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The debut Urban Wrestling Federation PPV taping, titled "First Blood" will go on sale this Monday 5/16. The taping will be held at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.
Tickets will be priced $85 down to $15. For the UWF's Ticketmaster listing, click here.
The UWF announcing team will be Shawn Credle, who works for MCW in Maryland and Robby Mireno, who has done work in CZW and RCW in Baltimore.
The following names will be featured on the roster for the PPV taping:
*Steve Mack - aka Monsta Mack, formerly one half of tag teams The Heavy Hitters and Da Hit Squad. Pure brute force with a hell of a clothesline.
*Ricky Reyes - Internationally traveled veteran from West Coast who's had stints in Japan and Mexico, as well as ROH.
*Willie Mack - Very entertaining Pro Wrestling Guerrilla regular.
*Facade - PA based talent who's worked a LOT of smaller independent promotions, most notably the IWC in Pittsburgh, where he held the Tag Team belts with Johnny Gargano of DGUSA fame.
*Big Business - A 7'0 tall talent from CT, who wrestles usually as The Pharaoh.
*Buck Chyld - Maryland Championship Wrestling talent who of late has been training at the Team 3D Academy in Florida.
*Lowlife Louie Ramos - Jersey All Pro Wrestling and New York City independent regular for many years doing death match style bouts. This will easily be the biggest platform in his entire career.
*BC Killer - California based talent who's done lots of bloody bouts in the past.
*Sonjay Dutt - The former TNA X-Division star.
*Eddie Kingston - Yonkers, New York-based old school brawler who has worked regularly for CHIKARA as well as JAPW, CZW and other Northeast independent promotions.
*Dameon Slugga - Early ROH talent (Special K's huge bodyguard) and trainer at the Doghouse wrestling school in New York City.
*Eddie Carnage - California based talent who's worked with XPW and other groups, including lots of death mattches.
*Lance Lude - Southern based talent who's appeared on ROH on HDNet.
*Famous B - California based talent, including appearances on NWA Hollywood.
*The Dirty Rotten Scoundrelz - EC Negro and KC Blade, who have worked for a number of Northeastern independent promotions and are a pretty entertaining duo.
*Homicide - Former ROH champion and TNA star and a proven draw in the NYC area. His inclusion brings immediate credibility among wrestling fans from a "street" perspective.
*Brian XL - Early ROH standout who's now one of the trainers at the House of Glory wrestling school in Brooklyn, NY. Recently had an excellent match with Amazing Red for ICW in Queens, NY in what was his highest profile match in many years.
*Scorpio Sky - PWG and Wrestling Society X talent that popped up on Tosh.0 last year on Comedy Central.
*Bestia 666 - Second generation Lucha star, Bestia is the son of Damien 666.
*Ricky Ortiz -- Former XFL football player turned WWE ECW talent, who's been working Florida and Puerto Rico since his WWE departure.
*Skullcrusher Rasche Brown -- Former ROH talent based in the Mid-West, who's popped up in NWA Hollywood in recent months.
*The Ghetto Mafia - Dope and Qenaan Creed, a regular tag team in Maryland's MCW.
*The Grim Reefer - Longtime independent veteran from the New York City area who's worked all over the Metropolitan area in the last 6-8 years.
Sabian - Longtime regular in CZW.
Julius Smokes - Manager of Homicide and the Vulture Squad in ROH, but also a decent wrestler, something no one has tapped into yet.
Ruckus - Longtime member of CZW and nucleus of the BLK OUT group in that promotion, Ruckus has some really unique aerial moves. Very talented but has never been given a chance on a huge national platform. This will be his chance at that level.
Will and Joel Maximo - Joel is heavier of the SAT Tag Team that first broke out in the early part of the decade. With Jose Maximo having left the business, Will Maximo, their younger brother, has slipped into his place and while still developing, has looked very good early on. This version of the Maximos had one of their best matches of their career just a few weeks ago at the CHIKARA King of Trios.
Murder-1 - Longtime star in the Georgia independent scene. Similar to Ruckus, this will be his biggest platform from a national standpoint to date.
Slyck Wagner Brown - For a long time, Brown has been a talent that upon first glance should have been locked up just based on his look alone nationally, but for whatever reason it has yet to happen. A longtime staple in the New England area, he's got a lot of experience under his belt and has been all over. This will be his biggest chance in some time.
Rappers Red Cafe, Russell "Block" Spencer, Melle Mel and Uncle Murda are also locked in for the first PPV taping.
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