PRO WRESTLING GUERILLA
PWG SHOWS I SWEAR BY
10TH Anniversary
DDT 4
MYSTERY VORTEX
IS YOUR BODY READY
KURTRUSSELL REUNIONS
THREEMENDOUS
FEAR
(return of Super Dragon)
TITANICA
THE PERILS OF ROCK"n'ROLL DECADENCE
PWG SHOWS I SWEAR BY
10TH Anniversary
DDT 4
MYSTERY VORTEX
IS YOUR BODY READY
KURTRUSSELL REUNIONS
THREEMENDOUS
FEAR
(return of Super Dragon)
TITANICA
THE PERILS OF ROCK"n'ROLL DECADENCE
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla is a promotion that was initially run by the wrestlers themselves as it was created by Southern California wrestlers Disco Machine, Excalibur, Joey Ryan, Scott Lost, Super Dragon, and Top Gun Talwar Since then, Disco, Talwar and Lost have retired and left the company....
The promotion debuted their product on July 26, 2003 and is known for its brilliant mix of humor and professional wrestling as well as their over the top press releases and show titles, such as "Kee_ The _ee Out Of Our _ool!", "Taste the Radness" and "Free Admission (Just Kidding)."
In May 2003, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla announced its first show that would take place on July 26. The promotion released an online press release announcing the show's main event that would feature what would have been the first match to take place between A.J. Styles and Samoa Joe.
PWG announced more matches in the weeks leading up to their debut event, featuring a mix of well known independent wrestlers and many local Southern California stars. Due to injuries and booking conflicts, the card ended up being changed several times. Samoa Joe was unable to compete in the promotion's debut show because of an injury he suffered in a match with Paul London at a Ring of Honor event a few weeks earlier. He ended up being replaced by Frankie Kazarian.
Over the next few months, PWG's popularity began to grow among the Southern California wrestling community and was considered the top independent promotion in California. Despite only running six shows in its first year, PWG was voted "Promotion Of The Year" in the 2003 SoCalUncensored.com Year End Awards
PWG's DVD commentary, which features Excalibur, Disco Machine, and on occasion TARO, along with various comedy skits won over many fans along with storylines between Adam Pearce and Frankie Kazarian for the PWG World Championship, and the Super Dragon vs. Joey Ryan rivalry. Along with putting local wrestlers in many of their storylines, PWG also brought in many out of town talent that weren't booked on other local shows. During its first year, PWG brought in wrestlers such as A.J. Styles, Christopher Daniels, Samoa Joe, CM Punk, Homicide, Chris Hero, Brian Kendrick, Colt Cabana, and many others.
In April 2005, PWG ran its first All Star Weekend shows during the weekend of WrestleMania 21 and drew their biggest crowds at the time. PWG booked several stars such as A.J. Styles, Christopher Daniels, James Gibson, Chris Sabin, Jonny Storm, Kendo Kashin, Samoa Joe, and many other TNA and ROH stars to participate in the weekend's events. September 2005, PWG ran the first annual BOLA {Battle of Los Angeles} tournament, featuring A.J. Styles, Christopher Daniels, James Gibson, Super Dragon, Kevin Steen, El Generico, and several others. Chris Bosh would end up winning the tournament by defeating A.J. Styles in the finals.
In February 2006, PWG held two shows in Europe. The first event was held in Essen, Germany. The second show was held the night after the Essen event in Kent, England. Both shows featured the majority of PWG's regular roster, along with several European wrestlers.
In July 2006, PWG announced that they would be leaving the JCC due to the gym being turned into a gymnastics training center for young children. The final match in the building saw Joey Ryan defend the PWG World Championship against B-Boy in a steel cage match. PWG would go on to run in Reseda, California for the next few months at the local American Legion post. In February 2007, PWG moved to the Van Nuys Armory, which is located a few minutes away from the Reseda venue.
2007 PWG released a statement via the PWG Message Board at PWG's official site announcing they would no longer be working with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling after TNA presented them with a contract that would prevent contracted TNA wrestlers from appearing on DVDs sold through any third parties, including PWG's long-time partner Highspots.com....
PWG stated that after looking at several solutions, including ending their contract with Highspots, releasing their DVD solely through their website, and removing all matches featuring TNA wrestlers from their home releases, they made the decision to end their relationship with TNA and thus were no longer able to book TNA wrestlers. This resulted in the loss of Frankie Kazarian, the first holder of the PWG World Championship, The Motor City Machine Guns of Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin, who were already booked to compete in the tournament for the vacated PWG World Tag Team Championship, and Samoa Joe, A.J. Styles, Low Ki, and Christopher Daniels, all of whom had been booked to appear on upcoming shows....NICE ONE DIXIE ..YOU IDJIT !
