Claudio Castagnoli Wants To Defend ROH Title Against Young Talent Grinding On AEW Dark

At ROH Final Battle on Saturday, Claudio Castagnoli has the chance to regain the ROH World Title when he challenges Chris Jericho. 

Castagnoli initially won the title at ROH Death Before Dishonor and successfully defended it four times before losing it to Jericho at AEW Dynamite Grand Slam. 

Speaking to Joey Hayden of the Dallas Morning News, Claudio discussed Jericho’s run and his plans should he regain the title. 

“I would be a fool to say that Chris Jericho didn’t defend the title a lot, and in some tremendous matches and brought a lot of eyes to the Ring of Honor world championship just by defending against all comers in AEW. So, I would love to win the title back – A. So I don’t have to join the Jericho Appreciation Society, and B. So I can bring honor back to the ROH championship. And then I would like to defend it in a similar way that he did, but not against former champions. I feel like I would like to defend it against young talent that has been grinding their teeth, for example, on AEW Dark, and hasn’t had that chance yet to showcase that talent on television. Give them a shot at the Ring of Honor title because I feel like that’s what it’s always been and meant was to showcase new talent and give talent the chance [who may not have] another outlet. That’s what Ring of Honor always was. It was kind of the proving ground for people to prove how good they really were before mainstream saw it,” he said.

Claudio defeated Konosuke Takeshita, Dustin Rhodes, Ari Daivari, and Dax Harwood during his ROH World Title reign. 

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