The fourth annual BOLA was held on November 1 and November 2, 2008 in Burbank, CA. The tournament was set to follow the 24 man format of the previous two and take place on the weekend of August but PWG management was unable to book the talent they wished to for the event and decided to move the event and drop the entrants down to 16. On October 16 PWG announced that 17 participants will be in the tournament, this occurred because the two PWG commissioners couldn't come to a conclusion on who would be the final entrant, which will lead to one first round match being a three-way dance.
Entrants[]
- Austin Aries
- Brandon Bonham
- Bryan Danielson
- Chris Hero
- Chuck Taylor
- Davey Richards
- El Generico
- Joey Ryan
- Kenny Omega
- Low Ki
- Masato Yoshino
- Necro Butcher
- Nigel McGuinness
- Roderick Strong
- Scott Lost
- TJ Perkins
Tournament brackets[]
| Opening Rounds November 1 |
Quarter Finals November 2 |
Semi-Finals November 2 |
Final November 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Brandon Bonham | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Kenny Omega | : | ||||||||||||||||
| Brandon Bonham | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nigel McGuinness | : | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Nigel McGuinness | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Austin Aries | : | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigel McGuinness | ||||||||||||||||||
| Low Ki | : | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Low Ki | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Roderick Strong | : | ||||||||||||||||
| Low Ki | ||||||||||||||||||
| Masato Yoshino | : | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | El Generico * | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Masato Yoshino * | : | ||||||||||||||||
| Low Ki | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Hero | : | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | TJ Perkins | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Chuck Taylor | : | ||||||||||||||||
| TJ Perkins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bryan Danielson | : | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Bryan Danielson | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Davey Richards | : | ||||||||||||||||
| Bryan Danielson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Hero | : | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Scott Lost | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Joey Ryan | : | ||||||||||||||||
| Scott Lost | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Hero | : | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Chris Hero † | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Necro Butcher † | : | ||||||||||||||||
Notes[]
* = This match was a three-way dance also involving Nick Jackson of the Young Bucks.
† = This was a No Disqualification match.