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Darby Allin, Willow Nightingale title matches added to AEW Collision

Posted on by Vincent Verhei

Big AEW Collision news on ROH: Supercard of Honor tonight. A pair of championship matches for tomorrow’s TV show were announced during tonight’s premium event.

First, because Darby Allin hasn’t been defending the AEW World Championship frequently enough lately, another challenger has stepped up. Sammy Guevara, one-half of the ROH World Tag Team Champions alongside The Beast Mortos, noted that he has won many singles championships. He also said he has beaten Allin four times in the past, and challenged him for Collision. 

Allin and Guevara have met several times in AEW, in singles, tag team, and other matches. Their most recent one-on-one encounter was the Four Pillars tournament final in April of 2023, when Guevara won by disqualification. 

Later in Supercard of Honor, ROH Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet complained about not being in the Owen Hart Cup brackets. She then challenged Willow Nightingale for her TBS Championship, also for Collision. 

Velvet and Nightingale have met just once before, with Velvet coming out on top in an Owen Hart qualifier in 2022. 

ROH notes: New Supercard of Honor match, next week’s lineup

Posted on by Josh Nason

Ring of Honor’s first streaming special of 2026 — Supercard of Honor — got a new title match added Thursday in addition to a new qualifying match and more content next week.

Red Velvet will defend her ROH Women’s TV title against Viva Van next Friday in Salisbury, Maryland. It will be the champion’s first title defense since March 27 and her fourth defense since regaining the title at last December’s Final Battle. Van’s last ROH appearance came in early-April.

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Next week will also see the final entrant decided for the ROH Women’s World title Survival of the Fittest match after Persephone had to withdraw due to injury.

On the Thursday Supercard Showdown episode of ROH TV, Zayda Steel will face Hyan with the winner joining champion Athena, Maya World, Billie Starkz, Yuka Sakazaki, and Trish Adora.

Next Thursday will also see ROH TV Champion Nick Wayne defending against AR Fox.

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ROH will also air a special Tuesday episode of ROH at 8 pm Eastern in addition to Thursday’s show.

Current ROH Supercard of Honor card | Next Friday

  • 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 TBD 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

ROH Global Wars UK live results: Red Velvet, Alex Windsor, Michael Oku in action

Posted on by Jeff Moss

Ring of Honor heads overseas for tonight’s Global Wars UK edition of the show, featuring some of the top ROH talent against the best of the UK in addition to some inter-ROH/AEW matches.

In a Proving Ground match, ROH Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet looks to keep the momentum going against Session Moth Marina where Marina must defeat or draw Velvet to earn a future title match.

Former WWE NXT UK wrestler Nina Samuels makes her ROH debut against Alex Windsor.

Past ROH competitor Michael Oku takes on Rocky Romero, and Wheeler Yuta of the Death Riders issues an open challenge.

Mark Davis faces Evil Uno while Lio Rush returns to battle Lee Johnson.

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Oi, Mates! This ‘ere wresslin’ show is ‘eaded to the Queen’s own country for Global Wars UK! I’m chuffed, mates! CHUFFED!

RevPro Champion Michael Oku vs Rocky Romero

Jessica Oliver, the announcer for RevPro was the guest announcer for the evening and made sure everyone knew Romero and Oku were there. Loudly. We’ve seen Oku on ROH before and he looked to be a good matchup for Romero.

The crowd was singing as the bell rang and Oku and Romero locked up. Romero went to his go-to dance move and tried to get the crowd on his side, but even with their tendency to chant and sing, the UK faithful were having none of it.

After an extended test of strength, Oku took control and began working Romero’s arm. Romero responded with a shoulder block, but Oku had it under control and hit a headscissor takedown. Oku went to put on his signature half-crab, but Romero kicked him off and sent him to the outside.

Romero dropped Oku face-first onto the ring apron (the steak-and-kidney-pie-est part of the ring!) and thew him back in for a cover. Oku kicked out at two, but Romero was in charge. He slowed everything down to a crawl and started picking Oku apart.

Romero threw three-ever clotheslines, but on four-ever, Oku came back with a dropkick. Oku planted Romero with a DDT, but could only get a two count. Oku hit a springbaord moonsault, but Romero rolled away. Oku sent him to the outside with a triangle dropkick and after an extended play to the crowd, he took a full lap and leapt onto Romero.

Oku tossed him back into the ring and climbed the ropes. Before he coult get set though, Romero laid in a shot and the two fought on the top turnbuckle. Oku punched Romero back to the mat and went up again, but Romero knocked him down onto the top rope.

Romero hit a butterfly suplex form the top rope, but Oku kicked out. Romero put an armbar on and Oku rolled it into his Half-Crab. Romero rolled out and the two traded blows in the center of the ring until Oku landed a high knee. Oku landed a springboard moonsault and then went back to the Half-Crab.

Romero tried to get to the ropes, but Oku bent him in half and Romero was forced to tap out.

Match Result: Michael Oku defeated Rocky Romero

Mark Davis vs Evil Uno

Davis is a member of the Don Callis family and Uno is Evil. It’s right there in the name.

Davis put a foot in Uno’s stomach off the Code of Honor, then chopped him from post to post. Uno, who isn’t a small dude, started throwing them right back. Davis bounced off the ropes with a shoulder block though.

Uno slipped out to regroup, but Davis followed him. Uno took a seat in the corner, luring Davis into chopping the chair he was sitting on. Davis punched Uno in the face and set him up in the chair for a running shoulder. Davis tossed Uno back into the ring.

Davis countered some chops with a scoop slam and then stomped Uno in the corner. Uno wasn’t going down though and charged Davis. Davis hit a suplex and dropkick before throwing Uno across the ring. He went for a lazy cover and Uno kicked out.

Uno turned a headlock into a chinbreaker and tried to ht a brainbuster. Davis was too big and countered into another body slam. He went for a senton, but Uno moved and grabbed him in a rollup. Davis kicked out and Uno threw a big boot into a DDT.

Uno went for a facelock, but Davis got a forearm into his face. Uno hit a big boot and went up top. Uno went for a cannonball, but Davis got his knees up. Davis hit a massive lariat and made the pin to get the victory.

Match Result: Mark Davis defeated Evil Uno

Alex Windsor vs Nina Samuels

Samuels, a 12-time champion in various UK promotions was making her ROH debut here against fellow Englishperson, Windsor. No, not those Windsors. Though I would pay to see that.

After a cordial code of honor, Windsor threw some crumpets at Samuels and worked her into a hammerlock. She transitioned that into an arm stretch, but Samuels was able to wiggle around and throw a lariat at Windsor to break the hold.

Windsor came back with a series of armdrags into a dropkick, sending Samuels out of the ring. Windsor hit a blockbuster senton off the ring apron and threw Samuels back in. Samuels hit a high kick and started stomping Windsor.

Windsor fought back with some shots to the midsection, but Samuels kept control with a Bow and Arrow hold in the ropes, followed by a big dropkick. It only got her a one-count though, Windsor still had a lot left in the tank.

Windsor started throwing chops, sending Samuels to the corner. They ran the ropes until Windsor connected with a clothesline. She kipped up and hit a Blue Thunder Bomb, but as we know, that cannot win anything, so Samuels kicked out.

Samuels hit a scissor kick, but could only get a two count. Frustration was showing as Samuels tried for a power bomb, but Windsor countered. Samuels threw a lariat to knock her off her feet. Windsor got back up with a head butt, but Samuels responded with a tilt-o-whirl backbreaker. A double clothesline left both lying.

Windsor hit a twisting suplex off the top rope, but Samuels kicked out. Windsor put on the Windsorlock and that was it as Samuels tapped out.

Match Result: Alex Windsor defeated Nina Samuels

Lee Johnson w/Blake Christian vs Lio Rush

It was great to see Lio Rush. Rush has always been a favourite of mine, but often ends up being his own worst enemy. Either way, he looked great here and Johnson was also there.

Johnson jumped Rush off the code of honor, sending him into the corner. Johnson charged, but Rush got the foot up. Johnson caught it and sent him into the other corner. The pace picked up as Johnson tried to get ahold of Rush. Instead, Rush kicked him in the face and sent him to the outside.

Christian got up on the mat which caused enough of a distraction for Johnson to get a sunset flip. Rush went for a Rush Hour cutter, but Johnson dodged it and went outside. Rush dove after him, connecting with two dives in front of the announce table.

Christian stared down Rush as he put Johnson back into the ring. That distracted Rush enough that Johnson could land a sidewalk slam. Johnson threw Rush into the corner and got a two count off of a tight cover.

Johnson threw some loud chops and Rush responded with some shots to the belly. Johnson threw Rush into the corner and Christian choked him while the ref couldn’t see. Johnson got Rush up for a power bomb, but Rush got out of it.

Rush dodged a flurry of strikes and turned a moonsault from Johnson into a satellite DDT. Rush landed a pair of cutters and a spinning kick, but Johnson kicked out at two. Rush went for a Rush hour and Johnson countered, screaming “I hate you!”

Rush landed a second Rush Hour, but Christian got involved causing a distraction. Johnson rolled up Rush and used the ropes as leverage to steal the 1-2-3.

Match Result: Lee Johnson defeated Lio Rush

After the match, Christian gabbed a mic and called out ROH Champion Bandido for not being at Global Wars UK. Christian claimed to have put Bandido on the shelf at Final Battle and issued an open challenge for anyone in the back who wants to get their arm snapped.

After a moment, things suddenly got real chill.

Blake Christian vs Angelico w/Serpentico

Yup, Angelico and Serpentico danced their way to the ring to answer the challenge and put Christian’s 12-match singles winning streak to the test.

Christian gave him the code of middle finger and the two locked up. Angelico had about a foot of height on Christian, but most of that was in his torso, which Christian tried to work. Angelico landed on his feet from a hip toss though and transitioned into a wristlock.

