ROH celebrating 500 episodes of the Ring of Honor Wrestling television series

By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)

Ring of Honor announced details of their 500th episode celebration via ROHWrestling.com.

Ring of Honor celebrates the 500th episode of “Ring of Honor Wrestling” with a three-hour block of programming airing FREE on ROH Best On The Planet on Thursday, April 15, culminating with the exclusive premiere of the landmark episode.

ROH presents the 500th Episode Special from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern, featuring 10 of the greatest matches in the show’s history, including: World’s Greatest Tag Team vs. Kings of Wrestling (the main event of Episode 1 in 2011); ROH World Champion Jay Briscoe vs. Matt Hardy; Steel Cage Warfare: ROH vs. S.C.U.M.; The Young Bucks vs. reDRagon vs. The Kingdom in a Street Fight; as well as matches featuring AJ Styles, Samoa Joe and Cody.

At 8 p.m., fans can watch the 500th episode before it airs elsewhere over the weekend. The show features two marquee matches, including ROH Pure Champion Jonathan Gresham defending against fellow Foundation member Jay Lethal in a dream match fans in ROH The Experience Facebook group said they wanted to see.

The main event for Episode 500 will be announced on Saturday at 11 a.m. on YouTube.

Best On The Planet is ROH’s FREE 24/7 streaming channel on the Live TV section of the STIRR and PLEX apps, which are available in all major app stores.

Also on April 15, ROH will host an Episode 500 watch party at 8 p.m. Eastern on Zoom exclusively for HonorClub members, and there will be a pre-show on YouTube at 5:30 p.m. Eastern.

Powell’s POV: Congratulations to ROH on the milestone. We’ll be sure to pass along details regarding the show’s main event once it is announced on Saturday.