With 13% of the vote (out of 42 eligible matches), Chris Hero vs Akira Tozawa from Pro Wrestling Guerrilla’s 2010 Battle of Los Angeles is Southern California’s Match of the Year. The runner up, with 11% of the vote, is Kevin Steen vs Akira Tozawa from Pro Wrestling Guerrilla’s Cyanide: A Loving Tribute to Poison.
This is the third year in a row that Chris Hero has wrestled the Match of the Year. Super Dragon holds the record with four years back-to-back (and five total wins). For more info on the Southern California Year End Awards, head over to the SoCal Wrestling Wiki.
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2010 Match of the Year
Chris Hero over Akira Tozawa – 9/5/10 – Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
-Runner-up: Kevin Steen over Akira Tozawa – 12/11/10 – Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
2009 Match of the Year
Bryan Danielson over Chris Hero – 9/4/09 – Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
-Runner-up: Shingo Takagi over El Generico – 9/4/09 – Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
2008 Match of the Year
Low Ki over Chris Hero – 11/12/08 – Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
-Runner-up: Scorpio Sky over Chris Bosh – 7/6/08 – Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
2007 Match of the Year
Bryan Danielson over El Generico – 7/29/07 – Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
-Runner-up: Human Tornado over Joey Ryan – 1/13/07 – Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
2006 Match of the Year
Tie: Super Dragon & Davey Richards over Roderick Strong & Jack Evans – 3/4/06 – Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
Tie: El Generico over Pac – 11/18/06 – Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
-Runner-up: Joey Ryan over B-Boy – 7/16/06 – Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
2005 Match of the Year
Scorpio Sky & Quicksilver over Chris Bosh & Scott Lost – 7/7/05 – Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
-Runner-up: AJ Styles over Samoa Joe – 4/1/05 – Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
2004 Match of the Year
Super Dragon over Joey Ryan – 10/23/04 – Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
-Runner-up: AJ Styles over Rocky Romero – 7/10/04 – Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
2003 Match of the Year
B-Boy & Super Dragon over Jardi Frantz & Bobby Quance – 3/29/03 – Golden State Championship Wrestling
-Runner-up: Super Dragon over TARO – 11/29/2003 – Revolution Pro
2002 Match of the Year
Super Dragon over Bobby Quance – 12/14/02 – Golden State Champion Wrestling
-Runner-up: Super Dragon & Samoa Joe over American Dragon & Spanky – 7/14/02 – EPIC Wrestling
2001 Match of the Year
B-Boy over Super Dragon – 11/3/01 – Millennium Pro Wrestling
-Runner-up: Rising Son over Super Dragon – 7/14/01 – Revolution Pro
2000 Match of the Year*
Kurt Angle over Christopher Daniels – 9/13/00 – Ulimate Pro Wrestling
(as determined by socal-wrestling.com)
1999 Match of the Year*
Mike Modest and Donovan Morgan (double pin) – 11/30/99 – Xtreme Pro Wrestling
(as determined by socal-wrestling.com)