PWG has announced the third entrant in the Battle of Los Angeles 2022.
Kevin Blackwood will be part of the 2022 BOLA tournament, joining JONAH and Alex Shelley as the first three participants announced. The Battle of Los Angeles is set for Saturday, January 29 and Sunday, January 30, the same weekend as WWE’s Royal Rumble.
Blackwood, 31, currently holds the ESW Heavyweight Championship, defeating AEW’s Daniel Garcia for the title last month. Blackwood made his PWG debut in November at It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll), losing to Lee Moriarty.
Battle of Los Angeles returns in 2022 following a two-year absence. This iteration of the tournament will be held over two nights, a departure from the three-night format of recent years. Current PWG World Champion Bandido won the 2019 BOLA. Ricochet remains the only two-time winner of the tournament, claiming victory in 2014 and 2017.
PWG has announced the second entrant in the Battle of Los Angeles 2022 tournament.
Former Impact and Ring of Honor Tag Team Champion and current IWTV Independent Wrestling World Champion Alex Shelley will take part in the 2022 BOLA, set for January 29 and January 30. Shelley joins JONAH, announced yesterday, as the first participants named.
Battle of Los Angeles returns in 2022 following a pandemic-related two-year absence. This iteration of the tournament will be held over two nights, a departure from the three-night format in recent years.
Shelley has maintained a busy indie schedule in the final four months of 2021, including challenging Bandido for the PWG World Championship in November. He is also set for a match with Nick Wayne at a WAC event on December 19, plus GCW Most Notorious on January 14 in Detroit.
Shelley captured the IWTV World title from Wheeler Yuta in October, then made successful defenses of the title against Ruby Soho and John Wayne Murdoch this past weekend.
Jonah has been announced for the PWG Battle of Los Angeles tournament.
PWG confirmed this evening that Jonah is the first entrant of the 2022 tournament. No other names have been confirmed as of yet.
The company announced last month that their annual tournament, which was last held in 2019, would return this January. Instead of the normal three-day event held during the summer, the tournament will now take place over two days, January 29 and 30, the same weekend as this year’s WWE Royal Rumble event.
Jonah, formerly Bronson Reed, was released from WWE in August, having previously won the NXT North American Championship during his run with the company. He recently returned to action following his 90-day no-compete, debuting last month for both New Japan Pro Wrestling and Impact Wrestling. He made his in-ring debut for NJPW on an episode of NJPW Strong this past week, where he defeated Lucas Riley.
PWG’s Battle of Los Angeles tournament is coming back.
After a 2020 and 2021 hiatus, PWG announced the 2022 Battle of Los Angeles for January 29 and January 30, 2022. No further details regarding the tournament have been released as of yet.
PWG did not run an event in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They returned with Mystery Vortex 7 on August 1 of this year. They have since run two additional shows, Threemendous VI and It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll).
Battle of Los Angeles was last held in September 2019. Bandido won that year’s tournament in a three-way elimination match against David Starr and Jonathan Gresham. The 2019 event was held over three days.
Bandido was also a finalist in the 2018 BoLA. That final was also an elimination three-way, where Bandido eliminated current IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Shingo Takagi before dropping the match to tournament winner Jeff Cobb.
PWG held their It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll) tonight at The Globe Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
It was announced prior to the show that both Tony Deppen and Alex Zayne were off tonight’s show due to injury. Deppen was originally supposed to face Lee Moriarty, while Zayne was scheduled to team with Jack Cartwheel against Aramis and Rey Horus.
Aramis defeated Jack Cartwheel with an airplane spin out powerbomb.
Lee Moriarty defeated Kevin Blackwood after Moriarty reversed a pinfall attempt by Blackwood.
Lio Rush defeated Davey Richards after a frog splash.
Dragon Lee defeated Rey Horus and Demonic Flamita in a triple threat match. Lee pinned Flamita after throwing Horus out of the ring and connected with a running knee strike to Flamita.
Jonathan Gresham defeated Daniel Garcia. The match was stopped by the referee after Gresham choked out Garcia.
Brody King and Malakai Black defeated JD Drake and Anthony Henry to retain the PWG World Tag Team titles. Black scored the win for his team after hitting the black mass on Henry.
