Tony Khan Confirms ROH Supercard Will Take Place Despite Being Against AEW Rampage

ROH Supercard of Honor will proceed. 

On March 2, Tony Khan announced that he had purchased Ring of Honor, taking over the assets of the company. He later confirmed that he will be running and booking the promotion along with continuing his duties at AEW. 

Before Khan purchased ROH, the company went on hiatus following ROH Final Battle with plans to “reimagine the product” and return with Supercard of Honor during WrestleMania weekend. Supercard of Honor was announced for April 1. 

Speaking on Busted Open Radio, Tony Khan confirmed that Supercard of Honor will move forward despite the show taking place at the same time as AEW Rampage. 

“It wouldn’t have been my first choice for the scheduling, necessarily. In two weeks, it will be a crowded Friday of wrestling. I had not scheduled this pay-per-view, Ring of Honor Supercard, but I really think it’s important for me, because they sold tickets and made a commitment to the fans, to still do the show. I see it as a transitional show in many ways and I’m really excited about. It’s the first show under new management and a transition show for…I will relaunch what I hope to be a really great new Ring of Honor television product, a weekly series, wherever it does air or stream. This is a great opportunity to put our own stamp on it but also pay respect to the great Ring of Honor traditions and history with some of the top stars from recent Ring of Honor and great wrestlers who have been in Ring of Honor historically. Am I going to be able to take everyone from AEW and bring them there? No, but I think there is a cool way to use some of the great wrestlers in AEW who will be available and make this a great show,” he said. 

Jonathan Gresham vs. Bandido, Swerve Strickland vs. Alex Zayne, The Briscoes, and others have already been announced for the show. 

Tony continued, saying that WarnerMedia gave their blessing to let Supercard of Honor run as scheduled. 

“It’s a unique circumstance because there is other stuff on TV that night, including AEW Rampage. It’s going to be unusual because I’m effectively in two places at once. It’s going to be a bizarre and hopefully memorable night in wrestling. I would never compete with my own show. It’s going to be a very different night because we’re making a one time only exception. I’m grateful to the great partnership we have with WarnerMedia. They’ve been cool and were open to me doing this, understanding it’s a great opportunity for AEW and potentially WarnerMedia in the future too, I hope, with the possibilities of the Ring of Honor streaming library with historic content and with future content. That I was able to get their permission to do this show, even though Ring of Honor, prior management, scheduled it to opposed Rampage. I am going to announce more for the card. I’ll make it the best card I can for Ring of Honor while still respecting AEW and our agreements with WarnerMedia,” he said.

Khan was very thankful to WarnerMedia for allowing Supercard of Honor to run as scheduled. 

You can learn more about Tony continuing to run ROH by clicking here. 

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