Since AEW President Tony Khan acquired Ring of Honor in March 2022, it hasn’t always been clear what RoH means in the All Elite Wrestling ecosystem. It wasn’t known if RoH could get back on TV after struggling in its final few years due to multiple talent raids, shrinking crowds, and COVID-19, all things which could damage a brand in some people’s eyes.
A weekly show ultimately launched in early 2023 and while it made a little bit of a splash early on, it ultimately evolved into a replacement for AEW Dark and Dark: Elevation after those shows ended. It just felt like a show for having the sake of a show.
Then, Supercard of Honor 2025 happened and things slowly started to change. It felt as if more effort was being directed into the show with a renewed focused on clearly earmarked talent, scouting and signing notable independent talent, competitive matches, and actual stories and angles. Ring of Honor on HonorClub closed out the year strong which, on top of a spree of signings to kick off 2026, got fans talking about what Tony Khan could be preparing for.
Additional depth could hint toward a new show, meaning Ring of Honor could potentially be back on TV.
Now say that is what it ends up being, there is another question to ask – what does a weekly Ring of Honor show back on linear TV look like?
While all this remains a big WHAT IF, let’s take a crack at what a new weekly Ring of Honor could, and in some cases should, look like.
A Separate “Showrunner”
Tony Khan has never been shy about how much time he dedicates to AEW/RoH as it is, on top of his duties for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham. Adding a third wrestling show to the rotation is a difficult ask, no matter how you cut it. This means that Ring of Honor would best be left in the hands of a “showrunner” of sorts who can oversee the day-to-day operations and creative while working with Khan on RoH’s overall direction.
It would also give Tony Khan a way to have a “general manager”-type character on a weekly show that wouldn’t directly impede with AEW’s creative direction. They can simply say “due to Tony Khan’s various other duties he is unable to be at the show regularly and in his place is,” and they give you the name of Ring of Honor’s main authority figure.
And, if I may speak freely for a moment, I believe there is only one person for the spot – Scott D’Amore.
The former-President of Impact Wrestling has kept a fairly low profile in the professional wrestling space, only popping up when it comes time for his promotion, Maple Leaf Pro, has a show coming up. Before that, he oversaw Impact Wrestling as it began to earn back fans’ trust and made the slow transition back to TNA Wrestling. However, he was ultimately fired in February 2024, less than a month into the name change, and was replaced with Anthony Cicone before Carlos Silva was named President of TNA.
Despite the manner he was let go in, D’Amore’s experience makes him the perfect candidate to help guide a new Ring of Honor show. He oversaw creative and production for TNA Wrestling for years and would be intimately familiar with the kind of buildings Ring of Honor would likely run for its weekly show as the ones TNA ran while D’Amore was there.
He is also a trained professional wrestler and familiar with performing on TV, giving Ring of Honor the ideal situation for a largely neutral on-air authority figure who typically doesn’t take sides but can take a bump when they need to.
A Manageable Taping Schedule
Next is making sure Ring of Honor has a manageable TV taping schedule for both talent and production. To this end, Tony Khan can once again look at Scott D’Amore and his history for the perfect solution.
TNA’s filming schedule, for a long time, saw the company host a live special, or one of its four yearly pay-per-views, to kick off a weekend of TV tapings at smaller, easier to fill venue.
The Friday evening special would serve as the payoff to whatever stories or feuds were built up on TV filmed during the previous taping. The next two days would then be tapings for the next several weeks of TV, building up to another special and TV taping weekend.
It would likely need to be changed depending on what day of the week the show will air, as it could make it easier or harder to schedule tapings.
A possible solution could be having the weekly show on Fridays and rolling the live specials into being monthly TV specials. It would allow them to properly plan around the three Ring of Honor pay-per-view shows the brand has as of February 2026 and then simply time out a taping schedule they’re happy with.
As for the length of the tapings’ themselves, that would likely depend on how long the weekly show is. One weekend could produce eight episodes for a one-hour show or four episodes for a two hour show, which results in either needing fewer or more regular tapings. It isn’t a real issue, more just something to be mindful of for production and talent’s sake. In the latter’s case, it allows them to take more independent bookings if they are only working the Ring of Honor tapings regularly.
Speaking of talent.
A Clear Direction and Roster
The third thing a new Ring of Honor show on linear TV would need is a clearly defined and separate roster from AEW.
When Tony Khan bought Ring of Honor, he kept the promotion’s belts alive as he tried to figure out what to do with the brand. If this would continue to be the case if Ring of Honor got on linear TV, it would need to have its own dedicated roster who had little-to-no presence on AEW TV.
This feeds directly into what Ring of Honor should be, which is AEW’s in-house “developmental” show.
With how AEW has grown in six short years, it having effectively its own version of NXT just seems like a natural step for the company’s growth. A Ring of Honor show could easily fill that role for AEW, while still having a long and storied history to help keep some of that identity alive.
The roster, in turn, should be mostly comprised of young or newly signed talent that AEW want to see grow over time. Names like the recently signed Zayda Steel, Alec Price, and Jordan Oliver would be ideal for this show, along with plenty more already under contract.
That’s not to mention the unsigned talent who could quickly find themselves signed and on the show immediately. Adam Priest is one such example as he started appearing on Ring of Honor more regularly, despite not being signed at the time. Many fans believe he has since signed some sort of deal, despite no formal announcement, especially after he faced Kazuchika Okada on the January 31 episode of AEW Collision
Ring of Honor would also be an ideal place for some talent who may be in need of a refresh to test the waters with some new ideas. Sammy Guevara is a prime example of this over the last year as he appears to have finally shaken the “Jericho stink” off of him after being tied to Chris Jericho pretty much since the start of AEW. He is, at the time of writing, one-half of the RoH World Tag Team Champions alongside Beast Mortos and representing La Faccion Ingobernable while Rush and Dralistico recover from injuries.
Deonna Purrazzo was another who has been able to regain her footing under the AEW/RoH umbrella in 2025. After a rocky first year with the promotion on top of personal issues she said she had been struggling with, Purrazzo was able to use Ring of Honor and the new Women’s Pure Championship to help refocus on wrestling and since then she has looked like her old self again while reminding fans why she is considered one of the best technical wrestlers in the world, regardless of gender.
The talent is there, and if given the chance, could really help a potential show to hit the ground running.
Final Thoughts
There are more that you could get into when it comes to making a weekly show work, including picking out venues to film the show, these three may be among the most important ideas to help bring a new Ring of Honor show to life.
Ultimately, a reborn Ring of Honor TV show would pay dividends for Tony Khan as part of his catalogue of shows. The talent is there, along with the creative direction based on the last several months, and could get things off to a hot start.
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