PWG Battle of Los Angeles Night 2 Review

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-Taped from Reseda, California
-Your hosts are Excalibur and a bunch of guys
-2010 Battle of Los Angeles Quarterfinal: Austin Aries vs. Joey Ryan
The idea of this match scares the crap out of me. Austin Aries basically cuts the promo he did last night. Joey Ryan wants to know what Aries means by “you people.” As do I. Crowd is behind both men. Aries isn’t happy about the people still cheering for him. Ryan is wearing heavy tape on his shoulder. Basic mat wrestling to start. Aries of course focuses on the left shoulder because he’s no dummy. Ryan takes the wrapping off his shoulder. Aries tells Ryan not to risk permanent injury to the shoulder. Ryan politely declines and suplexes him in the face. Only a two count. Come on. That so should have ended the match. Crowd would have popped huge, and it would have set a tone for the match. Not every bleepin match in this tournament has to go 15 minutes. Ryan clubbers away on the outside. Left-handed jabs in the corner. Whip reversed by Aries. Ryan gets an O’Connor roll. Shoulder first into the buckles goes Ryan. Running knee. Ryan shoved to the outside. Elbow off the top into the shoulder. Blows to the back along the apron. Shoulder DDT. Vulcan nerve pinch. Leonard Nimoy would be proud. Ryan fires away with right hands to the midsection. Irish whip. Aries with a boot into the chest. Clothesline. Knee drops into the injured shoulder. Crossface. Ryan grabs the bottom rope. Whip chest first and a backrake. Chestrake. Overhand chop. Right hands by Ryan. Whip in the corner. Aries gets his boots up. Off the top rope into an atomic drop. Clothesline misses. Ryan with more right hands. Head down and a boot to the face by Aries. Ryan hits a spinebuster. Superkick blocked. Kneebreaker into… a Joey Ryan crossface. Electric chair position. Waistlock reversals. Aries sends Ryan into middle rope and the outside. Missile dive doesn’t end well for either man. Back in the ring. Missile dropkick. Running dropkick in the corner gets two. Last chancery. Aries quickly switches into a Last chancery of the shoulder. Roll-up for two. Ryan gets an inside cradle for a flash two count. Backslide for two. Aries misses a boot. Ryan roll-up for two. Superkick caught. Kneebreaker into a back suplex. Running dropkick met with a superkick. THAT was awesome. Primal scream. A second superkick lights Aries up and gets him a well-deserved victory.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: Joey Ryan/15:26/***
-A solid well-worked match between these two. My expectations for this match were actually exceeded. The injury gave the match some focus. Aries’ working as a heel really helped Ryan get over as an underdog babyface. Already off to a better start than the previous night from a tournament standpoint.
-2010 Battle of Los Angeles Quarterfinal: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Roderick Strong
This is the second match? Wow. Lock-up. Shoving match. Hard lock-up in the corner. Feeling out process… and not a typical one. Both men are very aggressive. Claudio with more shoving while both men are in the corner. More mat wrestling, and unlike every other match in the history of wrestling, this mat wrestling feeling out process seems to mean something. Chop exchange. Suplex but Roddy with a series of chops. Right hand and a European uppercut. Goes for a gutwrench suplex. Settles for a hard forearm. Wow. Even Chris Hero blushed