5 Ways Ring of Honor could be alienating longtime fans

PCO is a controversial signing for Ring of Honor.
PCO is a controversial signing for Ring of Honor.

#3 Hiring wrestlers of advanced age

Christopher Daniels was pushing fifty during his most recent ROH run.
Christopher Daniels was pushing fifty during his most recent ROH run.

Ring of Honor is a promotion that is dedicated to building stars. While they have been around for long enough to have some long tenured veterans like the Briscoes, most of their talent tends to be on the younger side.

Many of these talents, like Lio Rush and Seth Rollins, go on to larger promotions after their run in Ring of Honor. However, sometimes ROH will hire a wrestler who is well past their physical prime.

This is okay if that aged veteran can perform at the high level that is ROH's trademark, such as AJ Styles or Christopher Daniels. However, hiring Bully Ray, who was never a technical wrestler even in his physical prime, was a real head scratcher and definitely made fans question ROH's leadership.

Now PCO has joined the over forty club, and ROH could be in danger of ending up like WCW during its fading days, when many veterans unable to perform at a high level clogged up the programming while holding down younger talent.

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