ROH Announces Major New Working Relationship
Ring of Honor announced today that it has entered a working agreement with Mexican promotion CMLL.
ROH continues to grow it’s successful working relationships, as CMLL will now join the partnership that the brand has built with New Japan Pro Wrestling. NJPW had already worked with CMLL and ROH separately, but now all three companies will work together, including adding CMLL talents to the “War of the Worlds” tour.
The previous working relationships have seen NJPW star Tomohiro Ishii capture the ROH World TV Title, and several Ring of Honor stars find championships and success in NJPW, even to the point where former ROH World Champion Michael Elgin has made Japan his priority.
You can see the press release that Ring of Honor sent Fightful.com below.
THREE COMPANIES, ONE GOAL
Details of Agreement
(BALTIMORE, MD) In a coordinated announcement, Ring of Honor Wrestling (ROH), Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) have pledged to work with each other to create a superior blend of styles and athletes found nowhere else in the wrestling world.
NJPW has had working relationships with ROH and CMLL individually but now ROH and CMLL have teamed and have coordinated their efforts with New Japan Pro Wrestling. What this means for Ring of Honor fans is a continued presence of NJPW stars on selected events like “Death Before Dishonor” on Friday August 19th on PPV and “Field of Honor” from MCU Park in Brooklyn on Saturday August 27th and more CMLL stars appearing on Ring of Honor events as well.
Part of the new agreement, CMLL will be bringing ROH stars to Mexico on an ongoing basis as both companies look to grow their individual brands all over the world. CMLL, which began promoting events in 1933, currently competes in NJPW’s annual “Fantastica Mania” Tour every January. ROH hosts NJPW for the annual “War of the Worlds” Tour in May and Ring of Honor was added to NJPW’s schedule for “Honor Rising” in February, 2016.
Ring Of Honor will return to PPV this Friday with Death Before Dishonor. Fightful.com will have full, live coverage and a viewing party of the event.
