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Survival Of The Fittest (2017)
Survival of the Fittest (2017) was a three-night, three-city professional wrestling event produced by the American wrestling promotion Ring of Honor, the 12th ROH Survival of the Fittest, Survival of the Fittest. It took place on November 17, 2017, at the Austin Highway Event Center in San Antonio, Texas, November 18, 2017, at Gilley's Dallas in Dallas, Texas and November 19, 2017, at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The event also was notable for actor Stephen Amell, who was previously announced as the host for the first night of the tour, joining the Bullet Club stable and wrestling in the show's main event. Background Survival of The Fittest featured Professional wrestling match types, professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre-existing Script (recorded media), scripted feuds or narrative thread, storylines that played out on ROH's television program, ''Ring of Honor Wrestling''. Wrestlers portrayed heroes (Face (professional wrestlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ring Of Honor
Ring of Honor (ROH) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. The promotion was founded by Rob Feinstein on February 23, 2002, and was operated by Cary Silkin from 2004 until 2011, when the promotion was sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group. After a deal was struck in March 2022, ROH was officially sold to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) founder, co-owner, president, and CEO Tony Khan two months later. Throughout the 2010s, Ring of Honor was considered a major wrestling promotion in the United States, alongside WWE and Impact Wrestling. Under Sinclair Broadcast Group's ownership, ROH began talent-sharing deals with wrestling companies outside the U.S., expanded their television visibility through Sinclair's broadcast stations, and eventually established its own streaming service in 2018 called Honor Club. But as time went on and the industry saw the creation and subsequent rise of All Elite Wrestling (AEW), ROH would be seen as a smaller p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heel (professional Wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a heel (also known as a ''rudo'' in ''lucha libre'') is a wrestler who portrays a villain, "bad guy", or "rulebreaker", and acts as an antagonist to the faces, who are the heroic protagonist or "good guy" characters. Not everything a heel wrestler does must be villainous: heels need only to be booed or jeered by the audience to be effective characters, although most truly successful heels embrace other aspects of their devious personalities, such as cheating to win or using foreign objects. "The role of a heel is to get 'heat,' which means spurring the crowd to obstreperous hatred, and generally involves cheating and pretty much any other manner of socially unacceptable behavior that will get the job done." To gain heat (with boos and jeers from the audience), heels are often portrayed as behaving in an immoral manner by breaking rules or otherwise taking advantage of their opponents outside the bounds of the standards of the match. Others do not (o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
The ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' (''WON'') is a newsletter that covers professional wrestling and mixed martial arts. Founded in print in 1982 by Dave Meltzer, the ''Wrestling Observer'' website merged with Bryan Alvarez's ''Figure Four Weekly'' website in 2008, becoming ''Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online''. Issues are offered in print and digital. The newsletter is often considered the first " dirt sheet", which is a wrestling publication which covers the art from a real-life perspective. History The beginnings of the ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' date back to 1980, when Meltzer began an annual poll amongst those with whom he corresponded regarding professional wrestling. According to Meltzer, he was just a fan at first. A short time later, he began maintaining a tape-trading list, and would occasionally send match results and news updates along with tape updates. Meltzer stated that he wanted to keep his friends in college "in the loop" for his tape trading a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinny Marseglia
Vincent Marseglia (born January 24, 1986) is an American professional wrestler, known for his time in Impact Wrestling, where he was a member of Honor No More. He is best known for his tenure in Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a record setting 4-time ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champion, with 3 of his reigns as part of The Kingdom. Professional wrestling career Ring of Honor (2012–2022) Marseglia made his Ring of Honor (ROH) Television debut on April 7, 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland losing to Rhyno in a squash match. On April 30, 2016 Marseglia unsuccessfully challenged Jay Lethal for the ROH World Championship in West Warwick, Rhode Island. The Kingdom (2016–2019) Marseglia made his comeback on October 1, 2016, in Lowell, Massachusetts as a part of the revamped Kingdom stable alongside Matt Taven and T. K. O'Ryan. In their debut as a trio, they defeated The Bullet Club (Adam Cole and The Young Bucks). On the November 19 episode of ROH TV The Kingdom defeated Team CMLL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silas Young
Caleb DeWall (born August 9, 1979) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Silas Young. He was last contracted for Ring of Honor, where he is a two-time ROH World Television Champion, although he has not appeared on ROH TV since April 15, 2022. He is now wrestling on the independent wrestling circuit Professional wrestling career World Wrestling Entertainment (2007, 2010) Young made his World Wrestling Entertainment debut on the September 24, 2007 episode of ''Heat'', facing Val Venis in a losing effort. The next day he lost to The Miz in a singles match taped for '' Friday Night SmackDown!''. Following these appearances, Young was signed to a developmental contract and assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling. On December 5, Young made his OVW debut, defeating Seth Skyfire in a dark match before losing to James Curtis in a match for the Television Championship; however, Young was released from his contract shortly thereafter due to WWE briefly droppi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damian Priest