Christian chopped down the Angelico tree by chop blocking his leg. He then went for a strut, but Angelico was right back in it until Christian hit a headscissor and sent Angelico to the outside. Christian dove after him, but Angelico moved. Christian dropkicked him into the steel steps as a result.

Angelico stagged up and Christian hit a Swirl Screwdriver on him on the outside. Christian slammed Angelico shoulder-first on the ring apron (the swirliest part of the ring!) and dragged him back into the ring. Christian continued working the shoulder and slowed things down while Serpentico pounded on the mat, getting the crowd going.

Angelico hit a lariat, turning Christian inside out and the two traded shots in the middle of the ring. Angelico hit a back suplex, but could only get a two-count. Angelico went for a slam, but Christian countered and tried a Lethal Injection. He was off the mark and Angelico charged him, but Christian turned it into a spanish fly.

Christian went up top and hit a 450 splash. Off of that he got the Lethal Injection and Angelico was done.

Match Result: Blake Christian defeated Angelico

After the match, Christian tried to beat down Angelico, but Serpentico tried to make the save. Johnson was there though and he and Christian took out SAP.

Proving Ground Match: ROH Women’s Television Champion Red Velvet vs Session Moth Martina

It’s been five years since Martina was in ROH. It’s been five days since Velvet defended the championship (that may not be true, but sounds good).

The two ended up dancing for a bit after the bell rang until Velvet put a foot in Martina’s stomach. Martina responded with some more dancing and Velvet kicked her in the face about it. She thew Martina into the corner and began stomping her.

Velvet went for a cannonball, but Martina countered it with a kick and then thew a few more for good measure. Martina hit a shotgun dropkick from the second rope, but Velvet kicked out at two.

Martina went for a suplex, but Velvet blocked it. Martina hit an anarchist suplex, but could only get a two count on Velvet. Martina went up top, but Velvet was there and pulled her off the turnbuckle. Martina threw hands, but you don’t want to do that with Velvet, who used her boxing background to fight back.

Velvet hit some knees to the back of Martina’s head. She went to Stir It Up, but MArtina countered. Velvet didn’t let that bother her and hit a Mama’s Kitchen to put Martina down for good.

Match Result: Red Velvet defeated Session Moth Martina

Nigel McGuinness vs Wheeler Yuta

Wheeler (and his hair) issued an open challenge (while referring to the UK as a “dogsh*t country”), which was answered by McGuinness to a huge ovation. McGuinness grabbed a mic and told Yuta that he was mad that Yuta got to end Bryan Danielson’s career. So this would be McGuinness’ revenge for Yuta “killing the Batman to [McGuinness’] Joker.”

They tied up off the top, feeling each other out. McGuinness put on a wristlock, keeping Yuta pressed to the mat. Eventually, Yuta reversed it, but it didn’t last long as McGuiness put him back on the mat. The first five minutes of this match were nothing but wristlocks and it was awesome.

Yuta tried to get McGuinness, but he countered into a crossface. Yuta’s foot got to the ropes and the hold was broken. Yuta kicked the top rope into McGuinness’ throat and hit a knee for a two count.

Yuta put on a front facelock, but McGuinness flipped it over into an ankle lock attempt. Yuta got out of it, but not the shoulderbreaker that McGuinness hit next. Yuta tried to throw some chops, but McGuinness no-sold them and poked him in the eye.

McGuinness grapevined Yuta’s arm around his leg and stretched the other one around his back. Yuta wailed whilt his shoulders were stretched, but spun out of it to throw a quick elbow. McGuinness came back with the chops and a few European Uppercuts for good measure.

Yuta exploded out of the corner with a dropkick and put on a cattle mutilation. McGuinness flipped it over though and Yuta started driving elbows into McGuinness’ sternum. MgGuinness slowy got up and drove Yuta into the corner. He hit a high/low, but Yuta kicked out at two.

McGuinness went corner to corner with a European upper cut and set him up for a Tower of London. Yuta countered though and ran in for a knee, but McGuinness hit a lariat before he could connect. Yuta got in the ref’s face off of that.

McGuinness hit another shoulder breaker and put on a London Dungeon. Yuta found the ropes though and the hold was broken. Yuta put on a crossface of his own but McGuinness reversed it into another crossface. Again, Yuta’s foot found the ropes though.

Yuta tried a kick, but McGuinness caught it and threw a Big Time Lariat that spun Yuta inside out. McGuinness made the pin and sent everyone home happy.

Match Result: Nigel McGuinness defeated Wheeler Yuta

Red Velvet: Bryan Danielson ‘has been great to me’ in AEW

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Bryan Danielson has been a big help to Red Velvet behind the scenes in AEW.

Appearing on a new episode of Close Up with Renee Paquette, Velvet listed Cody Rhodes, Brandi Rhodes, and Dustin Rhodes as three names who were instrumental in helping her adapt to AEW when she first started with the promotion. Danielson has also given advice to Velvet, including helping her with the injuries she’s dealt with.

“Bryan Danielson, he’s been great to me and just helped me so much in like the later parts of AEW,” she said. “And just even after injury too, it was like, he was so helpful in like, how do I move differently to protect my knee from that time? So that was a good turning point at that point.

“But I had so many. I had Arn Anderson, I had QT [Marshall] — so many people just standing behind me when I first got there. And I will just forever be grateful for that.”

Velvet suffered her knee injury in 2023 and was out of action for most of that year. She was sidelined again for a few months in 2025 due to neck and shoulder issues. Velvet said Danielson — along with Claudio Castagnoli and PAC — was again helpful in giving her advice on how to heal from those injuries.

In November, Velvet was able to return to the ring. She regained the ROH Women’s Television Championship from Mercedes Mone at Final Battle 2025.

Danielson retired as a full-time performer in 2024 but is still with AEW as a commentator and backstage consultant.

Ring of Honor live results: Final Battle aftermath

Posted on by Jeff Moss

Tonight’s Ring of Honor on HonorClub will feature all of the aftermath from last Friday’s Final Battle streaming special which will include inaugural ROH Women’s Pure Champion Deonna Purrazzo in non-title action.

Reigning AEW Women’s World Champion Athena will celebrate three years as champion after defeating CMLL’s Persephone last Friday.

New ROH Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet will face Lacey Lane in a Proving Ground match where Lane must beat or draw Velvet to earn a future title match.

Zayda Steel looks for her first ROH win as she takes on Rachael Ellering.

In an eight-man tag, Shane Taylor Promotions will battle Skyflight and Komander while in a ten-man tag, it will be Dalton Castle, The Outrunners, Tommy Billington & Adam Priest vs. MxM TV and the Premier Athletes.

After each lost at Final Battle, Hechicero and Josh Woods will go one-on-one.

In trios action, Dark Order faces The Frat House while Jay Lethal, Spanish Announce Project and Daniel Garcia & Wheeler Yuta will all be in action against opponents to be named.

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Final Battle has come and gone, but what will be left in it’s wake? Could it be that these last battles have not been so final? Let’s find out!

-The show opened with ROH Women’s World Champion Athena coming to the ring with Diamante and Bille Starkz. Athena has main evented three Final Battles in a row and was here to celebrate her 1000+ days as Champion.

Athena listed a few of her more notable opponents over the three years of her reign and took credit for all of ROH’s success. The crowd (well, a few in the crowd) started a “Forever” chant, and Athena said that nothing means more to her in the world than the ROH Women’s Title.

Athena then turned to Billie Starkz and berated her for not winning the Women’s Pure Championship at Final Battle. Athena said that in penance, Starks will have a tag match with Diamante as her partner against Deonna Purrazzo and a partner of her choosing.

Celebratory streamers rained down from the first few rows and everyone left.

Spanish Announce Project (Angelico and Serpentico) vs LSG and Josh Crane

And bam, just like that we were “vibing” according to Ian Riccabonni into the first match of the night.

Angelico started off against Crane and the two tried to out-muscle each other until Angelico got a wristlock on that was augmented by a stomp from Serpentico from the top rope. Serpentico went for a cover but Crane kicked out at two.

LSG got involved on the ring apron, allowing Crane to get some offense in and make the tag. LSG dropped a big elbow before tagging Crane back in for some chops. Serpentico got a hot tag to Angelico and he used his height advantage to avoid a double team.

Angelico hit a capuara kick and a big backdrop before grapevining LSG’s legs for a two count. LSG walked into a jumping flatliner, but the pin was broken up and Serpentico tagged in. SAP got both opponents into submissons and they tapped at the same time.

Match Result: Spanish Announce Project defeated Josh Crane and LSG

The Frat House (Griff Garrison, Cole Karter and Preston Vance) w/ Jakked Jameson vs The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds, Evil Uno and John Silver)

The Frat house have a mascot called Business Bear that for some reason is feuding with Ian Riccabonni. There was a lot of shouting about it. The Dark Order wore purple as they are apt to do.

Jameson started screaming like a Steiner at Riccabonni about Business Bear and the match began with Garrison and Silver. Silver managed to keep control through interference from Vance and Karter, and tagged in Uno. Garrison worked him into the Frat House corner to take a triple team and some shots from Vance.

Jameson got up on the apron and Uno punched him, but he also got kicked to the outside to be stomped by all four Frat House Members. They threw him back into the ring and continued the beat down three on one. Uno powered up on Karter, hitting a neckbreaker to recharge the Order. Vance cut off the tag though, until Uno hit a DDT.

Reynolds and Garrison tagged in and had a quick exchange with Reynolds coming out on top. Garrison fell off the ring apron into the crowd of pledges and Reyolds flipped over the top rope onto all of them.

From there, Reynolds could only get a two count and he and Silver tried a pinning combo to no avail. A big knee from Uno delivered a big lariat to Vance and the Order tripled teamed Karter to get the pin and the victory.

