Lots of the greatest stars in wrestling at this time are Ring of Honor alumni, who labored below Cary Silkin whereas he helmed the promotion, which included the likes of Seth Rollins, Samoa Joe, and CM Punk.
Throughout a current interview with “Irish Wrestling & Leisure,” Silkin took a take a look at trendy wrestling and which cleaning soap opera it reminds him of.
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“Once I do watch both WWE or AEW or I am going go to — which I did a number of weeks in the past to AEW or TNA, no matter they’re known as this month — it is like an episode of ‘All My Kids,'” mentioned Silkin.
As talked about earlier, many main stars acquired their begin within the promotion, and even Silkin questioned whether or not a few of them would’ve hit it large if it wasn’t for ROH. Curiously, Silkin shortly supplied a solution to his query, hypothesizing that these stars would’ve possible ultimately discovered their means.
“I am joyful for everyone that is, you already know -– did the Ring of Honor platform … Nicely, here is the query: if the Ring of Honor platform did not exist, would a Samoa Joe, or a Tyler Black/Seth Rollins, or a Kevin Steen/Kevin Owens, or a Kyle O’Reilly. I imply, or a Mark Brisco, Jay Deadly, so on and so forth, would they’ve had the success?” he mentioned. “With out patting myself on the again an excessive amount of, it was such a unique local weather in wrestling.”
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Whereas Silkin appears to be entertained by AEW and WWE, throughout a November 2023 interview, he shared his concern about how Tony Khan has been dealing with ROH since he bought the promotion.
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