Ring of Honor's HDNet program to move to Monday nights

Ring of Honor Wrestling's weekly HDNet television program will be moved from Saturday to Monday nights, effective this August 17. Maintaining an 8 p.m. Eastern time slot, "ROH on HDNet" will effectively serve as a surrogate lead-in to "WWE Raw."

The official ROH/HDNet joint press release exclaimed that "pro wrestling returns to Monday night," a spin on the Ring of Honor's attempt to serve a more purist professional wrestling product than the entertainment-oriented Raw.

To be sure, HDNet should get at least a minor increase in the viewership of ROH wrestling from the jump away from Saturdays. However, what remains unaddressed are the continuing issues that HDNet has in securing carriage on the major cable systems. Without such access, the impact of this move will be limited.

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