Here, in the first main event of the first ROH show, the three blue-chip prospects of turn-of-the-century U.S. Here, fans weren’t witnessing a sporting event or a bar room brawl, they were watching a performance-and for better or worse that is what 21st century wrestling became. In many ways it was a paradigm shift in what wrestling could be. This match was marketed as something new: great wrestlers having a great match. For the most part, throughout history wrestling had been built around either the idea of seeing a beloved figure become a champion, or seeing two tough guys settle a violent grudge. This was a planted flag for what ROH was going to be, the three most acclaimed independent wrestlers of the time going out and throwing everything at the wall in an attempt to get buzz and sell tapes. In honor (pun intended) of that potential farewell, here is a list of (some of) the greatest (and/or most significant, for a variety of reasons) matches in the company’s 20-year history (in one man’s humble opinion).
ROH held its “Final Battle” pay per view on Saturday night, and while the promotion has made noise about reorganizing and restarting in 2022, it seems likely that it has run its final show.
As those wrestlers moved on to World Wrestling Entertainment and later All Elite Wrestling, the house style of Ring of Honor would become the default style of professional wrestling in the United States.
Seth Rollins), and AJ Styles, among many others. The promotion would be a launching pad for the biggest stars of wrestling in the 21st century: CM Punk, Bryan Danielson, the Young Bucks, Adam Page, Tyler Black (a.k.a. The idea was to run super cards with the hottest independent wrestlers of the era as a way to fill the void of ECW house shows which had been Feinstein’s main income stream. Ring of Honor was started in February 2002 by tape dealer Rob Feinstein and former Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) office worker Gabe Sapolsky.
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