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supersonic wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 6:36 pm No show will be a clear #2. The egos will be highly competitive and there will be continuous internal mudslinging aplenty.

supersonic wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 6:36 pm No show will be a clear #2. The egos will be highly competitive and there will be continuous internal mudslinging aplenty.

As the "new era" of Ring of Honor continues to develop itself, company owner Tony Khan has intertwined his signed talent with several unsigned performers. In the process, some of those unsigned names have become regulars in the programming, leaving many to question their contract status with ROH. A new report from Fightful Select has provided some answers.

Shane Taylor, a former ROH World Television Champion, resurfaced in the ROH brand prior to the Final Battle pay-per-view last December. Since then, he's participated in three rounds of television tapings, including the most recent ones last weekend at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. Despite his frequent appearances, Taylor reportedly remains a "completely free agent." While Taylor may be unsigned, he still has some unfinished business he'd like to take care of in ROH. Last month, Taylor made it clear that he wants to acquire every championship the promotion has to offer, including the ROH World Championship that has eluded him.

Rhett Titus, Cheeseburger, and LSG are also working regularly for ROH without contracts. Titus, a former ROH World Tag Team Champion, recently revived his partnership with Tracy Williams as the two are once again teaming together. Cheeseburger has also been participating in tag team action lately as he continues to wrestle alongside Eli Isom. In March, though, Cheeseburger received an opportunity to challenge ROH World Television Champion Samoa Joe for his title. For LSG, his ROH return occurred during the first official tapings of the "new era" back in February as he teamed with Joe Keys and Rex Lawless.

Montana wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 3:15 am Based on the rumors, the new AEW/Warner deal will be for AEW TV/PPV’s /Streaming for 5 years. Rumored around 200m per year (1B for the 5 years). Much higher than their first deal. Should be announced next week, along with the new show collision. Great news for AEW if true.

Sounds like ROH is not involved and Warner doesn’t want it competing against AEW. Not sure where this leaves ROH, other than Honorclub. It will be taped with Collision. Who knows if Tony will offer ROH to other channels. Too bad, they couldn’t throw it on TruTv/ bundle it in. Too early to say, but wonder if higher tier talent like Claudio/Joe/Lucha Bros, will shift off ROH, and it be used more for guys like Action Andretti/Ethan Page/Brian Cage/Lance archer, and using more indie talent mixed in.

Tony Deppen has revealed that a “freak accident” led to a severe arm break during a match with Zack Sabre Jr on Thursday.

The match was the main event of GCW’s Fight Night Brooklyn show.

In a post on Twitter, Deppen noted that he worked “more than a few minutes” of the match after sustaining the fracture.

Deppen will require surgery, which is slated to take place in a week or two. He expects to be out of action for around six to eight weeks.

McXal wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2023 4:37 am Putting the Claudio/Fenix match, then the Lucha Bros vs Claudio/Yuta match on Dynamite rather than ROH really sucks.

I completely get it - since those are huge matches and you want as many people as possible to see them, so of course they should be in AEW rather than hidden away on Honor Club.

But from a solely ROH viewpoint/perspective it is completely rotten and a bit sad.

McXal wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 3:27 pm But Tony assured us on Twitter it was ‘PPV quality’. Ian Riccaboni said (and I quote word for word) ‘with no hyperbole, tonight’s Ring Of Honor is a PPV-level broadcast’!

Are you saying they weren’t being genuine?!

(To be fair, although I’ll admit the above was wholly cynical and laced with sarcasm, I’ve not actually seen the show yet & will be sitting down to review it this weekend. I’m trying to be open minded, I really am. But damn does it ever look like 2 and a quarter hours of Dark with two or three decent matches somewhere in there. That doesn’t sound like a PPV I’d ever want to pay for…)

AnHonorableMention wrote: ↑Sat May 27, 2023 8:53 pm Here's 19 matches, inspite of most of it being completely pointless why wouldn't this get the hyperbole treatment. Nobody seems to see this.