Battle of Los Angeles (2015) was the eleventh Battle of Los Angeles professional wrestling tournament produced by Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). It was a three-night event which took place on August 28, August 29 and August 30, 2015 at the American Legion Post #308 in Reseda, Los Angeles, California.[1]
| Battle of Los Angeles (2015) | |||
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| Promotion | Pro Wrestling Guerrilla | ||
| Date | Night One: August 28, 2015 Night Two: August 29, 2015 Night Three: August 30, 2015 | ||
| City | Reseda, Los Angeles, California | ||
| Venue | American Legion Post #308 | ||
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It was a twenty-four man tournament, which concluded with a three-way elimination match, in which Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Chris Hero and Mike Bailey. Several non-tournament matches took place across three nights.
On the first night, Los Güeros del Cielo (Angélico and Jack Evans) defeated The Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet) and Mount Rushmore 2.0 (The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) and Roderick Strong) defeated Euro Trash (Marty Scurll, Tommy End and Zack Sabre Jr.).
On the second night, Aero Star and Fenix defeated Drago and Pentagon Jr. The event was headlined by a Guerrilla Warfare, in which Mount Rushmore 2.0 (The Young Bucks and Super Dragon) defeated Andrew Everett, Biff Busick and Trevor Lee.
On the third night, Mount Rushmore 2.0 (The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson), Roderick Strong and Super Dragon) defeated Angélico, Fenix and The Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet) and Aero Star, Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent), Drew Galloway and Drew Gulak defeated Andrew Everett, Drago, Mark Andrews, Timothy Thatcher and Tommaso Ciampa.
Reception
editJake St. Pierre praised the event, considering it "far and away the finest BOLA of them all and one of the best wrestling tournaments to ever take place". He rated the first night of the tournament 8.5, calling it "one of the best Night One's in the tournament's history". According to him, "The debuts - whether they be from England or Mexico - all worked tremendously", with Will Ospreay and Fenix having "best matches wrestling-wise". He criticized Aero Star's match against Brian Cage, considering it "an inoffensive off-night more than an overhyped mess" and the tag team match between Inner City Machine Guns and Los Gueros del Cielo, "a big letdown".[2]
He specifically praised the night two, rating it 10 as a virtually perfect event. According to him, it was "show of the year" having "everything truly great about PWG". It was the writer's "pick for best PWG show of all time." The undercard had a "consistency" with matches like "Thatcher vs. Hero, Pentagon/Drago vs. Fenix/Aerostar, Galloway vs. Speedball, & Mt. Rushmore 2.0 vs. Busick/Everett/Lee", with the match between Drew Galloway and Mike Bailey being the "best tournament match so far, a near MOTYC with tremendous psychology and workrate out the wazoo". The night two had "one of the best matches in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's twelve year history."[3]
He rated the night three 9.5 as an amazing event. While it was "not as compact and easy-to-watch as Night One was" and was not "topping Stage Two" but had a huge variety of wrestling itself "from comedy (the ten-man) to phenomenal technical wrestling (Scurll vs. Sabre Jr) to flips (Ospreay vs. Speedball) to maniacal multi-man spotfests (Mt Rushmore vs. Angelico/Fenix/Aerostar/ICMG) to gratifyingly great squash matches (Evans vs. Hero) to dramatic wars of attrition (the finals)."[4]
Results
edit| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Cage defeated Aero Star | Singles match in the first round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament | 6:52 |
| 2 | Biff Busick defeated Andrew Everett | Singles match in the first round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament | 14:19 |
| 3 | Will Ospreay defeated Mark Andrews | Singles match in the first round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament | 10:50 |
| 4 | Los Güeros del Cielo (Angélico and Jack Evans) defeated The Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet) | Tag team match | 21:43 |
| 5 | Trevor Lee defeated Trent? | Singles match in the first round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament | 14:20 |
| 6 | Pentagon Jr. defeated Drago | Singles match in the first round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament | 11:27 |
| 7 | Matt Sydal defeated Fenix | Singles match in the first round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament | 18:44 |
| 8 | Mount Rushmore 2.0 (The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) and Roderick Strong) defeated Euro Trash (Marty Scurll, Tommy End and Zack Sabre Jr.) | Six-man tag team match | 26:42 |
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marty Scurll defeated Rich Swann | Singles match in the first round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament | 11:18 |
| 2 | Jack Evans defeated Angélico | Singles match in the first round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament | 17:13 |
| 3 | Chris Hero defeated Timothy Thatcher | Singles match in the first round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament | 17:56 |
| 4 | Aero Star and Fenix defeated Drago and Pentagon Jr. | Tag team match | 15:55 |
| 5 | Tommy End defeated Drew Gulak | Singles match in the first round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament | 11:50 |
| 6 | Mike Bailey defeated Drew Galloway | Singles match in the first round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament | 17:48 |
| 7 | Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Ricochet | Singles match in the first round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament | 23:17 |
| 8 | Mount Rushmore 2.0 (The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) and Super Dragon) defeated Andrew Everett, Biff Busick and Trevor Lee | Guerrilla Warfare | 16:36 |
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
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| 1 | Jack Evans defeated Brian Cage | Singles match in the quarter-final round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament | 4:54 |
