{"id":129988,"date":"2021-12-10T22:17:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T04:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/recovery\/?p=129988"},"modified":"2021-12-17T03:18:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T09:18:47","slug":"roh-announcer-ian-riccaboni-discusses-mindset-heading-into-final-battle-ppv-this-weekend-reveals-new-opportunity-is-on-the-table-for-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/12\/10\/roh-announcer-ian-riccaboni-discusses-mindset-heading-into-final-battle-ppv-this-weekend-reveals-new-opportunity-is-on-the-table-for-him\/","title":{"rendered":"ROH announcer Ian Riccaboni discusses mindset heading into Final Battle PPV this weekend, reveals new opportunity is on the table for him"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3784797785\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Ring of Honor announcer Ian Ricccaboni joined PWTorch columnist Sean Radican on Radican Worldwide for a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/12\/10\/vip-audio-12-10-radican-worldwide-interview-with-ian-riccaboni-emotions-the-day-before-final-battle-development-under-kevin-kelly-in-roh-is-he-going-to-retire-if-roh-doesn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> for PWTorch VIP members ahead of Final Battle 2021 on Dec. 11. The show will be ROH\u2019s last event before they go on hiatus.<\/p>\n<p>Riccaboni said going into the event, he\u2019s feeling emotional the day before the show takes place. I\u2019m a ball, a whirlwind of emotion right now,\u201d said Riccaboni. \u201c I can\u2019t look at a picture without getting overcome with both joy and sadness. I cried at my barber today. My barber Carmine asked me, \u2018hey, you got any wrestling events coming up.\u2019 Ive known this guy for 34 years now. I got my first haircut there. This is somebody. Not a family member, but I let him know kind of what the deal was with Ring of Honor. He was so empathetic and so sympathetic. It took a toll on him even. I was shocked. There\u2019s a lot of emotion right now. Got some of it at the last TV taping. The very last one for the time being we had that in November, so this is the last live event and this is going to be the last time I see a lot of my friends and maybe the last time for a long time. We don\u2019t know. We don\u2019t know if there will be a Ring of Honor. If it will be\u2026 we\u2019re pretty confident it will be relaunched in April. We don\u2019t know who\u2019s going to get an offer from another company. We don\u2019t know quite frankly what the budget might look like and if Ring of Honor can afford to continue to have us after that. I\u2019m just looking forward to letting all the emotion out and just trying to be kind of present in the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Riccaboni was also asked about the Tweet that he posted after the news came out that ROH was going on hiatus saying that if ROH went out of business, he would be done with wrestling. Riccaboni revealed that he has changed his mind and that he even has an offer on the table that he will reveal after Final Battle.\u201cI was overwhelmed by the amount of people that reached out and this isn\u2019t for employment reasons, I want to make this clear, but there were folks from every major organization that I\u2019ve known or met throughout the years that reached out to me and just wanted to check in,\u201d said Riccaboni. It wasn\u2019t, \u2018Hey, I have a job for you.\u2019\u201d It wasn&#8217;t\u2026 some were like, \u2018Hey we\u2019ll let you know we\u2019ll work you in\u201d or \u2018hey, well let you know\u2019 and subsequently I\u2019ve heard back from those folks and it\u2019s very overwhelming and flattering. When I sent that Tweet Ring of Honor has been my home. It\u2019s the home team. It\u2019s the only organization that I wanted to call wrestling with because of the bonds that I\u2019ve made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve become great friends with Delirious and again it finally feels like a team where we can tear down these walls a little bit. He was the guy in my ear at every show. He was the guy in my ear during the TV tapings and he\u2019s just the man. He\u2019s had a lot of adversity to work against with COVID with restructuring and scheduling and booking. He\u2019s somebody that I have a ton of respect for and I think until you walk kind of a mile in his shoes it\u2019s very difficult to comprehend I don\u2019t want to say how much worse things could be, but he keeps such a cool head in the face of unexpected, unprecedented, and really some difficult changes that he has to deal with because of COVID and things like that. So, between the bond with him, with referee Todd Sinclair, with Bobby Cruise, with Caprice, I just couldn\u2019t or didn&#8217;t see myself anywhere else at the time I wrote that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been given the green light though to pursue an opportunity and I\u2019ll kind of let folks know where that is following Final Battle. This\u2026 I was shocked at what opportunity it was. I didn\u2019t even think the opportunity was on the table or would be. That just goes to show you that folks really look out for you and if somebody that really looks out for me and thinks of me and takes care of me\u2026 I\u2019ll make it a little bit more public once we&#8217;re through with Final Battle, so I do have at least one thing on the table and one thing I get to do and I\u2019m excited about that. I\u2019m going to be doing some fun stuff in January, which i\u2019ll have more information about and in March.<\/p>\n<p>Riccaboni went on to say he had ROH\u2019s blessing to pursue the opportunity, but he told ROH his commitment is he will stay with ROH if they want him when the company comes back on April 1. Riccaboni revealed he is under ROH contract until March 31.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy commitment\u2026 I told our General Manager Greg Gilleland this,\u201d said Riccaboni. \u201cMy commitment is I\u2019m Ring of Honor\u2019s if Ring of Honor wants me. My contract runs through March 31. They\u2019re honoring that, which is awesome and if I fit their puzzle piece or their vision for April 1, sign me up, I\u2019m in. If I don\u2019t that probably would break my heart, but at least I know wrestling, my time in wrestling is not up and that\u2019s also super flattering to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can watch ROH\u2019s Final Battle on PPV, Honor Club, and Fite.tv.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-145574403\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Contact Sean Radican at pwtorchsean@gmail.com. Follow him on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sr_torch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@SR_Torch<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-944238093\"><div id=\"pwtor-1101510628\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Ring of Honor announcer Ian Ricccaboni joined PWTorch columnist Sean Radican on Radican Worldwide for a new interview for PWTorch VIP members ahead of Final Battle 2021 on Dec. 11. 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