Battle of Los Angeles (2015)

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Battle of Los Angeles (2015)
Promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
DateNight One:
August 28, 2015
Night Two:
August 29, 2015
Night Three:
August 30, 2015
City Reseda, Los Angeles, California
VenueAmerican Legion Post #308
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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]

Contents

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

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]

Results

Night 1 (August 28)
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1 Brian Cage defeated Aero Star Singles match in the first round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament6:52
2 Biff Busick defeated Andrew Everett Singles match in the first round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament14:19
3 Will Ospreay defeated Mark Andrews Singles match in the first round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament10:50
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 tournament14:20
6 Pentagon Jr. defeated Drago Singles match in the first round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament11:27
7 Matt Sydal defeated Fenix Singles match in the first round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament18:44
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
Night 2 (August 29)
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1 Marty Scurll defeated Rich Swann Singles match in the first round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament11:18
2 Jack Evans defeated Angélico Singles match in the first round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament17:13
3 Chris Hero defeated Timothy Thatcher Singles match in the first round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament17:56
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 tournament11:50
6 Mike Bailey defeated Drew Galloway Singles match in the first round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament17:48
7 Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Ricochet Singles match in the first round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament23:17
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
Night 3 (August 30)
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1 Jack Evans defeated Brian Cage Singles match in the quarter-final round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament4:54
2 Chris Hero defeated Biff Busick Singles match in the quarter-final round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament8:51
3 Marty Scurll defeated Trevor Lee Singles match in the quarter-final round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament15:23
4 Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Pentagon Jr. Singles match in the quarter-final round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament12:34
5 Mike Bailey defeated Tommy End Singles match in the quarter-final round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament9:53
6 Will Ospreay defeated Matt Sydal Singles match in the quarter-final round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament15:30
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
8Chris Hero defeated Jack Evans Singles match in the semi-final round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament15:26
9Mike Bailey defeated Will Ospreay Singles match in the semi-final round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament11:11
10Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Marty Scurll Singles match in the semi-final round of Battle of Los Angeles tournament29:07
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
12Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Chris Hero and Mike Bailey [Note 1] Three Way Elimination match in the Battle of Los Angeles tournament final35:54
  1. ↑ Eliminations were as follows:
    EliminatedWrestlerEliminated byElimination MethodTime
    1 Mike Bailey Chris Hero Pinfall27:23
    2 Chris Hero Zack Sabre Jr. Submission35:54
    3Winner: Zack Sabre Jr.

Tournament brackets

Battle of Los Angeles (2015)
Tournament information
Sport Professional wrestling
Location Reseda, Los Angeles, California
DatesAugust 28, 2015–August 30, 2015
Tournament
format(s)
 Single elimination tournament
Participants24
Final positions
Champion Zack Sabre Jr.
1st runner-up Chris Hero
2nd runner-up Mike Bailey
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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals
         
Aero Star Pin
Brian Cage 6:52 [5]
Brian Cage Pin
Jack Evans4:54 [6]
Jack Evans Pin
Angélico 17:13 [7]
Jack Evans Pin
Chris Hero15:26 [6]
Timothy Thatcher Pin
Chris Hero 17:56 [7]
Chris HeroPin
Biff Busick 8:51 [6]
Andrew Everett Pin
Biff Busick 14:19 [5]
First round Quarterfinals Semifinals
         
Trent? Pin
Trevor Lee 14:20 [5]
Trevor Lee Sub
Marty Scurll15:23 [6]
Rich Swann Sub
Marty Scurll 11:18 [7]
Marty Scurll Sub
Zack Sabre Jr.29:07 [6]
Pentagón Jr. Pin
Drago 11:27 [5]
Pentagón Jr. Sub
Zack Sabre Jr.12:34 [6]
Zack Sabre Jr. Pin
Ricochet 23:17 [7]
First round Quarterfinals Semifinals
         
Fénix Pin
Matt Sydal 18:44 [5]
Matt Sydal Pin
Will Ospreay15:30 [6]
Will Ospreay Pin
Mark Andrews 10:50 [5]
Will Ospreay Pin
Mike Bailey11:11 [6]
Mike Bailey Pin
Drew Galloway 17:48 [7]
Mike BaileyPin
Tommy End 9:53 [6]
Drew Gulak Pin
Tommy End 11:50 [7]
Final
   
Chris Hero Win
Zack Sabre Jr.
Mike Bailey 		35:54

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