Match Result: The Dark Order defeated The Frat House

Zayda Steel vs Rachael Ellering

Steel, who lost her debut, was touted as a big signing. Ellering arrived looking cheery and to some pretty hyped fans.

The two traded wristlocks with Steel taking Ellering down by the knee. Ellering tossed Steel across the ring and they had a reset. Ellering hit a shoulder tackle but Steel came right back. She threw some knees in the corner and a big dropkick to get Ellering off her feet.

Separation was created and Ellering threw a very strong lariat to take control. She threw a few hard chops and drove Steel in to the corner. Ellering hit a gutwrench suplex and a Squish senton, but Steel kicked out.

Ellering called for another Squish, but Steel countered it with a neckbreaker. Ellering charged the corner but Steel dodged it. Ellering hit a stiff elbow and big back slam followed by a bosswoman slam. Only a two count though.

Steel showed life though hitting and around the world DDT and getting the 1-2-3 to win the match.

Match Result: Zayda Steel defeated Racheal Ellering

Jay Lethal vs Nathan Cruz

Cruz was making his ROH debut, and tried to jump Lethal off the bell. He laid in some kicks but Lethal came back with an upper cut. Lethal took control, trying to get the ankle lock on. Cruz wormed his way out and tried to lure Lethal to the outside.

Lethal didn’t bite and Cruz started throwing punches and knee drops. Cruz put on a sleeper hold and brought Lethal to the mat. Lethal powered out and cruz hit a back suplex, trying to get the pin. Lethal tried a rollup but couldn’t get it to three.

Lethal hit a drang screw into the figure four and Cruz had to struggle to get to the ropes. Lethal landed a superkick into a Lethal Injection and got the victory.

Match Result: Jay Lethal defeated Nathan Cruz

Billie Starkz and Diamante vs ROH Women’s Pure Champion Deonna Purrazzo and Madison Rayne

Madison Rayne is an ROH Legend, so that’s pretty cool!

Diamante and Starkz jumped their opponents off the top, with Purrazzo getting tossed out and Rayne taking both Starkz and Diamante out.

When things settled down, Purrazzo wrapped Starkz up in a shoulder lock and Diamante broke it up. Diamante then dropped Purrazzo on her head on the ring apron.

The match went back and forth with Starkz and Purrazzo exchanging blows. Rayne reached for tag but Starkz got to Diamante first. Rayne tagged in and the two fought until Starkz broke up a cover. Rayne hit a double cutter on both Starkz and Diamante.

Starkz popped back up in time to take a flurry of offense from both Rayne and Purrazzo. Purrazzo locked in a shoulder lock and Starkz was forced to tap out.

Match Result: Deonna Purrazzo and Madison Rayne defeated Billie Starkz and Diamante

After the match, Athena stomped to the ring and yelled and screamed at Starkz over the loss. She dragged her minions away and the show transitioned into an interview with Red Velvet.

Velvet recapped her success at Final Battle and declared that the Kitchen was finally open.

Josh Woods vs Hechicero

This match was billed as a bout between wrestlers who both lost at Final Battle. Immediately it was a technical wrestlefest. Lots of quick locks and rolls with neither getting a clear advantage.

Hechicero started working the knees and ankles of Woods, with Woods finding ways to counter through roll overs. A quick reset and smattering of applause and the two were rolling through facelocks and crucifix pin attempts.

Woods stopped to offer his hand out of respect and Hechicero turned on the bralwer hitting a quick DDT and a snapmare takedown. He split Woods’ fingers and ground the pace down to a crawl with leg locks. Hechicero tossed Woods into the corner for nine punches and and elbow.

The speed picked up again with Woods running a knee into Hechicero’s throat. Woods hit a gutwrench takedown and both took time to recover.

Woods made it up first and delivered a knee. He hoisted Hechicero up, but Hechicero blocked the drop and rolled into a hammerlock triangle, forcing Woods to submit.

Match Result: Josh Woods defeated Hechicero

10-Man Tag Match: Dalton Castle, The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum), Tommy Billington and Adam Priest vs MxMxTV (Mansoor, Mason Madden & Johnny TV) w/ Taya Valkyrie and The Premier Athletes (Tony Nese & Ariya Daivari) w/ Mark Sterling

I think that is the longest match headline in recorded history.

As can be expected, this match was complete chaos. There was a full brawl before the bell even rang and then tag teams just started hitting finishers left and right. Mangnum and Mansoor had a good exchange and Magnum managed to dodge multiple splashes.

Castle and TV faced off and Castle started spamming suplexes dishing one out to everyone on the opposing team. Nese distracted Castle so Madden could get a double chokeslam attempt on the Outrunners. They countered it and dropped a couple of elbows.

Billington and Priest worked over Nese until Sterling and Valkyrie started competing to see who could distract the ref more. That allowed Nese to get suplexed by Billington in a bridge for the 1-2-3.

Match Result: Dalton Castle, The Outrunners , Tommy Billington and Adam Priest defeated MxMxTV and The Premier Athletes

-Shane Taylor Promotions cut a promo next about how they are great. And you know what? They are.

ROH Women’s World Television Championship Proving Ground Match: Red Velvet (c) vs Lacey Lane

Lane is the first to challenge Velvet after she re-acquired the ROH Women’s TV Title from Mercedes Mone at Final Battle.

The two shared a respectful tie ups and locks, feeling each other out. Velvet put on a short arm scissor lock, but Lane rolled out of it and tied her up with a face lock into a crucifix pin attempt.

Velvet stacked Lane with a backslide for a 2 count and Lane got caught by a lariat off the ropes. Velvet let herself be lured in and out of the ring and right into a springboard dropkick.

Lane hit a running dropkick on Velvet in the corner, but Velvet was able to kick out. Lane stomped her and hit a spring boarg guillotine for a two count of her own.

Velvet delivered a back knee to Lane, but Lane managed to dodge the Stir It Up Kick. Lane then hit guillotine death valley driver! Velvet wouldn’t stay down though and the match continued.

The “Five Minutes Remaning” announcement sounded and that lit a fire under Velvet who hit a Mama’s Kitchen and pinning Lane to win the match.

Match result: Red Velvet defeated Lacey Lane

Death Riders (Wheeler Yuta & Daniel Garcia) w/ Marina Shafir vs Aaron Solo and Willie Mack

Yuta and Solo started off which allowed Garcia to charge across the ring and take out Mack. Yuta got the jump on Solo until Solo sent him over the top rope with a backdrop. Yuta and Garcia met on the outside and beat up Solo through the ring apron before tossing him back in.

Garcia and Yuta double teamed Solo in the ring with Garcia remaining legal. Mack found his way back to his corner Solo powered out of a bunch of Garcia knees into a power slam. Mack and Yuta got tages respectively and Mack cleared the ring of both Yuta and Garcia.

Mack one hand slammed Yuta and tagged in Solo for a doiuble stomp and pin. Yuta kicked out at two though and worked Solo into a rollup with a handful of tights. Yuta and Garcia ran circles on Solo in the corner followed by a flying forearm from Yuta.

Garcia held solo for a Splash from Yuta into a dragon submission from Garcia. Solo tapped out.

Match Result: Death Riders defeated Aaron Solo and Willie Mack

8-Man Tag Match: Shane Talyor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Carlie Bravo, Sean Dean & Lee Moriarty) vs Skyflight (Scorpio Sky, Dante Martin and Darius Martin) and Komander

Moriarty and Komander started the match. Those two will face off on Dec 26th at Boxing Day Brawl. They gave a good preview and Komander seemed to frustrate Moriarty and Brave and Dante tagged in.

They locked up and Bravo got dragged to the Skyflight corner. That brought in Darius and Ian Riccaboni shouted out Jaleel White. How about that.

Back in the match, Talor tagged in and ragdolled Dante intot he corner. Dante rolled out and Bravo stomped him until Komander scared him off. Taylor tossed Dante back into the ring over the second rope and unloaded shots on him.

Taylor isolated Dante in the STP corner and Dean tagged in to lay in some knees. Bravo hit an eye poke and stomps on Dante, holding him so Dean could kick out his arm. Dean dropped some knees the Infantry continued tagging in and out on Dante.

Dante tried to get a hot tag, but STP charged and cleared the ring of his partners. They retreated and brought Dante with them, and Dean got distracted blowing snot at Skyflight and Dante got a dropkick in. Dante got the hot tag to Komander as a result.

Komander cleared the ring, ending up with Moriarty who he started the match against. Komander planted Moriarty with an around the world DDT, but Dean broke up the pin.

Dante hit a slingshot cutter on Bravo and Komander hit a spingboard shooting start press to get the pin on Bravo and win the match.

Match result: Skyflight and Komander defeated Shane Taylor Promotions

Bandido & Mercedes Mone title defenses added to Ring of Honor Final Battle

Posted on by Josh Nason

Two big title matches have been added to next Friday’s Ring of Honor Final Battle streaming special that will see both Bandido and Mercedes Mone defend their respective titles.

In one, ROH World Champion Bandido will put his title on the line against five other men in a Survival of the Fittest match. Sammy Guevara, Hechicero, Komander, The Beast Mortos and Blake Christian will attempt to unseat the champion in the elimination bout.

Bandido was set to defend against Rush, but ROH head Tony Khan revealed the former ROH World Champion is dealing with a knee injury.

The other new match will see Mone defend the ROH Women’s TV title against former champion Red Velvet in a rematch from their unification bout earlier this month. It will be Mone’s first title defense and only Velvet’s second match since returning from an injury absence that kept her on the shelf since June.

It will also be Mone’s ROH debut.

