NWA Fusion Episode 1

NWA Fusion is the new incarnation of NWA Virginia and this is the first episode of their new web TV show. This about the twentieth attempt to do this over the last couple of years, they usually last about a month. So for that month I am going to review the shows here.

Episode 1

"Memphis Mofo" Mark Bravura v. Damien Wayne v. Amazing Sanchezz v. Krotch

This is for the Alpha title and was a bit rough. It was basically Damien Wayne vs. three guys that stink. So when Wayne is in, you go "Man look at Damien Wayne kind of carry this crappy guy" and when he is on the apron you go "Boy I hope Damien Wayne comes in pretty soon." Everything Wayne did was really solid and he has one of the prettiest diving elbows ever. Bravura is the champ and is clearly getting a big push here, he starts with some fake Mr. Kennedy mike work where he proclaims himself the next generation of Lawler, Dundee, Idol, Fargo and Monroe. There is no excuse for someone working heir to Jackie Fargo in a promotion promoted by Preston Quinn to have punches that suck that much. For fuck sake, PQ is in the back, have him show you something. Krotch was I guy I enjoyed in the past as a stooge who takes big beatings, he has bulked up, is working a Great Muta deal and is all about really convoluted offense. Sanchezzz had the worst looking offense in the match, and didn't really take big enough bumps or eat a big enough beating to make up for it. Not the best match to restart a show on, I am hoping if we get a next week it will be better.

There is a promo with the Da New Bloods Da Gift and Da Curse, don't know how they are in the ring, but I am digging the fuck out of their gimmick. It is like Skinny Pete and Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad formed a tag team. They make the Briscoes look like Tim Geithner and Lawrence Summers.

The Hatriot v. TomKat

I am not sure whether TomKat is working a crown prince of Scientology gimmick, as he was basically a jobber here. I got the sense from the pre-match promo by your bargain basement Akbar that the Hatriot was doing your classic Don Kernodle turn on your country gimmick, but they never really specified who he was before he became the Hatriot. He was way too good to be Tom Brandi. Really nasty squash match, slick powerslam, firemans carry throw into the turnbuckle and the GAS MASK as a finisher. Totally brought me onboard with NWA Fusion, don't care for the manager, but I would buy a ticket to see America defended against THE HATRIOT.

The show finished with your RAW mike segment between Sean Denny and Mark Bravura and a Mike Booth appearance. This is all to set up Booth v. Denny next week, and it did a perfectly okay job of doing that. Booth has a Tully like ability to make you want to kill him by just standing there, and he does more just walking out then Denny and Bravura do talking for five minutes. Still I am on board for Booth to get his comeuppance.

The big match on this show was a disappointment, but this is a promotion with enough really great guys that I will keep watching as long as this keeps showing up.