5 most important American wrestling promotions apart from WWE

WCW was the only company in the past able to compete with WWE.
WCW was the only company in the past able to compete with WWE.

#3 Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG)

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It was founded in 2003 in Southern California by six wrestlers (Disco Machine, Excalibur, Scott Lost, Joey Ryan, Super Dragon and Top Gun Talwar). The style of PWG stands out for its luchistic quality and for creating one of the most prestigious wrestling tournaments in the world: Battle of Los Angeles (BOLA).

Battle of Los Angeles consists of a direct elimination tournament that brings together the best wrestlers in the world. Four of his winners currently work in WWE: Sami Zayn, Adam Cole, Kyle O'Reilly and Ricochet. The latter is the only one to win BOLA twice (2014 and 2017).

Other great stars that have won this contest are Kenny Omega (2009), Zack Sabre Jr. (2015) and Marty Scurll (2016). Winning Battle of Los Angeles means one of the greatest achievements that an independent circuit wrestler can achieve to boost his career.

PWG could take the next big step soon, i.e. to broadcast their shows live. Selling your shows by DVD in these times is almost anachronistic and circumscribes PWG only to the United States, when by its quality it could easily have some popularity in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Oceania.

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Edited by Nishant Jayaram
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