{"id":26052,"date":"2018-09-17T00:29:40","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T04:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=26052"},"modified":"2018-09-17T00:29:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T04:29:40","slug":"breaking-jeff-cobb-wins-pwg-battle-of-los-angeles-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/09\/17\/breaking-jeff-cobb-wins-pwg-battle-of-los-angeles-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING:  Jeff Cobb Wins PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 13th annual <em><strong>Battle of Los Angeles<\/strong><\/em> tournament, held by <strong>Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG)<\/strong> at The Globe Theater in Los Angeles, concluded it&#8217;s three day tournament tonight with the final triple threat elimination match coming down to three unlikely finalists in <strong>Bandido, Jeff Cobb<\/strong> and <strong>Dragon Gate<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Shingo Takagi<\/strong>. At the end of the match, it was Jeff Cobb who stood tall as the 2018 winner of PWG&#8217;s <em>Battle of Los Angeles<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The winner of the 2018 Battle of Los Angeles<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Cobb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mufsk83YBp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Mufsk83YBp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jacob Cohen (@MrJacobCohen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrJacobCohen\/status\/1041543156225859584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>PWG&#8217;s <em>Battle of Los Angeles<\/em> has become one of the indie scene&#8217;s most prestigious &#8211; if not\u00a0<em>the\u00a0<\/em>most prestigious &#8211; tournaments and industry showcases of the top indie stars (like <strong>WALTER<\/strong>, Jeff Cobb, <strong>Trevor Lee<\/strong> and <strong>David Starr<\/strong>) mixed with indie wrestlers on the bubble of becoming superstars on the indie scene\u00a0(like <strong>Darby Allin, Brody King, <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/08\/19\/mr-fun-size-an-exclusive-interview-with-marko-stunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marko Stunt<\/a><\/strong> and <strong>Puma King<\/strong>) and this year was no different, with it&#8217;s most international field yet. This year&#8217;s BOLA featured only 10 out of 24 wrestlers from the US (Brody King, Jeff Cobb, Darby Allin, David Starr, <strong>DJZ, Joey Janela<\/strong>, Marko Stunt, <strong>Sammy Guevara, Timothy Thatcher<\/strong> &amp; Trevor Lee), with the rest representing Canada (PCO), Japan (Shingo, <strong>CIMA<\/strong> &amp; <strong>T-Hawk<\/strong>), Mexico (Bandido, <strong>Flamita<\/strong>, Puma King &amp; <strong>Rey Horus<\/strong>), England (<strong>Jody Fleisch<\/strong>), Austria (WALTER), Russia (Ilja Dragunov), as well as three from the emerging Australian scene (<strong>Robbie Eagles, Jonah Rock<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Adam Brooks<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jFGrVIOAO7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/jFGrVIOAO7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jacob Cohen (@MrJacobCohen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrJacobCohen\/status\/1041542607283740672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jeff Cobb won his first PWG BOLA tournament, joining a list that&#8217;s seen a who&#8217;s who of the indie scene of the past two decades: <strong>Davey Richards<\/strong>, CIMA, <strong>Low Ki, Kenny Omega, Joey Ryan, Sami Zayn<\/strong> (as El Generico), <strong>Adam Cole, Kyle O&#8217;Reilly, Zack Sabre Jr.<\/strong>, and <strong>Marty Scurll<\/strong> are all past winners, with NXT North American Champion <strong>Ricochet<\/strong> the only person to win the tournament twice (2014 and 2017).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Best BOLA finals ever. Crowd was as hot as it&#39;s ever been in PWG for the 10 minute final stretch. Congrats Jeff Cobb. What a warrior &#8211; career match here. Bandido is so special <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aSOtGMKvBD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/aSOtGMKvBD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rob Naylor (@NINaylor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NINaylor\/status\/1041542831817412608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryansatin\/status\/1041542604364476416<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 13th annual Battle of Los Angeles tournament, held by Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) at The Globe Theater in Los Angeles, concluded it&#8217;s three day tournament tonight with the final triple threat elimination match coming down to three unlikely finalists in Bandido, Jeff Cobb and Dragon Gate&#8216;s Shingo Takagi. 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