2007 Battle of Los Angeles
The 2007 BOLA was held on August 31, September 1 and September 2, 2007 in Burbank, CA. The event suffered many losses leading up to it including PWG World Champion Bryan Danielson suffering an eye injury, former World Champion Super Dragon pulling himself from the event and former BOLA winner Chris Bosh announcing his retirement out of nowhere. They were replaced by TNA wrestler Alex Shelley, local worker Tony Kozina and the Necro Butcher. At Giant-Size Annual #4 the month before the event Austin Aries defeated Rocky Romero to take his spot in BOLA.
1st Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | |||||||||||
Joey Ryan | DQ | ||||||||||||
Chris Hero | 16:42 | ||||||||||||
Joey Ryan | Sub | ||||||||||||
Roderick Strong | 07:32 | ||||||||||||
Roderick Strong | Pin | ||||||||||||
Austin Aries | 14:30 | ||||||||||||
Roderick Strong | Pin | ||||||||||||
Alex Shelley | 15:30 | ||||||||||||
Jimmy Rave | Pin | ||||||||||||
Matt Sydal | 09:32 | ||||||||||||
Matt Sydal | Pin | ||||||||||||
Alex Shelley | 12:41 | ||||||||||||
Alex Shelley | Pin | ||||||||||||
Tyler Black | 20:07 |
1st Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | |||||||||||
Claudio Castagnoli | Pin | ||||||||||||
Doug Williams | 14:33 | ||||||||||||
Claudio Castagnoli | Pin | ||||||||||||
PAC | 12:10 | ||||||||||||
Jack Evans | Pin | ||||||||||||
PAC | 11:36 | ||||||||||||
PAC | Pin | ||||||||||||
CIMA | 14:12 | ||||||||||||
CIMA | Pin | ||||||||||||
Human Tornado | 10:53 | ||||||||||||
CIMA | Pin | ||||||||||||
Shingo Takagi | 12:05 | ||||||||||||
Scott Lost | Pin | ||||||||||||
Shingo Takagi | 11:53 |
1st Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | |||||||||||
Necro Butcher | Pin | ||||||||||||
Kevin Steen | 08:15 | ||||||||||||
Necro Butcher | Pin | ||||||||||||
Nigel McGuinness | 08:20 | ||||||||||||
Nigel McGuinness | Pin | ||||||||||||
Davey Richards | 15:32 | ||||||||||||
Nigel McGuinness | Pin | ||||||||||||
El Generico | 12:48 | ||||||||||||
El Generico | Pin | ||||||||||||
Tony Kozina | 12:09 | ||||||||||||
El Generico | Pin | ||||||||||||
Dragon Kid | 08:01 | ||||||||||||
Dragon Kid | Pin | ||||||||||||
Susumu Yokosuka | 16:36 |
Finals: CIMA defeated Roderick Strong and El Generico via pinfall in 13:17 in an elimination three-way match to win the 2007 BOLA
- Elimination order:
- CIMA eliminated El Generico via pinfall in 08:57
- CIMA eliminated Roderick Strong via pinfall in 13:17
- Non-tournament matches
- Night One
- The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated Los Luchas (Phoenix Sun and Zokre) via pinfall in 08:59
- Kevin Steen and El Generico defeated Typhoon (Dragon Kid and Susumu Yokosuka) via pinfall in 18:45 to retain the PWG World Tag Team Championship
- Night Two
- Ronin and T.J. Perkins defeated Karl Anderson and Bino Gambino via pinfall in 11:59
- Night Three
- Chris Hero, Tyler Black, Doug Williams, Susumu Yokosuka, Kevin Steen and Jack Evans defeated Human Tornado, Austin Aries, Jimmy Rave, Davey Richards, Scott Lost and Karl Anderson via pinfall in 22:52
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