NWA Hard Times (2024) explained

Hard Times (2024)
Promotion:National Wrestling Alliance
Date:March 2, 2024
Date Aired:April 9, 2024,
April 16, 2024,
April 23, 2024,
April 30, 2024,
May 7, 2024
Venue:Dothan Civic Center
City:Dothan, Alabama
Liveevent:Y
Lastevent2:Paranoia
Nextevent2:Crockett Cup
Event2:Hard Times
Lastevent3:3

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.

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.

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

Pretty Rules match

ScoreWinnerDecisionTime
1–0Danni BeePinned Ella Envy0:18
1–1Kylie PaigePinned Danni Bee4:07
2–1Charity KingPinned Ella Envy7:58

NWA National Championship Tournament brackets

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Powell. Jason. NWA Hard Times results: Powell's live review of the NWA TV Title tournament, Nick Aldis vs. Flip Gordon, Aron Stevens vs. Scott Steiner for the NWA National Title, Allysin Kay vs. Thunder Rosa for the NWA Women's Title, NWA Tag Title Triple Threat. Pro Wrestling Dot Net. January 24, 2020. February 22, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20230320140308/https://prowrestling.net/site/2020/01/24/nwa-hard-times-results-powells-live-review-of-the-nwa-tv-title-tournament-nick-aldis-vs-flip-gordon-aron-stevens-vs-scott-steiner-for-the-nwa-national-title-allysin-kay-vs-thunder-rosa-for-th/. March 20, 2023. live.
  2. Web site: Justin. McClelland. 12/4 NWA HARD TIMES 2 PPV REPORT: Murdoch vs. Knox, Aldis vs. Latimer, Kamille vs. Melina, more. Pro Wretling Torch. January 24, 2020. February 22, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220930054330/https://www.pwtorch.com/site/2021/12/05/12-4-nwa-hard-times-2-ppv-report-murdoch-vs-knox-aldis-vs-latimer-kamille-vs-melina-more/. September 30, 2022. live.
  3. Web site: NWA Hard Times 2024 To Be The First NWA Pay-Per-View Of 2024. Robert. Defelice. Fightful. October 28, 2023.
  4. Web site: NWA Hard Times 2024 To Emanate From Dothan, Alabama On 3/2/24. Robert. Defelice. Fightful. January 4, 2024.
  5. Web site: How Pro Wrestling Works. Grabianowski. Ed. January 13, 2006. September 14, 2023. HowStuffWorks, Inc.. Discovery Communications. https://web.archive.org/web/20131129050844/http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm. November 29, 2013. live.