Various: Marty Scurll on His Future, NWA’s Next PPV, AEW Podcast, Indies

Marty Scurll Comments on the Future of His Wrestling Career

During this past Tuesday’s episode of NWA Powerrr, Stu Bennett held a sit-down interview with Marty Scurll discussing Scurll’s plans for the future of his wrestling career.

“I want to be unique and standout. I want to keep the people guessing. Everyone seems to think, ‘he’s going to this company, he’s going there, is he doing this, is he doing that.’ Okay, let’s throw a spanner in the works. What if, I turned up to the NWA? What if I turned up here? What if I turned up there? Truth is, at the first opportunity I got, I turned up at NWA Into The Fire because the NWA, I got a taste of it at the Crockett Cup this year. It really ignited my passion with professional wrestling. I really love the idea of making a title match important. Back when we were kids, the World Heavyweight Title is the most important thing. Always the main event. Now, I don’t know what happened. There’s loads of World Heavyweight Titles. It’s hard to follow. I had the big match with Nick Aldis and it really sparked my passion back in professional wrestling. Not that I ever lost it, but I love the honor, tradition and legacy (of NWA). My first opportunity to do anything else, ‘Okay, let’s just walk up to the NWA.’ I like to keep people guessing. I don’t like anyone to assume that they know what I’m doing. Maybe I don’t even know what I’m doing. That’s the thing with pro wrestling that makes it so exciting; not knowing what’s going on. No one knew about [my appearance at NWA Into The Fire]. Most of the guys in the back, actually all the guys in the back didn’t know I was going to be here. They found it exciting. I’ve got to do different things to stand out and keep it interesting.”

NWA Announces Next PPV Event for This January

The National Wrestling Alliance announced that their next pay-per-view event will be called Hard Times and will take place on January 24th at GPB Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. It was also announced that this event will feature the revival of their NWA World Television Championship and the crowning of a new champion.

UPDATE | The name of the January 24th @NWA PPV on @FiteTV is…

HARD TIMES!

We will crown a new NWA TV Champion. Tickets on sale this Friday on https://t.co/ZPTySE5pZ0. Sign up now! pic.twitter.com/cl9n3kUu2h

— NWA (@nwa) December 17, 2019

While answer a fan question on Twitter, Cody Rhodes praised the NWA for naming their event after his late father’s famous “Hard Times” promo.

His legacy is really hard to contain and that’s a good thing. Always nice to see his influence on the sport. https://t.co/MBn82aKMFK

— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) December 18, 2019

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

An official All Elite Wrestling podcast hosted by Tony Schiavone reportedly will be debuting next year and will be produced in conjunction with WarnerMedia, according to PWInsider.

The Great Muta, Keiji Mutoh, reportedly will be one of one of the torch relay runners for next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, according to PWInsider.

The New York Police Department announced that an arrest has been recently made in their criminal investigation into the death of indie wrestler Matt Travis, who was killed in a hit-and-run accident last month. 48-year old Luc Vu of Elmood Park, New Jersey was arrested and charged with reckless driving, failure to yield to a bicyclist, failure to obey a traffic device, drive left of pavement marking and failure to exercise due care.

Major League Wrestling announced that Lucha Libre AAA’s Areostar, Drago, Puma King, and Taurus will be making appearances for the company at their Zero Hour event on January 11th in North Richland Hills, Texas.

MLW also announced a new match for the card of their Zero Hour event on January 11th at the NYTEX Sports Centre in North Richland Hills, Texas:
– MJF vs. Marshall Von Erich