Full PWG Battle Of Los Angeles Field Announced: Former WWE Stars, TNA, Lucha Underground, New Japan Talents
By Sean Ross Sapp
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla’s Battle of Los Angeles has a ton of buzz months before the tournament, and the event may have it’s most packed field ever.
Former WWE Superstar Cody Rhodes headlines the tournament, as it was included on his “wrestling bucket list” that gained a lot of attention following his WWE release. Rhodes also stated on Twitter that if he won the tournament that he’d buy everyone in attendance a beer, permitting that they were of legal drinking age.
See Also: See Triple H Suplex Some Poor German Fan’s Soul From His Body
Stars from Ring of Honor, TNA Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Lucha Underground and WWE’s Cruiserweight Classic will all participate in the tournament.
You can see the full field below:
1) Cody Rhodes (Formerly Stardust in WWE)
2) Kamaitachi (ROH)
3) Jeff Cobb (Lucha Underground’s Matanza)
4) Mark Haskins
5) Dalton Castle (ROH)
6) Pete Dunne
7) Sami Callihan (LU, formerly Solomon Crowe in WWE NXT)
8) Tommy End
9) Trevor Lee (TNA)
10) Adam Cole (ROH Bullet Club Member)
11) John Hennigan (LU’s Johnny Mundo, formerly John Morrison in WWE)
12) Jack Gallagher (WWE CWC Participant)
13) Chris Hero (Former ROH and NXT tanent)
14) Mark Andrews (TNA)
15) Ricochet (NJPW, Lucha Underground’s Prince Puma)
16) Matthew Riddle (Former UFC fighter)
17) Marty Scurll
18) Matt Sydal (ROH, NJPW, formerly Evan Bourne in WWE)
19) Kyle O’Reilly (ROH)
20) Fénix (Lucha Underground)
21) Pentagon Jr. (Lucha Underground)
22) Will Ospreay (NJPW)
23) Jushin Thunder Liger (NJPW)
24) Zack Sabre Jr (WWE CWC Participant)
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla’s Battle of Los Angeles takes place from September 2-4 in Reseda, California. Prior winners of the tournament include Ricochet, Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, Zack Sabre Jr., El Generico/Sami Zayn, Low Ki, and Kenny Omega.