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Ring of Honor TV live results: Chris Jericho’s Rock ‘n’ Wrestling Rager matches

Posted on by Jeff Moss

Tonight’s Ring of Honor on HonorClub is a special edition of the show, featuring matches from last weekend’s Chris Jericho-hosted cruise, also known as the Rock ‘n’ Wrestling Rager.

In an AEW International title eliminator match, titleholder Konosuke Takeshita will take on Tommy Billington.

Ahead of her challenge of TBS Champion Mercedes Mone Saturday, Harley Cameron will go one-on-one with former women’s TV Champion Billie Starkz.

ROH men’s TV Champion Komander will put the title up against Nick Wayne in search of his fourth title defense.

Ricochet will battle Serpentico with an interesting note as the former hasn’t been on a ROH broadcast or ring since a 2009 dark match before Survival of the Fittest.

Former ROH World Champion Jay Lethal will take on Mason Madden of MxM Collection. Madden and Mansoor will challenge Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara for the ROH Tag Team titles Saturday.

The Outrunners will face the Grizzled Young Veterans as both teams vie for a future title shot.

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Episode 103 of ROH On Honorclub comes to us from the high seas! That’s right, tonight’s show takes place on the ROH World Champion Chris Jericho’s aptly named “Jericho Cruise: Six On The Beach” excursion. This is exciting for two reasons: 1) Jericho, the ROH World Champion will (possibly) be on the show (maybe)! 2) I can use this opportunity to dip into my vast lexicon of pirate-speak! Hold fast, me hearties! Avast and swab the poop deck, ye land lubb- oh, an e-mail… Lemme just check… “under no circumstances are you allowed to talk like a pirate in this recap.” 

… Yar 🙁

Jay Lethal defeated Mason Madden (w/Mansoor)

Hey! Jay Lethal made it on board! Since defeating QT Marshall at Final Battle 2024, Lethal has had… one match. At WrestlePro’s Wrestlepalooza event. So, nice to see him getting some reps in. Madden, who last week decided winning a tag title was just too much trouble and stole Sammy Guevara’s belt instead, is bigger than his speedo-clad partner and could bring the fight to the similarly small Lethal. After tip-touching, of course.

MxM made Lexy Nair announce them as the “Ring of Honor Tag Team Champion” (singular) and showed off a newly-bedazzled, albeit stolen, belt. Madden and Lethal perched on opposite corners and tried to get the crowd on their side. It seemed like an even split.

Madden got the drop on Lethal, offering up a tip, but jumping him before they could officially touch. Madden tried to hit an atomic drop on Lethal, but he was able to dodge it and grab the momentum. Lethal tried a splash form the top rope, but Madden caught him midair and dropped him with a modified powerbomb.

Lethal used his speed to run circles around Madden, knocking him off his feet. Madden fought back and the two exchanged shots. Madden flattened Lethal with a big boot, but Lethal dodged the following lged drop. Lethal hit a Lethal Ejection, which put Madden down. Lethal climbed up to the top and hit a big leg drop to get the pin.

-A promo, taped last week I assume, with Athena and Billie Starkz aired. Athena ran down Starkz, her family and her hometown. Then screamed “GET IT TOGETHER” at her before stomping off.

Harley Cameron defeated Billie Starkz

I was so excited for this match and also dreading it at the same time. Cameron is one of the best to do it right now and one of my favourites in the ring. Starkz has been moping around with ROH Women’s World Champion Athena, but her Minion-In-Training status is bumming her out. The good news is Starkz is also one of my favourites so this match had the potential to be amazing, but also sad because I hate to see either of them lose! Conflict!

Starkz arrived smiling which was rare and probably due to the fact she was in international waters and not bound to her MIT contract. Cameron tried to get her off the top, but Starkz not having Athena around, was energized and took control, including a smack on Cameron’s bottom.

Cameron sent Starkz to the mat with a drop toe-hold and slapped her rear in retaliation (rear-taliation?). Cameron then dropped Starkz with a dropkick and sent her to the corner for exactly 9 punches. She then rubbed Starkz face in her chest. Starkz responded by pushing her off and hitting a DDT.

The crowd (chanting “we are wasted”) began to distract Cameron, allowing Starkz to send her to the corner. Cameron battled back, trying a spinning heel kick. Starkz ducked it though and put her in a submission move, driving her knee into Cameron’s back. Cameron wiggled out and landed a few lariats.

Cameron took full control, again attempting to suffocate Starkz with her chest. Cameron got a pumphandle back suplex, but the cover was lax and Starkz kicked out at two. Starkz then got a two of her own with a twisting neckbreaker.

Cameron dodged a swanton from Starkz from the top rope and then rolled her up before she could regain her composure. 1-2-3 and Cameron gets the win!

AEW International Title Eliminator Match: Konosuke Takeshita [c] defeated Tommy Billington

These two met last year on Collision in an instant classic, but this match was to be contested under “Eliminator Rules.” That means that if Billington can pin Takeshita, he’ll earn a future shot at the AEW International Championship. So that’s neat. Takeshita, for his part, is just back from winning NJPW’s NEVER Openweight Championship so he’s riding high. No word on if a win for Biillington counts for shots at BOTH titles, but exciting none the less. 

This match kicked of with two things: Speed and hard, hard hitting. Because of the Cruise setting, movements and slams around the ring made a lot more noise and the closer camera angles made for a really fresh look at talent like Billington and Takeshita. That said, it also caused the lighting to be pretty bad, so it was hard to see at time.

Anyway, Billington and Takeshita ran each other around the ring hitting lariats, switchbacks and slams. Billington went up top, but Takeshita knocked him off the rope and set him up in the corner for wat turned out to be a plastic spoon to the head of Billington. Takeshita did a great Abdullah impression with it.

Billington finally made it to the top rope and hit a missile drop kick. Billington managed to get Takeshita into a pile driver and scrambled up top for a falling head butt. Takeshita moved though and Billington kissed the canvas. Takeshita hit a blue thunder bomb which got him the pin and got me a chance to see a blue thunder bomb actually win a match.

The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) defeated Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson)

Ah, the Outrunners. If there was one team that fit perfectly into the vibe of wrestling on a cruise ship, it’s them. Heck, they looked like they just stepped out of the pool (the indoor one for training, not the outside one) in order to have this match against the Grizzled Young Veterans (GYV). Gibson and Drake have been making some noise in ROH lately, but like a lot of teams, it hasn’t amounted to much. A win over the ultra-popular Outrunners would really send them up the rankings that no one keeps but me. 

A pose-off started things, which let’s be honest, the GYV probably wouldn’t have won even if it wasn’t against the Outrunners. That gave Drake and Magnum the chance to start the match proper, with Drake falling victim to Magnum’s powerful wristlock. Magnum then landed a flying head scissor and tagged in Floyd.

Drake used a fistfull of what was left of Floyd’s hair to pull him to the GYV corner and catch a tag from Gibson. Floyd reversed the fortunes though and got back to tag in Magnum. The two hit Atomic Drops on Gibson, then grabbed an incoming Drake for double airplane spins followed by double Atomic Drops.

GYV fought back though, tapping into their speed and agility and knocking Magnum to the outside. Gibson took him out with an elbow and in the ring Floyd and Drake scrapped. Magnum made it back in and became legal with Gibson. Gibson hung Magnum up on the rope and tagged in Drake for a headlock, while Floyd tried to rally the crowd.

One flying hot tag later, Floyd hit the ring and took out both Gibson and Drake. He knocked their noggins like the coconuts the crowd was drinking out of and Floyd grabbed Gibson. Magnum hopped in and they set Gibson up for a Total Recall, but Gibson slipped out. Floyd hit in with a Snow Plow, but then Drake appeared and choked him with a scarf.

GYV set up Turbo for a Doomsday Device buy Magnum made the save and they hit Total Recall on Drake to pick up the victory!

-Backstage, Queen Aminata was interrupted by none other than Serena Deeb. Deeb challenged Aminata to a Pure Rules match to see who was the best and Aminata accepted.

Ricochet defeated Serpentico

Believe it or not, aside from a dark match from the dark times of 2009, Ricochet has actually never had a match in Ring of Honor, so this is his big debut. As a big fan of the former WWE wrestler Superstar I could not have been more stoked to see him pit against Serpentico, an ROH workhorse and one that could definitely keep up with Ric, even with the rocking of the proverbial (and literal) boat underneath them. 

Ricochet was wearing some really unfortunate trunks that had a while border around the leg. That wouldn’t be worth mentioning normally, but with the lighting, it looked like he was wearing nothing but a jock strap.

Serpentico gave up a few inches to Ricochet, but that didn’t stop them from absolutely flying around the ring. Ricochet feigned an exit, but the crowd goaded him back to the ring. Serpentico switched gears and started brawling, a departure from his usual style. Ricochet was able to avoid it though and dropped some elbows on Serpentico’s head.

Ricochet sent Serpentico into the corner, bouncing him off the turnbuckle. He then hooked Serpentico’s head with his legs and drove it into the mat. Repeatedly. Ricochet then hit a Thez Press and did his People’s Elbow-type spot for a two count.

Serpentico fought back, hitting Ricochet with a flapjack and going up for a 450 from the top rope. He missed and Ricochet wall-walked UP Serpentico himself, hitting a big kick to the face. Ricochet tried for a pile driver, but Serpentico reversed it into a Mexican Destroyer, but Ricochet responded with Vertigo and hit Spirit Gun to get the pin.

ROH World Television Title Match: Komander (c) defeated Nick Wayne

Fresh off of his Proving Ground draw with Lee Johnson (Komander’s second such outcome since winning the TV Title), Komander hit the high seas to defend his title against Patriarchy member (and enthusiast) Nick Wayne. Wayne decided to leave his mother at home for this match, which was strange because what son doesn’t want to give his mom a Cruise?

Wayne and Komander locked up in a classic test of strength which Komander won via kick. Kmander ran circles around Wayne, but Wayne easily kept up with him. They ran a series of spots ended with a missed double dropkick and kip-up which the crowd loved.

Wayne sent Komander to the corner but Komander ran up the ropes and cartwheeled off the top to get behind Wayne and send him over the ropes. Back stage, a single tear ran down Jack Cartwheel’s face as he beamed with pride.

They battled up the raised entrance ramp with Wayne, dumping Komander really far from the ring. He then ran back and tried to get the countout (even though it wouldn’t win him the title). Komander staggered back in time though and Wayne resumed punching him in the face.

Wayne had Komander prone on his back in the middle of the ring but couldn’t get a three count. He stomped and leg-dropped Komander and went for another cover, but Komander rolled up Wayne for a two count. That brought the speed back up and Komander lured Wayne back onto the ramp, where he hit a springboard moonsault.

Komander went to the top for a high crossbody but it only got him a two-count. Komander went up top again, but Wayne knocked him onto the rope and he bounced to the mat. Wayne toyed with Kmander a bit, but that just gave the Champ a chance to recover. Komander matrixed away from a superkick, but Wayne couldn’t put him away.

Komander hit a Mexican Destroyer from the top rope followed by a 619. He then grabbed a fan’s captain’s hat and hit his running splash off the top rope to get the victory, his fourth successful title defence.

Not going to lie, weird show. Not a bad show by any means, but the setup on the Cruise didn’t leave much room on the outside for the talent to work, so they seemed a little hampered. Combine that with the difference in camera angles, bad lighting and what appeared to be fan-shot footage and the show had a different vibe.

Also, no Chris Jericho except for a taped intro.

Yar.

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!

Ring of Honor TV 100th episode live results: Men’s TV title match

Posted on by Jeff Moss

Ring of Honor celebrates their 100th TV episode in the Tony Khan era on HonorClub with a men’s TV title defense.

After surviving a Proving Ground match recently, QT Marshall will challenge reigning champion Komander for the title tonight in hopes of his first ROH singles title.

Former ROH Pure Champion Katsuyori Shibata will battle Shane Taylor in what should be a hard-hitting match while The Beast Mortos will take on Lord Crewe.

