Independent Wrestling Promotion RING OF HONOR signs PPV deals with In Demand, TVN and Echostar

Ring Of Honor Wrestling (ROH), in association with G-Funk Sports &
Entertainment, has concluded programming and distribution deals for PPV and VOD
wrestling cards with iN DEMAND Networks, TVN and EchoStar Communications
Corporation’s DISH Network, making the critically-acclaimed ROH brand available
for the first time ever to approximately 50 million American households. The agreement
calls for a card every 60 days from shows both stateside and abroad, and will
premiere July 1. A total of six cards are planned throughout ’07/’08. ROH owner
Cary Silkin made the announcement today with G-Funk’s President Ken Gelman. The
debut event, entitled “Respect Is Earned,” will be taped May 12 in
New York City from the Grand Ballroom of the
Manhattan
Center,
and will feature a glistening array of talent from
Japan,

England, the
U.S. and

Mexico.

Long
revered by a loyal underground fan base, the Philadelphia-based ROH—currently
seen on Canadian, British and Japanese TV—appeals to the disenfranchised
wrestling fan fed up with storylines which seem to take precedence over the
kind of powerful ring competition that ROH

specializes in. ROH, in fact, is seen to have the highest level of athleticism
in its field today, which recently culminated in a sweep of the 2006 Wrestling
Observer awards for “Most Outstanding Wrestler,” “Best
Brawler,” “Best Major Wrestling Show” (ROH took four of its Top

10) and “Best Booker.”

“Fans
around the world now know that our brand of action is, indeed, the
highest-flying, hardest-hitting most daring and acrobatic action presented
today,” says Mr. Silkin. “We are thrilled that we can finally show a
televised audience what our crowds have known for the last six years…that ROH
harkens back to an earlier era of wrestling where authenticity still counted
for something. There’s a magic at our shows that I, as a wrestling fan, had all
but given up on.”

G-Funk
Sports and Entertainment will be handling all marketing and promotion for the
wrestling programs, including creation and launch of an affiliate website on
May 15, www.rohaffiliates.com, which will contain easy-to-implement marketing
materials and all event information. Each show will also be supported by a
range of targeted national consumer advertising and promotion.

According to
Mr. Gelman, “Ring Of Honor already has the respect and enthusiastic
following of legions of fans around the world through their live events, but
represents a fresh new entry into the world of televised wrestling. These
distinctive programs will prove a welcome

change-of-pace for audiences and a popular new option for cable operators and
satellite providers as they expand their transactional offerings.”