Ring of Honor has announced that Maria Kanellis has returned to the promotion.
Kanellis worked for ROH from December 2011 until December 2015. Kanellis and her real-life husband Mike Bennett left for IMPACT Wrestling. They both left the company in March 2017 for WWE. The couple were released this past April as part of budget cuts due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Mike Bennett recently returned to Ring of Honor, reuniting with his former tag team partner Matt Taven.
As part of the announcement, which you can view in the video above, Kanellis will be leading the charge for The Experience, which starts next month.
The Experience will be a Facebook group that will be considered a groundbreaking concept for fan engagement to empower members of the Honor Nation to make their voices heard on Ring of ROH’s social media platforms
You can read the full announcement from Ring of Honor below:
ROH Takes Fan Engagement To Unprecedented Level With The Experience
Ring of Honor has always strived to give the best wrestling fans on the planet what they want. Now the fans will have an open forum to tell us directly what they want.
In January, ROH takes The Experience to the next level of fan engagement by empowering the members of Honor Nation to make their voices heard.
The Experience is not a singular event. It’s a movement. Fans are encouraged to join the ROH
The Experience Facebook group to share their thoughts and opinions about all things ROH.
Which outside talents do you want to see in ROH? Which ROH stars should be getting title shots? What match stipulations do you want to see?
ROH wants you to #ChooseYourHonor.
Maria Kanellis-Bennett is leading the charge for The Experience. She made the announcement about the groundbreaking concept on ROH’s social media platforms.
“Ring of Honor has cultivated an environment where the wrestlers and the fans are the experience,” Kanellis-Bennett said. “I want wrestlers to thrive and I want to give you the fans what you truly desire.
“I want Ring of Honor to be yours. No … I want Ring of Honor to be ours.”