This Chaos Column is a recap of PRO WRESTLING GUERRILLA “TEN” AT American Legion Post #308, Reseda. Another capacity crowd filled the legion hall, and the action got started at around 9:10pm PDT.
1 – Willie Mack, B-Boy, & Candice LeRae def. Joey Ryan, Ryan Taylor, & Peter Avalon
A very strong opener that featured plenty of great action, and Joey Ryan & Candice LeRae essentially picked up where they had left off before Joey’s brief stint in TNA–boobplex & ballplex. What really made it interesting was the inadvertent strike by Ryan Taylor……….ONTO SCOTT LOST! The retired wrestler turned comic artist later got some payback by hitting an Ace Crusher or Diamond Cutter onto Ryan Taylor on the apron. Willie Mack scored the pin on “PPA” with the piledriver.
2 – Brian Cage p. Anthony Nese
Brian Cage got the win with Weapon X, although Anthony Nese had a very solid PWG debut, and just his second match in So Cal after his regional debut at the inaugural Wrestling Cares show last April.
3 – Forever Hooligans (Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov) def. The RockNES Monsters (Johnny Yuma & Johnny Goodtime)
Great action once it really got going, and Rocky & Alex’s IWGP Tag Team titles were in full display. The Hooligans hit a team finisher on Johnny Yuma, with Rocky Romero scoring the pin while Alex Koslov dove out of the ring from the corner to take down Goodtime.
4 – Michael Elgin p. AR Fox
Great back-and-forth action that eventually tipped in Elgin’s favor with those hard right backhands that pretty much stunned AR Fox, and that was enough for Elgin to hit what looked like a Falcon Arrow or Michinoku Driver from the middle rope for the pin.
5 – Chuck Taylor & Johnny Gargano def. Paul London & Brian Kendrick
More great back-and-forth action that ended with “Chuckie T” & Gargano hitting a team finisher on Brian Kendrick, with Gargano scoring the pin.
6 – Kyle O’Reilly def. T.J. Perkins
This match earns the “most technical wrestling match of the night” honor, with some fantastic mat wrestling to start it off. Both men traded signature moves, but Kyle landed his furious finishing combo late–a German Suplex into a Brainbuster, into the Cross Armbreaker submission for the tapout.
SM – Guerrilla Warfare match. Adam Cole def. Kevin Steen & Drake Younger to retain the PWG World Championship.
1 table, plenty of chairs, a trash can with a lid, and a traffic cone were used in this match. Once again, Adam Cole had to take all kinds of punishment from both Steen & Drake, picking a spot late, even after eating a Top Turnbuckle Brainbuster from Steen, which drew an “Ole!” pop in honor of El Generico (NXT’s Sami Zayn). Drake hit the Drake’s Landing on Cole, but Cole managed to reverse the cover for the pin to escape with the title.
M – Ladder Match. The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) def. Dojo Bros. (Roderick Strong & Eddie Edwards) & Inner City Machine Guns (Ricochet & Rich Swann) to retain the PWG World Tag Team Championship.
Shot Of The Night – PWG – 08-09-13
3 ladders and a table were used in this one, including a big ladder that almost touched the ceiling, and got the supports bent very badly but held enough for all the spots. Great spots from all three tag teams, including Ricochet clearing the steel post and a mid-sized ladder for a Corner Suicide Dive. In the end, it would fall in the favor of The Young Bucks, especially after Nick Jackson hit a Sunset Flip Powerbomb over a ladder to put Rich Swann through the table. The brothers then “started the Superkick Party”, taking down Roddy & Eddie late for Nick to grab the title.
Lots of fun to watch, even with the champs prevailing. Roddy, then Excalibur, acknowledged the capacity crowd for helping make PWG the wrestling company that it is today–a promotion that started out with 7 wrestlers doing it as an experiment that would eventually thrive on the support of the fans, and evolve into one of the world’s premier indy companies. The trash can lid that was used in the Guerrilla Warfare match was autographed by the wrestlers & Referees Rick Knox & Patrick Hernandez, and given to “Legion Larry”. I’ll give my choice for match of the night to the ladder match, followed by the Guerrilla Warfare match, then the Kyle O’Reilly/TJP match.
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