| 2 | Chris Hero defeated Biff Busick | Singles match in the quarter-final round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament | 8:51 |
| 3 | Marty Scurll defeated Trevor Lee | Singles match in the quarter-final round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament | 15:23 |
| 4 | Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Pentagon Jr. | Singles match in the quarter-final round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament | 12:34 |
| 5 | Mike Bailey defeated Tommy End | Singles match in the quarter-final round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament | 9:53 |
| 6 | Will Ospreay defeated Matt Sydal | Singles match in the quarter-final round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament | 15:30 |
| 7 | Mount Rushmore 2.0 (The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson), Roderick Strong and Super Dragon) defeated Angélico, Fenix and The Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet) | Eight-man tag team match | 19:00 |
| 8 | Chris Hero defeated Jack Evans | Singles match in the semi-final round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament | 15:26 |
| 9 | Mike Bailey defeated Will Ospreay | Singles match in the semi-final round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament | 11:11 |
| 10 | Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Marty Scurll | Singles match in the semi-final round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament | 29:07 |
| 11 | Aero Star, Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent), Drew Galloway and Drew Gulak defeated Andrew Everett, Drago, Mark Andrews, Timothy Thatcher and Tommaso Ciampa | Ten-man tag team match | 22:50 |
| 12 | Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Chris Hero and Mike Bailey[Note 1] | Three Way Elimination match in the Battle of Los Angeles tournament final | 35:54 |
- ^ Eliminations were as follows:
Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Elimination Method Time 1 Mike Bailey Chris Hero Pinfall 27:23 2 Chris Hero Zack Sabre Jr. Submission 35:54 3 Winner: Zack Sabre Jr.
Tournament brackets
edit| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Professional wrestling |
| Location | Reseda, Los Angeles, California |
| Dates | August 28, 2015–August 30, 2015 |
Tournament format(s) | Single elimination tournament |
| Participants | 24 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | Zack Sabre Jr. |
| 1st runner-up | Chris Hero |
| 2nd runner-up | Mike Bailey |
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
| Aero Star | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Brian Cage | 6:52[5] | |||||||||||||
| Brian Cage | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Jack Evans | 4:54[7] | |||||||||||||
| Jack Evans | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Angélico | 17:13[6] | |||||||||||||
| Jack Evans | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Chris Hero | 15:26[7] | |||||||||||||
| Timothy Thatcher | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Chris Hero | 17:56[6] | |||||||||||||
| Chris Hero | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Biff Busick | 8:51[7] | |||||||||||||
| Andrew Everett | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Biff Busick | 14:19[5] | |||||||||||||
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
| Trent? | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Trevor Lee | 14:20[5] | |||||||||||||
| Trevor Lee | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Marty Scurll | 15:23[7] | |||||||||||||
| Rich Swann | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Marty Scurll | 11:18[6] | |||||||||||||
| Marty Scurll | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Zack Sabre Jr. | 29:07[7] | |||||||||||||
| Pentagón Jr. | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Drago | 11:27[5] | |||||||||||||
| Pentagón Jr. | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Zack Sabre Jr. | 12:34[7] | |||||||||||||
| Zack Sabre Jr. | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Ricochet | 23:17[6] | |||||||||||||
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
| Fénix | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Matt Sydal | 18:44[5] | |||||||||||||
| Matt Sydal | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Will Ospreay | 15:30[7] | |||||||||||||
| Will Ospreay | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Mark Andrews | 10:50[5] | |||||||||||||
| Will Ospreay | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Mike Bailey | 11:11[7] | |||||||||||||
| Mike Bailey | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Drew Galloway | 17:48[6] | |||||||||||||
| Mike Bailey | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Tommy End | 9:53[7] | |||||||||||||
| Drew Gulak | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Tommy End | 11:50[6] | |||||||||||||
| Final | ||||
| Chris Hero | Win | |||
| Zack Sabre Jr. Mike Bailey | 35:54 | |||
References
edit- ^ "PWG news: PWG announces several upcoming shows, including BOLA 2015". Pro Wrestling Torch. 2015-04-09. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
- ^ Jake St-Pierre (October 13, 2015). "Guerrilla Reviewfare: PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2015 (Stage One)". 411Mania. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ Jake St-Pierre (October 13, 2015). "Guerrilla Reviewfare: PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2015 (Stage Two)". 411Mania. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ Jake St-Pierre (October 13, 2015). "Guerrilla Reviewfare: PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2015 (Final Stage)". 411Mania. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "Show results – 8/28 PWG Battle of Los Angeles Night 1: First Round matches, plus big main event of PWG Champ & Tag Champs vs. Team Europe". Pro Wrestling Torch. 2015-08-28. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
- ^ a b c d e f "Show results – 8/29 PWG Battle of Los Angeles Night 2: Guerrilla Warfare main event, First Round matches with Drew Galloway, Chris Hero, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. 2015-08-30. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Caldwell, James (2015-08-30). "Show results – 8/30 PWG Battle of Los Angeles Night 3: This year's BOLA Winner determined, plus mega tag matches, more details". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2015-08-31.