PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2023 Night 2 Results – BoLA Champion Crowned, Chris Jericho Surprise Debut

January 8, 2022
Los Angeles, CA – Globe Theatre
Results via Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com

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Quick Match Results

1. Battle of Los Angeles 2023 Second Round match – “Speedball” Mike Bailey defeated Jordynne Grace via Flamingo Driver (pinfall)
2. Battle of Los Angeles 2023 Second Round match – Konosuke Takeshita defeated Titus Alexander via Jumping Knee Strike (pinfall)
3. Battle of Los Angeles 2023 Second Round match – Bryan Keith defeated Masha Slamovich via Running Knee Strike (pinfall)
4. Battle of Los Angeles 2023 Second Round match – Komander defeated Bandido via Springboard Shooting Star Press (pinfall)
5. Battle of Los Angeles 2023 Second Round match – “Speedball” Mike Bailey defeated Shun Skywalker via Double Knee Shooting Star Press (pinfall)
6. Latigo & Black Taurus defeated Rey Horus & Aramis via Backbreaker & Awful Waffle combo (pinfall)
7. Battle of Los Angeles 2023 Semi-Final Round match – Konosuke Takeshita defeated Komander via Backslide Pin (pinfall)
8. Battle of Los Angeles 2023 Second Round match – “Speedball” Mike Bailey defeated Bryan Keith via Double Knee 450 Splash (pinfall)
9. Jericho Appreciation Society defeated Jonathan Gresham, Evil Uno, SB KENTo, Michael Oku, & Kevin Blackwood via Judas Effect (pinfall)
10. Battle of Los Angeles 2023 Finals – “Speedball” Mike Bailey defeated Konosuke Takeshita via Flamingo Driver (pinfall)

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Battle of Los Angeles 2023 Tournament Second Round Match
“Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Jordynne Grace

Really Bailey won via Flamingo Driver. Grace with power moves and chokes and working on hand. Bailey with nice kicks and dives. 

Winner: “Speedball” Mike Bailey via Pinfall.

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Battle of Los Angeles 2023 Tournament Second Round Match
Konosuke Takeshita vs. Titus Alexander

Takeshita won with a jumping knee. Great match. Alexander got a ton of believable offense. Lots of German suplexes, hard kicks, and knees. Alexander did strong and similar moves as Takeshita. 

Winner: Konosuke Takeshita via Pinfall.

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Battle of Los Angeles 2023 Tournament Second Round Match
Bryan Keith vs. Masha Slamovich

Eddie Kingston was on commentary for the match. 

Keith won with a running knee.

Winner: Bryan Keith via Pinfall.

Very physical. Some great near falls that really popped the crowd. Keith’s mouth was busted open. Both looked good. Crowd was into Masha. Both bowed to each other after. 

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Battle of Los Angeles 2023 Tournament Second Round Match
Komander vs. Bandido

Komander hit a ropewalk shooting star for the pin. 

Bandido came in hurting. He went heel, but he was hurting. Lots of great spots but several botches. Ref counted three on a near fall early minutes in and took it back. 

Winner: Komander via Pinfall.

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Battle of Los Angeles 2023 Tournament Second Round Match
“Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Shun Skywalker

Best match of the show so far. Bailey won with a shooting star press double knees to the chest. 

Lots of great moves. Skywalker atoned for his performance last night and looked great here.

Winner: “Speedball” Mike Bailey via Pinfall.

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Latigo & Black Taurus vs. Rey Horus & Aramis

Taurus pinned Horus after a powerbomb into a backbreaker and Awful Waffle. 

Winner: Latigo & Black Taurus via Pinfall.

Excellent lucha libre match, great dives and moves. The best match of the night so far. 

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Battle of Los Angeles 2023 Tournament Semi-Final Round Match
Konosuke Takeshita vs. Komander

Takeshita won with a backslide. Too short, but was tremendous while it lasted.

Winner: Konosuke Takeshita via Pinfall.

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Battle of Los Angeles 2023 Tournament Semi-Final Round Match
“Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Bryan Keith

Great match. Bailey won with a 450 double knees to the back. 

Winner: “Speedball” Mike Bailey via Pinfall.

Keith got way over and “please come back” chants. 

Very physical and everything was crisp. Maybe the second best tournament match of the weekend.

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Jericho Appreciation Society (Chris Jericho, Daniel Garcia, Sammy Guevara, Matt Menard, & Angelo Parker) vs. Jonathan Gresham, Evil Uno, SB Kento, Michael Oku, & Kevin Blackwood

Super entertaining. They treated this like a major match, all action. They all did the slow motion spot for minutes until Jericho started chopping Oku hard. Jericho and Oku were the highlight, but Jericho gave Blackwood a lot of near falls on him before the bay shot by Garcia set up the Judas Effect.

Winner: Jericho Appreciation Society via Pinfall.

Chris Jericho's promo after his BOLA debut. Put over PWG big time and called it the modern day ECW.pic.twitter.com/7zcDC2q11n

— Drainmaker 🌧️ 💵 (@DrainBamager) January 9, 2023

Jericho called it modern ECW.

Fans wanted Daddy Magic talk.

Fans threw money. 

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Battle of Los Angeles 2023 Tournament Finals
“Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Konosuke Takeshita

They pulled out all the stops here, lots of innovative stuff. 

Super match, but they had a hard time following the prior match, and I think people were surprised Takeshita didn’t win. 

Bailey won with shooting star double knees and a Flamingo Driver. 

Winner: “Speedball” Mike Bailey via Pinfall to become the winner of PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2023 tournament.

Bailey said the best wrestlers are in PWG not for the money, but because the greatest supporters of pro wrestling are here. He said this is also Takeshita’s win.

Don Callis was there scouting Takeshita in a segment being filmed for AEW.

2023 Battle of Los Angeles winner @SpeedballBailey #PWG #BOLA2023 pic.twitter.com/DJ2A1xufPy

— SoCal UNCENSORED (@socaluncensored) January 9, 2023