A major title match is set for NWA Hard Times 2 as Mickie James will be defending her Knockouts Championship against a familiar face.
The National Wrestling Alliance has announced that IMPACT Wrestling Knockouts Champion Mickie James will defend her title against Kiera Hogan at the company’s Hard Times 2 pay-per-view event on December 4.
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Saturday, Dec 4th at #HardTimes2, @IMPACTWRESTLING Knockouts Champion @MickieJames will be defending her title against @AEW's @HoganKnowsBest3 ‼️
This makes EIGHT multi-company title matches in one night!?
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Mickie James defeated longtime champion Deonna Purrazzo at IMPACT Wrestling’s Bound For Glory pay-per-view event in October to claim her fourth Knockouts Championship.
Meanwhile, Kiera Hogan was a mainstay on IMPACT Wrestling television herself, signing with the company in 2016 and won the Knockouts Tag Team Titles on two occasions alongside Tasha Steelz. However, she recently left the company and signed with AEW this past August. Despite signing with AEW, Hogan’s agreement allowed her to continue making appearances for the NWA. Hogan and James previously squared off on the October 26 episode of NWA Powerrr, with the match being taped at NWA 73 weekend in St Louis in August.
The updated card for NWA Hard Times 2 can be found below:
- Trevor Murdoch (C) vs. Mike Knox — NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
- Kamille (C) vs. Melina — NWA Women’s Championship
- Chris Adonis (C) vs. Judais (with Father James Mitchell) — NWA National Championship
- La Rebelión (C) vs. The End — NWA Tag-Team Championship
- Tyrus (C) (with Austin Idol) vs. Cyon — No Disqualification Match (with Pope as Special Guest Referee), NWA Television Championship
- Ariya Daivari vs. Darius Lockhart vs. Alex Taylor vs. CW Anderson vs. Jeremiah Plunkett vs. Kerry Morton vs. Homicide vs. PJ Hawx vs. Sal Rinauro vs. Victor Benjamin — Gauntlet Match, NWA World Junior Heavyweight Qualifier
- The Hex (C) vs. Kylie Rae & Tootie Lynn vs. Lady Frost & Natalia Markova — NWA Women’s Tag Team Championship
- Austin Aries vs. Rhett Titus — NWA World Junior Heavyweight Qualifier
- Mickie James (C) vs. Kiera Hogan — IMPACT Wrestling Knockouts Championship
- The OGK (C) vs. Aron Stevens & JR Kratos — ROH Tag Team Championship
- Nick Aldis vs. Thom Latimer
- Colby Corino vs. Doug Williams
- Jax Dane vs. Matthew Mims