Current ROH Final Battle card | Friday, December 5 | Columbus, Ohio

  • ROH World Champion Bandido defends against Sammy Guevara, Hechicero, Komander, The Beast Mortos and Blake Christian in a Survival of the Fittest match
  • ROH Women’s TV Champion Mercedes Mone defends against Red Velvet
  • ROH Women’s World Champion Athena defends against Persephone
  • ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty defends against Komander
  • ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean) defend against Skyflight (Scorpio Sky, Dante Martin & Darius Martin)
  • AEW National Champion Ricochet defends against TBA
  • Finals of ROH Women’s Pure Championship tournament

Title unification match set for three-hour AEW Dynamite

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A title unification match is now set for the final AEW Dynamite before Full Gear.

It was announced in the closing moments of Collision that Red Velvet will finally get her chance to unify the ROH Women’s Television Championship, squaring off against interim champion Mercedes Mone. This happens just days before Mone faces Kris Statlander for the AEW Women’s Championship at Full Gear.

Velvet has been out since June, suffering an injury that required AEW to crown an interim Women’s Television Champion. Mina Shirakawa originally won the title at Supercard of Honor, but lost it in a winner-takes-all match against Mone at AEW WrestleDream.

Two AEW Women’s Tag Team tournament quarterfinal matches will also take place. Toni Storm and Shirkawa will team to take on Riho and Alex Windsor, the latter of whom picked up a victory on Saturday. Megan Bayne and Marina Shafir will team together to face TayJay. Shafir attacked Tay Melo on Saturday, causing Melo cut a promo afterwards calling Shafir out.

Current AEW Dynamite lineup | Wednesday, November 19 | Boston, MA

  • Hangman Page vs. Katsuyori Shibata
  • ROH Women’s Television title unification match: Mercedes Mone vs. Red Velvet
  • AEW Women’s Tag Team title tournament quarterfinal: Toni Storm & Mina Shirakawa vs. Riho and Alex Windsor
  • AEW Women’s Tag Team title tournament quarterfinal: TayJay vs. Megan Bayne & Marina Shafir
  • Kenny Omega appearance

Red Velvet cleared for return, calls out Mercedes Mone for ROH unification match

Posted on by Josh Nason

Nearly a week after Mercedes Mone won the interim Ring of Honor Women’s TV title, the reigning titleholder announced she is ready to return.

During Thursday’s ROH on HonorClub, Red Velvet appeared (seen below) to say that she is medically cleared and was focused on rebuilding her body. She told Mone to enjoy her time with the title and remember her face as the next time she sees it, her entire empire crumbles.

AEW & ROH head Tony Khan revealed in July that Velvet was injured and a new interim champion would be crowned. Our Dave Meltzer reported that she suffered a neck injury during a June 20 match in CMLL during AEW Grand Slam Mexico week at Arena Mexico. She hasn’t wrestled anywhere since.

Mina Shirakawa became the interim champion, got injured herself, and then lost the title to Mone at this past Saturday’s WrestleDream.

Mone, who currently holds 12 title belts, is teaming with ROH Women’s World Champion Athena in the inaugural AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship tournament that begins next week so there’s no clear answer as to when a unification match could happen. She is also slated to challenge Kris Statlander for the AEW Women’s World title at next month’s Full Gear.

Red Velvet injured, interim ROH Women’s TV Champion to be crowned

Posted on by Ian Carey

Red Velvet is injured and will not be able to defend her ROH Women’s TV title at Supercard of Honor.

Tony Khan revealed the news on today’s AEW All In media call. He said an announcement regarding the crowning of an interim ROH Women’s TV Champion will be made soon.

Khan also said injuries have caused other lineup changes for Friday’s pay-per-view. The ROH Women’s Pure Championship tournament has yet to start as planned, and an injury to Jamie Hayter led to Queen Aminata being “called up” to AEW, further altering plans for the ROH women’s division.

Velvet commented on the injury shortly after it was revealed, writing “Not the news I wanted to share. I won’t be cleared to compete at Supercard of Honor due to injury. Don’t get it twisted this is just a pause, not the end. To the new Interim ROH Women’s TV Champ congrats in advance. Hold it down, because when I come back? I’m coming for it ALL.”

The nature of Velvet’s injury is currently unknown. Her last match took place in Arena Mexico at Fantasticamania on June 20, where she defeated Kira in a match Dave Meltzer rated a “DUD” in the June 23 edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, calling it the worst match he’d seen all year.

ROH Supercard of Honor, Friday, July 11 —

  • ROH World Champion Bandido defends against Konosuke Takeshita
  • ROH Women’s World Champion Athena defends against Thunder Rosa
  • ROH Tag Team Champions Sons of Texas (Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara) defend against The Infantry (Shawn Dean and Carlie Bravo)
  • ROH Television Champion Nick Wayne defends against Titan
  • ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty defends against Blue Panther

Tony Khan AEW media call: Creative control, Britt Baker, Unified title update

Posted on by Josh Nason

Image: JJ Williams

At the starting point of a busy week, AEW & Ring of Honor head Tony Khan spoke to the media for more than an hour Tuesday to help promote All In and ROH Supercard of Honor.

He also addressed some Internet rumors about Mercedes Mone’s creative control, the status of Britt Baker, and some required changes for Supercard of Honor due to injuries.

Here’s some of the key talking points with full audio at the bottom of this post.

Mercedes Mone’s AEW creative control (or lack thereof)

Khan was asked to address the narrative that the reason Mone is featured so much on AEW TV and wins so often is that she has creative control. Khan denied that, reiterating that he is the only one in AEW with creative control before retelling how he took control back heading into 2020 and again into 2025 which resulted in a better product.

Khan said he’s worked with Mone, Jen Pepperman, Toni Storm and RJ City on this angle, but he has the final say. He said the idea of anyone getting a push because they have “a creative control card” isn’t how it works in AEW. He puts Mone over as a great person to work with backstage and a great star.

“This is the most focused and best AEW in many, many years because there are less voices,” he said.

Where’s Britt Baker?

Khan was asked to address the recent reports Baker has requested her release so she can go to WWE. He said he’s never had a conversation about her leaving AEW and that he likes her a lot. He then launched into a sports analogy about only being able to use so many players as starters and how they have been running a tight, focused show with a focused crew. He said they have a lot of talent on their bench if they need it which applies to both men and women.

The former AEW Women’s World Champion hasn’t been on TV since last November with no storyline explanation.

Continental & International titles not being retired

Khan made it a point to say the AEW Continental and International titles are not being retired and that the new Unified Champion (decided this Saturday between Kenny Omega and Kazuchika Okada) may carry around all three belts.

Khan said the Unified title is new to AEW, was made to represent the importance of this match, and that the lineage of both titles will be “intact.” He also verified the Continental Classic will be back, but didn’t mention what the winner will get.

Red Velvet, Jamie Hayter injured, new interim ROH Women’s TV title coming

Khan said that a number of injuries changed plans for this week’s Supercard of Honor with Queen Aminata being “called up” to replace Jamie Hayter whose latest injury has taken her out of action longer than expected. She said reigning ROH Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet was injured during her CMLL match last month and while she is expected to push through it, she will be unable to defend the title and thus, a new interim champion will be crowned on Friday. No further details were provided.

For more on all that plus other news and notes from the 70+ minute call, listen below.

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Ring of Honor TV live results: Bandido vs. Mansoor

Posted on by Jeff Moss

Tonight’s Ring of Honor on HonorClub will feature more CMLL action ahead of next week’s AEW/ROH invasion of Arena Mexico.

After appearing during a big brawl at AEW Summer Blockbuster, former ROH TV Champion Atlantis Jr. will team with Templario against Volador Jr. and Magnus.

In a Proving Ground match, ROH World Champion Bandido will take on Mansoor where if the challenger can win or draw the champion, he earns a future title shot.

ROH Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet will return to action in her own Proving Ground bout.

The card is rounded out by Evil Uno taking on former Dark Order teammate Preston Vance, while Shane Taylor Promotions will be in eight-man action.

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For the 120th time, Ring of Honor streams it’s way into our collective hearts with two huge Proving Ground matches and a Supercard that’s just under a month away.

-Shane Taylor Promotions kicked things off with empassioned promo about… money in the bank? Oh, right literal money in a metaphorical bank. They are ready to start mixing things up and let the rumblin’ begin!

Magnus & Volador Jr. vs. Atlantis Jr. & Templario

Between the participants of this match there is a metric ton of Gold. Atlantis currently holds the World Historic Light Heavyweight Champion and is of course a former ROH World Television Champion. His partner Templario is one half of the NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Champions (with TJP as United Empire) as well as the CMLL World Middleweight Champion. Magnus is a double Tag Champion, currently holding the MLW World Tag Team Championship and the Mexican National Tag Team Champion with Rugido as Los Depredadores. And Volador Jr? Well… he’s there too. 

“Lucha Libre” chants broke out as the Luchadores began to libre. Volador and Templario kicked things off at breakneck speed, swapping holds and moves. Atlantis tagged in to face off against Magnus, but caught a kick through the ropes from Volador which lead to a double team.

Atlantis was able to fight them off, sending Volador to the outside. Templario tagged in but Mangus and Volador took their time deciding who would join him in the ring. It ended up being Volador who kept up with Templario until MAgnus tagged in. Templario it an inside-out arm drag and that brought in Atlantis.

Atlantis dove onto Magnus on the outside and Templario went up to the top turnbuckle for a missile dropkick on Magnus. Magnus fought back though, setting Templario up for a 619 and then a superkick from Volador.

Atlantis jumped in and took his place getting double teamed in the corner. Volador went for a lazy cover and Templario broke it up. Magnus hit a low blow on Templario when the refs back was turned and Volador began working his ribs.

A hot tag was made to Atlantis but Magnus was heading straight for him with some rapid punches. Magnus tried to take Atlantis’ mask and almost got it off too. He then did some push ups and flexed. Really.

Atlantis found new life and hit backbreakers on Volador and Magnus. Templario delivered a split kick, sending Volador out of the ring. Atlantis went up top and hit a frog splash on Magnus to get the pin and the win for his team.