In a key contest in the women’s division, Taya Valkyrie will go one-on-one with the high-flying Lady Frost. Leila Grey will also be in action, battling former NWA Women’s Tag Team Champion Marti Belle.

Ahead of their AEW Collision bout with Brody King & Buddy Matthews, the Gates of Agony will take on Jay Lucas & Terry Yaki.

Fan favorites The Outrunners will compete, going heads-up against Jon Cruz & Rosario Grillo.

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Here we be, Ring of Honor Faithful! The milestone 100th episode of Ring of Honor on Honorclub and what a ride it’s been. I’ll be honest, I was not super familiar with Ring of Honor when I started this gig, but over the episodes I’ve covered, I have developed a real excitement for Thursday nights! This is some of the best wresting out there right now, with exciting matches and lots of really, really good workers. The storylines and presentation need a little work in order to create a cohesive show week to week, but hey, that’s what the next 100 episodes are for! And I’m stoked to see how ROH develops in the coming year.

So with all that said, let’s strap on some incorrect Premier Athletes merch, have a quick dance with Angelico and Serpentico, re-up our Minion memberships, touch some tips and get right into it!

-In the cold open, we were joined by former ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe who professed his love and offered congrats to everyone in ROH for reaching 100 episodes.

ROH World Television Title Match: Komander (w/Alex Abrahantes) (c) defeated QT Marshall

A few weeks ago, Marshall made the smart choice and allowed as much time to run off the clock as possible in a Proving Ground match against Komander. This led to Marshall winning the match (which honestly, rarely happens) and earning and shot at Komander’s ROH TVT Title. Marshall is cashing in his win on the 100th episode of ROH on Honorclub and this should be a good one! Komander has only defended the title one other time since winning it at Final Battle 2024 so this could make for a short title reign! 

Marshall had the definite size advantage over Komander and has been working in Mexico a lot recently, so he knows how to work around luchadore speed and agility. Komander however, outlasted 5 other wrestlers to win that title in the first place, so his endurance wasn’t something to sneeze at.

Marshall tried to over power Komander off the top, but Komander countered with a hurricanrana. Marshall laid in a really great backbreaker into spiked DDT, sending Komander bouncing out of the ring. Marshall chopped Komander against the barricade, but drove his hand into the ringpost when Komander ducked.

Back in the ring, Marshall caught Komander with a pop up forearm to the face and dragged him down for a two-count. Marshall then tried to take off Komander’s mask to a chorus of boos. Marshall left the ring and Komander followed via the top turnbuckle and a big moonsault.

Komander tried a springboard moonsault fromthe second rope, but Marshall got his knees up. Komander tried to battle back, but Marshall caught him with Diamond Cutter out of nowhere. Masrhall climbed out and grabbed the TV Title belt. Komander reversed the distraction into a Mexican destroyer though and went tot he top rope.

Komander tried to get Marshall with a dive, but Marshall rolled out of the ring onto the raised entrance ramp. Back in the ring, Komander hit another Mexican Destroyer followed by the running moonsault to get the 1-2-3 and retain his ROH TV Title!

After the match, Lee Johnson wandered down the ramp. He made the universal sign for “title belt” at Komander, who invited him into the ring. Johnson said “another day” though and left from where he came.

Backstage. He was backstage and then went back there.

Leila Grey defeated Marti Belle

The last time we saw Top Flight’s Grey in ROH, it was on the losing end of a Proving Ground match with ROH Women’s World Champion Athena. Since then, Grey actually won the MCW Women’s Champion from Gia Scott, but lost it back to her the next night. Since then, she’s been taking losses in AEW and NJPW, so a win here would be nice. Belle is a bookish young girl from the French countryside with an affinity for beast— no, wait, she’s actually the current EMERGE Women’s Champion, and enjoyed some success in TNA where she teamed with none other than Allysin Kay. 

The two locked up right off the top, trading waistlocks until Grey got the advantaged and locked in an armbar. Belle worked her way out though and the wasitlocks resumed. Grey came out on top again, sending Belle to the corner for a healthy serving of forearms. Belle tried to reverse it, but Grey was waiting and hit a bulldog.

Grey headed to the top turnbuckle but Belle knocked the ropes, sending her to the mat. Belle worked Grey in the corner and sent her into the ropes for a clothesline. Belle started playing to the crowd which may not have been the best idea as it gave Grey a chance to battle back, sending Belle to the ground with a clothesline of her own.

Grey hit a running neckbreaker into a dragon sleeper and Belle had no choice but to tap out.

The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) defeated Jon Cruz & Rosario Grillo

The Outrunners are always going to be Fan Favourites. Their 80’s schtick fits in really well in ROH because they are the only ones doing it and they are doing it very, very well. I wanted to dislike them, I really did. But their enthusiasm is infectious and they can work all the power moves in the ring. Cruz and Grillo are regular faces in ROH, but probably not greasy enough to be up to the task of beating Magnum and Floyd. 

The Electric Code of Honor was adhered to, and Cruz and Floyd kicked things off while Magnum fired up the crowd. They traded the most intense wristlocks and breakneck speed, with Magnum coming out on top and Cruz exiting the ring. Cruz wandered over to the ramp where the Outrunners had left their BluBlocker Raybans. Cruz stomped on them, enraging the Outrunners.

Magnum dragged Cruz back to the ring and tagged in Floyd. Cruz tried to throw some potatoes, but Floyd shrugged them off and dropped him on the mat with a stalling snowplow! Grillo jumped in and Floyd tossed him out. Cruz tried to sneak up on Floyd, but that just brought in Magnum. The Outrunners locked hands and hit the Mascularity followed by a Total Recall. That was it for Cruz and Grillo, with Grillo never officially making it into the match.

The lesson: Do not destroy the shades of 1980’s time travelers.

-Next up ROH Women’s World Champion Athena joined us in a taped promo from Japan. She showed some clips from her “world tour” and promised to be back in ROH very soon.

The Beast Mortos defeated Lord Crewe

The Beast Mortos found his way back to ROH last week where he and Tony Neese beat the ever-lovin’ heck out of each other. Mortos would be someone that I pushed into a Main Event slot in ROH as soon as possible, but they don’t let me write the show (yet), just write about it. As for his opponent, they should re-name him Lorde “Chew” by the way Mortos was looking at Crewe. Being a beast, it’s presumed that Mortos would want to eat Crewe, but for now a wrestling match is a good start. 

Crewe stood a few inches taller than Mortos, but when taking on a beast size really doesn’t matter. It’s all about how long you can survive. Crew looked like he might last a while until Mortos flattened him with a series of kicks and armdrags.

Crewe tried a quick rollup, but it only got a two. Mortos and Crewe ran a fast, intense series off the ropes and Crewe actually managed to club Mortos to his knees, a feat not often seen. Crewe tried a running corner attack, but Mortos delievered an elbow instead.

The two big men got into the chops, with Crewe holding his own. Mortos began hitting sling blades, with the last one moving into a samoan drop. Mortos kept trying to overpower Crewe, but had unfortunately founda man who was his size equal. Mortos hit him with everything he had and managed to finally get Crewe down for the pin.

Mortos won the match, but Crewe was really impressive. With a little packaging and conditioning, he would fit in really well in AEW or WWE.

ROH Classic Match: ROH Tag Champions Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal vs CIMA and Shingo (ROH International Challenge, 22nd December, 2006)

Christopher Daniels supposedly ended his long and legendary in-ring career in a bloody match against Hangman Page. To celebrate the Ring of Honor staple, this tag match from when Daniels was an ROH Tag Champion with Matt Sydal. Their opponents were two Dragon Gate veterans in CIMA and Shingo, so it was a “Dragon Gate Style” Match which was a lot of fun!

-Leila Grey was interviewed backstage. She was stoked about her win earlier in the evening and was thinking that it might time for her to challenge Red Velvet for the ROH Women’s TV Championship. Grey issued the challenge for next week. Get it? Got it? Good.

Taya Valkyrie (w/Deonna Purrazzo) defeated Lady Frost

Taya Valkyrie has been away from ROH for a while, but spent some time in AEW taking on Toni Storm and teaming with Purrazzo as “The Vendetta.” More importantly, Valkyrie’s home that she shares with husband Johnny TV was spared from the recent wildfires in the Los Angeles region where they live. Valkyrie has spent much of her time handing out food and supplies to displaced neighbors, which is pretty darn great of her. 

Since October, Frost has racked up losses to a who’s who of ROH competitors such as Billie Starkz, Queen Aminata and even ROH Women’s World Champion Athena. She’s in deep here against a powerhouse in Valkyrie, but a win could turn things around for Frost in ROH. 

Valkyrie had control off the top, powering through whatever Frost sent her way. Valkyrie wrestles with such confidence that it wasn’t a huge shock to see her having an answer for anything Frost threw at her.

Valkyrie dragged Frost out of the ring and threw her into the guardrail. She then mugged for a bit, giving Purrazzo the chance to stomp on Frost. Back in the ring, Frost tried to battle back, but only managed to get a dropkick in on Valkyrie’s spine. After that, Valkyrie hit a fallaway slam to regain control.

Frost managed to get Valkyrie into the corner for a running Snowball and then she climbed to the top turnbuckle for a crossbody and a two count. Valkyrie followed up with a blue thinder bomb and locked in Shania Pain. Frost’s head bounced off the mat and Valkyrie covered her for the pin.

-Jakked Jameson of all people joined us from the back. He was looking for new pals and approached Griff Garrison and Cole Karter. Jameson tried to convince them to join him in a new “fraternity” group. Chicks, parties, money, titles, awesome. They shooed Jameson away with a promise to talk about it.

Gates Of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) defeated Jay Lucas & Terry Yaki

Gates of Agony are here and they are in a foul, foul mood. The Gates lost to Shane Taylor Promotions a couple of weeks ago and that would turn anyone sour (not that they were exactly Teletubbies to begin with. They may have gotten into this match by accident while trying to order dinner, specifically Terry Yaki. 

Lucas and his partner have been going by Top Team on the indies, but sadly his partner is the aforementioned horribly named Terry Yaki. He has lots of singles indie cred, but his name makes me genuinely angry, so I’m going to stop talking about him until the Gates do their thing. Their only ROH appearance before this was a loss to BEEF and Anthony Henry on ROH on Honorclub #80.  

Kaun spent the opening minutes attempting to catch a very speedy Yaki. When he did, it was with a clothesline that sent Yaki spinning in the air. Liona tagged in for a try and prevented Yaki from getting a tag to Lucas. When he finally did, both Liona and Kaun met him in the middle of the ring and double teamed him. Liona covered Lucas and the match was over.

-Next, matches were made official! Next week, we will see ROH TV Champion Komander take on Lee Johnson and ROH Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet take on Leila Grey!

-The ROH World Champion “The Nueve” Chris Jericho joined us in a taped segment. He said that the 100th episode of Ring of Honor is the perfect time to show his 100 greatest moments! He ran down some former ROH Champions and congratulated ROH on 100 eps. Thanks Guys!

Katsuyori Shibata defeated Shane Taylor (w/Carlie Bravo, Lee Moriarty & Shawn Dean)

Shane Taylor is an animal. The 300+ lb Taylor not only has the distinction of being a former ROH World TV and Six-Man Champion, but he also has the most devastating stable backing him up with the likes of the Infantry and ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty at his side. Taylor, it goes without saying, is very, very good at pro wrestling. Shibata recently took a shot at Daniel Garcia and the AEW TNT Title on Collision but came up short. Shibata is 18-2 in ROH and wore the ROH Pure Title for 239 days before losing it to Wheeler Yuta. He is also very, very good at pro wrestling. Just saying. 

The two locked up off the top, brawler vs technician. Taylor ran his mouth, calling Shibata a “little Japanese bitch.” That brought a slap from Shibata and the two began the ceremonial trading-of-chops, with Shibata (eventually) stunning Taylor, sending him into the corner. Shibata then charged him, but Taylor laid him out with an uppercut, sending him out of the ring.

