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In honor of the company's 15th anniversary, Ring of Honor announced a 35% off DVD sale at www.ROHWrestling.com.
ROH COO Joe Koff was interviewed by Scott Fishman at TVInsider.com, which you can read by clicking here.
During the interview, Koff touched upon a point that Richard Trionfo and I discussed in the Elite section on this week's episode of "NXT & Beyond," noting, "I think that we are responsible to a great extent for the growth of WWE with NXT, the cruiserweight division. There is no question that I believe that our growth has spurred their creativity and their company to create brands that are similar and compete with ours. I’m not saying they think about us all day long in their boardroom, but it’s apparent. It’s apparent by the style of wrestling that NXT does and the kinds of performers they are putting in the cruiserweight division and on their other shows. I just think it’s complementary. We have always been focused on what we do. I’ve never looked beyond Ring of Honor. Ring of Honor is what we specialize in and has a specific core. And it is our job to preserve that core. At the same time, it’s our job to stimulate the progress of the company. I think we’ve done that. I think the fact wrestling is in a high-point right now in a sense. Wrestling is in a good spot right now, and I think that is because there are a lot of great people wrestling. They are young guys, agile guys and have a tremendous amount of skill and belief in their craft. That is coming forward, which is why I’m thrilled with what the space is doing right now as far as presenting a superb product to the fans."
Christopher Daniels vs. Kazarian has been added to the 4/1 Supercard of Honor event in Lakeland, Florida.
Matt Taven is booked for CMLL's 22nd Annual Homenaje a Dos Leyendas on 3/17.
New Japan Pro Wrestling's second annual "Honor Rising" events will take place at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan this weekend. The two shows will stream over New Japan World with Kevin Kelly and Rocky Romero as the announcers. The lineups feature:
2/26 in Korakuen Hall:
*Jay and Mark Briscoe vs. ROH champion Adam Cole & Kenny Omega.
*Katsuyori Shibata & Jay Lethal vs. Cody Rhodes & Hangman Page.
*The Young Bucks vs. War Machine.
*Hiroshi Tanahashi & Dalton Castle & Ryuske Taguchi vs. Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi & Punishment Martinez.
*Kazuchika Okada & Hirooki Got & YOSHI-HASHI & Will Ospreay vs. Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi & Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa.
*NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team champions SANADA & EVIL & BUSHI vs. Delirious & Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask IV
*KUSHIDA & Juice Robinson & David Finlay vs. Silas Young & Gedo & Jado.
2/27 in Korakuen Hall:
*Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay & The Briscoes vs. Kenny Omega & Cody Rhodes & The Young Bucks.
*ROH champion Adam Cole vs. YOSHI-HASHI.
*NEVER Openweight champion Hirooki Goto vs. Punishment Martinez.
*Hiroshi Tanahashi & Juice Robinson & Jay Lethal vs. Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi & Hangman Page.
*War Machine vs. The Guerrillas of Destiny.
*Delirious & Dalton Castle & Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask IV & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Tetsuya Naito & SANADA & EVIL & Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI.
*KUSHIDA & David Finlay & Henare vs. Silas Young & Gedo & Jado.
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