ROH Announces Several Competitors and Rules for Pure Title Tournament

Ring of Honor recently announced several of the competitors and the official rules for their upcoming Pure Championship tournament.

Ten of the sixteen competitors for the tournament have been announced, who are Rocky Romero, PJ Black, Tony Deppen, Jay Lethal, Jonathan Gresham, Matt Sydal, David Finlay, Tracy Williams, Josh Woods, and Wheeler Yuta. In regards to Deppen and Yuta, they will be making their official debuts for the company at this tournament.

The company also recently announced the full list of official rules for their upcoming Pure Championship tournament:

• Every match begins and ends with the Code of Honor handshake.
• Each wrestler has three rope breaks to stop submission holds and pinfalls. After a wrestler exhausts his rope breaks, submission and pin attempts on or under the ropes by his opponent are legal.
• Closed-fist punches to the face are not permitted; only open-handed slaps or chops to the face are allowed. Punches to other parts of the body are permitted, excluding low blows. The first use of a closed fist will get a warning; the second will be a disqualification.
• As in standard ROH matches, there will be a 20-count when a wrestler is on the floor.
• Outside interference will result in automatic termination from the roster for the wrestler that interferes.
• There will be two blocks, single-elimination format.
• Round 1 matches have a 15-minute time limit.
• Block semifinals have a 20-minute time limit.
• Block finals have a 30-minute time limit.
• The tournament final has a one-hour time limit.
• There will be three judges for each match, and time-limit draws will go to a judges’ decision.

ROH’s Pure Championship tournament is currently scheduled to take place when ROH resumes television tapings in Maryland later this month.