Samoa Joe hopes ROH stays true to focusing on younger talent.
Many of the top names in pro wrestling today cut their teeth in Ring of Honor as young wrestlers on their first prominent stage. Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, Bryan Danielson, CM Punk, and more
ROH is now under the ownership of Tony Khan, and while Samoa Joe is the reigning ROH TV Champion, he hopes the focus will continue to be on new faces and young talent.
“Ring of Honor has been a tremendous launching pad for so many superstars in the industry and one that is remembered fondly by most of those superstars,” Joe told Joseph Staszewski of the New York Post. “Aside from the people involved, I think the industry as a whole would love to see it survive, to regain prominence and become as great as it has been in the past. It’s always been a place where the newest, the most innovative guys from the industry kind of find a foothold to do what they do. I’d like it to continue to be that. I’d like to see more new faces and more opportunities given to younger guys in Ring of Honor. … There has always been young, hungry talent waiting in the wings to show the world what they got and Ring of Honor has been that place where they do that.”
The future of ROH television is unknown as Tony Khan searches for distribution, but the promotion has had a role in AEW with Joe being featured and Jonathan Gresham defending the ROH World Title at AEW Battle of the Belts II.
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