Battle of Los Angeles (2019)
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Battle of Los Angeles (2019) was the fifteenth
The 2019 tournament featured twenty-four participants and concluded on the third night with
Background
Original lineup
On June 4, 2019, PWG announced via its official
Replacement
Due to a scheduling conflict, Bárbaro Cavernario was replaced by
Non-tournament matches
Along with the Battle of Los Angeles tournament, PWG announced several non-tournament matches heading into the event. On August 16, two non-tournament tag team matches were announced for night one:
However, Davis suffered a ruptured MCL and torn ACL while warming up for his match before BOLA, resulting in both of Aussie Open's matches being changed. The match between Rascalz and Aussie Open on night two was changed to a non-title match with A-Kid being announced as Davis' replacement to team with Fletcher. On night three, Rey Horus and Aramis replaced Aussie Open as Dark Order's opponents while Fletcher would participate in a ten-man tag team match later in the night.
Event
Night 1
The 2019 Battle of Los Angeles tournament kicked off with the first round match between debutants
Next, Brody King took on the debuting Caveman Ugg. King delivered a Gonzo Bomb to Ugg for the win.
Next,
Next, a non-tournament
The BOLA tournament continued next as Darby Allin took on Black Taurus. Allin pinned Taurus with a cradle for the win.
Next, Jonathan Gresham took on the debuting Artemis Spencer. Gresham knocked Spencer out by repeatedly hitting him with blows, forcing the referee to stop the match and award the victory to Gresham.
Next, the PWG World Champion Jeff Cobb took on the debuting Daisuke Sekimoto. Cobb delivered a Tour of the Islands to Sekimoto for the win.
It was followed by the main event of the night one pitting
Night 2
The first round of BOLA continued on the second night as Joey Janela took on the debuting Mick Moretti. Moretti threw a fireball to Janela's face and the referee handed a towel to Janela to recover from it. Janela threw the towel on Moretti's face and hit a
Next,
Next, Rey Fenix took on Aramis. Fenix delivered a Black Fire Driver to Aramis for the win.
It was followed by a tag team match pitting
The BOLA tournament continued as Puma King defended the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship against Bandido. Bandido delivered a spike piledriver to King to win the title and advance in the tournament. However, after the match, King exercised the title's 24/7 rule and rolled-up Bandido and pinned him to regain the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship.
Next, PENTA EL 0M took on Tony Deppen. PENTA nailed a Fear Factor to Deppen for the win.
Next,
It was followed by night two's main event, in which Jonathan Gresham and Daisuke Sekimoto took on King's Hawaiian (Brody King and Jeff Cobb). Sekimoto delivered a
Night 3
- Quarterfinals
The night three began with the quarterfinals of the tournament as Jake Atlas took on Dragon Lee. Lee hit a running knee strike to Atlas for the win.
Next, Bandido took on Brody King. Bandido executed a
Next, Jonathan Gresham took on A-Kid. Gresham repeatedly hit A-Kid's knee into the mat, forcing the referee to stop the match.
Next, Rey Fenix took on Joey Janela. Janela twisted Fenix's mask to make it difficult for the latter to see and nailed a superkick on Fenix for the win.
Next, PENTA EL 0M took on Darby Allin. Allin pinned PENTA with a Last Supper for the win.
Next, Jeff Cobb took on David Starr. Starr took advantage when the referee got knocked out and hit Cobb with the PWG World Championship title belt and delivered a lariat to Cobb for the win.
It was followed by a tag team match in which The Dark Order (Evil Uno and Stu Grayson) took on Aramis and Rey Horus. Grayson delivered a diving neckbreaker to Aramis for the win.
- Semifinals
Next, the semifinals of the tournament began as Jonathan Gresham took on Joey Janela. Gresham applied an octopus hold on Janela and attacked him forcing the referee to stop the match and award the win to Gresham.
Next, Bandido took on Dragon Lee. Bandido delivered a 21 Plex to Lee for the win.
Next, Darby Allin took on David Starr. Starr delivered a lariat to Allin for the win.
The penultimate match of the event was a ten-man tag team match pitting Artemis Spencer, Caveman Ugg, Jungle Boy, Orange Cassidy and the debuting Paris De Silva against Black Taurus, Kyle Fletcher, Lucky Kid, Mick Moretti and Tony Deppen. Cassidy spit orange juice in Deppen's face and rolled him up to pin him for the win.
