Welcome to the Busted Open podcast.

This is Dave Legreca.

On today's episode with Final Battle coming up this Friday for Ring of Honor,

we talked to former owner and ambassador of Ring of Honor, Kerry Silken,

and what does he think about Final Battle?

And will he be there?

We talk to him right now on the Busted Open podcast.

This is the busted open podcast.

Real quick, Ring of Honor history, boys and girls.

I did not start Ring of Honor.

It was started by Gabe Sapolsky, Doug Gentry, and this other guy that had the video

company. And I was at the first year of shows. I wanted to get involved. They didn't need me.

Then they came to me because they needed money. And there was a little kerfuffle in 2003,

four. I had no intention of wanting to be the full-time

owner. And I wound up with the company, which I owned until 2011. I bled money the whole time.

My ego wouldn't let it go. I knew we had a good thing, though. And thank God for Jim Carnett

turning me on to Gary Juster, who turned me out to Joe Koff. And Joe Koff bought it. And he kept me as

the ambassador. That was my favorite time. I used to go to the shows, paid for my way there, paid for my room.

I got petted on the head like your dog at Christmas and a little, right, a little food

being shoved under.

And I could just come and go.

And when it was over, I could leave.

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