After 20 straight opportunities at winning a title for four different promotions, AR Fox can now call himself a champion after winning the Ring of Honor men’s TV title on Thursday’s ROH TV.
In a match taped Saturday, Fox defeated Nick Wayne for his first title run since holding the CZW Wired championship in 2020. It’s also his first title in either AEW or ROH.
Going into the match, Fox was 0 for his last 20, starting with February 2020’s loss in an AAW Tag Team title challenge. Since then, Fox has challenged for the AEW TNT title, AEW Trios titles, AEW International title, AEW National title, NJPW TV title, ROH World title, ROH Six-Man titles, and ROH Pure title without a single win.
This was Fox’s fourth shot at the TV title dating back to November 2024. He already has his first title defense set up as he will face Lio Rush at Friday’s ROH Supercard of Honor.
The win ends Wayne’s 387-day run with the title which saw seven successful defenses and seven months of inactivity due to a broken foot. He returned from injury this past March and will now head to Japan for the annual NJPW Best of the Super Juniors tournament.
AEW National Champion Mark Davis will continue his busy schedule at Friday’s Ring of Honor Supercard of Honor streaming special — one of three championship matches added Thursday.
Davis will defend the title against CMLL’s Xelhua who will be making his fifth ROH appearance and his first since late-January in a trios bout. This will be the first time they have shared the ring.
Davis defeated Jack Perry for the title last Saturday at AEW Fairway to Hell and was added to Team Ricochet for the Stadium Stampede match taking place at next Sunday’s AEW Double or Nothing. He’s had a slew of matches in ROH since 2023 and has won his last six singles matches there.
Also added to the show is an ROH Pure title defense as Lee Moriarty puts the title up against Ace Austin who is coming off a loss to Will Ospreay Wednesday. Moriarty has held the title for 658 days with 15 successful title defenses.
After finally breaking through and defeating Nick Wayne for the ROH TV title Thursday, AR Fox will put the title on the line against Lio Rush who called his shot directly afterward.
In another development, Zayda Steel defeated Hyan to earn the final spot in the Survival of the Fittest match for Athena’s ROH Women’s World title.
As of this writing, the Zero Hour pre-show matches have yet to be announced.
Current ROH Supercard of Honor card | This Friday | HonorClub
ROH World Champion Bandido defends against Blake Christian
Nigel McGuinness vs. Josh Woods in a Pure rules match
ROH Women’s Champion Athena defends against Maya World, Trish Adora, Yuka Sakazaki, Billie Starkz and Zayda Steel in a Survival of the Fittest match
ROH Women’s Pure Champion Deonna Purrazzo defends against Diamante
ROH Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet defends against Viva Van
AEW National Champion Mark Davis defends against Xelhua
ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty defends against Ace Austin
ROH Men’s TV Champion AR Fox defends against Lio Rush
Two new segments have been added to AEW Dynasty’s pre-show.
It was announced on Saturday that Nick Wayne and Cru (Action Andretti & Lio Rush) will take on AR Fox and Top Flight in a trios match. Collision saw Top Flight beat Cru in a tag team match after weeks of tension between the former friends. Angry about the loss, Rush and Andretti immediately jumped Dante and Darius Martin after the bell as AR Fox came out for the save. Nick Wayne, who earlier in the night rebuffed an offer by Cru to help them, came out and aided them in taking out Top Flight and Fox.
Also set for Sunday is a Max Caster Best Wrestler Alive Open Challenge. Before quickly losing to Mark Briscoe on Saturday, Caster referenced his former tag team partner Anthony Bowens.
The Zero Hour pre-show begins on Sunday, April 6 at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time. The pre-show will air for free on AEW’s YouTube and digital media channels. The main card kicks off at 8 p.m. Eastern time on pay-per-view.
