History YMMV / RingOfHonor

* WinBackTheCrowd: Ring of Honor returned to produce new episodes, starting with the Pure Championship Tournament in September 12, 2020, after suspending all the programming of ROH TV due to the COVID-19 pandemic that led up to air the ROH wrestlers' best matches (including a tribute to the late Japanese wrestler Hana Kimura) at the time. As a result, wrestling fans saw improvement to the product by showcasing pure wrestling matches like no other during the tournament, followed by fresh new rivalries and the rescuing of Matt Taven from impopularity with his new "Follow the Trend" gimmick. However, it was too good to last as ROH is going to relaunch it again in April 2022 with Supercard of Honor under Tony Khan's management from now on.

* MemeticMolester: After Feinstein's unceremonious departure it became a meme to mock him. "Lol I'll pretend you said 18."

** "There is no God, and the cage wasn't 30 feet." (a reference to Teddy Hart's antics at ''ROH Main Event Spectacles'')
** "Woman At ROH Event!"([[DiscreditedMeme this was eventually discredited]] but the company did once have a "boys club" reputation)

* TooCoolToLive: Larry Sweeney. Good night, sweet prince.

** Matt Taven, prior to the relaunch, was not an interesting wrestler and his ROH World Championship run was met with a lukewarm reception, but his "Follow the Trend" gimmick allowed him to be a fully-fleshed character on his own and won the respect of the Honor Nation. Taven's reunion with his tag team partner and best friend Mike Bennett after the latter returned to ROH after being fired from WWE in 2020 as The Kingdom (currently known as The OGK) was met with a better reception.

* WinBackTheCrowd: Ring of Honor returned to produce new episodes, starting with the Pure Championship Tournament in September 12, 2020, after suspending all the programming of ROH TV due to the COVID-19 pandemic that led up to air the ROH wrestlers' best matches (including a tribute to the late Japanese wrestler Hana Kimura) at the time. As a result, wrestling fans saw improvement to the product by showcasing pure wrestling matches like no other during the tournament, followed by fresh new rivalries and the rescuing of Matt Taven from impopularity with his new "Follow the Trend" gimmick. Ring of Honor is steadily recovering from the disaster that was 2019 and fans are looking forward to the resurgence of the promotion.

** "The Prodigy" Mike Bennett, simply thought to not be "good enough" for the promotion. ''Then'' he won the first "Top Prospect" Tournament. Add Matt Taven, the second "Top Prospect" Tournament winner to the equation and you get the Kingdom, one of the most hated stables in recent memory. Not even the awesomeness of EnsembleDarkhorse Wrestling/AdamCole could save them from the vitriol of the [=RoHbots=]. Instead of downplaying the team, they started becoming more prominent, ripping off the [[Wrestling/MattHardy Hardy]] [[Wrestling/JeffHardy Boyz]] moves and even going to Japan and ''winning'' Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling's IWGP Tag Team Championships. Guess what the fan reaction was.

** ROH's slow journey to becoming [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo "RUHROH"]] was all very random. [[Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys Bully Ray]] gets signed, he does some shows for them either as an authority figure or a wrestler, he often refuses to job or really put anyone over... Then ROH is looking for writers and suddenly Bubba is the head booker along with [[Wrestling/HunterJohnston Delirious]]. He pulled Hulk Hogan-level thunder-stealing with the Briscoes, had feuds with Cheeseburger and Flip Gordon that were little more than repetitive squash matches (and Gordon is more popular the further his "feud" with Bully Ray falls into the dustbin of history), he accomplished nothing with Silas Young. It took two people to gang up on him during the Mark Haskins match. Then he went through a table. Then he ate a top rope double foot stomp, a move which always looks like attempted murder. And he still kicked out at 3. (''Just got thrown through a table, [[NoSell time to adjust my clothes.]]'')

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: The promotion has been fairly well-known for giving successful makeovers to struggling wrestlers such as Jimmy Rave. While Mike Mondo couldn't shed his Spirit Squad stigma, ROH has successfully convinced most of his detractors that he can actually wrestle.

** The discussion of Wrestling/MikeBennett and whether or not he was a "star". Despite all the abuse he got during his runs from the fan base, people arguing he was mistreated by the company started derailing various topics after he left for TNA(where he ''was'' better received, to be fair).

** Cody's debut didn't leave much impression on fans, and the purists remained largely apathetic as he was pushed ahead of up-and-comers (eg. Wrestling/LioRush, Wrestling/KeithLee), stronger technicians(eg. Wrestling/SilasYoung, Wrestling/DaltonCastle) and several foreign wrestlers interested in the World Title (no less than Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi!) but Bullet Club fans came to adore him after he joined the group, to the point they drowned out cheers for ''Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels'' with their Cody support.

