Ring Of Honor Wrestling 2012 Discussion Thread

[Smark Briscoe]

This is the official thread for discussing the new ROH TV show, syndicated by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. Please no spoilers, unless it's something everybody already knows, like KOW being gone.

Ring Of Honor Makes Its Sinclair Debut This Saturday!



Ring of Honor makes its return to television starting this Saturday, September 24th on Sinclair Broadcasting stations around the country! From Baltimore, MD to Minneapolis, MN to Las Vegas, NV, the absolute best professional wrestling in the world today will be available via your television screen.

How do we kick off this historic event in ROH history? By presenting something to the fans that has been forgotten elsewhere, something that Ring of Honor does better than anyone else: tag team wrestling! First the team of Adam Cole & Kyle O’Reilly, together known as Future Shock, take on The Bravado Brothers (Lancelot & Harlem) in a continuation of a rivalry that has raged on for months. Then, in the main event, the ROH World Tag Team Titles will be defended as the champions, Wrestling’s Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin), take on the challengers, the men they defeated to claim the titles, Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli, collectively known as The Kings of Wrestling! See what Haas & Benjamin had to say on the eve of ROH’s broadcast TV debut:



Saturday marks the dawning of a brand new era for Ring of Honor, its fans, and all those who have supported us for nearly 10 years. Check out the list (Looking for Ring of Honor on SBG Networks?) of SBG networks around the country to see if ROH will air in your markets, and keep an eye on ROHWrestling.com for more details on how you will be able to catch all the action on your home computer.

I'll be very interested in seeing how they handle the Kings of Wrestling being gone (I am still pissed at this being their last match) after the very first episode. No HD is a dissapointment. I wish Joe Koff or someone said this earlier. Also, there's no guarantee how soon after the broadcast they'll be putting this online. Joe Koff was pretty sneaky in answering his questions to Bryan Alvarez this week, which makes me worry about how good Sinclair is going to be for ROH. I don't get a good vibe off that guy.

[Death Dealer]

I can't wait for the premiere.

[Big Papa]

Still can't seem to find any channels that will be carrying it. Disappointing. I loved ROH on HDNet.

[Smark Briscoe]

This was apparently shown on a bunch of stations yesterday:



Gives you kind of an idea how the show looks.

[PeepShow]

They are putting two tag matches on one show? Odd.

And tbh, the Future Shock/Bravado's match was better than the tag titles match.

[Death Dealer]

I get this in my area. Sundays at midnight on FOX, set to DVR. WWWYKI!

[Smark Briscoe]

INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION DEAL SIGNED FOR ROH TV
by Mike Johnson @ 1:55 PM on 9/21/2011

Ring of Honor parent company Sinclair Broadcasting has come to terms with Opus Distribution for the international syndication rights the ROH TV series.

There are plans to bring the series to MIPCOM, an international television convention held annually in France to syndicate it into different territories.

ROH's Joe Koff stated, "ROH wrestling has no language barriers, and we are expecting to see growth internationally. In brokering this deal with Ken DuBow, we’ve accelerated that plan and are glad to have someone so experienced to bring ROH to the rest of the world."

The French Stallion. Book him, Lizard Man!

[Jim]

I'll give the show a chance just as I did for ROH on HD Net. Hopefully, they begin this show a lot better than they did that one. Even if ROH takes their sweet time adding the streaming video to their site, I imagine the show will pop up for downloads in good time.

I wonder if ROH will open their board back up for the premier. I know it's all for an angle (Pretty sweet too), but it's senseless having it down at this time of the year.

[King Steventon]

So... two matches on the first show?

[Smark Briscoe]

So... two matches on the first show?

On a one-hour show with adverts, that seems fair to me. The main will be like 15-20 mins, the opener probably just over 10. Then you've got all your video packages and promos to introduce other roster members, as well as any in-ring segments.

I wonder if ROH will open their board back up for the premier. I know it's all for an angle (Pretty sweet too), but it's senseless having it down at this time of the year.

Whenever this new website they keep promising shows up, I'm sure the board will be back.

"- ROH officials have a special meeting this Friday afternoon regarding many topics including the September 24th television debut and the issues encountered at “Death Before Dishonor IX” last Saturday. Officials will also review the brand new ROH website one final time before giving it the go ahead!"