The current Dynasty lineup:
AEW World Champion Jon Moxley defends against Swerve Strickland
AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm defends against Megan Bayne
AEW International Champion Kenny Omega defends against Ricochet and Mike Bailey in a three-way
AEW Trios Champions Death Riders (Wheeler Yuta, PAC & Claudio Castagnoli) defend against Rated FTR (Cope, Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler)
ROH World Champion Chris Jericho defends against Bandido in a title vs. mask match
AEW TNT Champion Daniel Garcia defends against Adam Cole with no time limit and no interference
AEW Tag Team Champions The Hurt Syndicate (Shelton Benjamin & Bobby Lashley) defend against Bryan Keith & Big Bill
Will Ospreay vs. Kevin Knight in an Owen Hart Foundation tournament first round match
Mercedes Mone vs. Julia Hart in an Owen Hart Foundation tournament first round match
Mark Briscoe vs. Kyle Fletcher in an Owen Hart Foundation tournament first round match
The Opps (Samoa Joe, Hook & Katsuyori Shibata) make an appearance
Zero Hour: AR Fox & Top Flight vs. The Cru & Nick Wayne
Zero Hour: Max Caster Best Wrestler Alive Open Challenge
Fox originally had joined the Mogul Embassy in 2023 during Swerve’s feud with Darby Allin. However, Swerve was fired from the group shortly after he joined.
After mocking Ricochet at Worlds End, Ricochet retaliated by stabbing Swerve in the forehead with scissors. Swerve returned on last week’s Dynamite and went after Ricochet after he was laid out with a steel chair by Prince Nana. Ricochet managed to flee the arena before Swerve could seek revenge.
Here’s the current lineup for Wednesday in Knoxville, Tennessee:
Will Ospreay & Kenny Omega meet face-to-face
Cope vs. PAC
AEW Tag Team titles: Private Party defend against The Hurt Business (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin)
Brian Cage will defend the Ring of Honor men’s TV title at next Friday’s Final Battle in a six-way Survival of the Fittest match.
Cage will face AR Fox, Willie Mack, Mark Davis, Blake Christian and Komander in the elimination-style bout taking place at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.
Cage has two title defenses since winning the gold at October’s WrestleDream, coming against Fox and Komander.
Here’s the current card for the HonorClub streaming special:
ROH World Champion Chris Jericho defends against Matt Cardona
ROH Women’s World Champion Athena defends against Billie Starkz
ROH Tag Team Champions Sons of Texas (Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara) defend against The Righteous (Vincent & Dutch)
ROH women’s TV Champion Red Velvet defends against Leyla Hirsch
ROH men’s TV Champion Brian Cage defends against AR Fox, Willie Mack, Mark Davis, Blake Christian and Komander in a Survival of the Fittest match
A new match has been added to next week’s Collision.
Nick Wayne will meet AR Fox after the two had a confrontation on this week’s show. Fox was interrupted by Wayne during a promo, asking how long it had been since Fox attacked him at his wrestling school. He said his father, Christian Cage, taught him to hold a grudge and hadn’t forgiven him for the attack last year. Wayne said he had changed and wasn’t the same boy he was last year, pointing out the recent attack on Hook by the Patriarchy. Fox said he didn’t know anything about Hook, but said he’d see Wayne next week on Collision.
"I've learned from my father Christian Cage to never forget who wronged you, and always to hold a grudge…" – Nick Wayne has some words of warning to AR Fox
In an angle that took place last August, Swerve and the Mogul Embassay (which included AR Fox at the time) attacked Wayne at his home and left him a bloody mess. Fox was removed from the group shortly after, however, and Wayne’s then mentor Darby Allin and Sting defeated Strickland and Christian Cage at All In in a coffin match.
It was announced later in the show that the Full Gear 4-Way Contender’s Series would begin next week on Collision. The Outrunners will face Top Flight, with the winners advancing to a four-way AEW Tag Team title match at Full Gear.
Here is the updated lineup for next week’s Collision:
Nick Wayne vs. AR Fox
AEW Full Gear 4-Way Contender’s Series: The Outrunners vs. Top Flight
An International title match is set for next week’s Dynamite.
Orange Cassidy will defend the title against Blackpool Combat Club member Claudio Castagnoli. The end of Wednesday’s Dynamite saw Castagnoli and Bryan Danielson defeat Cassidy and NJPW’s Kazuchika Okada when Castagnoli pinned Cassidy.
After the match, Best Friends, Rocky Romero, and Hook came to the ring as Okada taunted Danielson, who was being tended to by medics after he took an Orange Punch and a Rainmaker. It was there that the International title match was announced for next week.
MJF also agreed to find three partners against Bullet Club Gold ‘next week’, although it was not specified if it would take place on next week’s Dynamite. MJF successfully defended his Dynamite Diamond Ring on Wednesday defeating Juice Robinson, but was jumped by all of Bullet Club Gold after the match. Both The Kingdom and The Acclaimed made the save for MJF, but MJF rejected the idea he would team with any of them.
