Will ROH become Developmental?

[Dave at the Movies]

With the Dark shows now done do you think ROH will become Developmental for AEW?

It sure feels like it to me especially with them having recently do ROH tapings at the Universal Studios soundstage.

I know Tony Kahn didn't want ROH to be developmental but with the rumor of Warner Discovery rejecting an ROH tv deal it seems like he doesn't have much choice. 🤷‍♂️

[MolotovMocktail]

If they’re not giving one of their shows to ROH (they could get around WBD presumably by making it a clear AEW branded show like WWECW), it seems the best option.

[Jindrak Mark]

I think it will be (or already is) like 2006-10 ECW. A mixture of ROH originals, some young AEW talent sent down to help them develop and a couple bigger veteran names to help draw crowds for tapings/PPVs.

Whether you classify that as a developmental show or a C show is probably just splitting hairs.

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They already stated a lot of the Indie Talent that worked DARK are gonna work ROH shows and get a foothold there, so there's a likelihood of this becoming at least somewhat fact

[kingoftheindies]

I think it'll be treated as a bigger deal than a normal developmental but I think at least for now the idea is basically going to be it's where stars they want to push but aren't ready gimmick wise can go and work for a brand name.

[Wieners=$$$]

In all fairness, ROH was developmental for AEW before AEW's existence.

[SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman]

I thought that was explicitly stated to be the plan from the start when AEW bought it. Did I misinterpret something?

[kingoftheindies]

May 23, 2023 16:00:18 GMT -5 SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman said:

I thought that was explicitly stated to be the plan from the start when AEW bought it. Did I misinterpret something?

Yes and no. THey kind of went back and forth on it, then decided they would try to make it it's own product but for whatever reason WBD wants nothing to do with ROH on their networks or on Max