PWG Mystery Vortex
Mystery Vortex is an annual professional wrestling event produced by Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). The event is titled as such because most of the matches are not announced beforehand to captivate the audiences with surprise matches. The event is notable for unannounced returns of major PWG wrestlers, surprise debuts of major stars and matches often being announced during the event.
| Mystery Vortex | |
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| Promotions | Pro Wrestling Guerrilla |
| First event | Mystery Vortex I |
| Event gimmick | Event with the element of mystery and surprises as matches are not announced beforehand |
Dates, venues and main events
Results
Mystery Vortex I
| Mystery Vortex I | |||
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| Promotion | Pro Wrestling Guerrilla | ||
| Date | December 1, 2012 | ||
| City | Reseda, California | ||
| Venue | American Legion Post #308 | ||
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One of the PWG's six co-founders and the promotion's veteran Joey Ryan wrestled his farewell match in the promotion against Scorpio Sky due to signing a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.[1] Ryan lost the match.[2]
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[3] | ||
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| 1 | Eddie Edwards and Roderick Strong defeated The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) | Tag team match | 14:55 | ||
| 2 | Sami Callihan defeated Drake Younger | Singles match Match one in a Best of Three Series to determine the #1 contender for the PWG World Championship | 16:51 | ||
| 3 | The Super Smash Brothers (Player Uno and Stupefied) (c) defeated The RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime and Johnny Yuma) | Tag team match for the PWG World Tag Team Championship | 14:27 | ||
| 4 | Scorpio Sky defeated Joey Ryan | Singles match | 11:51 | ||
| 5 | Willie Mack defeated B-Boy, Brian Cage and T.J. Perkins | Four-Way match | 13:11 | ||
| 6 | El Generico defeated Rich Swann | Singles match | 14:56 | ||
| 7 | Eddie Edwards and Roderick Strong defeated The Super Smash Brothers (Player Uno and Stupefied) | Tag team match | 12:13 | ||
| 8 | Adam Cole defeated Kevin Steen (c) | Guerrilla Warfare for the PWG World Championship | 20:55 | ||
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Mystery Vortex II
| Mystery Vortex II | |||
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| Promotion | Pro Wrestling Guerrilla | ||
| Date | March 28, 2014 | ||
| City | Reseda, California | ||
| Venue | American Legion Post #308 | ||
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| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[4] | ||
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| 1 | Andrew Everett defeated Cedric Alexander and Trevor Lee | Three-Way match | 12:08 | ||
| 2 | B-Boy, Joey Ryan and Willie Mack defeated The RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime and Johnny Yuma) and Peter Avalon | Six-man tag team match | 11:29 | ||
| 3 | Roderick Strong defeated Anthony Nese | Singles match | 16:53 | ||
| 4 | The Unbreakable F'N Machines (Brian Cage and Michael Elgin) defeated The Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet) and The African American Wolves (ACH and AR Fox) | Three-Way tag team match | 29:05 | ||
| 5 | Chris Hero defeated Tommaso Ciampa | Singles match | 19:36 | ||
| 6 | Kyle O'Reilly defeated Johnny Gargano | Singles match | 27:50 | ||
| 7 | The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (c) defeated Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent) | Tag team match for the PWG World Tag Team Championship | 17:54 | ||
| 8 | Adam Cole (c) defeated Candice LeRae | Singles match for the PWG World Championship | 14:26 | ||
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Mystery Vortex III
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| Promotion | Pro Wrestling Guerrilla | ||
| Date | June 26, 2015 | ||
| City | Reseda, California | ||
| Venue | American Legion Post #308 | ||
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Josh Alexander competed in his farewell match at the event as he retired from wrestling due to neck injury. Monster Mafia lost to World's Cutest Tag Team in Alexander's farewell match. The event featured the surprise return of The Young Bucks after a four-month absence, who interrupted Andrew Everett and Trevor Lee to an impromptu match and defeated them to win the PWG World Tag Team Championship, thanks to interference by the PWG World Champion Roderick Strong. After the match, Super Dragon made his surprise return to PWG after a three-year absence and attacked Rick Knox, Excalibur, Candice LeRae, Andrew Everett, Trevor Lee, Biff Busick and Mike Bailey in quick succession. Strong subsequently formed the Mount Rushmore 2.0 faction with Dragon and the Bucks.[5]
