# PWG Mystery Vortex

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Annual supercard event by PWG

Professional wrestling pay-per-view event series

Mystery Vortex 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

**Mystery Vortex** was an annual [professional wrestling](/source/Professional_wrestling) event produced by [Pro Wrestling Guerrilla](/source/Pro_Wrestling_Guerrilla) (PWG). The event was titled as such because most of the matches are not announced beforehand to captivate the audiences with surprise matches. The event was notable for unannounced returns of major PWG wrestlers, surprise debuts of major stars and matches often being announced during the event.

## Dates, venues and main events

# Event Date City Venue Main event 1 Mystery Vortex December 1, 2012 Reseda, California American Legion Post #308 Kevin Steen (c) vs. Adam Cole in a Guerrilla Warfare for the PWG World Championship 2 Mystery Vortex II March 28, 2014 Adam Cole (c) vs. Candice LeRae for the PWG World Championship 3 Mystery Vortex III: Rock And Shock The Nation June 26, 2015 Andrew Everett and Trevor Lee (c) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) for the PWG World Tag Team Championship 4 Mystery Vortex IV December 16, 2016 Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Marty Scurll for the PWG World Championship 5 Mystery Vortex V December 1, 2018 Ricochet (c) vs. Chuck Taylor in a Guerrilla Warfare for the PWG World Championship 6 Mystery Vortex VI October 5, 2019 Los Angeles, California Globe Theatre Darby Allin vs. Joey Janela in a Guerrilla Warfare 7 Mystery Vortex 7 August 1, 2021 Bandido (c) vs. Black Taurus for the PWG World Championship 8 Twenty: Mystery Vortex August 13, 2023 Daniel Garcia (c) vs. Mike Bailey in an Iron Man match for the PWG World Championship

## Results

### Mystery Vortex I

Mystery Vortex I Promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Date December 1, 2012 City Reseda, California Venue American Legion Post #308 Event chronology ← Previous Failure To Communicate Next → Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament Mystery Vortex chronology ← Previous First Next → II

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](/source/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling).[1] Ryan lost the match.[2]

No. Results Stipulations Times[3] 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 (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

### Mystery Vortex II

Mystery Vortex II Promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Date March 28, 2014 City Reseda, California Venue American Legion Post #308 Event chronology ← Previous Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament Next → CZW/PWG WrestleCon Mystery Vortex chronology ← Previous I Next → III

No. Results Stipulations Times[4] 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 (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

### Mystery Vortex III

Mystery Vortex III: Rock And Shock The Nation Promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Date June 26, 2015 City Reseda, California Venue American Legion Post #308 Event chronology ← Previous Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament Next → Threemendous IV Mystery Vortex chronology ← Previous II Next → IV

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](/source/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#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](/source/Super_Dragon) made his surprise return to PWG after a three-year absence and attacked Rick Knox, [Excalibur](/source/Excalibur_(wrestler)), Candice LeRae, Andrew Everett, Trevor Lee, Biff Busick and Mike Bailey in quick succession. Strong subsequently formed the [Mount Rushmore 2.0](/source/Mount_Rushmore_of_Wrestling) faction with Dragon and the Bucks.[5]

No. Results Stipulations Times[6] 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 (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

### Mystery Vortex IV

Mystery Vortex IV Promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Date December 16, 2016 City Reseda, California Venue American Legion Post #308 Event chronology ← Previous Battle of Los Angeles Next → Only Kings Understand Each Other Mystery Vortex chronology ← Previous III Next → V

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](/source/WWE).[7]

No. Results Stipulations Times[8] 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 (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

### Mystery Vortex V

Mystery Vortex V Promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Date January 12, 2018 City Reseda, California Venue American Legion Post #308 Event chronology ← Previous All Star Weekend 13 Next → Neon Knights Mystery Vortex chronology ← Previous IV Next → VI

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] 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 (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

### Mystery Vortex VI

Mystery Vortex VI Promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Date October 5, 2019 City Los Angeles, California Venue Globe Theatre Event chronology ← Previous Two Hundred Next → Sixteen Mystery Vortex chronology ← Previous V Next → 7

