Survival of the Fittest (2018)

Survival of the Fittest (2018) was a professional wrestling event produced by the American wrestling promotion Ring of Honor. This was the 13th Survival of the Fittest tournament, and it took place on November 4, 2018, at the Express Live! in Columbus, Ohio.^[1]

Survival of the Fittest (2018)
Promotion	Ring of Honor
Date	November 4, 2018
City	Columbus, Ohio
Venue	Express Live!
Event chronology
← Previous Glory By Honor XVI Next → Global Wars
ROH Survival of the Fittest chronology
← Previous 2017 Next → —

Production

Background

Survival of the Fittest is an annual tournament held by ROH. For the 2018 event, the winners from designated tournament matches advanced to a 6-Man Elimination Match and the winner of that match was declared Survivor of the Fittest, and received a future ROH World Championship match.

Production

Survival of The Fittest featured professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines that played out on ROH's television program, Ring of Honor Wrestling. Wrestlers portrayed heroes (faces) or villains (heels) as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.^[2]

2018 Survival of the Fittest tournament participants

• Andrew Everett*
• Beer City Bruiser
• Christopher Daniels
• Colin Delaney*
• Dalton Castle
• Flip Gordon
• Guerrero Maya Jr.**
• Hangman Page
• Jonathan Gresham
• Luchasaurus*
• Marty Scurll
• PJ Black
• Silas Young
• Stuka Jr.**
• Tracy Williams

(*) - Free agent guest entrant

(**) - Works for Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), with which ROH has a partnership

Results

No.	Results^[11]	Stipulations	Times^[11]
1	Christopher Daniels defeated Beer City Bruiser	First round match in the 2018 Survival of the Fittest tournament^[3]	1:52
2	Hangman Page defeated Dalton Castle and Colin Delaney	First round match in the 2018 Survival of the Fittest tournament^[4]	9:50
3	Jonathan Gresham defeated Tracy Williams	First round match in the 2018 Survival of the Fittest tournament^[5]	12:19
4	Guerrero Maya Jr. defeated Andrew Everett and Flip Gordon	First round match in the 2018 Survival of the Fittest tournament^[6]	9:21
5	PJ Black defeated Luchasaurus	First round match in the 2018 Survival of the Fittest tournament^[7]	6:56
6	Marty Scurll defeated Silas Young and Stuka Jr.	First round match in the 2018 Survival of the Fittest tournament^[8]	8:30
7	Madison Rayne defeated Dr. Britt Baker	Singles match	7:20
8	The Kingdom (Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) defeated The Elite (Cody, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (c)	Six-man tag team match for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship^[9]	14:47
9	Jay Lethal and Jeff Cobb defeated SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky)	Tag team match^[10]	18:14
10	Marty Scurll defeated Christopher Daniels, Hangman Page, PJ Black, Jonathan Gresham and Guerrero Maya Jr.	Survival of the Fittest Six-way elimination match Winner receives an ROH World Championship match	24:31
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match

Order of Elimination

• Guerrero Maya Jr. was eliminated by PJ Black
• Jonathan Gresham was eliminated by Hangman Page
• PJ Black was eliminated by Marty Scurll
• Hangman Page was eliminated by Christopher Daniels
• Christopher Daniels was eliminated by Marty Scurll

References

1. "11/4/18 - SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST - COLUMBUS, OH". Ring of Honor. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
2. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
3. "Daniels And Bruiser Clash In Survival Of The Fittest Opening Round". ROH. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
4. "First Of Three Triple Threat Matches Signed For SOTF Tournament". ROH. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
5. "Gresham Takes On Debuting Williams In Survival Of The Fittest". ROH. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
6. "High Flying First Round Match Signed For Survival Of The Fittest". ROH. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
7. "Two Debuting Stars Go Head To Head In Survival Of The Fittest". ROH. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
8. "Final SOTF First Round Match Signed For Columbus". ROH. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
9. "Bullet Club To Defend Titles Against Kingdom In Columbus". ROH. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
10. "Champions Challenge Match Set For Columbus". ROH. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
11. 11/4 ROH SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST report: Live coverage of the prestigious annual tournament, The Elite vs. The Kingdom for the six-man titles