CM Punk and Samoa Joe in the same ring before they were famous — indie wrestling's secret origin story.
World Tag Team Title Tournament First Round Matches 1. Los Luchas (Phoenix Star & Zokre) vs. "Photogenic" Chris Bosh & Quicksilver 2. Babi Slymm & MDogg 20 vs. The X-Foundation (Scott Lost & Joey Ryan) 3. Hardkore, Inc. (Al Katrazz & Hardkore Kidd) vs. The Havana Pitbulls (Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero) 4. "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson & Super Dragon vs. Excalibur & Jonny Storm 5. The Ballard Brothers (Shane & Shannon Ballard) vs. Puma & Samoa Joe 6. B-Boy & Homicide vs. Disco Machine & Rising Son 7. Apollo Kahn & Sara Del Rey vs. The Iron Saints (Sal & Vito Thomaselli) 8. "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels & Messiah vs. Chris Hero & CM Punk Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Championship Title Match 9. "The Future" Frankie Kazarian (c) vs. "Scrap Iron" Adam Pearce
Stunts
Super Dragon's absurdly dangerous signature spots.
Acting
Hero and Punk's heel chemistry before stardom.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was PWG's first-ever tournament, establishing the promotion's identity as talent incubator for Ring of Honor and eventually WWE.
Sara Del Rey vs. the Iron Saints was groundbreaking — women's wrestling as violent equality, not novelty, years before the 'women's evolution.'
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