Tony Khan buying ROH

[TDFG]

This happened a few weeks ago, I was mean to post a thread then but I've been too busy.

So the figure has been reportedly anything from $20m-40m, we'll never know the exact figure, quite a considerable sum compared to what WWE bought out WCW for but then we've found out other stuff about how that sale came about.

So, the tape library belongs to Khan. I've heard talent contracts expire at the start of April and as of now none of those have been renewed although ROH will apparently continue to tape and air.

I think the acquisition is a chance for AEW to give some of it's bloated roster a chance to do stuff elsewhere, not only in ring but also behind the scenes as they'll need agents and bookers if that's the case that ROH will continue.

I think Christopher Daniels, Kazarian, Varsity Blondes, Jay Lethal and a few other talents could move over for differing reasons.

So my questions are:
- Will ROH continue as a company/feeder company for AEW?
- Do you think this will affect current AEW programming?
- Which current AEW talent would you send to ROH to enhance it and also work on their own in ring skills?
- Which ROH talent would you keep on in the new era?

 

[Psykohurricane55]

I'm not a huge expert of ROH because I've never really got into their product the way I got into other smaller promotion so I don't really know who was left when they closed but the one thing I know is that if the amount is true, Tony overpaid for what he got as ROH wasn't worth what he pay.

All that he got out of the deal was a few production truck, which he don't need, a few rings, the video library and the rights to the name. So he paid that amount for pretty much a empty company

As far as talent goes, outside of the wrestlers that are currently champion, I wouldn't signed anobody else for the brand, which is actually what's been reported, and I would just send the excess talent and the greener talent that you already have on the AEW to fill out the ROH roster.

My big problem that has have with this is the fact Tony Khan is gonna be the head booker for ROH which makes me wonder if he's not taking on too much at this point. He already as obligations outside of wrestling with the jaguars and fullham and he's booking all the AEW programming and now he's booking ROH. So I think it might be too much for him and both product will suffer because of it. If I was him, I would have just sign the current booking team that ROH had and let them run the company. That way you get a completely different product within your own company and you're not spreading yourself to thin. Now I feel where just gonna have another version of AEW and it's going to hurt ROH in the long run.

The thing that I make me sad out of all of this is all the peoples and wrestlers that were expecting a job with ROH once they restarted and that don't have a job anymore because Tony isn't gonna signed anybody from the old ROH and will just use his guys to run the company including himself. The wrestlers lost a place they could go to when Tony bought ROH and that sad as ROH was a great place to learn how to wrestled the right way, now it's just a smaller version of AEW.

 

[mikej690]

I hope Tony gets other people to book because the way it is ROH titles are just kinda there. The World champion isn't even signed to AEW but the only people who are featured are Wheeler Yuta, FTR, Martinez is on Dark so like what was the point of buying it?

 

[Psykohurricane55]

So this just came out this week, it seem like the sale of ROH isn't finalized yet and Sinclair still owned part of the company with Tony khan. This is really interesting for so many reasons.

First the fact that Tony khan didn't check all the paperwork before announcing that he bought the company or to run ppv show how sloppy of a businessman Tony his.

Secondly, I'm not a business specialist but what would stop Sinclair to double cross Tony and to sell their part of the company to somebody else. Then Tony would have to find a way to get full ownership of ROH before running another PPV or trying to get a TV deal for the brand.

I always said that it was a mistake for Tony to run ROH show until he secured a TV deal. Now he had a bunch of ROH championship that means nothing because the company is still dead and can't be revive until the paperwork is all in order and Sinclair doesn't have a part of the company like they are right now.