On the outside, the Infantry and Moriarty stomped on Shibata while Taylor kept the Ref occupied. Taylor joined them, dropping a huge leg on Shibata on the ring apron (the hardest part of the ring!). Taylor showed no mercy, sending Shibata into the guardrail again.

Back in the ring, Shibata began a comeback that ended with a big lariat from Taylor. Taylor continued talking trash while Shibata staggered to his feet. Taylor peppered him with punches in the midsection. Taylor went for a splash, but Shitbata ducked it and threw some rapid fire chops on Taylor in the corner.

Shibata hit a suplex on the much larger Taylor and resumed punshing him in the head. Taylor stood and the two traded blows. Taylor hit a Marcus Garvey Driver, but Shibata was able to kick out at two. Taylor misjudged a move and Shibata locked in a sleeper. Taylor began to fade and Shibata broke the hold and delivered a massive knee to the face. He then pinned Taylor for the huge win.

After the match, The Infantry and Moriarty climbed into the ring and attacked Shibata. Taylor yelled instructions as the crew laid out Shibata. Taylor grabbed a chair and was about to introduce Shibata’s face to it until the AEW TNT Champion Daniel Garicia appeared at the top of the ring.

Shane Taylor Promotions considered this developement when suddenly, the Undisputed Kingdom arrived and stormed the ring! Adam Cole, Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly ran off STP and stood tall with Shibata and Garcia in the ring.

The Camera cut to the backstage area where Don Callis cut a promo saying that Shibata was not bigger than Callis Family Member and AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita! A challenge was issued for the next episode of AEW Collison!

And there it is! 100 Episodes of Ring of Honor on Honorclub in the books! Here’s to the next 100!

Ring of Honor TV live results: Beast Mortos, Blake Christian, Red Velvet in action

Posted on by Jeff Moss

Tonight’s Ring of Honor on HonorClub has a mix of different stars competing as the slow road to April’s Supercard of Honor continues.

ROH Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet will be in Proving Ground action against Angelica Risk. If Risk can win or go to a draw, she earns a future title shot.

The Beast Mortos will take on Tony Nese while former GCW Champion Blake Christian will look to keep his recent win streak going.

After making her Stardom debut, ROH Women’s World Champion Athena will give an update on her world tour.

Former Ring of Honor Pure Champion Katsuyori Shibata will be in action after unsuccessfully challenging AEW TNT Champion Daniel Garcia last Saturday.

Dark Order’s Alex Reynolds and Evil Uno will team with Boulder and Serpentico against Shane Taylor, ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty, EJ Nduka and Lee Johnson.

The Outrunners will compete ahead of their inclusion in a 12-man tag team match on Saturday’s AEW Collision.

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Here we go! This is the penultimate episode of ROH on Honorclub before #100 next week, and the card is stacked with some very big people who like hurting other people in very big ways!

But first, QT Marshall. Marshall beat Komander in a Proving Ground match last week and the Board of Directors decided that for Episode 100, Marshall will be taking his shot! Next week!

Eight Man Tag Team Match: Katsuyori Shibata, Komander & The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) defeat Colby Carter, Rosario Grillo & The Stew Crew (Dylan Stewart & Zach Stewart)

When it was announced that Shibata and the Outrunners would be in action this week, it was not mentioned that it was in a match this big! Shibata, Komander and the Outrunners all going to be getting a workout against Carter, Grillo and (sigh) The Stew Crew. Terrible name for two decent workers.

Anyway, the match started with several feeling out processes. Komander toyed with Dylan for a while before isolating him and tagging in Floyd. Floyd and Dylan matched up better size wise, so tey began slobbering the knocker and punching and chopping each other before Magnum tagged in for a double atomic drop and some posing. Carter tried to help, but fell victim to an atomic drop as well.

At this point I should mention that the announce team did not seem to know which Stewart was which, so whoever was in the ring was referred to as “one half of the Stew Crew.” So, one half of the Stew Crew isolated Magnum away from his team and Carter locked in a sleeper. Carter was actually really impressive in this match, I hope we see more of him.

Grillo on the other hand, made the mistake of teasing Floyd on the outside, enraging the Outrunner who tagged in to teach him a lesson in powerslams. The other members of Grillos team tried to help, but they all recieved big body spam, er, slams as well.

Finally, Shibata was tagged in to show Grillo why they call him The Wrestler (spoiler alert: It’s because he’s a wrestler). Shibata knocked Grillo into the corner and Komander hit a big 450 splash on him. Shibata, still the legal man, rolled up Grillo and got the win for his team.

-A Shane Taylor promo aired next. Taylor rand down how he’s fought for his life all his life and it wasn’t over until someone quit. This is the Shane Taylor Era in wrestling and they are damn sure going to fight all comers.

The Beast Mortos defeated Tony Nese (w/Ariya Daivari, Josh Woods & Mark Sterling)

The Beast Mortos against Tony Nese means a whole lot of muscle in the ring. Neither of these guys have been seen recently on ROH. Mortos has been causing chaos on Collision and Dynamite since August when he lost to then ROH World Champion Mark Brisco. Nese was out for a while enjoying newfound fatherhood and his last singles match was on the very same taping. These guys both enjoy hitting people very hard, so this should please Shane Taylor and be a fight. 

Sterling came down to the ring yapping his usual yap, pushing the Premier Athletes shirt and trying to get the crowd to say the Athletes rule. The crowd missed the memo though and shouted “suck” instead of rule. Mortos entered growling like the beast he is.

Mortos was riled up off the top, stamping his feet in the corner and wasting no time in locking up with Nese. Mortos started throwing potatoes which left Nese a little confused as he’s used to a more technical style. He lowered himself to throwing a boot to the gut though. Mortos bounced back though, no selling a bunch of shoulder blocks from the ropes.

Nese changed his tactics and tried to take out Mortos’ legs. It did not work. Nese went to the top rope and tried a splash, but Mortos kinda caught him and Nese ended up on the mat. Mortos used that to his advantage and delivered some powerslams. Mortos went up top, but Nese was pulled out of the ring by his teammates on the outside. So Mortos changed direction and jumped from the top turnbuckle onto the whole group.

Mortos then began stalking Sterling on the outside, but Nese interrupted so Mortos turned his aggression to him. Mortos sent Nese into the steel steps and Woods stepped up. He was a little aafraid to engage Mortos though, so Mortos tossed Nese back in the ring. Nese slipped back out and Woods caused a distraction so Nese could hit Mortos with a superkick.

Back in the ring, Nese tried chopping Mortos, which is kinda like feeding a gremlin after midnight. Mortos only got madder and tried to hit Nese on the ropes, but Nese pulled it down and Mortos missed and ended up on the outside. Nese distracted the ref while Woods, Sterling and Daivari laid into Mortos.

Nese then pulled Mortos back into the ring and laid in a sleeper. I don’t think Beasts sleep, so it didn’t work. Nese went for a triangle moonsault, but missed. Mortos took advantage and delivered three straight backbreakers to Nese. A massive headbutt dazed Nese as Woods tried to grab Mortos’ ankle from the outside. The ref caught it this time and ejected Woods from ringside.

Mortos hit a terrifying modified spiked pile driver and mercifully Nese stayed down for the three count.

-MxM Collective joined us next from backstage. They congratulated the ROH Tag Team Champions the Sons of Texas on their title defense in the Tokyodome. MxM believe that they are next in line for a shot at the titles and they are deathly serious about it. They then stared deep into my soul as the segment ended. I need a shower.

Blake Christian defeated Parker Li

Christian has been rapidly rising in the ranks of ROH (boy that’s a lot of R’s) recently (one more!), having been in the Six Man Survival of The Fittest match at Final Battle for the ROH TV Title, and picking up wins over AR Fox and Aaron Solo respectively. Li, sadly, has not been out managing Elvis and has instead been making a name on the indies. This is Li’s second ROH match and his first solo outing. 

The crowd chanted for hometown hero Li, which just annoyed Christian. The word of the day in this match was SPEED. These two flew around the ring off the top with Christian getting the better of Li, who thought it would be a good idea to tease Christian. Christian responded by throwing him out of the ring and diving through the ropes.

Back inthe ring, Christian hit a springboard clothesline off the top rope and posed. He seems to have really embraced posing. Christian put Li in a headlock and dragged him to the mat. Li fought out, but left himself open for the extremely technical kick to the face. And more posing.

Li managed to get some offense in, matching Christian’s agility, but the resurgence was short lived as Christian set him up on the ropes and hit a big knee to the back of Li’s head. Christian dragged him to the middle of the ring and pinned him for the win to get his third victory in a row.

-Footage was shown next of ROH Womens Champion Athena’s latest match in Stardom over in Japan. She won, of course and told the Japanese fans that she has always wanted to wrestle for them and it’s a dream come true.

ROH Women’s World Television Title Proving Ground Match: Red Velvet (c) defeated Angelica Risk

ROH is the only place to find Proving Ground matches and I absolutely love them. For the uninitiated, a Proving Ground match has a ten minute time limit. If the challenger can last that long, or pin or submit the Champion in question, they earn a shot at said champion’s title at a future date. Most recently, QT Marshall won a Proving Ground match to earn a shot at the ROH TV Title currently held by Komander. As previously mentioned, we will see that next week on the 100th Episode of ROH on Honorclub. 

For tonight though, Red Velvet looks to extend her Proving Ground streak to 4-0 since capturing the Women’s TV Title. Risk for her part, is 0-7 in ROH matches since April 2023, including two Proving Ground losses.

The two women got in each other’s faces before Velvet’s music had even finished paying. Risk was shorter than Velvet, but definitely had a strength advantage over the Champ. They jawed at each other, both very good at trash talking.

Angelica had Velvet’s number off the top with a series of armdrags and a cross body. She laid in some punches on Velvet, talking smack the whole time. Risk choked Velvet out on the ropes and sent her to the outside. She tried a baseball slide, but Velvet saw it coming and wrapped her up in the ring apron, leaving Risk prone to some big punches.

The two traded blows on the outside until Velvet drove Risk’s head into the ring apron (the hardest part of the ring). A double knee shot to the back dazed Risk and Velvet turned up the juice, laying in some hard shots and sending Risk into the turnbuckle. Velvet put a high chinlock on Risk, grinding her face with her wrists. Risk fought out of it and laid Velvet out with a series of clotheslines.

Risk hit a 619 on Velvet, but only got a two count. The time of the match was about 6 minutes at this point. Velvet raked Risk’s eyes and loaded up the left hand for a big knockout punch. Velvet pinned Risk and got a three count, keeping Risk winless in ROH.

ROH Classic Match: Mark Briscoe vs Slim J (ROH on Honorclub, Episode 1, 25.02.2023)

To celebrate next week’s 100th Episode of ROH on Honorclub, this week’s Classic Content goes all the way back to ROH on Honorclub episode 1! Briscoe took on Slim J in the main event and as you can imagine, it was a pretty fun match!

Eight Man Tag Team Match: LEEJ (EJ Nduka & Lee Johnson) & Shane Taylor Promotions (Lee Moriarty & Shane Taylor) defeated Boulder, Serpentico & The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & Evil Uno)

Pop quiz: How do you make a massive human like EJ Nduka even more terrifying? Answer: Team him up with a similarly large man named Shane Taylor. STP is the dominant faction in ROH right now and Taylor has been masterful at elevating both the Infantry and Trish Adora and utilizing Pure Champion Lee Moriarty to build an empire. Even if it’s just one one match, adding Nduka and Johnson to the fray is a substantial increase in power. 

The Dark Order has been stalling of late. There was some silliness with the Grizzled Young Veterans and their scarves, but that seems to have fizzled out. Serpentico is always cool and ready to go with the flow and Boulder… well, I’m sure he will rub someone’s face in his chest or something. There is no storyline or advertised reason for this match and to a casual viewer, that doesn’t give it a lot of stakes. This is one of the things that Tony Khan needs to fix about ROH if he hopes to land the promotion a TV deal.