at that shot. To the outside. Strong sent head first into the apron. Press slam drives Strong’s head into the apron once again. He rakes the face of Strong along the apron. Back in the ring. Knee drop. Leg drop. Japanese stranglehold. Strong  with shots to the gut. Claudio hits a knee to the gut. Crossface elbows. Camel clutch. Elbow drop. Midsection rammed across the apron. European uppercut. Rams Strong’s head against the ring post. Claudio shoves Strong out of the ring. Strong comes back with chops and strikes. Knee by Claudio. Strong sent into ring apron head first multiple times. Chop sends Strong into the crowd. Back inside they go. Series of lateral presses. Headbutt to the midsection and a series of chops. Jumping knee. Claudio misses a charge. Running forearm and a discus lariat. Leg lariat for two. Up for the gutbuster but Claudio escapes and delivers a forearm to the back. Chop by Strong. Bicycle kick by Claudio. More chops by Strong. European uppercut by Claudio. Acecrusher by Strong. Tiger Driver attempt. Claudio lifts him up and applies a screwdriver. Strong rolls through and gets a stronghold. Claudio counters into a big swing. Tosses Strong aside. Running European uppercut. A second one. Whip in the corner. Strong gets a boot up. Enziguri. Gutbuster. 1-2-NO! Stronghold . Claudio reaches the ropes. Claudio delivers a huge lariat. Into the neutralizer, which I called a screwdriver earlier. Strong reaches the ropes. Claudio is frustrated. Charge misses. Enziguri by Strong. Sunset flip. Claudio roll-up for two. Pop-up European uppercut. Claudio covers and finally picks up the win.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: Claudio Castagnoli/13:47/***1/2
-Really enjoyable match between these two. Claudio is so big and powerful at this point that he even makes a decently sized guy like Roderick Strong look small. I also liked that the match didn’t wear out its welcome, yet still remained competitive and easy to watch. Off to a pretty good start in these quarterfinals.
-2010 Battle of Los Angeles Quarterfinal: Brandon Bonham vs. Brandon Gatson
Dueling “Let’s go Brandon” chants. Cute. Side headlock worked by Bonham. Off the ropes and a shoulder tackle. Off the ropes again. Back and forth. Leg lariat by Gatson. High knee. Series of strikes in the corner. Whip in the corner. Bonham lifts his boots up. Double stomp to the spine. Forearms and chops in the corner. Vertical suplex. Back suplex. Irish whip. Gatson gets his boot up. Bonham gets a leaping kick. Whip reversed by Gatson. Bonham takes him over. Shot to the midsection and an acecrusher by Gatson. Snapmare into a leg drop. Gatson heads to the top rope. 450 misses. Shot to the midsection and an enziguri by Bonham. Angle slam for two. Gatson shoves. Bonham. Bonham responds with a dropkick. Chop. Irish whip… no. Russian legsweep by Gatson. Elbow drop off the second rope. Whip in the corner and a clothesline.  Bonham catches Gatson on a handspring elbow attempt. Gatson on top for a long two count… maybe. Bonham may not have gotten the shoulder up. Emerald frosion by Gatson gets him the win a second straight trip to the semifinals.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: Brandon Gatson/6:17/*1/2
-Too short to really mean anything. Nothing offensive either. I’m a bit saddened that two of the local guys are the ones that didn’t get a lot of time to develop their match. I’m more relieved that we got a short match to break up the monotony of all these marathons contests.
