New Ring Of Honor General Manager, NJPW Introducing New Titles, ROH Recap Videos, More
- Ring of Honor posted new video recaps of both their Final Battle PPV from Friday night, and their television tapings from Saturday night. Both events took place in Philadelphia.
- New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced the creation of the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team titles. The new champions will be determined at Wrestle Kingdom 10 in a match between the Briscoes & Toru Yano against the Bullet Club combination of Tama Tonga, Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale.
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- Ring of Honor also promoted Gregory Gilleland to the position of General Manager. You can see the press release below.
"Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) announced that Gregory Gilleland has been promoted to General Manager of Ring of Honor Wrestling ("ROH"). The announcement was made by Joseph Koff, Chief Operating Officer of ROH and Vice President of Training and Development for Sinclair.
In making the announcement, Mr. Koff said, "We congratulate Greg on his well-deserved promotion. During his time as Business Manager for ROH, he implemented accounting processes, developed financial reporting, managed annual budgets and business strategies, and played a significant role in improving ROH's profitability and brand."
"I am very grateful for the opportunities that I have been given by Sinclair and ROH," commented Mr. Gilleland. "I have been fortunate to be a part of the team that has helped grow ROH to become one of the major promotions in the wrestling world. As General Manager, I look forward to an even more exciting future, as we continue to grow the brand and provide what we believe is the best wrestling on the planet to the best fans on the planet."
Mr. Gilleland joined Sinclair as a Financial Analyst in January 2010 and most recently served as Business Manager of Ring of Honor since June 2011. He graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County with a Bachelor of Science degree in Financial Economics and has a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from the University of Baltimore. About Ring of Honor Wrestling:
Ring of Honor Wrestling, a division of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., is a professional wrestling company which produces weekly, original 1-hour television wrestling programs and is the only wrestling promotion in the United States with a major, multi-market presence on broadcast TV. Ring of Honor is also syndicated on select TV stations and regional cable systems. For further information on Ring of Honor visit www.rohwrestling.com."