Best in the World (2017) was a
professional wrestling
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pay-per-view
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Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program guid ...
event produced by
Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor (ROH) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. The promotion was founded by Rob Feinstein on February 23, 2002, and was operated by Cary Silkin from 2004 until 2011, when the promotion was so ...
(ROH). It took place at the
Lowell Memorial Auditorium
The Lowell Memorial Auditorium is an indoor auditorium in downtown Lowell, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is dedicated to local veterans of war.
The 2,800-seat venue was built in 1922 by the architectural firm of Blackall, Clapp & W ...
in
Lowell, Massachusetts
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on June 23, 2017. It was the eighth annual
ROH Best in the World
Best in the World is a professional wrestling event, held annually by the Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion. The initial ''Best in the World'' event took place as a part of the "Milestone Series" in 2006. In 2011, it became an annual internet pay-per ...
event.
Storylines
Best in the World featured
professional wrestling matches
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that involved wrestlers from pre-existing
scripted
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Backgr ...
feuds,
plots, and
storylines that played out on ROH's primary television program, ''
Ring of Honor Wrestling
''Ring of Honor Wrestling'', often shortened as ''ROH Wrestling TV'' or ''ROH TV'', is an American professional wrestling television series produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). The series featured professional wrestlers competing in matches and condu ...
''. Wrestlers portrayed heroes or villains as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Results
See also
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2017 in professional wrestling
References
External links
Official Ring of Honor website
{{2017 ROH pay-per-view events
2017 in professional wrestling
Professional wrestling in Massachusetts
Entertainment events in Massachusetts
Events in Lowell, Massachusetts
2017 in Massachusetts
2017
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June 2017 events in the United States
2017 Ring of Honor pay-per-view events
History of Lowell, Massachusetts