Who is next for Rob Conway

Rob Conway is the NWA World Champ again.  The question is who does he feud with next?

Now Rob is one of those guys who can be both a heel and a face.  Grease the hair back a little and throw some sunglasses, and Rob will flash that heel smirk with the best of them.  But you go with his natural look and maybe a full beard and Rob can draw you in as the working hard face.  Technically he was the heel in his feud with Kojima since most of it took place in Japan, but probably he will have this run as champ as the face.

This leaves several possibilities.  I think the top heel in all of the NWA is Lou Marconi.  Marconi even wrestles like a heel.  He can tick crowds off by his pace of wrestling.  He is solid in the ring too.  A Marconi / Conway feud would be great.  However, Marconi is not really done with Nitro over the National Title, so I don't know if this is the way they will go.

The other guy who has a claim as the top heel is Chase Owens.  Chase is the current World Junior Champ, so he is probably off the table.  Great mic work, great ring work.  The guy is good, but probably not going to get his shot at the big table.

You also have Wilcott, but they have already had a feud.  Not to mention Wilcott just regained the North American Title.  Kahagas is now free after dropping the title to Wilcott.  Kahagas is usually a heel, and has good in ring work.  However, Kahagas had the title before Conway's first run.  The NWA needs to avoid just handing around the belts between a few guys.  Conway has regained the title.  Wilcott just regained the Title.  Marconi and Nitro are just trading their title.  Owens has regained twice now.  And Kahagas has had all three national titles for heavyweights.  Not a lot of variety there.  They need some new blood.

This leaves Chris Richards.  Richards regularly wrestles in Southern All Star Wrestling and Smoky Mtn Wrestling.  Richards just defeated Jax Dane and Rob Conway in a weekend giving him good reason to demand a title shot.  The Tennessee Redneck Chris Richards is my pick for the first feud of the new Conway reign.  This has the side benefit of being able to involve Chase Owens as the two are part of the Illuminati.  They have already wrestled in a three way match for the World Tag Championship as well, which can be built upon for a good feud.

Now it is possible that Conway goes heel, remote but possible.  If that is the case then the list is a bit longer.

Jason Kincaid would be a top choice.  His amazing multi-year run as Smoky Mtn Champ shows he can draw at least in TN.  And he has been NWA World Junior Champ, a title he gets another shot at this weekend.  Kincaid does have a World Title Shot earned already if I understand the stipulations of the Crockett Cup correctly, which Kincaid won.

You could also have Michael Tarver and Wes Brisco.  Both have name and face recognition.  Damien Wayne and Lance Erickson would have to be near the top of that list as well.  Wayne and Erickson make the most sense since they chased Conway when he was one half of the World Tag Team Champs.  Erickson has multiple regional titles under his belt, and Wayne is a former National champ.  But both currently hold multiple regional tag titles together and are the current US Tag Team Champs.

Ultimately, I think Conway is going to be a face and Chris Richards is going to get a chance to make some money with the champ.  It should be good.