{"id":23785,"date":"2016-06-22T23:16:59","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T04:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=23785"},"modified":"2016-06-23T11:22:21","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T16:22:21","slug":"roh-confirms-roderick-strong-exiting-best-world-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/06\/22\/roh-confirms-roderick-strong-exiting-best-world-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"ROH confirms Roderick Strong exiting after &#8220;Best in the World&#8221; Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1685817527\" 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 confirmed\u00a0Wednesday that &#8220;Mr. ROH&#8221; Roderick Strong will end his ROH run with\u00a0this weekend&#8217;s &#8220;Best in the World&#8221; shows.<\/p>\n<p>Strong faces Mark Briscoe on the BITW PPV this Friday and then Dalton Castle on the post-PPV TV tapings this Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>PWTorch learned earlier this year\u00a0that Strong was leaning towards leaving ROH when his contract expired in June. This was especially the case after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/02\/19\/219-roh-vs-njpw-honor-rising-night-1-results-strong-vs-ishii-roh-champ-iwgp-champ-meet-bullet-club\/\">dropping the TV Title to Tomohiro Ishii in Japan in February<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When the BITW Weekend rosters were released in May, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/12\/main-event-rohs-best-world-ppvtalentroster\/\">PWTorch learned\u00a0that Strong was likely to wrap up his ROH run after the TV tapings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ROH said in Wednesday&#8217;s announcement that Strong informed company officials of his plans to leave the company &#8220;to pursue other opportunities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>ROH is planning a special farewell for Strong at the TV taping on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Strong talked to ROH&#8217;s website about his ROH memories in an interview on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rohwrestling.com\/news\/goodbye-now\" target=\"_blank\">ROHWrestling.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rohwrestling.com\/live\/events\/2016\/jun\/24\/062416-bitw-16-ppv-concord-nc\" target=\"_blank\">BITW PPV<\/a> Line-up (June 24)<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-4061455571\" 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<ul>\n<li>ROH World Title match: Jay Lethal vs. Jay Briscoe<\/li>\n<li>ROH TV Title match: Bobby Fish vs. #1 contender Dalton Castle<\/li>\n<li>ROH Tag Title match: The Addiction vs. Motor City Machineguns<\/li>\n<li>Grudge match: Steve Corino vs. B.J. 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