The Pick 6 ranking system

The "Pick 6" is a ranking system currently used in Ring of Honor. Like it's predecessors the Contender's Ring and the Top Five, the Pick 6 is used to determine worthy challengers for the ROH World Championship.
==Creation==
Similar to how the Number One Contender's Trophy was created after then-champion Xavier began dodging challengers, the Pick 6 was created after Austin Aries began trying to dodge challengers with the "A Double L Double" (Austin Aries Lucky Lottery). Claiming that everyone entered into the lottery was a worthy challenger, it soon became apparent that was full of wrestlers he could score an easy victory over (i.e. Alex Payne). Soon after returning to Ring of Honor as Executive Producer, Jim Cornette instituted the Pick 6 on November 5, 2009, officially ending the A Double L Double.
==Rules==
Several rules were put in place upon the creation of the Pick 6 to determine who would be in the Pick 6, how the would be ranked and which wrestlers would receive title shots:
*Only wrestlers ranked in the Pick 6 are eligible to challenge for the ROH World Championship.
*The higher a wrestler is seeded, the more leverage he has in determining the scheduling of championship matches.
*Wrestlers securing victories in Pick 6 matchups earn a match bonus.
*Wrestlers can only enter the Pick 6 Standings by defeating a ranked wrestler.
**A ranked wrestler that defeats a higher seeded wrestler assumes that spot in the Pick 6. The losing wrestler and those ranked lower drop one spot in the standings.
**An unranked wrestler that defeats a Pick 6 contender assumes that wrestler's spot, and everyone lower slides down one rank, with the wrestler ranked number 6 falling out of the Pick 6. The lower a wrestler is ranked, the more they have to lose.
*If a Pick 6 Ranked wrestler wins the ROH World Championship then he will be, of course, dropped out of the rankings.
==Final standings==
Standings as of August 27, 2010.
Rank	Wrestler
1 	Roderick Strong
2 	Christopher Daniels
3 	
Davey Richards
4 	Kevin Steen
5 	Colt Cabana 
6 	Chris Hero
This was the last date that a Pick 6 Spot changed hands. After Glory by Honor IX on September 11, 2010, the Pick 6 system was quietly abandonned. Chrsitopher Daniels and Davey Richards were the last two wrestlers to utilise their owed title shots via the Pick 6, procuring title matches at Fate of an Angle II on November 13, 2010, and Final Battle on December 18, 2010, respectively.
==Ranking history==
Date 	Rank 1 	Rank 2 	Rank 3 	Rank 4 	Rank 5 	Rank 6 	Note(s)
November 5, 2009 	vacant 	Tyler Black 	vacant 	Colt Cabana 	Delirious 	vacant 	
November 6, 2009 	Roderick Strong 	Tyler Black 	Kenny Omega 	Colt Cabana 	Delirious 	Jay Briscoe 	
November 7, 2009 	Roderick Strong 	Tyler Black 	Kenny Omega 	Colt Cabana 	Delirious 	Claudio Castagnoli	
November 13, 2009	Chris Hero 	Roderick Strong 	Tyler Black 	Kenny Omega 	Colt Cabana 	Delirious 	
November 14, 2009	Kevin Steen 	Chris Hero 	Roderick Strong	Tyler Black 	Kenny Omega 	Colt Cabana 	
December 5, 2009 	Claudio Castagnoli	Kevin Steen 	Chris Hero 	Roderick Strong	Tyler Black 	Kenny Omega 	
December 19, 2009	Claudio Castagnoli	Kevin Steen 	Chris Hero 	Kenny King 	Roderick Strong	Tyler Black 	
January 13, 2010 	Claudio Castagnoli	Kevin Steen 	Chris Hero 	Delirious 	Kenny King 	Roderick Strong 	
March 5, 2010 	Kevin Steen 	Chris Hero 	Delirious 	Kenny King 	Roderick Strong	vacant 	
March 6, 2010 	Roderick Strong 	Kevin Steen 	Chris Hero 	Delirious 	Kenny King 	Austin Aries 	
April 3, 2010 	Roderick Strong 	Kevin Steen 	Chris Hero 	Delirious 	Davey Richards 	Kenny King 	
April 15, 2010 	Roderick Strong 	Kevin Steen 	Chris Hero 	Davey Richards 	Kenny King 	Austin Aries 	
May 7, 2010 	Roderick Strong 	Christopher Daniels	Kevin Steen 	Chris Hero 	Davey Richards 	Kenny King 	
July 22, 2010 	Roderick Strong 	Christopher Daniels	Kevin Steen 	Colt Cabana 	Chris Hero 	
Davey Richards 	
==References==
*The "Pick 6" Contenders Series
*Official Pick 6 standings
==External links==
*ROHwrestling.com
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