Ring of Honor

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Ring of Honor Wrestling Entertanment, LLC.</small>
Type Subsidiary
Industry Professional wrestling
Founded 2002
Founder(s) Rob Feinstein
Gabe Sapolsky
Key people Cary Silkin – President
Ross Abrams - Executive
Parent Sinclair Broadcast Group
Website Official Site

Ring of Honor (ROH) is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2002 by Rob Feinstein and Gabe Sapolsky. From 2004 to 2011, the promotion was under the ownership of Cary Silkin before being sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBG), an American telecommunications company that operates the largest number of local television stations in the United States, in May 2011. It is currently the 4th largest pro wrestling company in the world in terms of attendance and revenue behind International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). The company is also known to be referred as the modern day XCW.

RoH currently runs shows each month throughout the country. It has also held shows in the United Kingdom, Japan, and Canada. Annual shows include the Anniversary Show, "Supercard of Honor", "Border/Global Wars" (held annually in Toronto), "Best in the World", "Death Before Dishonor", "Glory by Honor", and "Final Battle" (the last show of the calendar year). Tournaments on a semiannual basis include Survival of the Fittest and Tag Wars, while the Top Prospect Tournament is held annually since 2011 (with the exception being 2012).

Contents

History

2009-present

International partnerships

Code of Honor

Contenders for championships of Ring of Honor

Championships of Ring of Honor

Current championships

Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held 		Defenses Location Event Former champion(s)
ROH World Championship Jay Briscoe 2 September 6, 2014 42+ 1 Toronto, Ontario All Star Extravaganza 6 Michael Elgin
ROH World Tag Team Champions reDRagon
(Bobby Fish and Kyle O' Reilly) 		3 May 17, 2014 154+ 7 New York, New York ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds The Young Bucks
(Matt and Nick Jackson)
ROH World Television Championship Jay Lethal 2 April 4, 2014 197+ 16 Westwego, Louisiana Supercard of Honor VIII Tommaso Ciampa

Defunct championships

Championship Final Champion(s) Defeated Date Won Location Event
ROH Pure Championship Bryan Danielson Nigel McGuinness August 12, 2006 Liverpool, England Unified

Specialty matches

This match does not require participants to adhere to the Code of Honor and usually involves no disqualifications and the use of weapons. The more violent feuds in ROH typically end up with this match.
  • Field of Honor
This round-robin style tournament took place from August 2003 – December 2003. It featured 8 wrestlers divided into two blocks, showcasing the rapidly expanding "Pure Wrestling Division". Block A featured Xavier, Matt Stryker, Chris Sabin and John Walters while Block B had BJ Whitmer, Colt Cabana, Dan Maff and Jimmy Rave.
  • Round Robin Challenge
Three wrestlers/tag teams compete with each other in a round-robin tournament. They each wrestle two different matches (making a total of three matches), with the one(s) with the most victories winning the challenge. Only Christopher Barnhart has ever won a Round Robin Challenge, as all others have ended in a draw with each of the participants winning one match and losing the other. (Many sports use round-robin tournaments as a common league system, such as soccer and ice hockey. All Japan Pro Wrestling popularized the format in wrestling with its Champion Carnival.)

Marquee events

ROH Wrestling Academy

See also

References

External links

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