The news broke a few days ago that Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling will be holding an event at Madison Square Garden. The show will take place on April 6th, which means it will be going head-to-head with NXT Takeover in the New York area.
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It is pretty strange seeing another wrestling company other than WWE run a show at MSG. The Garden has historically been considered as WWE’s ‘home’ arena.
WWE issued a statement to Deadspin about MSG and ROH working together:
“Madison Square Garden is, of course, free to work with Ring of Honor however they want.”
ROH COO Joe Koff spoke with the New York Post and says that MSG reached out to them:
“I think that’s a question better asked of Madison Square Garden because we were very aggressive in wanting that date and we thought we had that date, but we did what we had to do as a business. [MSG] did what they had to do as a business and I guess all of a sudden there was a phone call and we were able to work it out. … That’s probably their story to tell because they made the call [to us] and said let’s get on the phone and see if we can work this out. They wanted us. They knew that we would be good promotion. I think they were just looking for a satisfactory outcome for all parties.”
Your thoughts?
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