The Kid
07-09-2004, 04:17 AM
ROH Announces New Contender's Ring
7/6/04
Gabe
Ring Of Honor has also developed a new system to determine contender’s to its titles. Wrestling promotions have always used a rankings system, including ROH with its Top Five Rankings. ROH will now put the Top Five Rankings on hiatus and determine who is the elite on the card and the challengers to the titles with the Contender’s Ring.
The ROH Top Five Rankings were determined by a vote among ROH staff and handpicked wrestling experts. Those in the Contender’s Ring will also be voted on by these individuals. However, instead of having a set number of athletes in a specific order, the Contender’s Ring can be contain any number of competitors. There will be no order of the athletes in the Contender’s Ring.
Instead, anyone in the Contender’s Ring will be considered eligible for a World or Pure Title shot. It will be considered prestigious to make the Contender’s Ring. It will be considered an accomplishment to achieve Contender’s Ring status. It will be considered more of an accomplishment to remain in the Contender’s Ring.
Those in the Contender’s Ring will be determined by a vote similar to Hall Of Fame voting in various sports including Major League Baseball and publications like The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. A wrestler must be named on a 75% of the ballots in order to make it into the Contender’s Ring. Voting will take place after every show.
The voting committee will consider the following factors in no particular order when casting their votes:
-Recent availability on ROH events.
-Recent won/loss record.
-Quality of opposition.
-Competitiveness of matches.
-Natural ability
The Contender’s Ring will open up a lot of new possibilities that will become clear in the upcoming months.
This seems to be a fairly intresting idea. It should make every match mean something as everyone will be trying to get into this Competitors Ring.
7/6/04
Gabe
Ring Of Honor has also developed a new system to determine contender’s to its titles. Wrestling promotions have always used a rankings system, including ROH with its Top Five Rankings. ROH will now put the Top Five Rankings on hiatus and determine who is the elite on the card and the challengers to the titles with the Contender’s Ring.
The ROH Top Five Rankings were determined by a vote among ROH staff and handpicked wrestling experts. Those in the Contender’s Ring will also be voted on by these individuals. However, instead of having a set number of athletes in a specific order, the Contender’s Ring can be contain any number of competitors. There will be no order of the athletes in the Contender’s Ring.
Instead, anyone in the Contender’s Ring will be considered eligible for a World or Pure Title shot. It will be considered prestigious to make the Contender’s Ring. It will be considered an accomplishment to achieve Contender’s Ring status. It will be considered more of an accomplishment to remain in the Contender’s Ring.
Those in the Contender’s Ring will be determined by a vote similar to Hall Of Fame voting in various sports including Major League Baseball and publications like The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. A wrestler must be named on a 75% of the ballots in order to make it into the Contender’s Ring. Voting will take place after every show.
The voting committee will consider the following factors in no particular order when casting their votes:
-Recent availability on ROH events.
-Recent won/loss record.
-Quality of opposition.
-Competitiveness of matches.
-Natural ability
The Contender’s Ring will open up a lot of new possibilities that will become clear in the upcoming months.
This seems to be a fairly intresting idea. It should make every match mean something as everyone will be trying to get into this Competitors Ring.