ROH Top Prospect Tournament

The Top Prospect Tournament is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by Ring of Honor since 2011. The inaugural tournament took place in 2011 and has occurred every year since except for 2012.^[1]

Format

Aspiring ROH wrestlers compete in a variety of "qualifying" singles matches with the winner(s) of each match advancing to the next round. There are three rounds, with the winner of the Top Prospect Tournament getting a Ring of Honor contract and a shot at an undetermined ROH championship.

History

The tournament first started in 2011 with the goal of giving up and coming wrestlers a chance at getting an ROH contract and displaying their talents for the promotion. In 2011, the winner of the tournament was Mike Bennett, who went onto become an ROH mainstay. After a one year break, the tournament returned in 2013, with the winner getting a chance at Adam Cole's ROH Television Championship. The winner of the 2013 tournament was Matt Taven, who associated himself with Truth Martini and captured Cole's championship at the 11th Anniversary Show. He then became the longest reigning Television Champion in ROH history since the title's inception in 2010 before losing it to Tommaso Ciampa.

List of winners

• 2011 – Mike Bennett^[1]
• 2013 – Matt Taven^[2]
• 2014 – Hanson^[3]
• 2015 – Donovan Dijak^[4]

Tournament winners

2011

ROH's first Top Prospect Tournament took place in January 2011.

• First round match: Kyle O'Reilly defeated Jonathan Gresham
• First round match: Mike Bennett defeated Adam Cole
• First round match: Michael Elgin defeated Bobby Dempsey
• First round match: Andy Ridge defeated Grizzly Redwood
• Semi-final match: Kyle O'Reilly defeated Michael Elgin
• Semi-final match: Mike Bennett defeated Andy Ridge
• Final match: Mike Bennett defeated Kyle O'Reilly

2013

ROH's second Top Prospect Tournament took place in January and February 2013.

• First round match: TaDarius Thomas defeated Antonio Thomas
• First round match: Silas Young defeated Adam Page
• First round match: Q.T. Marshall defeated Mike Sydal
• First round match: Matt Taven defeated ACH
• Semi-final match: Matt Taven defeated Silas Young
• Semi-final match: TaDarius Thomas defeated Q.T. Marshall
• Final match: Matt Taven defeated TaDarius Thomas

2014

ROH's third Top Prospect Tournament took place in January and February 2014.

• First round match: Raymond Rowe defeated Kongo
• First round match: Corey Hollis defeated Mike Posey
• First round match: Andrew Everett defeated The Romantic Touch
• First round match: Hanson defeated Cheeseburger
• Semi-final match: Raymond Rowe defeated Corey Hollis
• Semi-final match: Hanson defeated Andrew Everett
• Final match: Hanson defeated Raymond Rowe

2015

ROH's fourth Top Prospect Tournament took place in January and February 2015.

• First round match: Will Ferrara defeated J Diesel
• First round match: Beer City Bruiser defeated Mikey Webb
• First round match: Donovan Dijak defeated Jake Dirden
• First round match: Ashley Sixx defeated Dalton Castle
• Semi-final match: Donovan Dijak defeated Ashley Sixx
• Semi-final match: Will Ferrara defeated Beer City Bruiser
• Final Match: Donovan Dijak defeated Will Ferrara

See also

• Ring of Honor
• ROH World Championship
• ROH World Tag Team Championship
• ROH World Television Championship
• ROH Pure Championship

References

External links

• rohwrestling.com (Official website)