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 Ring of Honor will not re-sign current women's
world champion Kelly Klein when her deal is up due to what they are saying is a
breach of contract. Her deal ends on December 31st. Klein’s departure was
announced by Joey Mercury, a former producer, creative team member, and trainer
for ROH, as part of a recent string of tweets spelling out his issues with his
former employers. Klein and her husband, former ROH wrestler and producer B.J.
Whitmer, both confirmed her departure but have issues about the way it was
handled and announced. Klein has been with ROH since 2015 and has won their
women's title three times. She has been dealing with ongoing post-concussion
issues that haven’t totally improved. ROH COO Joe Koff sent out an email
expressing frustration with Klein for not being sorry for "past actions that had
hurt the company." He had issues with her sharing confidential documents and
emails with another contractor who used the material to defame and slander the
company and one of its key officers, Greg Gilleland." That contractor is Mercury
and Koff claims their social media accounts have pushed Mercury’s issues with
ROH into the public domain. Klein does have a six-month no-compete clause but
Koff will waive that and let her become a free agent at the end of the year.
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