Josh Alexander speaks on his final night in PWG

Photo credit: Mikey Nolan

Former PWG World Tag Team Champion Josh Alexander, who as you know retired in July, recently published a piece about his final run of shows on the Independent scene. Of course, one of those stops was in PWG where he competed multiple times in the first half of 2015. It was a bummer to see his run in Reseda cut short, but it's clear that it was a time he'll never forget as you can tell by this excerpt from his blog:

Next stop was the mecca known as PWG. I loved the match, andit was everything PWG always is. Just a fucking blast. Not much else I can say. I felt lucky every time I got to wrestle there. Candice & Joey are two of the most awesome people in all of wrestling, and to be honest Candice is one of the best in wrestling male or female. After the match, I was genuinely surprised at the reaction I received from the fans. So many people at PWG all the way on the other side of the continent knew my story. I felt like they knew the sacrifices I made, and rather than judge me for walking away, they wanted to give me a hero’s goodbye. It was honestly touching coming from a crowd that hadn't had much time to get to know me. It's just another reason why The PWG crowd is as admired as the promotion itself. Special thanks to the Young Bucks. I would have never got my opportunity there if it wasn't for them. 

The full article discussing his final matches in AAW, AIW, & Alpha-1 and the aftermath of his retirement from pro wrestling can be found here! And with that, we here at Guerrilla Fanfare offer one more #ThankYouJosh!

2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage / Night Three Review

Date: August 30th, 2015

PWG World Champion - Roderick Strong (since Black Cole Sun - December 2014)

PWG Tag Team Champions - The Young Bucks (since Mystery Vortex III - June 2015)

Defending BOLA Champion - Ricochet (2014 winner)

Commentators: Excalibur, Chuck Taylor, & Biff Busick


Jack Evans starts the show by cutting a promo. He's finally gotten a mic to use instead of yelling at the top of his lungs. Jack says he was talking with fans about their bets on who would win the tournament and none of them picked him. OOOOOH! "But you know who one of those chumps did pick? This punk ass Brian Cage!" JACK! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! Evans runs down Cage and says he may be a body builder, but to him that's just a male beauty pageant contestant. To close off his statement, Jack gets right up in his face and says Cage will never be the athlete he is.

1) Jack Evans vs. Brian Cage - First Round Match

"We're starting an hour and a half late, Jack Evans coming in with a 20 minute promo, Brian Cage is not feeling it!" - Chuck Taylor

And all of that pre-match chatter leads to Jack Evans getting absolutely destroyed by Brian Cage. Numerous lariats that turn him inside out (literally) and a guerrilla press over the top rope to the floor are just a few of the ways Mr GMSI chose torture Jack. This was an awesome squash that saw Jack get ZERO offense until he got Cage into a perfect bridging pin to get the surprise victory.

Match rating - **3/4

2) Chris Hero vs. Biff Busick - First Round Match

AVALANCHE PILEDRIVER

2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two Review

Date: August 29th, 2015

PWG World Champion - Roderick Strong (since Black Cole Sun - December 2014)

PWG Tag Team Champions - The Young Bucks (since Mystery Vortex III - June 2015)

Defending BOLA Champion - Ricochet (2014 winner)

Commentators: Excalibur, Chuck Taylor, & Chris Hero



"Who buys Night Two without buying Night One? If you're one of those assholes, go buy Night One, you pervert!" - Chuck Taylor

1) Rich Swann vs. Marty Scurll - First Round Match

"Banzai drop by Marty Scurll. Classic British technique." - Chuck Taylor

Photo credit: Mikey Nolan

Extremely hot opener here that begins with Marty nailing Rich Swann with his umbrella before introductions can even be made. The action never slowed down and this was the finest opener you could ask for, with an amped up crowd to boot. In the end, Rich's words would come back to bite him as "the fish and chips eating motherfucker" would force him to tap out to the chicken wing. Party Marty is headed to round two!

Match rating - ***1/4

2) Jack Evans vs. Angelico - First Round Match

"Poor guy (Jack Evans). He's spent too much time with Teddy Hart, he's completely lost his fucking mind." - Chuck Taylor

Drunken Kung Fu from Jack Evans

2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One Review

Date: August 28th, 2015

PWG World Champion - Roderick Strong (since Black Cole Sun - December 2014)

PWG Tag Team Champions - The Young Bucks (since Mystery Vortex III - June 2015)

Defending BOLA Champion - Ricochet (2014 winner)

Commentators: Excalibur, Chuck Taylor, Chris Hero & Joey Ryan


The month long wait is over! BOLA began shipping this past Wednesday and I was privileged to receive my copies on Saturday. It's three nights, 11 hours, & 4 discs and my coverage of it starts now with the first evening of competition!

1) Brian Cage vs. Aerostar - First Round Match

Cage is sporting the bald head courtesy of his bad luck in Mexico where he lost a hair v hair match against Alberto El Patron. Aerostar is making his debut and he gets a nice pop after being billed from the cosmos. That pop came from the crowd and from Chuck Taylor on commentary, speaking of that, yes, CHUCK IS BACK! Excalibur introduced as the show began and Chuck boasted "We did it guys!" This makes me happy. PWG & Chuck have been meant to be since 2008 and it just wouldn't BOLA without him, especially after all the memories he's created at the event over the years. None the less, this opening contest between two men who are both known for their tenures in Lucha Underground was very easy on the eyes. A number of high flying manuevers and lucha exchanges including Aerostar's amazing free fall dive making it's debut in Reseda. After five or six minutes, Cage puts Aerostar away with a must see move in the form of a Steiner Screwdriver.

Match rating - **1/2

2) Biff Busick vs. Andrew Everett - First Round Match

Busick is fired up and BAH GAWD I LOVE IT. Since I'm mentioning things I love, I have to say that Excalibur "doing his homework" has made his commentary even more enjoyable because he's reference a lot of past occurences in the DUB G and it rules. Anyways, this thing gets going and turns out to be quite the match up. Busick is as on point as ever with crisp strikes, intensity, and suplexes. The action is kept at a good pace with them building up extremely well to every big mark out moment and there were several of them. Everett missed a phoenix splash only to hit it a few minutes later for a nearfall. Busick seemed to just get more pissed off as time went on and ended up grabbing Everett by the face and slapping the shit out of him. Everett kept working away at Biff though. He springboards to the top rope, shooting star pre--UPPER CUT IN MID AIR! FUCK! This sets up Biff's high impact finishing run that gets him the win. Great match that I'm probably gonna watch again.

Match rating - ***3/4

3) Will Ospreay vs. Mark Andrews - First Round Match