TNA News: TNA's Loss Is Ring of Honor's Gain, Jay Lethal Returns June 26th

Prowrestling.net is reporting that Jay Lethal is returning to Ring of Honor. This is a great acquisition for the company, as Lethal is a young and talented wrestler. Sadly, he was being misused in TNA which led to his release.

Lethal is slated to return at the online pay-per-view Best in the World.

Lethal has proven that he can perform in the ring, and almost a year ago went toe-to-toe with Ric Flair in one of the best promos in TNA history. Lethal embodied TNA and was an integral part of the X-Division since 2005.

His most notable character was "Black Machismo", which was a parody of Randy Savage. Lethal was a six-time X-Division champ and a one-time tag-champ with partner Consequences Creed.

The partnership only lasted a year; soon after Creed left TNA, eventually signing a developmental deal with rival WWE.

Surprisingly, Lethal was used a lot during 2010. He had several feuds for the X-Division title with Kaz, Douglas Williams, Robbie E and Amazing Red. However, it was his feud with Ric Flair that catapulted him into the spotlight.

He showed that he was the master of parody, he had every one of Flair's moves and subtle nuances down pat. This eventually led to a series of matches against Flair, in which Lethal beat Flair two of the three times they faced off.

Since his X-Division title run, Lethal was used very sparingly. In fact, Lockdown was the first TV appearance for Lethal in quite some time.