sports
Ring of Honor Wrestling ready
to hit Detroit area
tween the ROH World Champion
Tyler Black and World Tag Team
Champions The Briscoe Broth-
ers vs. The American Wolves
and Chris Hero. Silkin pointed to
Black as a wrestler who is truly
representative of the company’s
style.
“Tyler is a perfect example of
this new breed of athlete,” he ex-
plained. “He’s young, handsome,
athletic as all hell and sacrifices
his body every time he’s in the
squared circle. This doesn’t bode
well for a long career but his ac-
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tion is always intense.”
Some of the other matches
already announced include Rod-
concert and
erick Strong vs. Kenny Omega,
Austin Aries vs. Petey Williams
and Kenny King vs. Tyson Dux.
Silkin said fans looking for a po-
movie tickets and
tential five-star match might want
to stay in their seats for the King/
Dux bout.
“I think the match between
other prizes
Kenny King and Tyson Dux has
the potential to be talked about
for years,” Silkin stated. “I hap-
pen to know that Kenny is very
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Ring of Honor has made the
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KeNNy KiNg is one of the ROH wrestlers coming to Detroit. Owner Cary Silkin
the area. And Silkin thinks that
said “he’s brash and cocky like a young Ali but, boy, can he back it up.”
fan base will continue to grow
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automatically be entered for a
HDNet, run by Dallas Mavericks’ owner Mark Cuban, signed
In recent years professional wrestling has been branded as
ROH to a deal for a one-hour weekly television program. Silkin said
“sports-entertainment” but that wasn’t always the case. Ring of
chance to win in all upcoming
the opportunity to reach 15 million homes every Monday night at 8
Honor Wrestling and owner Cary Silkin are providing wrestling fans
p.m. is “huge” for the company.
all over the globe an alternative to other wrestling products by fo-
MFP giveaways.
cusing on the sports component of the equation.
“You just cannot have a wrestling company without TV, yet we
succeeded in baffling science to get to the point we are today,” Silk-
“This is why the critics have loved us,” Silkin said. “It’s why kids
in asserted. “Now, though, with weekly television, much of America
love us. It’s why older fans, who have a bit of nostalgia for the type
can finally see the kind of product we’re putting out there!”
of wrestling that seemed like magic to them when they were kids,
love us.”
One new fan they’ve recently won over is a name very familiar
to wrestling fans – Stone Cold Steve Austin. On his Twitter account
The company comes back to the Detroit area this Friday, per-
the Hall of Famer said he recently watched a ROH DVD and liked
forming at the new Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in
what he saw. He even called Ring of Honor’s talent “damn good.”
Dearborn, and Silkin said he’s excited for ROH to visit the venue for
the first time.
Silkin said Austin found out what a lot of first-time viewers do.
Casual fans new to the brand should take note: Major stars like
“We’ve always said that we’re the highest-flying, hardest-hit-
former WWE and TNA champions CM Punk and Samoa Joe, plus
ting, most athletic brand of in-ring combat in the world,” Silkin said.
current TNA champion A. J. Styles, all got their start in ROH. For
“Once the casual fan witnesses the intensity – both in-ring and in
eight years, ROH has developed an amazing array of wrestlers and
the crowd – of an ROH show, they are hooked.”
while some stars have moved on, the current roster isn’t lacking tal- The full card for ROH’s Dearborn show and ticket information is
ent and their biggest names will be on display this Friday. on the Ring of Honor website at www.rohwrestling.com. For more in-
The headline match on the card is a six-man tag team bout be-
formation on the venue, go to www.dearbornfordcenter.com.
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