Survival of the Fittest (2016)
Survival of the Fittest (2016) was a two-night, two-city professional wrestling event produced by the U.S.-based wrestling promotion Ring of Honor, the 11th Survival of the Fittest. It took place on November 3, 2016 at the Arlington Convention Center in Arlington, Texas[1] and November 4 at the San Antonio Shrine Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas.[2]
| Survival of the Fittest (2016) | |||
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| Promotion | Ring of Honor | ||
| Date | Night 1: November 3, 2016 Night 2: November 4, 2016 | ||
| City | Night 1: Arlington, Texas Night 2: San Antonio, Texas | ||
| Venue | Night 1: Arlington Convention Center Night 2: San Antonio Shrine Auditorium | ||
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Storylines
Survival of The Fittest (2016) featured professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines that played out on ROH's television program, Ring of Honor Wrestling. Wrestlers portrayed heroes (faces) or villains (heels) as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3]
Survival of the Fittest is an annual tournament held by ROH. For the 2016 event, the winners from designated tournament matches in Arlington, Texas advanced to a 6-Man Elimination Match the following night in San Antonio, and the winner of that match was declared Survivor of the Fittest, and received a future ROH World Championship match.
2016 Survival of the Fittest tournament participants
Results
Night 1 - Arlington, TX
| No. | Results | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Panther defeated Will Ferrara, Silas Young and Yohey | Four corner survival match; first round match in the 2016 Survival of the Fittest tournament |
| 2 | Jax Dane defeated Donovan Dijak | Singles match; first round match in the 2016 Survival of the Fittest tournament |
| 3 | Punishment Martinez defeated Colt Cabana and Cheeseburger | Three-way match; first round match in the 2016 Survival of the Fittest tournament |
| 4 | Bobby Fish defeated Kenny King (with Caprice Coleman) | Singles match; first round match in the 2016 Survival of the Fittest tournament |
| 5 | Dalton Castle defeated Rhett Titus (with Caprice Coleman) and Chris Sabin | Three-way match; first round match in the 2016 Survival of the Fittest tournament |
| 6 | Lio Rush defeated Misterioso Jr., Hangman Page and Sho | Four corner survival match; first round match in the 2016 Survival of the Fittest tournament |
| 7 | Kyle O'Reilly defeated Christopher Daniels (with Frankie Kazarian) | Singles match |
| 8 | The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) defeated War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe) and Keith Lee and Shane Taylor | Three-way tag team match |
Night 2 - San Antonio, TX
| No. | Results | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | Cheeseburger and Will Ferrara defeated Andy Dalton and Scorpio Sky | Tag team match |
| 2 | The Cabinet (Rhett Titus, Kenny King and Caprice Coleman) defeated The Tempura Boyz (Sho and Yohey) and Misterioso Jr. | Six-man tag team match |
| 3 | Silas Young defeated Mark Briscoe | Singles match |
| 4 | Hangman Page defeated Donovan Dijak | Singles match |
| 5 | Colt Cabana defeated Chris Sabin (with Alex Shelley) | Singles match |
| 6 | Keith Lee and Shane Taylor defeated War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe) | No Rules Tag team match |
| 7 | Kyle O'Reilly defeated Frankie Kazarian | Singles match |
| 8 | Jay Briscoe defeated Christopher Daniels | Singles match |
| 9 | Bobby Fish defeated Lio Rush, Punishment Martinez, Jax Dane, Dalton Castle and The Panther | Survival of the Fittest tournament final Six-way elimination match Winner received an ROH World Championship match |
Order of Elimination
- The Panther was eliminated by Dalton Castle
- Dalton Castle was eliminated by Punishment Martinez
- Jax Dane was eliminated by Lio Rush
- Punishment Martinez was eliminated by Lio Rush
- Lio Rush was eliminated by Bobby Fish
References
- "11/03/16 SOTF '16 Night 1 - Arlington, Tx". Ring of Honor. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
- "11/04/16 SOTF '16 Night 2 - San Antonio, Tx". Ring of Honor. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
- Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2012.