Honor Club

Not to be confused with Bullet Club, a professional wrestling group that appeared in ROH.
Honor Club
Broadcast areaWorldwide
HeadquartersJacksonville, Florida, United States
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture formatHDTV (1080i 16:9)
Ownership
OwnerRing of Honor
History
LaunchedFebruary 19, 2018 (2018-02-19)
Links
Websitewww.watchroh.com

Honor Club is an OTT streaming service owned by professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). Development of a VOD service was announced on November 9, 2017 by ROH COO Joe Koff.[1] Honor Club was formally announced on February 2, 2018[2][3] and the service officially launched on February 19, 2018.[4][5] Initially, Honor Club operated similarly to WWE Network and Impact Wrestling's Impact Plus, in that pay-per-view events were available to stream through the service.

When it began, Honor Club had a tiered pricing model that also offered discounts on merchandise and advances on ticket sales.[6] The service had two tiers, both of which contained special discounts as well as access to the ROH TV archive. The basic tier, which included a 50% discount on pay-per-views, was available for a monthly subscription price of $9.99 or one annual payment of $99.99. The VIP subscription cost $119.99 annually and provided live-streaming access to all future pay-per-view events and access to the ROH PPV archive with no additional costs.[7]

On December 11, 2022, after ROH was acquired by AEW CEO Tony Khan, Honor Club was relaunched without any tiers, with payment being $9.99 a month for all subscribers. Initially, pay-per-view events were no longer streamed on the relaunched service but rather were made available 90 days after they air on Bleacher Report.[8] However, beginning with Final Battle in December 2023, all ROH events were streamed live on Honor Club at no additional charge to subscribers.[9] On January 18, 2023, a special event would be taped for Honor Club, serving as a tribute show for Jay Briscoe.[10][11] Starting on March 2, 2023, ROH resumed airing its weekly series Ring of Honor Wrestling on Honor Club.[12][13][14]

Honor Club is available online, through smart TVs and set-top boxes such as Roku and Apple TV, as well as via mobile apps.[15]

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  2. ^ "ROH Announces Streaming Service, Festival Of Honor, Kevin Owens And Sami Zayn Throwback Video - WrestlingInc.com". WrestlingInc.com. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  3. ^ Powell, Jason (January 3, 2018). "1/3 Powell's Ring of Honor TV Recap: ROH streaming service hype, three matches from the UK tour". Prowrestling.net. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  4. ^ "ROH HonorClub streaming service launches, new ROH web design". Prowrestling.net. February 19, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  5. ^ "Week in Wrestling: Why Anthem dropped Matt Hardy lawsuit". SI.com. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  6. ^ "ROH ANNOUNCES DETAILS FOR HONORCLUB STREAMING SERVICE". Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
  7. ^ "Ring of Honor Launches WWE Network Alternative Honor Club". bleedingcool.com. 19 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Tony Khan announces relaunch of Ring of Honor's HonorClub platform". December 11, 2022.
  9. ^ Tyreice Simom (October 23, 2023). "ROH Final Battle To Air Exclusively On Honor Club". SEScoops.com. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  10. ^ Tessler, Colin (January 18, 2023). "ROH Jay Briscoe Celebration Of Life Spoilers (Taped On 1/18)". Fightful.com. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  11. ^ Rose, Bryan (January 18, 2023). "AEW to tape ROH Jay Briscoe tribute show following Dynamite". Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  12. ^ Conway, Tyler (December 11, 2022). "AEW's Tony Khan Announces Ring of Honor Weekly TV Shows Will Stream on HonorClub". Bleacher Report. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  13. ^ Lee, Joseph (January 19, 2023). "ROH Planning Second Jay Briscoe Tribute Show, WBD Reportedly Didn't Allow Tributes On Dynamite". 411 Mania. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  14. ^ "Wrestling Observer Radio: Jay Briscoe, Nick Khan, Slapfighting, Dynamite and NXT, more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. January 19, 2023. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  15. ^ Keller, Wade (3 February 2018). "ROH announces streaming service similar to WWE Network with live events, archives, and live PPV access (w/Keller's Analysis)". Prowrestlingtorch.