[4][5][6] The tournament featured the PWG debuts of Doug Williams, Susumu Yokosuka, Jimmy Rave and Nigel McGuinness.

The event also featured a World Tag Team Championship match on night one, in which El Generico and Kevin Steen successfully defended the titles against Dragon Kid and Susumu Yokosuka.

[9] Other non-tournament matches included a tag team match on night one, in which The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated Los Luchas (Phoenix Star and Zokre), a tag team match on night two, in which Ronin and T.J. Perkins defeated Bino Gambino and Karl Anderson and a twelve-man tag team match on night three, in which the team of Chris Hero, Doug Williams, Jack Evans, Kevin Steen, Susumu Yokosuka and Tyler Black defeated Austin Aries, Davey Richards, Human Tornado, Jimmy Rave, Karl Anderson and Scott Lost.

[7] On June 27, the next eight participants were revealed for the tournament: Human Tornado, Jack Evans, Tyler Black, PAC, Roderick Strong, the World Tag Team Champion El Generico, Matt Sydal and Scott Lost.

[12] The final eight names were announced on June 29: Claudio Castagnoli, Shingo Takagi, the World Tag Team Champion Kevin Steen, World Champion Bryan Danielson, Super Dragon, Rocky Romero, Nigel McGuinness and CIMA.

Super Dragon also pulled out of the event and Chris Bosh also withdrew due to injuries and announced his retirement.

They were replaced by TNA wrestler Alex Shelley, local worker Tony Kozina and Necro Butcher.

[14] At Giant-Size Annual #4, a month before the Battle of Los Angeles, Austin Aries returned to PWG and defeated Rocky Romero to take his spot in BOLA.

Jade Chung distracted the referee while Hero had covered Ryan for the pinfall after a diving double foot stomp.

It was followed by the night one's main event, in which El Generico and Kevin Steen defended the World Tag Team Championship against Dragon Kid and the debuting Susumu Yokosuka.

Steen executed a package piledriver to Dragon Kid and pushed him to Generico, who hit a brainbuster to win the match and retain the titles.

The night two of the Battle of Los Angeles tournament began with a tag team match pitting Ronin and T.J. Perkins against Bino Gambino and Karl Anderson.

The night three kicked off with the quarterfinals of the Battle of Los Angeles between Roderick Strong and Joey Ryan.

Shelley avoided a shooting star press by Sydal and hit a three-quarter facelock bulldog and a It Came From Japan for the win.

It was followed by the penultimate twelve-man tag team match in which Chris Hero, Doug Williams, Jack Evans, Kevin Steen, Susumu Yokosuka and Tyler Black took on Austin Aries, Davey Richards, Human Tornado, Jimmy Rave, Karl Anderson and Scott Lost.

At The High Cost of Doing Business, a match was scheduled pitting Hero and Eddie Kingston against Tornado and a mystery partner.

During the night one of All Star Weekend 6, Hero, LeRae and Necro Butcher lost a six-person tag team match to Tornado, Castagnoli and Kingston.

After the Battle of Los Angeles tournament, CIMA did not go the traditional route of challenging for the PWG World Championship and instead went to his native Japan to compete in his home promotion Dragon Gate.