Capitol Hill match

The Capitol Hill match is a professional wrestling match that combines the classic Battle Royal match (in which a number of wrestlers aim at eliminating their competitors by tossing them over the top rope, with both feet touching the floor) and a traditional elimination-based match (in which wrestlers may leave their position and attack other wrestlers outside the ring, with a twist that should the wrestler be pinned or forced to submit, he is eliminated from the match).

The first round of the match is contested under Battle Royal rules, with the notable difference that six competitors start in the ring with six more entering one-by-one in timed intervals. When a competitor has eliminated another competitor from the battle royal, the eliminator advances to the second round and is free to leave the match. The six eliminators from the first round compete in the second round under elimination rules, where eliminations are scored via pinfall or submission. The last man standing in the match is declared the winner and typically earns at match for the AWF World Championship in the main event of Graduation. The match is the centerpiece of the AWF's pay-per-view known as Capitol Hill, where the first round typically is the opening match of the show and the second takes place later in the night.

Concept
The Capitol Hill match was conceptualized by Mr. McPatz as the AWF's equivalent to the WWE Royal Rumble match without blatantly copying from it. The original format of the match involved a smaller wrestling ring stacked on top of the main ring, which the battle royal eliminators would have to climb up to once they got an elimination to compete in the elimination round of the match while the first was still going on in the bottom ring. Competitors in the top ring could be eliminated by being thrown back down to the bottom ring, where they would have to get another elimination to advance back up to the top ring.

Dates, venues, and winners


Capitol Hill winner's championship opportunity

 * – Graduation victory
 * – Graduation loss