# NWA Hard Times V

NWA Hard Times V is an upcoming professional wrestling event produced by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). As the name implies, it will be the fifth event in the Hard Times chronology. It will take place on March 22, 2025, at the Dothan Civic Center in Dothan, Alabama, marking the second consecutive Hard Times event to be held in the venue. The event will be airing on tape delay across several episodes of NWA Powerrr on X.

## Production
### Background

NWA Hard Times is an annual professional wrestling event produced by the National Wrestling Alliance. The inaugural Hard Times event took place on January 24, 2020, as a pay-per-view event. As of 2024, the event has served as a television taping for NWA Powerrr under the NWA's "Signature Live Events" banner.
On December 14, 2024, at Looks That Kill, which took place at the Dothan Civic Center in Dothan, Alabama, the NWA announced that it would return to the venu for Hard Times V on March 22, 2025.

### Storylines

The event will feature a number professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines. Wrestlers are portrayed as either heels (those that portray the "bad guys"), faces (the "good guy" characters), or tweeners (characters that are neither clearly a heel or a face) as they follow a series of tension-building events, which culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches as determined by the promotion. Storylines were played out on the NWA's weekly series, Powerrr.
At Looks That Kill, Bryan Idol faced "Thrillbilly" Silas Mason in a falls count anywhere match. However, the match suddenly ended after two minutes when Idol was struck by a chair from Mason in midair while attempting a dive to the outside. The referee would award the win to Mason after determining the shot had broken Idol's clavicle, rendering him unable to continue. Mason would get on a microphone to berate Idol for his perceived weakness and cowardice. On February 21, 2025, the NWA would announce a grudge match between Idol and Mason for Hard Times V.
On December 21, 2024, the NWA announced an eight-man single-elimination tournament to determine the next challenger to the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship, currently held by Thom Latimer. On February 22, 2025, the promotion would announce via Instagram that the finals of the tournament, now deemed the "Dane Memorial Heavyweight Tournament" in memory of former champion Jax Dane, would take place at Hard Times V.

## Matches

| No. | Matches* | Stipulations |
| 1 | Bryan Idol vs. "Thrillbilly" Silas Mason | Singles match |
| 2 | TBD vs. TBD | Dane Memorial Heavyweight Tournament final match to determine the #1 contender to the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship |
| 3 | Mims (c) (with BLK Jeez) vs. Wrecking Ball Legursky | Singles match for the NWA National Heavyweight Championship |
| 4 | Natalia Markova vs. Kylie Paige | Singles match to determine the #1 contender to the NWA World Women's Championship at NWA 77 |
| 5 | Kenzie Paige and Big Mama (c) vs. Tiffany Nieves and Miss Starr | Tag team match for the NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship |
| 6 | Max the Impaler vs. Mike Mondo | Singles match |
| 7 | Knox and Murdoch (c) vs. The Slimeballz (Sage Chantz and Tommy Rant) | Ladder match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship |
| 8 | The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and KC Cazana) (with Joe Cazana) vs. The Southern Six (Kerry Morton and Alex Taylor) | Tag team match |
| 9 | Thom Latimer (c) vs. Carson Bartholomew Drake | Singles match for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship |
| 10 | The Temple of Duum (Stone Rockwell and The Beastman) vs. Baron Von Storm and Brandon Barretta | Tag team match |
| 11 | Alex Misery, Lev and Gaagz the Gymp vs. Size Matters (Eric Smalls and Sam Stackhouse) and Tyler Franks | Six-man tag team match |
| 12 | Damien Fenrir vs. Crazzy Steve | Singles match |
| (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match*Card subject to change |||