ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship | |||||
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ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship belt (December 2016 — Present) | |||||
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Promotion | Ring of Honor | ||||
Date established | August 30, 2016[1] | ||||
Current champion(s) | The Kingdom (Matt Taven, TK O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) | ||||
Date won | December 2, 2016[2] | ||||
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The ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion.
The title was officially announced in a press release on August 30, 2016, and marked the first new title created by ROH in six years, following the 2010 creation of the ROH World Television Championship.[1][3][4] ROH promoted the title as the first time in nearly 30 years that a major American promotion had had a six-man tag team title.[3]
Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a match with a predetermined outcome. The Kingdom (Matt Taven, TK O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) are the current inaugural champions.[2]
Championship tournament
The tournament to crown the inaugural ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions took place between September 30 and December 2.[1] The tournament featured participants from the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Japanese New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotions, both of which ROH had a working relationship with. ROH noted how six-man tag team matches were a staple of Mexican lucha libre and how NJPW had recently created its own six-man tag team title, the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship, which had first been won by a trio made up of NJPW wrestler Toru Yano and the ROH tag team The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe).[3] Lio Rush was originally announced for the tournament, but ended up being replaced by NJPW wrestler Kushida.[5] However, Rush eventually returned to the team, replacing ACH in the finals due to his departure from ROH.[6] The tournament started on September 30 at the All Star Extravaganza VIII pay-per-view (PPV),[7] with the remaining first round and semifinal matches taking place at the October 1 and 29 tapings of the weekly Ring of Honor Wrestling program.[8][9] The finals of the tournament took place at the Final Battle PPV.[1]
- Participants
- ACH/Lio Rush, Jay White and Kushida
- The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian) and Kamaitachi
- The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) and Toru Yano
- Bullet Club (Adam Cole, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
- The Cabinet (Caprice Coleman, Kenny King and Rhett Titus)
- Jason Kincaid, Leon St. Giovanni and Shaheem Ali
- The Kingdom (Matt Taven, TK O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia)
- Team CMLL (Hechicero, Okumura and Último Guerrero)
First round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
ACH/White/Kushida | Pin | |||||||||||||
Briscoes/Yano | 14:00[10] | |||||||||||||
ACH/White/Kushida | Pin | |||||||||||||
The Cabinet | 11:42[11] | |||||||||||||
The Cabinet | Pin | |||||||||||||
Kincaid/St. Giovanni/Ali | 9:31[12] | |||||||||||||
White/Kushida/Rush | Pin | |||||||||||||
The Kingdom | 17:00[2] | |||||||||||||
Bullet Club | Pin | |||||||||||||
The Kingdom | 12:02[13] | |||||||||||||
The Kingdom | Pin | |||||||||||||
Team CMLL | 9:34[14] | |||||||||||||
Addiction/Kamaitachi | Pin | |||||||||||||
Team CMLL | 11:12[15] | |||||||||||||
Title history
No. | Order in reign history |
Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
Event | The event in which the title was won |
Successful defenses | The number of successful defenses the champions had during their reign |
— | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
+ | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
No. | Team | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Successful defenses | Notes | Ref. |
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1 | The Kingdom (Matt Taven, TK O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) |
1 | December 2, 2016 | 3+ | New York City, New York | Final Battle | 0 | Defeated Jay White, Kushida and Lio Rush in the finals of an eight-team tournament to become the inaugural champions. | [2] |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 Caldwell, James (August 30, 2016). "ROH reveals new title – first champions to be determined at Final Battle". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Keller, Wade (December 2, 2016). "Keller's ROH Final Battle 2016 PPV report 12/2: Cole vs. O'Reilly, Cody Rhodes vs. Lethal, Cabana vs. Dalton, Briscoes vs. Young Bucks". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- 1 2 3 Johnson, Mike (August 30, 2016). "ROH adding six man tag team championship, tournament kicks off at October PPV". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Daily Update: Raw ratings up, Kevins Owens reign, Del Rio in trouble, Suga Rashad". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. August 30, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ Caldwell, James (September 27, 2016). "ROH ASE PPV – change to Six-Man Tag Tournament match; PPV line-up for Friday". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ Powell, Jason (November 30, 2016). "11/30 Powell's Ring of Honor TV Review: Final push for Final Battle, Jay and Mark Briscoe vs. The Addiction, Jonathan Gresham vs. Lio Rush". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
- ↑ Meltzer, Dave (September 30, 2016). "ROH All Star Extravaganza live results: Adam Cole vs. Michael Elgin". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ "ROH Lowell, MA, TV tapings results: Trios tournament, Naito, Dragon Lee". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. October 1, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Buen papel de equipo CMLL en torneo de ROH". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). October 30, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
- ↑ Powell, Jason (September 30, 2016). "9/30 Powell's ROH All Star Extravaganza PPV live review: The Addiction vs. The Young Bucks vs. Motor City Machine Guns in a Ladder War for the ROH Tag Titles, Adam Cole vs. Michael Elgin for the ROH Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
- ↑ "ROH on SBG #267". Cagematch. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ Metzger, Mike (October 19, 2016). "Metzger's ROH TV review 10/19: "One of ROH's best one-hour shows" with Lethal vs. Young, Bullet Club, War Machine, The Cabinet". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
- ↑ "ROH on SBG #268". Cagematch. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ "ROH on SBG #270". Cagematch. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ "ROH on SBG #269". Cagematch. Retrieved December 2, 2016.