The four finalists of this year’s competition will be highlighted along with other featured builders in a new TV special, “SEMA: Battle of the Builders,” which debuted on A+E Networks’ FYI and History’s Drive block in January. For the second year inĪ row, and for the fourth time in six years, a ’69 Camaro came out on top. When the dust settled, industry legends Jim and Mike Ring ended with the best-overall trophy. The Top 12 determined the Final 4, with the winners being Jim and Mike Ring (Hot Rod), Randy Borcherding (Truck/Off-Road), Louie Shefchik (Sport Compact) and Brad Swaney (Young Guns).
At that point, the Top 12 judged themselves to determine the winner of each category as well as the The task only became harder from there, as experts once again reduced the competition from those 40 to the Top 12. Industry experts reduced the more than 300 entries to the Top 40 within the first couple of days. The format remained the same as last year, with winners recognized in four different categories: Hot Rod, Truck/Off-Road, Sport Compact and Young Guns (under 27). Legends of the industry entered and competed with first-timers looking to make names for themselves. While the bulk of the entries came from contestants scattered across the United States, our neighbors up north and down south also provided multiple entries, and some even traveled across the pond to enter the competition. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.By Fredy Ramirez and Douglas McColloch The Battle of the Builders Thousands came to witness the crowning of the 2019 Battle of the Builders champion at SEMA Ignited-the official after-party of the SEMA Show.Ĭustom-car builders from all walks of life entered the 2019 Battle of the Builders (BOTB) competition.
Stay tuned to the Last Word on Pro Wrestling for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. But while MexaBlood proved to be one of 2018’s most exciting tag teams, Bandido grew exponentially as a singles competitor, appearing in the 2018 PWG Battle of Los Angeles and RevPro’s 2018 British J Cup.He signed with Ring of Honor at the end of 2018 and appeared in his first NJPW Best of the Super Juniors this past spring. It’s been a whirlwind past two years for the 24-year old Mexican star, who only really broke into the US and international indie scene last year, when he joined his Dragon Gate tag team partner Flamita. In the end, it was Bandido who scored the pin and the win, becoming the first Mexican to win BOLA in its 14-year history (apart from El Generico of course).īandido wins BOLA. He bested CMLL and NJPW star Dragon Lee in the Semi-Final, heading to the Final triple threat against Jonathan Gresham and David Starr.
Bandido’s quest began when he defeated fellow luchador Puma King in the opening round (and in doing so, won Puma King’s DDT Pro Ironman Heavymetalweight championship, only to lose it back to Puma a few seconds later) and then defeating fellow ROH star Brody King in the Quarter Finals.