PWG DVD's on Sale at Highspots

Highspots.com, a long time distributor of PWG & other Independent Wrestling DVD's, is running a spring clearance sale that includes over 100 DVD's marked down to just $5. Included in that sale are a number of Pro Wrestling Guerrilla shows. Below, I've compiled a list of all the events included in the sale. Click here to go directly to the sale page where you can browse the entire selection of DVD's on sale.

Free Admission (Just Kidding) (2004) - Danielson/Lost, Steen/Generico, Evans/Daniels.

Guitarmageddon (2005) - Steen & Excalibur/Dragon & Disco Machine, Daniels/Generico, Hero/Lost, Joey Ryan/Alex Shelley.

Straight To DVD (2005) - Steen/Styles/Bosh, Dragon & Richards/Sabin & Petey Williams, Joey Ryan/El Generico.

Chanukah Chaos (2005) - Styles/Hero, Lost/Sky, Dragon/Steen brawl.

2007 Battle of Los Angeles Night 1 - Shelley/Tyler Black, PAC/Jack Evans, Claudio/Doug Williams, Steen & Generico/Dragon Kid & Susumu Yokosuka

2007 Battle of Los Angeles Night 2 - CIMA/Human Tornado, SHINGO/Scott Lost, Steen/Necro Butcher, Generico/Kozina, Dragon Kid/Susumu Yokosuka

2007 Battle of Los Angeles Night 3 - Shelley/Sydal, Claudio/PAC, CIMA/Shingo, Generico/Dragon Kid, Roddy/Shelley and much more.

The High Cost of Doing Business (2007) - Danielson/Jack Evans, Hero/Kingston & Tornado, Roddy/Generico, Claudio/TJP, Young Bucks/Joey Ryan & Scott Lost.

Schadenfreude (2007) - Danielson/Roddy, Generico/Jack Evans, Hero/Tornado.

Dia De Los Dangerous (2008) - One night tournament to crown a new PWG World Champion including Karl Anderson, Roderick Strong, Human Tornado, Frankie Kazarian & Necro Butcher. Joey Ryan & Scott Lost/Hallowicked & Delirious. Candice LeRae/Daffney.

Scared Straight (2008) - Tornado/Jack Evans, Eddie Kingston/Necro Butcher, more.

1.21 Gigawatts (2008) - Hero & Candice/Tornado & LuFisto (Street Fight), Super Dragon psycho drivers Jade Chung, Steen & Generico/Joey Ryan & Scott Lost, Claudio/Hero.

DDT4 2010 - Teams involved include El Generico & Paul London, The Young Bucks, Chuck Taylor & Scott Lost, The Cutlers, & more. Akira Tozawa's debut with YAMATO against The Briscoes. Plus Chris Hero faces off against Brandon Bonham.

Titannica (2010) - Davey Richards/Roddy, Bucks/Briscoes, Generico/London.

DIO! (2010) - Generico & London/Steen & Kendrick, Lost/Tozawa, Hero/Gatson.

BOLA 2010 (Both nights) - Generico/Tozawa, Hero/Tozawa, Hero/Daniels, Claudio/Ricochet.

Cyanide (2010) - Generico & London/Hero & Claudio, Roddy/Chuck Taylor, Steen/Tozawa.

A Threemendous Summer - Upcoming Events Schedule

Last week, PWG announced five upcoming shows for the summer. This means there are currently six Pro Wrestling Guerrilla events on the calendar for the next four months. The first being the 9th Annual DDT4 Tag Team Tournament. The next being "Rock & Shock The Nation" on June 22nd. In July, PWG presents their 12th Anniversary event, Threemendous IV, on the 24th. And finally, in August, the 11th Annual Battle of Los Angeles takes place on the 28th, 29th, & 30th. The full schedule can be found in list form below:

DDT4 - May 22nd

Rock & Shock The Nation - June 26th

Threemendous IV - July 24th

Battle of Los Angeles Nights 1, 2, & 3 - August 28th, 29th & 30th

It's certainly an exciting time to be a fan of Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. With both of their annual tournaments plus the anniversary show already on the calendar, this summer promises to be just as big or bigger than last year and that's saying something!