Match Result: Atlantis Jr. & Templario defeated Magnus & Volador Jr.

Super fun Luchadore match to start things off! I love these matches on ROH, because they tell a great story in the ring.

Evil Uno (w/ Alex Reynolds) vs. Preston Vance (w/ Cole Karter, Griff Garrison & Jacked Jameson)

I’ve been reading a lot of Batman comics lately and the never ending battle between the Dark Order and The Frat House kind of has me feeling like they are destined to do this forever. In this case, it’s Uno taking on Vance with everyone’s back up in tow. It also might be time for the Dark Order to get some pledges (or new D&D players, or whatever it is they do) to even up the numbers game. 

PS – if you forgot that Vance was once in the Dark Order, don’t worry. So did I.

It was no surprise to see that the Code of Honor did not happen. The bell rang, and Uno took it straight to Vance, knocking him from pillar to post. Vance bailed to the outside where the half a dozen Frat House members were waiting. Uno followed him out though, standing up to all of them.

Uno threw Vance back in the ring, but as Uno was climbing up to join him, the rest of the Frat House, led by Jameson, put the boots to him. That gave Vance the upper hand and he laid some shots in on Uno. Shocking no one, every time the ref’s back was turned a Frat House member would take a shot at Uno.

Vance started pie-facing Uno which fired him up. He hit a stunner on Vance and then went for a corner splash that Vance dodged and locked in a full nelson hold. Uno began to fade, but powered out of it, delivering a huge forearm to Vance’s huge face.

Uno dropped Vance with a DDT and went for a piledriver, but Vance reversed it into a fall away slam. Vance tried a discus elbow but Uno was able to land the piledriver and throw a discus elbow of his own. He went for the cover, but the Frat House distracted the ref from making the pin.

Vance was slipped the pledge paddle and Vance clocked him with it before the ref could see to get the pin.

Match Result: Preston Vance defeated Evil Uno

After the match, the Frat House began beating down Uno and Reynolds when suddenly a returning John Silver arrived to (not really) even the odds! It was enough to send the Frat House packing though as a full strength Dark Order reconnected in the ring.

What a great match. As much as I hate the Frat House I love Evil Uno. He and Vance know each other really well and it was a great back and forth with each man getting a chance to shine. Silver’s return was great, but someone needs to teach the Frat House how to count, because there were still six of them to three of the Order.

ROH Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet vs. Harleen Lopez in a Proving Ground match

Red Velvet is closing in on a full year as ROH Women’s TV Champion and will be in CMLL next week to take on Persephone. That’s about all you need to know. Her opponent, Lopez, clearly had a strength advantage, but Velvet hasn’t been champ this long for no reason.

Lopez laid some killer shoulder tackles onto Velvet, temporarily knocking her silly. When she recovered, Velvet went to the boxing background she’s got a pummelled Lopez in the corner. Lopez threw some elbows back at Velvet followed by a butterfly suplex.

Lopez traded strikes with Velvet until she left herself open for a Mama’s Kitchen and Velvet pinned her, dashing Lopez’ title dreams.

Match Result: Red Velvet defeated Harleen Lopez

Fun little squash, but the outcome was pretty obvious even as it was happening. Velvet is on fire and not going to be giving up that Women’s TV Title anytime soon.

-The Dark Order cut a promo in the back, with the returning John Silver talking about meat. Uno declared that the three of them are better than six of the Frat House. They laid out a trios challenge for any time, anywhere.

Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty & The Infantry) vs. Vaughn Vertigo, Martian Webb, Riley Reinhart and Joe Demaro

Shane Taylor Promotions is bringing out all it’s weapons tonight in this massive 8-man match. STP are the most dominant faction in ROH, so it’s surprising that the only title they hold is the ROH Pure Title on Moriarty’s shoulder. Time will tell if they can gather some more belts, but for now they look to make short work of Vertigo, Webb, Reinhart & Demaro, who despite sounding like a law firm, did not have much to work with.

I don’t even really know how to describe this match. It was pretty much just members of STP taggin in and out to completely destroy whichever of the other four were in the ring. It almost became comical as between the four of them, neither Vertigo, Webb, Demaro or Reinhart got any offense in.

The only actual wrestling in the match was when Moriarty was in the ring and had a decent exchange with Vertigo. Then Taylor tagged in and offered his face for a free shot from Demaro. Taylor no sold it then beat him down and went for a pin… that was actually broken up, much to Taylor’s surpsise, by glutton-for-punnishment, Webb.

Moriarty tagged in and put the Border City Stretch on Demaro and he tapped out in seconds. The end.

Match Result: Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty & The Infantry) destroyed defeated Vaughn Vertigo, Martian Webb, Riley Reinhart and Joe Demaro

I love STP, but honestly, this was one of those matches that didn’t make them look good. There was no believable way that they weren’t losing this match, which just begs the question, what was the point? I sincerely hope they find themselves with some purpose as we get closer to Supercard of Honor in July.

ROH World Champion Bandido vs. Mansoor (w/ Johnny TV, Mason Madden & Taya Valkyrie) in a Proving Ground match

It was announced last week that one of the “M’s” in MxMxTV would get a shot at a shot at Bandido’s ROH World Title. Mansoor is the M in question and he’s bringing the whole gang with him. There’s been a few Proving Ground wins lately and with Supercard of Honor a month away, could this be the beginning of the Main Event story? 

Mansoor came to the ring with his crew and it looked like Madden had borrowed his boots from Valkyrie, which was neat. Bandido arrived in a cowboy hat because, well, why not?

A Tip-Touch of Honor was adhered to and the ten minute time limit began ticking down. Mansoor was actually pretty evenly matched against Bandido size wise and wrestling the champion gave him a chance to show off his speed and agility. Bandido for his part looked like he was having a lot of fun.

Bandido put Mansoor on his back and gave him the finger guns, which incensed MAdden on the outside who screamed “no guns!” Bandido set Mansoor up for the 21 Plex, but Madden pulled him out of the ring and Bandido along with him. Mansoor took advantage and threw Bandido into the stairs. Madden, TV and Valkyrie stomped him while Mansoor distracted the ref.

Back in the ring, Mansoor hit a backbreaker, softening up the back of Bandido, stretching him over his knee. Bandido powered out of it (he’s a power lifter, you see) but Mansoor drove an elbow into his back. Bandido responded with a superkick and twisting tornado dive from the top rope.

Bandido went for a suplex, but his back wouldn’t handle it. He was able to recover for a one handed press-slam though and climbed the ropes for a huge frog splash, but Mansoor kicked out at two. Bandido tried a 21 Plex again, but TV caught him and laid him out giving Mansoor a chance to hit a butterfly suplex and get a two count of his own.

Mansoor distracted the ref and Madden and TV tried to steal Bandido’s mask. The ref saw it though and ejected everyone from ringside. This was seven minutes into the match and Mansoor used the chaos to try for a moonsault. Bandido saw it though and dodged, setting Mansoor up for the 21 Plex. He nailed it this time and pinned Mansoor, 1-2-3.

Match Result: ROH World Champion Bandido defeated Mansoor

After the match, Lee Johnson came wandering down to the ring. This distracted Bandido enough that Black Christian was able to jump him from behind in the ring. He stood tall over Bandido and he and Johnson stomped him in the ring. Mascara Dorada (who will face Bandido on Tuesday in CMLL) appeared at the top of the ramp and ran down to the ring to run off the heels. He then picked up the ROH title and offered his hand to Bandido. He handed the champion his belt as the two shared mutual respect.

Very cool main event! MxMxTV are fantastic and Bandido made it look like tons of fun. The after match schmozz was cool too because I think it teased a future title match between Bandido and Christian, which is something I would very much like to see.

Don Callis Family, Red Velvet added to June AEW & ROH vs. CMLL event

Posted on by Josh Nason

Image: AEW

The names keep being added to next month’s AEW vs. CMLL week at Arena Mexico.

Announced during Wednesday’s CMLL Informa show, Konosuke Takeshita, Rocky Romero & Kyle Fletcher of the Don Callis Family have been added to the Tuesday, June 17th show featuring AEW & ROH vs. CMLL.

The trio will battle Averno, Hechicero & Ultimo Guerrero in a trios bout.

Additionally, Ring of Honor Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet has been added to the same show as she battles CMLL Women’s Universal Champion Persephone. It was not confirmed if either title, or both, are on the line. Persephone will make her Tony Khan-owned company debut later this month in El Paso, Texas, assumed to be for ROH.

All of the AEW competitors have previously competed in CMLL.

The centerpiece of the week is AEW making their Dynamite debut in Arena Mexico on Wednesday, June 18th followed by Fantasticamania on Friday, June 20th featuring Thunder Rosa.

Current AEW & ROH vs. CMLL card | Arena Mexico | Tuesday, June 17

  • Persephone vs. Red Velvet
  • Averno, Hechicero & Ultimo Guerrero vs. Don Callis Family (Kyle Fletcher, Rocky Romero & Konosuke Takeshita)
  • CMLL Tag Team Champions Los Hermanos Chavez (Angel de Oro & Niebla Roja) defend against CRU (Lio Rush & Action Andretti)
  • Mascara Dorada vs. Bandido

Ring of Honor TV live results: Red Velvet vs. La Catalina, Mina Shirakawa returns

Posted on by Jeff Moss

Ring of Honor Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet will return to action for the first time since January on tonight’s HonorClub show.

Velvet will put her title on the line against CMLL’s La Catalina who earned the title shot earlier this month. Velvet will be looking for her seventh title defense as a full year as titleholder looms on the horizon.

Mina Shirakawa will make her return stateside as an AEW contracted wrestler as she battles Leila Grey.

MxM Collection & Johnny TV will continue their trios run as they will be in action.

