While it’s not until April 6th, 2019, the ability for Ring Of Honor to get booked at Madison Square Garden along with New Japan Pro Wrestling for the G1 Supercard event remains a hot topic among the wrestling community.

Of course, ROH’s initial attempt to put on an event in ‘The World’s Most Famous Arena’ was blocked by WWE (read about that here), as WWE had carte blanche with the arena after a longstanding relationship that dated back decades. It wasn’t long after news broke that Ring Of Honor was out of Madison Square Garden that it was announced they were back in. ROH COO Joe Koff recently spoke with Alfred Konuwa of Forbes to discuss a number of topics, one of which being how they were able to work out the Madison Square Garden show with WWE’s involvement:

“I think that it’s been probably blown up more than it is. There was conversation, and there was a back-and-forth and it got to a point where there was an impasse that had to be broken up. But the good news was there was continuous discussion [with MSG] throughout the process. And as long as people are in discussion and dialogue, and we can establish some kind of common ground as opposed to compromise, then things can happen. We just had to work through all those things.

Obviously, it is their backyard, and it is their home arena. And I have to tell you, my love for wrestling began in that arena when it was on Eighth Avenue, and I saw my first match there. And I knew there was magic between those four posts and underneath those ring lights and it never left me. So to be able to fulfill this dream, not only for but for the fans and for the wrestlers was just penultimate. It was just fabulous.”

Quotes c/o Forbes

You can check out the full interview at this link.

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