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OGK, Maria Kanellis, PCO, Vincent appear at Impact Hard to Kill

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Four Ring of Honor wrestlers, along with Maria Kanellis, appeared on tonight’s Impact Hard to Kill event, laying out members of the Impact Wrestling roster.

Matt Taven, Mike Bennett, Vincent, and PCO appeared following the Hardcore War match and attacked Rhino and Heath. Willie Mack and Rich Swann attempted to help, but were then jumped by PCO and Vincent. The Impact wrestlers were then laid out by the Ring of Honor wrestlers as Bennett brought in Maria Kanellis. All five then posed as the announcers suggested this may be an invasion from Ring of Honor.

Backstage, Gia Miller attempted to interview Scott D’Amore about the situation. D’Amore told Miller that he had to call Baltimore (the location of ROH’s headquarters) to figure out what was going on.

ROH has been on hiatus since December’s Final Battle, with the company planning resuming shows in April. Jonathan Gresham, the ROH World Champion, successfully defended the ROH title against Impact’s Chris Sabin earlier in the show.

Rok-C, the ROH Women’s Champion, appeared at ringside for the main event between Mickie James and Deonna Purrazzo.

ROH announces Women’s title tournament for this summer

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ROH has announced a new Women’s Championship tournament that will take place this summer.

During tonight’s 19th Anniversary event, Maria Kanellis-Benett came out and announced the tournament for this summer. The winner of the tournament will become the new Ring of Honor Women’s champion. 

The segment was then interrupted by The Allure (Mandy Leon and Angelina Love). Love confronted Kanellis-Bennett, which led to Kanellis-Bennett announcing that Love will compete against Quinn McKay in a match where the winner will get a first-round bye. No specific date was given as to when the tournament will begin.

ROH has not had a women’s championship since Kelly Klein was the Women of Honor champion, defeating Angelina Love at Glory by Honor XVII on October 12, 2019. However, she was stripped of the championship after she did not renew her contract at the end of that year.

The Women of Honor title was then deactivated and a tournament was announced to crown the new ROH Women’s Champion. That was scheduled to take place last April, however ROH shut down for several months due to the COVID-19 pandemic and didn’t resume tapings until the fall.