Epic Pro Wrestling debuts May 21st, 2022 featuring Peter Avalon
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A brand new Epic Pro Wrestling (no relation to the Gary Yap run promotion of the early 2000s) is set to debut on May 21, 2022, and the first wrestler announced for the debut event is Peter Avalon.
Per the promotion, Peter Avalon will be in their debut show’s main event. An opponent will be announced at a later date.
The new Epic Pro Wrestling is being run by former SCU writer Andrew Pesina, who also previously worked for Pro Wrestling Guerilla and Millennium Pro Wrestling.
Here is the full press release announcing their debut:
(LOS ANGELES, CA, Jan. 17, 2022) – EPIC Pro Wrestling, a new Los Angeles-based professional wrestling promotion, will hold its debut event on May 21st, 2022. Epic Pro Wrestling aims to give the best professional wrestlers from Southern California and surrounding areas a platform to showcase their talents to the very best of their abilities while also providing Southern California wrestling fans exciting shows filled with high-quality action. “Epic Pro Wrestling is going to be all about showcasing the best performers the SoCal scene and the western United States territories have to offer,” said Epic Pro Wrestling’s head booker and former SoCalUncensored.com writer Andrew Pesina. “There are a lot of great in-ring performers out here, and my goal is to book them in the best and most exciting matches possible.” Joining the roster for Epic Pro Wrestling’s debut show on May 21st will be Peter Avalon. Avalon is currently scheduled to take part in the main event of Epic Pro Wrestling’s debut show against an opponent to be announced within the next few weeks. “I wanted Peter to be in the main event of this show because I believe he is a main event-caliber performer,” said Andrew Pesina. “Based on the conversation I had with Peter during our negotiation meeting, I believe he will thrive here in Epic Pro Wrestling. A lot of people don’t know just how talented he is as an in-ring performer, and Epic Pro Wrestling will be a place where he will get to show the wrestling world what he’s fully capable of doing.” Information regarding the location of Epic Pro Wrestling’s debut event on May 21st will be announced in the coming weeks, along with more talent announcements. Tickets for Epic Pro Wrestling’s debut event will go on sale in late February. Follow Epic Pro Wrestling’s social media accounts for the latest news and updates on Epic Pro Wrestling’s debut event on May 21st. Epic Pro Wrestling can be found on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter @EpicProLA, and TikTok @epicprowrestling. www.facebook.com/EPICProLA
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Watch AEW Dark Episode 126
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The latest episode of AEW Dark streams tonight (Tues., Jan. 18, 2022) starting at 7 pm ET on the All Elite Wrestling YouTube channel. You can watch it in the embedded video above as it airs live or on demand anytime after.
Here are the matches that have been advertised by the promotion (in no particular order):
Kaun vs. Adam Cole
Anthony Greene vs. Daniel Garcia (w/2point0)
Gunn Club’s Austin & Colten Gunn (w/Billy Gunn) vs. Bison XL & Larintiz X
Katalina Perez vs. “Legit” Leyla Hirsch
Bear Country vs. Brandon Bullock & Jameson Ryan
Robyn Renegade vs. Skye Blue
Tiffany Nieves vs. Dark Order’s Anna Jay
Varsity Blonds (w/Julia Hart) vs. Liam Gray & Adrian Alanis
Waves & Curls vs. Lee Johnson & Brock Anderson (w/Arn Anderson)
Red Velvet vs. Vipress
Liam Cross vs. Lance Archer
The Wingmen’s “Pretty” Peter Avalon & JD Drake vs. Orange Cassidy & Wheeler Yuta
Enjoy the show!
VIDEO: Being The Elite - ‘Nick’s Lost Luggage’
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Travel woes plague The Young Bucks on this week’s BTE.
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This week on Being The Elite –
The cold open –
Matt Jackson and Brandon Cutler talked about their battle with COVID as Nick Jackson was searching for his lost luggage.
The Elite –
Christopher Daniels’ gimmick of the scary head of talent relations continued. He gave Adam Cole his business card and told him to email or text him if he had any questions about payroll, travel or merchandise.
The Bucks were upset that Cutler grew a full beard in two days while they have to work hard to grow their beards.
Cutler got a pep talk from Michael Nakazawa, encouraging him to stand up for himself when Kyle O’Reilly calls him “Landon.” O’Reilly berated Cutler for not getting his latte order correct. Cutler did not stand up for himself.
Cutler Cam aired footage from Dynamite and Rampage.
Matt and Cutler again discussed Nick’s lost luggage.
Leva Bates & Peter Avalon–
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Bryan and I will be back tonight talking about Mustafa Ali, Raw, Cody Rhodes, Ultimate Fighter, Hall of Fame and much more. You can send questions to the show tonight to mailbag@wrestlingobserver.com
Regarding Cody Rhodes, if for some reason he is pulled from Wednesday’s show, then there is a story. Right now he’s agreed to do a second season of Rhodes to the Top and is advertised for Wednesday’s Dynamite.
Raw tonight is from Tulsa. The advance was only 4,000 and paid was well below that. The show would be expected to do among the lowest numbers in the show’s history due to the Cardinals-Rams wildcard playoff game tonight. If they equal last week’s number, which was the fourth lowest in history in 18-49, one would have to consider it a success. To make things worse, Dwayne Johnson will be head-to-head as part of the Manning Brothers announcing the football game on the ESPN 2 simulcast. This is the last week against football and the first time Raw has ever gone against a playoff game. The Raw number should bounce back to whatever normal is next week.
Announced for Raw are Seth Rollins vs. Bobby Lashley and Becky Lynch & Doudrop vs. Liv Morgan & Bianca Belair. There is set to be another Alexa Bliss segment as well.
WWE
Sorry to report that Sasha Banks’ father passed away over the weekend. The father-in-law of Trish Stratus also passed away over the weekend.
AEW
Thunder Rosa will wrestle Tony Deppen on the next GCW show in Los Angeles on 2/25 at the Ukrainian Cultural Center.
UFC
Mike Jackson, who some may remember as the MMA reporter who beat C.M. Punk in Punk’s second UFC fight, returns to UFC in his first fight since the Punk win. He will face Dean Barry on the 4/23 show.
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