{"id":26220,"date":"2016-07-19T15:01:24","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T20:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=26220"},"modified":"2016-07-19T18:18:57","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T23:18:57","slug":"pwtorch-report-will-rohs-roster-look-like-final-battle-contracts-expire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/19\/pwtorch-report-will-rohs-roster-look-like-final-battle-contracts-expire\/","title":{"rendered":"PWTorch Report &#8211; What will ROH&#8217;s roster look like after Final Battle when contracts expire?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2828335533\" 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><strong>By PWTorch Staff (Sean Radican &amp; James Caldwell)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ring of Honor&#8217;s roster will be very interesting after the &#8220;Final Battle&#8221; PPV in December.<\/p>\n<p>PWTorch has learned that several ROH contracts are due at the end of December, making them free agents in January.<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see which wrestlers re-sign with the company.\u00a0The list of wrestlers whose contracts expire at the end of December include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ROH World champion Jay Lethal<\/li>\n<li>Adam Cole<\/li>\n<li>Matt Jackson (Young Bucks)<\/li>\n<li>Nick Jackson (Young Bucks)<\/li>\n<li>Kyle O&#8217;Reilly (ReDragon)<\/li>\n<li>Bobby Fish (ReDragon)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>PWTorch has also learned that rising star Donovan Dijak&#8217;s contract is due in September. It remains to be seen if he re-signs.<\/p>\n<p>Wrestlers who left ROH in recent weeks include\u00a0Moose, Roderick Strong, and Cedric Alexander to\u00a0TNA, WWNLive, and WWE&#8217;s Cruiserweight tournament, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Generally-speaking, the\u00a0ROH locker room has become frustrated with the booking approach spearheaded by Delirious in recent months. Christopher Daniels was placed in a prominent agent-type role earlier this year to try to balance things out and be more of a liaison to the locker room.<\/p>\n<p>An example is the Young Bucks and Daniels re-writing segments that were originally written for the tag team at last weekend&#8217;s ROH TV tapings in Philadelphia.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3168199374\" 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>In the office setting, lead ROH announcer Kevin Kelly has taken a similar\u00a0role as Daniels trying to take some of the pressure off Delirious. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/14\/rohs-lead-announcer-takes-expanded-role-roh-office\/\">Details Reported Last Week<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-4189613319\"><div id=\"pwtor-550045642\"><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>By PWTorch Staff (Sean Radican &amp; James Caldwell) Ring of Honor&#8217;s roster will be very interesting after the &#8220;Final Battle&#8221; PPV in December. 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