AEW/ROH owner Tony Khan took inspiration from ECW One Night Stand 2005 to book the recent Supercard of Honor XV event.
ROH Supercard of Honor XV marked Khan’s first show since purchasing ROH and the company’s first event back from a near four-month hiatus.
Speaking on the ‘Rasslin’ podcast, Khan compared his first foray into Ring of Honor with One Night Stand 2005 which while produced by WWE, focused on being an ECW reunion event.
“I felt like I wanted to strike while the iron was hot with Ring Of Honor, not do like cold tribute matches. But on the other hand, One Night Stand is one of the greatest PPVs, because they captured the spirit of ECW, and there was a lot of exciting stuff on the show. Apples and oranges, they’re totally different shows. I thought, ‘Hey, we can do a show that captures the spirit of AEW. I don’t want to do an AEW show.’ That is what was great about One Night Stand, it was not a WWE show.
