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Sinclair Broadcast Group’s Ring of Honor Reaches 500th Episode with Special Fan-Picked Programming
In its Tenth Year On-Air, Ring of Honor Reaches its 500th Episode Featuring the “Best On The Planet” Wrestling, New and Old. BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nIn its Tenth Year On-Air, Ring of Honor Reaches its 500th Episode Featuring the “Best On The Planet” Wrestling, New and Old.\n\n BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nSinclair Broadcast Group (NASDAQ: SBGI) (‘the Company’) today announced that Ring of Honor (ROH), the Company’s professional wrestling promotion, will be airing special programming alongside its 500th episode this Thursday, April 15 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Viewers can watch the special on Sinclair stations and Bally Sports regional networks, as well as on the free “Best On The Planet” channel, Ring of Honor’s 24/7 streaming platform, available on STIRR.\n\nTo kick off the 500th episode, Ring of Honor will air ten of the greatest matches from the show’s history, airing between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The match lineup includes the very first Ring of Honor TV main event with World’s Greatest Tag Team vs. Kings of Wrestling; Ring of Honor World Champion Jay Briscoe vs. Matt Hardy; Steel Cage Warfare: Ring of Honor vs. S.C.U.M.; The Young Bucks vs. reDRagon vs. The Kingdom in a Street Fight; as well as matches featuring AJ Styles, Samoa Joe and Cody.\n\nStarting at 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, Episode 500 will premiere and feature two new marquee matches: Ring of Honor Pure Champion Jonathan Gresham will fight against fellow Foundation member, “The Franchise” Jay Lethal, followed by a match between brothers Jay and Mark Briscoe. Picked by Ring of Honor viewers themselves via social media (through the #ChooseYourHonor Facebook group), these are the two dream matches fans have been waiting for.\n\n“It’s an incredible, rare honor for a program to reach 500 episodes, and this truly demonstrates the years of dedication and talent we have put into the show,” said Ring of Honor COO, Joe Koff. “It’s been amazing how Sinclair transformed Ring of Honor into what it is today, and we cannot wait for viewers to tune in this Thursday to watch their favorite match classics, as well as new ones they’ve long been wanting to see.”\n\nIn addition to the scheduled airings, on April 15, Ring of Honor will host an Episode 500 watch party at 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Zoom exclusively for HonorClub members, and a pre-show on the Ring of Honor YouTube channel at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Fans can also catch the Episode 500 special aired again in its...