PWA Black Label: Colosseum 2024: Grayson Waller, James Graham & Two Nights Of Wrestling
All eyes are glued onto PWA Black Label as they present the fifth annual two night tournament, Colosseum. As if the occasion wasn’t enough for wrestling fans, PWA have gone all out with two big names making an appearance, including a familiar face.
Grayson Waller:
Colosseum is no stranger to attracting big names to PWA, with the likes of Orange Cassidy, Robbie Eagles and Zack Sabre Jr arriving to conquer the tournament. Eagles and ZSJ were resilient enough to leave victorious, but they weren’t the first to do it. Before them was another man, the winner of the first ever two night Colosseum, the man now known in WWE as Grayson Waller. Although initially, Waller refused to accept the challenge of one Jimmy Townsend on Night One of the tournament.
Not willing to take no for an answer, Jimmy Townsend would have to strike below the belt to prod Waller into accepting the challenge. No stranger to the Colosseum himself, Townsend made his PWA debut at the inaugural event back in 2018.
James Graham:
Only the toughest have a chance to conquer the Colosseum, so it’s only natural that the toughest athletes from across the country are attracted to the event. And they don’t come as tough as legendary rugby league prop James Graham.
Graham will be stepping into the ring for the first time on Night Two, alongside Jack J. Bonza to face The Regime, consisting of former PWA Champion Ricky South and Backman. After appearing on Graham’s podcast The Bye Round, South threw down the challenge to Graham and Bonza. Without hesitation, the challenge was accepted and the match agreed to. Below is the aforementioned episode where the challenge was made:
PWA Black Label: Colosseum 2024:
Night One: Saturday, October 12th
Colosseum First Round Matches:
PWA Championship: Jessica Troy (c) vs. Charli Evans.
Lena Kross vs. Tommy Knight.
Big Fudge vs. Ricky Utomi.
Kai Drake vs. Robbie Thorpe.
Non-Colosseum Matches:
Grayson Waller vs. Jimmy Townsend.
Night Two: Sunday, October 13th
Non-Colosseum Matches:
Jack J. Bonza & James Graham vs. The Regime (Ricky South & Backman).
The Dropouts (Scott Green & The Tuckman) vs. North Shore Wrestling (Sam Osborne & Will Kiedis).
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This has to be a first in Aussie wrestling, a contracted WWE star not just appearing on a show but actually wrestling? Things have come a long way