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Glory By Honor is a
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(PPV) event promoted 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). There have been 11 events in the Glory by Honor chronology, some of which occurred over two nights. Since its inception in 2002, all events have been held in an
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, except for Glory By Honor V, Night 1, which was held under a tent outside of the original venue. The show itself was threatened due to a problem with permits. Each event featured
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from ROH competing in various
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. Since the inaugural event, six
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matches have taken place in the
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.


Background

Glory By Honor features professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from existing, scripted
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and storylines with wrestlers portrayed as
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or
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, or more ambiguous characters in scripted contests that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match on the pay per view. In 2010, Ring of Honor's official website announced that ROH would have their next online pay per view event in New York, being the first time the Glory By Honor lineage would be featured in such a capacity. This is the fourth pay per view ROH had featured online.


Dates and venues


See also

* ROH's annual events


References


External links


Ring of Honor's official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Glory By Honor Recurring events established in 2002 Recurring events disestablished in 2016