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[6] | ||
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| 1 | Tommaso Ciampa defeated Johnny Gargano | Singles match | 18:36 | ||
| 2 | The World's Cutest Tag Team (Candice LeRae and Joey Ryan) defeated The Monster Mafia (Ethan Page and Josh Alexander) | Tag team match | 12:17 | ||
| 3 | Biff Busick defeated Timothy Thatcher | Singles match | 11:36 | ||
| 4 | Roderick Strong (c) defeated Mike Bailey | Singles match for the PWG World Championship | 18:50 | ||
| 5 | Brian Cage defeated John Silver | Singles match | 13:57 | ||
| 6 | Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Chris Hero by total knockout | Singles match | 24:00 | ||
| 7 | The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated Andrew Everett and Trevor Lee (c) | Tag team match for the PWG World Tag Team Championship | 14:13 | ||
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Mystery Vortex IV
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| Promotion | Pro Wrestling Guerrilla | ||
| Date | December 16, 2016 | ||
| City | Reseda, California | ||
| Venue | American Legion Post #308 | ||
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Chris Hero wrestled his farewell match in PWG at the event, in which Death By Elbow lost to reDRagon. Hero cut a promo after the match, in which he explained his departure due to re-signing with WWE.[7]
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[8] | ||
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| 1 | Trent? defeated Candice LeRae | Singles match | 12:36 | ||
| 2 | Trevor Lee defeated ACH | Singles match | 14:54 | ||
| 3 | Matt Sydal defeated Pete Dunne | Singles match | 17:23 | ||
| 4 | reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) defeated Death By Elbow (Chris Hero and JT Dunn) | Tag team match | 27:07 | ||
| 5 | Chuck Taylor defeated Adam Cole | Singles match to determine the #1 contender for the PWG World Championship | 9:59 | ||
| 6 | Jeff Cobb and Matthew Riddle defeated The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) | Tag team match | 18:47 | ||
| 7 | Zack Sabre Jr. (c) defeated Marty Scurll | Singles match for the PWG World Championship | 37:23 | ||
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Mystery Vortex V
| Mystery Vortex V | |||
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| Promotion | Pro Wrestling Guerrilla | ||
| Date | January 12, 2018 | ||
| City | Reseda, California | ||
| Venue | American Legion Post #308 | ||
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Ricochet's PWG World Championship title defense against Chuck Taylor in a Guerrilla Warfare was his farewell match. He cut a promo after losing the title.[9]
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[10] | ||
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| 1 | David Starr defeated Fred Yehi | Singles match | 18:42 | ||
| 2 | Joey Janela defeated Morgan Webster | Singles match | 13:54 | ||
| 3 | Sammy Guevara defeated Rey Fenix | Singles match | 13:50 | ||
| 4 | Keith Lee defeated Zack Sabre Jr. | Singles match | 19:09 | ||
| 5 | Trent? defeated Marty Scurll | Singles match | 20:10 | ||
| 6 | The Chosen Bros (Jeff Cobb and Matthew Riddle) (c) defeated Ringkampf (Timothy Thatcher and WALTER) | Tag team match for the PWG World Tag Team Championship | 18:29 | ||
| 7 | Chuck Taylor defeated Ricochet (c) | Guerrilla Warfare for the PWG World Championship | 23:56 | ||
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Mystery Vortex VI
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| Promotion | Pro Wrestling Guerrilla | ||
| Date | October 5, 2019 | ||
| City | Los Angeles, California | ||
| Venue | Globe Theatre | ||
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| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[11] | ||
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| 1 | Trey Miguel defeated Tony Deppen | Singles match | 9:08 | ||
| 2 | Chuck Taylor defeated Orange Cassidy | Singles match | 13:47 | ||
| 3 | Jeff Cobb (c) defeated Jonathan Gresham | Singles match for the PWG World Championship | 14:22 | ||
