Best in the World '16

Best in the World '16 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Ring of Honor. It took place in the Cabarrus Arena in Concord, North Carolina on June 24, 2016. It was the seventh annual ROH Best in the World event. The event saw the appearance of WCW legend Kevin Sullivan.
Eight matches took place at the event. In the main event, Jay Lethal defeated Jay Briscoe to retain the ROH World Championship in their rematch since last year's event. Other prominent matches were B. J. Whitmer defeating Steve Corino in a non-sanctioned fight without honor after the interference of Kevin Sullivan, The Addiction retaining the ROH World Tag Team Championships against The Motor City Machine Guns, the Bullet Club defeating War Machine & Moose and Mark Briscoe defeating Roderick Strong. The event marked the last PPV matches of both Steve Corino and Roderick Strong. Corino left on December 31, 2016, and Strong left on June 25, 2016, and both joined WWE.

Storylines

Best in the World '16 featured professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on ROH's primary television program, Ring of Honor Wrestling. Wrestlers portrayed heroes or villains as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.