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Wilson wrote:This is the annual obligatory post about how there are always, abruptly said, bodies in the tournament introduced to just take the L.

Though ROH desperately needs an ambitious year for the tournament. There has been no ROH World Champions produced by the Top Prospect Tournament after 2011 and there have been a total of 11 World Championship opportunities granted to the entire, combined pool of participants from the four succeeding tournaments—three of these belong to singles matches against TaDarius Thomas, Grizzly Redwood, and Cheeseburger. In terms of title opportunities, the tournament has meant less and less each year.

"@elpwrestling is a guy that should be on every major promotion's radar. Any 'top prospect' venture not including him is laughable."

Thelone wrote:Oh good, another 15-year veteran in the PROSPECT tournament. Kinda scary to think that this guy is "one of the youngest competitor in the field" considering he should be at least 30.

Standing 6’2”, weighing at 274 lbs, “The Pain Train” Preston Quinn is a menacing, determined individual. A lifelong athlete that excelled at every major sport, from linebacker in football and center in basketball to pitcher in baseball, “PQ” always had a competitive fire burning bright inside him. That fire burned hottest and brightest when he watched Professional Wrestling on Saturdays. At age of 4, he ran into his parents living room and jumped over the arm of the couch with an elbow drop on a pillow and uttered the words, "Mom, I’m going to be a pro wrestler!" Despite resistance from his family, "PQ" knew his road and what it would take.

At 18 years old, Quinn began training under Pat Anderson of the Ivan Koloff training family tree. PQ became a true student of the game, studying the old school style of competitors such as Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton and The Masked Superstar. Quinn has molded himself into a throwback not often seen these days. “The Pain Train” attacks a body part relentlessly until either forcing a limp opponent into his Spinebuster, shattering their chest with his spinning lariat known as the "Derailer" or torturing them into a submission victory.

At age 24, Quinn had his first of two daughters and decided to pull back on his national wrestling aspirations to be there to raise his children. Now, at age 40, seasoned and still in his wrestling prime as a veteran, "The Pain Train" is on a collision course with the entire roster at Ring of Honor.

The Gloucester, VA native has been on an absolute tear through the Mid-Atlantic Region since refocusing a few years ago. For the first time in his career, the 40-year-old Quinn has an opportunity to display his talents in front of an international audience. Will Quinn, the most experienced competitor in the tournament, channel his experience to achieve his dream 22 years into his career?

Josh “The Goods” Woods enters the 2017 Top Prospect Tournament with the most robust amateur record of any entrant in the history of the tournament. The West Palm Beach, FL native is a 4-time All-American and SEC Champion wrestling out of the University Central Florida. The former Golden Knight enters the TPT as a National Champion and was the captain of the 2012 US MMA team who has run fight camps for UFC stars Seth Petruzelli, Alex Nicholson, Mike Perry, and “Filthy” Tom Lawlor.

In short, Woods is a dangerous man. Perhaps the most dangerous in Top Prospect Tournament history.

The only potential knock on Woods is his relative inexperience comparative to other TPT competitors. But the pedigree of both his amateur background and the men who trained him to be a pro wrestler, which includes former ROH star Adam Pearce as well as men known the world over like Matt Bloom, Billy Gunn, Norman Smiley, and Terry Taylor, make up for any perceived experience gap.

In just over two years, Woods has challenged himself by taking on the top talent in the world. “The Goods” tested himself against stars like KENTA and Sami Callihan in his first year while recently competing against ROH stars like Punishment Martinez and TK O’Ryan. Woods is among the hottest up-and-coming stars in professional wrestling and will set out to prove that he is ready to take ROH by storm in Pittsburgh!

Confident and determined, Woods heads to Pittsburgh with a chip on his shoulder and intends to use his robust, impressive amateur background to reach the top of Ring of Honor.

Some 40yo dude I couldn't give less of a shit about.

Some NXT reject I also couldn't care less about.

Roque11 wrote:Who cares how old Quinn is. It makes for a good story in the tourney of an older guy looking for his shot at glory.