Tony Khan Has Talked To Maria Kanellis About ROH Position

Maria Kanellis and Mike Bennett were let go by WWE in April 2020 as part of the COVID-19 budget cuts. Both of them eventually returned to ROH and stayed there until the company went on hiatus last year. ROH is back but the two of them haven’t gone back there yet.

Maria Kanellis returned to WWE back in 2017 as she and her husband Mike Bennett signed contracts together. Their booking didn’t impress anyone in the end and many fans simply felt they could have done so much more.

With ROH now back in full swing thanks to Tony Khan purchasing it, fans wondered whether Maria Kanellis will return to the company. While speaking to James Lascuola of PW Ponderings, Maria Kanellis stated that Tony Khan has talked to her about a position in Ring Of Honor.

“There has been some communication of trying to figure out a way….he has reached out to me and now we’re just trying to find a time to get on the phone and discuss things further. I’m hopeful that happens soon. I’m thankful and appreciative that he even reached out to me because I love Ring of Honor. A piece of my soul might have died a little bit when I was released from the company last year because last year was so fulfilling and I loved working with that division. I’m hopeful that we do find a time to communicate and a lot of our friends are trying to make sure we get in touch. I will keep everybody posted as things come into play.

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One of the things I said with people who have been in touch with Tony is that I’m not looking to come in and run things or anything like that. I would love the opportunity to come in, grow, learn as Ring of Honor grows into what it becomes in the future. I had a special position last year and I’m so glad that all the women in wrestling were able to see me in that position because now they know that there is another way to be involved in wrestling, maybe when you’re too banged up or you want to transition from being in front of the camera to behind the camera. For that, I’m forever thankful to Joe Koff and Delirious and everyone at Ring of Honor. As things move over, I understand that there is training involved and getting up to speed for how other people like to run things. Not just Tony Khan, but production in general. Every company runs differently. Whether that is producing backstage or writing or being in HR or talent relations, I’m open to any of those things. I did all of them last year. We’ll see what comes of it. I’m hopeful and excited.”

Maria Kanellis is also not exclusive to Impact Wrestling. We will have to wait and see whether Maria and Mike Kanellis make their way back to ROH in the future or not.

h/t to Fightful for the quotes

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