To start things off, The infantry threw Reynold’s jacket on the ground, the ULTIMATE sign of disrespect. So, Reynolds started off against Moriarty which was great because they set a high tempo and fast pace. Moriarty, who I just noticed wrestles in a singlet with the straps pulled down, was able to get a bunch of nearfalls on Reynolds but he kept popping back up.

Johnson was tagged in to face off against Evil Uno. Uno tried to be nice with a code of honor but Johnson kicked him in the stomach instead. Uno hit an Atomic drop and sent Johnson into the corner. Reynolds tagged in and they double teamed him. Serpentico tagged in and Reynolds held Johnson so Serpentico could hit a double stomp from the top rope.

Serpentico was pulled to the outside by Nduka who threw the smaller man into the barricade a few times before tossing him back in the ring. Nduka tagged in for a sidewalk slam and dragged Serpentico to the STP corner. Taylor snuck in a quick shot to the head and Nduka tagged him in. Serpentico fought for his life, but Taylor easliy dispatched him with a huge slam and leg drop. Johnson tagged back in and put Serpentico in a head lock.

Taylor sent the Infantry over to take out Uno and Reynolds just as Boulder tagged in to face Johnson. Moriarty tried to help, but Boulder stacked them in the corner and hit a big splash. Boulder hoisted both men onto his shoulders and hit a samoan drop/fallaway slam combo. That brought in Taylor to face off against Boulder.

Taylor charged Boulder who actually caught him in midair! Boulder slammed Taylor, but it only got a two. Moriarty tagged in to face Reynolds and locked in a Border City Stretch. Reynolds reversed it and that brought in Nduka to levelled Reynolds with a shoulder. Uno Dropkicked Nduka out of the ring, then Taylor knocked Uno out, then Boulder and Taylor hossed it up in a spectacular display of beef.

Serpentico and Johnson hit duelling frog splashes on the bigger wrestlers and I guess(?) they became the legal men? The ref tried valiantly to sort out all the flying bodies, but it was hard to figure out. Serpentico and Moriarty found themselves in the ring and legal, so Moriarty locked in a Border City Stretch and made the Luchadore tap out.

And that was it! 99 down, one more to go!

Ring of Honor TV live results: Chris Jericho appearance, Billie Starkz in action

Posted on by Jeff Moss

Ring of Honor World Champion Chris Jericho and Bryan Keith will make an appearance on tonight’s ROH TV on HonorClub.

Jericho is coming off a successful title defense over Matt Cardona at last month’s Final Battle and will face Dax Harwood in non-title action on Saturday’s AEW Collision.

After failing to upend ROH Women’s World Champion Athena at Final Battle, Billie Starkz will return to action.

Ahead of her non-title challenge of AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May Saturday, Harley Cameron will face Trish Adora while ROH Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet will offer up a Proving Ground challenge.

Former GCW Champion Blake Christian will look to get some momentum as he takes on Serpentico.

Gates of Agony will battle Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty while MxM Collection will face a team to be named.

The show is rounded out by Rachael Ellering vs. Queen Aminata, and Griff Garrison vs. Boulder of the Iron Savages.

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The 98th episode of ROH on Honorclub is just two away from the milestone episode #100. Will we hear about plans for a big celebration? Or will Shane Taylor Productions just beat up a bunch of people? Let’s find out!

Trish Adora (w/Shane Taylor) defeated Harley Cameron

This is a tough one for me. I like Adora, but I ADORE Cameron. Since joining up with STP (along with the Infantry) Adora has been hitting the gas and scoring victories over the likes of Rachel Ellering. Cameron, since arriving in ROH/AEW has been amazing at everything she’s done and should hold all the titles. Yes, ALL the titles. These two are both at the top of their game, so this promises to be a standout match to kick off the evening.

An enthusiastic Code of Honor started things off as they locked up. Cameron sent Adora to the ropes with a hip toss before setting her up in the corner. Adora reversed a monkey flip attempt and laid out Cameron with a huge boot followed by a big german suplex. Adora caught Cameron with a spinning backbreaker showing off her new aggression brought to you by Shane Taylor Promotions.

Cameron found herself caught by Adora in a modified submission move that ended in a two-count. She tried again, but Cameron reversed it and managed to get a suplex on the bigger Adora. Cameron drove Adora’s head into the turnbuckle followed by a Shining Wizard to get a two.

Adora scooped Cameron up, but Cameron wiggled out. Adora landed a Lariat Tubman and that was it for Cameron. The Infantry joined her in the ring for a celebration. Cameron continued to be great, despite this setback.

Blake Christian defeated Serpentico

Christian made a big impact in the NJPW Best of the Super Junior tournament in 2024, but has yet to turn that into ROH success. He did pick up a win over AR Fox on Boxing Day though and was one of the last standing in the Survival Of The Fittest Six Way Elimination match for the ROH TV Title at Final Battle. Serpentico? He’s been chilling. It’s been about a month since he defeated Sidney Akeem, so he’s due for something big. Or he’s not. Either way, he’s cool. 

Christian gave Serpentico a boot to the face to start things off, but the luchadore was able to bounce back (literally, he’s a luchadore after all) and put Christian on his back. The speed picked up from there and the two went back and forth, bouncing off the ropes until Serpentico slid outside for a breather. Christian didn’t let him stay long though, diving through the ropes onto him.

Christian wailed on Serpentico on the outside, sending him into the barricades and steps until Serpentico was able to return the favor. Christian caught him though and stomped his head on the steel steps. Christian then mocked Serpentico very, very softly.

Back in the ring, Christian went for a springboard 450, but faked out the crowd, flipping the bird. Serpentico tried a quick rollup while Christian was playing to the crowd, but only got the two. Christian hit Serpentico’s face off the turnbuckle and followed it up with a one-armed slam. Christian tried messing with Serpentico’s mask and delivered a big DDT and running knees to the back of the head. That was enough and Christian got the pin and the win.

Beefcake Boulder defeated Griff Garrison (w/Cole Karter)

Putting Boulder and Garrison across the ring from each other is kind of like watching a Kansas City Chiefs game. You know exactly what’s going to happen, but it’s kinda fun to watch the opponent try and figure out how to stop it anyway. The real story here is the return of Garrison’s tag partner, Karter who has been out for months with an injury. Garrison has been doing his thing solo, but Boulder rarely has a singles outing. So even if exactly what you expect to happen happens, it’s still a fun thing to watch. 

Boulder obviously had the size advantage, but Garrison’s speed and agility kept him in the match. Garrison tried to take the fight to Boulder, but that just got himt thrown at the ground. A lot. Boulder hoisted him up on his shoulder and Garrison went for a sleeper. Boulder had none of that though and tossed him off.

Garrison at one point hit Boulder with a forearm and managed to hurt himself more than the big man. Switching tactics he tried working Boulder’s shoulder, but that just led to Boulder dropping the straps and slamming Garrison to the ground before hitting four big splashes in the corner. He followed that up with a side slam that flattened Garrison.

Boulder headed up to the second rope, but Karter distracted him allowing Garrison to pull him off the ropes. it didn’t do much and Boulder flattened him with a Boulderdash and that was it. Boulder took the win back to his modest studio apartment in Titty City.

Billie Starkz defeated Brittany Jade

The Ballad of Billie Starkz

Billie is young, a big number Minion yet trained
Contracted by Athena to play her mind games.
Billie can’t break away, no she can’t break free
no matter how bummed about it she looks on TV.

CHORUS:
Billie’s a Minion and Athena don’t care.
Billie’s a Minion and Athena don’t care.
Billie’s a Minion and Athena don’t care.
Billie’s a Minion here to stay.

With that sung, er said, Starkz takes on Jade in what appears to be her yearly ROH match. Jade took on Leyla Hirsch & Rachael Ellering in a tag match in 2024 and lost a Proving Ground match to Athena in 2023.

Stakrz had Jade’s number right off the top. Jade did her best, but Starkz reversed everything she threw at her. Starkz even got in the Ref’s face after being told to stop stomping Jade’s head. The nerve.

Jade, who was trained by Caprice Coleman, did not quit, getting Starkz up on the turnbuckle for an attempted superplex. Starkz reversed it and climbed up for a swan dive. That was it, see you next year Jade! A squash for sure, but it’s always good to see Starkz in action!

Queen Aminata defeated Rachael Ellering

This match should boil down to Ellering’s technical prowess and sheer strength vs Aminada’s agility and gigantic hip attack. Ellering went 5-9 in 2024 but had some injury setbacks along the way. Aminata went 24-17 in the same time period, including being a finalist in the tournament to crown the inaugural ROH Women’s World Television Champion (which was won through trickery by Billie Starkz). A win here would be a step up for both, perhaps in the direction of ROH Women’s Forever Champion, Athena. 

The two locked up off the top, resulting in Ellering powering out of an Aminata hold. Aminata went for a drop down, but Ellering calmly stepped over her and picked her up for a gutwrench suplex. Aminata rolled out of the ring to collect herself. Ellering, having a lot of fun, held the ropes for her to get back in.

Aminata caught Ellering in a headlock, but again Ellering powered out. She then hit a Squish senton, but it only drew a two-count. Aminata got back to her feet and planted one of them in Ellering’s face. She followed that up with a huge boot to Ellering in the corner.

The fun stopped after that. The two traded blows in a very serious way until Aminata smashed Ellering so hard she was able to get a pin with a Headbutt. An abrupt end, but still a fun match. After the match, Aminata showed respect and checked on Ellering making sure she was OK.

ROH Classic Match: ROH Women Of Honor Champion Sumie Sakai vs Hazuki w/Hana Kimura & Kagetsu (30.06.2018 Fairfax, Virginia, USA)

Sakai was the original ROH Women of Honor Champion and kept it for 251 days, making her the longest-reigning holder of that title until it was deactivated in 2020.  At 53 years of age, she still competes, her most recent matches being in December for GCW and New Texas Pro. Hazuki starred in Stardom as HZK but changed her name around the time of this match. At the time, she was part of Odeo Tai under Kagetsu’s leadership and included the late Hana Kimura, who tragically took her own life over internet bullying. It’s important that people remember Kimura and what happened to her. Watching this match is a good way to do that. 

MxM Collection (Mansoor & Mason Madden) defeated The Dawsons (Dave Dawson & Zane Dawson)

Mansoor and Madden have become fan favourites in the last year, in spite of not actually doing all that much. They are really entertaining though and for a minute it looked like Johnny TV was about to sign up with them. That seems to have cooled, but after Final Battle, Danhausen is who they should really be worried about. The Dawsons live in a small New England creekside town and their childhood best friends sneak in their bedroom windows to watch movies every night. That may not be true, but in my mind it definitely is. #PaceyWasRight

Madden offered his tip to the bearded Dawson, but he refused. His name is Zane, and he tied up with Madden, showing that he was actually close to his size and strength. Madden offered the tip again, and Zane considered it but ended up chopping Madden instead. He no sold that and returned a chop, sending Zane to the mat.

Mansoor tagged in and the two double posed and double teamed Zane. Zane tagged in Dave (best wrestler name ever) and Dave took on the smaller Mansoor, getting a big slam and bringing his brother back in for a double team. Mansoor was able to avoid it and get a hot tag, er tip, to MAdden who came in and cleaned house.

All four men hit the ring and Madden dispatched Dave so that he and Mansoor could hit a Centerfold on Zane. That got them the win, a touch of the tips and a whole lot of posing.

ROH Women’s World Television Title Proving Ground Match: Red Velvet [c] defeated Jazmyne Hao

Velvet has been ROH Women’s TV Champion for 167+ days now, with a handful of defenses to her name. She’d have more, but she’s yet to lose a Proving Ground match, of which she’s taken on the likes of Lady Frost and Allysin Kay. Trying to get to the time limit of ten minutes or score a pinfall or submission to earn a future title shot is Hao, another Caprice Coleman student making her ROH debut. 