** Matt Taven, prior to the relaunch, was not an interesting wrestler and his ROH World Championship run was met with a lukewarm reception, but his current "Follow the Trend" gimmick allowed him to be a fully-fleshed character on his own and won the respect of the Honor Nation. Taven's tag team partner and best friend Mike Bennett followed suit after the latter returned to ROH after being fired from WWE in 2020. Both Taven and Bennett's reunion as The Kingdom (currently known as The OGK) was met with a better reception.

** Fifteen years after his run, Xavier was still the most maligned Ring of Honor Champion. Part of it was by design. He was part of The Prophecy against the company and a dirty coward to boot. The other part was some fans finding his time in the promotion forgettable and wondering why he was given a title shot in the first place, much less cutting the ever popular Low Ki's reign so short. The fans not frustrated with the amount of time that went by without his face being beat in just found him boring. However, this is no longer the case once Xavier passed away.

** Jim Cornette's first stint as ROH Commissioner was chock full of Scrappyness, especially after he turned heel against Homicide by refusing to reinstate Low Ki.
** As soon as Jerry Lynn won the ROH World Championship belt, he got placed here.
** Matt Cross. ROH fans are known for their loyalty to alumni, Cross got pretty much none of it. Even in venues were he was kind of liked, such as Dayton Ohio, fans were largely ignoring him in favor of ''rookies'' like Pelle Primeau. Though he would partially redeem himself to some with his "Son of Havoc" gimmick he used as part of a trio [[Wrestling/LuchaUnderground elsewhere]].
** "The Prodigy" Mike Bennett, simply thought to not be "good enough" for the promotion. ''Then'' he won the first "Top Prospect" Tournament. Add Matt Taven, the second "Top Prospect" Tournament winner to the equation and you get the Kingdom, one of the most hated stables in recent memory. Not even the awesomeness of [[EnsembleDarkhorse Adam Cole]] could save them from the vitriol of the [=RoHbots=]. Instead of downplaying the team, they started becoming more prominent, ripping off the [[Wrestling/MattHardy Hardy]] [[Wrestling/JeffHardy Boyz]] moves and even going to Japan and ''winning'' the [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships]]. Guess what the fan reaction was.
** Mike Mondo: He even surpasses ''Mike Bennett'' in this regard.

*** Matt Taven not being over with the Honor Nation when he won the ROH World Heavyweight Championship, leading to a disastrous title run when Marty Scrull was more deserving to win the belt than him.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Many long-term fans were already skeptical enough about a large corporation buying Ring of Honor, but the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group Sinclair Broadcast Group]] being the one who did so was a turn-off for other reasons, given their reputation and their actions (see the linked entry from Wiki/TheOtherWiki). There's a ''reason'' they're called "The Heathens of Hunt Valley".

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Many long term fans were skeptical enough about a large corporation buying Ring Of Honor but the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group Sinclair Broadcast Group]] was a turn off for other reasons, given their reputation and their actions (see the linked entry from Wiki/TheOtherWiki). There's a ''reason'' they're called "The Heathens of Hunt Valley".

* ReplacementScrappy:
** Shane Hagadorn taking the place of Larry Sweeney [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor due to Sweeney's personal problems]]. A big blow to ROH, considering how consistently over Sweeney remained throughout his tenure.

** Matt Taven, prior to the relaunch, was not an interesting wrestler and his ROH World Heavyweight Championship run was met with a lukewarm reception, but his current "Follow the Trend" gimmick allowed him to be a fully-fleshed character on his own and won the respect of the Honor Nation. Taven's tag team partner and best friend Mike Bennett followed suit after the latter returned to ROH after being fired from WWE in 2020. Both Taven and Bennett's reunion as The Kingdom (currently known as The OGK) was met with a better reception.

-->'''KEVIN KELLY:''' You don't mess with a man's boys!
-->'''ALEX SHELLEY:''' Uh, yeah.

** Matt Taven, prior to the relaunch, was not an interesting wrestler and his ROH World Heavyweight Championship run was met with a lukewarm reception, but his current "Follow the Trend" gimmick allowed him to be a fully-fleshed character on his own and won the respect of the Honor Nation. Taven's tag team partner and best friend Mike Bennett followed suit after the latter got fired from WWE in 2020.

** Fifteen years after his run, Xavier was still the most maligned Ring of Honor Champion. Part of it was by design. He was part of The Prophecy against the company and a dirty coward to boot. The other part was some fans finding his time in the promotion forgettable and wondering why he was given a title shot in the first place, much less cutting the ever popular Low Ki's reign so short. The fans not frustrated with the amount of time that went by without his face being beat in just found him boring.

