5 Potential Buyers If Sinclair Were To Sell Ring Of Honor

It's a crazy time in the world of professional wrestling. Moments like All In drawing a sellout crowd in under an hour and the company in question, along with NJPW, selling out Madison Square Garden before public tickets hit sale are mind-blowing. They were thought to be impossible but they have proven the wrestling world wrong.

While at the same time Ring Of Honors parent company Sinclair Broadcasting Group have failed to purchase Chicago's Tribune Media and are being sued for $1 Billion in damages over a "breach of contract". All of this news is coming at the same time we are hearing of what was a potential ROH cable TV deal for what would have been a Sinclair owned WGN America but that prospect has pretty much passed now. With all of these never say never moments and a future possibility of cashing in on some assets would SBG possibly sell ROH one day?

Never say never in the wrestling business. Keep in mind all of this my opinion and this complete fantasy. Here are 5 potential buyers if Sinclair Broadcasting were to ever sell their wrestling subsidiary.

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#5 - WWE

Let's get the obvious out of the way. If the WWE were to ever purchase Ring Of Honor they would most likely obtain the companies assets and some of the contracts while discontinuing their TV show, therefore, leaving the company defunct.

There would be many positives in keeping the company alive under the WWE banner but after the MSG fiasco who knows if any in the company top would care about those. In my opinion the least appealing scenario.

#4 - New Japan Pro Wrestling

With NJPW wanting to break into the United States market what better way than to purchase their already current partner ROH. It's a pairing that makes sense and could be a best of both worlds in under one company roof though it might not be the soundest financial move for the King Of Sports.

#3 - Anthem Sports

The day hell freezes over. Impact Wrestling isn't in the greatest spot in the world but they have turned their product and business around this year. If an ROH bidding war started in the near future something tells me management would love to have that sweet, rich library for their GWN service and a nice three letter company name to boot. More of a merger would be interesting here.

#2 - Billy Corgan

I could get on board for this one. Imagine the NWA being the companies governing body in the vein of the IWGP in NJPW. With a creative mind that has the connections of Corgan and the crossover going into All In this one doesn't seem too far off. Again, is it likely? I don't know. I would imagine it likely but not plausible. This industry does seem to shock you at every turn though.

#1 - Viacom

As of this writing, there has been no word on a merger with CBS but Viacom has done a bit of rebranding in the last few months. Most notably the name change of Spike to Paramount Network. In January when talks of WWE tv deal negotiations were ongoing it was noted Viacom was interested in getting back into the ring but this time they wanted it to be on their watch.

The company reportedly would rather buy a company outright as they did with Bellator MMA in 2011. Ring Of Honor would be the perfect company for this if the majority of their crew and workers remained put.

As I previously stated this is all fantasy and what if with all of the news going around. Learn to never say never being a fan of this line of work. It's a wild time right now to be a fan. Continue to support your favourite indie companies. Get into discussions with fellow fans. Enjoy the ride. Thanks for reading. Leave any thoughts in the comments or tell me who you could or would like to see sweep the company up if a situation like this ever occurs.

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