- Final
It was followed by the tournament final, a three-way elimination match between Bandido, David Starr and Jonathan Gresham. Gresham eliminated Starr by applying an octopus hold on the latter and repeatedly hitting him with elbow strikes. Gresham tried to eliminate Bandido in the same way by applying an octopus hold but Bandido powered out of it by hitting a Samoan drop when the referee was about to stop the match. Bandido followed it by hitting Gresham with a falling powerslam from the top rope and a 21 Plex to win the tournament.
Reception
Steve Bryant of SoCal Uncensored stated that the first night of the tournament was not "as good as last year’s night 1" while considering the second night a "letdown". However, he praised the third night, rating it "a great show" and recommended that "if you can only get one night, get night three".[35][36][37]
Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Newsletter showed heavy appreciation towards the semi-final match between Bandido and Dragon Lee on the third night, calling it a "match of the year candidate" and awarded it the prestigious five-star rating.[3][5][38]
Aftermath
After winning the 2019 Battle of Los Angeles, Bandido received a title shot against Jeff Cobb for the PWG World Championship at Makings of a Varsity Athlete,[39] which resulted in Bandido defeating Cobb to win the World Championship.[40]
Results
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times)Tag team match | 18:08 | |
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No. | Results | Stipulations | Times Tag team match 22:27 | | |
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5 | Bandido defeated Puma King (c) | Singles match for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship in the Battle of Los Angeles tournament first round | 10:40 | ||
6 | PENTA EL 0M defeated Tony Deppen | Singles match in the Battle of Los Angeles tournament first round | 14:33 | ||
7 | David Starr defeated Orange Cassidy | Singles match in the Battle of Los Angeles tournament first round | 18:06 | ||
8 | Daisuke Sekimoto and Jonathan Gresham defeated King's Hawaiian (Brody King and Jeff Cobb) | Tag team match | 22:47 | ||
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No. | Results | Stipulations | Times Ten-man tag team match 25:49 | |
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12 | Bandido defeated David Starr and Jonathan Gresham[Note 1] | Three-way elimination match in the Battle of Los Angeles tournament final | 23:26 |
- ^ Eliminations were as follows:
Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Elimination Move Time 1 David Starr Jonathan Gresham Knocked out after receiving elbow strikes 9:12 2 Jonathan Gresham Bandido Pinned after a 21 Plex 23:26 3 Winner: Bandido
Tournament brackets
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Single elimination tournament |
Participants | 24 |
Final positions | |
Champion | Bandido |
1st runner-up | Jonathan Gresham |
2nd runner-up | David Starr |
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First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
Artemis Spencer | TKO | |||||||||||||
Jonathan Gresham | 13:09 | |||||||||||||
Jonathan Gresham | TKO | |||||||||||||
A-Kid | 18:03 | |||||||||||||
A-Kid
| Sub | |||||||||||||
Lucky Kid | 18:31 | |||||||||||||
Jonathan Gresham | Sub | |||||||||||||
Joey Janela | 8:30 | |||||||||||||
Rey Fénix
| Pin | |||||||||||||
Aramís
| 13:13 | |||||||||||||
Rey Fénix
| Pin | |||||||||||||
Joey Janela | 15:58 | |||||||||||||
Joey Janela | Pin | |||||||||||||
Mick Moretti | 12:29 |
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
Brody King | Pin | |||||||||||||
Caveman Ugg | 10:52 | |||||||||||||
Brody King | Pin | |||||||||||||
Bandido | 10:40 | |||||||||||||
Puma King* | Pin | |||||||||||||
Bandido | 10:40 | |||||||||||||
Bandido | Pin | |||||||||||||
Dragon Lee | 11:53 | |||||||||||||
Jake Atlas | Pin | |||||||||||||
Jungle Boy
| 19:05 | |||||||||||||
Jake Atlas | Pin | |||||||||||||
Dragon Lee | 10:55 | |||||||||||||
Rey Horus | Pin | |||||||||||||
Dragon Lee | 14:30 |
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
PENTA EL 0M | Pin | |||||||||||||
Tony Deppen | 14:35 | |||||||||||||
PENTA EL 0M | Pin | |||||||||||||
Darby Allin | 16:24 | |||||||||||||
Darby Allin | Pin | |||||||||||||
Black Taurus | 11:32 | |||||||||||||
Darby Allin | Pin | |||||||||||||
David Starr | 5:39 | |||||||||||||
Jeff Cobb | Pin | |||||||||||||
Daisuke Sekimoto | 15:26 | |||||||||||||
Jeff Cobb | Pin | |||||||||||||
David Starr | 11:15 | |||||||||||||
Orange Cassidy | Pin | |||||||||||||
David Starr | 18:46 |
Final | ||||
Jonathan Gresham | Pin | |||
Bandido David Starr | 23:26 |
* = Puma King's Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship was on the line
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