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Battle Of Los Angeles (2012)
Battle of Los Angeles (2012) was the eighth Battle of Los Angeles professional wrestling tournament produced by Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). It was a two-night event which took place on September 1 and September 2, 2012 at the American Legion Post #308 in Reseda, Los Angeles, California. It was a sixteen-man tournament which concluded with Adam Cole defeating Michael Elgin in the final. Aside from the tournament, two six-man tag team matches took place on the second night. The first match pitted the losers of the first round as B-Boy, Drake Younger and Willie Mack defeated Team Statutory (Davey Richards, Joey Ryan and Kyle O'Reilly) and the team of World Champion Kevin Steen, El Generico and referee Rick Knox defeated Brian Cage and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson). Background Initially, on July 22, the tournament was announced as taking place in one night on September 1 at the American Legion Post #308 in Reseda, California. It was originally supposed to be a tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Cole
Austin Kirk Jenkins (born July 5, 1989), known by the ring name Adam Cole, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the leader of The Paragon (professional wrestling), The Paragon and is the reigning AEW TNT Championship, AEW TNT Champion in his List of AEW TNT Champions, first reign. He is also known for his tenures with WWE and Ring of Honor (ROH). Cole began his eight-year tenure with ROH in 2009 and went on to become the first-ever List of ROH World Champions, three-time ROH World Championship, ROH World Champion. In addition, he is a List of ROH World Television Champions, one-time ROH World Television Championship, ROH World Television Champion, and the winner of the 2014 ROH Survival of the Fittest tournament. Cole has also wrestled for several Independent circuit, independent Professional wrestling promotion, promotions, including Chikara (professional wrestling), Chikara, Combat Zone Wrestling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sami Zayn
Rami Sebei (born July 12, 1984) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Sami Zayn. Sebei made his professional wrestling debut in 2002 under the ring name Stevie McFly. Prior to joining WWE, he competed for Montreal-based promotion International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS), where he became a two-time IWS World Heavyweight Champion, and achieved breakout success in the United States with Los Angeles-based promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) and then-Philadelphia-based promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), all under the ring name El Generico, using the character of a ''luchador'' from Mexico with the catchphrase "Olé!". He wrestled while masked from 2002 to 2013. During his time in PWG, Sebei became a two-time PWG World Champion and five-time PWG World Tag Team Champion. He is the only person to have won both of PWG's annual tournaments, the Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament in 2010 and the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Wrestling Strikes
Strikes can be offensive moves in professional wrestling, that can sometimes be used to set up an opponent for a hold or for a throw. There are a wide variety of strikes in pro wrestling, and many are known by several different names. Professional wrestlers frequently give their finishers new names. Occasionally, these names become popular and are used regardless of the wrestler performing the technique. Professional wrestling contains a variety of punches and kicks found in martial arts and other fighting sports; the moves listed below are more specific to wrestling itself. Many of the moves below can also be performed from a raised platform (the top rope, the ring apron, etc.); these are called aerial variations. Moves are listed under general categories whenever possible. Body press A maneuver that involves a wrestler attacking with the core of the body. It is executed from an upright, running position using momentum and weight to run over the opponent. Body avalanche The w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Ryan (wrestler)
Joseph Ryan Meehan (born November 7, 1979), is an American actor, writer, producer, retired professional wrestler and promoter. He has been a member of SAG-AFTRA since 2014. During his early years as a professional wrestler, he founded the Southern California promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) with five other wrestlers, where he held the PWG World and PWG World Tag Team Championships. He later appeared on the independent circuit, wrestling for promotions such as Ring of Honor, Wrestling Society X, Major League Wrestling and DDT Pro-Wrestling (where he held the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship 43 times). Ryan also wrestled for the TV series Lucha Underground, Impact Wrestling and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), becoming NWA World Tag Team Champion with Karl Anderson in the latter. In NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood, Ryan served as head booker, and he was the promoter of Bar Wrestling. He was known for using his penis as part of his moves, most notabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davey Richards
Wesley David Richards (born March 1, 1983), best known under the ring name Davey Richards, is a retired American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. Best known for his time in Impact Wrestling, TNA Wrestling and Ring of Honor, and for several independent circuit, independent promotions, including Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and Full Impact Pro, he was previously signed to Major League Wrestling, Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he was a former MLW National Openweight Championship, MLW National Openweight Champion. Richards also worked internationally in Pro Wrestling Noah through ROH's involvement in the Global Professional Wrestling Alliance, a global organization of cooperative promotions that allow their competitors to travel abroad to other companies, and in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Richards was a former one-time ROH World Championship, ROH World Champion. He is also a thirteen-time World Tag Team Championship, world tag team champion, having won the ROH World Tag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Steen
