10 Dumbest Decisions In Wrestling History

ROH is in a dire state.

The only impression the company leaves on the digital landscape is a source of much embarrassment. No GIFs make the rounds, no hashtags trend; the bleak pictures of available places on seating charts, and empty chairs, display on Twitter the brutal consequence of the Elite's departure. Oh, and reports of Bully Ray's beyond-hypocritical intimidation of those few fans that actually bother to turn up.

Last year's seminal, game-changing ALL IN pay-per-view was pitched as an underdog celebration of independent wrestling - and manifested proof of how big it really is - but it wasn't all that independent. It was funded in no small part by ROH, itself funded by Sinclair, an even uglier conglomerate than WWE. Per more recent reports, All Elite Wrestling was in the works before the show, but the success of it convinced influential figures in the TV industry that WWE's monopoly was more vulnerable than anybody thought.

The formation of AEW led to the departure of Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks. ROH, lacking the star power (and imagination) to replace them, essentially ceded their biggest draws and fanbase to the competition.

Incompetence, charity, whatever: in taking the reverse-Vince McMahon approach, ROH doomed itself.