Ring of Honor is bringing back its Survival of the Fittest tournament.
Kevin Eck shared the news in this week’s edition of “Eck’s Files,” his weekly news roundup on the ROH website.
The announcement is as follows:
You asked for the Survival of the Fittest tournament to come back and the ROH Board of Directors listened. The tournament returns in June on ROH TV.
Originating in 2004 and last held in 2018, the tournament is composed of a series of qualifying matches, with the winners meeting in a multi-man elimination match to determine the overall winner. The lone survivor will be rewarded with a future shot at the ROH World Championship.
Past winners of Survival of the Fittest include Bryan Danielson, Tyler Black, Jay Lethal and Adam Cole.
Survival of the Fittest was the overwhelming winner of a poll on the ROH The Experience Facebook page that asked which of ROH’s annual events fans would most like to see return in 2021.
As Eck notes, the tournament has a notable lineage, as stars like Bryan Danielson and Tyler Black have previously won the tournament. In addition to the honor of joining this group of past winners, this year’s victor will earn a shot at the ROH World Championship.
