{"id":19078,"date":"2016-05-12T12:11:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T17:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=19078"},"modified":"2016-05-17T14:16:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T19:16:51","slug":"main-event-rohs-best-world-ppvtalentroster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/12\/main-event-rohs-best-world-ppvtalentroster\/","title":{"rendered":"Main Event &#038; Talent Roster set for ROH&#8217;s &#8220;Best in the World&#8221; PPV (Updated w\/Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2416070272\" 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 is going with the same main event at this year&#8217;s &#8220;Best in the World&#8221; PPV event as last year.<\/p>\n<p>This time, Jay Lethal will be defending the ROH World Title against Jay Briscoe. Last year, Lethal won the ROH Title from Briscoe to begin his current title reign.<\/p>\n<p>ROH will be marketing their next PPV main event\u00a0as Lethal trying to go one full year as ROH World champion at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rohwrestling.com\/live\/events\/2016\/jun\/24\/062416-bitw-16-ppv-concord-nc\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Best in the World&#8221; on Friday, June 24 in North Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made at Wednesday night&#8217;s &#8220;War of the Worlds&#8221; tour stop in Toronto. ROH then released on Thursday a preliminary hype video for Lethal vs. Briscoe.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JAY BRISCOE never received his rematch...\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/92g1e2yVJaE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They just announced that Jay Lethal will defend against Jay Briscoe  @ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ROH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ROH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BestInTheWorld?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BestInTheWorld<\/a> 2016<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joel Pearl | Fightful Overbooked (@JoelPearl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoelPearl\/status\/730535280143437824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rohwrestling.com\/news\/roh-stars-signed-appear-bitw-16?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\">ROH announced the full talent roster<\/a> for Best in the World.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/09\/roh-news-hits-rosters-internal-questions-heading-war-worlds-tour-two-wrestlers-likely-exiting-roh-champ-jay-lethal-throws-first-pitch-white-sox-game-moose-calls-nfl-comm\/\">Moose is not included on the initial roster<\/a>,\u00a0but Roderick Strong is included. 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