Last year, we saw the war between The Young Bucks and Joey Ryan & Candice LeRae, the farewell of an all time great in Kevin Steen, the debut of men who are now mainstays in Zack Sabre Jr and Biff Busick, PLUS the return of Kenny Omega, AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, Chris Sabin, Matt Sydal & TJ Perkins.

It's going to be tough for PWG to top the memories & moments they created last summer however they seem to always find a way to follow themselves up so it's almost guaranteed to deliver. With all the new characters & athletes that have arrived in recent months, there's sure to be many fresh match ups & storylines. Plus, there's a show(s) every single month! It's a packed schedule and I couldn't be more hyped!

Tweet us your thoughts on the upcoming events and what you expect to take place in PWG this summer. Whether it be a return, a debut, a breakout star or a match you want to see - tweet us your thoughts @TheTeamPWG on Twitter!

PWG Don't Sweat the Technique Live Report/Review

Hey everyone, Mark Wilder here with my live report of PWG's Don't Sweat The Technique event. It was insanely fun last Friday. Wildly regarded as the best show in some time. I was there and here is the run down. 

Completely packed house. Show started around 8:45. 

Brian Cage defeated Biff Busick in the opening bout. Both men clobbered each other. Very fun and very hard hitting. If I remember correctly, Cage won after turning Biff inside out with a huge lariat.

Speedball Mike Bailey vs Trevor Lee was up next. These two tore the house down. Lightning fast action and insane high risks including Bailey hitting a reverse frankensteiner to Lee on the ring apron. Each man got all their shine in before Lee took the win with a small package muscle buster variation.

World's Cutest Tag Team vs Beaver Boys next. This was a better match from the Beaver Boys compared to their last PWG appearance and the best Cutest Tag Team match in some time. The action was mostly even. Candice LeRae took a beating complete with a thrilling comeback. Cutest Tag Team won via a Super Balls Plex from LeRae. 

Tommy End vs Chris Hero, last match before intermission. This one had great atmosphere. Dueling "Hero!" and "Tommy!" chants set the tone. This match built itself on striking, Tommy with the knees and kicks, Hero with the big boots and elbows. Each man with their tough man personas out to prove who can take the greater beating. After exhausting each other, Hero put Tommy away via a Tombstone Piledriver. The crowd gave the match a standing ovation and pleaded for Tommy End to come back. 

Intermission 

ACH vs Ciampa started off the second portion of the show. This started off lighthearted with both men playing an invisible basketball game with one another. Both men were having fun throughout, especially ACH. Ciampa would bring the match back to serious and this seemed to be the back and forth build to the finish. ACH won with a 450 Splash.

Chris Sabin and Matt Sydal vs Monster Mafia

This was the solidifying match for Monster Mafia in PWG. Ethan Page worked the crowd magnificently, particularly the Horsewomen crowd. At one point shouting "MMA sucks!" at them. This would cause a back and forth antagonistic war between Page and that section for the duration. It escalated to Page pulling his trunks down and mooning the entire section. The match itself was excellent. Sydal and Sabin took the dominant beating, but were able to get the comeback victory over the heels who had Reseda in a frenzy. Sydal took the victory pin with a shooting star. 

 

Andrew Everett vs Ricochet

This was just all sorts of out of control and also continued Ricochet's great match momentum in PWG. These men left it all in the ring. High spot after high spot, reversal after reversal, insane high risk after insane high risk. The crowd was eating out of the palm of both men's hands. Ricochet won with  one of his crazy driver variations. I was unfamiliar with the move. 

Main Event 

PWG Championship

Zack Sabre Jr vs Roderick Strong 

The crowd was hot for this one! A good portion of the crowd was unfamiliar with Sabre, and with only seeing the Union Jack trunks, turned to pro-USA support for Roddy. Sabre had his fans in numbers too and the dueling chants stayed hot throughout the match. This blended incredible mat wrestling and hard striking perfectly. The best PWG Main Event I've seen in the 4 straight shows I've been to. Sabre is magical with what he is able to do just in the center of the ring. So many false finishes and teasings of tap outs. The energy was explosive. I knew going in that the chances of Sabre beating Roddy were slim, but I completely lost myself in the match and could taste that Sabre victory on my tongue. Some false finishes were so convincing! Roderick, proving throughout the match that he could go toe to toe with Sabre's style, beat Sabre at his own game. Strong reversed his submission attempt into his nasty Strong Hold, causing Sabre to tap. The crowd surrounded the ring immediately to cheer the contest, while "Match of the Year!" chants broke out. 

