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Kevin Blackwood announced for PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2022

Posted on by Ethan Renner

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.

Jonah announced for PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2022

Posted on by Bryan Rose

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 announces dates for Battle of Los Angeles 2022

Posted on by Ethan Renner

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.