Bandido defeated Alex Shelley to retain the PWG World Championship after a German suplex.
PWG returned to shows in September with their Mystery Vortex VI event. They did not announce the date for their next event.
Left My Wallet is back with one of the brightest and up-and-coming talents in wrestling today in Jack Cartwheel.
He has made quite a name for himself this year on the independent scene with his work in PWG and GCW and now he’s here to talk about that leap into notoriety, along with some football as he still plays college football in California.
In our talk, he discusses the balance of playing college football and wrestling, as well as the toll it takes on him physically. Other topics include his love for the Miami Dolphins, transitioning into the college game at a different position as high school, what pro players he emulates and what he channels into his own game.
We then discuss his training for pro wrestling, his unique style, GCW scramble life, making the leap in competition to PWG, and the strides he has made as a worker in the last year.
Jack is possibly the most exciting unsigned talent on the indies today and this conversation will quickly make you an instant fan. Enjoy my talk with a name you’re going to hear a lot more of in the coming years: Jack Cartwheel!
PWG has revealed the lineup for their Sunday, November 21 It’s a Long Way to the top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll) event at the Globe Theatre in Los Angeles.
Bandido will defend the PWG World Championship against Alex Shelley. Shelley earned the title shot with a win over Jonathan Gresham at September’s Threemendous VI event. Bandido has held the World title since defeating Jeff Cobb at The Makings of a Varsity Athlete in December 2019.
The PWG World Tag Team Championships will be on the line as Malakai Black and Brody King defend the titles against JD Drake and the debuting Anthony Henry. Black and King won the Tag titles at Threemendous VI.
Lio Rush will make his PWG return in a singles match against Davey Richards. Rush last appeared in PWG in July 2017. Richards challenged Bandido for the PWG title at Threemendous VI.
Aramis and Rey Horus will team against Jack Cartwheel and Alex Zayne.
Daniel Garcia will make his PWG debut in a singles match against Jonathan Gresham. Garcia signing a full-time deal with AEW was announced earlier this week.
Demonic Flamita will take on Dragon Lee. Lee defeated Aramis in September, while Flamita and Black Taurus faced Black and King for the vacant PWG Tag titles at Threemendous VI.
Also announced, Tony Deppen will take on Lee Moriarty.
Tickets for the show will go on sale on Thursday, October 28 at 11 p.m. Eastern time.
Here is the full lineup:
PWG It’s a Long Way to the top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll), Sunday, November 21, Globe Theatre in Los Angeles —
PWG World Championship: Bandido (c) vs. Alex Shelley
PWG World Tag Team Championship: Malakai Black & Brody King (c) vs. JD Drake & Anthony Henry
Lio Rush vs. Davey Richards
Aramis & Rey Horus vs. Jack Cartwheel & Alex Zayne
PWG has issued a statement regarding an assault that allegedly took place at Sunday’s Threemendous VI event.
A transgender fan tweeted on Sunday that someone punched her in the back of the head while she was on her way to the bathroom before Threemendous VI started. The show was held at the Globe Theatre in Los Angeles.
We are aware of the incident that was reported on Twitter last night during Threemendous VI. Upon learning of the report we immediately contacted the security and management of the Globe Theatre who investigated throughout the remainder of the night.
No report was made to Globe or PWG staff or management last night, however we are in contact with the victim and working closely with the Globe to address the situation.
PWG is committed to being a safe inclusive environment for all fans. We abhor and will not tolerate physical violence at our events.
PWG returned to the Globe Theater in Los Angeles, California for tonight’s Threemendous VI event.
New Tag Team Champions were crowned, as Brody King and Malakai Black defeated Black Taurus and Flamita for the titles. In the main event, Bandido successfully retained the PWG Championship against Davey Richards. Alex Shelley earned a future PWG World Championship match, pinning Jonathan Gresham in the undercard.
Here are the full results from tonight’s show:
AEW’s Chuck Taylor joined Excalibur on commentary.
Evil Uno defeated Tony Deppen
Uno won following a piledriver and a twisting inverted vertebreaker.
Dragon Lee defeated Aramis
Lee won after a piledriver into a running knee.