I spoke to Sabre after the show. He was glowing, so excited, pleased and happy. He told me it all just makes him want to move to Los Angeles. He wants to come back to PWG as soon as possible. 

From top to bottom this was a thrilling card. I'd consider it a must-see show. The DVD is available to preorder now on PWG's website. 

From Out of Nowhere News & Notes

It's always cool to hear of certain wrestlers making backstage visits to wrestling events on word on the street is that two notable names were around at last month's From Out of Nowhere event. The first being Bobby Fish. Despite not being on the card as his ROH contract bars him from competing in other promotions, Bobby Fish was still backstage at From Out of Nowhere on February 27th. Considering he was in the region for ROH's 13th Anniversary PPV that would take place just days later, it comes as not much of a surprise. With Fish's run in PWG being cut short and limited to the final 5 shows of 2014, I'm sure he still enjoyed being in Reseda to see how the rest of the boys were doing.

Also in attendance was long time veteran Christopher Daniels. I'm not sure what role, if any, Daniels & Kazarian will be playing in PWG in the future since they have yet to be booked in 2015 despite returning for several shows last year. I could see them coming around for the anniversary show and possibly BOLA. Only time will tell.

You can check out my full review of PWG's first show of 2015, From Out of Nowhere, which featured a barn burner between Ricochet & Matt Sydal and Monster Mafia & The Young Bucks along with a great main event between Roddy & Trevor Lee by clicking here!

Welcome to Team PWG!

Hello everyone and welcome to my latest project, Team PWG!

As many of you know, I've been a massive PWG fan since I discovered it in 2013 which has led me to start a blog/fansite for my favorite independent wrestling promotion. I don't want to get ahead of myself though because this all really started as an Instagram account that I still run called "Team PWG" where I post nothing, but PWG related clips & pictures. With the success of that and the amount of views my PWG reviews get on my main blog, Pro Wrestling Truth - I decided to start up a blog solely dedicated to PWG coverage.

Of course, I can't do this all on my own so I'm going to be bringing in a few friends to help me out here and there. The first being a guy who attends PWG every month, Mark Wilder (@seethekidwin). He will be doing live reports/reviews of the shows he attends so be on the look out for that in the days after a show takes place.

A main feature of this site will obviously be reviews as that's mainly what inspired me to do this. To start, I've archived all the PWG shows/compilation DVD's that I've ever reviewed on a tab at the top of the page. I haven't seen every single PWG show, but I've reviewed around 50 plus compilations and I'm planning to attempt to fill out the missing shows with help from others in the coming months/year.

News, notes, updates, & insight will also be featured predominately here. Columns such as previews for the big shows of the year like BOLA and DDT4 or just articles on current things happening in PWG will be something you can look out for. "Throwback Thursday's" and "This Day in PWG history" are also concepts I plan to implement on this blog in the future.

My mission is simply to 1) give fans of the promotion a place to come for reviews, analysis, & perspective 2) give new fans a place to learn about the past, present, & history of PWG and 3) to just have fun covering the promotion that made me get heavily into wrestling all over again.

With that being said, I hope you enjoy what I plan to bring to you on this blog and I'd love to hear your thoughts, critiques, and criticism's on the content we feature and just the idea as a whole.

One last thing I have to mention is that we will be bringing graphics to the site soon along with other pages include a "Roster/Alumni" area and an "About" tab. I planned to have everything set up before I officially launched this blog, but I already have several great articles that are ready to post and would be useless if I let too much time go by. So, you're going to be able to watch us grow and I can't wait to see where this site goes! Thanks for taking the time to read this and thanks for supporting me this far! You can follow this new blog/project of mine on Twitter @TheTeamPWG, myself @EthanPWT, Mark @seethekidwin, and my other main blog @ThePWTruth! Thanks again!