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Brody King vs. Jay Lethal announced for ROH Best in the World

Posted on by Joseph Currier

A Violence Unlimited vs. The Foundation matchup is the first match to be confirmed for Ring of Honor’s next pay-per-view.

On the latest episode of ROH Week By Week, it was announced that Brody King vs. Jay Lethal will take place at Best in the World 2021. The PPV is being held at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena in Baltimore, Maryland on Sunday, July 11. It will be the first ROH event with fans in attendance since February 2020.

King is part of Violence Unlimited with Tony Deppen, Homicide, and Chris Dickinson, while Lethal is part of The Foundation with Jonathan Gresham, Tracy Williams, and Rhett Titus. The two factions faced off in an eight-man tag match on the most recent episode of ROH TV. It ended with King pinning Lethal after hitting a Gonzo Bomb.

Violence Unlimited debuted as a faction at the end of ROH’s 19th Anniversary PPV this March. After Rush retained the ROH World Championship against Lethal in the main event, Rush and La Faccion Ingobernable beat down Lethal and The Foundation. Violence Unlimited then appeared and stood tall over La Faccion Ingobernable. King extended his hand to Lethal, but he then dropped Lethal with a lariat. Homicide laid out Lethal with a Cop Killa to close the show.

This will be the first time King and Lethal have faced each other in a singles match.

ROH Best In The World to be held in front of fans

Posted on by Josh Nason

Ring of Honor will join several of their peers in the pro wrestling industry by announcing this July’s Best In The World pay-per-view will have fans in the building.

The Sunday, July 11th event will be held live at Baltimore, Maryland’s Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena with both limited capacity and pod seating of up to six people to ensure six feet of distance between each pod. They will also require masks to be worn throughout the show with temperature checks done upon entry.

This will the company’s first show in front of a crowd since their Gateway to Honor live show on February 29, 2020, in St. Charles, Missouri. After a hiatus, they began a schedule of running empty arena TV tapings at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena.

Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Monday, June 7th with floor seats at $50 and all other seats for $40. HonorClub members will get the first shot at tickets starting next Monday, May 24th.

AEW announced they will start back on the road with Dynamite starting the first week of July while WWE is also eyeing mid-July as their target for a return to touring.