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Trevor Murdoch: NWA Is Trying To Go Back To Basics With A Clear Line Between Good Guys And Bad Guys

Posted: Jul 14th 2023 By: Colin Tessier - Fightful.com

Trevor Murdoch says the NWA is trying to go back to basics with its storytelling.

Since Billy Corgan acquired the NWA in 2017, he has brought it back to its roots and focused on an old-school style of wrestling. Murdoch, a two-time NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion, is a throwback to this style, and he has previously noted that it's one of the things he loves about NWA.

Speaking on The Undisputed Podcast with Bobby Fish, Murdoch described how wrestling used to be different, as the shows had more variety.

“Our wrestling shows used to have variety. You used to be able to watch a match that had storytelling, and then a little bit more of a high-spot match, and a tag team match. The whole show was a variety of different styles. If you didn’t like it, you could wait for the next match, and you’d see something different. Whereas nowadays, wrestlers, they don’t stand out. It’s hard to stand out in their own lane. They don’t," Murdoch said.

Murdoch then shared his belief that there needs to be a clear, definitive divide between the good guy and the bad guy, as wrestling is built on this foundation. He noted that this difference was more clear in old-school wrestling.

“That’s the whole basis of pro wrestling, good guy verse bad guy. Sometimes, those lines, you got bad guy against bad guy. There needs to be clear, definitive lines on who the good guy is and who the bad guy is. I think I back then, they made that very clear," he said.

Fish responded by noting that having that clear divide makes the wrestler's job easier, but this approach gets lost sometimes as a lot of the industry has "splintered." Murdoch then stated that NWA is trying to go back to basics by telling the simple story of a good guy facing a bad guy.

“That’s something that we’re trying to do in the NWA is go back to the basics of telling the simple story of good guy versus bad guy. This guy wants to beat the shit out of this guy, and this guy want to beat the shit out of this guy. It’s one of the reasons why I like being in NWA because it breaks it down to its basic form," Murdoch said.