10 AEW Nightmares That Could Come True In 2023

6. ROH Fizzles Out

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Tony Khan announced during the post-Final Battle presser that a weekly ROH show will start up again via the promotion's Honor Club streaming service. That's great, but how many wrestling fans out there want even more content? More to the point, how many of those hardcores actually fancy paying for it?

Ring Of Honor could be slowly fizzling out, people.

The belt has bounced back and forth from Jonathan Gresham to Claudio Castagnoli and Chris Jericho since AEW bought ROH. At Final Battle, Claudio regained the belt from Jericho in the main event, and it looks like he'll be expected to fly the flag for the brand early-next year.

Tony's biggest problem could be convincing customers that a revamped ROH is worth investing in. Locking workers like Castagnoli behind a paywall when folks assume they'll see him on AEW TV every week (and probably still will) is also a tactic that needs some thought, because it might not pan out the way some want it to.

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