AEW proprietor Tony Khan introduced that he purchased Ring of Honor.
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All Elite Wrestling president Tony Khan introduced Wednesday night time on ‘AEW Dynamite” that he bought Ring of Honor, a promotion the place lots of the stars on his roster carried out as their careers ascended, from Sinclair Broadcast Group.
Ring of Honor turned 20 years outdated final week.
It went on hiatus in late 2021 amid an introduced restructuring, and was slated to return in April for SuperCard of Honor. The deal consists of the Ring of Honor’s programing library, mental property and manufacturing gear. Including the ROH content material library to its personal would make AEW much more interesting in any streaming deal they might pursue.
“Ring of Honor’s affect on trendy skilled wrestling is etched completely within the historical past books, and this acquisition ensures that its legacy might be saved alive and handled with the utmost respect,” Khan mentioned in a press release. “This deal provides hundreds of hours of content material to our quickly rising library and creates new alternatives to broaden our footprint on a nationwide and international scale, whereas having the potential to supply new content material below the ROH banner.
“I'll instantly start exploring alternatives to make ROH’s video library accessible to followers, who’ll have the chance to witness the beginnings of the careers of a few of AEW’s greatest stars.”
Bryan Danielson, CM Punk, Adam Cole, Britt Baker, Hangman Web page, Eddie Kingston, Keith Lee, Christopher Daniels, Kenny Omega, Jon Moxley, Bobby Fish, Kyle O’Reilly, the Younger Bucks and greater than two dozen different AEW performers have been skills in Ring of Honor.
Khan, the son of the Jacksonville Jaguars’ billionaire proprietor Shad Khan, additionally has a job with the NFL franchise and is the GM and Sporting Director of the Fulham F.C. soccer group within the UK.
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