It wasn’t a match; it was a massacre!

Poor Kenzie Paige didn’t stand a chance. In one of the most lopsided title defenses in recent National Wrestling Alliance history, Max the Impaler became the new Women’s Television Champion at NWA 75.

From bell-to-bell, “The Non-Binary Nightmare” trounced Paige. Battering her with clubbing blows and raining punishment on the inaugural champ, Max made seemingly easy work of Paige en route to their history-making victory at NWA’s biggest event of the year.

“Max the Impaler righted a wrong done to them many months ago,” declared the ever-dastardly “Father” James Mitchell.

“Kenzie Paige should never have defeated Max in that tournament to win the NWA Women’s Television title to begin with,” “The Sinister One” continued, “And she wouldn’t, had it not been for those tawdry harlots who brainlessly circle her!”

Mitchell’s point might well be valid. “The Warlord of the Wasteland” indeed pummeled Paige in that pay-per-view tournament final as well. Max controlled the match until outside interference from Paige’s Pretty Empowered cohorts reversed the tides.

Now, says Max’s manager, balance is restored in his underworld. The gender-defying beast has claimed NWA gold, etching their place in history forever.

“In 75 years, Max is the first non-binary individual to ever hold a championship in the National Wrestling Alliance,” a proud Mitchell stated after the victory.

“The Sinister Minister” is not wrong, as “The Non-Binary Nightmare” does, indeed, notch their place in the record books as such. And, according to Mitchell, Max will continue to make history during the course of their reign.

“As the new Television champion, Max will take on all comers — not just weak, pitiful women!” he decreed. “They will dominate any soul foolish enough to step up…then drag their beaten and lifeless body back to The Wasteland!”

While Max might be intent on setting a precedent as NWA’s Women’s TV champion, the “Lucky 7” clause promises other possibilities. After seven successful defenses, the TV champion can trade in the belt for a shot at the Women’s World title…now held by — drum roll, please — Kenzie Paige!

Scant hours after being decimated by Max at 75, Paige rebounded in a big way. The very night she dropped the TV title, Paige outlasted ten others — including “The Warlord of the Wasteland” — as a surprise entrant in the Burke Invitational Gauntlet to earn a shot at “The Brickhouse” Kamille the next night.

“It was a shock,” confesses the legendary Jazz, herself a former NWA Women’s World Champion.

“Nobody knew Kenzie would compete in the gauntlet, and after the beating Max gave her earlier that night,” Jazz noted, “I never expected she’d have the stamina to go all the way against those women. She really shocked us all!”

It was only the beginning of shockwaves Paige would send through the NWA. On night two of the PPV, she did what both Chelsea Green and Max failed to after winning previous Burke Invitational events: she ended the history-making 817 day reign of Kamille!

“That’s what these idiots get for under-estimating Kenzie Paige!” the brash new champion screamed afterward.

“The reign of the real ‘one-time’ champ began in St. Louis — and nobody is taking this belt away from me now!” Paige continued. “Not Kamille, not Natalia Markova and definitely not Max the Impaler!”

That has yet to be seen, of course. On the glossy new season of NWA Powerrr, Max has already bulldozed through challenges including recently-arrived competitors like Taylor Rising and MJ Jenkins. Still, while both are incredible talents, neither has the wiles or resolve of Paige.

Though NWA experts stop short of saying outright they believe The Impaler can or will take Paige’s title, all agree it’s a very distinct possibility. Likewise, for most, it’s a collision everyone seems excited to see.

“How often do you get a potential rubber match in a rivalry like this where the stakes are actually higher than ever before?” asks enthusiastic NWA lead broadcaster Joe Galli.

“It has all the earmarks of an instant classic between two warriors whose careers have become intensely intertwined over nearly a year,” he states. “I think it could be a main event anywhere in the world — and likely will be at some point here in NWA.”

Before that can happen, Ruthie Jay has an opportunity to spoil the dream match. She won a multi-woman match on NWA Powerrr to become the No. 1 contender to the Women’s World title. She faces the incumbent Sat., Oct. 28, at Samhain in Cleveland.

Meanwhile, the new Women’s TV champion takes the belt around the world. Max will be the first to defend the TV title in Japan, where they steamrolled competition in advance of NWA 75, with an equally groundbreaking defense in Norway also scheduled.

Mitchell says all will be little more than a warm up for the inevitable: a rematch for Paige’s World title.

“When that time comes — and it will — Max the Impaler will once again tear Kenzie Paige limb from limb,” the malignant Mitchell says with conviction.

“The next time, there will be little more than a lifeless carcass in the middle of a blood-soaked ring,” he concludes, “As ‘The Non-Binary Nightmare’ yet again hoists gold aloft and marks a dark new era in National Wrestling Alliance history.”