Alex Shelley defeated Jonathan Gresham in a number one contender’s match
Shelley won after submitting Gresham with the Rings of Saturn. As a result, Shelley is the new number one contender for the PWG World title.
Jack Cartwheel, Dante Martin, and Alex Zayne defeated Lee Moriarty, Trey Miguel, and Myron Reed
Cartwheel won the match for his team following a red arrow.
JD Drake defeated AJ Gray
Drake won following a top rope moonsault.
Brody King and Malakai Black defeated Black Taurus and Flamita for the vacant PWG World Tag Team titles
King pinned Flamita with a piledriver to win the titles.
Bandido defeated Davey Richards to retain the PWG World Championship.
PWG resumed shows starting last month when they ran their Mystery Vortex VI event.
The team of Brody King and Malakai Black are the new PWG World Tag Team Champions.
The title win took place after King and Black defeated Black Taurus and Demonic Flamita at tonight’s Threemendous VI event at the Globe Theater in Los Angeles, California. It was announced prior to the start of the match that the winners would become the new champions. This marks the first time either Black or King have held the titles.
Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz were the previous champions, having won the titles back in April 2018, holding the championships for over 1,200 days. Both signed with the WWE in late 2020 and have since appeared on NXT television as Wes Lee (Xavier) and Nash Carter (Wentz), who have held the NXT Tag Team Championship since April 7 of this year.
PWG’s World champion, Bandido, will defend the title against former champion Davey Richards in tonight’s Threemendous VI main event.
PWG has announced changes to their upcoming Threemendous VI event.
The company announced tonight on Twitter that due to Jake Atlas stepping away from pro wrestling, Lee Moriarty will now be teaming with Trey Miguel and Myron Reed to take on Jack Cartwheel, Dante Martin, and Alex Zayne in a six-man tag match.
Moriarty was originally set to face JD Drake and AJ Gray in a three-way match. With Moriarty moving into Atlas’ spot, the three-way has now become a singles match between Drake and Gray.
Threemendous VI is set to take place September 26 at the Globe Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. The new, updated card is as follows:
Bandido vs. Davey Richards for the PWG World title
Black Taurus and Demonic Flamita vs. Malakai Black and Brody King
Jonathan Gresham vs. Alex Shelley
Jack Cartwheel, Dante Martin, and Alex Zayne vs. Lee Moriarty, Trey Miguel, and Myron Reed
JD Drake vs. AJ Gray
Aramis and Rey Horus vs. Dragon Lee and Laredo Kid
PWG has announced the card for their next show, Threemendous VI, on September 26.
Bandido will defend the PWG World title against Davey Richards, who in the last year has made a return to the independent scene. Richards is a former PWG World Champion, defeating Kenny Omega for the title back on February 27, 2010 at As The Worm Turns.
Malakai Black and Brody King will face Demonic Flamita and Black Taurus in a tag match that was set up at Mystery Vortex VII earlier this month.
Dante Martin of AEW will be making his debut on the show. Alex Zayne and Jake Atlas, who were released earlier this month from WWE, will be making their returns. A six man tag match has been announced, with Martin, Zayne, and Jack Cartwheel facing Atlas, Trey Miguel, and Myron Reed.
Alex Shelley will also make his return to the promotion, facing Jonathan Gresham.
Here is the card for Threemendous VI, which will be held at the Globe Theatre in Los Angeles:
Bandido vs. Davey Richards for the PWG World title
Malakai Black and Brody King vs. Demonic Flamita and Black Taurus
Alex Shelley vs. Jonathan Gresham
Dante Martin, Alex Zayne, and Jack Cartwheel vs. Jake Atlas, Trey Miguel, and Myron Reed
AJ Gray vs. JD Drake vs. Lee Moriarty
Aramis and Rey Horus vs. Dragon Lee and Laredo Kid
A major angle took place at the end of tonight’s PWG Mystery Vortex 7 event that set up possible matches for next month’s Threemendous VI.
The angle had Super Dragon making an appearance, attacking PWG World Champion Bandido, who was already laid out by Black Taurus and Demonic Flamita. After Brody King and Malakai Black made the save for Bandido, he issued a challenge to Super Dragon. Black asked King if he was bust on September 26, the night of Threemendous. King said he wasn’t.
