PWG Failure to Communicate - October 27th 2012

[Crippler]

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's Failure to Communicate Takes Place October 27, 2012!
By Silverback, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Staff Writer

Pope Valley, CA - Coming out of the 2012 Battle of Los Angeles there was a totally new hierarchy of power in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (Pro Wrestling Guerrilla). After all, World Champion "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen was defeated in the opening round of the tournament by Ricochet in a non-title match, who in turn lost in the semi-final round to "Unbreakable" Michael Elgin. Unfortunately for Elgin, he was ultimately bested by the 2012 Battle of Los Angeles winner, the "Panama City Playboy," Adam Cole. Immediately after winning this year's tournament, Cole made his intentions of winning the Pro Wresting Guerrilla World Championship title abundantly clear. However, Cole also made it clear that he would be winning the World Championship on his own terms, on his own timeline.

Rather than writing any more about it, we will let the 2012 Battle of Los Angeles winner Adam Cole speak for himself:

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Along with Adam Cole's refusal to accept his title shot or even appear at Failure to Communicate, World Tag Team Champions Player Uno and Stupefied, the Super Smash Brothers, have a previous engagement and will be unable to appear on October 27. The champs will be back in action at Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's final event of the year in December.

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's Failure to Communicate takes place Saturday, October 27, 2012, at 8:00PM at American Legion Post #308. American Legion Post #308 is located at 7338 Canby Ave., Reseda, CA 91335. Front Row tickets are $35, and General Admission tickets are $25. Tickets for Failure to Communicate will go on sale Thursday, September 20, at 8:00PM PDT.

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Championship Title Three-Way Match
"Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen (Champion) vs. "Unbreakable" Michael Elgin vs. Ricochet

-- With Adam Cole taking himself out of the picture at Failure to Communicate, the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Board of Directors were forced to look elsewhere for Kevin Steen's next challenger. After the first round of the 2012 Battle of Los Angeles, it was very easy to peg Ricochet as the number one contender for the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Championship. But with Ricochet's elimination from the tournament, that also puts Michael Elgin's name into the number one contender conversation. Does the man who directly beat the World Champion receive the title shot, or does the man who beat the man who beat the man get named top contender? Rather than attempt to unravel this convoluted web, the Board decided to give both Michael Elgin and Ricochet a chance to dethrone "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen on October 27.
As if having to worry about facing two other world-class competitors, whichever man leaves Failure to Communicate as Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Champion will also be forced to confront (and endure the mind games of) the 2012 Battle of Los Angeles winner, the "Panama City Playboy" Adam Cole. Will the challenge waiting on the horizon unnerve the competitors, or will they be able to remain focused on the task at hand and devote all of their concentration to winning the World Championship?

Tag Team Match
Eddie Edwards & Roderick Strong vs. The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson)

-- After the Super Smash Brothers were crowned the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Tag Team Champions at Death to All But Metal, Player Uno and Stupefied put the titles on the line against Future Shock (Adam Cole & Kyle O'Reilly) and the former champions, The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson), in one of the most talked-about matches of the year, a three-way ladder match for the titles at Threemendous III. Since Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's ninth anniversary event in July, the majority of the focus within the company has been on singles matches, due entirely to the 2012 Battle of Los Angeles. That is not the say that the World Tag Team Championship is any less important; on the contrary, the tag titles have been the source of much discussion, mainly due to the lack of a clear set of number one contenders.

The Young Bucks, two men who are defined by their enormous success as tag team wrestlers, immediately began angling for a shot at the world titles. The Jacksons claimed that because their match with Super Smash Brothers at Threemendous III was a three-way match, it was not a true rematch, and therefore they deserved another chance to dethrone the new champions. The Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Board of Directors were unconvinced, and agreed that while impressive, the Bucks' previous tag team achievements do not necessarily warrant unlimited title shots. Therefore, like all other tag teams in this post-Death to All But Metal world, the Bucks will have to prove their worth.