In tag team action, Serpentico & Angelico team up against Cole Karter & Griff Garrison.

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It’s another Thursday and another episode of ROH on Honorclub! This was episode #114 for those scoring at home and kicked off with a big return!

Mina Shirakawa defeated Leila Grey

Shirakawa was last seen in ROH in August of 2024 and has been predominantly hanging out in Stardom ever since. Her return took place against Leila Grey, who may or may not still be a flight attendant, and picked up a win against Lady frost in her last ROH appearance. 

Shirakawa is fantastic to watch in the ring (in spite of some quesitonable entrance music). Grey has been climbing the ladder in ROH, getting better with each match and still managing to make time to hang out with Top Flight. Shirakawa had an edge in speed, but Grey was able to keep up with her.

Grey got the first near fall and caught Shirakawa looking with a running neckbreaker. Shirakawa had a smile on her face the whole time though, using the ropes to her advantage with several springboard strikes. She also worked Grey’s knee over a bunch, trying to keep Grey off her feet.

There was a lot of dancing between moves, as well. A lot.

Shirakawa almost got Grey with a slingblade off the top rope that was really impressive. From there she went back to working Grey’s knee, but Grey fought back with a shotgun dropkick. Shirakawa got Grey into a figure four though, wrenching that softened up knee. Grey struggled to get out of it, but in the end had to tap.

Match Result: Mina Shirakawa defeated Leila Grey

MxM Collection (Mansoor & Madden) and Johnny TV defeated Rosario Grillo, Cameron Russell and Alan Russell

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; MxM and Johnny TV are a match made in heaven. They are like peanut butter & jelly, bronzer and spray tans, hair gel and… well, hair. They have to be worrisome to the ROH Six-Man Champions, Dustin Rhodes and the Von Erichs, and not just because they keep stealing belts. 

Grillo and Mansoor kicked things off with a Tip-Touch of Honor. Immediately, Mansoor asked aloud “Why am I doing this?” and tagged in the much bigger Madden. Madden took Grillo so seriously, he didn’t even bother to take off his sunglasses.

Alan tagged in next, but Madden made short, short work of him. Madden dragged Alan to the corner, isolating him in the corner and tagging in TV. TV and Mansoor double teamed him with chops and stomps. Madden used some butt-based offense to knock Alan across the ring and MxMxTV all posed in the ring.

TV went up top, but missed the mark, allowing Alan to tag in Cameron who battled with Mansoor. From there, MxMxTV just collectively beat up their opponents. Eventually, they landed a Super Centerfold and executed a triple pin for the win.

Match Result: MxM Collection (Mansoor & Madden) and Johnny TV defeated Rosario Grillo, Cameron Russell and Alan Russell

ROH Women’s World TV Champion Red Velvet defeated La Catalina

As of this writing, Red Velvet has held the ROH Women’s TV title for 279 days. Not too shabby when you consider she’s only the second person to hold the title, after Billie Starkz. Velvet put Ashley Vox down in under 5 minutes in a Proving Ground match last week and this week takes on #1 Contender La Catalina, who beat Taya Valkyrie for the honor.  

These two are both really good at what they do. Velvet had the veteran’s edge, but Catalina wrestles a luchadore hybrid style that Velvet hadn’t faced before. Catalina was able to roll her up out of nowhere quite often in the opening minutes.

Once Velvet was able to get Catalina out of the ring though, we saw her toughness. On the outside Catalina brought a straight up slugfest until Velvet got the upper hand and wrapped her knee around the ringpost.

Catalina hit a huge fisherwoman’s suplex and came within a half-second of becoming the champion. Velvet stayed in it though, even through a shotgun dropkick from the top rope and a big electric chair.

Catalina went up top for her signature splash, but Velvet climbed the ropes and brought her down and put her into a vicious half-crab hold. Catalina struggled to get to the ropes, but couldn’t last when Velvet grabbed the rope for leverage. Catalina tapped and Velvet retains the title.

Match Result: ROH Women’s World TV Champion Red Velvet defeated La Catalina

The Frat House (Griff Garrison & Cole Karter w/Preston Vance & Jacked Jameson) defeated Spanish Announce Project (Angelico & Serpentico)

In another universe, I feel like The Frat House and Spanish Announce Project probably attended a lot of the same house parties in high school. They hung out on different floors of the house, but were still there. SAP took a loss last week as one half of a team with The Kingdom in an 8-man battle and The Frat House picked up a trios win a couple of weeks ago and have probably started eyeing the titles held by Dustin Rhodes and The Von Erichs. Mainly to use as beer coasters, I presume. 

The Frat offered up some red solo cups of Honor, but immediately threw their contents in SAP’s face. SAP responded by kicking their butts, leaving Karter alone in the ring for some double teaming. Angelico bowed out and Serpentico went one-on-one with Garrison, who had quickly tagged in.

Serpentico took out both Garrison and Karter with a dive through the ropes while Jameson and Vance… watched? Serpentico tried to go high, but Karter pulled him off the turnbuckle, sending him into the Frat Corner, where all four got their shots in.

The Frat House took control from there, with Garrison and Karter trading quick tags to hit Serpentico with a succession of moves. They threw him out of the ring and Vance and Jameson added their two cents as well.

Off of a hot tag, Angelico finally returned to the match, clearing the ring of Frat-people. Garrison got back in and the two collided in a double cross-body. That left Serpentico and Karter in the ring, and Jameson tried to hit on the ref at ringside. That let Vance get a few shots in on Serpentico, softening him up for Karter to get the pin through nefarious means.

Match Result: The Frat House (Griff Garrison & Cole Karter w/Preston Vance & Jacked Jameson) defeated Spanish Announce Project (Angelico & Serpentico)

After the match, the Frat House beat up SAP in the ring, trying to steal Serpentico’s mask again. That brought out ROH World Champion Bandido who picked apart the Frat House, clocking Vance specifically with the title belt. SAP Got to their feet and the three hugged in the ring.

Ring of Honor TV live results: Women’s TV title match, Athena returns

Posted on by Jeff Moss

Red Velvet puts her Ring of Honor Women’s TV title up against Robyn Renegade in the headliner of tonight’s ROH on HonorClub show.

Velvet will be looking for the sixth defense of her title she has held for nearly 200 days with the challenger riding a two-match win streak with her last victory coming in August 2024.

ROH Women’s World Champion Athena will host a Proving Ground match against Carolina Cruz while ROH Tag Team Champion Sammy Guevara takes on Mansoor of MxM Collection.

Blake Christian will look to nab his sixth straight win as he battles Adam Priest while Lee Johnson takes on Jon Davis ahead of next week’s men’s TV title match against Komander.

In a four-way tag team match, it will be The Outrunners vs. Evil Uno & Alex Reynolds vs. Grizzled Young Veterans vs. Ari Daivari & Tony Nese.

Griff Garrison & Preston Vance will take on The Parea to round out the show.

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It’s Thursday and I just had a root canal! What mystical musings will the good drugs produce? Let’s find out as ROH on Honorclub episode #102 kicks off!

Blake Christian defeated Adam Priest

Christian has developed a real bad attitude over the last few months and has put it on full display in wins over Parker Li, Serpentico and Evil Uno. He’s on a hot streak and one has to assume that puts him in line for an ROH title sooner than later. Priest (the OTHER Priest), survived a beating at the hands of The Beast Mortos on Collision is making his ROH Singles debut, which I’m sure will go great for him. 

Christian gave a Code of Middle Finger to Priest off the top who grabbed it and tried to twist it off. From there, the two went back and forth with a technical, but speedy style. Priest turned out to be a pretty good foe for Christian, as they both had similar styles and sizes.

Christian bailed from the ring to reset and Priest took advantage with a big uppercut as he climbed back into the ring. Christian blocked some Irish Whip attempts and followed up with a flying forearm off the top turnbuckle.

Christian went up top again and Priest tried to throw him off, but Christian managed a big legdrop for a two count. They ended up on the outside, where Christian dragged Priest’s face around the barricade, followed by a back suplex onto the floor.

Christian tossed Priest back into the ring where he chopped him in the throat and mugged for the crowd. Priest reversed a pumphandle slam into a suplex and the two traded chops. Priest landed a huge DDT for a two count, almost getting the upset.

Speaking of getting upset, Christian got mad and laid Priest out with a big powerslam. Christian went up top again and hit a 450 Double Stomp. He then locked in a new submission move called Vanilla Choke Zero and Priest was forced to tap out.

Griff Garrison & Preston Vance (w/Cole Karter) defeated The Parea (Eli Theseus & Gabriel Aeros)

While Cole Karter continues his rehab from injury, Garrison has been hanging out/teaming with Vance. Oddly enough, that has formed a “cool guy” triad that for some reason Jacked Jameson really wants to be a part of. He approached the trio two weeks ago and they decided to straight up bully him about wanting to hang out with them, so I guess I like Jameson now? Anyways, Garrison and Vance were taking on the ROH-debuting The Parea who are currently double champions, holding both the WSW and MCW tag titles.  

Garrison kicked things off tying up with Theseus who was the beefier of the two, but Garrison is very, very agile and was able to keep control. Theseus tagged in Aeros and they used some double team offense followed by a huge knee to the face to keep Garrison away from a tag.

Aeros began dancing in the ring and that summoned Jacked Jameson who sauntered down to the ring to cause a distraction. Garrison sent Theseus to the outside where Vance beat him up against the barricade. Jameson hung around on the outside, getting in a sneaky shot on Aeros.

Vance became legal in the ring and was joined by Theseus. Vance got him up in a stalling suplex and drove him back to the mat. Garrison tagged in and they worked over Theseus, keeping from a hot tag. Jameson and Karter stayed to the outside, chilling and being shirtless.

Garrison scooped up Thesus with a slam and some mockery, but only got a two count. Theseus fought back with a big backdrop and got the hot tag to Aeros who actually managed to lay in a few big strokes to the now-legal Vance.