-2010 Battle of Los Angeles Quarterfinal: Chris Hero vs. Akira Tozawa
Takedown and some mat wrestling to start. Tozawa tries to hit a German suplex. Hero stands up and drops him down. That was different. Lock-up in the ropes. Tozawa screams right in Hero’s face. Chop by Hero. Tozawa no sells and stares right at him. It’s on. Headlock by Tozawa. Off the ropes. No one moves on a shoulder tackle. Hero screams in his face. Off the ropes. Tozawa holds the ropes instead of being armdragged. Series of dropkicks sends Hero outside. Tease of a dive. Hero powders. Tozawa kicks Hero coming back in the ring. Chops. Hero no sells. Right hand. Chop of his own. Bodyslam and a standing senton. He got all of that one. Into his boot. Knee to the midsection. Kick to the side of Tozawa’s face. Hero hooks a chinlock while stretching his left arm. Sort of a dragon sleeper. Tozawa to the bottom rope. Knees while holding the cravat. Roll-up by Tozawa for two. Back to the cravat. Rolling neckbreaker. Short right hands and chops. Tozawa no sells. Chop exchange. Ridiculous. Criss cross side kick by Hero. Roll-up for two. Stomps. Right hand in the corner. Double chops to the midsection. Hero rolls through with a twisting senton. More strikes. Tozawa doesn’t get hurt. He gets angry. Dropkick in the face. Tope suicida. Another tope suicida. Big props from the crowd on that one. Sweep of the leg by Hero. Reverse of the whip. Running elbow. Hero with elbows to the side of the head. They battle. Tozawa hits a backdrop driver! 1-2-NO! Calls for the deadlift German suplex. Back and forth. Cravatbuster by Hero. Running elbow. Tozawa gets a kick to the midsection. Hero with a boot to the face. Hero’s welcome off the second rope. 1-2-NOO! Powerbomb reversed into a shining wizard by Tozawa. 1-2-NOO! He screams at the referee to count faster. Chop exchange. Forearms. Back to chops. Oh my God. Knees by Hero. Rolling elbow. Pair of bicycle kicks by Tozawa. Deadlift German suplex. 1-2-NOOO! Goes for another one. Drops him down. Kick to the back of the head. Kick to the side of the head. Shining wizard! 1-2-NOOOO! He locks the arms. Hero takes advantage of his hip. Regalplex. 1-2-NOOOO! Powerbomb. 1-2-NOOOO! Crowd is nuclear. Tozawa on his feet. Hero boots him right in the face. 1-NOOOOOO! Elbows by Tozawa. Rolling elbow by Hero. Moonsault. 1-2-3!
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: Chris Hero/13:57/****1/4
-Wow. I’m out of breath just watching that match. Unfuckingbelievable. Ricochet become a star in one night after his match with Claudio Castagnoli. Akira Tozawa became a star in one night after wrestling Chris Hero. Easily the best match of the tournament to this point. Words cannot describe what a spectacle this was. Just a stiff hard fought match. Tozawa took everything he possibly could before finally succumbing to a moonsault. Amazing how the best matches on this show have been the shortest.
-2010 Battle of Los Angeles Semifinal: Joey Ryan vs. Claudio Castagnoli
Feeling out process. Claudio focuses on the injured left shoulder of Ryan. Wrenches back on the arm. Looks nasty. Ryan quickly crawls to the bottom rope. Single leg takedown. Claudio continues working on the left shoulder. Ryan with a roll-up for two. Claudio grabs the left arm and rams it along the top rope. European uppercut. Ryan hits a clotheslines. Series of right hands in the corner. Claudio with a drop toehold. Fujiwara armbar. Knee drop into Ryan’s arm. Front facelock and a shot to the back. Forearms focusing on the shoulder. Guillotines the shoulder on the top rope. Missile dropkick. Claudio just decimating Ryan’s injured limb. Irish whip but Claudio drives Ryan’s shoulder into the mat. European uppercut. Rams the shoulder into the post. Back to the fujiwara armbar. Crossface. Punches by Ryan. Knee and a European uppercut in response. Low bridge by Ryan. Spear with Claudio on the apron takes both men to the outside. Right hands by Ryan. Claudio goes for a chop but nails the post instead. Shot to the back by Ryan. Into the chair face first goes Claudio. Claudio takes a spill. Ryan tosses him head first. Back in the ring. Ryan off the top with a crossbody for two. He sets up for the superkick. Claudio blocks and hits a forearm. Superkick by Ryan. 1-2-NO! Knee strikes. Boot to the head. Claudio grabs the lg and hooks the neutralizer. Ryan gets his boots up. Tornado DDT. Claudio tosses him up and nails a European uppercut. Giant swing. Running European uppercut met with a superkick. Powerbomb by Claudio! 1-2-NO! Corkscrew European uppercut. Neutralizer. He captures the left arm. Claudio lets go. Two thumbs down. Ricola? Ryan underneath. Exploder by Ryan. Superkick ducked. Claudio off the ropes. Two superkicks ends Claudio’s night.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: Joey Ryan/13:13/***
-Thunderous boos and anti-Ryan chants. Here’s the thing. PWG completely misread the situation. The company set Ryan up as an underdog babyface. Problem is the crowd knew who the real MVP of the tournament was. They knew who was having the best performances, and it was Claudio Castagnoli. PWG learned the error of their ways a month later, but this is one of PWG’s biggest blunders of the year. Not having Claudio and Hero in the finals was a boneheaded decision.