Here is what’s set for next week’s AEW Dynamite:
AEW International title: Orange Cassidy defends against Claudio Castagnoli
Jon Moxley isn’t waiting long to make his first defense of the AEW International Championship.
AEW has announced that Moxley will put the International title on the line against AR Fox on tonight’s episode of Dynamite. Moxley won the championship from Orange Cassidy at All Out this Sunday.
The Moxley vs. Fox match was announced as an International Championship open challenge.
AEW wrote: “TONIGHT LIVE on #AEWDynamite from Indianapolis, Indiana #AEW International Championship Open Challenge @JonMoxley (c) vs @ARealFoxx. Don’t miss Wednesday Night #AEW Dynamite LIVE @ 8/7c on @TBSNetwork”
Moxley vs. Orange Cassidy headlined Sunday’s All Out pay-per-view. With his victory, Moxley ended Cassidy’s nearly 11-month long reign as champion.
Fox unsuccessfully challenged Cassidy for the International title on the July 26 episode of Dynamite.
Tonight’s Dynamite is being held at Indiana Farmers Coliseum. Here’s what’s been announced for the episode:
Grand Slam World title eliminator tournament: Darby Allin vs. Nick Wayne
Grand Slam World title eliminator tournament: Roderick Strong vs. Trent Beretta
AEW International Champion Jon Moxley defends against AR Fox
TBS Champion Kris Statlander defends against Emi Sakura
Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara vs. Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher)
AEW shot an angle on Wednesday’s Dynamite to add Christian Cage to Sunday’s All In coffin match, replacing AR Fox.
Fox & Swerve Strickland were defeated in tag team action by Nick Wayne & Darby Allin on Dynamite when Wayne pinned Fox.
After the match, Strickland said that the tag bout had been a test for Fox and that Fox had failed. Strickland turned on Fox and had Prince Nana fire him from the Mogul Embassy stable, leaving Strickland without a partner for the announced Fox & Strickland vs. Allin & Sting coffin match at Sunday’s All In pay-per-view.
Allin & Fox then reestablished their friendship after Fox had turned against Allin & Wayne to join Strickland & Mogul Embassy weeks ago.
Christian Cage then entered with Luchasaurus and cut a promo on Wayne’s late father, aligning with Strickland. The coffin match was then re-announced later in the program as Cage & Strickland vs. Allin & Sting.
The updated All In card:
AEW All In, Sunday, August 27, 1 p.m. Eastern time on pay-per-view —
AEW World Championship: MJF defends against Adam Cole
AEW Women’s World Championship: Hikaru Shida defends against Toni Storm, Britt Baker & Saraya
AEW World Tag Team Championship: FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) defend against The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson)
Real World Championship: CM Punk defends against Samoa Joe
AEW World Trios Championship: The House of Black (Malakai Black, Buddy Matthews & Brody King) vs. The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) & Billy Gunn
Stadium Stampede match: Eddie Kingston, Penta El Zero Miedo, Orange Cassidy & Best Friends (Trent Beretta & Chuck Taylor) vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta), Santana & Ortiz
Coffin match: Sting & Darby Allin vs. Swerve Strickland & Christian Cage
Chris Jericho vs. Will Ospreay
The Golden Elite (Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi & Hangman Page) vs. Bullet Club Gold (Jay White & Juice Robinson) & Konosuke Takeshita
Zero Hour pre-show, 12 p.m. Eastern time on AEW’s YouTube & social media channels —
ROH World Tag Team Championship: Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) defend against Better Than You Bay Bay (MJF & Adam Cole)
Sting & Darby Allin made a surprise appearance at an Atlanta indie show Thursday night, furthering their angle with AR Fox for AEW All In.
Sting & Allin attacked AR Fox at a WWA4 indie show in Atlanta Thursday night, with Sting holding Fox down with his baseball bat while Allin hit Fox with a Coffin Drop.
Fox is the head trainer at the WWA4 wrestling school and indie promotion based in Atlanta.
Swerve Strickland & Fox are set to face Sting & Allin in a coffin match at next Sunday’s All In pay-per-view at Wembley Stadium in London.
