Pro Wrestling Guerrilla tournaments

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla has held a variety of professional wrestling tournaments competed for by wrestlers that are a part of their roster.

Bad Ass Mother 3000

The Bad Ass Mother 3000 was a tournament held on August 29 and 30, 2003, in Eagle Rock, California and City of Industry, California.^[1][2] The winner of the tournament would become the inaugural PWG Champion.

• * B-Boy suffered an injury and was replaced by Lil' Cholo.^[3]

Tango & Cash Invitational

The Tango & Cash Invitational was a tag team tournament held on January 24 and 25, 2004, in Santa Ana, California.^[4][5] The winners of the tournament would be crowned the first ever PWG Tag Team Champions.

• Participants:

• Apollo Kahn and Sara Del Rey
• Babi Slymm and Matt Cross
• The Ballard Brothers (Shane Ballard and Shannon Ballard)
• Chris Bosh and Quicksilver
• Christopher Daniels and The Messiah
• Disco Machine and Rising Son
• Double Dragon (American Dragon and Super Dragon)
• Excalibur and Jonny Storm
• The Gold Bond Mafia (Chris Hero and CM Punk)
• Hardkore Inc. (Al Katrazz and Hardkore Kidd)
• Havana Pitbulls (Ricky Reyes and Rocky Romero)
• The Iron Saints (Sal Thomaselli and Vito Thomaselli)
• Los Luchas (Phoenix Star and Zokre)
• Strong Style Thugz/Team Friday (B-Boy and Homicide)
• Puma and Samoa Joe
• X Foundation (Joey Ryan and Scott Lost)

Battle of Los Angeles

See: Battle of Los Angeles (professional wrestling)

Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament

The Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament (DDT4) is an annual tag team tournament contested for the PWG World Tag Team Championship. If the title isn't vacant, the reigning Champions were forced to enter the tournament and defend their titles in every one of their matches. However, this tradition was changed in 2011, when the tournament was instead used to determine the number one contenders to the PWG World Tag Team Champions.

DDT4 (2007)

The first ever DDT4 was held on May 19 and 20, 2007, in Burbank, California for the vacated PWG World Tag Team Championship.^[6][7]

• Participants

• Arrogance (Chris Bosh and Scott Lost)
• The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)
• Davey Richards and Super Dragon
• Havana Pitbulls (Ricky Reyes and Rocky Romero)
• The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli)
• Muscle Outlaw'z (Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi)
• PAC and Roderick Strong
• Trailer Park Boyz (Josh Raymond and Nate Webb)

DDT4 (2008)

The second DDT4 was held on May 17 and 18, 2008, in Burbank, California, with Kevin Steen and El Generico entering the tournament as the reigning and defending Champions.^[8][9] Kota Ibushi was scheduled to take part in the tournament, but was forced to back out after suffering a broken ankle. He was replaced by fellow Dramatic Dream Team wrestler El Blazer.^[10]

• Participants

• 2.0 (Jagged and Shane Matthews)
• Davey Richards and Super Dragon
• El Generico and Kevin Steen
• The Dynasty (Joey Ryan and Scott Lost)
• Generation Next (Jack Evans and Roderick Strong)
• Los Luchas (Phoenix Star and Zokre)
• Mini Crazy MAX (El Blazer and KAGETORA)
• Ronin and Scorpio Sky

DDT4 (2009)

The third DDT4 was held on May 22, 2009, in Reseda, California, with The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) entering the tournament as the reigning and defending Champions.^[11] Originally the teams of The Hybrid Dolphins (Bryan Danielson and Paul London), Chris Hero and Roderick Strong and Los Luchas (Phoenix Star and Zokre) were announced for the tournament,^[12] however, Los Luchas were replaced at the event by the reuniting Dark & Lovely (Human Tornado and Scorpio Sky), while London was forced to back out of the tournament due to an injury. Strong ended up taking his place, while Hero moved on to defend his PWG World Championship, which resulted in The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) getting a bye in the first round of the tournament.^[13]

• Participants

• Chuck Taylor and Kenny Omega
• The Cutler Brothers (Brandon Cutler and Dustin Cutler)
• Dark & Lovely (Human Tornado and Scorpio Sky)
• The Dynasty (Joey Ryan and Scott Lost)
• Hybrid Dolphins (Bryan Danielson and Roderick Strong)
• The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)
• The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)

DDT4 (2010)

The fourth DDT4 was held on May 9, 2010, in Reseda, California, with The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) entering the tournament as the reigning and defending Champions.^[14]

• Participants

• The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)
• Chuck Taylor and Scott Lost
• The Cutler Brothers (Brandon Cutler and Dustin Cutler)
• Jerome Robinson and Johnny Goodtime
• KAMIKAZE (Akira Tozawa and YAMATO)
• ¡Peligro Abejas! (El Generico and Paul London)
• Roderick Strong and Ryan Taylor
• The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)

