The NWA 70th Anniversary Event on Sunday was well-received by the vast majority of fans. But one thing that stood out in a bad way were the production issues.
Tons of audio issues for NWA early on
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) October 21, 2018
All the matches were very good, the two men's title matches were near-5-star. Commentary was good, Cornette stayed on his best behavior for most of it. Production...sound guy and director need to be fired #NWA70
OK Final #NWA70 thoughts: Production was pretty bad (sound issues/camera angles), entertaining match with Mack vs Sam Shaw, in main event, thought whey were pulling a Wrestlemania 20/Eddie Guerrero moment, then @RealNickAldis won #TenPoundsOfGold....
"We fell short on providing a televised event up to the standard that I would consider acceptable. Which reminded me greatly as to why people questioned my pursuit of TNA (in terms of wanting to buy the company, and filed a potential lawsuit to do so)," wrote Corgan. "Put simply, building up a culture like Smashing Pumpkins or the NWA, takes time, trial and error, and great risk. And throwing $$$ at the problems doesn't necessarily correct the issues, and in some cases makes it worse. So last night I was painfully reminded of how hard this journey is, and knew by the time the last bell rung we have much work to do before we'd run another such live event."
NWA did not announce another event following the conclusion of the show, but the company is in it for the long haul. Along with crowning a new NWA National Champion, the NWA Women's and Heavyweight Titles were defended. Since Corgan took ownership of the company in Oct. 2017, he's helped rebuild the reputation of the NWA Heavyweight Title with the Ten Pounds of Gold series and brought the company back into the wrestling spotlight.