Adam Pearce became the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion on Sunday afternoon in Charlotte, NC at the NWA New Beginnings event at the University Hilton Hotel reports The Wrestling Observer. Pearce beat former champion Blue Demon Jr. and National champion Phil Shatter in a three way elimination match.

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“Rowdy” Roddy Piper will make a guest appearance on this Sunday night’s broadcast of Cold Case on CBS. The synopsis for the episode is as follows: “The 1986 murder of a dock worker who moonlighted as a wrestler is investigated. Meanwhile, Valens follows a lead that could result in the capture of his mother’s rapist.”

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