Of similar size, it was a feeling out process for the two women off the top. Hao had Velvet in a waistlock, but Velvet reversed it and sent her to the corner for a pummelling. Velvet hit a drop toe hold to hang Hao up in the ropes. Velvet nailed her with some double knees and called for Mama’s Kitchen. Hao fought back though, going up top, but missing the splash.

Velvet hit Hao with a singe right hand smack in the face and knocked her clean out. Velvet got the pin, dashing Hao’s title shot hopes.

-QT Marshall showed up for some reason. He talked about dodging Lexy Nair who totally has a crush on him. Marshall reminded us he earned a shot at Komander’s ROH TV Title. Marshall will cash that shot in next week and promised to win that title.

Shane Taylor Promotions (Lee Moriarty & Shane Taylor) defeated Gates Of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona)

Shane Taylor Promotions is the most dominant faction in ROH (and arguably AEW, or even wrestling). With Taylor and Moriarty as the anchors, they have taken over and taken out just about everyone they have faced. That should probably be the case here, when they face (checks notes)… oh, wait. Cage of Agony? Oh damn, Liona and Kaun are scary and brutal enough that they might be a team who can get one over on STP and put themselves in title contention!

Moriarty and Kaun started things off, with Kaun’s power edge giving him control of the pace. Kaun surprised Moriarty by taking him to the mat and starting to wrestle a technical style against the Pure Champion. Eventually though, it went back to hitting. Hard hitting from Kaun to Moriarty. That brought in Taylor who jawed at Liona before tying up with Kaun. Taylor encouraged Kaun to hit him and then destroyed him with a huge lariat.

Taylor smashed Kaun with some huge knees, causing Liona to jump in to break up a pin attempt. Moriarty jumped back in and STP continued to isolate Kaun, leaving Liona on the outside until a double hot tag brought Taylor and Liona in. The two literally ran at each other and bounced off for about 30 seconds. Liona then got Taylor up for a Samoan Drop if you can believe it (I can, I saw it).

Gates of Agony sent Taylor to the outside and double teamed Moriarty, but they couldn’t finish the job. Taylor hopped back in, but Liona sent him to the outside and hit him with a cannonball. Suddenly, a wild Trish Adora appeared and disrtracted the ref. That allowed the Infantry to come in and superkick Kaun into next week. Moriarty rolled up a groggy Kaun and got the win for STP, ending Gates of Agony’s 18-match win streak.

-To wrap up a pretty great night of wrestling, ROH World Champion “The Nueve” Chris Jericho graced us with his presence in the ROH Ring. Also, Bryan Keith was there. Jericho grabbed a mic and called the crowd idiots! “Stupid North Carolina Morons” to be precise. He was furious that no one chanted for him during the preceding matches. He was mad that they chanted “rock ‘n roll” instead*.

You see, they did that because the ever-lovin’ Rock ‘n Roll Express were in the house! Morton and Gibson sauntered down to the ring with even more chants echoing. Jericho claimed he hates rock ‘n roll… especially Morton! In fact, he has hated him since 1994 when Morton hazed him in WCW.

Morton decided that was enough and punched him in the face. Gibson did the same to Keith, running off Jericho and Keith and grabbing a mic. Morton thanked the crowd and the show came to a close.

Great episode! The 100th Edition of ROH on Honorclub is right around the corner, so stay tuned!

*The Rock ‘n Roll Express had been at the show that Jericho taped the promo at. Unfortunately, they were not around for the matches taped for this episode, so we had not heard any such chant all night.

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

Posted on by Jeff Moss

Ring of Honor women’s TV Champion Red Velvet will put her title on the line as part of tonight’s show on HonorClub.

Velvet will defend against HANAKO of Stardom fame after she debuted on the Final Battle pre-show in a win over Harley Cameron. The champion is looking for her fourth title defense.

ROH men’s TV Champion Komander will take on QT Marshall in a Proving Ground match where if Marshall defeats or goes to a draw with the champion, he earns a future title shot.

After making a surprise appearance last Thursday as Rocky Romero’s partner, former ROH World Champion Homicide will once again team with Romero against Action Andretti & Lio Rush. The latter will challenge AEW Tag Team Champions Private Party on Saturday’s Collision.

Shane Taylor Promotions (Taylor, Lee Moriarty & The Infantry) will face Dark Order (Evil Uno and Alex Reynolds) & the Iron Savages.

The aforementioned Harley Cameron will take on Ashley Vox to round out the card.

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It’s the 97th episode of ROH on Honorclub and the first of a brand new year! With talk of a TV deal for ROH being on Tony Khan’s 2025 wishlist, it’s time for ROH to shine! Starting with:

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

Velvet retained her title in a brutal affair against Leyla Hirsch at Final Battle 2024 that involved a wrench. On the Final Battle Pre-Show we saw Stardom star HANAKO defeat Harley Cameron. Both of these women have some momentum as they meet up in ROH’s first title match of 2025, and Velvet’s fourth title defence overall.  

Velvet was the smaller of the two women in the ring, but what she lacked in height she made up for in swagger, getting right in HANAKO’s face off the top. Velvet used the ropes to get some momentum but bounced off HANAKO who easily picked her up for a slam.

Velvet slipped out of the ring, drawing HANAKO into a race? They ran in a circle around the ring until Velver hopped back in and lured HANAKO into the corner. The two traded blows until Velvet was distracted by the crowd (asking them politely to “shut up.”) and HANAKO burst out. Velvet got the upper hand again though, wrapping HANAKO’s knee around the ringpost.

All was not lost for HANAKO though as she planted Velvet with a huge stalling suplex and some big back elbows that sent Velvet careening across the ring. She hit a big splash on Velvet for a two count but Velvet battled back with some double knees to the back of HANAKO’s head.

Velvet managed to get HANAKO off her feet with some chop blocks and kicks to the leg. She hit a Mama’s Kitchen and pinned the challenger to retain her title.

-A Shane Taylor vingette aired next. Taylor told us about greed, and how you need to be ruthless to be successful. Taylor says real warriors are gone, but Shane Taylor Promotions aren’t afraid to go to war to prove they are the baddest.

Action Andretti & Lio Rush defeated Homicide & Rocky Romero

Andretti and Rush have been teaming together through most of December and it begs the question how did no one think of this sooner? They are natural partners and would elevate any tag division, largely because of their very, very excellent jackets. Longtime friends and canine-enthusiasts Homicide & Romero picked up a win over Aaron Solo and QT Marshall on Boxing Day, so they have some momentum headed into this match. No cool jackets though.

Rush and Romero kicked things off, and the name of the game was speed. They flew around the ring so fast, no one even saw a tag in for Andretti. He was just suddenly there. Rush and Andretti bailed to the outside to talk strategy while Homicide played to the crowd. Rush eventually got back in and ran literal circles around Homicide.

Romero dodged a double team from Rush and Andretti, but they kept bouncing around, frustrating the veterans. Homicide went to the outside to throw a chair all angry-like. Rush and Romero remained legal, Rush setting a pace with a dropkick. Andretti tagged in and worked Romero’s arm, isolating him from Homicide.

A miscommunication led to Andretti accidentally hitting Rush on the outside. Homicide took advantage of the confusion and tagged in to take on both Rush and Andretti. Homicide hit a set of rolling suplexes and a cutter on Andretti but could only get a two-count.

Homicide produced a fork, but missed with it, embedding it in the turnbuckle. While the ref was trying to get the fork unstuck, Andretti hit Homicide with a low blow and rolled him up for the win. It was forking great.

-A promo from the Sons of Texas, Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara, from just after their Double Bull Rope match at Final Battle aired. Rhodes thanked Guevara for being there and then recapped the feud with the Righteous for some reason while lauding praise on Guevara. Bottom line, they hugged and are buds. They then gave a shot at the ROH Tag Titles to the House of Torture at Wrestle Dynasty.

Harley Cameron defeated Ashley Vox

I’m just going to come right out and say it: Harley Cameron is very, very good. She’s dynamite in promos and a really good worker in the ring. I think Cameron is going to be a big deal in ROH and AEW this year. Vox is making her return to ROH, with her last match being back in 2021. And I know what you’re thinking: Yes, 2021 was four years ago. 

Cameron had the upper hand off the top, catching Vox in a quick headlock and trading dropkicks. Cameron’s aggressive streak came out right away and she laid some big kicks into Vox’ face. Cameron dodged a cannonball in the corner followed by a suplex.

Cameron chopped Vox on the ropes, playing to the crowd as she drove elbows into Vox’ collarbone. She locked in a straightjacket submission but Vox was able to wiggle out and unload some elbows into Cameron’s throat. Vox tried to fishhook Cameron, but Cameron got free and booted her in the stomach.

Cameron hit a big suplex and then a shining wizard to put Vox out and pick up the victory.

-Next, Lexy Nair interviewed Red Velvet in the back. She asked Velvet why she had resorted to using a wrench to win at Final Battle. Velvet was shocked that people were questioning her tactics. Leyla Hirsch showed up and wanted answers. Why did Velvet have to cheat? Velvet said that if HIrsch wanted another shot at the title, she could have it. But it would be on Velvet’s time. Then she left.

Shane Taylor Promotions (Carlie Bravo, Lee Moriarty, Shane Taylor & Shawn Dean) (w/Trish Adora) defeated Iron Savages (Beefcake Boulder & Bulk Bronson) & The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & Evil Uno) (w/Jacked Jameson & John Silver)

STP are THE faction in ROH and it shouldn’t be far into 2025 that we see them challenging for and winning some serious gold. For now though, they count the ROH Pure champion Moriarty in their company along with a more aggressive and scary Infantry. The Savages and Dark Order are beef-filled opponents, but each team has been kind of in limbo recently. Whoever wins this should find themselves pretty high on the list for tag team title shots. 

STP had the advantage in that they were a single unit taking on two teams who haven’t teamed together. As teams. Anyway, Reynolds and Moriarty kicked things off and they were perfect for each other. A series of fast and technical moves followed, until Moriarty stopped to pose. Boulder and Bravo tagged in next and it was the opposite: Power and more power. Boulder brought in Bronson and the two took Bravo to Titty City (look it it up. No, wait actually, don’t).

Adora got up on the apron to distract the Ref and Bravo delivered a kneed to Bronson’s head on the ring apron (the hardest part of the ring). Taylor tagged in and the big men rumbled, with he and Bronson trading shots in the corner. Uno jumped in to save Bronson from getting pinned to a great ovation.

Uno and Moriarty squared off in the ring in a high speed exchange that reminded everyone that Uno is very good at wrestling. He ended with a huge Brainbuster, but it only got a two count. Boulder tagged in and hit a double DDT on Dean and Bravo who were in the ring for some reason. That brought in Taylor to face off against Boulder.

They hit each other very hard for a few seconds before Boulder lifted Taylor and powerslammed him! He then used his partner as a weapon and slammed him on Taylor, but it only got a two count. Reynolds and Moriarty became legal again and Moriarty lured him to the outside for a Border City Stretch. In the ring, Uno got caught by Adora and left at the mercy of Dean, Bravo and Taylor. They beat on Uno and Moriarty appeared to put him in a Border City Stretch, forcing Uno to tap out.

ROH Classic Match: ROH Women’s World Title Match: Athena (c) vs Willow Nightingale (Death Before Dishonor 2023, July 21, 2023)

A replay of Lexy Nair’s expulsion from MIT by ROH Women’s World Champion Athena was shown next. This led into the showing of the Women’s World Title match from Death Before Dishonor 2023. Athena had alread been a long-term champion by this time and Nightingale had just come off winning the Owen Hart Foundation 2023 Women’s Tournament in AEW. Both were fired up and it’s a great match!