AEW All In, Sunday, August 27, 1 p.m. Eastern time on pay-per-view —
AEW World Championship: MJF defends against Adam Cole
AEW Women’s World Championship: Hikaru Shida defends against Toni Storm, Britt Baker & Saraya
AEW World Tag Team Championship: FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) defend against The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson)
Stadium Stampede match: Eddie Kingston, The Lucha Bros (Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix), Orange Cassidy & Best Friends (Trent Beretta & Chuck Taylor) vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta) & three TBA
Coffin match: Sting & Darby Allin vs. Mogul Embassy (Swerve Strickland & AR Fox)
Chris Jericho vs. Will Ospreay
The Golden Elite (Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi &Hangman Page) vs. Bullet Club Gold (Jay White & Juice Robinson) & Konosuke Takeshita
Zero Hour pre-show, 12 p.m. Eastern time on AEW’s YouTube channel —
ROH World Tag Team Championship: Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) defend against Better Than You Bay Bay (MJF & Adam Cole)
A parking lot fight is set for this Friday’s AEW Rampage as Blackpool Combat Club’s Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli will take on Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta).
The match came to be after Wednesday’s anything goes three-way on Dynamite between Moxley, Beretta and Penta El Zero Miedo. After Beretta won, Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta were shown fighting with Taylor and Orange Cassidy in the crowd. After things settled down, Taylor took to the microphone afterward to make the challenge.
The match will not be held in Tampa, Florida, after Dynamite but rather at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida. It’s assumed to be filmed Thursday which is why Moxley was pulled from his scheduled match with Wrestling Revolver in Ohio.
Taylor and Beretta had a famous parking lot fight with Santana and Ortiz in September 2020 during the pandemic era at Daily’s Place.
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After they attacked and bloodied up Nick Wayne in his home ring where his father taught him how to wrestle, Swerve Strickland & AR Fox will be in tag team action.
With all the turmoil surrounding the Jericho Appreciation Society, the group’s Anna Jay will take on Skye Blue.
In trios action, Keith Lee will team with The Hardys against Kip Sabian and The Butcher & The Blade.
Here’s the full card for Friday:
Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli) vs. Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta) in a parking lot fight
Anna Jay vs. Skye Blue
Swerve Strickland & AR Fox vs. TBA
Keith Lee, Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy vs. The Butcher & The Blade and Kip Sabian
Zack Sabre Jr. will return to Ring of Honor TV on HonorClub Thursday to defend his NJPW TV title once again.
After appearing on the revived debut show, the inaugural NJPW TV Champion will put the gold on the line against AR Fox in pursuit of his seventh title defense.
In a no DQ Fight Without Honor match, The Kingdom’s Mike Bennett and Matt Taven will face Darius Martin and Action Andretti.
Former ROH Women’s Champion Mercedes Martinez returns to action off the injured list for the first time since last December when she goes one-on-one with Ashley D’Amboise.
Former ROH Tag Team Champions Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal will continue their reformed run as they face Cole Karter and Zack Clayton.
In a high-flying affair, Rey Fenix will take on Gringo Loco.
Other action includes Willow Nightingale vs. Madi Wrenkowski, Lady Frost vs. Miranda Alize, and several tag team matches.
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– The show started with Dasha backstage with Willie Mack and Ninja Mack. They showed respect to each other and made the decision to team together.
This week’s Ring of Honor was taped at Universal Studios in Orlando, FL. Ian Riccaboni, Caprice Coleman, and Nigel McGuinness were on the call.
Rey Fenix (w/Alex Abrahantes) defeated Gringo Loco
This was a great opener to the show. Loco was a great pickup by ROH, as his basing allows these high-flyers to really shine.
These two started off quickly, avoiding each other’s offense before Fenix scored the advantage with several kicks. Fenix sent Loco to the floor with an armdrag before following him outside with a springboard dive. Fenix hit a frog splash in the ring for a nearfall. Loco caught Fenix on a rolling move, picking him up in a gorilla press before slamming him down.
After going for the mask, Loco dropped Fenix with a facebuster for a nearfall. Fenix fought Loco off with a pair of thrust kicks before hitting his spinning back kick in the corner. Fenix followed up by running on the top rope to kick Loco in the head before landing another splash for a nearfall. Loco cut Fenix off, but Fenix hit the rewind kick through the ropes.
Fenix brought Loco to the corner and went for a rolling cutter, but Loco caught Fenix with a cutter of his own for a nearfall. Fenix scored with a rolling Frankensteiner for a nearfall before drilling Loco with a superkick. Fenix brought Loco to the top rope before hitting a double jump rana for a nearfall. Fenix brought Loco back to the top rope, but Loco knocked him down before hitting a step-up twisting Destroyer for a nearfall.
