Khan reveals eight-woman ROH Women's Pure Championship bracket

All Elite Wrestling president Tony Khan announced the long-awaited brackets for the inaugural ROH Womens Pure Championship tournament on Friday, saying the eight-woman bracket will begin at ROH Death Before Dishonor later that night in Charlotte. The quarterfinals pair Taya Valkyrie against Queen Aminata; Deonna Purrazzo against Trish Adora; Billie Starkz against CMLL's Olympia; and Serena Deeb against Yuka Sakazaki. Khan said the winner of Valkyrie and Aminata will meet the winner of Purrazzo and Adora in the semifinal.

Khan told reporters the tournament was delayed for months because of a spate of injuries across the AEW and ROH women's divisions and other logistical issues. He said several competitors were hurt in the high-profile Womens Casino Gauntlet match following All In Texas, and that roughly a quarter of the women involved were sidelined. Khan cited the ongoing absences of Red Velvet, who was not medically cleared, and an injury to Mina, who he said is scheduled to return to action the day after Death Before Dishonor.

In addition to injuries, Khan said travel complications briefly affected plans when Queen Aminata reported her passport stolen while working an...