Two men familiar with putting in work and proving themselves are Roderick Strong and Eddie Edwards. After both were eliminated in the quarter-final round of the 2012 Battle of Los Angeles, the pair, having previously teamed together in Pro Wrestling NOAH, decided to reunite and try their luck at the World Tag Team Championship titles. Roderick is a multiple-time Tag Team Champion in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, and while Eddie Edwards has not reached the top of the mountain in PWG, his success elsewhere makes him a very serious threat for anyone unlucky enough to be standing across the ring from him.

Edwards and Strong know that they're starting off near the bottom of the tag team food chain, but a win over the former champions would certainly propel them up the ladder. However, The Young Bucks are not known as the most dominant tag team Pro Wrestling Guerrilla has ever seen because they're push overs. Sure, they can talk the talk, but they can walk the walk, as well. Have the Bucks lost a step, along with losing the titles, or was their defeats at the hands of the Super Smash Brothers just momentary set backs?

Singles Grudge Match
Brian Cage vs. Willie Mack

-- When Brian Cage challenged "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen for the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Championship, he had no one to blame but himself (well, ostensibly Kevin Steen, too) for coming up short. When Willie Mack challenged Steen for the title at Threemendous III, Willie Mack could not only blame himself (and ostensibly Kevin Steen), but Brian Cage, as well. After Senior Official Rick Knox was incapacitated during Willie and Steen's match, Cage hit the ring and decked both champion and challenger alike. While it is unknown how much of an effect this had on the outcome of the match, Cage's interference undoubtedly put an Asterix next to Willie Mack's first-ever Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Championship title shot.

Fast forward to the 2012 Battle of Los Angeles, where Brian Cage once again interjected himself into Kevin Steen's match, though this time the interference backfired, with Cage finding himself on the receiving end of a package piledriver. To most rational men, this would be the end of things. You tried to jump a guy, but he got the better things and dropped you on your head. However, Cage was unsatisfied and continued to run his mouth by not only calling Steen a coward for refusing to accept Cage's challenge, but Willie Mack as well, naming him an unworthy challenger to the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Championship.

Having seen and heard enough, Willie Mack approached the Board of Directors and asked that he be granted a match with Brian Cage. Not a number one contender match, not even a number two contender match, but a match where Willie Mack can get his hands on Brian Cage, and kick his cheating ass. The Board, always happy to see a grudge match take place (typically because it results in a lot of spilled, and subsequently purchased, beer), obliged, and therefore on October 27 at Failure to Communicate, Brian Cage will take on Willie Mack, one-on-one!

Singles Match
Sami Callihan vs. Davey Richards

Singles Match
El Generico vs. Rich Swann

Tag Team Match
B-Boy & Famous B vs. RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime & Johnny Yuma)

Singles Match
Joey Ryan vs. Ryan Taylor

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's Failure to Communicate takes place on Saturday, October 27, 2012, at 8:00PM at American Legion Post #308. American Legion Post #308 is located at 7338 Canby Ave., Reseda, CA 91335. Front Row tickets are $35, and General Admission tickets are $25. Ticket presales will begin on Thursday, September 20, 2012, at 8:00PM PDT. Online tickets orders are subject to the PayPal Service Charge (2.9% + $0.30). Tickets purchased in advance allow for priority admittance to the venue, along with guaranteed event seating. Online tickets sales for this event will end on October 23, 2012, at 10:00PM. Any remaining tickets will be available for purchase at the door. Tickets are not refundable.

Pretty solid card here.

 

[TKK]

Good card, but I'll probably dodge this and pick up the December event for Cole/Steen and the tag team title match. Maybe see if I can find it online anywhere.

 

[Rated R Superstar]

Another show that should be on tv! Would love to watch this!

 

[Chris]

Pretty good card. PWG has just been getting better and better.

 

[TKK]

Am I the only one who absolutely loves Cole's new character? He's been cutting some beastly promos for PWG as of late.

 

[Chris]

I've been loving his PWG promos as of late, ROH should look at doing something similar. I've always been a fan of Cole, been saying he could be a top talent for a little while now, but his PWG work has been crazy good.

