NWA Shockwave (2025 event)

This article is about the 2025 National Wrestling Alliance event. For the promotion, see NWA Shockwave. For the television show, see NWA Shockwave (TV program).

NWA Shockwave
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 was a professional wrestling event produced by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). It took place on January 11, 2025, at The OC Theatre in Forney, Texas, airing on tape delay across several episodes of NWA Powerrr on X.

Production

Background

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]

Storylines

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 twenty-second season of 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 official match in the tournament was announced on December 27, with The Southern Six's Kerry Morton (#3 seed) facing Wrecking Ball Legursky (#6 seed) of The Fixers.[5] On December 28, Burchill (#4 seed) and Zyon (#5 seed) were announced to wrestle each other in the first round as well.[6]

Matches

No.	Matches*	Stipulations
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. Size Matters (Eric Smalls and Sam Stackhouse)	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]
10	The Immortals (Kratos and Odinson) vs. Daisy Kill and Talos	Tag team match[13]
11	Mims (c) (with BLK Jeez) vs. Mike Mondo	Singles match for the NWA National Heavyweight Championship[14]
12	Kenzie Paige and Big Mama vs. CJ and Mystii Marks	Tag team match[15]
13	Thom Latimer (c) vs. Aron Stevens (with Blunt Force Trauma (Carnage and Damage))	Singles match for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship[16]
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match *Card subject to change

References

1. Daly, Wayne (September 29, 2024). "NWA Shockwave To Take Place On January 11th, 2025". Wrestlling News Dot Net. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
2. Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
3. "Tournament to Crown No. 1 Contender Kicks Off at 'NWA SHOCKWAVE'". National Wrestling Alliance. December 21, 2024. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
4. "Instagram Announcement". nationalwrestlingalliance.com. December 21, 2024. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
5. "Instagram Announcement". nationalwrestlingalliance.com. December 27, 2024. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
6. "Instagram Announcement". nationalwrestlingalliance.com. December 28, 2024. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
7. "Instagram Announcement". nationalwrestlingalliance.com. December 19, 2024. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
8. "Instagram Announcement". nationalwrestlingalliance.com. December 22, 2024. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
9. "Instagram Announcement". nationalwrestlingalliance.com. December 23, 2024. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
10. "Instagram Announcement". nationalwrestlingalliance.com. December 24, 2024. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
11. "Instagram Announcement". nationalwrestlingalliance.com. December 25, 2024. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
12. "Instagram Announcement". nationalwrestlingalliance.com. December 25, 2024. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
13. "Instagram Announcement". nationalwrestlingalliance.com. December 29, 2024. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
14. "National Champ 'Big Strong' Mims Defends Against Mike Mondo at 'NWA SHOCKWAVE'". National Wrestling Alliance. January 9, 2025. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
15. "Instagram Announcement". nationalwrestlingalliance.com. January 2, 2025. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
16. "Instagram Announcement". nationalwrestlingalliance.com. January 4, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2025.

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