The show also made Southern California wrestling history, as five matches from the event were ranked in the Top 5 of the SoCalUncensored.com's monthly rankings, an accomplishment no other promotion had been able to achieve.
On April 10, 2010, at Titannica, The Young Bucks defeated The Briscoe Brothers to officially set the record for most successful title defenses with thirteen. Their record setting reign ended on May 9, 2010, when ¡Peligro Abejas! (El Generico and Paul London) defeated them to become the new champions.
On July 30, 2010, at PWG's seventh anniversary show, one of the company's founders, Scott Lost, wrestled his retirement match against Scorpio Sky.
On September 13, 2010, Davey Richards vacated the title after deciding he wasn't going to be able to defend it due to commitments to Ring of Honor and Japan. Claudio Castagnoli won the vacant title on October 9, 2010, defeating Chris Hero, Joey Ryan and Brandon Gatson in a four way match.
On January 29, 2011, PWG held another show during the WrestleReunion 5 weekend, which included a special Legends Battle Royal and Jake Roberts facing Sinn Bodhi in what was billed as Roberts' retirement match. On July 23, PWG held their eighth anniversary show, during which Kevin Steen defeated Claudio Castagnoli in an impromptu match to win the PWG World Championship for the second time.On October 22, 2011, one of PWG's founders, Super Dragon, made his first appearance since May 2008, saving Kevin Steen from The Young Bucks, who had just cost him the PWG World Championship in a ladder match with El Generico.
On December 10, Steen and Dragon, wrestling his return match, defeated The Young Bucks for the PWG World Tag Team Championship, starting Dragon's record-breaking sixth reign with the title. Also at the event, Japanese veteran Dick Togo wrestled his final match in the United States, losing to El Generico. On December 1, 2012, Joey Ryan, having recently signed a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, wrestled his PWG farewell match, where he was defeated by Scorpio Sky. Ryan, however, remained a part owner of PWG and eventually returned to the promotion in August 2013, following his release from TNA. On January 12, 2013, another longtime PWG wrestler, El Generico, made his final appearance for the promotion, having recently agreed to a deal with WWE
THE HEAD GUERILLA'S
Adam Cole is the current reigning PWG World Champion and quite frankly I like him 100% more now as a heel
The Young Bucks right alongside Cole as kick ass heels and they got the gold as well...cant imagine them as faces now ...it just wouldnt work
and then there is the " leader " of The Mt Rushmore of Wrestling , Kevin f'n Steen ...I'm a Steen mark and I got no prob saying it......and now to the rest of
THE GUERILLA FAMILY
First up is Co owner, color commentator and MC EXCALIBUR...I like him as a wrestler and I think his commentary is just ridiculously good...especially when him and Steen work together
Cant say I'm a huge fan, but he dont suck, as a member of the Inner City Machine Guns he has found his spot
B-BOY a long time personal fave of mine, could watch him all day
Brian Cage - a guy that Vinny mac would love, yep his a muscle guy BUT...he gets his shit in
Drake Younger - a deadset lunatic, glad he gave up death match stuff, his normal matches are dangerous enough
Eddie Edwards - I like Eddie as a solo BUT as a member of the Dojo Bros with Roddy Strong his kicking some serious arse...oh and Roddy is a master of 11,000 backbreaking combinations.... watch out bucks
Joey Ryan - glad his back, TNA never suited him , he aint PG enough, he would never get away with the shit he does with Candice La Rea on a TNA ppv
Johnny Goodtime & Johnny Yuma ...THE ROCKNESS MONSTA's - a PWG staple , I like 'em, this will be as far as they get but there a damn good team
Candice LaRaea - Joey Ryan's anti PG working buddy...they must be married or something ?..right ?
Sami Callihan - For the longest time I thought not a whole lot of Sami...but his growing on me
Ricochet - my new FAVOURITE high flyer, right up there with PAC, maybe even partially better
Super Dragon - A co-founder of PWG and quite frankly one of my favourite masked dudes ...his sudden appearances at PWG shows always pop the horde
T.J. Perkins - WELL..wont see him much now that TNA stuck him under that stupid Mayhem gimmick
Willie Mack - I think Wille is that underrated, its just not funny...man needs a gig that will get him some recognition ROH or something...I think my fave match would be the one v Steen for the gold
Player Uno and Dos...Super Smash Brothers - One of my favourite teams from Chikara and PWG...piss funny AND they can go
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