Tony Khan On A TV Deal For ROH – 'We've Had Some Great Conversations About It'

Yesterday at 02:18 PM

During the ROH Final Battle 2024 post-show media scrum, ROH/AEW President Tony Khan was asked about the status of Ring Of Honor possibly securing a television deal and moving away from WatchROH.com.

Khan also discussed Bandido’s ROH return and hosting more events at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.

You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:

On discussions for a TV deal for ROH: "Well, we've had some great conversations about it. It's a great question, Mike, and I'm still you know very excited about what we're doing on WatchROH.com. We're building a great audience since we took over a couple years ago. We've really built this thing and come a long way. For me, a lot of the attention frankly is going to be on the mother of all simulcasts, the launch of AEW going to not only continuing our great wrestling every Wednesday on TBS, every Saturday on TNT, but the big change with the simulcast is going to bring a lot of new audiences into AEW, and I think it is going to create more opportunities for our ROH."

On Warner Bros. Discovery's announcement on AEW content on Max: "But you saw the big announcement yesterday. Warner Brothers Discovery themselves put out a great press release. They highlighted there's going to be lots of AEW content coming, including the live show, simulcasting the library is going to be going up step by step. We're going to build a great library of content and I think we have so much great wrestling with AEW, hundreds and hundreds of hours we built over the last five plus years, but there's a great library with ROH. There's a great history with ROH, and we're doing great shows like this show tonight, and [I'm] excited for the TV Thursday. So, I think there's going to be opportunities for sure, but I can't tell you exactly what yard line we're on. But we've made a lot of progress in building this ROH brand and building up AEW. It's a really a special time for us as a company and as a family so it's exciting."

On Bandido's ROH return: "It was really great to see him back. When I first acquired ROH, Bandido had been the reigning champion and we had the match to crown the undisputed ROH Champion, he was the lineal champion at the time. It was great to get Bandido, who actually missed Final Battle 2021 due to COVID and we crowned an interim champion and then the undisputed champion at my first ever event, Supercard. That was my first time working with Bandido. I really wanted to sign Bandido when we first launched AEW. He made a choice and signed with ROH. He became a great World Champion for them and when things changed and I acquired the company, Bandido became a great asset to AEW and ROH. It was exciting to have him return tonight in New York."

On getting the rights to use Frank Sinatr's "New York, New York" for Chris Jericho's match: "For the King of New York, I thought it would be appropriate. Chris Jericho is the King of New York, so what better way for him to come to the ring for his championship match than 'New York, New York.' I thought it would be something special and it came out great. It was a great part of the presentation. Since we all woke up in a city that never sleeps, we all wanted to play that song. It was a great moment and something special for Final Battle."

On returning to Hammerstein Ballroom: "Yes, I would love to come back for ROH and I'm excited to debut AEW here tomorrow night on TNT. So, I think it would be great to come here again for ROH and AEW. Today was my first time in this building, and we're gonna be here all weekend, but I think it's safe to say we want to come back again."

On having a tremendous experience at Hammerstein: "This has been a tremendous experience. AEW at Hammerstein, and or — excuse me — Ring of Honor at Hammerstein and tomorrow excited, already getting ahead of myself, for AEW at Hammerstein starting tomorrow for Christmas Collision, which should be a great time I would love to come back here. What a debut event it's been for our family of of wrestling, and it meant a lot to be here for this event there's a great tradition for ROH and pro wrestling here so it was great for us to come here for the first time uh and great to celebrate Final Battle here."

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