ROH World Television Title Proving Ground Match: Komander (c) vs. QT Marshall – Time Limit Draw (10:00)

In this first Proving Ground Match of the new year, Marshall must pin or submit Komander or last the 10 minute time limit. If he can do one of those things, Marshall will get a shot at Komander’s ROH World TV Title, acquired at Final Battle in a six-man Survival of The Fittest Match. Marshall had a match against Jay Lethal that I’m still unable to find a reason for. Anyway, this one looked to be a good one!

“QT Sucks” chants broke out from the crowd and he stepped outside to really soak them in. When Marshall got back in the ring, Komander ran at him and Marshall slide out of the ring. At this point, it became clear that Marshall’s strategy was to slow everything down and waste as much time as possible to reach the 10-minute time limit, which I have to admit, is pretty smart.

Komander goaded Marshall into some wrestling and the two traded moves back and forth. Every time Komander would pick up the pace, Marshall would respond with something that slowed it right back down. That allowed Marshall to utilize his size advantage on the smaller Komander.

Marshall methodically kept Komander off his feet, milking the clock with submission holds, power moves and even working the crowd. Komander managed to turn a suplex attempt into a sleeper hold, but Marshall backed him into the corner. Komander hit a facebuster off the ropes and the match sped up significantly.

Komander went to the top rope for a running shooting star press, but Marshall caught him with an uppercut and suplex powerbomb for a two count. That ground things back to a halt as the time ticked away. Marshall set up Komander for a super diamond cutter, but Komander reversed it and sent Marshall to the outside. Komander hit a springboard mexican destroyer and then went to the top rope.

Komander set up and executed his signature running shooting star press, but Marshall rolled to the outside… just as the 10 minute time limit elapsed! I cannot stress how rare it is for a Proving Ground Match to go to time and a challenger win. Fantastic work by Marshall and Komander and a great way to end the first show of the year!

Ring of Honor Boxing Day Brawl live results: Men’s TV title defense, Toni Storm debuts

Posted on by Josiah MacDonald

Thursday’s Ring of Honor TV will be a special Boxing Day Brawl edition featuring a men’s TV title defense and the promotional debut of former AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm.

After winning the gold for the first time in last Friday’s Survival of the Fittest six-way, Komander will put the men’s TV title on the line against Johnny TV.

Storm will be in action against Rebecca Scott in Storm’s first-ever match for the black and red brand.

Rocky Romero will team up with a mystery partner with some ROH history against QT Marshall & Aaron Solo.

Former ROH Pure Champion Katsuyori Shibata will team with Tommy Billington against Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese of the Premier Athletes.

Lee Johnson will return to singles action as he faces Serpentico while former GCW Champion Blake Christian goes one-on-one with AR Fox.

The show is rounded out by MxM Collection (Mansoor & Madden) against Northeast standouts Miracle Generation (Dustin Waller & Kylon King).

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Blake Christian defeated AR Fox

Christian and Fox looked to continue where they left off from the Survival of the Fittest match from ROH Final Battle. Christian refused the Code of Honor, shoving Fox. Fox hit a leg lariat as Christian hit the ropes. Fox hit a springboard stunner and a running shooting star press off the apron. Christian dodged a corner charge and hit a Mafia kick in the corner before hitting a missile dropkick. Christian hit a 180 tope suicida to the floor on Fox, which looked incredible.

Fox had a brief comeback with an enziguri, but Christian cut him off again before going for a running boot on the floor. Fox, however, rushed into the ring and hit a suicide dive to the floor on Christian before hitting a Senton Bomb for a two count. Christian raked the eyes to avoid a backpack cutter, and hit a standing Spanish Fly for the two count. Christian argued with the referee over a chair being introduced to the match, and Fox hit a huge dive to the floor and a 450 Splash. Fox grabbed the chair after Christian kicked out, and the referee took it away from him, but Christian hit Fox with a low blow and hit a curb stomp on Fox for the win. Really good match to open the show.

Lee Johnson (w/ EJ Nduka) defeated Serpentico

Johnson was not taking Serpentico seriously at the start of the match, hitting a drop toe hold and slapping Serpentico’s head. Serpentico did hit an armdrag, but Johnson hit a dropkick soon thereafter. Johnson got the heat for the next few minutes, but occasionally fell victim to a roll up which he kicked out of quickly. Serpentico rolled through a roll up, hit a superkick, and then a running cutter for a two count. Serpentico was soon cut off by a chokeslam from Nduka from behind the back, allowing Johnson getting the win.

A hype video aired for Shane Taylor Promotions, with Taylor cutting a promo against the people that have dismissed them, saying that they were coming for everything in ROH, and that there was nothing anyone could do about it. This was good.

Tommy Billington & Katsuyori Shibata defeated The Premier Atheltes (Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese) (w/ Smart Mark Sterling & Josh Woods)

Billington and Shibata are now teaming after their one on one match at ROH Final Battle. Billington took it to Nese right away, sending him bouncing all over the ring, ending when he hit a missile dropkick and tagged out to Shibata. Nese’s selling made both guys look dangerous until it was time for him to get the heat on Billington after a distraction from Daivari.

Woods and Sterling attacked Billington on the floor behind the back of the referee. Nese tried to hit a move off the middle rope, but Billington hit a dropkick and tagged out to Shibata, who hit a German suplex on Daivari before tagging out to Billington. Nese ran in and superkicked Shibata, and Billington almost got the submission on Billington but Sterling distracted the referee while Woods yanked Billington off Daivari. Nese hit a 450 splash on Billington, but knocked Billington backwards into his own corner, letting Shibata tag in.

Shibata proceeded to nail Daivari with a Mafia kick in the corner. Billington flew off the ropes with a diving DDT, and Shibata hit a PK for the win.

A hype video aired for The Outrunners, as they promoted their Fanny Pack merch, including how it could hold a second fanny pack, among other things. This was great.

Toni Storm defeated Rebecca Scott

Storm got a superstar pop coming out, and it seems this weird amnesia gimmick has hurt her star power with the audience. Storm hit a basement dropkick after changing directions while running the ropes, but missed the corner hip attack. Scott hit a flying knee in the corner on Storm. Storm reversed an Irish whip, and Scott jumped onto the middle rope before jumping backwards into the arms of Storm. Storm hit a backbreaker, the corner hip attack, and a Storm Zero for the pinfall.

Retro ROH: Nigel McGuinness defeated Colt Cabana in a Soccer Riot Match at ROH Night of Grudges II (August 20, 2005)

Cabana set the rules, which largely meant there were no rules, as that would be an advantage to him. They actually shared the whole match, which included a funny spot when McGuinness tried to kick the soccer ball at Colt, who was seated in the corner. McGuinness missed and sent it into the crowd, causing the fans to yell “Throw it back!” Cabana grabbed the ball and threw it at the face of McGuiness. Nigel sent Cabana crashing through a ringside table after hitting him with an iron. Cabana pulled his own iron out from under the ring and hit McGuiness with it before hitting a lariat for the win. They actually aired the full match, which is not a bad thing to do sometimes for fans watching. I am not sure if this is a frequent feature, but if it is, I think it’s smart to do every now and then.

The Rottweilers (Rocky Romero & Homicide) defeated QT Marshall & Aaron Solo

Homicide’s return to ROH got a huge pop from the New York audience. The Rottweilers are back together for at least one night, speaking of an ROH flashback. Homicide started the match with QT Marshall, and Marshall was hilariously looking at Homicide very unsure about his own safety before they locked up. Marshall’s suspicions were right, as Homicide bit his ear.

Romero tagged in, and Marshall exited the ring very quickly, tagging out to Solo. Romero low bridged Solo and Romero went for a dive, but Marshall tripped Romero, and Solo hit a flying kick on Romero to begin getting the heat. Romero hit a Shiranaui and tagged out to Homicide, and Homicide hit the three amigos suplexes on Solo. Homicide hit a belly to belly on Solo, but Marshall broke up the pinfall and hit a combo back suplex/neckbreaker on Homicide for a 2-count.

Homicide went for the Cop Killa on Solo, but Marshall broke it up. Romero threw Marshall to the floor and hit a suicide dive that sent Marshall crashing into the front row. Homicide then hit a big lariat on Solo for the win. This was fun. I love seeing Homicide back in ROH. He isn’t what he was, but he is still great. Homicide kissed the canvas, indicating he was home.

A recap of Atlantis Jr. beating Mansoor from ROH Final Battle aired. Mason Madden cut a promo on Danhausen about how he ruined their match. Mansoor called Atlantis a nepo baby, claiming (correctly) that his father Atlantis and (incorrectly) mother Atlantis Morissette were why he had success in the business. They then declared war on all masked wrestlers.

MxM Connection (Mansoor & Mason Madden) defeated Dustin Waller & Kylon King

Mansoor and Madden beat on Waller throughout the early part of the match, with Madden not removing his sunglasses. King broke up the pinfall attempt of Mansoor on Waller after a spinebuster, and Mansoor chased King around the ring, letting Waller and King get some very brief offense against Mansoor. Mansoor tagged out and the huge Madden ran wild hitting a big flying knee on Waller, and slammed King to the mat. Madden had an idea, saying “Let’s kill him!” as they hit a combo where Mansoor elevated Waller into a double arm DDT by Madden for the win.

Chris Jericho’s New York Minute re-aired from AEW Dynamite.

A recap of the ROH Final Battle match between Matt Cardona & Chris Jericho, and Athena’s defeat of Billie Starks.

At the post show media scrum Athena promised to kick out someone out of the Minions In Training.

Lexy Nair introduced Billie Starks as the loser of the main event for the Minion Expulsion. Athena said that Starks caused nothing but problems for her, and that she sucked because she wouldn’t listen to Athena’s guidance. Athena put over how Nair has lived up to all her expectations. Athena then expelled Nair from the MIT for failing to wear a Penguin costume to match Athena’s Two-Face costume, claimed her intro of Athena was mediocre, and how she almost cost Athena the match.

Athena claimed that Nair was the stepping stone for Billie, and that it was those two forever, because Athena cared about Billie Starks and her success. Athena hugged Starks, and Starks looked very conflicted and unhappy about how all of this went down.

Komander was shown arriving backstage after his title victory at ROH Final Battle, crying as he hugged Tony Khan and celebrated in the biggest win of his career in ROH. A nice moment of real emotion.

ROH Television Champion Komander (w/ Alex Abrahantes) defeated Johnny TV (w/ MxM Collection) to retain

MxM Collection made their way into one of the balconies, holding a sign that said “If Johnny TV loses, we’ll be really sad” and tried to lead the crowd in chants for Johnny TV. Johnny TV spending years working lucha has paid off here, with him being able to provide a good base for Komander. TV knocked Komander off balance as he ran up the ropes, and hit a backflip Samoan drop and a running shooting star press for a two count.

TV hit a knee to the face of Komander for a two count. TV locked on a dragon sleeper, but Komander got into the ropes to escape. Komander avoided a suicide dive, but TV adjusted and followed Komander as he dodged and hit a dive through the ropes on the other side of the ring. That was cool. Komander blocked a corner charge, hitting a superkick and running across the ropes, bouncing off them and landing on the apron before running back up the ropes and hitting a flying dragonrana on TV for a two count.

Komander hit a Canadian Destroyer on Johnny TV for another near fall. TV hit two rolling neckbreakers on Komander for a two count of his own. MxM Collection exited the balcony by ducking down in an elevator pose as soon as Johnny started looking in trouble, and Komander hit a poisonrana. Komander hit a senton, and went for his rope walk into a shooting star press, but MxM Collection pulled TV from the ring. Komander adjusted and hit a moonsault onto everyone on the floor, but Johnny TV managed to cut him off and go for Starship Pain. Komander dodged and hit his shooting star press for the win. Fun match and main event to a very easy to watch episode of ROH Wrestling.

Ring of Honor TV live results: Final Battle go-home show

Posted on by Jeff Moss

Tonight’s ROH on HonorClub will be the final episode before Friday’s Final Battle.

