Various News: ROH, Lucha Underground, Flashback Friday, Shield & TLC

ROH News & Notes

Ring of Honor announced both NJPW’s Kenny Omega and Hiroshi Tanahashi will be making appearances at next year’s Supercard of Honor XII event during the week of Wrestlemania 34. After recently setting the second highest crowd ever in ROH history at Global Wars Chicago, the company is hoping the addition of Omega will lead to breaking the all-time crowd record of 3500 set during 2016’s Supercard of Honor show. The company is also hoping to to be able to use more NJPW’s stars to help boost interest for next year’s event.

During a recent interview with website AV Club, Ring of Honor’s COO Joe Koff stated the company is currently planning on launching their own WWE Network-like service in early 2018.

AVC: You have a vast back catalog of wrestling footage. Can we expect a Ring Of Honor streaming service anytime soon?

JK: It’s in development right now. I would expect it to be around the first of the year or a little bit after.

Status of Lucha Underground’s Roster for Future Seasons

The status of Lucha Underground’s roster for potential future seasons is currently in serious doubt, according to this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Dave Meltzer reported a lot of talent are currently very unhappy and want to leave the company. The main issue is the lack of pay since the Summer of 2016 when Season 3 was taped. Both Rey Mysterio and Ricochet’s contracts expired this week and neither are expected to be back when they officially become free agents in January 2018.

This Week’s Episode of Flashback Friday is Scott Hall Themed

This week’s episode of Flashback Friday series on the WWE Network will be focused on the career of Scott Hall as part of the celebrations for his 58th birthday. The set contains six episodes and includes Hall’s debut appearance in WCW.

The list of episodes:
* 3PM EST, RAW Flashback from 10/11/1993 featuring Razor Ramon versus Rick Martel for the vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship.
* 4PM EST, WWE In Your House 6 from 2/18/1996 featuring Razor Ramon versus the 1-2-3 Kid (with Ted DiBiase) in a singles match.
* 6PM EST, WCW Monday Nitro from 5/27/1996 featuring the WCW debut of Scott Hall.
* 7:35PM EST, WWE Story Time episode from 12/19/2016.
*8PM EST, Wrestlemania X from 3/20/1994 featuring Razor Ramon versus Shawn Michaels in a Ladder Match for the Undisputed WWF Intercontinental Championship.
* 11PM EST, Beyond The Ring episode from 7/5/2016 focusing on the rise, fall, and redemption of Scott Hall.

WWE Did You Know – The Shield and TLC PPV

In a “WWE Did You Know” type fact, this Sunday’s TLC pay-per-view event will be the fourth year in a row a member of The Shield has wrestled in the main event of the show.

Dean Ambrose was in the main event of TLC 2014 (vs. Bray Wyatt) and TLC 2016 (vs AJ Styles), Roman Reigns was in the main event of TLC 2015 (vs Sheamus), and The Shield will be main eventing TLC 2017 (vs The Miz, Braun Strowman, Kane, Sheamus, and Cesaro).