Cary Silkin, who has been with ROH (Ring Of Honor) since their inception back on February 23rd, 2002, recently appeared on the Talk Is Jericho podcast and talked about how The Young Bucks were two of his most favorite guys and how they were brought into ROH by current WWE official Adam Pearce.
Cary Silkin said:
“Two of my best children and my favorite guys were The Bucks. Adam Pearce brought The Bucks in.” “I remembered him telling me and I go, ‘where do they live?’ He goes, ‘California, they’re only 75 bucks a night.’ But I go, ‘it’s California,’ and he goes, ‘I got them on Spirit Airlines, it’s only eight stops.’ The Bucks came in and I got to know them really well, I am so happy for their success.”
Cary Silkin also talked about who for him is the best and his favorite ring announcer and referee pro wrestling.
Cary Silkin said:
“To this day, and this goes to the very last show we have, no disrespect to Justin Roberts, the best ring announcer in wrestling, in my opinion, Bobby Cruise. We had the best referee in wrestling, Todd Sinclair.” “They weren’t with us since day one.”
Cary Silkin also talked about how their deal with IMPACT Wrestling wasn't good as it was one-sided.
Cary Silkin said:
“They didn’t deal with us very nicely.” “It was totally one-sided. I’ve met and spoken a lot to Jeff Jarrett later on, who knows when he was actually there and when he wasn’t. I’m not mad at Scotty D’Amore or this one or that one, but we didn’t get treated very nicely and we’ll leave it at that.”
Cary Silkin then talked about how legends like Mick Foley and Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat worked for ROH for a number of shows despite receiving a small amount of money.
Cary Silkin said:
“He (Mick Foley) enjoyed it so much that the next loop, for us this is a loop, Chicago, Detroit, and somewhere, I wanted to use him. Ricky Steamboat was coming also but I couldn’t really afford him.” “I called him up and he said look, ‘I loved what I saw there. Don’t tell anybody Cary, but I’ll do it for X. But you can’t tell anybody.’ We had him and Ricky Steamboat for six or seven shows. You’ve got to respect history and I’m glad that AEW does. I am glad to see you guys carrying on with that, it’s very important.”
You can check out Cary Silkin's full comments at this link. H/T to Wrestling Inc. for transcribing the above quotes.
