{"id":108109,"date":"2022-01-10T18:00:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T23:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=108109"},"modified":"2022-01-10T18:00:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T23:00:47","slug":"mike-bailey-bola-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/01\/10\/mike-bailey-bola-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Speedball&#8221; Mike Bailey Announced for PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PWG took to Twitter to announce the unfortunate and earth-shattering news that Phillip Five Skulls has decided to retire from pro wrestling and thus will not be in BOLA 2022.\u00a0 They company did not dwell too long and announced that &#8220;Speedball&#8221; Mike Bailey will be the final entrant in the 2022 Battle of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Speedball&quot; Mike Bailey makes his long-awaited PWG return as he enters the 2022 Battle of Los Angeles!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PWG (@OfficialPWG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialPWG\/status\/1480671547719225345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Mike Bailey Enters PWG BOLA 2022<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Confirmed Competitors<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/12\/07\/jonah-bola-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">Jonah Rock<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/12\/07\/alex-shelley-pwg-bola-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">Alex Shelley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/12\/08\/kevin-blackwood-announced-for-pwg-battle-of-los-angeles-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">Kevin Blackwood<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/12\/09\/lio-rush-pwg-bola-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">Lio Rush<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/12\/10\/black-taurus-pwg-bola-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">Black Taurus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/12\/13\/daniel-garcia-pwg-bola-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">Daniel Garcia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/12\/14\/jack-cartwheel-pwg-bola-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">Jack Cartwheel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/12\/16\/bandido-bola-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">Bandido<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/12\/16\/lee-moriarty-pwg-bola-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">Lee Moriarty<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/12\/17\/davey-richards-pwg-bola-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">Davey Richards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/12\/21\/aramis-bola-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">Aramis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/12\/22\/jonathan-gresham-pwg-bola-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">Jonathan Gresham<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/12\/23\/jd-drake-pwg-bola-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">JD Drake<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/12\/23\/rey-horus-pwg-bola-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">Rey Horus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/12\/24\/buddy-matthews-phillip-five-skulls-pwg-bola-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">Buddy Matthews<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mike Bailey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mike Bailey has recently become a prominent performer in the United States after being banned from entering the country for five years. During his time away from The U.S. the man known as &#8220;speedball&#8221; honed his craft in Japan with DDTPro while also making regular trips to Europe where he wrestled for promotions like Over The Top Wrestling (OTT).<\/p>\n<p>Bailey recently made an impact (heh) by signing with IMPACT wrestling whom he had a successful debut for at their Hard to Kill event where he defeated Ace Austin, Chris Bey and Laredo Kid on the pre-show.\u00a0 Bailey has since been announced for a host of dates with\u00a0<strong>Game Changer Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>(GCW) as he aims to pick up where he left off many years ago as one of the top wrestlers on the U.S. independent scene.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. Keep up with Pro Wrestling Guerrilla on the company\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestlingguerrilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>, as well as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialPWG\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PWG took to Twitter to announce the unfortunate and earth-shattering news that Phillip Five Skulls has decided to retire from pro wrestling and thus will not be in BOLA 2022.\u00a0 They company did not dwell too long and announced that &#8220;Speedball&#8221; Mike Bailey will be the final entrant in the 2022 Battle of Los Angeles. 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