After months assembling one of the most genuinely global rosters professional wrestling has seen in years, Digital Ring Combat has confirmed it: the promotion’s first night of competition is set for July 31st.

General Manager Maurice Green kept the announcement short. “We didn’t want to say anything until we were completely ready. We’re ready.” Twenty competitors, drawn from wrestling traditions across six continents, will finally share a ring in front of a paying audience — not a highlight reel, not a preview card, an actual night of competition with everything that comes with it.

Both the DRC Heavyweight Title and the DRC Women’s Title remain unclaimed. Whoever’s hand gets raised first walks into DRC’s history as more than a champion — as the answer to a question the whole roster has been asking itself since signing day: who’s actually the best.

Details on the full card are expected in the coming days. For a roster this deep, the hardest part won’t be filling the night. It’ll be choosing who doesn’t get on it.