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 Code of Honor
 
 The "Code of Honor" is a set of rules used by Ring of Honor to govern how wrestlers behaved while competing in ROH. Ring of Honor 
 
 was initially targeted at wrestling fans who had grown tired of the "sports entertainment" aspect of larger companies such as World Wrestling Entertainment. 
 
 The primary way of doing this was the institution of the "Code of Honor", a set of rules that dictated how wrestlers were supposed to act. The Code of Honor 
 
 was used so that Ring of Honor\'s matches would have a feel similar to Japanese professional wrestling. Initially, there were five "Laws of Honor" in the Code of Honor, 
 
 which were mentioned at some point during every ROH home video release. It was considered a "moral requirement" to follow these rules. They were: 
 
 1. You must shake hands before and after every match. 
 
 2. No outside interference - no interfering in others\' matches or having others interfere on your behalf. 
 
 3. No sneak attacks 
 
 4. No harming the officials. 
 
 5. No purposefully disqualifying oneself; definitive winners by pinfall or submission were expected. 
 
 
 
 Ways to Win a Match
 
 A match can be won by fall (equivalent to pin fall), knockout (failing to answer a ten count), count out , or submission . The fall occurs when the wrestler holds both of his opponent\'s shoulders 
 
 
 
 against the mat for a count of three. A 20 count is used in professional backyard wrestling when a wrestler leaves the ring. 
 
 
 
 Ring
 
 
 
 A match is fought in a square or circle ring surrounded by three ropes, very similar to a boxing ring. Turnbuckles holding the ropes in the corners can be covered either individually 
 
 
 
 (each turnbuckle has its own padding) or collectively (a single padding covering all turnbuckles). Wrestlers often run into the ropes by themselves or throw the opponents against them, 
 
 
 
 employing the ropes\' elasticity for his next attack. Additionally, there are attacks that utilize the squareness of the ring, including climbing onto a corner and jumping off onto the opponent, or 
 
 
 
 pushing the opponent out of the ring from the corner.
Category:Code of Honor