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Nic Nemeth captured the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Saturday night’s Slammiversary 2024 pay-per-view event, and he recently spoke during a “Digital Exclusive” to discuss his big win. He said,
“Somehow, someday, almost 20 years to the damn day, there’s some extra special destiny here. Because a lot of people have a lot of things on their mind, a lot of people have a hard road ahead, and some people got it easy, and some people, boom! All the sudden, they’re on top of the world. Twenty long years, and I found my way home to TNA. Somehow, someway, I said, ‘Listen, I still got it, I can still go, there’s gas in the tank. I’m still the best, I’m still gonna prove it, and you know what? If I don’t, I’ll walk, I’ll retire, I’m done.’ TNA put a spark in my eyes, you can probably see it. You can probably see it in my eyes. I go, ‘Damn, I love this business, I love this world that I’m in. I love that I’m at the top of my damn game twenty years in.’”
He continued, “I came to TNA with the goal to become champion. I forced my hand because I’d been on TV before, but to prove it and earn it, and tonight, with five other badass superstars in that ring, I somehow came out on top. Somehow, any other night, you flip that coin and someone else wins. Tonight, it was my night. You know why? Because after 20 damn years of plugging along and digging and scratching like everybody else in the business, sometimes, that timing everyone talks about is right. Sometimes, that timing is the best thing to ever happen to you, and sometimes that timing that happens to you is the best damn thing to happen to a company. All of the sudden, TNA on its rise to the top just keeps getting better. Look in these eyes and tell me you don’t think this is the premier championship in this business. If you don’t, you’re wrong. If you don’t believe me, try me. Any day, any time, any place. I will be there. I didn’t give the name ‘The Wanted Man.’ This business wanted me, and all I want is to be the best.”
Blunt Force Trauma and Mike Knox/Trevor Murdoch will be competing at the NWA 76 pay-per-view event, which takes place on August 31st.
As of this writing, no opponents have been announced for either team as of yet.
You can check out the official announcement below:
Knox & Murdoch, BFT with Aron Stevens Head to ‘NWA 76’ In Philly
The stars are ready to shine at the legendary 2300 Arena on the National Wrestling Alliance’s biggest night of the year!
Several surprises have already been revealed for NWA 76. Now Knox & Murdoch join Blunt Force Trauma with manager Aron Stevens as the latest names announced, promising the 2023 Crockett Cup winners and NWA World tag team champions will be in Philadelphia on August 31.
“Everyone in the National Wrestling Alliance wants to be part of NWA 76, which — at the risk of sounding cliche — is genuinely a night where ‘legends are made and legacies are cemented,’” says Joe Galli, NWA’s Chief Operating Officer.
“There are few NWA stars bigger than Knox & Murdoch or BFT and Aron Stevens,” continues Galli. “Both teams have dominated the National Wrestling Alliance for the past year, and NWA 76 could be the start of all-new chapters in the careers of each.”
Knox & Murdoch are the 2023 NWA Crockett Cup winners.
The celebration of the NWA’s 1948 founding, always the company’s most anticipated annual Signature Live Event, has been a career-making occasion for many wrestling greats. Blunt Force Trauma and Murdoch are no exception.
Blunt Force Trauma captured their NWA World Tag Team championships at NWA 75. Two years prior, Murdoch defeated Nick Aldis at NWA 73 to begin his first of two NWA World’s title reigns to date.
Though BFT with Stevens and Knox & Murdoch are being announced for NWA 76 simultaneously, Galli notes neither team’s opposition is yet known. However, he says, the NWA World Tag Team Titles — along with all other championships — are expected to be defended.
Other huge names announced for NWA 76 are 2024 Crockett Cup winners Kerry Morton and Alex Taylor along with fellow Southern Six members Ricky Morton and “The Thrillbilly” Silas Mason. Multi-time OVW Women’s champion and star of Netflix series The Wrestlers ‘HollyHood’ Haley J returns and powerhouse Kayla Rossi makes her debut.
NWA 76 comes to the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, PA, on August 31. Tickets are on sale now.
And finally, former WWE Superstar Raj Dhesi (Jinder Mahal) will be making his in-ring debut for GCW at the ‘Now and Forever’ event, which takes place on August 2nd in Cleveland, OH over SummerSlam 2024 weekend.
Dhesi will be facing off against EFFY at the event. You can check out the official announcement below:
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