Pro Wrestling Guerrilla tournaments


Pro Wrestling Guerrilla has held a variety of professional wrestling tournaments competed for by wrestlers that are a part of their roster.

Bad Ass Mother 3000

The Bad Ass Mother 3000 was a tournament held on August 29 and 30, 2003, in Eagle Rock, California and City of Industry, California. The winner of the tournament would become the inaugural PWG Champion.
The Tango & Cash Invitational was a tag team tournament held on January 24 and 25, 2004, in Santa Ana, California. The winners of the tournament would be crowned the first ever PWG Tag Team Champions.
See: Battle of Los Angeles

Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament

The Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament was a tag team tournament, held annually between 2007 and 2015. The first tournament was contested for the vacant PWG World Tag Team Championship, while in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013 and 2015 the reigning champions entered the tournament and the title was defended in each round of the tournament. In 2011, 2012 and 2014 the tournament was used to determine the number one contenders to the champions.

DDT4 (2007)

The first ever DDT4 was held on May 19 and 20, 2007, in Burbank, California for the vacated PWG World Tag Team Championship.
The second DDT4 was held on May 17 and 18, 2008, in Burbank, California, with Kevin Steen and El Generico entering the tournament as the reigning and defending champions. Kota Ibushi was scheduled to take part in the tournament, but was forced to back out after suffering a broken ankle. He was replaced by fellow Dramatic Dream Team wrestler El Blazer.
The third DDT4 was held on May 22, 2009, in Reseda, California, with The Young Bucks entering the tournament as the reigning and defending champions. Originally the teams of The Hybrid Dolphins, Chris Hero and Roderick Strong and Los Luchas were announced for the tournament, however, Los Luchas were replaced at the event by the reuniting Dark & Lovely, while London was forced to back out of the tournament due to an injury. Strong ended up taking his place, while Hero moved on to defend his PWG World Championship, which resulted in The Motor City Machine Guns getting a bye in the first round of the tournament.
The fourth DDT4 was held on May 9, 2010, in Reseda, California, with The Young Bucks entering the tournament as the reigning and defending champions.
The fifth DDT4 was held on March 4, 2011, in Reseda, California. The reigning PWG World Tag Team Champions, ¡Peligro Abejas!, were not entered into the tournament, instead it would be used to determine their number one contenders.
The sixth DDT4 was held on April 21, 2012, in Reseda, California. Appetite for Destruction was scheduled to enter the tournament as the defending PWG World Tag Team Champions, but on April 4 it was announced that Dragon had fractured his heel and would be forced out of the tournament. The champions were replaced by El Generico and Willie Mack in the tournament, which would instead be used to determine their number one contenders.
The seventh DDT4 was announced on the official PWG Twitter account on December 2, 2012. It took place on January 12, 2013, with the previous year's winners the Super Smash Bros. entering the tournament as the reigning and defending World Tag Team Champions. Originally, El Generico and Kevin Steen were scheduled to team up, but after Generico received an injury, he was forced to pull out of the tournament. Willie Mack was named his replacement, but this once again changed on January 9, when PWG announced that El Generico, in the midst of reports that he had signed with WWE, would be teaming with his previously announced partner, Kevin Steen.
The eighth DDT4 was announced on the official PWG Twitter account on December 23, 2013. It took place on January 31, 2014, in Reseda, California. The reigning PWG World Tag Team Champions, The Young Bucks, did not enter the tournament.
The ninth DDT4 was announced on the official PWG Twitter account on April 5, 2015. It took place on May 22, 2015. World's Cutest Tag Team entered the tournament as the reigning PWG World Tag Team Champions and the title was defended throughout the tournament. Chris Sabin was scheduled to enter the tournament as Matt Sydal's partner, but was on May 21 pulled from the tournament with a back injury and replaced by Mike Bailey. For the first time, the PWG World Tag Team Championship changed hands in each round of the tournament.
¡Dia de los Dangerous! PWG World Championship Tournament was a one night tournament held on February 24, 2008, in Reseda, California to crown the new PWG World Champion, after the former Champion Low Ki was forced to vacate the title due to an injury. Roderick Strong who was booked to challenge Low Ki at the event was given an automatic spot in the finals of the tournament.