ROH Women’s World Champion Athena will team with Billie Starkz ahead of their clash for Athena’s title on Friday.

Following Chris Jericho’s attack on Matt Cardona at last Saturday’s GCW show, there will be an update on Cardona ahead of his challenge for Jericho’s ROH World title Friday.

Lee Johnson will team with Bishop Kaun ahead of an expected Friday tag team match that will include EJ Nduka and Toa Liona which Tony Khan has heavily hinted at.

Sidney Akeem (the former Scrypts/Reggie in WWE/NXT) will return to ROH against Serpentico.

In eight-man tag team action, the Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) will team with Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & Evil Uno) against the Grizzled Young Veterans and Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty.

The card is rounded out by Queen Aminata vs. Lady Frost, and the Murder Machines (Lance Archer & Brian Cage) vs. the Iron Savages.

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ROH on Honorclub episode #95 arrives to send us straight into December 20th’s Final Battle event at the Hammerstein Ballroom in good ol’ NYC. The card has firmed up in the last couple of weeks, but there’s always room for more!

Lee Johnson (w/EJ Nduka) defeated Bishop Kaun (w/Toa Liona)

Last week, Johnson lost a fight to Toa Liona that resulted in a beatdown until Nduka came down for the save. Not satisfied with the level of punishment Linoa gave him, Johnson this week faces Kaun, but he’s skipping the waiting and just bringing Nduka to the ring with him right away. One can only assume that a tag match between all four men is on the horizon. 

The two men locked up with Kaun having the obvious size advantage. Johnson’s speed and agility though more than made up for it and he remained defiant of the bigger man, shoving him in the corner. That got Johnson a big shoulder to the chops though, with Kaun keeping the match slow and heavy, exactly in his wheelhouse.

Johnson caught Kaun with a big dropkick, sending him to the outside and following it up with a front flip over the top rope onto Kaun. Back in the ring, Kaun flipped things and tied Johnson up in the ropes, leaving him prone to multiple dropkicks. Kaun worked Johnson’s knee over and over again, trying to take away his speed and possibly ability to walk.

Kaun flipped Johnson over with a lariat and hit a big driver. Johnson looked like he was done, but fought back with a neckbreaker and a standing moonsault. Kaun resumed the beatdown, but Johnson was able to sneak in a quick rollup for the 1-2-3!

After the match, Kaun wanted to shake Johnson’s hand, but Liona stopped him and shoved Johnson. That brought in Nduka to stare down both of them. Liona and Kaun backed away out of the ring slowly.

-Lee Moriarty was interviewed backstage about his open challenge for the ROH Pure Title. Moriarty said he’s ready for Final Battle, and anyone who answers the challenge. Moriarty wants to face the best to show everyone that he’s the best!

– After a commercial for Final Battle, Leyla Hirsch and ROH Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet were interviewed back stage under the condition there be no violence. The two jawed at each other and got in each other’s faces, but that’s about it.

Queen Aminata defeated Lady Frost

Aminata and Frost were once top contenders for the ROH Women’s World Championship, but lately have been spending more and more time just being around. Aminata failed to win the Wrestle Dynasty International Women’s Cup Qualifier Tournament Semi Final (boy, that’s a lot of words) she was part of in November, and Frost  has taken losses from Billie Starkz, Reyna Isis and Athena in the last few months. Both women are looking to right the ship here. 

The two tied up with Aminata getting the upper hand. She blocked a Frost suplex attempt and followed up a gymnastic exchange with a huge kick. Frost was not that easy to get by though and Frost rained down elbows on Aminata, which she no-sold. Frost finally got Aminata off her feet and kicked her into the corner for some chops.

Frost hit a Fisherman’s Suplex on Aminata for a two count before putting her into a sleeper hold. Aminata does not sleep though (I can’t back that up) and battled out of it, driving Frost into the turnbuckle. Aminata followed that up with a backbreaker and snap suplex. She hit Frost with a huge knee that looked like it put her away, but only got a two.

Frost delivered a Snowball Fight to Aminata in the corner and climbed the turnbuckle for a tornado clothesline. At this point it was a really exciting match, with lots of near falls and big moves, but the crowd was sitting on their hands.

The perked up a bit when Aminata locked in a modified tarantula stretch, pulling Frost’s arm practically out of it’s socket and forcing her to tap out (with the other arm, of course).

-The camera switched to a shot of the parking lot of a training facility where Dustin Rhodes got out of his truck and entered the building. The camera turned around to reveal Dutch and Vincent, the Righteous, lying in wait for him. They snuck in and found Dustin… vacuuming the ring? Sure. Anyways, they jumped him from behind and beat him down, choking him with cables and smashing his head with the cowbell. Vincent stole Rhodes’ phone and Facetimed Sammy Guevara (Rhodes’ partner) to show him the devastation. The Righteous left laughing, leaving Rhodes in a pool of his own blood.

Murder Machines (Brian Cage & Lance Archer) (w/Don Callis) defeated Iron Savages (Beefcake Boulder & Bulk Bronson) (w/Jacked Jameson)

I haven’t made it a secret that I’m not a huge fan of the Iron Savages schtick. I find it pretty derivative and obnoxious (which as heels, maybe I’m supposed to?). Anyways, watching them get beat up by Cage and Archer, each taking a break from their usual teams, was a pretty great time. Cage is using this as a warmup for Final Battle where he’ll defend his ROH TV Title in a 6-Way Survival of The Fittest Match. 

With four gigantic men in the match, it was no surprise that it was a hard hitting affair. Big clubbing chops, huge strikes and lots and lots of posing. Cage and Bronson started things off and literally just punched each other back into the ropes over and over. Boulder tagged in and stomped over to Cage who was more than happy to do the same thing with this big man. Boulder managed to knock Cage off his feet, so Archer tagged in and the hitting resumed.

Boulder (who looked a little jaundiced for some reason) found himself in the corner taking big running elbows from Archer. Archer put Bronson and Boulder in a choke hold and tried to choke slam them both, but they are very big men and were able to fight out of it for a Beefcake bomb. The Savages were in control as they tried a double team on Archer, but he rolled out of the way causing Bronson’s face to meet the mat. Cage jumped in and suplexed Boulder out of the ring.

All four men battled in the ring until Boulder was sent to the outside with a clothesline and Bronson was the recipient of a Choke Bomb (Chokeslam and powerbomb at the same time) giving Murder Machines the victory. After the match Don Callis got a few stomps in on Bronson, much to the joy of Cage and Archer.

-QT Marshall and Jay Lethal are fighting at Final Battle for… reasons. They were interviewed in what appeared to be a hotel conference room, but Marshall was late. They started anyways, but before Lethal could say anything, Marshall arrived and interrupted. Lethal started talking about how it feels to return to Ring of Honor (it feels amazing), Marshall talked about he’s been disrespected. He asked for the match with Lethal, but Lethal doesn’t think it’s a big deal. Lethal retorted saying no offense to Marshall, but he wanted to be in the Title Picture, not wrestling a random match (I feel the same way). This conversation went on for way, way too long, with both men trying their hardest to make the match mean something, but it didn’t really work. In the end, Marshall sucker-punched Lethal and they’ll fight tomorrow. Moving on…

-It was then announced that on the Final Battle Zero Hour pre-show, the Infantry would take on the Undisputed Kingdom, Harley Cameron will be up against Hanako of Stardom and two big tag matches. First, LEEJ vs the Gates of Agony and then the Dark Order vs The Grizzled Young Veterans.

ROH Classic Match: ROH Women’s Champion Athena vs Billie Starkz at Final Battle 2023

A preview of the rematch happening tomorrow night, this was as good a match as one can get from two women who are very, very good at wrestling. Athena had a facemask on due to injury and Starkz’ bratting was top notch. The two fought in a hard hitting, near 30-minute violent battle and I’m pretty sure you know who won. If we get a match half as good tomorrow night, it’ll be an easy Match of The Year contender.

Serpentico defeated Sidney Akeem

Serpentico and his partner Angelico have spent 2024 as standouts in ROH. Their laid back but also exciting at the same time matches have always been a highlight. Serpentico goes at it solo here, taking on Akeem who is looking to avenge his loss in his ROH Debut in November to Johnny TV. 

Serpentico matches are always fun, so it was no surprise that this one was as entertaining as it was. Akeem has always been underrated as a worker and was able to keep up with all of the speed and high-flying of Serpentico. He even managed to get the drop on Serpentico with a big kick! Akeem then flew over the top rope, almost seeming to pause in midair before dropping onto Serpentico.

It was like watching two video game characters. The moves with crisp, the shots landed and the big showcase spots were just that. Akieem was very impressive hitting a Skywalker stomp and a moonsault in quick succession. Battling on the top rope though, Serpentico took over, sending Akeem to the mat and following it up with a big senton to get the win.

ROH Women’s Champion Athena & Billie Starkz defeated Blair Onyx & Missa Kate

In reference to Starkz and Athena, this match dares to ask the most burning question in all of wrestling: Can they coexist!? The answer is yes, their existence on this plane in the same place at the same time is not in any question. However, the tag team they are forming just a day away from their showdown at Final Battle is less clear. They will be taking out their frustrations with each other on Blair Onyx and Missa Kate. Starks beat Onyx back in October, but this will be Chicago-native Kate’s ROH Debut. 

Athena sent Starkz out to start things off against Kate. It didn’t last long though as Starkz got a blind tag as soon as Athena was near enough. She and Kate battled for a bit before Onyx tagged in. Starkz hit a flying headscissor and laid her out in the corner. Athena distracted Starkz, trying to “warn” her about a DQ allowing Kate and Onyx to get the drop on her with a double team.

Athena grabbed a bind tag and jumped in to pick up Starkz and use her as a weapon. She threw Starkz at Onyx, then grabbed her again to do the same to Kate. Athena then used Starkz in an unwilling Flapjack to take out Kate and locked a submisson on Onyx, getting a quick tapout.

Starkz, furious, grabbed Athena’s personalized belt and ran up the entrance ramp. Starkz ripped the photo of Athena off the title and smashed the belt. Athena tried to attack, but Starkz laid her out with a huge forearm. They two fought until security showed up, at which point Athena laid out Starkz with a massive dropkick. She thew Starkz into the barricade and then beat her up until more security came. Athena took out the guards and started ramming Starkz’ head into the steel ring steps. She then smashed Starkz’ face with the title belt and left her lying, screaming her way into the back. Great end to a great show!

Oh, wait, there’s more!

-It was announced that two more matches have been added to the Final Battle card: Mansoor vs Atlantis Jr and Katsuyori Shibata Vs Tommy Billington!

-Next, ROH World Champion “The Nueve” Chris Jericho crashed Game Changer Wrestling’s HIGHEST IN THE ROOM 3 event on Saturday to take out his Final Battle opponent, “The Complete” Matt Cardona.  They showed footage of the attack while Jericho ran down Cordona in a promo. At Final Battle, these two will fight it out for the first time since 2016, when Cardona pinned Jericho in March 2016. 

Eight Man Tag Team Match: Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) & Shane Taylor Promotions (Lee Moriarty & Shane Taylor) defeated The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & Evil Uno, w/John Silver) & The Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett)

This team up makes perfect sense. The Grizzled Young Veterans and Shane Taylor Promotions have a similar bad attitude and the Dark Order and the Kingdom are both looking to elevate themselves back into ROH Tag Team Title contention. Also, last week Taven failed to win the ROH Pure Championship from Moriarty, so there’s already beef on both sides. As mentioned earlier, Moriarty has laid out an Open Challenge for his title at Final Battle so maybe this sets up a rematch? Let’s find out! 

In a great case of “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” the Kingdom and Dark Order did a synchronized pose to kick things off, signalling that they are going to be working as a unit. GYV and STP were not so cordial.

Gibson and Reynolds started things off and as expected it was a fast, technical exchange. Lots of kicks and whips. Uno tagged in and Gibson begged off, choosing to tag in Moriarty instead. Uno ended up getting the better of the Pure Champion, chopping him into the ring. Bennett, Taven and Reynolds all put their boots up on the top turnbuckle and Uno rammed Moriarty’s face into them.

