When Does Daniel Bryan’s Contract Expire? + ROH Streaming Service?

Ring of Honor head Joe Koff was interviewed by The A.V. Club and had a few interesting things to say.

Koff mentioned that Daniel Bryan is under contract with WWE until September 2018.

AVC: If the WWE won’t clear him to wrestle, what are the odds that Daniel Bryan—or Bryan Danielson as many know him—would be wrestling in Ring Of Honor when his contract ends next year?

JK: I’m not gonna give you odds, I wouldn’t even know how to set those. Bryan’s under contract with the WWE, from what I understand, until September 2018. If he chooses not to renew that contract, and he is able to wrestle from a health standpoint, I would welcome him. It would be a triumphant return. I think we would be the right place for him, the right fan appreciation, the right respect from the industry plus management plus everybody. But there’s so many variables in that. Even though it’s not far away, a year in wrestling is a long period of time. But he is more than welcomed to come back and I would love to have him on our roster.

Koff also said that an ROH streaming service is currently in development and should be launched early next year. He also talked about recent talks he has had with WWE.

AVC: You have a vast back catalog of wrestling footage. Can we expect a Ring Of Honor streaming service anytime soon?

JK: It’s in development right now. I would expect it to be around the first of the year or a little bit after.

AVC: A number of outlets have reported that there were talks earlier this year between Ring Of Honor and WWE. What were the talks about?

JK: I would just say it was really about content. They put together a Kevin Owens DVD and we were talking about licensing some of the footage. And conversations got into, “Would you be interested in doing more and sharing content.”

AVC: I take it those talks went nowhere.

JK: Well, not yet. Not in the foreseeable future.