{"id":64664,"date":"2020-03-12T18:06:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T22:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=64664"},"modified":"2020-03-12T18:24:05","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T22:24:05","slug":"roh-cancels-shows-due-to-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/03\/12\/roh-cancels-shows-due-to-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"ROH Cancels 18th Anniversary, Past vs Present Due to Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The hits just keep on coming. On a day that saw the sports world absolutely shaken by announcements of cancellations, postponements and a reality of events without fans, <strong>Ring of Honor<\/strong> became the most recent sporting company to announce cancellation of events. As reported by Ryan Satin and Bryan Alvarez, ROH has opted to cancel this weekend&#8217;s highly anticipated <em><strong>18th Anniversary<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Past vs Present<\/strong><\/em> shows set to emanate live from Sam&#8217;s Town Live in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ROH just cancelled this weekend\u2019s shows, including the Anniversary show.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bryan Alvarez (@bryanalvarez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bryanalvarez\/status\/1238219388659986432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ROH has decided to cancel this weekend\u2019s 18th Anniversary (Friday, March 13th) and Past vs Present (Saturday, March 14th) shows at Sam\u2019s Town Live in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Info below: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J0NMLtWNV2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/J0NMLtWNV2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ryan Satin (@ryansatin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryansatin\/status\/1238219891351506944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The tweet goes on to note that &#8220;Additional information will be provided as soon as possible regarding refunds and potential rescheduling of the events that were set to transpire this weekend&#8230;Once again, thank you for understanding and we truly appreciate your continued patronage and support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the wrestling world, the announcement of ROH cancelling the 18th Anniversary and Past vs Present shows comes after <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/03\/12\/wwe-smackdown-performance-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>WWE<\/strong> moved <strong>SmackDown<\/strong> from Detroit to the Performance Center<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/03\/12\/wrestlemania-36-update-first-cancellations-coming-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>wXw<\/strong> and <strong>Prestige Wrestling<\/strong> canceled their <em><strong>WrestleMania Week<\/strong><\/em> shows<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/indies\/evolve-postpones-weekends-shows-may-306356\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EVOLVE announced the postponement of this weekend&#8217;s shows until May<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/03\/12\/coronavirus-pandemic-scottish-wrestling-latest\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>OTT<\/strong>&#8216;s <em><strong>ScrapperMania<\/strong><\/em> was canceled for this weekend, and companies worldwide are scrambling to figure out what to do next in light of this growing pandemic<\/a>. At this time, some companies seem committed to holding shows as long as possible such as <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/03\/11\/wrestlemania-collective-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>GCW<\/strong> and the <em><strong>Collective<\/strong><\/em>, which at this time, is planning on going through with its WrestleMania shows independent of what WWE decides to do<\/a>. Though as we&#8217;re learning with the coronavirus, things are not only changing by the day but in some cases, by the minute.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for our coverage of the ongoing and changing news around the coronavirus and its effect on the wrestling industry as it develops. We are committed to keeping our readers informed and updated. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hits just keep on coming. On a day that saw the sports world absolutely shaken by announcements of cancellations, postponements and a reality of events without fans, Ring of Honor became the most recent sporting company to announce cancellation of events. 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