Kevin Yanick Steen (born May 7, 1984) is a Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown WWE brand extension, brand under the ring name Kevin Owens. As of April 2025, he is on hiatus due to a neck injury. Steen began his career in 2000, at the age of 16. Prior to joining WWE in late 2014, he wrestled under his birth name for Ring of Honor (ROH), where he held the ROH World Championship and ROH World Tag Team Championship. He also wrestled extensively on the independent circuit for 14 years, most notably in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), where he held the PWG World Championship a record List of PWG World Champions, three times, as well as the PWG World Tag Team Championship on three occasions. Steen also competed for International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS), where he held the International Wrestling Syndicate#IWS World Heavyweight Championship, IWS World Heavyweight Championship three times, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricochet (wrestler)
Trevor Mann (born October 11, 1988), known by his ring name Ricochet, is an American professional wrestler. , he is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is best known for his tenure in WWE from 2018 to 2024 where he is a former WWE Intercontinental Champion, WWE United States Champion, NXT North American Champion, the 2019 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic winner (with Malakai Black, Aleister Black), and the inaugural WWE Speed Champion. Known for his high-flying wrestling style marked by innovative acrobatics, agility, and mid-air flexibility, Mann has performed for various Japanese Professional wrestling promotion, promotions such as Dragon Gate (wrestling), Dragon Gate (DG) and its American branch Dragon Gate USA (DGUSA), and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). In DG and DGUSA, he held the Open the Brave Gate Championship, Open the Brave, Open the Dream Gate Championship, Dream, Open the Triangle Gate Championship, Triangle, Open the Twin Gate Championship, Twin, and Open the Freed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Edwards (wrestler)
Eric Maher (born December 30, 1983) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler who is known by the ring name Eddie Edwards. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He is a member of The System (professional wrestling), The System. In TNA, Edwards is a former two-time TNA World Championship, TNA World Champion, two-time TNA X Division Championship, TNA X Division Champion and a seven-time TNA World Tag Team Championship, TNA World Tag Team Champion, where he won it five times with Davey Richards and twice with Brian Myers. Edwards has also wrestled for Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a former ROH World Championship, World Champion, the inaugural ROH World Television Championship, Television Champion and a List of ROH World Tag Team Champions, two-time ROH World Tag Team Championship, World Tag Team Champion with his partner Davey Richards as the American Wolves. He won ROH's ROH Survival of the Fittest, Survival of the Fittest tournament in Novemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle O'Reilly
Kyle Richard Thomas Greenwood (born March 1, 1987), better known by his ring name Kyle O'Reilly, is a Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Paragon (professional wrestling), The Paragon. He is also known for working in Ring of Honor (ROH) from 2009 to 2017, and WWE (where he performed on their NXT (WWE brand), NXT WWE brand extension, brand) from 2017 to 2021, using the same ring name in both companies. He is a record three-time NXT Tag Team Championship, NXT Tag Team Champion, and was a founding member of The Undisputed Era. He also worked for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and competed for several Independent circuit, independent Professional wrestling promotion, promotions, most notably Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). In ROH, he is a List of ROH World Champions, one-time ROH World Championship, ROH World Champion and List of ROH World Tag Team Champions, three-time ROH World Tag Team Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sami Callihan
Samuel Alton Johnston (born September 1, 1987), better known by the ring name Sami Callihan, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and promoter. He is signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a former Impact World Champion. He previously wrestled for Lucha Underground under the ring names Jeremiah Crane, and later, Jeremiah Snake, and on the independent circuit. He has worked for several independent promotions throughout the United States. He found most success in Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) and Major League Wrestling (MLW), but has also wrestled for Dragon Gate USA, Evolve (professional wrestling), Evolve, Ring of Honor, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Full Impact Pro, and All American Wrestling. In CZW, he held the CZW Iron Man Championship, the CZW Ultraviolent Underground Championship, and the CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship, and won the 2012 CZW Best of the Best#Best of the Best 11, Best of the Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roderick Strong
Christopher Lindsey (born July 26, 1983), better known by his ring name Roderick Strong, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Paragon stable and is a former one-time AEW International Champion. He also performs in AEW's sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). He is also known for his tenure with WWE, where he performed on the NXT brand. Prior to signing with WWE and later AEW, Strong had a 13-year tenure with Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a former one-time ROH World Champion, a two-time ROH World Television Champion, and a one-time ROH World Tag Team Champion with Austin Aries, which made him the second-ever ROH Triple Crown Champion (after Eddie Edwards). In 2000, he debuted on the Floridian independent circuit. He worked for IPW Hardcore and NWA Florida, before debuting for ROH in September 2003. In mid-2004, Strong joined forces with Alex Shelley, Austin Aries, and Jack Evans, collectively kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Generico
Rami Sebei (born July 12, 1984) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Sami Zayn. Sebei made his professional wrestling debut in 2002 under the ring name Stevie McFly. Prior to joining WWE, he competed for Montreal-based promotion International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS), where he became a two-time IWS World Heavyweight Champion, and achieved breakout success in the United States with Los Angeles-based promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) and then-Philadelphia-based promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), all under the ring name El Generico, using the character of a ''luchador'' from Mexico with the catchphrase "Olé!". He wrestled while masked from 2002 to 2013. During his time in PWG, Sebei became a two-time PWG World Champion and five-time PWG World Tag Team Champion. He is the only person to have won both of PWG's annual tournaments, the Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament in 2010 and the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
