PTW Underground 22: FACE-OFF

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Underground 22 was a show by Prime Time Wrestling held on Saturday, August 25 2024. The venue was Dworek Pod Platanem in Kozłów, recently refurbished as a wrestling event and training facility.

This Underground show was the first one to have an individual title, not just a number. It was announced during PTW x RyuCon 3, when GM/owner Pan Pawłowski announced a summer training camp to be held in August, concluding with another PTW Underground show, but did not give precise dates.

One new face making her debut for PTW was Harley Hudson, English wrestler from Liverpool. Her wrestling resumé includes matches over the British scene, and winning TNA Gutcheck 2023. Other foreign guests were already seen on RyuCon previously: Hungarian wrestlers Gulyas Bros and Maverick, Italian heel wrestler Rust, and the Swedish-flag wearing Svedberg.

Build-up

• On July 19 2024, PTW updated their Facebook cover photo, confirming dates for both the camp and the show. The training camp will start on Sunday August 18, and the show is to be held on the next Sunday, August 25.
• On August 8th, the official poster was revealed, prominently featuring Maverick and Puncher suggesting a main event between the two. A couple of days later, on August 13, this was announced as a title match for the WWA Championship.
• PTW officially confirmed the show would not be aired live, but taped to be later aired on Fite/Triller, YouTube and an undisclosed TV station. This marks PTW's TV debut as well as the first time they tape a show - all prior shows were either live, or not broadcast at all.
• PTW also announced a dance performance, by a hitherto unknown dance group. The group was billed as "Las Atomicas", a direct reference to the Powerpuff Girls, which was a nickname previously reserved for PAKA. An Instagram account for this group was created shortly before the show, and had a single picture of three girls in rather revealing clothing.

Change in ticketing

On August 7th, PTW announced a "partnership" with ticket platforms Going and Empik, making a switch from their previous ticket platform, KupBilecik (also used by KPW). For the first time ever, PTW introduced VIP tickets for an Underground show, in a very limited number of 20 seats. With a premium price (150 PLN, or about 35 EUR at the time; twice the regular ticket cost) they also promise a premium experience: ringside seats, snacks, drinks and merchandise discounts. This new ticket policy seems to disregard the "first come first served" principle that PTW always followed in regards to seats at the Underground shows.

Card

Toggle results

• No. Results Details
• 1 "Starboy" Nano Lopez d. Blaze
• 2 Segment: Miyagi Shida Contract signing
• 3 Alex Brave d. Miyagi Shida
• 4 Rust d. LaVonce
• 5 Budapest Bastards: Nitro, Renegade d. Gulyas Bros: Gulyás Öcsi, Gulyás Vilmos PTW Tag Team Championship
• 6 Diana Strong d. Harley Hudson
• 7 Vincent Caravaggio d. Max Speed
• 8 Spartan d. Svedberg
• 9 Puncher d. Maverick WWA Championship

• No. Participants Details
• 1 "Starboy" Nano Lopez vs Blaze
• 2 Segment: Miyagi Shida Contract signing
• 3 Alex Brave vs Miyagi Shida
• 4 LaVonce vs Rust
• 5 Budapest Bastards: Nitro, Renegade vs Gulyas Bros: Gulyás Öcsi, Gulyás Vilmos PTW Tag Team Championship
• 6 Harley Hudson vs Diana Strong
• 7 Max Speed vs Vincent Caravaggio
• 8 Svedberg vs Spartan
• 9 Maverick vs Puncher WWA Championship

Cast and crew

Host, Ring Announcer, General Manager

Arkadiusz Pawłowski

The announced dance performance was met with slight backlash from the fans online. Ultimately it never happened, and the Instagram account was quietly removed.

References

• Cagematch event page
• Facebook post with the cover image, confirming dates and listing sponsors.
• Facebook post revealing the poster
• Facebook post announcing the ticket platform change
• Facebook post announcing a title match between Maverick and Puncher

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