10 Wrestlers You Didn't Know Worked For ROH
You certainly won't remember these wrestlers in Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor has been around for over 20 years, having been founded in the aftermath of the collapse of World Championship Wrestling and ECW.
It is an incredible achievement for the promotion that pretty much started life as a vehicle to promote and sell wrestling DVDs. From humble beginnings, the company has grown and changed considerably over the years and Ring of Honor boasts a whole host of word-class performers who made their name and earned their reputations in the promotion.
Having been around for three decades, however, there are many other wrestlers of great renown who have appeared for Ring of Honor that you may not be aware of.
From awkward greenhorns who would go on to become big deals, to legends of the industry whose appearances were brief and have been somewhat lost to time, to the just plain weird, these are 10 wrestlers you didn’t know worked for ROH.
10. MVP
MVP’s pre-WWE life has been covered in detail, in particular his troubled youth which saw him get in and out of trouble, eventually resulting in him serving half of an 18-year sentence for armed robbery and kidnapping.
During his time behind bars, he got into wrestling, particularly the strong-style, Japanese version. Upon release he began training, before wrestling on the indies, including for promotions like Full Impact Pro.
FIP was a sister promotion of Ring of Honor, with the two companies regularly swapping talent and co-promoting matches and events. It was while on the FIP roster that MVP – then going by Antonio Banks – tangled with FIP Champion Homicide, challenging The Notorious 187 for the strap at Ring of Honor’s Do or Die 5 show.
Taking place in front of about 500 fans in New Jersey’s Rex Plex, the event was low on star power and seemed to be a showcase for hot prospects, rather than established ROH regulars.
Banks and Homicide’s title showdown actually main evented that night, even if it wasn’t an epic of anything, the champ retaining following a low blow and a lariat after about 13 minutes of solid but standard action.
He may not have looked all too impressive in his lone ROH appearance, but WWE were clearly interested since he ended up signing a developmental deal later that year.
