Former ROH employee Joey Mercury revealed in an email on social media that ROH has stated that Women of Honor Champion Kelly Klein breached the existing agreement she had with ROH by sharing confidential documents and emails with another contractor, who used the material to defame and slander ROH and one of its key officers, Greg Gilleland.
In addition, the email goes on to say that Klein used her social media presence to help this contractor’s Twitter account gain traction, and to validate his claims, in which Ring of Honor claims furthered her involvement in these actions, and thus have terminated their existing agreement with Klein and has enacted a six-month non-compete clause.
Klein’s husband, former ROH and current AEW Producer BJ Whitmer, confirmed on Twitter (view below) his wife was fired by the company, stating that “Yes, my wife was fired by Ring of Honor COO Joe Koff, via email Tuesday evening.” He went on to say “Not a phone call, an email. Kelly is still very much suffering from Post Concussion Syndrome and was fired while still injured.”
Ring of Honor issued the following statement to PWInsider at it pertains Klein’s terminiation:
“We don’t generally discuss personal issues but they seem to have made it public – we didn’t fire [Kelly Klein], we just notified her that we would not be renewing her contract.”
It should also be noted that according to PWInsider, Klein’s current deal expires on 12/31.
There has been no further comment from Ring of Honor on the status of the Women of Honor Championship.
The 33 year-old Klein first signed with Ring of Honor in 2015 and held the Women of Honor Championship three times. She has been battling post-concussion syndrome, and said that while she is improving, she is still experiencing concussion symptoms.
https://twitter.com/JOEYnRetrograde/status/1197651202680459264
https://twitter.com/BJ_Whitmer/status/1197656657637126150
Klein has also took to Twitter to comment on her termination from ROH, which you can check out below:
This is so sad. I guess it’s all about the bottom line. But I’m no one’s bottom line.
Time to open the gate… https://t.co/5jXOsw6mdk
— Kelly Klein (@RealKellyKlein) November 21, 2019