AEW Owner Tony Khan Buys Competition
It seems that rumors of All Elite Wrestling (AEW) buying their competition were true. You may remember the rumors that they were going to purchase Impact Wrestling from Anthem. While that did not pan out, what did come of that was a working relationship between the two companies. Impact has been known for working with other companies, offering talent swaps and more over the years. They have even worked with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as recently as the 2022 Royal Rumble with Mickie James appearing, wearing the Impact Womens Championship, using her Impact theme song as well. Back to Tony Khan though, he has purchased a competitor, further consolidating to fewer companies’ wrestlers can make a living working for. For better or for worse, less options are now available.
Until all are one
Started just over 20 years ago by Rob Feinstein, Ring of Honor Wrestling (ROH) was different over what WWE offered fans. Attempting to fill the void that World Championship Wrestling (WCW) left, many companies attempted to be “the one” competitor Vince McMahon and WWE could not ignore. None rose to that position until AEW which started in 2019.
In October of 2021, ROH went on hiatus and all talent and staff were released from their contracts in December. Things looked bad for the once prominent alternative to WWE.
Enter Khan
Tony Khan just announced on AEW television that he has purchased Ring of Honor. With Supercard of Honor XV on April 1st, 2022, ROH will officially return as part of the AEW family.
This could be great news for the promotion. For the most part, many of the problems the company faced was due to lack of a decent television deal and financial backing (you can never have too much money when dealing with wrestling).
Tony Khan represents a solution to both of those problems. He has a sweetheart deal with TNT and TBS, a successful YouTube series showcasing talent on demand. Khan also has a heart for wrestling. This is something even Ted Turner did not have, he was a fan of wrestling, but his financial choices were driven by that, finances. Khan is not going out spending millions to bring in Hulk Hogan or even Brock Lesnar when he had a chance. Khan is making moves that seem to be focused on long term product development versus short term gains.
Catch up on all things wrestling with Amazon.
The people doing V2K with remote neural monitoring want me to believe this lady @battleaxe is an operator. She is involved deeply with her group and @fyrstikken . Her discord is Battleaxe#1003. I cant prove she is the one directly doing the V2K and RNM. Doing it requires more than one person at the least. It cant be done alone. She cant prove she is not one of the ones doing it. I was drugged in my home covertly, it ended badly. They have tried to kill me and are still trying to kill me. I bet nobody does anything at all. Ask @battleaxe to prove it. I bet she wont. They want me to believe the V2K and RNM in me is being broadcast from her location. And what the fuck is "HOMELAND SECURITY" doing about this shit? I think stumbling over their own dicks maybe? Just like they did and are doing with the Havana Syndrome https://ecency.com/fyrstikken/@fairandbalanced/i-am-the-only-motherfucker-on-the-internet-pointing-to-a-direct-source-for-voice-to-skull-electronic-terrorism
This is super exciting but not sure how this will affect the indie scene and talent long term. but !LUV the fact ROH will not just fade away.
@simplegame(2/4) gave you LUV.
H-E tools | connect | <><
LUV level requirements were changed. See the About page for current numbers.
I agree. As I mentioned in the article, this just means fewer options for athletes working in wrestling. It remains to be seen if this is a good thing or not though. On paper it sounds bad, it is literally one less company as an option. It could be good as in those working for ROH could see more financial benefits as well as exposure thanks to connections Khan represents.
At the end of the day, we are not even sure if ROH will continue as a separate entity - similar to what was rumored to have been planned by Vince McMahon with WCW. I would love to see ROH continue as a separate company, and their going forward with the upcoming show is a good sign of that happening.