As reported over the weekend, Michael Elgin losing the ROH Title at All-Star
Extravaganza was a last-minute decision. A big part of that had to do with his
work visa issues, which have him currently stuck in Canada. However, a source
says that there were several other issues as well. As we’d said earlier, the
company wasn’t pleased that Elgin was booked to lose in the PWG Battle of Los
Angeles tournament, which didn’t protect the ROH Title, and they had some other
issues with his handling of independent bookings.
The interview Elgin did where he said he wanted to try out for Major League
Baseball is believed to have been the final straw for him. He was already likely
to drop the belt at Final Battle, but the decision was made to do the
last-minute title switch. While ROH has issues with Elgin, they are still
working to help bring him back from Canada as soon as possible.
Basically, the company doesn’t view him as a solid, long-term “company man”
with his recent comments/issues and took the title off of him due of it.