 

[TKK]

His character in ROH is very bland, I would love to see him turn heel, but they've pushed him as a face only recently. If there was any time to do it though, it would be against Eddie Edwards. They could give him a cheap win (use the belt low blow, whatever) and then, cut a promo about how he doesn't need a mentor or anyone to learn from because he's proved that he is one of the independent professional wrestlers in the world. He could do the same shtick he is in PWG, it give Eddie a meaningful feud (something that is hard to do considering his mic work) and it would put a lot of focus on the TV title. It seems like such a waste to keep him as he is during a push when he is capable of so much more.

I have to give huge props to PWG, they propelled him from a tag team wrestler into a main event caliber star overnight. That is impressive. I'm liking PWG's direction in general at the moment, seeing guys like Callihan, Cole, Elgin and Ricochet getting the rub makes me feel positive about the future of PWG.

 

[Gimmick]

Card looks pretty solid. Really looking forward to the main event especially, all three men have been fantastic this year.

His character in ROH is very bland, I would love to see him turn heel, but they've pushed him as a face only recently. If there was any time to do it though, it would be against Eddie Edwards. They could give him a cheap win (use the belt low blow, whatever) and then, cut a promo about how he doesn't need a mentor or anyone to learn from because he's proved that he is one of the independent professional wrestlers in the world. He could do the same shtick he is in PWG, it give Eddie a meaningful feud (something that is hard to do considering his mic work) and it would put a lot of focus on the TV title. It seems like such a waste to keep him as he is during a push when he is capable of so much more.

I have to give huge props to PWG, they propelled him from a tag team wrestler into a main event caliber star overnight. That is impressive. I'm liking PWG's direction in general at the moment, seeing guys like Callihan, Cole, Elgin and Ricochet getting the rub makes me feel positive about the future of PWG.

Would love to see Adam Cole turn heel in ROH as well. He works well as a face of course, but after seeing his heel work in PWG I think he'd do wonders for an ROH roster that is really lacking in top heels.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

If I read Ricochet is in the main event then I can't honestly support this show.

 

[AZUCAR!]

KENNY OMEGA is making his PWG return this weekend, tagging with Generico to take on The Young Bucks

Michael Elgin is going to be wrestling twice. He'll face Eddie Edwards earlier in the evening before he wrestles against Ricochet & Steen for the PWG Title.

PWG are going to post a new card soon apparently.

 

[Chris]

Here's the full, updated card:

PWG World Championship: Kevin Steen vs Michael Elgin vs Ricochet

El Generico & Kenny Omega vs The Young Bucks

Rich Swann vs Roderick Strong

Eddie Edwards vs Michael Elgin

Brian Cage vs Willie Mack

Davey Richards vs Sami Callihan

B-Boy & Famous B vs The RockNES Monsters

Joey Ryan vs Ryan Taylor

 

[Gimmick]

Omega/Generico vs. Young Bucks should be a really good match, looking forward to that match the most.

Also looking forward to the main event. Steen has shown that he's works well with both men, and I expect Elgin and Ricochet to work quite well together as well. Will be interesting to see what Adam Cole does during the main bout, I expect him to influence the outcome of the match in some way.

 

[Crippler]

El Generico & Kenny Omega vs The Young Bucks is the match i'm looking forward to the most. IDK about Elgin working two matches.

 

[Chris]

Results from the show:

Singles Match
Ryan Taylor def. Joey Ryan

Singles Match
Michael Elgin def. Eddie Edwards

Tag Team Match
The RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime & Johnny Yuma) def. B-Boy & Famous B

Singles Match
Sami Callihan def. Davey Richards

Singles Match
Roderick Strong def. Rich Swann

Grudge Match
Brian Cage def. Willie Mack

Tag Team Match
El Generico & Kenny Omega def. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson)

-After the match, Omega puts over PWG and promises the fans he will one day come back.

PWG World Title Three Way Match
Kevin Steen (c) def. Michael Elgin and Ricochet

-After the match, Steen challenges Adam Cole (who still has Steen's belt) for the December 1st show.

 

[AZUCAR!]

Figured Steen/Cole would probably take place at the next PWG show. I'd be shocked if Cole was to win the title from Steen, but it's a feud I can easily see continuing into next year for PWG.

Sami/Davey I can't wait to see. And I really hope Kenny Omega keeps his word.