PWG Mystery Vortex

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Mystery Vortex
Promotions Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
First event Mystery Vortex I
Event gimmick Event with the element of mystery and surprises as matches are not announced beforehand

Mystery Vortex is an annual professional wrestling event produced by Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). The event is titled as such because most of the matches are not announced beforehand to captivate the audiences with surprise matches. The event is notable for unannounced returns of major PWG wrestlers, surprise debuts of major stars and matches often being announced during the event.

Contents

Dates, venues and main events

#EventDateCityVenueMain Event
1 Mystery Vortex December 1, 2012 Reseda, California American Legion Post #308 Kevin Steen (c) vs. Adam Cole in a Guerrilla Warfare for the PWG World Championship
2 Mystery Vortex II March 28, 2014 Adam Cole (c) vs. Candice LeRae for the PWG World Championship
3 Mystery Vortex III: Rock And Shock The Nation June 26, 2015 Andrew Everett and Trevor Lee (c) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) for the PWG World Tag Team Championship
4 Mystery Vortex IV December 16, 2016 Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Marty Scurll for the PWG World Championship
5 Mystery Vortex V December 1, 2018 Ricochet (c) vs. Chuck Taylor in a Guerrilla Warfare for the PWG World Championship
6 Mystery Vortex VI October 5, 2019 Los Angeles, California Globe Theatre Darby Allin vs. Joey Janela in a Guerrilla Warfare
7 Mystery Vortex 7 August 1, 2021 Bandido (c) vs. Black Taurus for the PWG World Championship
8 Twenty: Mystery Vortex August 13, 2023 Daniel Garcia (c) vs. Mike Bailey in an Iron Man match for the PWG World Championship

Results

Mystery Vortex I

Mystery Vortex I
Promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
DateDecember 1, 2012
City Reseda, California
VenueAmerican Legion Post #308
Event chronology
← Previous
Failure To Communicate		Next →
Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament
Mystery Vortex chronology
← Previous
First		Next →
II

One of the PWG's six co-founders and the promotion's veteran Joey Ryan wrestled his farewell match in the promotion against Scorpio Sky due to signing a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. [1] Ryan lost the match. [2]

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes [3]
1 Eddie Edwards and Roderick Strong defeated The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) Tag team match 14:55
2 Sami Callihan defeated Drake Younger Singles match
Match one in a Best of Three Series to determine the #1 contender for the PWG World Championship 		16:51
3 The Super Smash Brothers (Player Uno and Stupefied) (c) defeated The RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime and Johnny Yuma) Tag team match for the PWG World Tag Team Championship 14:27
4 Scorpio Sky defeated Joey Ryan Singles match 11:51
5 Willie Mack defeated B-Boy, Brian Cage and T.J. Perkins Four-Way match 13:11
6 El Generico defeated Rich Swann Singles match 14:56
7 Eddie Edwards and Roderick Strong defeated The Super Smash Brothers (Player Uno and Stupefied) Tag team match 12:13
8 Adam Cole defeated Kevin Steen (c) Guerrilla Warfare for the PWG World Championship 20:55
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Mystery Vortex II

Mystery Vortex II
Promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
DateMarch 28, 2014
City Reseda, California
VenueAmerican Legion Post #308
Event chronology
← Previous
Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament 		Next →
CZW/PWG WrestleCon
Mystery Vortex chronology
← Previous
I 		Next →
III
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes [4]
1 Andrew Everett defeated Cedric Alexander and Trevor Lee Three-Way match 12:08
2 B-Boy, Joey Ryan and Willie Mack defeated The RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime and Johnny Yuma) and Peter Avalon Six-man tag team match 11:29
3 Roderick Strong defeated Anthony Nese Singles match 16:53
4The Unbreakable F'N Machines (Brian Cage and Michael Elgin) defeated The Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet) and The African American Wolves (ACH and AR Fox) Three-Way tag team match 29:05
5 Chris Hero defeated Tommaso Ciampa Singles match 19:36
6 Kyle O'Reilly defeated Johnny Gargano Singles match 27:50
7 The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (c) defeated Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent) Tag team match for the PWG World Tag Team Championship 17:54
8 Adam Cole (c) defeated Candice LeRae Singles match for the PWG World Championship 14:26
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Mystery Vortex III

Mystery Vortex III: Rock And Shock The Nation
Promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
DateJune 26, 2015
City Reseda, California
VenueAmerican Legion Post #308
Event chronology
← Previous
Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament 		Next →
Threemendous IV
Mystery Vortex chronology
← Previous
II 		Next →
IV

Josh Alexander competed in his farewell match at the event as he retired from wrestling due to neck injury. Monster Mafia lost to World's Cutest Tag Team in Alexander's farewell match. The event featured the surprise return of The Young Bucks after a four-month absence, who interrupted Andrew Everett and Trevor Lee to an impromptu match and defeated them to win the PWG World Tag Team Championship, thanks to interference by the PWG World Champion Roderick Strong. After the match, Super Dragon made his surprise return to PWG after a three-year absence and attacked Rick Knox, Excalibur, Candice LeRae, Andrew Everett, Trevor Lee, Biff Busick and Mike Bailey in quick succession. Strong subsequently formed the Mount Rushmore 2.0 faction with Dragon and the Bucks. [5]

