Ring of Honor

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Ring of Honor Wrestling Entertanment, LLC.
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 1 History 1.1 Formation (The Era of Honor Begins) 1.2 Rob Feinstein Controversy 1.3 2007–2009 1.4 2009–2013 1.5 2014–present 2 Touring, TV tapings 3 ROH contracts 4 International partnerships 5 Code of Honor 6 Contenders for championships of Ring of Honor 7 Championships of Ring of Honor 7.1 Current championships 7.2 Defunct championships 7.3 Other accomplishments 8 Specialty matches 9 Marquee events 9.1 IPPV's/PPVs 9.2 Supershows with NJPW 9.3 Tournaments 10 ROH Wrestling Academy 11 See also 12 References 13 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Formation (The Era of Honor Begins)

[edit] Rob Feinstein Controversy

[edit] 2007–2009

[edit] 2009–2013

[edit] 2014–present

[edit] Touring, TV tapings

[edit] ROH contracts

[edit] International partnerships

[edit] Code of Honor

[edit] Contenders for championships of Ring of Honor

[edit] Championships of Ring of Honor

[edit] Current championships

Main article: List of current champions in ROH Wrestling

Championship	Current champion(s)	Reign	Date won	Location	Event	Former champion(s)	Days held

[edit] Defunct championships

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

[edit] Other accomplishments

Accomplishment	Current Winner(s)	Date won	Event	Previous
Survival of the Fittest	Michael Elgin	November 14, 2015	Survival of the Fittest (2015)	Adam Cole
Top Prospect Tournament	Lio Rush	February 6, 2016	Ring of Honor Wrestling	Donovan Dijak
Honor Rumble	Michael Bennett	October 11, 2014	Ring of Honor Wrestling	Mark Briscoe
Tag Wars	Silas Young and Beer City Bruiser	June 12, 2016	Road to Best in the World	reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O' Reilly)

[edit] Specialty matches

• Four Corner Survival match and Six Man Mayhem match
• Pure Wrestling match
• Scramble Cage Match, Scramble Cage Melee and Steel Cage Warfare
• Tag Team Scramble match
• Ultimate Endurance match
• Fight Without Honor

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 Daniels 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.)

• Honor Rumble

The Honor Rumble differs from the classical Battle Royal as the contestants do not enter the ring at the same time but instead are "assigned" entry numbers, usually via a lottery, although they can win guaranteed, desirable spots via a number of other scripted means, the most common being winning a match. This lottery is usually staged right before the event begins. The match begins with the two wrestlers who have drawn entry numbers one and two, with the remaining wrestlers entering the ring at regular timed intervals, either 90 seconds or two minutes, according to their entry number.

[edit] Marquee events

See also: List of Ring of Honor pay-per-view events

[edit] IPPV's/PPVs

• ROH Anniversary Show
• ROH Supercard Of Honor
• ROH Best in the World
• ROH Death Before Dishonor
• ROH Glory By Honor
• ROH Final Battle

[edit] Supershows with NJPW

• Global Wars
• War of the Worlds

[edit] Tournaments

• ROH Top Prospect Tournament
• ROH Survival of the Fittest
• ROH Tag Wars Tournament

[edit] ROH Wrestling Academy

[edit] See also

• List of ROH pay-per-view events
• Ring of Honor employees
• Ring of Honor alumni

[edit] References

[edit] External links