Ring of Honor has made the announcement that all events scheduled for the month of June have been canceled stemming from the COVID-19 crisis.
After news that the NBA was suspending its season on March 11th, ROH made the call to cancel its pay-per-view two days later in Las Vegas along with their ‘Past vs. Present’ show the following night and have not run since.
It was reported by Dave Meltzer in the April 20th issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that all ROH wrestlers and staff have been paid for missed events along with non-contracted talent:
Besides the contracted talent, ROH has been paying non-contracted talent, whether it be wrestlers booked on a per show basis, ring crew, camera men, referees, etc. that were originally booked for the shows canceled thus far and through May what they would have been paid had those shows taken place.
ROH had cards scheduled for June 5th in Dallas, June 6th in San Antonio, and their Best in the World pay-per-view on June 19th in Baltimore.
The company has not shown any desire to push forward in a state such as Florida, that has provided an opening for national sports promotions, including professional wrestling, to run. In mid-April, we contacted ROH COO Joe Koff regarding the option to run in Florida and he provided POST Wrestling with the following response:
I think it’s great for WWE that they are able to operate how they see fit, or how they may even need to for their business. It doesn’t necessarily change our approach to the pandemic though. The safety of all of our performers, staff, vendors, and fans are the most important thing to us right now and we are continuing to improve our infrastructure and find ways to connect with them during this time.. Are we eager to get back? Absolutely. For now, we will be monitoring day by day.