** Cody's debut didn't leave much impression on fans, and the purists remained largely apathetic as he was pushed ahead of up and comers(ex Wrestling/LioRush, Wrestling/KeithLee), stronger technicians(ex Wrestling/SilasYoung, Wrestling/DaltonCastle) and several foreign wrestlers interested in the World Title(no less than Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi!) but Bullet Club fans came to adore him after he joined the group, to the point they drowned out cheers for ''Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels'' with their Cody support.

** Wrestling/DaveyRichards when he was in the No Remorse Corps. (See ButtMonkey on the main page.)

* MST3KMantra: Wrestling/PrinceNana claimed to be the iron-fisted ruler of Ghana. [[BlatantLies Obviously false]], and the Mantra is even more necessary to understand why a wealthy and evil African head of state would be managing a stable in an American independent wrestling promotion. [[AndThenWhat Boredom, probably]].

-->'''KEVIN KELLY''': "You don't mess with a man's boys!"
-->'''ALEX SHELLEY''': "Uh, yeah."

* BadassDecay

* EnsembleDarkhorse
** Ebessan/Kikutaro, we're still not quite sure what he was, but the crowds loved him.

* EvilIsSexy

* FashionVictimVillain

* FriendlyFandoms

* HilariousInHindsight

* HypeBacklash Ring of Honor itself, with a good bit of HypeAversion. While certainly a good promotion, and arguably better than both WWE and TNA, its fans never stop singing its praises while endlessly bashing either WWE or TNA, sometimes without real reason.
* IronWoobie

* LoveToHate

* MST3KMantra: Wrestling/PrinceNana claimed to be the iron-fisted ruler of Ghana. [[BlatantLies Obviously false]], and the Mantra is even more necessary to understand why a wealthy and evil African head of state would be managing a stable in an American independent wrestling promotion.
** [[AndThenWhat Boredom, probably]].
* MemeticBadass

* MemeticMutation

* NarmCharm: All of Jimmy Jacobs' songs.
* NeverLiveItDown

* PanderingToTheBase

* PeripheryDemographic

* ReplacementScrappy

* TheScrappy

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks

* TheWoobie

* XPacHeat

** Enzo and Cass got so much of it for their worked shoot brawl that it was never mentioned gain.

** Rhett Titus got some during the 2016 ''Road To Best In The World'' and Kenny King had been getting some prior simply for coming back after the TNA incident, culminating at The Cabinet's introduction promo going on so long it ate into the main event of the pay per view itself.

* WinBackTheCrowd: Ring of Honor returned to produce new episodes, starting with the Pure Championship Tournament in September 12, 2020, after suspending all the programming of ROH TV due to the COVID-19 pandemic that led up to air the ROH wrestlers's best matches (including a tribute to the late Japanese wrestler Hana Kimura) at the time. As a result, wrestling fans saw improvement to the product by showcasing pure wrestling matches like no other during the tournament, followed by fresh new rivalries and the rescuing of Matt Taven from impopularity with his new "Follow the Trend" gimmick. Ring of Honor is steadily recovering from the disaster that was 2019 and fans are looking forward to the resurgence of the promotion.

*** The massive exodus of wrestlers, combined with the fact that their most valuable talents Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks leaving to form Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling with the backing of Tony Khan.

* WinBackTheCrowd: When Ring of Honor returned to TV with the Pure Championship Tournament in September 12, 2020, after suspending all the programming of ROH TV due to the COVID-19 pandemic that led up to air the ROH wrestlers's best matches (including a tribute to the late Japanese wrestler Hana Kimura) at the time. Wrestling fans saw improvement to the product by showcasing pure wrestling matches like no other during the tournament. As a result, Ring of Honor is steadily recovering from the disaster that was 2019 and fans are looking forward to the resurgence of the promotion.

* WinBackTheCrowd: When Ring of Honor returned to TV with the Pure Championship Tournament in September 12, 2020, after six months, wrestling fans saw improvement to the product, showcasing pure wrestling matches like no other. After the tournament, Ring of Honor is steadily recovering from the disaster that was 2019 and fans are looking forward to the resurgence of the promotion.

* WinTheCrowdBack: When Ring of Honor returned to TV with the Pure Championship Tournament in September 12, 2020, after six months, wrestling fans saw improvement to the product, showcasing pure wrestling matches like no other. After the tournament, Ring of Honor is steadily recovering from the disaster that was 2019 and fans are looking forward to the resurgence of the promotion.

** The promotion itself as the SpiritualSuccessor of Wrestling/{{ECW}} is subject of debate. Most of the Pro Wrestling Community like the technical pro-wrestling approach, while others derided ROH because they felt that Wrestling/CZW was a more suitable choice as the defunct promotion's successor. Ironically, CZW often partnered with ROH to the point of exchanging talents.
* CreatorsPet

** The promotion itself is this to the original Wrestling/{{ECW}}, only without the garbage wrestling gimmick of the latter. Well, it was the best RF could do but some people never let it go.