No. Results Stipulations Times[11] 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 (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

### Mystery Vortex 7

Mystery Vortex 7 Promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Date August 1, 2021 City Los Angeles, California Venue Globe Theatre Event chronology ← Previous The Makings of a Varsity Athlete Next → Threemendous VI Mystery Vortex chronology ← Previous VI Next → Twenty: Mystery Vortex

It was PWG's first event after hiatus during the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic), the last event being The Makings of a Varsity Athlete, which took place on December 20, 2019.[12] [Super Dragon](/source/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](/source/All_Elite_Wrestling) star [Malakai Black](/source/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](/source/Battle_of_Los_Angeles_(2016)).[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](/source/PWG_Threemendous_VI).[15][16]

No. Results Stipulations Times[17] 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 (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

### Twenty: Mystery Vortex

Main article: [PWG Twenty: Mystery Vortex](/source/PWG_Twenty%3A_Mystery_Vortex)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Joey Ryan leaves PWG to focus on TNA"](https://superluchas.com/en/joey-ryan-deja-pwg-para-concentrarse-en-tna/). *Super Luchas*. November 29, 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** 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"](https://prowrestling.net/artman/publish/miscliveevents/article10028607.shtml). *Pro Wrestling Dot Net*. Retrieved 10 January 2023.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_numeric_names:_authors_list))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["PWG Mystery Vortex"](https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=87283). *Cagematch*. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["PWG Mystery Vortex II"](https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=107988). *Cagematch*. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["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"](http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Arena_Reports_10/article_85888.shtml). *Pro Wrestling Torch*. 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2015-06-27.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["PWG Mystery Vortex III: Rock And Shock The Nation"](https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=127431). *Cagematch*. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Dave Meltzer](/source/Dave_Meltzer) (December 17, 2016). ["PWG Mystery Vortex live results: Chris Hero addresses his situation"](https://www.f4wonline.com/news/indies/pwg-mystery-vortex-live-results-chris-hero-addresses-his-situation-226691). *[WON / F4W](/source/Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter)*. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["PWG Mystery Vortex IV"](https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=164495). *Cagematch*. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [Dave Meltzer](/source/Dave_Meltzer) (January 13, 2018). ["PWG Mystery Vortex results: Ricochet says farewell"](https://www.f4wonline.com/news/indies/pwg-mystery-vortex-results-ricochet-says-farewell-249786). *[WON / F4W](/source/Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter)*. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["PWG Mystery Vortex V"](https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=188793). *Cagematch*. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["PWG Mystery Vortex VI"](https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=227432). *Cagematch*. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Bryan Rose (July 5, 2021). ["PWG announces Mystery Vortex 7 event for August 1"](https://www.f4wonline.com/news/indies/pwg-announces-mystery-vortex-7-event-august-1-346061). *[WON / F4W](/source/Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter)*. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Jack Atkins (August 2, 2021). ["Super Dragon Returns To PWG At Mystery Vortex 7"](https://cultaholic.com/posts/super-dragon-returns-to-pwg-at-mystery-vortex-7). *Cultaholic*. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Gisberto Guzzo; Denise Salcedo (August 2, 2021). ["PWG Mystery Vortex 7 Results (8/1): Malakai Black Appears Following The Main Event"](https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/results/pwg-mystery-vortex-7-results-81-malakai-black-and-super-dragon-make-surprise-appearances). *Fightful*. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** Steve Bryant (August 1, 2021). ["PWG Mystery Vortex 7 – 01 August 2021 – Results"](https://socaluncensored.com/2021/08/01/pwg-mystery-vortex-7-01-august-2021-results/). *[SoCal Uncensored](/source/SoCal_Uncensored_(website))*. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** [Dave Meltzer](/source/Dave_Meltzer) (August 2, 2021). ["PWG Mystery Vortex VII results: Bandido defends PWG title"](https://www.f4wonline.com/news/indies/pwg-mystery-vortex-vii-results-bandido-defends-pwg-title-348796). *[WON / F4W](/source/Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter)*. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["PWG Mystery Vortex 7"](https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=314532). *Cagematch*. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

## External links

- [Pro Wrestling Guerrilla official website](https://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com)

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