An update on Austin Aries appearing on last night's ROH Anniversary PPV.
Aries made Impact Wrestling aware of the appearance in advance. Impact was supportive of the appearance, feeling it could only bring them positive awareness, even if they were not directly working with Ring of Honor.
While there are obviously some burned bridges between the two companies, the current Impact management regime is very much of the opinion that they want an open door policy to work with everyone they can. While ROH did not reach out to Impact, Impact is obviously hoping this could be a first step towards relations down the line.
In fact, we are also told that Impact Wrestling gave their blessing for the Impact championship belt to appear with Aries.
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