Bobby Fish talks about a possible return to ROH and his relationship with Tony Khan.
Bobby Fish has been featured on AEW, IMPACT, and WWE NXT in the past three years. Fish is also very closely associated with Ring of Honor, as he and Kyle O'Reilly have won the Ring of Honor Tag Team Championship several times in the past.
During a recent interview with PWMania, Bobby Fish was asked about a possible return to Ring of Honor under the Tony Khan regime and said that Ring of Honor is a place that he will always hold in high regard because of his history with the promotion.
“Ring of Honor is definitely a place that will always hold some space in my heart and the things that I love about the industry. That’s the place where Kyle and I got to grow as a team. I’d say that was probably the most important part of my maturing process when it came to being a professional wrestler was the time that Kyle and I started doing reDRagon, and that I think really formed who I would become as a performer," said Bobby. "That’s where I found my lane. I think Kyle had a similar experience. Ring of Honor, being that place and New Japan, in a way as well. Ring of Honor would always be someplace that would interest me. I love the fresh coat of paint that it seems to have been given. I love to see guys like Samoa Joe back there doing the things that he’s doing. Claudio Castagnoli, doing the things that he’s doing. I’ve been a huge fan of Samoa Joe since longer than Samoa Joe would even remember. He was one of the first independent wrestlers. We’ll call it that, non-WWF guys, that I became aware of that really captivated me. I was cutting my teeth as an independent and getting reps for Pro Wrestling Noah. But here, I saw this big Samoan dude way more athletic than he’s supposed to be. He had legitimate martial arts skills. I knew that I had legitimate martial arts skill. And I was trying to figure out how it was to fit into my pro wrestling, and it’s a process. I would tell anybody that would be coming up trying to do something similar to that it doesn’t just happen. You want to kind of get your basis of your pro wrestling, it’s up to you to add your flavor to it, and he flavor I knew all along was that I wanted it to be martial arts. I didn’t know how to integrate that. Joe was one of the first guys that I saw who was finding that balance of integrating martial arts into his pro wrestling.”
Regarding his current relationship with Tony Khan, Bobby Fish says he believes he's always maintained a good relationship with Tony Khan and tried to fly under the radar and do his job while he was with AEW.
As for Bobby Fish's Undisputed ERA partners Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly, O'Reilly is currently sidelined with an injury. Fans can read an update on his condition here.
Meanwhile, Cole is looking to make his return to action on March 29. Learn more here
“I mean, as far as I know, unless he’s told something different. I’ve always had what I would like to consider a good relationship with Tony. Tony is in that company. He’s dare I say spread thin. Like, he’s only one man. He’s got a lot of people pulling at him from different directions. So I will say for myself in that company, I tried for the most part to do my job and kind of flew under the radar. I would request time if it was needed. But I tried not to be a pain in the ass about it. I would hear murmurs about this person or that person being a pain in the ass. I don’t know; sometimes I think the squeaky wheel gets the oil. Maybe that is prevalent in the industry many times, but I’m just not comfortable being that guy. I tried to try to get the time when I could, and if it wasn’t there, it just wasn’t there.”
