Pro Wrestling Guerrilla has held a variety of professional wrestling tournaments competed for by wrestlers that are a part of their roster.
The Bad Ass Mother 3000 was a tournament held on August 29 and 30, 2003, in Eagle Rock, California and City of Industry, California. [1] [2] The winner of the tournament would become the inaugural PWG Champion.
First round | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Super Dragon | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Hook Bomberry | 19:32 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Super Dragon | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Colt Cabana | 13:14 [2] | ||||||||||||||
Colt Cabana | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Matt Cross | 11:37 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Super Dragon | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Joey Ryan | 22:08 [2] | ||||||||||||||
Joey Ryan | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Scorpio Sky | 14:04 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Joey Ryan | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Adam Pearce | 12:31 [2] | ||||||||||||||
Adam Pearce | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Disco Machine | 8:07 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Joey Ryan | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Frankie Kazarian | 11:38 [2] | ||||||||||||||
Frankie Kazarian | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Scott Lost | 11:05 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Frankie Kazarian | Sub | ||||||||||||||
Lil' Cholo* | 5:39 [2] | ||||||||||||||
B-Boy | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Tony Kozina | 16:52 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Frankie Kazarian | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Christopher Daniels | 13:49 [2] | ||||||||||||||
Nosawa | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Taro | 8:53 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Nosawa | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Christopher Daniels | 6:54 [2] | ||||||||||||||
Christopher Daniels | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Hardkore Kidd | 12:10 [1] |
The Tango & Cash Invitational was a tag team tournament held on January 24 and 25, 2004, in Santa Ana, California. [4] [5] The winners of the tournament would be crowned the first ever PWG Tag Team Champions.
First round | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Bosh/Quicksilver | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Los Luchas | 11:46 [4] | ||||||||||||||
Bosh/Quicksilver | Pin | ||||||||||||||
X Foundation | 11:35 [5] | ||||||||||||||
X Foundation | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Slymm/Cross | 14:28 [4] | ||||||||||||||
X Foundation | Sub | ||||||||||||||
American Dragon / Super Dragon | 22:42 [5] | ||||||||||||||
Havana Pitbulls | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Hardkore Inc. | 8:12 [4] | ||||||||||||||
Havana Pitbulls | Pin | ||||||||||||||
American Dragon / Super Dragon | 12:04 [5] | ||||||||||||||
American Dragon / Super Dragon | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Excalibur/Storm | 20:39 [4] | ||||||||||||||
American Dragon / Super Dragon | Pin | ||||||||||||||
B-Boy/Homicide | 22:42 [5] | ||||||||||||||
Puma/Joe | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Ballard Brothers | 6:51 [4] | ||||||||||||||
Puma/Joe | Pin | ||||||||||||||
B-Boy/Homicide | 17:44 [5] | ||||||||||||||
B-Boy/Homicide | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Disco Machine/Rising Son | 12:53 [4] | ||||||||||||||
B-Boy/Homicide | Sub | ||||||||||||||
Hero/Punk | 17:35 [5] | ||||||||||||||
The Iron Saints | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Khan/Del Rey | 13:02 [4] | ||||||||||||||
Iron Saints | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Hero/Punk | 22:34 [5] | ||||||||||||||
Hero/Punk | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Daniels/Messiah | 15:43 [4] |
The eight-man tournament to determine the #1 contender for Joey Ryan's PWG World Championship was held on both nights of the All Star Weekend 3 on April 8, 2006 and April 9, 2006.
Quarterfinals (All Star Weekend 3 – Night One) (April 8) | Finalists | Final (Four-Way) (All Star Weekend 3 – Night Two) (April 9) | ||||||||||||
B-Boy | Win | |||||||||||||
Excalibur | 13:21 | |||||||||||||
B-Boy | ||||||||||||||
Kevin Steen | ||||||||||||||
Kevin Steen | Win | |||||||||||||
Matt Sydal | 19:57 | |||||||||||||
B-Boy Kevin Steen | Win | |||||||||||||
Chris Sabin Frankie Kazarian | 13:44 | |||||||||||||
Chris Sabin | Win | |||||||||||||
Scorpio Sky | 22:34 | |||||||||||||
Chris Sabin | ||||||||||||||
Frankie Kazarian | ||||||||||||||
Frankie Kazarian | Win | |||||||||||||
Jimmy Yang | 12:14 |
¡Dia de los Dangerous! PWG World Championship Tournament was a one night tournament held on February 24, 2008, in Reseda, California to crown the new PWG World Champion, after the former Champion Low Ki was forced to vacate the title due to an injury. Roderick Strong who was booked to challenge Low Ki at the event was given an automatic spot in the finals of the tournament. [6]
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
Karl Anderson | Pin | ||||||||
Frankie Kazarian | 12:05 [6] | ||||||||
Karl Anderson† | Pin | ||||||||
Human Tornado Roderick Strong† | 10:00 [6] | ||||||||
Human Tornado * | Pin | ||||||||
Necro Butcher* | 14:56 [6] |
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Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Los Angeles, California. It is owned and operated by wrestlers themselves, having been created by Disco Machine, Excalibur, Scott Lost, Joey Ryan, Super Dragon, and Top Gun Talwar. Since then, Disco, Talwar, and Lost have retired and left the company. Since 2007, Excalibur has been the head play-by-play commentator, with a rotation of wrestlers on color commentary.
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