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Aug 22, 2012

— ROH announced the following for the Survival of the Fittest tournament…

Entering into his 2nd SOTF tourney after winning it all in his first shot, entrant number two is “Unbreakable” Michael Elgin! Elgin defeated Kyle O’Reilly in the finals last year but, in an interesting turn of events, will be competing in this year’s edition before having received his title shot from his victory last year. That title match is currently scheduled for “Glory by Honor XI” in Mississauga on October 13th.

“Unbreakable” Michael Elgin
ROH Title(s) Held: None
SOTF History:
2011 SOTF Winner after defeating Kyle O’Reilly in the finals

The case of Michael Elgin will be quite an interesting one should he capture the SOTF crown on September 22nd in Baltimore and go on to win the ROH World Title on 10/13 live on iPPV. That will be a situation ROH officials will have to wait to address if it comes to it pass, for now Elgin is just one of the men in the field who could make history by winning SOTF for the second time.

Jay Lethal previously competed in the tournament back in 2005 where he made it to the finals, but there he was eliminated by eventual winner Roderick Strong. Earlier this year at “The Homecoming 2012” & on “Ring of Honor Wrestling” TV, Lethal came incredibly close to knocking off Davey Richards and capturing the ROH World Title now he will have his opportunity to earn another shot if he can win it all in Baltimore!

Jay Lethal
ROH Title(s) Held: ROH World TV Title (8/13/11 – 3/31/12)
ROH Pure Title (3/5/05 – 5/7/05)

SOTF History:
2005 – Defeated Sal Rinauro in Qualifier; eliminated by Roderick Strong in Finals

Confirmed for the Tournament:
* Adam Cole
* Michael Elgin
* Jay Lethal

— CHIKARA has announced that the following teams will be apart of the 2012 King of Trios Tournament. The 2012 King of Trios tournament takes place on September 14th, 15th and 16th. The matches announced thus far are…

* The Swarm: combatANT, deviANT, Soldier Ant vs. Quack, Jig and Toyota: Mike Quackenbush, Jigsw and Manami Toyota
* The Batiri: Obariyon, Kobald and Kodama vs. 3.0 & Akuma: Scott Parker, Shane Matthews and Gran Akuma

* The Extreme Trio: Jerry Lynn, 2 Cold Scorpio, Tommy Dreamer
* F.I.S.T: Chuck Taylor, Johnny Gargano, Icarus
* The Spectral Envoy: Hallowicked, Frightmare, Ultramantis Black
* The Throwbacks: Mr. Touchdown, Dasher Hatfield and Matt Classic
* Team JWP: Comando Bolshoi, Tsubasa Kuragaki and Kaori Yoneyama
* Team Ring of Honor: Nick Jackson, Matt Jackson and Mike Bennett
* The Faces of Pain: Meng, The Warlord and The Barbarian
* Team Osaka Pro: Ebessan, Kikutaro and Takayakida
* Team Sendai Girls: Dash Chisako, Meiko Satomura and Sendai Sachiko
* The Colony: Fire Ant, Green Ant and assailANT
* Team WWF: The 1-2-3 Kid, Tatanka, “The Porugeuse Man o’ War” Aldo Montoya
* The Submission Squad: “Elegant Assassin” Pierre Abernathy, “Pistol Danger” Evan Gelistico, “Barn Owl” Gary Jay, Davey Vega