Battle of Los Angeles (2006)
Battle of Los Angeles (2006) | |||
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Reseda, Los Angeles, California | |||
Venue | American Legion Post #308 | ||
Attendance | 1200 (combined) Night One: 400[1] Night Two: 400[2] Night Three: 400[3] | ||
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Battle of Los Angeles (2006) was the second Battle of Los Angeles professional wrestling tournament produced by Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). It was a three-night event held on September 1, September 2 and September 3, 2006 at the American Legion Post #308 in Reseda, California.[4][5][6]
The 2006 tournament featured twenty-four participants which concluded with
Aside from the tournament, eight-man tag team matches took place on the first and third night. The second night featured a
Background
Original lineup
On June 3,
On July 5, new tournament matches were announced for the tournament including
Replacement
However, on July 18, significant changes took place in the tournament. Alex Koslov was sent to Mexico on a six-month learning excursion and
However, Danielson separated his shoulder on August 26 in a Ring of Honor match against Colt Cabana.[8] This led to some more changes to the card as Disco Machine would take on Austin Aries, Colt Cabana would take on Chris Sabin, Roderick Strong would take on Rocky Romero and Davey Richards would take on Ronin, a replacement for the injured T.J. Perkins.
Event
Night 1
The Battle of Los Angeles tournament kicked off with a match between Chris Sabin and Colt Cabana. Sabin pinned Cabana with an O'Connor roll.
Next,
Next,
Next,
Next, the debuting
Next,
This was followed by the main event of night one, an eight-man tag team match, in which the team of
) made their surprise return to PWG and attacked Homicide.Night 2
The first round of the BOLA continued on the second night with a match between Austin Aries and Disco Machine. Aries moved out of a choke by Machine by hitting elbows and then nailed a brainbuster and applied a scissored armbar to make him submit for the win.
Next, Davey Richards took on Ronin. Richards executed a D.R. Driver on Ronin for the win.
Next,
Next, Chris Hero took on the debuting Genki Horiguchi. Horiguchi countered a Hero's Welcome by Hero into a Backslide From Heaven for the win.
It was followed by a
Next, Arrogance members Chris Bosh and Scott Lost defended the
This match was followed with the continuation of the BOLA as Frankie Kazarian took on Scorpio Sky. Jade Chung was initially banned from ringside but showed up to prevent Kazarian from powerbombing Sky from the stage onto a pile of chairs but Kazarian powerbombed Sky onto the chairs. Jade hit Kazarian with a pair of scissors resulting in Sky getting disqualified and Kazarian advancing to the next round. After the match, Kazarian tried to cut Chung's hair off until The Dynasty made the save allowing her to retreat.
It was followed by the final match in the first round of BOLA as
Night 3
Quarterfinals
The night three started with the quarterfinal round of the BOLA, with the first match pitting Chris Sabin against El Generico. Generico avoided a
Next, CIMA took on Kevin Steen. CIMA avoided a
Next, Roderick Strong took on Dragon Kid. Strong countered a
In the following match, Austin Aries took on Davey Richards. Aries got a near-fall after a brainbuster and attempted to hit a 450° splash but Richards moved out of the way, further hurting Aries' injured ribs. Richards capitalized by applying an inverted cloverleaf on Aries, pressurizing his ribs and making him submit.
Next, Jack Evans took on Genki Horiguchi. Evans countered a Backslide From Heaven by Horiguchi into a bridge and pinned Horiguchi for the win.
It was followed by the last quarterfinal between Frankie Kazarian and Super Dragon. However, Kazarian was attacked by The Dynasty before the match and Dynasty drove him onto a chair back first to knock him out until Dragon made the save and
Semifinals
Next, the semifinal began with a match between El Generico and CIMA. After countering a brainbuster by Generico from the top rope into a Tornado DDT, CIMA hit a Schwein on Generico but got a near-fall. CIMA followed it by nailing a Schwein Redline to Generico for the win.
