2012 Battle of Los Angeles takes place September 1 & 2!

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Re: 2012 Battle of Los Angeles takes place September 1!

Postby The Franchise13 » Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:26 pm

So tix go on sale on Thursday... I was panicking at 7:59pm. 12 men have been announced, and I just noticed something.... where's the Bucks? The Bucks havent missed a BOLA in years. No Smash Bros either. Are they going to be the last 4? I doubt it. Maybe one more match to add to their series of matches.
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2012 Battle of Los Angeles takes place September 1 & 2!

Postby PWG_Silverback » Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:46 pm

Originally, the 2012 Battle of Los Angeles was envisioned as a two-day tournament, like the majority of previous Battle of Los Angeles events. However, there were some very practical obstacles standing in the way of a two-day event taking place. First, American Legion Hall #308 in Reseda, CA, was available on September 1, but had another event scheduled for September 2. Second, 2006 Battle of Los Angeles winner Davey Richards had a scheduling conflict that prevented him from competing in this year's tournament. Third, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Champion "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen was scheduled to face see Comedy World Champion Louis C.K. in Atlantic City, NJ on September 1.

Fortunately, due to a cancellation at the Legion Hall, September 2 opened up, and a two-day tournament was now possible. On top of that, Davey Richards was able to resolve his scheduling conflict earlier today, and asked to be added to the tournament, even if it had to be as an alternate. Finally, Kevin Steen's loss to El Generico in the 2011 Battle of Los Angeles finals was so galling to Steen that the World Champion canceled his vacation in order to, in his words, "win the whole thing."

With those factors in mind (and a couple extra Louis C.K. tickets on StubHub), we are pleased to announce that the 2012 Battle of Los Angeles will now take place on September 1 and 2, 2012, with 16 competitors fighting to call themselves a Battle of Los Angeles winner!



The 2012 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage 1 takes place on Saturday, September 1, 2012, at 8:00PM at American Legion Post #308. The 2012 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage 2 takes place on Sunday, September 2, 2012, at 6:00PM at American Legion Post #308. American Legion Post #308 is located at 7338 Canby Ave., Reseda, CA 91335. Front Row tickets are $35 per night, or $60 for both. General Admission tickets are $30 per night, or $50 for both. Tickets for the 2012 Battle of Los Angeles will go on sale Wednesday, July 25 at 8:00PM PDT.

First round matches in the 2012 Battle of Los Angeles are scheduled to include:

- Ricochet (2nd Battle of Los Angeles) vs. "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen (6th Battle of Los Angeles)

- Adam Cole (1st Battle of Los Angeles) vs. El Generico (8th Battle of Los Angeles - 2011 Battle of Los Angeles winner)

- Michael Elgin (1st Battle of Los Angeles) vs. Davey Richards (5th Battle of Los Angeles - 2006 Battle of Los Angeles winner)

- Eddie Edwards (2nd Battle of Los Angeles) vs. Kyle O'Reilly (1st Battle of Los Angeles)

- Sami Callihan (1st Battle of Los Angeles) vs. Willie Mack (2nd Battle of Los Angeles)

- B-Boy (1st Battle of Los Angeles) vs. Brian Cage (2nd Battle of Los Angeles)

- TJ Perkins (2nd Battle of Los Angeles) vs. Joey Ryan (6th Battle of Los Angeles - 2010 Battle of Los Angeles winner)

- Roderick Strong (7th Battle of Los Angeles) vs. Drake Younger (1st Battle of Los Angeles)



The 2012 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage 1 takes place on Saturday, September 1, 2012, at 8:00PM at American Legion Post #308. The 2012 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage 2 takes place on Sunday, September 2, 2012, at 6:00PM at American Legion Post #308. American Legion Post #308 is located at 7338 Canby Ave., Reseda, CA 91335. Front Row tickets are $35 per night, or $60 for both. General Admission tickets are $30 per night, or $50 for both. Online tickets orders are subject to the PayPal Service Charge (2.9% + $0.30). Tickets purchased in advance allow for priority admittance to the venue, along with guaranteed event seating. Online tickets sales for this event will end on August 28, 2012, at 10:00PM. Any remaining tickets will be available for purchase at the door. Tickets are not refundable.

Video recording devices are not permitted. Card subject to change. Absolutely no outside alcoholic beverages are allowed on American Legion property.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Los Angeles takes place September 1 & 2!

Postby ajday » Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:55 pm

Wow. This just got deep. I really don't know who to root for any more.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Los Angeles takes place September 1 & 2!

Postby NHfan » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:07 pm

So I'm going to this, coming all the way from NH. Can someone tell me where/how to buy tix?
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Re: 2012 Battle of Los Angeles takes place September 1 & 2!

Postby ajday » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:10 pm

NHfan wrote:So I'm going to this, coming all the way from NH. Can someone tell me where/how to buy tix?

When the link becomes available (on Wednesday, July 25 at 8:00PM PDT) it'll be either on the front page or on the release. I think they also throw it up on their twitter and facebook as well.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Los Angeles takes place September 1 & 2!

Postby NHfan » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:13 pm

Ok awesome, thanks man. Super excited for this. May be moving to LA/Pasadena area, what a better way to check it out right?
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Re: 2012 Battle of Los Angeles takes place September 1 & 2!

Postby eastbay510 » Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:28 pm

Im really loving these promos, I really hope they end up on DVD

Also does anyone else want all the compediters to be introduced before the tournament like they used to do? To me it gives it a big time feel.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Los Angeles takes place September 1 & 2!

Postby abouttreefitty350 » Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:19 pm

Oh. Shit. Son.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Los Angeles takes place September 1 & 2!

