National Heavyweight Champion

“The Universal Soldier” Phil Shatter def. Chris LeRusso and NWA National Heavyweight Champion Crusher Hansen to win the title!

The mere appearance of the former NWA Anarchy Champion Phil Shatter gave the crowd a clue what they were in for. A solid 6’3″, 250 lbs., Shatter has been described as a man with a “heart of napalm”. Shatter got the upper hand on both competitors until Hansen dumped him to the floor, leaving him as fodder for Camp Crusher Security to assault at will. In the ring, LeRusso attempted to topple Hansen like he has in the past, but he was attacked from behind by Mantis. Referee Piston Wiley counted LeRusso out of the match, eliminating him. It was down to Hansen and Shatter. Hansen was completely unprepared for his newest challenger, but relied on all the oldest tricks in the book to try and pick up the victory. A member of Camp Crusher Security infiltrated the ring after the referee was knocked out, and laid out Shatter. But Hansen’s nemesis Brandon K hit the ring as Hansen was attempting to swing the National Title at Shatter. K grabbed the title and spun Hansen around into the awaiting grasp of Shatter. Shatter hit Hansen with a lifting DDT variation to pick up the win and become the brand new NWA National Heavyweight Champion!

Credit to NWA East for breaking the news and thanks to Khris and Eric for breaking it on the Message Board.

Big announcements were made in France

NWA France had a their annual event entitled Revolution 5. Big news was reported as the NWA and ICWA have come to the agreement that will change the face of the NWA in France. ICWA with the NWA will create 2 new titles for 2009. John Do, a representative of the NWA made the announcement office that the NWA will be creating the first ever NWA France National Title and the NWA European Championship.

The first championship announced from The venue was packed with 2,500 fans in attendance and featured several championship bouts. The first championship match featured the French Connection and the Smoke and Roll Express. Ken Abis and Bis A Bis retained their tag team titles. Next up was the Women’s Championship and Bulla Punk defended against Ohio Valley Wrestling’s Serena Deeb. Next was the new concept of “Time Scale.” This match featured Greg Fury and Tom Delacroix battling back and forth, minutes later they are joined by Driss Djaffali, Romeo, Peter Fisher, and Yan Colby, and lastly Szandor. Each wrestler tried to obtain a title that was hung from the ceiling. The match ended when Fury picked up the title. A new concept that must be seen to believe. Lastly the ICWA Heavyweight Champion, Joe E. Legend defended his crown against former WWE wrestler Gangrel, the Vampire Warrior. Legend retained his title.