ROH World title tournament discussion thread

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On July 27th ROH will start a tournament to crown a new world champion which will be going until their Death Before Dishonor event on September 20th and 21st. As can be read over in this thread the reason for the tournament is because Jay Briscoe being stripped of the belt due to his contract ending (and a storyline injury).​

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This thread is meant to serve as a discussion thread for the tournament leading up to the crowning of the new champion. It will feature a full listing of the competitors as they are revealed and listings and results from matches. The tournament will be single round elimination style so it will likely be a hoot with the matches.​

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The competitors to have been revealed so far have been the following:​

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1st entry: Unbreakable Michael Elgin​

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2nd entry: Brian Kendrick​

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3rd entry: Machine Gun Karl Anderson​

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4th entry: Kevin Steen​

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5th entry: Paul London​

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6th entry: Roderick Strong​

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7th entry: Adam Cole​

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8th entry: Sonjay Dutt​

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9th entry: BJ Whitmer​

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10th entry: Tommaso Ciampa​

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11th entry: Jay Lethal​

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12th entry: Michael Bennett​

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13th entry: Silas Young​

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14th entry: Matt Taven (World TV champion)​

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15th entry: ACH​

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16th entry: Mark Briscoe​

*More to come as the contestants are finalized (Page vs Young).*​

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For more info visit ROH's website.​

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Looks like it is going to be interesting and fun to watch ROH again.​

 

[Forrest OAKADA]

I'd Like to see Paul London added....If he is, then I expect Brian Kendrick vs Paul London!

 

[Senhor Perfect]

Hardy and Steen will be added I'm sure.

 

[Stopspot]

There will be a lot of surprises/not the usual bunch of ROH guys added I think. With the Briscoes being out and the Wolves leaving and all.

 

[Forrest OAKADA]

I think they're just going to mix 3 current star against former stars of ROH.

 

[Stopspot]

I think they're just going to mix 3 current star against former stars of ROH.

To fill a 17 man tournament? There will need to be more current guys and guys who haven't wrestled in ROH before.

 

[Forrest OAKADA]

To fill a 17 man tournament? There will need to be more current guys and guys who haven't wrestled in ROH before.

17 Man you say, I never caught that bit.
Anyway, I have my Bets on a Certain Superstar, I'll say if he is Announced.

 

[Stopspot]

Dolph'sZiggler is probably getting a semi by the thought of Elgin getting a chance at a world title.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

I am not a big Elgin fan tbh. Liked him at first but the more I see him the more he exposes his own weaknesses.

Why not just put the belt back on Steen? He deserves it.

 

[DK JAMES]

Oh damn did not expect to see Kendrick in there. Still pulling for Hardy to win the title.

 

[Stopspot]

I am not a big Elgin fan tbh. Liked him at first but the more I see him the more he exposes his own weaknesses.

Why not just put the belt back on Steen? He deserves it.

I remember you being one back when Steen vs Elgin was announced. But I was a big Elgin fan back then as well. As soon as he dropped Truth all his weaknesses became apparent.

I also think ROH tries to avoid multiple time champions to help sell the prestige of the belt or something like that.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Brilliant logic.

"ROH Title. Pfft. Kevin Steen held that belt TWICE. Not prestigious at all."

 

[Stopspot]

The 4th entry is....

The field of the ROH World Title Tournament is already stacked with only three names released in Elgin, Kendrick, and Anderson and there are still 13 more to go. With the tournament set to begin on July 27th in Providence, RI and continue on in Toronto and NYC, before coming to a head in Philadelphia in September, the desire to be part of the field is running high in the locker room. ROHWrestling.com now has the name of the fourth men to enter the tourney and he is a man with a chance to become a 2-Time champion with a victory:

KEVIN STEEN!

The former World Champion, the man who was dethroned by Jay Briscoe at "Supercard of Honor VII", will have his chance to become only the second 2-Time Champion in ROH’s eleven year history. As everyone well knows, Nigel McGuinness had been very wary of Steen in the shadow of his excommunication from S.C.U.M but with how he stepped up in Baltimore it seems that the man once known as “Wrestling’s Worst Nightmare” has earned a berth in the tournament. His first round bout will go down in the city where he won the World Title in the first place: Toronto on August 3rd!

Check back tomorrow to see the name of the 5th man entered into the World Title Tournament and get your tickets for Providence, Toronto, NYC, and Philadelphia right here in the ROH Store!!!

 

[Testify]

Thank fuck already.

 

[Stopspot]

Depending on the other 13 guys being brought in to this tournament this could be the best thing to happen to ROH in a long time. With most of the matches to be televised and with Sinclair doing good money right now and expanding into more states and bringing ROH to every new state and pumping more money into ROH this could end up real good for the company in the long run.