Loco brought Fenix up on his shoulders, but Fenix pulled him down with a poisonrana. Fenix hit the rolling cutter to win.
– Dasha was backstage with The Wingmen, Peter Avalon and Ryan Nemeth. They mock the Iron Savages and want to prove that ROH is Wingmen Country. Good luck with that.
– Ian Riccaboni announces that Katsuyori Shibata will defend his title against his protégé Alex Coughlin in two weeks on ROH television from Las Vegas.
Willow Nightingale defeated Madi Wrenkowski
Nightingale was in firm control to start, landing a senton. Wrenkowski got a boot in on Nightingale before choking her over the ropes. She brought Nightingale to the apron and covered her up with the apron itself, landing heavy strikes.
Back in the ring, Nightingale fired up, hitting a splash in the corner before hitting the spinebuster. Wrenkowski fought out of the Babe With The Powerbomb, forcing Nightingale into the corner. Nightingale caught Wrenkowski in powerbomb position, but Wrenkowski took her down by the head Billy Kidman-style for a nearfall. Nightingale moved out of the way of a boot and hit the Pounce. Nightingale followed that with the Babe With The Powerbomb for the win.
Iron Savages (Boulder & Bronson) (w/Jacked Jameson) defeated The Wingmen (Peter Avalon & Ryan Nemeth)
Jameson led the Savages out with an energetic introduction, hyping up the crowd for the Savages. Riccaboni noted that Nemeth will be playing Gino Hernandez in the new Von Erich movie that MJF also plays a part in. Currently, Nemeth was getting pounded on by the Savages. Nemeth desperately tagged out to Avalon, who got the advantage after Nemeth chop-blocked Bronson.
Nemeth took some time to swivel his hips, which was met with a spinebuster from Bronson. Boulder tagged in and ran wild on the Wingmen, landing a double flapjack. Boulder went for a moonsault, but Avalon moved and hit a splash of his own for a nearfall. Boulder repeatedly pressed Avalon to kick out before dropping both Wingmen with a crossbody. Bronson tagged in and scored the win after getting electric chair dropped onto both Wingmen.
Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal defeated Cole Karter & Zack Clayton
Daniels and Sydal got the advantage first, scoring an offensive combination on Karter. Clayton tagged in but met the same fate and took an offensive combo for a nearfall. Karter cut Sydal off on the ropes, allowing Clayton to hit a lariat on Sydal. Karter and Clayton worked over Sydal for a while, with Karter sending Sydal off the top rope into a powerslam from Clayton. Karter hit a splash for a nearfall that Daniels broke up.
Daniels tagged in and ran wild, landing a bulldog/clothesline combo. Karter cut off an Angel’s Wings attempt, bringing Sydal in to send Karter out. Daniels hit the STO as Sydal landed a dive on Karter on the floor. Daniels got the win with the Best Moonsault Ever.
Lady Frost defeated Miranda Alize
Both of these women maximized their minutes here. I wouldn’t mind seeing more of them in this women’s division.
A quick start to this one, as Alize drilled Frost with a rana before booting her in the gut. Alize hit a strong face wash boot in the corner, but only scored a one-count. Alize talked trash, but Frost hit a jumping knee and a cartwheel cannonball in the corner for a nearfall. Alize came back with a release suplex for a nearfall. Alize hit a Tiger Driver for a nearfall.
Alize set up a neckbreaker, but Frost fought out and cartwheeled into an Air Raid Crash. Frost went to the top rope and hit a corkscrew moonsault for the win.
Cheeseburger and Serpentico got started, with Cheeseburger getting the better of Serpentico with technical maneuvers. Angelico broke up Cheeseburger’s momentum before tagging in and showing off his llave submissions. SAP worked over Cheeseburger until he got a tag out to Isom. Isom ran wild, hitting a dive on Serpentico on the floor.
Luther booted Isom on the floor while the referee was focused in the ring. Angelico caught Cheeseburger in a leg vine submission for the quick submission win.
NJPW World Television Title Match: Zack Sabre Jr. defeated AR Fox to retain
All NJPW World TV Title matches have a 15-minute time limit, with the title remaining with the champion in the case of a draw. It was announced that the winner would defend the title against Jeff Cobb at NJPW Dominion on June 4th.
