RUMOUR: Impact Wrestling To Buy Ring Of Honor?

A wild but very unverified story surfaces...

by Michael Sidgwick
The Jackyl Don Callis
WWE.com

There's a reason we have capitalised 'RUMOUR' in the title. Consider it an exercise in back-covering, for the source behind this story, a self-professed "insider", has a less-than-stellar track record of predicting the future.

Reddit user 'KingOfGeorgia95', who claims to have worked for Impact Wrestling for a "few years" before leaving in 2016, "reported" last year that Impact "wants nothing to do with" Michael Elgin, who debuted this year. They also wrote last year that Impact were attempting to renew their relationship with New Japan Pro Wrestling, with "constant talks" having taken place. This was revealed to be bullsh*t of the most hilarious order a couple of months back; NJPW told Davey Boy Smith, Jr. that he was unable to take dates with Impact because of "F*cking Jeff Jarrett". New Japan officials don't even know who is in charge to negotiate with.

Regardless, it's a slow news day, and since a Reddit moderator did once describe the user as having sources that "seem to check out for the most part", here is their scoop: Impact Wrestling's parent company, Anthem, is "in talks" to purchase Ring of Honor.

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They expect Anthem to fold ROH "completely" and absorb its entire library into the Impact Plus app. This is where the bullsh*t detectors are set off. Isn't this premature? Wouldn't a worked inter-promotional war make a decent amount of money, as opposed to "very nearly f*ck all"?

Then again, it is Impact, so who the hell knows.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!