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Survival of the Fittest 2018 Hype Thread

Post by Big Red Machine » Oct 9th, '18, 23:55

wrote:"www.ROHWrestling.com]The 13th annual Survival of the Fittest returns to Ring of Honor on Sunday November 4, emanating LIVE from Columbus, OH’s Express Live, broadcasting LIVE for all HonorClub Members! First-round match winners will compete in a six-man elimination match at the end of the night. The winner of the Survival of the Fittest Finals will receive a future Ring of Honor World Championship opportunity!

Eleven individuals have won the previous twelve Survival of the Fittest Tournaments, with seven out of eleven individual winners eventually winning the ROH World Championship! With the list of former winners a true who’s who of professional wrestling, including current ROH World Champion Jay Lethal, the only three-time ROH World Champion Adam Cole, Bryan Danielson, Roderick Strong, and more, this year’s winner has a chance to add their name to a list of legends with an opportunity to write their name in the history books as a potential future ROH World Champion.

The first entrant in this year’s tournament is one of the hottest free agents in professional wrestling,
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“Hot Sauce” Tracy Williams!
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Re: Survival of the Fittest 2018 Hype Thread

Post by Big Red Machine » Oct 12th, '18, 10:33

Also announced:
Jonathan Gresham, Flip Gordon, and the return of
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Re: Survival of the Fittest 2018 Hype Thread

Post by cero2k » Oct 12th, '18, 11:36

Scurll has also been announced
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Re: Survival of the Fittest 2018 Hype Thread

Post by Big Red Machine » Oct 15th, '18, 19:25

Colin Delaney, P.J. Black
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Re: Survival of the Fittest 2018 Hype Thread

Post by cero2k » Oct 16th, '18, 14:54

Page is in.

It's gonna make it more obvious who wins, but i like that they're bringing in outside guys for this
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Re: Survival of the Fittest 2018 Hype Thread

Post by Big Red Machine » Oct 16th, '18, 15:10

On the one hand, yeah, but the fact that they have moved back to a one-night SOTF (the way it should be), plus the need to replace Martinez with someone who won't be constantly going to Japan means that they might alternatively decide to bring in a guy like Tracy Williams or P.J. Black and try to just make him in one night.
But even if that's not what they're doing, I think Page. Flip, and Gresham, plus possible future entrants like Silas, Dlaton, or Scurll would all be possible winners. There is no rule that says that winner has to get his shot at Final Battle, (most of them haven't) and so they could easily give it to someone who doesn't make sense as a challenger to Lethal but could be moved into that position either with a turn down the line or by Lethal dropping the belt to someone who makes more sense for said winner to challenge.
That being said, the last (and and actually also the only) SOTF winner to actually win the belt with his SOTF title shot was Eddie Edwards, so they're probably going to want someone to do it at some point soon, and the person who makes the most sense to take the belt from Lethal to me is Scurll (based on their little angle heading into Final Battle last year).
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Re: Survival of the Fittest 2018 Hype Thread

Post by cero2k » Oct 18th, '18, 16:37

full lineup

Andrew Everett
Flip Gordon
Jonathan Gresham
Marty Scurll
Tracy Williams
Colin Delaney
PJ Black
Adam Page
Beer City Bruiser
Stuka Jr
Guerrero Maya Jr
The Luchasaurus

disappointed in the last one coming in as luchasaurus and not Judas Draven
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Re: Survival of the Fittest 2018 Hype Thread

Post by Big Red Machine » Oct 18th, '18, 16:51

I kind of dig that they're leaving so many of the regular top singles guys out.
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Re: Survival of the Fittest 2018 Hype Thread

Post by cero2k » Oct 18th, '18, 22:28

Big Red Machine wrote: Oct 18th, '18, 16:51 I kind of dig that they're leaving so many of the regular top singles guys out.
yeah, that was kinda what I was saying at first, i hope it doesn't spoil on the actual potential winners (this is SOTF, not TPT), but I like that we're getting fresh faces. if you ask me, i just put a rocket on Hot Sauce and make him a big deal from the get go even if he fails to capture the title
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Re: Survival of the Fittest 2018 Hype Thread

Post by Big Red Machine » Oct 19th, '18, 11:57

They have announced Silas Young as well, with the continued promise of "more international stars to come," so there goes any hope of SOTF going back to it's more logical six singles matches in the first round format.
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Re: Survival of the Fittest 2018 Hype Thread

Post by cero2k » Oct 19th, '18, 16:31

Big Red Machine wrote: Oct 19th, '18, 11:57 They have announced Silas Young as well, with the continued promise of "more international stars to come," so there goes any hope of SOTF going back to it's more logical six singles matches in the first round format.
yeah, just saw Dalton Castle announced too
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Re: Survival of the Fittest 2018 Hype Thread

Post by Big Red Machine » Oct 22nd, '18, 11:22

They website says that there will be fifteen entrants into SOTF. The fact that they have also booked Lethal & Cobb vs. Scorpio Sky & Kazarian makes me think the fifteenth guy will probably be Daniels. Also booked is the Kingdom getting a shot at the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Titles against Cody & the Bucks.
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Re: Survival of the Fittest 2018 Hype Thread

Post by Big Red Machine » Oct 22nd, '18, 15:32

Yup. Daniels is the final entrant. First round matches announced so far are Daniels vs. BCB, Luchasaurus vs. P.J. Black, and Hot Sauce vs. Gresham.
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