Former Ring Of Honor Wrestling COO Joe Koff, who led the company during the Sinclair Broadcast Group Era, has passed away.

Koff first got his experience in the wrestling business when the Championship Wrestling From Florida promotion was produced by the television station that he was employed by in Tampa.

Koff, later took on a role as executive for the Sinclair Broadcast Group, and along with Jim Cornette and Gary Juster at the time were instrumental in putting together the deal for SBG to purchase Ring Of Honor from Cary Silkin in 2011, a deal that meant the ROH brand survived for further years.

Koff remained in his roles with SBG until the company sold the promotion to Tony Khan in 2022, with Koff reflecting on his role at that time writing, “As I look back on this amazing journey, there are so many people who joined this journey with me, our staff, our brilliant athletes that you will always know as Ring Of Honor, our partners in production and distribution, our vendors and most importantly, you our fans. I want to thank you personally for your continuous support, belief in me and our product, what we could do, what we would do, what we did! It was the journey of a lifetime and I thank you for sharing it with me.”

On behalf of Wrestling-News.Net, we would like to extend our condolences to Koff’s family and friends.