Tony Khan hosted his PPV media conference call on Thursday and answered many questions from Wrestling Media regarding the future of Ring Of Honor.
Notes and answers credited to Fightful.
– Tony Khan tells @jaychelenicole that the AEW/ROH roster sharing and exclusivity will be a bit of a “sliding scale” thing. Tony Khan believes the ROH roster will expand whenever weekly TV does happen.
– He says he’s confident that ROH will get a weekly television show, but doesn’t want to do it until the distribution makes sense. He tells @BrandonThurston he’s had discussions with Warner Bros. Discovery about ROH, and they made the deal to get Death Before Dishonor on Bleacher Report.
– Tony Khan tells @BR_Doctor that the runtime for Death Before Dishonor and the pre-show will resemble that of Supercard of Honor
– Tony Khan tells @MikePWInsider that the feel of future ROH shows are going to make longtime fans happy, and will hopefully also make new fans. The ROH pure scoreboard will be coming back, too.
– Tony Khan doesn’t think he’ll do hybrid championships between ROH and AEW, but certainly would continue to have outside championships defended across shows.
– Tony Khan tells @itsellajay he probably won’t do a ranking system in ROH like AEW, but isn’t sure. He likes the idea of having different approaches.
– Tony Khan tells me that The Briscoes are officially signed to ROH.
– Tony Khan says he thinks @IanRiccaboni did a great job putting some thoughts down on the ROH World Title match and is very excited to see he and Caprice Coleman call ROH DBD.
– Tony Khan tells @sr_torch that he talks wrestling with Rick Rubin, and he thinks ROH Death Before Dishonor is a show he’ll enjoy. He says Rubin watches AEW weekly and has been enjoying Christian Cage’s work.
– Tony Khan tells @TempestWT that he hopes they have some stuff to announce at San Diego Comic Con, but it’s if a particular deal gets done. AEW will have a presence there.
– Tony Khan tells @JonAlba the sky is the limit for Willow Nightingale, and thinks she could be a prominent player for either AEW or ROH, or both.
– Tony Khan confirms to @Nick_Hausman the Fightful report that Colt Cabana will be involved in ROH moving forward, including this weekend at Death Before Dishonor. Tony prefers to not comment on the relationship or dynamic between CM Punk and Colt Cabana.
– Tony Khan tells @NYCDemonD1va that he’s always followed ROH, and booking both companies can be challenging but he has a lot of fun doing it.
Fightful Notes on Tony Khan’s media conference call
Death Before Dishonor will happen this Saturday and will feature several title matches including Jonathan Gresham and Claudio Castagnoli for the Ring Of Honor World Title.
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