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Alex Shelley announced for PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2022

Posted on by Ethan Renner

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. 

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.