Next, Roderick Strong took on Davey Richards. Richards countered a Stronghold by Strong into a roll-up and pinned him for the win.
It was followed by the last semifinal between Super Dragon and Jack Evans. Dragon attempted to deliver a Psycho Driver to Evans from the top rope but Evans moved out of it. Dragon ultimately caught Evans and hit a ganso bomb to Evans from the top rope onto the mat for the win.
Non-tournament match
Next, an eight-man tag team match took place pitting Colt Cabana, M-Dogg 20, Quicksilver and Rocky Romero against Necro Butcher, Rocky Romero and Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli). Quicksilver delivered a diving hurricanrana off Castagnoli's shoulders onto Hero for the win.
Final
It was followed by the main event which was the final of the 2006 BOLA, a three-way match between Super Dragon, Davey Richards and CIMA. However, The Dynasty attacked Dragon backstage, thus removing him from the match, making it a singles match between Richards and CIMA. CIMA got a near-fall by hitting a Schwein to Richards and then CIMA attempted to deliver another Schwein but Richards countered it into a DR Driver to win the match and the 2006 Battle of Los Angeles tournament.
Reception
Arnold Furious of 411Mania rated the tournament 8 out of 10, appreciating the night three as a whole but criticizing the opening round and the company's booking, feeling that PWG "cheated the fans out of their advertised main event and another marquee match in an attempt to continue their Dynasty Vs Main Eventers storyline."[9]
Magnus Donaldson praised the night one of the tournament, considering it a "very solid card of wrestling".[10]
Aftermath
Davey Richards did not follow the tradition of the Battle of Los Angeles tournament winner getting a PWG World Championship title shot but instead used his tournament win to challenge for the PWG Tag Team Championship alongside his former tag team championship partner Super Dragon in hopes of regaining the tag team titles.[9] However, Richards did not show up at Self-Titled and instead B-Boy substituted for him and teamed with Dragon to challenge Chris Bosh and Scott Lost for the tag team titles. Dragon and B-Boy won the tag team titles. Richards was bitter towards Dragon for preferring to team with B-Boy over himself, leading to Richards teaming with Roderick Strong to challenge Dragon and B-Boy for the titles at the first night of All Star Weekend, where Richards and Strong won the championship.[11] However, Richards and Strong lost the titles back to Dragon and B-Boy in a four-way match, the following night.[12]
Frankie Kazarian continued his feud with Scorpio Sky after the Battle of Los Angeles, leading to Kazarian facing Sky and Jade Chung in a
Human Tornado continued to pursue the PWG World Championship as he defeated the reigning champion Joey Ryan in a non-title match at Self-Titled. At Passive Hostility, Ryan retained the title against Tornado and Kevin Steen in a three-way match by getting disqualified after hitting Tornado with a chair.
