Fight for the Right Tournament

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The Fight for the Right Tournament is a professional wrestling tournament in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling designed to determine a new #1 contender to the World Heavyweight Championship. The tournament was held in 2006 and 2007, both starting in the month of October.

Results

2006

The inaugural Fight for the Right Tournament in 2006 consisted of three stages. The first stage of the tournament was a Reverse Battle Royal, with three parts. The first part had all 18 participants start outside the ring and fend off opponents in an attempt to get into the ring. When seven wrestlers have entered, other competitors are eliminated and it becomes a traditional battle royal with over-the-top-rope eliminations. When all but two are eliminated, it becomes a singles match, the winner of which advances directly to the final (third stage) of the tournament.

Stage two consists of a single-elimination tournament consisting of the six wrestlers eliminated in the second part of stage one. The pairings were determined by their order of elimination in the first stage. The first round featured singles matches and the final was a Triple Threat match. The winner of the tournament is then decided in the tournament final: a singles match between the winner of stages one and two.

The entire tournament was held on TNA Impact!. Stage 1 occurred on October 26, Round 1 of Stage 2 on November 2, and Stage 2 Final and Stage 3 on November 9.

• Stage 1 - Reverse Battle Royal
  • Winner: Abyss
  • Eliminated in one on one match: Lance Hoyt
  • Eliminated in over the top battle royal: (in order of elimination) Blake Wheeler, Chris Gomez, Christopher Barnhart, Martin McAlmond, K.J. Styles
  • Eliminated in reverse battle royal: Jeremiah Dutt, Jay Lethal, Will Kapphan, Senshi, Kazarian, Raven, Brother Runt, Brother Scott, Kip James, Kevin Storm, Khristian Kage
  • This match was named the Worst Worked Match of 2006 by Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

• Stage 2 - Single-elimination tournament

	Round 1					Finals
	1	Lance Hoyt
	6	Blake Wheeler	Pin
						6	Blake Wheeler
	2	K.J. Styles	Pin
						2	K.J. Styles	Pin
	5	Chris Gomez
						3	Martin McAlmond
	3	Martin McAlmond	Pin
	4	Christopher Barnhart

• In the match between Gomez and Styles, Sabin's TNA X Division Championship was also on the line.

• Stage 3 - Tournament Final
  • Abyss defeated K.J. Styles to win the Fight for the Right Tournament
    • Abyss pinned Styles after a Black Hole Slam Following an enziguiri from an interfering Chris Gomez.
    • Abyss received a title shot at Genesis.