Ring of Honor Wrestling
Ring of Honor Wrestling, often abbreviated as ROH TV, is a professional wrestling television series produced by Ring of Honor. The series features professional wrestlers competing in matches and conducting interviews. Combined, these elements create and further the storylines of the promotion.
The pilot episode was taped on February 28, 2009, and aired on March 21, 2009. The show aired weekly on HDNet in the United States. The series' 100th and final HDNet episode aired on April 4, 2011.
The series returned as "Ring of Honor Wrestling" on the stations of its current parent company, the Sinclair Broadcast Group, on September 24, 2011.
Production
Ring of Honor first announced its partnership with HDNet an article posted to its website on January 26, 2009. The article stated that HDNet would air a weekly television series featuring Ring of Honor wrestling. They subsequently announced their first television tapings would take place at The Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ring of Honor Wrestling began airing weekly starting March 21, 2009 on HDNet. On July 1, 2009 it was reported that Ring of Honor had canceled television tapings scheduled to take place on July 17 and 18, the decision was reported to be a decision made by HDNet and not Ring of Honor. On July 27, 2009, ROH announced that the show would be moving to Monday nights beginning from August 17 with a repeat of the show later on Monday nights. On January 11, 2011, Ring of Honor announced the end of their television series, after the completion of the promotion's two–year contract with HDNet. The final tapings of the show would be taking place on January 21 and 22, with the final episode airing on April 4, 2011.On May 21, 2011, the Sinclair Broadcast Group announced that they had purchased ROH with Cary Silkin remaining with the company in an executive role. Ring of Honor Wrestling television began airing in September 2011 over Sinclair stations, mainly in weekend primetime on their CW and MyNetworkTV stations.
Episode format
An episode typically features 3 to 4 matches as well as interviews from the wrestlers regarding their upcoming matches or current storylines. The show typically ends after the main event and goes to a closing graphic.Beginning in August 2019, the show's format was changed to feature highlights of recent events, with Ian Riccaboni and Quinn McKay hosting from backstage. The show now features one full-length main event match, with the color commentary during the matches themselves varying as Riccaboni is paired with a variety of partners. It's been speculated that this revamp was done in order to drive growth for Honor Club, where the promotion has begun to stream its television tapings live.
Filming locations
All but six episodes of the HDNet run were taped at The Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Arena is frequently used as a professional wrestling venue, and is known prominently for formerly hosting many Extreme Championship Wrestling events.In September 2010, ROH announced they would be holding television tapings at the Davis Arena in Louisville, Kentucky on December 9 and 10. Since then, Ring of Honor Wrestling is taped in various locations around the United States and Canada.
Special episodes
| Episode title | Date | Viewers | Note |
| ROH on Destination America | June 3, 2015 | 273,000 | Premiere Episode of ROH on Destination America |
Roster
The wrestlers featured on Ring of Honor wrestling take part in scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers are portrayed as either villains or heroes in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match.Commentators
| Commentators | Dates |
| Mike Hogewood and Dave Prazak | – |
| Kevin Kelly and Caleb Seltzer | – |
| Kevin Kelly and Various Guest Commentators | – – |
| Jay Lethal and Roderick Strong | |
| Kevin Kelly and Nigel McGuinness | – – – – – – – |
| Larry Mercer | |
| Larry Mercer and Mandy Leon | |
| Kevin Kelly, Steve Corino, and Prince Nana | |
| Kevin Kelly and Caprice Coleman | – |
| Kevin Kelly, Nigel McGuinness, and Caprice Coleman | |
| Kevin Kelly and Truth Martini | |
| Kevin Kelly and Adam Cole | |
| Kevin Kelly, Steve Corino, and Nigel McGuinness | |
| Kevin Kelly and Steve Corino | – – – – |
| Kevin Kelly, Nigel McGuinness, and Mark Briscoe | |
| Kevin Kelly and Prince Nana | |
| Mandy Leon | |
| Kevin Kelly and Mandy Leon | |
| Kevin Kelly | |
| Kevin Kelly and Mr. Wrestling 3 | – |
| Ian Riccaboni and Nigel McGuinness | |
| Kevin Kelly and Matt Taven | |
| Ian Riccaboni and Various Guest Commentators | – |
| Ian Riccaboni and Kevin Kelly | – |
| Ian Riccaboni and Colt Cabana | – – |
| Kevin Kelly and Rocky Romero | |
| Ian Riccaboni and Rico DeLaVega | |
| Ian Riccaboni and Joe Koff | |
| Ian Riccaboni and BJ Whitmer | – |
| Ian Riccaboni and Marty Scurll | |
| Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman | – |
| Ian Riccaboni, BJ Whitmer, and Caprice Coleman | – |
| Ian Riccaboni, Colt Cabana, and Marty Scurll | |
| Ian Riccaboni, Colt Cabana, and Caprice Coleman | |
| Ian Riccaboni | – – |
| Ian Riccaboni and Quinn McKay | – present |
Broadcast history
| Channel ET | Years |
| HDNet | 2009 |
| HDNet | 2009 |
| HDNet | 2009-2011 |
| Sinclair stations | 2011–present |
| Destination America | 2015 |
| Destination America | 2015 |
| New England Sports Network | 2015–present |
| Cox Sports Television | 2018–present |
| Comet | 2015–2017 |
| Charge | 2017–2018 |
| Charge | 2018–2019 |
| FITE TV | 2017–present |
| Stadium | 2020–present |
| Charge | 2019 |
| Fox Sports Networks | 2019–present |
On February 11, 2010, it was announced that Ring of Honor Wrestling would be airing in Italy on Dahlia TV.
On September 9, 2014, ROH announced that Ring of Honor Wrestling would begin syndication to stations in non-Sinclair markets, with Gannett Company-owned WATL in Atlanta becoming the first non-Sinclair station to air the series on September 13, 2014.
On May 27, 2015, ROH announced a 26-week television deal with Destination America, beginning on June 3. The program originally aired twice on Wednesdays; first at 8 pm and then a replay at 11 pm. However, after struggling to gain viewers, Ring of Honor Wrestling lost their prime time slot in late July and was reduced to a single airing at 11 pm. The last episode was shown on November 25, 2015.
On December 2, 2015, reruns of the series began airing nationally on the Sinclair-owned Comet. On July 9, 2017, the show was moved to sister network Charge!. It was also announced that the show would begin streaming on FITE TV.
Following Sinclair's purchase of the Fox Sports Networks, Ring of Honor Wrestling began airing on the newly acquired RSN's in November 2019. This brought ROH TV availability in several large markets where Sinclair lacked an over-the-air station.