DDT4 (2011)

The fifth DDT4 was held on March 4, 2011, in Reseda, California. The reigning PWG World Tag Team Champions, ¡Peligro Abejas! (El Generico and Paul London), were not entered into the tournament, instead it would be used to determine their number one contenders.^[15][16][17]

• Participants

• The American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards)
• Brandon Gatson and Willie Mack
• The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)
• The Cutler Brothers (Brandon Cutler and Dustin Cutler)
• The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli)
• Nightmare Violence Connection (Akira Tozawa and Kevin Steen)
• The RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime and Johnny Yuma)
• The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)

DDT4 (2012)

The sixth DDT4 was held on April 21, 2012, in Reseda, California.^[18][19] Appetite for Destruction (Kevin Steen and Super Dragon) was scheduled to enter the tournament as the defending PWG World Tag Team Champions, but on April 4 it was announced that Dragon had fractured his heel and would be forced out of the tournament. The champions were replaced by El Generico and Willie Mack in the tournament, which would instead be used to determine their number one contenders.^[20]

• Participants

• 2 Husky Black Guys (El Generico and Willie Mack)
• The Dynasty (Joey Ryan and Scorpio Sky)
• Future Shock (Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly)
• The Fightin' Taylor Boys (Brian Cage-Taylor and Ryan Taylor)
• RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime and Johnny Yuma)
• Roderick Strong and Sami Callihan
• The Super Smash Bros. (Player Uno and Stupefied)
• The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)

DDT4 (2013)

The seventh DDT4 was announced on the official PWG Twitter account on December 2, 2012. It is scheduled to take place on January 12, 2013,^[22] with last year's winners the Super Smash Bros. (Player Uno and Stupefied) entering the tournament as the reigning and defending World Tag Team Champions.^[23] Originally, El Generico and Kevin Steen were scheduled to team up, but after Generico received an injury, he was forced to pull out of the tournament. ^[24] Willie Mack was named his replacement,^[25] but this once again changed on January 9, when PWG announced that El Generico, in the midst of reports that he had signed with WWE, would be teaming with his previously announced partner, Kevin Steen.^[26]

• Participants

• The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)
• DojoBros (Eddie Edwards and Roderick Strong)
• El Generico and Kevin Steen
• Future Shock (Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly)
• The Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet)
• The Super Smash Bros. (Player Uno and Stupefied)
• Unbreakable F'n Machines (Brian Cage and Michael Elgin)
• The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)

DDT4 (2014)

The eighth DDT4 was announced on the official PWG Twitter account on December 23, 2013.^[28] It took place on January 31, 2014, in Reseda, California.^[29] The reigning PWG World Tag Team Champions, The Young Bucks, did not enter the tournament.

• Participants

• African-American Wolves (ACH and AR Fox)
• Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent?)
• Cole Steen Cole (Adam Cole and Kevin Steen)
• The Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet)
• PPRay (Peter Avalon and Ray Rosas)
• RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime and Johnny Yuma)
• Unbreakable F'n Machines (Brian Cage and Michael Elgin)
• World's Cutest Tag Team (Candice LeRae and Joey Ryan)

DDT4 (2015)

The ninth DDT4 was announced on the official PWG Twitter account on April 5, 2015. It took place on May 22, 2015. World's Cutest Tag Team entered the tournament as the reigning PWG World Tag Team Champions and the title was defended throughout the tournament.^[30] Chris Sabin was scheduled to enter the tournament as Matt Sydal's partner, but was on May 21 pulled from the tournament with a back injury and replaced by Mike Bailey.^[31] For the first time, the PWG World Tag Team Championship changed hands in each round of the tournament.^[32]

• Participants

• Andrew Everett and Trevor Lee
• Beaver Boys (Alex Reynolds and John Silver)
• Biff Busick and Drew Gulak
• The Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet)
• Matt Sydal and Mike Bailey
• Monster Mafia (Ethan Page and Josh Alexander)
• Team Tremendous (Bill Carr and Dan Barry)
• World's Cutest Tag Team (Candice LeRae and Joey Ryan)

¡Dia de los Dangerous! PWG World Championship Tournament

¡Dia de los Dangerous! PWG World Championship Tournament was a one night tournament held on February 24, 2008, in Reseda, California to crown the new PWG World Champion, after the former Champion Low Ki was forced to vacate the title due to an injury. Roderick Strong who was booked to challenge Low Ki at the event was given an automatic spot in the finals of the tournament.^[33]

• * This was a No Disqualification match
• † This was a three-way dance also including Roderick Strong.

See also

• Professional wrestling tournament
• All Pro Wrestling tournaments
• Lucha Underground tournaments
• New Japan Pro Wrestling tournaments
• Ohio Valley Wrestling tournaments
• Ring of Honor tournaments
• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling tournaments
• WCW tournaments
• WWE tournaments

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