Battle of Los Angeles (2022)

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Battle of Los Angeles (2022)
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The 2022 tournament winner Daniel Garcia
Promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
DateNight One:
January 29, 2022 [1]
Night Two:
January 30, 2022 [2]
City Los Angeles, California
Venue Globe Theatre
AttendanceNight One:
600 [1]
Night Two:
600 [2]
Event chronology
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Battle of Los Angeles (2022) was the sixteenth Battle of Los Angeles professional wrestling tournament produced by Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). It was a two-night event which took place on January 29 and January 30, 2022 at the Globe Theatre in Los Angeles, California. [3] [4]

Contents

The night one of the tournament featured the first round matches of the tournament. The night two featured the quarterfinals, semifinals and final rounds of the tournament and an eight-man tag team match featuring losers of the first round matches from night one. Daniel Garcia defeated Mike Bailey in the final to win the 2022 Battle of Los Angeles.

Production

Background

PWG postponed its planned event KOBE scheduled for March 29, 2020 due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. [5] On June 11, 2021, PWG announced via Twitter that it would resume holding events with Mystery Vortex 7 on August 1, the last event held being The Makings of a Varsity Athlete on December 20, 2019. [6] [7] On November 29, PWG announced that Battle of Los Angeles tournament would return in 2022 for the first time since 2019 and would be taking place on January 29 and January 30, 2022. [8]

Original line-up

The following participants would be announced for the tournament: Jonah Rock, [9] Alex Shelley, [10] Kevin Blackwood, [11] Lio Rush, [12] Black Taurus, [13] Daniel Garcia, [14] Jack Cartwheel, [15] 2019 winner and PWG World Champion Bandido, [16] Lee Moriarty, [17] 2006 winner Davey Richards, [18] Aramis, [19] Jonathan Gresham, [20] JD Drake, [21] Rey Horus, [22] the fictitious "Phillip Five Skulls" and Buddy Matthews. [23]

Replacement

On January 11, 2022, PWG announced that the non-existent Skulls had retired and he was replaced by ″Speedball″ Mike Bailey. [24] [25] On January 28, Gresham withdrew from the tournament due to testing positive for COVID-19. [26] Gresham's scheduled opponent Richards also withdrew from the tournament and both men would be replaced by Wheeler Yuta and Blake Christian, who would compete against each other. [27]

Aftermath

After winning the 2022 Battle of Los Angeles, Garcia received a title shot against Bandido for the PWG World Championship at Delivering The Goods event on May 1, [28] which Garcia won. [29]

Results

Night 1 (January 29)
No.Results [1] Stipulations
1 Aramís defeated Rey Horus Battle of Los Angeles tournament first round match
2 Wheeler Yuta defeated Blake Christian Battle of Los Angeles tournament first round match
3 Buddy Matthews defeated JONAH Battle of Los Angeles tournament first round match
4 Daniel Garcia defeated Kevin BlackwoodBattle of Los Angeles tournament first round match
5 Lio Rush defeated Jack Cartwheel Battle of Los Angeles tournament first round match
6 Black Taurus defeated JD DrakeBattle of Los Angeles tournament first round match
7 Alex Shelley defeated Lee Moriarty Battle of Los Angeles tournament first round match
8 Mike Bailey defeated Bandido Battle of Los Angeles tournament first round match
Night 2 (January 30)
No.Results [2] Stipulations
1 Black Taurus defeated Aramís Battle of Los Angeles tournament second round match
2 Daniel Garcia defeated Alex Shelley Battle of Los Angeles tournament second round match
3 Lio Rush defeated Buddy Matthews by disqualificationBattle of Los Angeles tournament second round match
4 Mike Bailey defeated Wheeler Yuta Battle of Los Angeles tournament second round match
5Daniel Garcia defeated Black TaurusBattle of Los Angeles tournament semi-final match
6Mike Bailey defeated Buddy MatthewsBattle of Los Angeles tournament semi-final match
7 Blake Christian, JONAH, Kevin Blackwood and Rey Horus defeated Bandido, Jack Cartwheel, JD Drake and Lee Moriarty Eight-man tag team match
8Daniel Garcia defeated Mike BaileyBattle of Los Angeles tournament final

Tournament brackets

Battle of Los Angeles (2022)
Tournament information
Sport Professional wrestling
Location Los Angeles, California
DatesJanuary 29, 2022–January 30, 2022
Tournament
format(s)
 Single elimination tournament
Participants16
Final positions
Champion Daniel Garcia
Runner-up Mike Bailey
←  2019
2023  →
First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final [30]
        
Daniel Garcia Submission
Kevin Blackwood 14:57
Daniel GarciaSubmission
Alex Shelley 14:14
Alex Shelley Pinfall
Lee Moriarty 18:12
Daniel GarciaSubmission
Black Taurus 9:58
Aramís Pinfall
Rey Horus 13:05
Aramís 12:54
Black TaurusPinfall
Black Taurus Pinfall
JD Drake 14:21
Daniel GarciaSubmission
Mike Bailey 28:06
Mike Bailey Pinfall
Bandido 20:36
Mike BaileyPinfall
Wheeler Yuta 13:10
Blake Christian 14:07
Wheeler Yuta Pinfall
Mike BaileyPinfall
Buddy Matthews† 0:08
Jonah 15:25
Buddy Matthews Pinfall
Buddy Matthews 15:44
Lio Rush† DQ
Jack Cartwheel 13:14
Lio Rush Pinfall

†Lio Rush suffered an injury which forced him to withdraw and was replaced by his quarterfinal opponent Buddy Matthews. [31]

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