After an opening exchange, Fox caught Sabre with the double dropkick combo in the corner for an early nearfall. Fox sent Sabre to the floor and hit the superman dive to the floor. Fox hit a springboard dropkick for a nearfall. Sabre got a hold of Fox’s arm and slammed him down.
Sabre started the work on the arm, manipulating his wrist while in an armbar. Fox tried fighting back, but lost Sabre on an Irish Whip attempt due to the bad arm. Sabre did more work on the arm, twisting Fox into an armbar that Fox fought off. Fox caught Sabre with a jumping clothesline. Fox booted Sabre twice before hitting a swinging suplex for a nearfall.
Sabre went back to the arm, dropping Fox to all fours and stomping on his elbow. Sabre hit the Penalty Kick for a nearfall. Sabre toyed with Fox, allowing Fox to fight back and send Sabre to the floor. Sabre cut off a dive, but Fox superkicked him in the ropes. Fox hit a pendulum DDT for a nearfall. Fox brought Sabre to the top rope, but Sabre caught him in the Cobra Twist on the top rope. Fox popped back up, hitting the Lo Mein Pain for a nearfall.
At the 10-minute call, AR Fox went to the top rope, but Sabre rolled to the floor. Fox followed him with a big dive to the floor. Back in the ring, Sabre avoided a 450 and caught Fox in a European Clutch for a nearfall. Sabre started ripping at Fox’s legs, catching Fox in the Orienteering With Napalm Death submission for the win and his 7th successful defense of the title.
– In the ring, Dasha interviewed Sabre after his win. He said that he saw a chance to make history as the first NJPW World TV Champion, and he took it. He declared himself the best champion in wrestling, and the most active TV Champion in wrestling. ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe came out taking offense to this. Joe offered a fight against Sabre right now, but Matt Sydal and Christopher Daniels made their way to the stage. Daniels stated that he, Joe, and Sabre have all held TV Titles, but Sydal was overdue for a title shot of his own. Sabre offered up a tag team match, with a TV Title shot on the line for Sydal and Daniels if they won. Everyone seemed to agree, with Sabre saying that afterward, they’ll figure out which champion is better. I’m excited about all of these potential matches.
The Gates Of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) (w/Prince Nana) defeated Dalton Castle & Boy Brandon
This stems from the mystery attack on Boy Brent last week. Boy Brandon started off with Kaun and got the better of him in a grappling exchange. Kaun then tagged in Liona, who tackled Brandon and threw him with abandon. The Gates threw Brandon around for a while until Brandon caught Kaun with a low flatliner. Kaun cut him off and sent him into the ropes where Liona booted him.
The Gates clubbered on Brandon more until Brandon crotched Liona on a splash attempt. Castle got the hot tag and ran wild with offense. Liona took a half dozen splashes from Castle and Brandon, but Liona kicked out at one. Brandon got caught on a dive, with Kaun taking out Castle with a gutbuster. Liona and Kaun landed a double facebuster on Brandon for the win.
Shane Taylor & The Workhorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake) defeated Midnight Heat (Eddie Pearl & Ricky Gibson) & Schaff
Henry caught Pearl with a heavy kick to the midsection for the first advantage in the match. Drake tagged in and flattened Pearl with a senton and a Vader Bomb. Schaff tagged in and used his size to run wild, but Taylor dropped him with a lariat. As the Workhorsemen took out Pearl and Gibson, Taylor hit the Package Piledriver for the quick win.
– Dasha was backstage with Vincent & Dutch. Quickly, Stu Grayson entered the frame to wonder why they’d been watching him lately. Dutch and Vincent said that while the Dark Order brought him back, they were also holding him back. The Dark Order came in to drive them away, but Grayson decided to give Vincent and Dutch one chance to impress him.
Mercedes Martinez defeated Ashley D’Amboise
Martinez couldn’t keep a hold on D’Amboise early on until she caught D’Amboise with a rolling forearm. Martinez hit the Three Amigos for a nearfall. Martinez clubbered on D’Amboise until D’Amboise avoided a corner charge. D’Amboise fought back until she walked into a spinebuster for a nearfall.
D’Amboise countered a Fisherman’s Suplex into a rollup for a nearfall. D’Amboise threw a bunch of strikes at Martinez. D’Amboise caught Martinez with a forearm in the ropes, then followed it up with a Burning Hammer for a nearfall. Martinez caught D’Amboise with a curb stomp, then scored the submission win with the Dragon Sleeper.