-2010 Battle of Los Angeles Semifinal: Chris Hero vs. Brandon Gatson
These two had a long boring match a couple months earlier. Ryan with an immediate kick and Sasuke special to the outside. Least they’re not waiting around. Crossbody off the top for two. High knee. Right hand. Chops. Bodyslam into a leg drop. Into the corner. Right hand. Whip into the corner. Hero takes him over and nails a roaring elbow. Roaring elbow on the outside. Chop. Roaring elbow. Elbow sends Gatson a couple rows deep. Gatson climbs back in the ring and promptly gets kicked in the side of the face. Cravat. Front chancery. Gatson with shots to the midsection. STUNNER! STONE COLD! STONE COLD! He only gets a two count. Right hand. Irish whip. Hero hits another elbow for two. Stomp. Strikes in the corner. Gatson fires back. Elbow brings Gatson right back down. Knees to the head. Hero gets a two count. Head first goes Gatson. More combination of strikes. Whip to the corner. Running forearm. Gatson with a snapping DDT. Punches. Irish whip turned into a Russian legsweep. Knee drop off the top rope. Strike exchange. Hero out of a buring hammer. Elbow attempt. Gatson hits a neckbreaker. Rolls through and gets a second. Rolls through again. Hero goes for a hangmen’s elbow. Side of the leg instead. Gatson runs into a roaring elbow. Hangmen’s elbow. Into the stretch plum. Gatson has no choice but to tap.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: Chris Hero/10:02/**3/4
-I think Gatson got more offense in this ten minute match than he did in their 20 minute match back in June. I wasn’t completely impressed with what I saw from these two, but it was a little more tolerable. I still think the idea of having Chris Hero wrestle Joey Ryan a third time is retarded, especially after the way the fans have pissed on both guys recently. I’ll be fascinated to listen to the crowd reactions in the main event.
-Brian Cage-Taylor, Chuck Taylor, and Ryan Taylor vs. Johnny Goodtime, Ricochet, and Rockey Romero
None of the Taylors are actually related, but why not put them altogether? The purpose of this match is not only to create a bridge between tournament rounds but to also have some insanity along the way. Romero and Ryan Taylor start. Kick missed by Ryan. Romero has one blocked. Some quality mat wrestling. Romero with a headscissors. Climb up and a rana. Octopus. Ryan gets a roll-up for two. Kick to the midsection. Irish whip. Romero leapfrogs and twists himself up. Ryan stupidly grabs Romero’s hand. Takes him over. Tag to Goodtime. Rams Ryan into the turnbuckle nine times. Across to another one. Ryan counters. Dropkick low and over the top with a dropkick. Whip in the corner. Charge misses. European uppercut by Ryan. Goodtime cartwheels, hits a leaping kick, and rolls Ryan up. Ryan over. Chop to the back. Brian Taylor in with a series of strikes. Whip but Goodtime over. Sweeps the legs. Over the top with a dropkick. Chop. Ricochet in to nice applause. Backbreaker by Goodtime. Leg drop by Ricochet. Brian takes Ricochet in the corner. Chucky T in. He quickly eats boot. Cartwheel into a rana. Insanely fast sequence develops. Can’t even call it. Guess these two have met before. Chucky T wants a