Of all the questions that AEW boss Tony Khan has been asked over the past year or so, one has come up more consistently than any other: When is Ring of Honor going to gets its own television show again?
Khan has always said a weekly ROH show was a priority, but he didn’t want to jump the gun before the specifics were worked out. Now, as revealed in an interview with Sports Illustrated, he has an answer.
“Ring of Honor TV is coming Thursday, March 2 on HonorClub,” Khan said to SI. “We’ll have our first tapings on Feb. 25 and 26 at Universal Studios in Orlando, and we’re going to put tickets on sale for the inaugural taping on Thursday. Those will be the first-ever tapings of the new Ring of Honor.”
Those tickets are on sale now at AEWTix.com and include a taping on Saturday, Feb. 25 and two different sessions on Sunday, Feb. 26.
Under its previous ownership, Sinclair Broadcast Group, ROH had its own TV show, “Ring of Honor Wrestling,” though its broadcast day and time varied according to the schedules of Sinclair affiliates. The promotion was hit hard by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, however, and went on hiatus in October 2021.
Khan purchased the company in March 2022, but to date has only held pay-per-view events — one edition each of Supercard of Honor, Death Before Dishonor and Final Battle. ROH championships have been defended on AEW programming as well, and the rosters have been pretty fluid for the most part. Current ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli, for example, is a regular on AEW TV.
That could change with the weekly ROH shows, which promise to give more of the spotlight to talent who hasn’t been on Dynamite or Rampage much. It will be interesting to see if the titles gradually migrate to wrestlers who are featured primarily on Ring of Honor.
Khan was quick to point out that HonorClub subscribers also have access to the full 20-year history of past ROH content, perhaps to calm any qualms about fans paying for weekly shows when AEW and WWE have their regular content on broadcast TV. For the time being, he’s probably just happy to not have to answer the same question about when ROH TV was coming back, and fans, hopefully, will be happy to see it.