| 4 | Brody King defeated Jake Atlas and Trent? | Three-Way match | 13:35 | ||
| 5 | Jungle Boy defeated Puma King | Singles match | 8:39 | ||
| 6 | The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz) (c) defeated Flamita and Rey Horus | Tag team match for the PWG World Championship | 10:03 | ||
| 7 | Darby Allin defeated Joey Janela | Guerrilla Warfare | 21:59 | ||
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Mystery Vortex 7
| Mystery Vortex 7 | |||
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| Promotion | Pro Wrestling Guerrilla | ||
| Date | August 1, 2021 | ||
| City | Los Angeles, California | ||
| Venue | Globe Theatre | ||
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It was PWG's first event after hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic, the last event being The Makings of a Varsity Athlete, which took place on December 20, 2019.[12] Super Dragon made his surprise return to the promotion by joining Black Taurus and Demonic Flamita in assaulting Bandido after Bandido retained the PWG World Championship against Taurus.[13] This prompted AEW star Malakai Black, who formerly competed in PWG as Tommy End, to make his surprise return to the promotion after a five-year absence, having last competed at the 2016 Battle of Los Angeles.[14] Black rescued Bandido from the assault and was joined by Brody King and the two formed a tag team with Black promising to appear at Threemendous VI.[15][16]
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[17] | ||
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| 1 | Tony Deppen defeated Jack Cartwheel | Singles match | 11:30 | ||
| 2 | Brody King defeated JD Drake | Singles match | 12:22 | ||
| 3 | Demonic Flamita defeated Arez | Singles match | 15:40 | ||
| 4 | Jonathan Gresham defeated Lee Moriarty | Singles match | 23:34 | ||
| 5 | Aramis and Rey Horus defeated Myron Reed and Trey Miguel | Tag team match | 11:15 | ||
| 6 | Orange Cassidy defeated Evil Uno | Singles match | 11:03 | ||
| 7 | Bandido (c) defeated Black Taurus | Singles match for the PWG World Championship | 16:25 | ||
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Twenty: Mystery Vortex
References
- "Joey Ryan leaves PWG to focus on TNA". Super Luchas. November 29, 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- December 2, 2012. "12/14 PWG Mystery Vortex results: Joey Ryan says goodbye, Super Smash Brothers vs. Eddie Edwards and Roderick Strong, Adam Cole vs. Kevin Steen in a Guerrilla Warfare match for the PWG Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- "PWG Mystery Vortex". Cagematch. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- "PWG Mystery Vortex II". Cagematch. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- "Show results – 6/26 PWG in Reseda, Calif.: Huge show with no advanced line-up – new PWG tag champs, faction re-forms, PWG Title match, Alexander says good-bye, big celebrities at ringside, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
- "PWG Mystery Vortex III: Rock And Shock The Nation". Cagematch. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- Dave Meltzer (December 17, 2016). "PWG Mystery Vortex live results: Chris Hero addresses his situation". WON / F4W. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- "PWG Mystery Vortex IV". Cagematch. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- Dave Meltzer (January 13, 2018). "PWG Mystery Vortex results: Ricochet says farewell". WON / F4W. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- "PWG Mystery Vortex V". Cagematch. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- "PWG Mystery Vortex VI". Cagematch. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- Bryan Rose (July 5, 2021). "PWG announces Mystery Vortex 7 event for August 1". WON / F4W. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- Jack Atkins (August 2, 2021). "Super Dragon Returns To PWG At Mystery Vortex 7". Cultaholic. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- Gisberto Guzzo; Denise Salcedo (August 2, 2021). "PWG Mystery Vortex 7 Results (8/1): Malakai Black Appears Following The Main Event". Fightful. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- Steve Bryant (August 1, 2021). "PWG Mystery Vortex 7 – 01 August 2021 – Results". SoCal Uncensored. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- Dave Meltzer (August 2, 2021). "PWG Mystery Vortex VII results: Bandido defends PWG title". WON / F4W. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- "PWG Mystery Vortex 7". Cagematch. Retrieved 10 January 2023.