ROH To Bring In Television Championship

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BRISTOL, Pennsylvania (January 20, 2009) – Ring of Honor Wrestling is proud to announce the addition of a new secondary singles title – The ROH World Television Championship – into active competition. Beginning February 5, 2009 as part of the next HDNet National Television tapings in Philadelphia, Ring of Honor will host an 8-Man Championship Tournament to crown the inaugural champion.


“We’ve been talking about adding a secondary championship for some time,†said ROH President Cary Silkin. “Not only will this give the athletes of Ring of Honor another tremendous goal to work towards, it will also give our great partner, HDNet, a championship that is sure to be defended on the television program. We’re happy to publicly give thanks to HDNet for giving us the chance to add this title to the television show, and to All Star Championship Belts for bringing the actual belt to life.â€

The ROH World Television Title Tournament will play out over the course of the six episodes of “Ring of Honor Wrestling†that are set to be filmed over the February 5th and 6th weekend at the Arena in South Philadelphia. The tournament brackets and seeding will be unveiled over the course of the coming days via release at ROHWrestling.com.

ROH Vice President Sydney Eick added, “It’s an exciting time to be sure; the Television title will bring an added level of competition and intrigue to the show, and we’re all looking forward to it.â€

Ring of Honor Wrestling airs Monday at 8pm EST on HDNet. For more information on the program please visit www.rohwrestling.com and www.hd.net/ringofhonor. For more information on All Star Championship Belts, please visit http://allstarchampionshipbelts.webs.com.

The Pure Championship being back would've been nice to have something unique but creating a T.V. Title would be a great addition for more prestige in feuds and storylines. Personally I'd like to see Claudio or Colt holding the belt.

 

[Montana]

I agree. I don't think ROH needs it, but for TV it's a good idea. I think Chris Hero would be a great TV Champ, although he's more on a main event level. Lots of guys in ROH could hold the belt. Another being Kenny King, his stock has been rising fast, and 2010 could be his year.

 

[Qwake]

Awesome. There's quite a few guys that are capable of holding the new belt, should be a great tournament.

 

[Soul_of_Ruby]

I don't like the idea of another belt. I'm a strong believer in more titles=less prestige.