At ROH Death Before Dishonor 2022, Prince Nana returned to Ring of Honor and announced that he had purchased Tully Blanchard Enterprises, rebranding them to the reformed Embassy.
Prince Nana joined ROH in 2002 and originally formed the Embassy in 2004. The new Embassy included Tully Blanchard Enterprises holdovers Brian Cage, Kaun and Toa Liona.
Speaking on AEW Unrestricted, Prince Nana explained how the deal came together.
"One of my executive producers, his name is Gizzy G [sp?], we were having a business meeting that morning, kind of going over what the plans were for wrestling this year and moving on. We were doing it early. We were going through those things. I had just gotten back from Los Angeles, doing some independent dates out there. I don't want to say that I was thinking to myself, 'is it time to hang it up?' I don't want to say that, but I was more contemplating, what more can I do to give back as much as I can to the wrestling business without seeming selfish. Being on TV is an opportunity, it's not something everyone gets. I wanted to make sure I gave back in some way. We were having our discussion, it's probably 1:30 or 2 o'clock in the afternoon. I've been to AEW shows in the past because I have a ton of friends who supported me and they know I support the product. Boom, I got a text out of nowhere from one of the executive producers at AEW. 'Are you local? Are you in the area? We're having a situation where you can purchase something from us.' We had a little discussion, and next thing you know, Prince Nana has a lot of money, money is not an issue. Prince Nana was in Boston Massachusetts, we got the Tully Blanchard situation out of the way, he's a great legend that I respect and there is nobody's shoes that I would like to fill more than Tully Blanchard's. Everything that I did in the wrestling business came together on one day, July 23, and I'll always remember that day and the people involved. I met Tony Khan that day, I met him before, but I met him again that day. What a great meeting we had. The shrimp cocktails that night, they had the big juicy ones," recalled Nana.
The Embassy won the ROH Six-Man Tag Team Championships at ROH Final Battle 2022 by defeating Dalton Castle & The Boys.
Tully Blanchard has officially departed AEW/ROH and said his wrestling career is probably over. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
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