Adam Cole discusses how important Ring Of Honor is.
Ring Of Honor has been around for quite a long time now and has influenced several other promotions. Currently, the company is owned by AEW President Tony Khan, and is back on weekly TV with their television being streamed on HonorClub every Thursday.
In a new interview with Superstar Crossover, former Ring Of Honor World Champion Adam Cole went into detail about the importance of ROH to professional wrestling
“I think Ring of Honor may be the most important company that has helped evolve what modern pro wrestling is today. Seriously, when you look at all the talent that came from Ring of Honor, Bryan Danielson, Samoa Joe, the Briscoes, AJ Styles, The Young Bucks. I mean, the list goes on and on and on of these guys who have come through Ring of Honor in some capacity, and also the style of wrestling that kind of started to transcend and move forward a little bit into the casual wrestling audience and what they liked in wrestling matches was huge. Again, these were guys who not all of us are 6’4, 265 pounds, a lot of us had this certain style of pro wrestling that we really wanted to showcase. The athleticism was huge. The hard-hitting style was huge. The crazy passionate fan base was really important. So to this day, you know, I spent seven years in Ring of Honor and my first wrestling contract ever was with ROH. So there is no doubt in my mind, I would have not gone to NXT, I would have not gone to New Japan Pro Wrestling, I might not be in AEW if it wasn’t for my time in ROH. That’s just for me personally. I think a bunch of guys can say the same thing. So ROH is incredibly important in the modern era of wrestling that we’re in, and the history is incredibly important.”
Adam Cole
In the same interview, Cole would discuss meeting MJF at a young age and being blown away with the talent he seen.
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