In the main event of NWA Crockett Cup Night Two, Matt Cardona defended the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship against Nick Aldis in a match where WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett was the special guest referee.
Aldis challenged the champion to the match right after Cardona won the gold by defeating Trevor Murdoch at the PowerrrTrip event on February 12. Jarrett was subsequently added to the match in an attempt to ensure its officiating was impartial.
Here’s how the match played out, courtesy of our play-by-play results:
NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship (Special Guest Referee – Jeff Jarrett): Matt Cardona (c) vs. Nick Aldis
After the introductions, Jarrett says he’ll do his part to deliver a great title match, and he tells the competitors to do the same. Cardona attacks Aldis before the bell starts, but the referee separates the two men to establish some order. Aldis takes the champion down and punches him. The challenger sends Cardona to the outside, and the latter flips off Tim Storm at the commentary table. Cardona grabs the title and starts to walk away, but Jarrett refuses to count him out. Jarrett calls him “Slapnut” and states that the match will end when he says so. Tim Storm pushes Cardona back into the ring, but the champion quickly escapes.
This time, Aldis chases after Cardona. The champion thumbs Aldis in the eye, but “The National Treasure” throws him into the crowd. The two men brawl around the arena, and Cardona shoves Jarrett. Aldis suplexes Cardona onto the stage. Cardona sends Aldis crashing into the ring post and hits him with a Russian Legsweep into the barricade. The champion plants Aldis with a double-underhook DDT onto the concrete floor. Back in the ring, Jarrett stops Cardona from using his tape to choke Aldis. Cardona maintains the advantage by focusing on Aldis’ neck. The challenger rallies with a back suplex. Cardona mocks Jarrett’s strut before he eats a clothesline. The two competitors trade blows, and Cardona flips off Aldis. The challenger fires back with a clothesline. Cardona catches him with the Codebreaker, and he takes too long to taunt when he goes for the Figure-Four. Aldis counters and locks it in himself.
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Cardona escapes and hits the Unprettier for a near fall. Jarrett stops Cardona from using the title as a weapon, and Aldis drops the champion with a piledriver. He hits a diving elbow drop for a near fall. Aldis grabs the title, but Jarrett stops him too. When Jarrett isn’t looking, Cardona hits Aldis below the belt and hits the Radio Silence for a near fall. Cardona goes crashing to the floor, where he’s helped up by Mike Knox and VSK. The Commonwealth Connection attacks Knox and VSK to make sure they don’t interfere. Jarrett punches VSK and throws him over the ropes. Chelsea Green hits Jarrett in the “slapnuts”, but Mickie James tosses her out of the ring. Aldis counters the Radio Silence into a Sharpshooter, and Cardona taps out.
Jarrett grabs a microphone and rules that Cardona is the winner by disqualification, so he has retained the title.
Winner and still NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion: Matt Cardona
HAHAAAAAAAA!!!! YES!!!
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