handshake. Ricochet is smart enough to know what the deal is, or is he? Handshake and of course Taylor stomps him. Déjà vu counter by Ricochet. Amazing. Chop and a tag to Romero. Series of kicks. Off the ropes with a dropkick. Head first goes Chucky T. Snapmare. Springboard splash by Goodtime. That looked nasty. Chucky takes Goodtime into the corner. Double team by Chuck and Ryan. Whip into the corner. Chuck sweeped into the turnbuckle. Sweep sends Ryan into his distant cousin. Ryan lands on top of Chuck. From behind comes Brian. Suplex. Short knee drop. Headlock. Goodtime out of it. Off the ropes. Hip toss into a backbreaker by Brian. Chuck Taylor goes to the commentary position as a heat segment continues on Goodtime. Chuck Taylor says he’s going to ice his balls. Oh that wacky PWG. Ricochet with a blind tag. Shoulder tackle on Chuck. Series of ranas on Brian Cage. Romero in with a high knee. Ricochet comes out of the corner. Powerslam by Chuck. Elbow drop by Brian. Series of stomps. Heat segment on Ricochet now. Chuck claims to want to take Ricochet to powerbomb city. Sunset bomb counter. Tag to Brian. Tag to Romero. Springboard crossbody on Brian. Taylor knocked off the apron. Enziguri on Ryan. Brian from behind. Headscissors into the middle buckle. Corkscrew DDT by Romero for a nearfall. Irish whip. Brian reverses. Through the middle rope. Romero eats a knee instead of hitting a dive. Goodtime goes after Ryan. He leaps over the top rope, clotheslines Chuck, and dives on Brian. Diving knee on Goodtime by Ryan. Romero with a tope suicida. Chuck hits a springboard dive.  Ricochet puts a Los Angeles Lakers hat on and hits a corkscrew 450 dive on the other five men. Insanity… yup, that’s this match. Into the ring for a two count on Brian. Irish whip reversed. Armdrag by Ricochet. Headscissors takes Brian down. Right hand. Series of kicks. Counters leads to an enziguri by Ricochet. Soul food from behind by Chuck. Series of kicks by everyone. Rolling clothesline into a pumphandle slam by Brian for two. I can’t even keep up. Clothesline on Ricochet sends him to the floor. Leaping enziguri. Inside cradle by Chuck on Goodtime. Chuck clothesline over. Drops Brian down and Goodtime nearly gets the win. Kick by Ryan misses. Jumping knee. Boot by Goodtime. Clothesline by Ryan for two. Ryan goes to the top. Swanton misses. Diving double knees by Ricochet. Double moonsault misses. Chuck pulls his partner out of the way. AWFUL WAFFLE! 1-2-3! Taylor boys get their first win as a trio.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: Chuck Taylor, Ryan Taylor, Brian Taylor/20:12/***1/2
-A fine exhibition and not much else. I think this match went a couple minutes too long, but there were some excellent counters. I think the three Taylor boys have the potential to carry PWG on their back 2011. Them being together could equal magic. Chucky T could be ready to take the PWG title very soon. Ryan and Brian could make a perfect tag team combination. And on the other side, Ricochet should obviously be invited back on a consistent basis based on how much better he’s gotten recently. A fine non-tournament bout. Would also be nice to see Rocky Romero compete on a regular basis as well.
