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>Dave Meltzer reported on Wrestling Observer Radio that The CW was ready to make a deal with Tony Khan to air Ring of Honor as a weekly TV product. But instead of taking it, Khan shut it down—and it had nothing to do with money.
>“There was a point when ROH could have gone on CW. It wasn’t speculation—it was real,” Meltzer said. “But Tony didn’t want to do it because he didn’t want WBD to think that he wasn’t loyal to them. And so he walked away from it, and then CW later made that deal with WWE for NXT. That’s literally what happened.”
>“And now, looking back on it, ROH doesn’t have that kind of presence anywhere, and CW has NXT. So that’s how it played out.”
>“There was a point when ROH could have gone on CW. It wasn’t speculation—it was real,” Meltzer said. “But Tony didn’t want to do it because he didn’t want WBD to think that he wasn’t loyal to them. And so he walked away from it, and then CW later made that deal with WWE for NXT. That’s literally what happened.”
>“And now, looking back on it, ROH doesn’t have that kind of presence anywhere, and CW has NXT. So that’s how it played out.”