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes [6]
1 Tommaso Ciampa defeated Johnny Gargano Singles match 18:36
2 The World's Cutest Tag Team (Candice LeRae and Joey Ryan) defeated The Monster Mafia (Ethan Page and Josh Alexander) Tag team match 12:17
3 Biff Busick defeated Timothy Thatcher Singles match 11:36
4 Roderick Strong (c) defeated Mike Bailey Singles match for the PWG World Championship 18:50
5 Brian Cage defeated John Silver Singles match 13:57
6 Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Chris Hero by total knockout Singles match 24:00
7 The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated Andrew Everett and Trevor Lee (c) Tag team match for the PWG World Tag Team Championship 14:13
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Mystery Vortex IV

Mystery Vortex IV
Promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
DateDecember 16, 2016
City Reseda, California
VenueAmerican Legion Post #308
Event chronology
← Previous
Battle of Los Angeles 		Next →
Only Kings Understand Each Other
Mystery Vortex chronology
← Previous
III 		Next →
V

Chris Hero wrestled his farewell match in PWG at the event, in which Death By Elbow lost to reDRagon. Hero cut a promo after the match, in which he explained his departure due to re-signing with WWE. [7]

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes [8]
1 Trent? defeated Candice LeRae Singles match 12:36
2 Trevor Lee defeated ACH Singles match 14:54
3 Matt Sydal defeated Pete Dunne Singles match 17:23
4 reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) defeated Death By Elbow (Chris Hero and JT Dunn) Tag team match 27:07
5 Chuck Taylor defeated Adam Cole Singles match to determine the #1 contender for the PWG World Championship 9:59
6 Jeff Cobb and Matthew Riddle defeated The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) Tag team match 18:47
7 Zack Sabre Jr. (c) defeated Marty Scurll Singles match for the PWG World Championship 37:23
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Mystery Vortex V

Mystery Vortex V
Promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
DateJanuary 12, 2018
City Reseda, California
VenueAmerican Legion Post #308
Event chronology
← Previous
All Star Weekend 13 		Next →
Neon Knights
Mystery Vortex chronology
← Previous
IV 		Next →
VI

Ricochet's PWG World Championship title defense against Chuck Taylor in a Guerrilla Warfare was his farewell match. He cut a promo after losing the title. [9]

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes [10]
1 David Starr defeated Fred Yehi Singles match 18:42
2 Joey Janela defeated Morgan Webster Singles match 13:54
3 Sammy Guevara defeated Rey Fenix Singles match 13:50
4 Keith Lee defeated Zack Sabre Jr. Singles match 19:09
5 Trent? defeated Marty Scurll Singles match 20:10
6The Chosen Bros (Jeff Cobb and Matthew Riddle) (c) defeated Ringkampf (Timothy Thatcher and WALTER) Tag team match for the PWG World Tag Team Championship 18:29
7 Chuck Taylor defeated Ricochet (c) Guerrilla Warfare for the PWG World Championship 23:56
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Mystery Vortex VI

Mystery Vortex VI
Promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
DateOctober 5, 2019
City Los Angeles, California
Venue Globe Theatre
Event chronology
← Previous
Two Hundred		Next →
Sixteen
Mystery Vortex chronology
← Previous
V 		Next →
7
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes [11]
1 Trey Miguel defeated Tony Deppen Singles match 9:08
2 Chuck Taylor defeated Orange Cassidy Singles match 13:47
3 Jeff Cobb (c) defeated Jonathan Gresham Singles match for the PWG World Championship 14:22
4 Brody King defeated Jake Atlas and Trent? Three-Way match 13:35
5 Jungle Boy defeated Puma King Singles match 8:39
6 The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz) (c) defeated Flamita and Rey Horus Tag team match for the PWG World Championship 10:03
7 Darby Allin defeated Joey Janela Guerrilla Warfare 21:59
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Mystery Vortex 7

Mystery Vortex 7
Promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
DateAugust 1, 2021
City Los Angeles, California
Venue Globe Theatre
Event chronology
← Previous
The Makings of a Varsity Athlete		Next →
Threemendous VI
Mystery Vortex chronology
← Previous
VI 		Next →
—

It was PWG's first event after hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic, the last event being The Makings of a Varsity Athlete, which took place on December 20, 2019. [12] Super Dragon made his surprise return to the promotion by joining Black Taurus and Demonic Flamita in assaulting Bandido after Bandido retained the PWG World Championship against Taurus. [13] This prompted AEW star Malakai Black, who formerly competed in PWG as Tommy End, to make his surprise return to the promotion after a five-year absence, having last competed at the 2016 Battle of Los Angeles. [14] Black rescued Bandido from the assault and was joined by Brody King and the two formed a tag team with Black promising to appear at Threemendous VI. [15] [16]

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes [17]
1 Tony Deppen defeated Jack Cartwheel Singles match 11:30
2 Brody King defeated JD Drake Singles match 12:22
3 Demonic Flamita defeated Arez Singles match 15:40
4 Jonathan Gresham defeated Lee Moriarty Singles match 23:34
5 Aramis and Rey Horus defeated Myron Reed and Trey Miguel Tag team match 11:15
6 Orange Cassidy defeated Evil Uno Singles match 11:03
7 Bandido (c) defeated Black Taurus Singles match for the PWG World Championship 16:25
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Twenty: Mystery Vortex

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