Thursday, September 10, 2020

Programming Notes: ROH, NXT UK

 First of all, after weeks of clip shows, Ring Of Honor TV returns to original programming this coming weekend.  Its usual airing time in the St. Louis area on Spectrum Cable is 11:30 PM on Saturday nights and (sometimes) noon on Sundays on ABC 30.  They will be starting the tournament for the revived Pure Wrestling Title on the new episodes.

NXT UK returns to regular episodes next Thursday with Gallus("The Last King Of Scotland" Wolfgang Young & Mark Coffey) defending the United Kingdom Tag Team Titles against "The Lucky Yin" Kenny Williams & Amir Jorgan.  The following week, Kay Lee Ray defends the United Kingdom Women's Title against Piper Niven.

Moreover, the NXT UK Heritage Cup Tournament will begin on next week's show.  The matches will be contested under British Rounds Rules and the winner of the tournament will become the inaugural United Kingdom Heritage Champion.  The participants:  "The Scottish Supernova" Noam Dar, Alexander Wolfe, "The Modfather" Flash Morgan Webster, A-Kid, "Bomber" Dave Mastiff, Trent Seven, Joseph Conners, and a participant to be named later.

British Rounds Rules:
-Six 3-minute rounds
-20-second breaks between rounds
-2-Out-Of-3 Falls
-A pinfall/submission/countout counts as one fall
-A round ends once a fall occurs
-A winner is declared if a competitor wins two falls
-A DQ or knockout ends the match immediately
-Whoever leads after six rounds wins

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