-PWG World Tag Team Championship: Peligro Abejas! (El Generico and Paul London)(champions) vs. The Cutler Brothers (Brandon and Dustin Cutler)
Cutlers beat the Bucks one night and get a title shot the next. Logic. In pro wrestling? For once… yes. Chuck Taylor goes right from his match to the commentary booth. Paul London and Dustin Cutler start. The buzzing commences. Dustin tries to swat bees away. He then muscles London down. Exchange of holds leads to a collision. Brandon takes a crack at things. Lock-up into the corners. Headlock by London. Off the ropes with a shoulder tackle. Push-ups. ICO PRO MOTHERFUCKER! His words not, not mine. Side headlock takedown by Brandon. Irish whip by London. Shoulder tackle by Brandon. Generico in. OLE! Irish whip and a shoiulder tackle by Brandon. Push-ups. Off the ropes. Trio of armdrags by Generico. Headlock. London blind tag. Crossbody on Brandon. Double team whip in the corner. London with a forearm. Boot by Brandon. Double team back suplex. Heat segment on London doesn’t last long. Quick leg lariat and a tag to Generico. Stomp on Brandon. Snapmare into a leg drop. Chop. Another chop in the corner. Forearm. Brandon no sells and fires punches. Chop. Into the buckle head first goes Generico. Heat segment on Generico now. Brandon comes off the ropes but is hit with a Michinoku driver. Generico hot tag. Shoulder tackle by London on Dustin. Takes him over. Moonsault to the floor. The man is nuts. Springboard met by a right hand from Brandon. London throws Brandon to the floor. Double stomp on both Cutlers. Dustin tossed back in the ring. High crossbody off the top rope for a nearfall. London with knee strikes. Dustin with right hands. Whip. London gets boots up. Brandon on the apron. SUPERKICK! Guillotine on Dustin. Yakuza kick by Generico. Springboard double stomp by London. Cover for two. Brandon sends Generico face first into the ring post. London hits a bodyslam on Dustin. Takes a bit to get him over. Six pack abs by the challengers. Brandon in the ring. Heel kick by London. Generico in. Gutbuster into a cutter. Generico misses a yakuza. Cutlers tosses London into the corner. Sunset flip and a running knee. Dive by Brandon on London. Dustin hits an F-5 on Generico. 1-2-NO! Cutlers discuss strategy. Generico hits an exploder on Brandon. Yakuza on Dustin. London tags. To the top rope. Brandon crotches him. Brandon sets him up. London with punches and headbutts. Generico with a yakuza on Brandon. Dustin tears him off the top rope. SPIKE TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER! 1-2-London breaks the count! Generico may as well be dead. London goes to work on both Cutlers. Cutlers cut him off. Double military press. Both men cover. 1-2-NO! Set-up for a spike tombstone piledriver. Yakuza by Generico. London superkicks Dustin as Generico hits a brainbuster on Brandon to finally get the win.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: STILL PWG world tag team champions- Peligro Abejas!/18:22/***1/2
-A very good match that suffered from some crowd burnout in combination with the match perhaps going a little bit too long. I still enjoyed most of what I saw and thought this was another strong title defense by London and Generico.
-The four men shake hands to show we’re all friends here. Classy.
-2010 Battle of Los Angeles Final: Joey Ryan vs. Chris Hero
Crowd boos Ryan a lot during the intros. Hero gets more cheers, but they’re mostly lukewarm. Not exactly the finals everyone wanted to see. I assure everyone who’s reading this of that. This is their third time meeting in 18 months. The first two matches were for the PWG title. Immediate strikefest to start. Hero wins a big elbow. Chop in the corner and a boot. Puts his boot up and drives Ryan into it. Another elbow. Back to a strikefest. Irish whip. Hero gets his boot up. Clothesline. Knee strike. Boot in the corner. Irish whip and a back elbow. Kick to the injured left shoulder of Ryan. Ryan heads outside. Hero goes after him. As both men come back in the ring, Ryan gets a stomp. Strike exchange. Hero back to the shoulder, including a roaring elbow. Wrenches the arm and hits a backbreaker with the arm still trapped. Grounded hammerlock. Knee lift. Knee strike to the head. Tosses him over. Cross armbreaker. Ryan out of it. Both men outside. Hero uses the post to help him work over the shoulder some