Garrison hopped in and he and Vance delivered duelling discus lariats to Theseus, which knocked him clean out and got them the pin. After the match, they let Jameson hang out and pose with them on the apron. How nice.

-Backstage, A somber Billie Starkz pretended to hold a mic in place of the excommunicated Lexy Nair. She sadly introduced Athena who informed Billie that their match tonight would not be a tag match, but a singles bout in order to teach her a lesson. Starkz rolled her eyes and said “fine” as Athena left.

Lee Johnson (w/EJ Nduka) defeated Jon Davis

Johnson and Nduka have been on a tear lately. A pouty, mean-spirited tear, but a tear none the less. They helped Shane Taylor Promotions beat up the Dark Order and Friends a couple of weeks ago and last week, Johnson lasted 10 minutes with Komander in a Proving Ground match to earn a shot at the ROH World Television Championship. Davis, still not the lead singer of KoRn, but is in his first ROH match since 2010 when he lost to Rhett Titus, who apparently worked there at the time. 

Davis actually would have had a good match with Nduka as he was much bigger than Johnson. That said, the veteran can work. He was able to overpower Johnson off the top and keep the match a slower pace. Davis powered out of a waistlock and twisted Johnson into a wristlock. Johnson begged off and Davis resumed pacing around the ring.

Davis picked up Johnson and threw him, not unlike a bale of hay or sack of proverbial potatoes. Johnson pretended to show respect in order to lower Davis in for a taunting slap to the face. Nduka lured Davis to the outside where he faced off with Nduka. Johnson dove through the ropes to take him out, claiming it was all “too easy.”

Johnson pulled him back into the ring for a rough looking knee to the face and a standing moonsault. Johnson called Davis a “nothing” and that seemed to wake the big man up. He threw elbows and big slams, planting Johnson with a huge suplex. Nduka grabbed Davis’ ankle and pulled him to the outside, crushing him.

Tossing him back in the ring, Johnson hit a big frog splash from the top and got the 1-2-3 (with Nduka getting the assist). Davis looked great though!

ROH Women’s World Title Proving Ground Match: Athena [c] (w/Billie Starkz) defeated Carolina Cruz

The ROH Women’s Forever Champion made her triumphant return after an international world tour! Starkz made her mopey return to being a minion and Cruz gets caught in the middle. It is a Proving Ground match though, so if Cruz can last that 10 minutes or pin/submit the champion, she’ll get a title shot. I cannot stress enough how unlikely that is though.

Athena started the match by yelling at Starkz before delivering a huge dropkick to Cruz. Cruz tried her best, but was gravely outmatched against Athena. She threw Cruz around the ring while Starkz sat quietly on the outside.

Athena hit a great front legsweep and rained down punches on Cruz. Cruz managed to get a forearm in which just made Athena madder. She hit a one handed powerbomb and stacked Cruz up to get the win. This was Athena’s 30th straight Proving Ground win. She may actually be champ forever…

After the match, Athena tried to smash Cruz’ face on the title belt while Starkz watched. Athena mercilessly beat up Cruz until Starkz tried to calm her down. Athena then turned her fury on Starkz, while the ref begged her to let up. Athena got ahold of herself and stomped off with her belt and Starkz in tow.

Sammy Guevara defeated Mansoor (w/Mason Madden)

While Guevara’s partner Dustin Rhodes takes care of some MJF-related business in AEW, Guevara is holding down the ROH Tag Team Championship business. MxM have declared that they need some new accessories to complete a Championship look, and the Tag Titles go with everything!

Poses were struck (six in fact!) and a tip was offered, but when Sammy went to touch his, Mansoor gave him the finger! A perfectly posed finger, but a a finger none the less.

Mansoor and Guevara were pretty evenly matched in size and speed, which made the slow start to the match a little puzzling. However, when things picked up, Mansoor was able to land some big elbows. Guevara responded with some poses of his own, dodging dropkick in the process.

Mansoor started ot lose his cool as Guevara had an answer for everything he threw at him. Madden feigned posing on the ring apron (the hardest part of the ring) but grabbed Guevara’s ankle, eading to Mansoor putting him in a figure four around the bottom rope.

Mansoor began working Guevara’s leg with a series of hamstring pulls and drop knees. Mansoor got Guevara in a Boston Crab, but Guevara worked his way out of it. Mansoor put on a stepover grapevine but Guevara was just barely able to get to the rope, his leg now really hurting.

Mansoor tried to set up a Shattered Dreams to taunt Guevara’s partner Dusting Rhodes, but Guevara was able to dodge it and land a dragonscrew takedown. Guevara returned the favor, working over Mansoor’s leg and knee. Madden got involved, but Guevara dodged his kick, hanging him up on the ropes.

Mansoor tried to take advantage, but Guevara caught him with a figure four and Mansoor had to tap out. After the match, Madden and Mansoor beat up Guevara in the ring, hitting a Centerfold and pretending to pin Guevara to send Rhodes a message. They then posed with Guevara’s ROH Tag Title Belt.

ROH Women’s World Television Title Match: Red Velvet (c) defeated Robyn Renegade

Red Velvet is fast becoming the fighting-est champion on the ROH Roster. She has successfully defended the ROH Women’s TV Title against Diamante, HANAKO, and a pair of Leylas (Leyla Hirsch and Leila Grey) just to name a few. She’s also held her own in a boatload of Proving ground matches. This will be Renegade’s first crack at the title and Velvet, so we’ll see if a fresh matchup hurts or helps the champ. 

Renegade stood about 6 inches taller than Velvet, but when wrestling Velvet, size is rarely a factor. The two locked up with Renegade coming out on top, slamming Velvet to the mat. Not phased, Velvet stood up and did the same thing back to her. Velvet went for a big kick, but Renegade had it scouted and caught her in midair, slamming Velvet to the ground.

Renegade delivered a punch that staggered Velvet in a way rarely seen. Velvet tried to retaliate, but Renegade seemed to have her number, countering everything Velvet threw at her. Velvet was playing possum though, as Renegade tried a baseball slide, but Velvet caught her in the ring apron (the aproniest part of the ring!) and delivered some heavy shots.

Velvet hit a double knee to the abck of Renegade’s head on the ropes. She began talking trash to the camera, and Renegade tried a quick rollup. Velvet kicked out and tried one of her own. Renegade kicked out and planted Velvet with a side slam.

Velvet got a sneak DDT in (kinda) and laid out Renegade. The two climbed up, face to face and traded punches. Renegade began talking her own trash, which woke up Velvet in a big way. She unloaded on her, sending Renegade to the corner. Renegade fought out though and went for a pumphandle slam that Velvet managed to counter into a Mama’s Kitchen and pick up the win to retain her title. A great, hard-hitting match!

The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) defeat Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) and The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & Evil Uno) and The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese) (w/Josh Woods & Mark Sterling)

If there is one thing that ROH loves its multiple teams in the same match. This one was more of a “four corners” situation though, with each team fending for themselves. All of these teams have had issues with one another at some point, except the Outrunners. Everyone loves the Outrunners. Everyone came to the ring with their usual schtick(s) and managed to get through the intros without chaos erupting.

Magnum and Daivari kicked things off, but Nese quickly tagged in. Magnum took a shot to the throat and stumbled into the corner of the Dark Order. Reynolds tagged himself in and flattened Nese with a crossbody. Gibson tagged in, and Uno and Reynolds doiuble teamed him.

Then the chaos broke out, with all 8 men brawling in the ring. The Order and Outrunners managed to get an opponent each in the corners and delivered synchronized punches. The ring was cleared, leaving Uno and Gibson as the legal men. The Athletes grabbed Uno and dragged him out of the ring, making Nese and Reynolds legal for some reason.

Reynolds managed to tag in Uno, but Daivari jumped in and he and Nese double teamed him. Uno fought back though, knocking them both against the turnbuckle. Magnum made a blind tag on Uno and he and Daivari mixed it up. Gibson tagged in and hit a back suplex on Magnum. Drake jumped in off a Gibson tag and the two double teamed Magnum. That brought in the Athletes who worked with the GYV to keep Magnum from making a tag.

Finally, Magnum dodged a big lariat and got the hot tag to Floyd. He cleared the ring of everyone. At this point, the Dark Order seemed to have disappeared. The Outrunners hit a big double elbow and set up for a Total Recall, but Nese interrupted. Reynolds appeared out of nowhere and dove through the ropes, taking out Sterling and crew.

The Veterans and Athletes found themselves in the ring with the Outrunners. Floyd and Magnum cleared out both teams and nailed a total recall on Drake. That gave them enough time to make the pin and get the victory!

Good times, Good show, good night!

Ring of Honor TV live results: Women’s TV title defense

Posted on by Jeff Moss

Ring of Honor Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet will look for her fifth defense on tonight’s ROH on HonorClub.

Velvet will defend against Leila Grey who earned the shot by virtue of a single win on last week’s show.

Men’s TV Champion Komander will take on Lee Johnson in a Proving Ground bout where if Johnson can draw or beat Komander, he earns a future title shot.

Blake Christian will attempt to win his fifth straight ROH singles match as he battles Dark Order’s Evil Uno.

ROH Tag Team Champion Sammy Guevara will go one-on-one with Aaron Solo while Serpentico wrestles Brandon Cutler.

Queen Aminata vs. Allysin Kay rounds out the lineup.

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A new Thursday means a new episode of ROH on HonorClub! The Men’s and Women’s TV Titles will be in action tonight, so clearly ROH is TV ready!

Sammy Guevara defeated Aaron Solo

Guevara is currently one-half of the ROH Tag Champions, the Sons of Texas with Dustin Rhodes. They just successfully defended the titles at Wrestle Dynasty in Japan, so one can assume that Guevara is taking this singles match because Rhodes is jet lagged. Solo has the distinction of recently losing to 57 year old former Taylor Swift employer Jeff Jarrett on Collision. I don’t know who that’s more embarrassing for. Solo for losing, or AEW for still putting on Jarrett matches in the year of our Lord 2025. 