Results
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times Eight-man tag team match 26:23 | |
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No. | Results | Stipulations | Times No Disqualification match in the first round of the Battle of Los Angeles tournament25:59 | | |
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- ^ Eliminations were as follows:
Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Elimination Move 1 Petey Williams Excalibur Pinned with a roll-up by countering a Canadian Destroyer 2 Excalibur Joey Ryan Pinned after a Piledriver by Petey Williams 3 Joey Ryan Human Tornado Count-out 4 Winner: Human Tornado
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times Eight-man tag team match 30:09 | |
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10 | Davey Richards defeated CIMA | Battle of Los Angeles tournament final round match | 13:38 |
Tournament brackets
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Single elimination tournament |
Participants | 24 |
Final positions | |
Champion | Davey Richards |
Runner-up | Cima |
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First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
Colt Cabana | Pin | |||||||||||||
Chris Sabin | 09:01 [4] | |||||||||||||
Chris Sabin | Pin | |||||||||||||
El Generico | 16:20 [9] | |||||||||||||
Delirious | Pin | |||||||||||||
El Generico | 15:42 [4] | |||||||||||||
El Generico | Pin | |||||||||||||
Cima | 19:01 [9] | |||||||||||||
Cima | Pin | |||||||||||||
M-Dogg 20 | 12:00 [4] | |||||||||||||
Cima | Pin | |||||||||||||
Kevin Steen | 14:18 [9] | |||||||||||||
Kevin Steen | Pin | |||||||||||||
Matt Sydal | 15:57 [4] |
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
Quicksilver | Pin | |||||||||||||
Dragon Kid | 12:05 [4] | |||||||||||||
Dragon Kid | Sub | |||||||||||||
Roderick Strong | 15:14 [9] | |||||||||||||
Roderick Strong | Sub | |||||||||||||
Rocky Romero | 17:34 [4] | |||||||||||||
Roderick Strong | Pin | |||||||||||||
Davey Richards | 11:07 [9] | |||||||||||||
Austin Aries | Sub | |||||||||||||
Disco Machine | 10:26 [5] | |||||||||||||
Austin Aries | Sub | |||||||||||||
Davey Richards | 14:13 [9] | |||||||||||||
Davey Richards | Pin | |||||||||||||
Ronin | 12:12 [5] |
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
Jack Evans | Pin | |||||||||||||
Claudio Castagnoli
| 14:26 [5] | |||||||||||||
Jack Evans | Pin | |||||||||||||
Genki Horiguchi | 10:23 [9] | |||||||||||||
Chris Hero | Pin | |||||||||||||
Genki Horiguchi | 10:42 [5] | |||||||||||||
Jack Evans | Pin | |||||||||||||
Super Dragon | 09:16 [9] | |||||||||||||
Frankie Kazarian | Pin | |||||||||||||
Scorpio Sky | 12:21 [5] | |||||||||||||
Frankie Kazarian | Bye | |||||||||||||
Super Dragon | 00:00† [9] | |||||||||||||
Super Dragon* | Pin | |||||||||||||
Necro Butcher* | 25:59 [5] |
Finals | ||||
Davey Richards | Pin | |||
Cima‡ | 13:38 |
References
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- ^ a b "PWG Battle Of Los Angeles 2006 - Tag 2". Cagematch. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ a b "PWG Battle Of Los Angeles 2006 - Tag 3". Cagematch. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "2006 Battle of Los Angeles – Night One". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
- ^ a b c d e f g "2006 Battle of Los Angeles – Night Two". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
- ^ "2006 Battle of Los Angeles – Night Three". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
- ^ a b c "2006 Battle of Los Angeles (Updated 8/16)". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
- Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the originalon March 17, 2016. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "The Furious Flashbacks – PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2006". 411Mania. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
- ^ Magnus Donaldson (June 26, 2007). "The Magnus Analysis- PWG Battle Of Los Angeles 2006 Night 1". 411Mania. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ Magnus Donaldson (December 5, 2007). "The Magnus Analysis - PWG All Star Weekend 4 Night 1". 411Mania. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ a b Magnus Donaldson (December 17, 2007). "The Magnus Analysis - PWG All Star Weekend 4 Night 2". 411Mania. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ a b "PWG Passive Hostility 12/2/2006". Wrestling Recaps. July 18, 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ a b Stuart Carapola (November 26, 2010). "PWG BASED ON A TRUE STORY DVD REVIEW: JOEY RYAN DEFENDS THE PWG TITLE AGAINST HUMAN TORNADO IN A LONG, BRUTAL GUERRILLA WARFARE MATCH, SUPER DRAGON AND RONIN STIFF EACH OTHER INTO OBLIVION, FRANKIE KAZARIAN VS SCOPRIO SKY IN A LOSER LEAVES PWG MATCH, A VERY HIGH STAKES BOUT BETWEEN KEVIN STEEN AND CHRIS BOSH, AND MUCH MORE". PWInsider. Retrieved 7 December 2022.