Dragon, one of the founders of PWG, has not wrestled since 2015, when a new version of the Mount Rushmore stable consisting of himself, The Young Bucks, and Roderick Strong, defeated Angelico, Fenix, Rich Swann, and Ricochet.
Tonight’s card consisted of matches that were not announced prior to the start of the show. In the main event, Bandido retained the PWG World Championship after defeating Taurus. Notable names that appeared on the card included Orange Cassidy, Evil Uno, Jonathan Gresham, JD Drake, Tony Deppen, and Trey Miguel.
PWG had its first show since the pandemic, Mystery Vortex VII, on Sunday night at a sold out Globe Theater in Los Angeles.
The entire show was a surprise, even in the end to the promotion It featured several debuts, a killer main event that was never scheduled, and lights out and on returns of Evil Uno, Super Dragon and Tommy “Malakai Black” End.
In what seems to be the pattern at a lot of shows, the crowd was into the stars more than the matches, although many of the matches were very good. The biggest reactions were for End, Bandido and Orange Cassidy.
Making their debuts were Jack Cartwheel, a college football player who has great athleticism, JD Drake, Lee Moriarty, Ares and Myron Reed.
Bandido beat Black Taurus to retain the PWG title in the main event. Taurus was not scheduled for the spot, but due to an issue in trying to fly out, he ended up arriving on a later fight and not getting into the building until the second match was over. By this time they had rearranged the show and booked him in the main event. If there was any frustration over it, it’s probably gone now that he and Bandido had the match they did.
After Bandido won, he and Taurus hugged, and Bandido was doing a promo when Demonic Flamita attacked him. Taurus then joined Bandido. The lights went out and people figured it was a save when Super Dragon, who has been gone for years as a character (he actually runs the promotion) returned, but joined with Flamita and Taurus. Brody King ran in for the save but was beaten down three-on-two. The lights went out and End was in the ring and he took out Flamita and Taurus, while Dragon walked out. End then said he’d be back on 9/26 and asked King if he was busy. King said he wasn’t and later Bandido noted returning on 9/26. It appeared that it would either be Bandido vs. Flamita and King & End vs. Taurus & Dragon, or a six-man tag.
Results are as follows:
– Tony Deppen defeated Jack Cartwheel
Cartwheel is green in some ways and his match revolves around doing cartwheels, but he and Deppen made it work. Deppen won with a kneedrop after getting his knees up on a shooting star press attempt by Carthweel. One of the better matches on the show.
– Brody King defeated JD Drake
This was an ROH vs. AEW match. Hard hitting and another really good match with King getting the pin after a lariat.
– Demonic Flamita defeated Arez
This went too long and they lost the crowd several times. Lots of fans knew Arez and chanted his name.
– Jonathan Gresham defeated Lee Moriarty
This started a little slow because they went so long. Gresham put on his usual ground clinic. Excellent last several minutes. Moriarty sold like his arm was useless. Gresham came back to win with three sliding elbows.
– Orange Cassidy defeated Evil Uno
Cassidy defeated Uno after a beach break. This was what you would expect if these two had a match on AEW Dark. The crowd reacted to both heavily, but obviously Cassidy was the star here.
– Bandido defeated Black Taurus to retain the PWG World Championship
Just an amazing match. All action with spectacular stuff. Bandido won with the dragon rana off the top rope and a 21 Plex.
AEW stars appeared at tonight’s PWG Mystery Vortex 7 event.
In the co-main event, Orange Cassidy wrestled Evil Uno, with Cassidy winning the match. Elsewhere on the card JD Drake, part of the Wingmen stable in AEW, lost to ROH’s Brody King following a lariat on the second match of the card.
The main event of the show had ROH’s Bandido, who is both the ROH and PWG World Champion, defeat Impact’s Black Taurus in the main event. Malakai Black appeared at the end of the show following the match, where he helped Bandido and Brody King from an attack by a new group consisting of Super Dragon, Demonic Flamita, and Taurus.
ROH and Impact wrestlers also appeared on the card this evening, the first PWG show since late 2019. Impact’s Trey Miguel teamed with MLW’s Myron Reed to defeat Aramis and Rey Horus, the latter of whom also is a regular for ROH. Jonathan Gresham and Tony Deppen also appeared on the card.
