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Cary Silkin receives first-ever ROH Hall of Fame Legacy Award

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Former Ring of Honor owner Cary Silkin has been honored as part of the promotion’s inaugural Hall of Fame class.

On a special Hall of Fame edition of ROH TV that premiered over the weekend, Silkin was presented with the first-ever ROH Hall of Fame Legacy Award. The award will be known as the Cary Silkin Legacy Award going forward.

The award “honors those who have made a significant contribution to ROH outside the ring.”

The inaugural ROH Hall of Fame class also features The Briscoes (Jay & Mark Briscoe), Bryan Danielson, Samoa Joe, and CM Punk.

Silkin was initially an investor in ROH and then owned the company from 2004-2011, when it was bought by Sinclair Broadcast Group. It was announced last week that Sinclair Broadcast Group has sold the promotion to AEW’s Tony Khan.

“To say that Silkin has made a significant contribution to ROH is a massive understatement,” ROH wrote. “Quite simply, there would be no ROH today if not for him.”

Silkin is currently an ROH ambassador and has presented the ROH World Championship to the winner whenever there’s a title change.

CM Punk inducted into ROH Hall of Fame as final member of inaugural class

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Ring of Honor’s inaugural Hall of Fame class has now been fully unveiled.

It was announced today that CM Punk has been inducted into the ROH Hall of Fame as the final member of the inaugural class. The class also includes The Briscoes (Jay & Mark Briscoe), Bryan Danielson, and Samoa Joe.

Punk made his ROH debut in 2002. He held the ROH World Championship once and the ROH Tag Team titles twice during his time with the promotion. Both Tag Team title reigns came with Colt Cabana as the Second City Saints.

Before finally claiming the ROH World Championship from Austin Aries in 2005, Punk was unsuccessful in challenging for the title in a famous trilogy of matches against Joe in 2004. The first two of those matches were hour-long draws. The third saw Joe retain his title.

Punk defeating Aries for the ROH title kicked off the “Summer of Punk” storyline that ended with Punk leaving ROH after he signed with WWE.

Punk made his return to pro wrestling when he signed with AEW last year. He was away for more than seven years after departing WWE in 2014. Punk is set to face MJF in a dog collar match at AEW’s Revolution pay-per-view on Sunday, March 6.

“A career retrospective on Punk will be featured on this weekend’s episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling television, and a YouTube special on Punk drops Monday, Feb. 28 at 9 a.m. ET on ROH’s YouTube channel,” ROH wrote.

“A special Hall of Fame episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling featuring all of the inductees airs on TV the weekend of March 5.”