The tournament setup
In the first year of the Battle of Los Angeles, there were sixteen participants, with eight opening round matches, four quarterfinal matches, two semifinal matches, and a final. In 2006 the tournament was expanded to 24 participants, which caused the addition of another eight person bracket and created three semifinals matches and an elimination three-way final match. In 2008 the tournament returned to its 16-man format. In 2011, the tournament was completely revamped, taking place for the first time as a one night tournament with only eight participants. Since 2014, the tournament has reverted to a 24-man format held over three nights. The first two nights are all first-round matches, while the third night contains the quarter- and semi-finals before culminating in a three-way match for the championship. All nights also feature non-tournament special attractions, which are usually tag-team matches involving tournament participants from other nights or eliminated wrestlers.List of winners
Championship match for winner
: – Championship victory : – Championship match loss : – Did not receive title match The 2009 Battle of Los Angeles winner did not receive a title match as the tournament itself was for the vacant PWG World Championship. Kenny Omega defeated Roderick Strong in the tournament final to win the vacant title.Results
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2014
The tenth annual BOLA took place on August 29, 30 and 31, 2014, in Reseda, California. Taking place over three nights for the first time in seven years, the tournament featured 24 participants. A. R. Fox and Trent? were originally announced for the tournament, but on August 6 PWG announced that they would have to pull out due to injuries. They were replaced by Bobby Fish and Candice LeRae, respectively. On the first day of the tournament, it was announced T. J. Perkins would be replacing an injured Brian Cage. Finals: Ricochet defeated Johnny Gargano and Roderick Strong via pinfall at 14:41 to win the 2014 BOLA2015
The eleventh annual BOLA took place on August 28, 29 and 30, 2015, in Reseda, California. Finals: Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Chris Hero and Mike Bailey in an elimination three-way match at 35:54 to win the 2015 BOLA *Elimination order: :Hero eliminated Bailey via pinfall (27:23) :Sabre eliminated Hero via submission (35:54)2016
The twelfth annual BOLA took place on September 2, 3 and 4, 2016, in Reseda, California. Adam Cole was originally announced for the tournament, but he later removed himself and was replaced by Cedric Alexander. Jack Gallagher was originally announced for the tournament, but could not make the show due to travel issues and was replaced by Tommaso Ciampa. Finals: Marty Scurll defeated Trevor Lee and Will Ospreay in an elimination three-way match at 29:15 to win the 2016 BOLA *Elimination order: :Scurll and Lee eliminated Ospreay via submission (10:00) :Scurll eliminated Lee via submission (29:15)2017
The thirteenth annual BOLA took place on September 1, 2 and 3, 2017, in Reseda, California. TK Cooper was originally announced for the tournament, but had to pull out due to an injury and was replaced by Joey Janela. Ricochet became the first person to win the Battle of Los Angeles twice. Finals: Ricochet defeated Jeff Cobb and Keith Lee in an elimination three-way match at 19:00 to win the 2017 BOLA *Elimination order: :Lee eliminated Cobb via pinfall (18:47) :Ricochet eliminated Lee via pinfall (19:00)2018
The fourteenth annual BOLA tournament took place on September 14,15, and 16 from the Globe Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. Originally, Matthew Riddle was announced as a participant, but he was replaced by Trevor Lee. Travis Banks was also a participant, but he was pulled off due to an injury and was replaced by Sammy Guevara. Chris Brookes would also be pulled from the tournament due to an injury and was replaced by Marko Stunt. Finals: Jeff Cobb defeated Bandido and Shingo Takagi in an elimination three-way match at 24:04 to win the 2018 BOLA *Elimination order: :Bandido eliminated Takagi via pinfall (9:12) :Cobb eliminated Bandido via pinfall (24:04)2019
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