Fight Without Honor: Action Andretti & Darius Martin defeated The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) (w/Maria Kanellis-Bennett)
This was one hell of a battle in this main event. Everybody took a beating in this one, and they did some sick spots here too. This is one to seek out for sure.
The Kingdom menaced Andretti on the ramp, but Martin jumped them from behind to kickstart this match. The plunder came out quickly, with Bennett catching a double dropkick with a chair in the face. Taven took a drop-toe hold into the chair, with Martin launching off of Taven’s back for a dropkick to Bennett. Andretti and Martin clubbered on Taven with weapons as he was trapped in a garbage can, but Maria involved herself, allowing Taven to dropkick a ladder into their faces. Martin got on the apron, but Maria hit a low blow, allowing Bennett to drill Martin with a chair.
Bennett got lacerated but didn’t let that stop him from hitting a spinebuster to Andretti on top of a trash can. Taven hit Just The Tip on Martin with a ladder in his face, but the Kingdom brought out a table to do more damage. They went for the big Doomsday Device to the floor, but Martin moved, leading to Taven taking out Bennett. Andretti hit an Arabian Press to both Kingdom members on the floor.
Back in the ring, we got a train of offense that left Dante Martin standing. Taven took down Martin with a chair to the back. The Kingdom hit a Hail Mary to Martin on top of chairs. Andretti fought out of the Proton Pack, hitting a bulldog on Taven. Andretti put Taven on a table, hitting a springboard 450 throu…onto the table. Andretti finished the job, suplexing Taven through the table for a nearfall that Bennett broke up.
Bennett and Andretti traded strikes, leading to Bennett hitting a spear and a DVD through the table. Martin fought his way up, but Taven dropped him with the Purple Thunder for a nearfall. Andretti and Martin got sent to the floor. Maria hit Martin with a pipe and held him up for chops from Bennett. Bennett went for the rebound forearm, but Martin moved, and Maria took the shot instead.
Martin and Andretti fired up, dropping Taven on a chair. They hit Bennett with a Doomsday Device off of the ladder to win. After the match, The Kingdom offered a handshake, which was accepted.
The NJPW TV title will be on the line this Thursday on Ring of Honor TV as Zack Sabre Jr. will defend against AR Fox.
Sabre Jr. was part of the first ROH TV show on HonorClub in a successful title defense against Blake Christian. The inaugural TV Champion will be looking for the seventh defense of his title.
Former ROH Women’s Champion Mercedes Martinez will make her return to action after dealing with an injury as she faces Ashley D’Amboise. This will be her first match since losing the title to Athena at last December’s Final Battle.
In a Fight Without Honor (no DQ) match, The Kingdom (Mike Bennett & Matt Taven) will take on Darius Martin & Action Andretti in a feud that began while Dante Martin was still healthy before his recent ankle/foot injury.
The 11-match lineup will also feature ROH Tag Team Champion Rey Fenix against Gringo Loco in their third-ever singles match.
Here’s the full lineup:
The WorkHorsemen & Shane Taylor vs. Schaff, Ricky Gibson & Eddie Pearl
The Kingdom vs. Darius Martin & Action Andretti in a Fight Without Honor
NJPW TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. defends against AR Fox
Lady Frost vs. Miranda Alize
Gates of Agony vs. The Boy & Dalton Castle
Angelico & Serpentico vs. Eli Isom & Cheeseburger
Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal vs. Cole Karter & Zack Clayton
It’s Tuesday and you know what that means: AEW Dark taped several weeks ago in Orlando, Florida, with Excalibur and Taz on commentary.
AR Fox defeated Peter Avalon (5:45)
Fox hit a no hands plancha onto Avalon followed by a leg drop off the top onto a prone Avalon on the apron. Avalon countered a suplex attempt with a small package, then catching Fox with a superkick. Avalon and Fox exchanged chops until Avalon went to the eyes and hit a suplex for a near fall.
Fox escaped a suplex attempt and Avalon missed a moonsault. Fox then hit a pair of unique cutters for a near fall. Avalon hit a death valley driver on the apron and then followed up with a sit-out death valley driver for a near fall. Fox missed a 450 splash, but landed on his feet. Avalon went for a sunset flip, but Fox countered and after a series of counters between Fox and Avalon, Fox got the pinfall in a fun opener.
