Red Velvet advances to ROH Women’s TV title tournament semifinals

Red Velvet has advanced to the semifinals of the ROH Women’s World TV title tournament. 

Red Velvet defeated Leyla Hirsch on Thursday’s Ring of Honor TV episode in a quarterfinals bout to advance to the semifinals in a match that was taped on February 24.

Velvet will now face Queen Aminata in the tournament semifinals after Aminata advanced on last week’s episode with a win over Taya Valkyrie.

The 16-person tournament is now down to the final six. The winner will be crowned the inaugural ROH Women’s World TV Champion.

The ROH Women’s World TV title tournament will continue on next Thursday’s Ring of Honor TV with another quarterfinals bout. 

Our full report from this week’s Ring of Honor TV is available here.

With Red Velvet advancing to the semifinals, here are the remaining quarterfinals bouts: 

  • Mercedes Martinez vs. Abadon
  • Billie Starkz vs. Diamante

The semifinals: 

  • Queen Aminata vs. Red Velvet
  • Mercedes Martinez/Abadon winner vs. Billie Starkz/Diamante winner

ROH Women’s TV title tournament quarterfinals set

The quarterfinals are set in the ROH Women’s World Television Championship tournament. 

Four wrestlers punched their tickets to the quarterfinals round on Thursday’s Ring of Honor TV episode as the tournament field was whittled down from 12 to eight. 

Taya Valkyrie, Abadon, Red Velvet, and Billie Starkz won first round matches on Thursday’s show to advance in the tournament. 

Valkyrie defeated Sussy Love, Abadon defeated Viva Van, Red Velvet defeated Sandra Moone, and Starkz defeated Robyn Renegade to move on to the quarterfinals round. 

Valkyrie will now face Queen Aminata in the quarterfinals, Abadon will take on Mercedes Martinez, Red Velvet will face Leyla Hirsch, and Starkz will take on Diamante. 

The tournament winner will be crowned the inaugural Ring of Honor Women’s World Television Champion. 

The tournament quarterfinals are expected to kick off on next Thursday’s Ring of Honor TV episode. 

The quarterfinals matches: 

  • Taya Valkyrie vs. Queen Aminata
  • Abadon vs. Mercedes MArtinez
  • Red Velvet vs. Leyla Hirsch
  • Billie Starkz vs. Diamante

ROH announces Women’s TV title tournament

The first Ring of Honor Women’s Television Champion will be crowned in a tournament. 

After unveiling the new title on last week’s episode, ROH announced during Thursday’s Ring of Honor TV episode that a tournament will be held to decide the first champion. 

While a tournament bracket has yet to be revealed, the first five competitors have been announced. 

Billie Starkz, Rachel Ellering, Leyla Hirsch, Kiera Hogan, and Lady Frost were reveaed to be the first five entrants in the tournament to crown an inaugural ROH Women’s World Television Champion. 

Starkz declared for the tournament in a backstage promo segment with Women’s World Champion Athena & Lexi Nair on Thursday’s episode. Hirsch & Ellering also declared their intentions to win the new title in a separate backstage promo on Thursday’s show.

Starkz was victorious over Vertvixen on Thursday’s Ring of Honor TV, while Hogan & Lady Frost were on the losing end of a trios bout on the show as they teamed with Trish Adora against Taya Valkyrie & The Renegades. 

ROH has yet to announce when the tournament will begin.