APP/STREAMING SERVICE COMNG IN EARLY 2018
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2017 12:42 pm
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Fucking HONOR CLUB?! Killllllll meeeeeeeeeeeWhat can fans expect [from the streaming service]?
You’re going to see an enhanced Honor Club. We tested it during the Global Wars Tour of streaming house shows to ringside members. You’re going to see a lot more content available, not only to everybody, but certainly in that Honor Club. [When we tested] streaming for two shows, our response was terrific from a quality standpoint and from an accessibility standpoint.
Why on earth would you double down on this? It's just so needlessly petty. They genuflect to WWE being so far out of their league that they could never ever compete with them, and yet, when it comes their current and most influential partner ever, they continue to act like Cody or Adam Page are America's greatest exports. Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks became tenfold stars as a direct result of being shortended by your company. Show some accountability. Or at least show some acknowledgment of how big New Japan is today, especially in regards to their key fanbase.You could also argue that a lot of the success recently has been due to your enhanced association with New Japan Pro Wrestling. What kind of boost would you say that you’ve gotten out of that partnership?
Well, we’ve gotten a tremendous boost and I might have said this in another publication — that everyone says, “It’s New Japan, it’s New Japan.” The one thing that I don’t know is if they say in Japan, “It’s Ring of Honor. It’s Ring of Honor.”
And then there's this. I know he can't as a representative relay all of their deliberations and options for when or if their business partners proceed in different ways, but this just reads as hey, we don't know. New Japan is signalling a burgeoning US territory as loud as they can. You better have a back up plan because NJPW is always in the conversation when contracts are up. If NJPW becomes a full-fledged US promotion, they will eventually cap your growth.I can’t remember who the critic was, but they had expressed concern that maybe Ring of Honor was putting all of their eggs in the New Japan basket and that was actually going to hamper their growth long-term if that partnership ever fizzles out. Do you get that impression?
I don’t think so. You know, when you tour, you’ve gotta bring new kinds of things to that audience and to make them want to come back. Chuck, I gotta tell you, everyone will ask me, “Well, what about when this guy left, and what about when this guy left?” You know, we’re a pretty resilient organization. And while I have no inkling that the relationship is going to change, when it changes, if it changes, then we’ll deal with it at that time. I mean, we’re pretty resilient.
You're impossible, my dude.What kind of impact would you say [Brandi Rhodes has] had on that division?
The best part that I can say about Brandi is that she’s really good wrestler. So the fact that she’s Brandi, and she has somewhat of a celebrity persona, is exemplified by the fact that she’s really good in the ring. So Ring of Honor people are not necessarily coming to see a particular person, but they’re looking for the person that represents the brand the way they do. And Brandi is a very good brand representative.