{"id":6330,"date":"2015-12-19T23:17:32","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T05:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=6330"},"modified":"2015-12-20T16:40:58","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T22:40:58","slug":"6330","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/12\/19\/6330\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on The Kingdom leaving ROH"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4109176544\" 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>The Kingdom is virtually no more in Ring of Honor. Matt Taven &amp; Mike Bennett quickly dropped the ROH Tag Titles to War Machine in the semi-main event of &#8220;Final Battle&#8221; on Friday night, making it seem like there was something beneath the surface in-play.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what PWTorch has learned about the status of Mike Bennett, Matt Taven, and Maria Kanellis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Bennett &amp; Maria&#8217;s ROH contracts are up. Both are set to leave Ring of Honor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE<\/strong>: Bennett and Maria said their good-byes\u00a0at Saturday&#8217;s post-Final Battle TV taping in Philadelphia. They were written off TV in an episode to air in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>It was known on Friday that the duo are leaving for TNA. Their good-byes on Saturday confirmed their departure.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">&#8211; Matt Taven&#8217;s contract is due in March 2016. 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