Kenny King leaves ROH; what next for the tag titles?

[Robareid]

So basically one half of the tag team champions, Kenny King, has left Ring of Honor for TNA This upsets me greatly, not only because he was such a great talent, but because they finally pulled the plug and gave ANX the tag championships. This leaves Rhett Titus in a very bad position, so what do you think they'll do.


Me personally, I think they'll have a tournament to crown the new tag team champions.

The Briscoes
Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team
Guardians of Truth
The Bravadoes
Coleman & Alexander
livE (Corino & Jacobs)
The Young Bucks (brought back early from their Summer break)
Rhett Titus + one other


I think they may give Rhett Titus TJ Perkins to team with. I think they could be a great team, and it would finally give TJP something to do. Who would win? I don't know, they could probably go one of four ways. There is the safe options, give The Briscoes an eighth title reign, or you could take a risk and give them to Titus & ???, hoping they team well. The third option would be to give them to livE, furthering the Hostile Takeover

[Bodom]

Kenny King is going to be pretty psyched about his choice when ROH is out of business in two years and he has relatively solid work in the X Division.


This is a pretty unprofessional move from ROH, by the way. It's airing dirty laundry on facebook instead of quietly dealing with it and saying he was stripped on the title. They're attempting to create a backlash amongst their hardcore fans, but most of those fans can see that this was the better choice.

Also hearing a rumor that ROH put the tag titles on ANX in a effort to get Kenny King to stay.

[Robareid]

Kenny King is going to be pretty psyched about his choice when ROH is out of business in two years and he has relatively solid work in the X Division.


This is a pretty unprofessional move from ROH, by the way. It's airing dirty laundry on facebook instead of quietly dealing with it and saying he was stripped on the title. They're attempting to create a backlash amongst their hardcore fans, but most of those fans can see that this was the better choice.

Also hearing a rumor that ROH put the tag titles on ANX in a effort to get Kenny King to stay.

You seem pretty down on ROH... I think it's in for a period of growth, but that's another story

In regards to ROH being unproffessional, they just put it on their website, and everything on there they copy to their facebook. Kenny is the one who has broken the verbal agreement. I just feel sorry for Rhett.


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[Darkside Ron Garvin]

You seem pretty down on ROH... I think it's in for a period of growth, but that's another story

In regards to ROH being unproffessional, they just put it on their website, and everything on there they copy to their facebook. Kenny is the one who has broken the verbal agreement. I just feel sorry for Rhett.


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The only thing I feel sorry for Rhett for is that he didn't get the invite as well. As great as the ANX was, King would definately make a suitable replacement for A Double moving to the main event. If anything, I hate that it happend the way it did, but King took a chance to be viewed on a national platform, LIVE. He even overcame the fact that his opponent couldn't keep pace and still made him seem credible. King might not have showed "Honor" in the way that it is coming across from ROH's view, but then again we don't really know what the verbal agreement was other than what the website has told us at this point. I think King made a good move in showing his talent while he wasn't under contract. I think ROH made a bad move in taking a "verbal/handshake" agreement as a fact. We all know (especially Cornett) that verbal agreements in wrestling haven't had much meaning since the 70s

[jordan1995]

You seem pretty down on ROH... I think it's in for a period of growth, but that's another story

In regards to ROH being unproffessional, they just put it on their website, and everything on there they copy to their facebook. Kenny is the one who has broken the verbal agreement. I just feel sorry for Rhett.


^^^Views of a ROH mark^^^

I agree with you , but i cant see ROH doing any growing , quite the opposite , i think there losing business , i believe the company was in better shape a few years back , i don't think they will see out this decade.

[Robareid]

I agree with you , but i cant see ROH doing any growing , quite the opposite , i think there losing business , i believe the company was in better shape a few years back , i don't think they will see out this decade.

In my eyes, they've been shrinking over the past few years, but now hopefully they're on the up again. Barring a catastrophe, I don't see them dying any time soon, they've got too loyal a following

[jordan1995]

In my eyes, they've been shrinking over the past few years, but now hopefully they're on the up again. Barring a catastrophe, I don't see them dying any time soon, they've got too loyal a following

I feel like there in the stage of 1997-8 ECW , and there getting past there peak,
If you look at the Wrestlers today compared to a few years back

2009: Danielson, Black , Strong ,Aries, Nigel, Lynn being top guys and then rising stars such as Steen ,Generico ,wolves

compared to today's top guys of

: Steen, Richards sometimes Edwards is around there , and the only rising stars or people who i can see being world champions are Elgin and Ciampa, there's nobody's else coming through that i want to see , Adam Cole is still years away, they don't have a tag team such as the wolves who could break up and be successful on their own , whilst Strong and Edwards continue to get lost in shite story lines. Generico is nowhere to be seen, it seems they have made little or no effort to build anyone other than steen in the last couple of years as a top guy. ?

[Robareid]

I feel like there in the stage of 1997-8 ECW , and there getting past there peak,
If you look at the Wrestlers today compared to a few years back

2009: Danielson, Black , Strong ,Aries, Nigel, Lynn being top guys and then rising stars such as Steen ,Generico ,wolves

compared to today's top guys of

: Steen, Richards sometimes Edwards is around there , and the only rising stars or people who i can see being world champions are Elgin and Ciampa, there's nobody's else coming through that i want to see , Adam Cole is still years away, they don't have a tag team such as the wolves who could break up and be successful on their own , whilst Strong and Edwards continue to get lost in shite story lines. Generico is nowhere to be seen, it seems they have made little or no effort to build anyone other than steen in the last couple of years as a top guy. ?

True, the talent pool is a little thin, but I think they're in a better position than they were in at around DBDIX or Final Battle last year. At least that's some improvement

I've just noticed, we've totally derailed the thread

[jordan1995]

True, the talent pool is a little thin, but I think they're in a better position than they were in at around DBDIX or Final Battle last year. At least that's some improvement

I've just noticed, we've totally derailed the thread

Yeah , they had no world champion on that card Davey was in japan and they had Hass and Benjamin in singles matches haha.

Haha yeah we have but at least we've made some good points along the way haha

[Bodom]

True, the talent pool is a little thin, but I think they're in a better position than they were in at around DBDIX or Final Battle last year. At least that's some improvement

I've just noticed, we've totally derailed the thread

I think we're at a low point in ROH history.


The promotion has regressed since the SBG take over. Their television is worse, their DVDs are worse, the story lines aren't as compelling, the roster isn't as deep or as talented. The only thing that I can think of that has improved is the website, and even that couldn't handle the log on volume during Border Wars.

One thing missing is Gabe's eye for talent. ROH presumably has more money in the coffers to have the pick of the indy litter, yet they're not finding the future stars like Gabe has and continues to do.

Plus, it feels like they've committed to the crew they have. It's nice for those guys, but the company would probably be better off committing to 10-12 guys and keeping slots open for fresh faces.

I just don't sense that they're actively searching for young talent like they have in the past. I know they have tryout camps and a school, yet it doesn't seem like they are quick to bring in guys who stand out elsewhere like they once were.