5 Ways Ring of Honor could be alienating longtime fans

#5 Trying to compete with WWE

ROH and New Japan collided at their G1 supershow, which was held in WWE territory.

Just to be clear, there's nothing wrong with Ring of Honor holding shows in traditionally WWE territory. Competition is good for the wrestling business, and fans will vote with their dollars.

However, ROH has enjoyed its long existence because of its uniqueness. Rather than trying to emulate what WWE or Impact does, they have carved out their own niche. Trying to get WWE fans to watch ROH events is all fine and good.

Trying to change Ring of Honor into something it's not, however, is not fine and good. Simply put, ROH does not have the resources to put on the same scale of shows that WWE does.

At best, ROH is going to come across as "WWE-lite," which will wind up alienating their traditional fan base and won't do much to bring in new viewers who were raised on the more polished WWE product.

There you have it: Five ways that Ring of Honor could be alienating their long term fan base. Questions or comments? Please leave them after the article and as always thanks for reading!