more. Roaring elbow. Ryan with a right hand. Hero heads back inside. Ryan follows. Punches in the corner. Hero on the apron. Ryan immediately nails a superkick. Hero ends up on a fan. The count begins. Ryan stalks Hero and uses more punches. Elbow across the throat. Hero with a spin kick to the side of Ryan’s head. Superkick on the floor. Into the ring for a one count. Ryan stands on the face of Hero. Another straight right hand. Stomp. More punches. Choke along the bottom rope. Portion of the crowd chants “same old shit.” Yet another right hand. Punches as Hero rises to his feet. Stands him up and delivers a punch. Hero up with a forearm. Strike exchange that Ryan appears to win. Quebrada by Hero for two. Roaring elbow. Hero hits a corkscrew tornado dive on the floor. Pair of chops in the floor. Short jab. Ryan fires back. Knee lift by Hero. They take a walk around the building. Hero with an elbow. Hero drives Ryan head first into the post. Ryan bleeding a gusher. Hero uses headbutts. Back in the ring. Hero places Ryan on the top rope. Stomps. Baseball dropkick. Goes for the stretch plum. Ryan oh so quickly to the ropes. Punches to the open cut. Knee strikes. Goes for a hangmen’s elbow. Pumphandle exploder by Ryan. Ryan goes for a spear. Roaring elbow. Ryan hits a spear along the ropes. Superkick to the shoulder. Two count. Crowd is not enjoying this final match at all. Running stomp. Sort of. It was more of a saunter. Crowd chants for Hero. Kick by Ryan. Stomp. Hero goes down as Ryan sets up for the superkick. This main event is a joke. Kick to the midsection. Hero sweeps and gets a Regalplex. 1-2-no. Hero hits a charging elbow. Ryan with a superkick. Hero hits an elbow. Hangmen’s elbow for two. Stretch plum across Ryan’s injured shoulder. Christopher Daniels taps immediately, but Joey Ryan doesn’t. Hero applies a hangmen’s clutch. Then into a crossface. Ryan to the ropes. Strike exchange. Knee by Ryan. Another right hand. Whip to the corner. Hero gets a boot up. Superkick blocked. Placed between the ropes. Roaring elbow. Running Ligerbomb for two. Both men down. Hero pulls the elbow pad off. Nails him. Ryan hits a superkick. Elbow. Superkick. Elbow. Ryan hits an elbow. Hero hits a superkick. Ryan hits three superkicks. Punch. Another superkick. Roaring elbow. Off the ropes. Hero hits a roaring elbow. Sends him off and hits another elbow. Ryan hits another goddamn superkick. 1-2-no. I’m so done with this match. Hero hits three roaring elbows for two. Moonsault misses. Ryan hits a superkick. Another blocked. Ryan rolls Hero up and gets three.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: Joey Ryan/23:12/*
-One of the worst main events I’ve seen in 2010. Just appalling. I was bored throughout the entire match. I understand having guys wrestle four times over the course of a weekend is difficult, but having Ryan actually be the one to wrestle four times is a terrible idea. If these guys were hurt, fine. Then don’t have a 23 minute match. Don’t have Joey Ryan do a billion superkicks. It’s stupid, redundant, and makes Ryan look like he doesn’t know anything else. Look, Joey Ryan is not my favorite wrestler of all time, but I will acknowledge his improvement in the ring and the fact that he’s gotten himself in better shape. That being said, he has no business in the main event of a work based promotion like PWG. This company runs a minimal amount of angles. The only reason to buy these DVDs is match quality. Expecting Ryan to carry BOLA or even hold the PWG title is lunacy at its highest form.  Thankfully, PWG learned its lesson a month later. I’ll talk about that during my next PWG review.
-Chris Hero congratulates Ryan and wants a rematch if Ryan wins the world title. Please God no. I’m boycotting any future main events between these two based on this match. Ryan cuts a promo to a very mixed reaction.  He cuts a long promo and says nothing of note.
Final Thoughts: Atrociously bad main event aside, there was a lot of enjoyable stuff on this show to make me give the 2010 Battle of Los Angeles a thumbs up. Amazing how Chris Hero can go from having the best match of the weekend to the worst. The best and worst in a three hour period. Amazing how wrestling works sometimes. Be aware when watching the main event though. It might sour you on the entire weekend.


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