Survival of the Fittest (2016)

{{Infobox Wrestling event

|name = Survival of the Fittest (2016)

|image =

|caption =

|promotion = Ring of Honor

|date = Night 1: November 3, 2016
Night 2: November 4, 2016

|attendance =

|venue = Night 1: Arlington Convention Center
Night 2: San Antonio Shrine Auditorium

|city = Night 1: Arlington, Texas
Night 2: San Antonio, Texas

|lastevent = Glory By Honor XV

|nextevent = Final Battle

|event = Survival of the Fittest

|lastevent2 = 2015

|nextevent2 = 2017

}}

Survival of the Fittest (2016) was a two-night, two-city professional wrestling event produced by the U.S.-based wrestling promotion Ring of Honor, the 11th Survival of the Fittest. It took place on November 3, 2016 at the Arlington Convention Center in Arlington, Texas{{cite web|url=https://www.rohwrestling.com/live/events/110316-sotf-16-night-1-arlington-tx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228102542/https://www.rohwrestling.com/live/events/110316-sotf-16-night-1-arlington-tx |archive-date=February 28, 2023 |title=11/03/16 SOTF '16 Night 1 – Arlington, Tx |work=Ring of Honor |date=November 3, 2016 |access-date=October 23, 2016}} and November 4 at the San Antonio Shrine Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas.{{cite web|url=https://www.rohwrestling.com/live/events/110416-sotf-16-night-2-san-antonio-tx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228102837/https://www.rohwrestling.com/live/events/110416-sotf-16-night-2-san-antonio-tx |archive-date=February 28, 2023 |title=11/04/16 SOTF '16 Night 2 – San Antonio, Tx |work=Ring of Honor |date=November 4, 2016 |access-date=October 23, 2016}}

Storylines

Survival of The Fittest (2016) 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.{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm|title=How Pro Wrestling Works|last=Grabianowski|first=Ed|work=HowStuffWorks, Inc.|publisher=Discovery Communications|accessdate=5 March 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129050844/http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm|url-status=live|archivedate=29 November 2013}}

Survival of the Fittest is an annual tournament held by ROH. For the 2016 event, the winners from designated tournament matches in Arlington, Texas advanced to a 6-Man Elimination Match the following night in San Antonio, and the winner of that match was declared Survivor of the Fittest, and received a future ROH World Championship match.

=2016 Survival of the Fittest tournament participants=

Results

=Night 1 – Arlington, TX=

{{Pro Wrestling results table

|results={{cite web|url=http://www.profightdb.com/cards/roh/survival-of-the-fittest-2016---day-1-25127.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806163330/http://www.profightdb.com/cards/roh/survival-of-the-fittest-2016---day-1-25127.html |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |title=ROH Survival of the Fittest 2016 – Day 1 |work=The Internet Wrestling Database |date=November 3, 2016 |access-date=February 28, 2023}}

|times =

|match1 = The Panther defeated Will Ferrara, Silas Young and Yohey

|stip1 = Four corner survival match; first round match in the 2016 Survival of the Fittest tournament

|time1 =

|match2 = Jax Dane defeated Donovan Dijak

|stip2 = Singles match; first round match in the 2016 Survival of the Fittest tournament

|time2 =

|match3 = Punishment Martinez defeated Colt Cabana and Cheeseburger

|stip3 = Three-way match; first round match in the 2016 Survival of the Fittest tournament

|time3 =

|match4 = Bobby Fish defeated Kenny King (with Caprice Coleman)

|stip4 = Singles match; first round match in the 2016 Survival of the Fittest tournament

|time4 =

|match5 = Dalton Castle defeated Rhett Titus (with Caprice Coleman) and Chris Sabin

|stip5 = Three-way match; first round match in the 2016 Survival of the Fittest tournament

|time5 =

|match6 = Lio Rush defeated Misterioso Jr., Hangman Page and Sho

|stip6 = Four corner survival match; first round match in the 2016 Survival of the Fittest tournament

|time6 =

|match7 = Kyle O'Reilly defeated Christopher Daniels (with Frankie Kazarian)

|stip7 = Singles match

|time7 =

|match8 = The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) defeated War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe) and Keith Lee and Shane Taylor

|stip8 = Three-way tag team match

|time8 =

}}

=Night 2 – San Antonio, TX=

{{Pro Wrestling results table

|results={{cite web|url=http://www.profightdb.com/cards/roh/survival-of-the-fittest-2016---day-2-25133.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108042008/http://www.profightdb.com/cards/roh/survival-of-the-fittest-2016---day-2-25133.html |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |title=ROH Survival of the Fittest 2016 – Day 2 |work=The Internet Wrestling Database |date=November 4, 2016 |access-date=February 28, 2023}}

|times =

|match1 = Cheeseburger and Will Ferrara defeated Andy Dalton and Scorpio Sky

|stip1 = Tag team match

|time1 =

|note1 = dark

|match2 = The Cabinet (Rhett Titus, Kenny King and Caprice Coleman) defeated The Tempura Boyz (Sho and Yohey) and Misterioso Jr.

|stip2 = Six-man tag team match

|time2 =

|match3 = Silas Young defeated Mark Briscoe

|stip3 = Singles match

|time3 =

|match4 = Hangman Page defeated Donovan Dijak

|stip4 = Singles match

|time4 =

|match5 = Colt Cabana defeated Chris Sabin (with Alex Shelley)

|stip5 = Singles match

|time5 =

|match6 = Keith Lee and Shane Taylor defeated War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe)

|stip6 = No Rules Tag team match

|time6 =

|match7 = Kyle O'Reilly defeated Frankie Kazarian

|stip7 = Singles match

|time7 =

|match8 = Jay Briscoe defeated Christopher Daniels

|stip8 = Singles match

|time8 =

|match9 = Bobby Fish defeated Lio Rush, Punishment Martinez, Jax Dane, Dalton Castle and The Panther

|stip9 = Survival of the Fittest tournament final
Six-way elimination match
Winner received an ROH World Championship match

|time9 =

}}

=Survival of the Fittest finals=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
Eliminated !Wrestler !Eliminated by !Time
{{sort\|01\|1}} \|The Panther \|Dalton Castle \| –
{{sort\|02\|2}} \|Dalton Castle \|Punishment Martinez \| –
{{sort\|03\|3}} \|Jax Dane \|rowspan=2\|Lio Rush \| –
{{sort\|04\|4}} \|Punishment Martinez \| –
{{sort\|05\|5}} \|Lio Rush \|Bobby Fish \|rowspan=2\|29:57
{{sort\|06\|Winner}} \|Bobby Fish \|{{N/A}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

Eliminated

!Wrestler

!Eliminated by

!Time

|The Panther

|Dalton Castle

| –

|Dalton Castle

|Punishment Martinez

| –

|Jax Dane