Solo rejected a Code of Honor from Guevara off the top as the two locked up. These guys both trade on speed and agility, so the slower, more punchy start was a surprise. Guevara sent Solo to the outside and pulled some tricks from 1995 HBK’s bag and did some suggestive posing while Solo recovered.

Guevara went for a spingboard off the top rope, but Solo had it scouted and shook him off. Solo stomped Guevara in the corner and then a tight chinlock. Guevara fought back though, delivering the first chops of the night followed by a crossbody.

The match sped up here with Guevara and Solo each dodging some high impact moves. Guevara managed to land a kick to Solo’s spine, but it only got a two count. Guevara got Solo up in a Torture Rack, but Solo wiggled out, sending Guevara up the ramp.

The two battled their way back to the ring, where Solo climbed up to the top rope and delivered a double stomp. Guevara fought back with a cutter and delivered a GTH to pick up the pin and victory.

Queen Aminata defeated Allysin Kay

Aminata is kicking 2025 off right. She’s 3-1 in this new(ish) year and had a run to end last year that featured a string of wins ( what we call pulling a “Reverse-Brandon Cutler”) over the likes of Leila Grey, Harley Cameron and a really tough bout against Lady Frost. Kay has been in and out of ROH a lot, but has not managed to score a win since 2021 when she beat Willow Nightingale in the first round of a Women’s World Championship Tournament, eventually won by Rok-C.

Aminata showed no respect to the veteran Kay, rubbing her face in it off the top (“it” would be her derriere). Aminata sent Kay into the corner and climbed up for exactly 10 punches to the head. Kay barrelled back though, knocking Aminata into the opposite corner for a splash.

Kay laid the lumber on Aminata, wrapping her up in the ropes with a chinlock. Kay tied up Animata in a submission move in the center of the ring, but it wasn’t enough to keep the Queen down. The two traded fists with Aminata coming out on top. She laid out Kay with a huge knee to the face and dragged her back to the center of the ring, but only got a two count. Once back on their feet, Aminata gave Kay a big headbutt, knocking her clean out, leading to Aminata getting the victory.

ROH World Television Title Proving Ground Match: Komander (w/Alex Abrahantes) [c] vs. Lee Johnson (w/EJ Nduka) – Time Limit Draw (10:00)

This match was made last week and features two very different ringside enforcers. Abrahantes is there to hype up Komander and EJ Nduka is there to forcibly murder anyone who gets in front of him. As always in a Proving Ground match, the challenger must pin, submit or last the 10 minute time limit to secure a shot at the title in question. The last Proving Ground match Komander had featured QT Marshall getting a rare Proving Ground challenger win by drawing out the match to the time limit. Komander retained his title in the match that followed. 

Komander had his hands full with Johnson, who kicked away the Code of Honor. The two locked up and Johnson took Komander to the ground. Komander tried to catch Johnson in a submission hold, but Johnson started to break away from Komander, killing time like QT Marshall did a few weeks ago.

Johnson dragged Komander to the mat with a headlock, but Komander broke it and Johnson returned to grinding the match down to the slowest pace possible. Komander send Johnson to the outside and wanted to hit a dive through the ropes, but a large wall named Nduka was standing there, causing Komander to pull up. Johnson snuck in and attacked Komander from behind, sending him out of the ring.

After a few shots against the barricade, Johnson pulled Komander back into the ring. He taunted the champion, pushing him with his foot in a condescending manner. Johnson tried a superplex as the time ticked away. Komander dodged it and hit a big facebuster on Johnson, but seemed to knock the wind out of himself in the process.

Johnson hit a big driver out of nowhere, but it wasn’t enough to put Komander away. Johnson tried a powerbomb, but Komander put in a kick to the head. Komander favoured his ribs as he climbed to the top rope where Johnson grabbed him. Komander quickly hit a sunset bomb but it wasn’t enough to put Johnson away as a one-minute warning was delivered.

Komander tried desperately to put Johnson down, but his ribs slowed him down. Nduka pulled Johnson out of the ring while Komander writhed until the bell rang! Johnson lasted the 10 minutes so the match ended in a draw, but Johnson still gets the title shot.

Serpentico defeated Brandon Cutler

We last saw Serpentico around the beginning of the month as 1/8th of a 4v4 tag match that his team was on the losing end of. Serpentico’s normal partner in the Spanish Announce Project, Angelico, has been out with a knee injury but rumor has it he’s almost completed his “knee-hab.” The last time Cutler won a televised match in ROH was a tag match in March of 2024. Since then, he’s chalked up losses to the likes of Preston Vance, Rocky Romero, Katsuyori Shibata, Jacoby Watts (Watts? Really?) and now maybe Serpentico. If you’re collecting high-profile losses, that’s not a bad list. 

Cutler and Serpentico first faced off in a battle of the silly outfits. Serpentico won that with a cool new mask, vest and… codpiece? All of which were very shiny. The two locked up with Serpentico sending Cutler to the mat. Cutler responded with a hurricanrana, but Serpentico fought back then they flew around the ring.

Serpentico hit a statue senton (aka he fell over) onto Cutler, but it only got a two-count. Cutler went for a big move off the top rope, but Serpentico sidestepped it and Cutler fell flat on his face. Serpentico sent Cutler to the corner and veeeery slowly unzipped his jacket to chop Cutler on bare chest.

Cutler battled back and hit a double stomp from the top rope followed by a big pumphandle slam. Cutler tried to get Serpentico in a big spin, but it slithered out and hit a big driver. Serpentico went to the top rope and hit a huge frog splash to get the pin and victory.

ROH Classic Match: ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe vs Tony Deppen (ROH on Honorclub Episode #2, Feb 25, 2023)

This week’s Classic Content was Samoa Joe beating the everloving heck out of Tony Deppen. The match happened way back on episode 2 of ROH on Honorclub. Samoa Joe was the TV Champion at the time and was taking on all comers. Lots of big punishing blows, but was largely a squash. Still I’d watch Joe squash people any day, and this was a good one.

-Backstage, the Infantry cut a promo about their new attitudes. The Infantry put the whole company on notice that they will be double stomping anyone and everyone. That was about it.

Blake Christian defeated Evil Uno (w/Alex Reynolds & John Silver)

Since coming within a hair of winning the ROH TV Title at Final Battle 2024, Christian has been showing an aggressive attitude as he makes the rounds in ROH. He’s completed the trifecta of beating Parker Li, Serpentic and AR Fox and looks to add Evil Uno to the list. Uno for his part, brought Reynolds and Silver with him for some top-shelf posing and jacket wearing. It’s hard to say what’s going on with the Dark Order these days, but for this match they seem like they are on the same dark page. 

Continuing the trend of the night, Christian shook off a Code of Honor and the two locked up. Uno was not impressed with Christian’s new attitude and shoved him into the corner. Christian literally flipped out of the ring, mocking a clearly annoyed Uno on the outside.

Christian jumped back in and sent Uno to the ropes. Uno responded but punching him in the face very hard. Christian slid out again this time Uno followed, levelling a prone Christian with a shoulder in front of the commentary desk.

Back in the ring, Uno delivered 10 big forearms in the corner. Christian dodged a slam and double stomped Uno’s arm from the top rope. Christian continued working the arm, removing Uno’s strength advantage. Christian then hit a suicide dive INTO the ring from the raised ramp and levelled Uno.

The two traded blows in the middle of the ring, Uno winning the battle in spite of his damaged arm. Uno hit a DDT followed by a brainbuster, but it only got him a two count. Christian climbed to the top rope for a big frog splash, but Uno kicked out at two.

Uno hit a huge back elbow followed by a piledriver, but couldn’t put Christian away. Uno dragged Christian to the top rope, but Christian messed with his mask and managed to hit a huge 450 on Uno while he was fixing it. Christian delivered some knees to the head and finally scored a three count, winning the match.

-It was announced that ROH Women’s World Champion Athena would return to ROH next week!

ROH Women’s World Television Title Match: Red Velvet (c) defeated Leila Grey

Top Flight’s Grey picked up a win last week over Marti Belle that put her in contention for a shot at the ROH Women’s World TV Title apparently. This is not a criticism though, as Velvet has been grinding through opponents and seeing her and Grey mix it up (in or out of Mama’s Kitchen) sounds like something that everyone can get behind. 

The two locked up off the top with Grey sending Velvet to the ropes. After a quick rest, Velvet burst back with some stiff shots. Grey didn’t flinch though, slamming Velvet and hitting a senton. Grey picked apart Velvet with a series of quick strikes, causing Velvet to roll out of the ring to get herself in order.

Grey made the mistake of following her outside, where Velvet grabbed her and drove her lower back into the ring apron (the hardest part of the ring!). Velvet re-entered the ring, leaving Grey writhing on the outside. Velvet went for a chop against the barricade, but Grey dodged it and threw about a dozen of her own.

Back in the ring, Velvet used her boxing background to pepper Grey with shots. She followed that up with a meteora to the back of the head, leaving Grey dazed. Velvet locked in a full nelson, but Grey elbowed her way free. Velvet changed tactics and hit side slam into a chin lock, wearing Grey down.

Grey tried a quick rollup, but Velvet kicked out. Grey hit a bulldog and a dragon sleeper on Velvet got her foot on the ropes to break the hold. Velvet fought out and sent Grey into the corner. Grey hit a couple of elbows followed by a block buster, but Velvet kicked out a two.

Velvet managed to catch Grey off the ropes and spun her into a Mama’s Kitchen. Velvet pinned Grey and got the 1-2-3 to end a perfectly cromulent night of wrestling!