All eight wrestlers confirmed for ROH title shot tournament
All eight wrestlers have now been confirmed for ROH’s number one contender’s tournament.
It was announced today that Bandido, Colt Cabana, Mark Haskins, and PCO will be in the eight-man, single-elimination tournament. They join Dalton Castle, Jay Lethal, Kenny King, and Marty Scurll as the wrestlers who will be taking part in it.
The bracket for the tournament will be revealed on Monday (September 2).
The winner of the tournament will challenge for the ROH World Championship at Final Battle in December. Matt Taven is the current ROH World Champion.
Rush and Jeff Cobb have been set up as upcoming challengers for Taven’s title. Cobb won a future shot at the World title by defeating Taven, King, and Lethal in a Defy or Deny match at Honor for All this past Sunday.
The tournament will begin at ROH’s Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view and post-Death Before Dishonor television tapings in Las Vegas on Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28. The semifinals and finals will then be held at Glory By Honor in New Orleans on Saturday, October 12.
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