Mack delivered some very creative arm drags. Serpentico clipped Mack’s knee when Luther distracted him. Serpentico then worked over his leg which Mack sold well. According to the commentary team, Luther smells like “bologna and ice cream” which I don’t imagine goes well together.
Mack eventually rallied and went for a piledriver, but Serpentico countered by grabbing Mack’s knee. Serpentico hit a senton atomico on Mack’s knee for a near fall. He tried to suplex the much larger Mack, but he blocked it easily. Serpentico tried to come off the top with a crossbody, but Mack muscled him up for a sit-out power bomb. This was a solid match with a good little story. I wouldn’t mind seeing more of Mack on the bigger shows.
Leila Grey defeated Ameera (2:19)
Grey got the win with a sit-out Jay Driller in a quick squash.
Varsity Athletes (Tony Nese & Ari Daivari) (w/ Mark Sterling & Josh Woods) defeated Jay Lucas & Terry Yaki (2:46)
Sterling did the ring introductions for Nese and Daivari. In a later interview segment, he confirmed Daivari is a member of both the Varsity Athletes and the Trustbusters. Is either really worth listing on his resume? Daivaria caught Lucas with a superkick and then launched him into a cutter from Nese for the pinfall in another quick squash.
Lee Moriarty defeated Invictus Khash (3:29)
Moriarty locked in a full nelson, but Kash escaped and took him down with an ankle pick. Khash went to pick up Moriarty, but Moriarty locked him in cravat. There was some really good mat wrestling here as you might expect. Moriarty got a nearfall with a sunset flip. Khash went for a cover, but Moriarty caught him with a low blow on the kickout, followed by a leg lariat for the pinfall.
Evil Uno defeated Cezar Bononi (4:41)
Uno hit a high boot on Bononi to start which was no sold. Bononi hit his own big boot to take advantage. Bononi kicked Uno out of his vest for a near fall. Bononi sent him to the floor with a chop and then threw him into the ring steps.
Back in the ring, Bononi hit a double underhook power bomb for a nearfall. Bononi charged into a boot from Uno who sent Bononi headfirst into the turnbuckle, followed by a short arm lariat. Uno used a crisp-looking piledriver for the pinfall.
Toni Storm defeated Kiera Hogan (7:15)
After an initial back and forth flurry from both women, the former AEW Women’s Champion caught Hogan with a hip attack to send her to the floor. Storm dragged Hogan around ringside by the hair and whipped her into the barricades. Back in the ring, Hogan tried to come back but Storm put her down with a forearm.
Storm hit a snap suplex and followed up with a boot for a near fall. Storm locked in a full nelson, but Hogan battled out with elbows. She caught Storm with a hip attack and hit a crossbody for a near fall.
Storm called for a timeout and began selling her ankle. The ref checked on her, but it was all a ruse. When Hogan got too close, Storm sent her into the turnbuckles and hit a spinning DDT for a near fall. Hogan came back with an hangman’s neckbreaker for a near fall. Storm hit a shotgun dropkick to send Hogan in the corner, delivered the hip attack, and the Storm Zero piledriver for the win in a seven-minute match that felt like 20.
The Six-Man Tag Team Championships will be defended at Supercard of Honor.
Tony Khan revealed on Monday that The Embassy will put their titles on the line against AR Fox, Blake Christian, and Metalik on the show.
According to a report earlier this month from Fightful, The Embassy’s Brian Cage is expected to leave the promotion following Supercard of Honor. His contract was said to have expired earlier this year but the two sides reached an agreement for him to work through the pay-per-view.
The Embassy defeated Dalton Castle and The Boys for the belts at Final Battle in December. They then retained the titles in a rematch held at the ROH TV tapings last month.
ROH presents Supercard of Honor on Friday, March 31, 2023, from the Galen Center in Los Angeles.
ROH Supercard of Honor lineup:
ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli defends against Eddie Kingston
AAA Mega Champion El Hijo del Vikingo defends against Komander
Reach for the Sky ladder match for the ROH Tag Team titles: Lucha Bros vs. Top Flight vs. The Kingdom vs. Aussie Open vs. Rush & Dralistico
ROH Television Champion Samoa Joe defends against Mark Briscoe
ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta defends against Katsuyori Shibata
ROH Six Man Tag Team Champions The Embassy (Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) defend against AR Fox, Blake Christian & Metalik
