Battle of Los Angeles (2022)
2022 professional wrestling tournament by PWG
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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]
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| Battle of Los Angeles (2022) | |||
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The 2022 tournament winner Daniel Garcia | |||
| Promotion | Pro Wrestling Guerrilla | ||
| Date | Night One: January 29, 2022[1] Night Two: January 30, 2022[2] | ||
| City | Los Angeles, California | ||
| Venue | Globe Theatre | ||
| Attendance | Night One: 600[1] Night Two: 600[2] | ||
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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
| 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 Blackwood | Battle 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 Drake | Battle 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 |
| 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 disqualification | Battle of Los Angeles tournament second round match |
| 4 | Mike Bailey defeated Wheeler Yuta | Battle of Los Angeles tournament second round match |
| 5 | Daniel Garcia defeated Black Taurus | Battle of Los Angeles tournament semi-final match |
| 6 | Mike Bailey defeated Buddy Matthews | Battle 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 |
| 8 | Daniel Garcia defeated Mike Bailey | Battle of Los Angeles tournament final |
Tournament brackets
| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | Professional wrestling |
| Location | Los Angeles, California |
| Dates | January 29, 2022–January 30, 2022 |
Tournament format | Single elimination tournament |
| Participants | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | Daniel Garcia |
| Runner-up | Mike Bailey |
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final[30] | ||||||||||||
| Daniel Garcia | Submission | ||||||||||||||
| Kevin Blackwood | 14:57 | ||||||||||||||
| Daniel Garcia | Submission | ||||||||||||||
| Alex Shelley | 14:14 | ||||||||||||||
| Alex Shelley | Pinfall | ||||||||||||||
| Lee Moriarty | 18:12 | ||||||||||||||
| Daniel Garcia | Submission | ||||||||||||||
| Black Taurus | 9:58 | ||||||||||||||
| Aramís | Pinfall | ||||||||||||||
| Rey Horus | 13:05 | ||||||||||||||
| Aramís | 12:54 | ||||||||||||||
| Black Taurus | Pinfall | ||||||||||||||
| Black Taurus | Pinfall | ||||||||||||||
| JD Drake | 14:21 | ||||||||||||||
| Daniel Garcia | Submission | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Bailey | 28:06 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Bailey | Pinfall | ||||||||||||||
| Bandido | 20:36 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Bailey | Pinfall | ||||||||||||||
| Wheeler Yuta | 13:10 | ||||||||||||||
| Blake Christian | 14:07 | ||||||||||||||
| Wheeler Yuta | Pinfall | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Bailey | Pinfall | ||||||||||||||
| 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]