro Midwest Championship [11] | ||||
| 7 | Kerry Morton vs. Wrecking Ball Legursky | NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender's Tournament first round match [5] | ||||
| 8 | Knox and Murdoch (c) vs. The Slimeballz (Sage Chantz and Tommy Rant) | Tag team match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship [12] | ||||
| 9 | Burchill vs. Zyon (with Austin Idol) | NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender's Tournament first round match [6] | ||||
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