PTW#6: Total Blast From The Past

Total Blast From The Past was an event by PTW, their second one to be held in the Warsaw metropolitan area, after PTW#3 Legends. It was held in Legionowo, a satellite city north of Warsaw.

Build-up

The event's name openly refers to Total Blast Wrestling, a short-lived organization that held only two shows in 2010. TBW did not have any homegrown roster, and their matches featured mostly European wrestling talent of that era. Two of them appeared on this event:

Also announced were numerous foreign guests:

One more in-ring debut for PTW, not falling into either of these categories was Polish-born Babatunde Łukasz Ayegbusi, best known from his years in WWE as Babatunde, Dabba-Kato and Commander Azeez. Babatunde was released from his contract in September 2023, and according to Cagematch, had no wrestling matches since. He was billed as Baba-Thunder, a new name unveiled at Gold Rush.

Lack of advertising

The show was poorly publicized, relying instead on star power and brand value to sell tickets. The fans' support of the organization dwindled because of too much emphasis on the lottery instead of wrestling. This move was widely criticized in the wrestling community. PTW limited itself to announcing the match card one by one, on social media, and posting content made by the wrestlers themselves, like the Diana/Heidi vs Legia Łysych feud Instagram reel. In stark contrast to previous major PTW shows, which featured their own, longer trailer videos based on the show's theme, fans never got one for this show. Instead, PTW released a basic, VHS-themed teaser video, which one user in their Facebook fan group id identified as a stock Adobe After Effects project with PTW's and the event's branding added.

A few days before the show, despite PTW and the ticketing partner kupbilecik.pl claiming a sold out event, it became obvious that the booked arena was not going to be filled. Out of nowhere, Zbigniew Stonoga appeared and started giving away tickets (see The Stonoga Controversy for details). Little to no information was available on whether the show would be streamed. Finally, right before the show, it was revealed that the event would stream for free on YouTube, as well as on FITE/TrillerTV for paid users.

Card

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Cast and crew

Referees
Sędzia Klaudiusz, Sędzia Seweryn
Host, ring announcer, General Manager
Arkadiusz Pawłowski
Commentary
Arkadiusz Paterek, Łukasz "Balik" Baliński, Paweł "Boryss" Borkowski

Recap

Reception and aftermath

References