Postby Itchypanda » Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:54 am

NHfan wrote:Ok awesome, thanks man. Super excited for this. May be moving to LA/Pasadena area, what a better way to check it out right?


Like many of the fans, I follow @OfficialPWG twitter account and I have it set up so that their tweets come to my phone as text messages. If you're not aware of how to do this, just google it. Fairly easy and the twitter text messages are much faster than the board announcements.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Los Angeles takes place September 1 & 2!

Postby Meltman » Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:36 am

Holy shit, Steen & Davey added!

This tournament will fucking be amazing.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Los Angeles takes place September 1 & 2!

Postby The Franchise13 » Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:36 am

Please make these the matches for night 1:

Kevin Steen vs El Generico
Sami Callihan vs Adam Cole
Ricochet vs Michael Elgin
Drake Younger vs B-Boy
Brian Cage vs Willie Mack
Roderick Strong vs Davey Richards
Eddie Edwards vs Kyle O'Reilly
Joey Ryan vs TJ Perkins

This line up will sell out Night 1 and leaving Night 2 a mystery. Usually not alot of people show up for night 1 just to show up for Night 2. With this line up... who would want to miss it?
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Re: 2012 Battle of Los Angeles takes place September 1 & 2!

Postby camstun187 » Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:10 pm

I'll be honest....Up until last year's BOLA, BOLA from 2009-2010 was....dissapointing when it came to match consistency. Hell, just having a Night 1 on the same level as the 2008 one would make me super happy.

I mean seriously, PWG...knock this one out of the park this year. BOLA needs to get back to being THE wrestling tourney of the year.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Los Angeles takes place September 1 & 2!

Postby Nasty Nate » Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:26 pm

The Franchise13 wrote:Please make these the matches for night 1:

Kevin Steen vs El Generico
Sami Callihan vs Adam Cole
Ricochet vs Michael Elgin
Drake Younger vs B-Boy
Brian Cage vs Willie Mack
Roderick Strong vs Davey Richards
Eddie Edwards vs Kyle O'Reilly
Joey Ryan vs TJ Perkins

This line up will sell out Night 1 and leaving Night 2 a mystery. Usually not alot of people show up for night 1 just to show up for Night 2. With this line up... who would want to miss it?


That's an awesome line up except I've seen some of those matches quite a few times. How about Joey Ryan vs Adam Cole, Sami Callihan vs TJP, El Generico vs Drake Younger, And Kevin Steen vs B-Boy? BTW, where's Chuck?
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Re: 2012 Battle of Los Angeles takes place September 1 & 2!

Postby eastbay510 » Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:36 pm

Nasty Nate wrote:
The Franchise13 wrote:Please make these the matches for night 1:

Kevin Steen vs El Generico
Sami Callihan vs Adam Cole
Ricochet vs Michael Elgin
Drake Younger vs B-Boy
Brian Cage vs Willie Mack
Roderick Strong vs Davey Richards
Eddie Edwards vs Kyle O'Reilly
Joey Ryan vs TJ Perkins

This line up will sell out Night 1 and leaving Night 2 a mystery. Usually not alot of people show up for night 1 just to show up for Night 2. With this line up... who would want to miss it?


That's an awesome line up except I've seen some of those matches quite a few times. How about Joey Ryan vs Adam Cole, Sami Callihan vs TJP, El Generico vs Drake Younger, And Kevin Steen vs B-Boy? BTW, where's Chuck?

I agree, why have all matches we have seen before, how bout Joey vs. Davey? It never happened because Davey vacated the title. How bout Willie vs. B-Boy, Willie vs. Eddie Sami Vs. Davey, Ricochet vs. Davey, Ricochet vs. Roddy. There are so many posibilities for fresh matchups.

I think the one match that everyone wants to see is Ricochet vs. Elgin
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Re: 2012 Battle of Los Angeles takes place September 1 & 2!

Postby camstun187 » Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:40 pm

Ehh, BBOY and Steen did their thing one time at a show in 06....think it was Beyond the Blunderdome. It was OK. Went a little too long.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Los Angeles takes place September 1 & 2!

Postby Garden State Saint » Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:25 pm

eastbay510 wrote:I agree, why have all matches we have seen before, how bout Joey vs. Davey? It never happened because Davey vacated the title. How bout Willie vs. B-Boy, Willie vs. Eddie Sami Vs. Davey, Ricochet vs. Davey, Ricochet vs. Roddy. There are so many posibilities for fresh matchups.


Just an FYI but Callihan vs. Richards once happened in a torunament, last year's 16 Carat Gold tournament.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Los Angeles takes place September 1 & 2!

Postby loserkings007 » Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:29 pm

Just announced, Steen vs Ricochet in the first round! Been waiting for that match up for a while!
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Re: 2012 Battle of Los Angeles takes place September 1 & 2!

Postby PWG_Silverback » Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:37 pm

The first match of the 2012 Battle of Los Angeles has been announced: Ricochet takes on "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen!

Tickets for the 2012 Battle of Los Angeles go on sale tomorrow, July 25, at 8:00PM PDT!
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Re: 2012 Battle of Los Angeles takes place September 1 & 2!

Postby eastbay510 » Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:45 pm

Um... about that davey/kyle promo??? Hey Ill take pantsless Kyle over charsmaless Kyle anyday, hopefully he can bring some charisma to Reseda.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Los Angeles takes place September 1 & 2!

Postby Nasty Nate » Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:55 am

Just watched the promos, some thoughts:

1. Please do these for more shows

2. Sami is pretty funny when he wants to be, he wants birthday presents sep. 1

3. I have been watching Elgin for close to a year and I think that was the second time I've ever heard him speak(for a whole 23 seconds)

4. Roddy has to be related to Ryan Reynolds
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