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Two questions about Ring of Honor’s PPV this Saturday

By Scott Keith on 21 July 2022


First – did you see their preview show from YouTube? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_8jMBtB4dQ

This was as good a countdown show as AEW has ever done. The Garcia/Yuta sit-down in particular was next level. I think that match may steal the show.

Second – why do some people, including yourself, consider this RoH deal a bust already? Their first real show under AEW management hasnt even happened yet. Whether you enjoy the RoH stuff or not (I like the Yuta/Joe/FTR programs, very much not into the women's title match or Gresham), there's no possible way to determine if it's a bust yet.

It feels like the Forbidden Door show where a certain segment of wrestling fans/critics said the NJPW crossover was a total bust all through June and it ended up doing a great buyrate for an amazing show.
People aren’t saying it’s a bust, they’re saying that there’s nothing to differentiate it from AEW and in fact having all the ROH titles on TV serves to water down the AEW titles. We still haven’t seen any reason why it even exists yet.