Luis Martínez (born September 26, 1982) is an American professional wrestler of Puerto Rican descent. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Damian Priest, and is a member of the stable The Judgment Day. He is also known for his work in Ring of Honor (ROH) under the ring name Punishment Martinez, where he is a former one-time ROH World Television Champion. Through ROH's working relationship with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), he has also worked in Japan as Punisher Martinez. Early life Martínez was born in New York City to Nuyorican parents, but raised in the municipality of Dorado, Puerto Rico. While living in Dorado he saw the World Wrestling Council on television and got the interest to become a pro wrestler. He learned Japanese Gōjū-ryū karate from his martial artist father. After winning two national championships in full-contact martial arts, Martínez decided to embark on a career in professional wrestling. Whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Taven
Matthew Marinelli (born March 20, 1985), known by his ring name, Matt Taven, is an American professional wrestler and wrestling trainer, who currently wrestles for All Elite Wrestling. He is best known for his work with Ring of Honor (ROH), where he won the Ring of Honor World Championship in Madison Square Garden in 2019 and Impact Wrestling where he is a former member of Honor No More. He also appears for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where he is a former NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion. Taven's Ring of Honor work includes being a member of The Kingdom (with Adam Cole, Michael Bennett, Maria Kanellis, Vinny Marseglia, and T. K. O'Ryan at various times) as well as performing across the Northeastern United States independent circuit. Taven won ROH's 2013 Top Prospect Tournament to become a full-time wrestler for the promotion. He is a former one-time ROH World Champion, one-time World Television Champion, one-time ROH World Tag Team Champion with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Woods (wrestler)
Joshua Woods is an American professional wrestler, where he performs under his real name (stylized as Josh Woods). He is currently signed to Ring of Honor. Amateur wrestling career Woods was a collegiate amateur wrestler at the University of Central Florida, where, in 2011, he won the NCWA National Championship. He was also a two time NCWA All American and National Runner-up. He also runs camps for Ultimate Fighting Championship athletes such as Alex Nicholson, Seth Petruzelli, Mike Perry and Tom Lawlor. Professional wrestling career WWE NXT (2014–2016) Woods signed a contract with WWE at the end of 2014 and started to train at the WWE Performance Center. His first match with NXT was on April 25, where he competed in a battle royal. On July 30 and September 26, he competed in two more battle royals to determine the number one contender to the NXT Championship, which were won by Tyler Breeze and Baron Corbin, respectively. His first win was at Venice, Florida during a h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Gresham
Jonathan Gresham (born March 20, 1988) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Impact Wrestling. He has previously wrestled for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a former ROH World Champion, ROH Pure Champion, and ROH World Tag Team Champion with Jay Lethal. Earlier in his career, Gresham wrestled regularly on the independent circuit, in such promotions as Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) where he is a former CZW World Heavyweight Champion as well as Chikara, IWA Mid-South, Full Impact Pro (FIP), and Evolve among others. He also has international experience, having wrestled in over 15 countries, including in Germany with Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), and in England for Progress Wrestling, where he is a former Progress World Champion. Early life Joanathan Gresham was born on March 20, 1988 in Atlanta, Georgia. Gresham competed in amateur wrestling until he was 17. Some of Gresham's influences were Rey Mysterio, Hayabu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Lethal
Jamar Shipman (born April 29, 1985), better known by the ring name Jay Lethal, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Dubbed "The Franchise" of Ring of Honor, Lethal is a two-time ROH World Champion, and holds the record for most combined days with the ROH World Championship in company history. He was also a record-setting two-time and longest reigning ROH World Television Champion, holding the title for 567 days, and the only man to hold the World Television Championship and the World Championship at the same time, and a former ROH World Tag Team Champion with Jonathan Gresham. Lethal is recognized by ROH as a Grand Slam Champion, and is the only man to have held the ROH World, World Tag Team, World Television and Pure championships. In 2020, he was selected by Ring of Honor as their ''Wrestler of the Decade'' (2010s). He is also known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he was a six-time TNA X Divisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flip Gordon
Travis Gordon Lopes Jr. (born December 12, 1991) is an American professional wrestler currently wrestling under the name Flip Gordon. Professional wrestling career Early career Gordon trained under Brian Fury and the New England Pro Wrestling Academy. He made his singles debut against Biff Busick on May 6, 2015. Independent circuit (2016–2017) He appeared for Chaotic Wrestling, where he won his first title during ''A Night Of Grand Slams'' on September 9, 2016, in a Six-Way Scramble match to gain the CW New England Championship. He lost his title on February 3, 2017 against Mike Verna. In 2016, Gordon debuted for Combat Zone Wrestling defeating Chuck Taylor, Steve Scott and Dan Barry. Ring of Honor (2017–2021) Gordon signed a contract with Ring of Honor a month after his first match on the promotion, where he lost to Matt Sydal on April 8, 2017, in Baltimore, Maryland. On December 15, 2017, at ROH's Final Battle Gordon teamed with Dragon Lee and Titan against Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheeseburger (wrestler)
Brandon Littlejohn, better known by his ring name World Famous CB (formerly Cheeseburger), is an American professional wrestler. He is currently working for Ring of Honor (ROH), and also works as an assistant trainer at the ROH Dojo. Despite mostly being used as a jobber due to his small stature, he is a perennial fan favorite among ROH fans. Early life Littlejohn grew up in Trenton, New Jersey, and attended Trenton Catholic Academy in nearby Hamilton Township, where his interest in sports was limited to some basketball. He studied digital film at Mercer County Community College. Professional wrestling career Early career (2012–2013) Littlejohn began wrestling with the promotion Beyond Wrestling, where he competed as Leech Landa in a match in Philadelphia in September 2012. In 2013, he appeared in two matches with the promotion Wrestling Is...Respect! in Boonton, New Jersey. Ring of Honor (2013–present) Littlejohn debuted in Ring of Honor on July 11, 2013, at the promo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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