| 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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Battle of Los Angeles (2015) was the eleventhBattle of Los Angelesprofessional wrestlingtournament produced byPro 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 inReseda,Los Angeles,California.[1]
It was a twenty-four man tournament, which concluded with athree-way elimination match, in whichZack Sabre Jr. defeatedChris Hero andMike Bailey. Several non-tournament matches took place across three nights.
On the first night,Los Güeros del Cielo (Angélico andJack Evans) defeated The Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann andRicochet) andMount Rushmore 2.0 (The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) andRoderick Strong) defeated Euro Trash (Marty Scurll,Tommy End andZack Sabre Jr.).
On the second night,Aero Star andFenix defeatedDrago andPentagon Jr. The event was headlined by aGuerrilla Warfare, in which Mount Rushmore 2.0 (The Young Bucks andSuper Dragon) defeatedAndrew Everett,Biff Busick andTrevor 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 andThe Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet) andAero Star,Best Friends (Chuck Taylor andTrent),Drew Galloway andDrew Gulak defeated Andrew Everett,Drago,Mark Andrews,Timothy Thatcher andTommaso Ciampa.
Jake 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]
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Cage defeatedAero Star | Singles match in the first round ofBattle of Los Angeles tournament | 6:52 |
| 2 | Biff Busick defeatedAndrew Everett | Singles match in the first round ofBattle of Los Angeles tournament | 14:19 |
| 3 | Will Ospreay defeatedMark Andrews | Singles match in the first round ofBattle of Los Angeles tournament | 10:50 |
| 4 | Los Güeros del Cielo (Angélico andJack Evans) defeatedThe Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann andRicochet) | Tag team match | 21:43 |
| 5 | Trevor Lee defeatedTrent? | Singles match in the first round ofBattle of Los Angeles tournament | 14:20 |
| 6 | Pentagon Jr. defeatedDrago | Singles match in the first round ofBattle of Los Angeles tournament | 11:27 |
| 7 | Matt Sydal defeatedFenix | Singles match in the first round ofBattle of Los Angeles tournament | 18:44 |
| 8 | Mount Rushmore 2.0 (The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) andRoderick Strong) defeated Euro Trash (Marty Scurll,Tommy End andZack Sabre Jr.) | Six-man tag team match | 26:42 |
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marty Scurll defeatedRich Swann | Singles match in the first round ofBattle of Los Angeles tournament | 11:18 |
| 2 | Jack Evans defeatedAngélico | Singles match in the first round ofBattle of Los Angeles tournament | 17:13 |
| 3 | Chris Hero defeatedTimothy Thatcher | Singles match in the first round ofBattle of Los Angeles tournament | 17:56 |
| 4 | Aero Star andFenix defeatedDrago andPentagon Jr. | Tag team match | 15:55 |
| 5 | Tommy End defeatedDrew Gulak | Singles match in the first round ofBattle of Los Angeles tournament | 11:50 |
| 6 | Mike Bailey defeatedDrew Galloway | Singles match in the first round ofBattle of Los Angeles tournament | 17:48 |
| 7 | Zack Sabre Jr. defeatedRicochet | Singles match in the first round ofBattle of Los Angeles tournament | 23:17 |
| 8 | Mount Rushmore 2.0 (The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) andSuper Dragon) defeatedAndrew Everett,Biff Busick andTrevor Lee | Guerrilla Warfare | 16:36 |
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Evans defeatedBrian Cage | Singles match in the quarter-final round ofBattle of Los Angeles tournament | 4:54 |
| 2 | Chris Hero defeatedBiff Busick | Singles match in the quarter-final round ofBattle of Los Angeles tournament | 8:51 |
| 3 | Marty Scurll defeatedTrevor Lee | Singles match in the quarter-final round ofBattle of Los Angeles tournament | 15:23 |
| 4 | Zack Sabre Jr. defeatedPentagon Jr. | Singles match in the quarter-final round ofBattle of Los Angeles tournament | 12:34 |
| 5 | Mike Bailey defeatedTommy End | Singles match in the quarter-final round ofBattle of Los Angeles tournament | 9:53 |
| 6 | Will Ospreay defeatedMatt Sydal | Singles match in the quarter-final round ofBattle of Los Angeles tournament | 15:30 |
| 7 | Mount Rushmore 2.0 (The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson),Roderick Strong andSuper Dragon) defeatedAngélico,Fenix andThe Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann andRicochet) | Eight-man tag team match | 19:00 |
| 8 | Chris Hero defeated Jack Evans | Singles match in the semi-final round ofBattle of Los Angeles tournament | 15:26 |
| 9 | Mike Bailey defeated Will Ospreay | Singles match in the semi-final round ofBattle of Los Angeles tournament | 11:11 |
| 10 | Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Marty Scurll | Singles match in the semi-final round ofBattle of Los Angeles tournament | 29:07 |
| 11 | Aero Star,Best Friends (Chuck Taylor andTrent),Drew Galloway andDrew Gulak defeatedAndrew Everett,Drago,Mark Andrews,Timothy Thatcher andTommaso 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 theBattle of Los Angeles tournament final | 35:54 |
| Eliminated | Wrestler | Eliminated by | Elimination Method | Time | ||
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| 1 | Mike Bailey | Chris Hero | Pinfall | 27:23 | ||
| 2 | Chris Hero | Zack Sabre Jr. | Submission | 35:54 | ||
| 3 | Winner: | Zack Sabre Jr. | ||||
| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | Professional wrestling |
| Location | Reseda,Los Angeles,California |
| Dates | August 28, 2015–August 30, 2015 |
Tournament format | 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 | |||