Bennett tagged in and Drake got a blind tag so that he and Moriarty could double team Bennett. Bennett responded with at Thez Press and tagged in Taven who knocked Drake into next week. Gibson tagged in and a double clothesline from him and Drake put Taven on his back. That brought in the big man, Shane Taylor.

Taylor isolated Taven in the corner so Moriarty could tag in and the GRV could stomp Taven into the ground. Taven fought back and hit a spinning heel kick on the legal Gibson, giving him the chance to get a hot tag to Bennett. Bennett stacked up Moriarty, Drake and Gibson in the corner for chops. Then he delivered spinebusters to them all and went for the pin on Moriarty, but Taylor broke it up.

Uno and Taylor ended up facing off in the ring with Uno getting the upper hand until Moriarty hit him from behind. Then Reynolds hit HIM from behind and a brawl with all 8 men broke out. The dust settled with Uno and Moriarty legal. Drake and Gibson took out Silver on the outside, drawing the dark order into a brawl at ringside. These two teams fought to the back while Taylor hit Bennett with a big elbow in the ring.

Taylor missed a running elbow and Bennett tried to take advantage, but Moriarty tagged in, rolled him up and used the ropes for leverage to get the pin!

Final Battle is tomorrow starting a 7pm with Zero Hour! Here’s the card as of now:

ROH World Championship: Chris Jericho (c ) vs Matt Cardona

ROH Women’s World Championship: Athena (c ) vs Billie Starkz

ROH Tag Team Championship Texas Bull Rope Match: The Sons of Texas (Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara) (c ) vs The Righteous (Vincent & Dutch) 

ROH World TV Championship Survival of The Fittest Match: Brian Cage (c ) vs AR Fox vs Blake Christian vs Willie Mack vs Mark Davis vs Komander

ROH Women’s World TV Championship: Red Velvet (c ) vs Leyla Hirsch

ROH Pure Championship Open Challenge: Lee Moriarty (c ) vs ????

QT Marshall vs Jay Lethal

Mansoor vs Atlantis Jr

Katsuyori Shibata vs Tommy Billington

Ring of Honor TV live results: International Women’s Cup qualifier

Posted on by Jeff Moss

The Ring of Honor representative for the Wrestle Dynasty International Women’s Cup qualifier will be decided on tonight’s ROH on HonorClub.

ROH Women’s Champion Athena, Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet, Billie Starkz and Leyla Hirsch will battle in a four-way with the winner advancing to a four-way on January 5th in the Tokyo Dome against representatives from AEW, CMLL and Stardom.

The show will feature a contract signing between ROH World Champion Chris Jericho and Matt Cardona for their impending Final Battle match.

Ahead of their Tag Team title defense against The Righteous at Final Battle, the Sons of Texas (Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara) will be in non-title action.

The show will see title defenses by ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty against Matt Taven, and NJPW Strong Tag Team Champions Grizzled Young Veterans against MxM Collection.

The lineup also features the return of Madison Rayne, Toa Liona vs. Lee Johnson, and The Outrunners vs. Tony Nese & Ariya Daivari.

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It’s the penultimate show before Final Battle 2024 on December 20th! That said, there’s still an awful lot of room on the card (only three matches announced so far), so let’s see if tonights ROH on HonorClub can fill in some blanks. So it made total sense that the show started with a Qualifying match for a non-ROH Tournament!

Wrestle Dynasty International Women’s Cup qualifier: Athena defeated Red Velvet, Billie Starkz and Leyla Hirsch

It started with a promo from Billie Starkz that was quickly interrupted by the ROH Women’s Champion, Athena who turned it into a MeM. She asked Starkz for an apology for her behaviour the last few weeks, oh, and also to lay down for Athena so she can win their 4-way International Women’s Cup qualifier. Starkz protested, but Athena reminded her that she owed her and danced away. Hirsch and Velvet, slated to meet at Final Battle for Velvet’s ROH Women’s TV Title, glared at each other.

Starkz didn’t offer up a Code of Honor to Athena off the top and Athena (after telling the other women they suck) left the ring and did jumping jacks to let the other three fight. In said fight, Starkz sent Velvet to the outside and kicked the much shorter Hirsch in the face. Velvet returned with a high crossbody onto Starkz and Hirsh. Athena then threw Velvet into the barricades.

From there, the match went back and forth until everyone put everyone else into a submission lock. They all got tired at the same time and let go though. Starkz began cleaning house, executing a triple swan dive and got back-to-back two counts. She stared at a prone Athena, but did not try and pin her. Athena then used Hirsch as a spingboard to hit a hurricanrana on Starkz.

Velvet and Hirsch tried to hit a suplex off the top rope on Athena, but Starkz ran in and TRIPLE superplexed them. Starkz had Hirsch pinned, but Athena broke up the count. The two argued and Athena commanded Starkz to lie down. Before she could though, Velvet knocked both to the outside where Hirsch double clotheslined them.

Hirsch and Velvet gave us a Final Battle preview, going one-on-one while Starkz and Athena recovered. Hirsch seemed to get the better of Velvet, but before a pin could be made, Starkz jumped in and tossed Hirsch out. Athena then shoved Starkz out of the ring and pinned a stunned Velvet to win the match and advance in the tournament.

The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum) defeated Premier Atheletes Tony Nese & Ariya Daivari (W/Josh Woods and Mark Sterling)

The Outrunners are everyone’s favourite throwback tag team and have quickly moved into prime positions in the AEW Tag Hierarchy.  The Premier Athletes want everyone to say they “rule” instead of “suck” when cued. This match marks the return of Tony Nese who’s been off TV relentlessly celebrating the birth of his twins. The Athletes entered to Sterling’s usual rap and the Outrunners entered to a huge pop from the audience.

Nese and Magnum started things off with a quick posedown (Magnum won) and Nese cheap shotted him to get him isolated in the corner. Magnum fought out and tagged in Floyd who Atomic Dropped Nese. Diavari jumped in and got a double atomic drop for his trouble.

Later, Daivari and Nese double teamed Magnum and tossed him to the outside for Sterling and Woods to stomp on. Nese pulled them back into the ring and then missed corner shots, allowing Magnum to fight his way to a hot tag to Floyd. Floyd exploded into the ring, slamming Daivari and Nese in quick succession.

At this point, Magnum fell with Daivari on his shoulder, causing a brief pause in the action while his knee was checked. Nese hit a pumphandle driver on Floyd that got a two count. A few pie-faces later and Floyd was Turbo-Charged and fought off both Daivari and Nese and Magnum joined him to deliver a double elbow and Total Recall to get the win.

-Dustin Rhodes joined us from the back to speak about the Righteous. Rhodes says there’s no quit in him or his family, so they can play their little mind games, but it wont get them the ROH Tag Titles. He called out Dutch specifically and the Bull Rope that Dusty gave him. Rhodes said that even though Dutch knew his father, he never understood him. Dutch has crossed the line and at Final Battle, it will be a double Bull Rope match!

Madison Rayne defeated Allysin Kay

Rayne, best known for her run in TNA as a 3-time Knockouts Champion, had her last ROH match way, way back on ROH on HonorClub episode 25, in which she picked up a win over Dani Mo. Since then, she’s been working behind the scenes as a producer and this match would be her big return to action. Kay, the definition of “journeywoman” has wrestled for over SEVENTY different promotions in her career. Her most recent ROH match was a Proving Ground match against ROH Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet a few weeks back. 

These two veterans were pretty much guaranteed to have an awesome match, and it absolutely was. Kay had the strength advantage on Rayne, but there was no ring rust there. Both women traded shots and holds, looking for the other one to make a mistake somewhere.

Rayne hit a hurricanrana from the top rope, and then a crucifix driver on Kay to get the pin and win the match. Super fun!

-Next, The Dark Order joined us in the back. Last week, the Grizzled Young Veterans (GYV) harassed an extra they felt shouldn’t have gotten lunch before they did. The Dark Order’s John Silver saw this and wasn’t impressed, so he stole their scarves, which he and Evil Uno and Alex Reynolds had a good laugh about. So this week, Silver and Raynolds did a hilarious(?) impression of of GYV. The Veterans saw what was going down and stormed over. Reynolds and Silver fought back, but Uno stepped in the middle and glared at his Dark Order buddies, as if disappointed in their antics.

Toa Liona defeated Lee Johnson

Last week, Liona and his Gates of Agony partner, Bishop Kaun picked up a win over Griff Garrison and Preston Vance. This week, Liona looks to go at it alone against Ring of Honor super-worker, Lee Johnson. Johnson (who has a gigantic tag partner of his own in EJ Nduka) has fared pretty well in singles matches in 2024 (11 wins, 4 losses) but has failed to put any kind of gold around his waist. 

This match had a fast start with Liona’s strength and Johnson’s speed keeping them even as they ran through a bunch of quick moves and holds. Johnson made the fatal mistake of trying to chop Liona, which as you can imagine only made him madder. Johnson tried kicks and knees, but Liona took them all.

Johnson went high for a frog splash, but Liona kicked out at two. Johnson popped up looking for the Big Shot Drop, but Liona powered out of it, smashing Johnson with a top rope sit-down drop for the pin.

After the match, Liona tried to pick up Johnson, but the two started fighting. Liona hit a big kick on Johnson and that brought out the very large EJ Nduka. The two big men stared each other down until Lion left and Nduka helped Johnson to his feet.

NJPW Strong Tag Team Champions Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) defeated MxM Collection (Mansoor & Madden)

So as mentioned above the Veterans have been beefing with the Dark Order (specifically Reynolds and Silver, after Silver stole their scarves) and had an altercation with them earlier in the evening. Which led directly to this NJPW Strong Tag Team Championship match against… (checks notes) MxM Collective for some reason. Also Johnny TV was there.

With all that out of the way, tips were touched and Gibson started off against Mansoor. Drake jumped in, but Mansoor reversed it into a double neckbreaker. That brought the tag to Madden who dominated the legal man, Drake. Madden tried to forcibly make Drake touch tips (I do not like that sentence) and Drake caught a flurry of offense.

Mansoor found himself isolated in the GYV corner with Gibson and Drake wailing on him. He tried a long-distance tip-touch to bring in Madden, but no dice as Drake and Gibson started a brawl. They eliminated Madden and then hit a high splash on Mansoor for a two-count.

Madden hit the ring and took out both Drake and Gibson with side kicks and slams. Mansoor tagged in and Gibson tossed Madden into the stairs on the outside. That left Mansoor alone against Drake and to be choked with a scarf by Gibson behind the ref’s back. GYV finished Mansoor off and retained their titles.

Also, Johnny TV was there.

-Backstage, Board of Director Member Paul Wight joined us from the back to announce that Jay Lethal will be coming back to ROH at Final Battle! Lethal, anxious to get into the title picture, asked who his opponent would be, but before Wight could answer, QT Marshall arrived. He lamented the idea that Lethal might get a title shot before he does. The two fought and Wight made the match for Final Battle: Jay Lethal vs QT Marshall!

ROH Classic Match: Shane Taylor vs Kenny King in a Fight Without Honor (Final Battle 2021, Baltimore, Maryland)

What can I say about this match? It’s two very violent men doing violence to each other and doing it very well. Ladders, tables, trash cans, Kendo sticks, all used and destroyed in the first FEW MINUTES of this match. Super fun and worth a watch!

ROH Tag Team Champions Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara defeated Eric Dillinger & Josh Crane

Rhodes and Guevara have been ROH Tag champions since Mid-August, when they took the titles from the Undisputed Kingdom. From there, they’ve had a handful of title defenses, a Bunkhouse Brawl and a bunch of multi-team/person matches. As mentioned earlier, they’ve currently got The Righteous waiting for them at Final Battle and possibly somewhere in the arena tonight.  As for their opponents, I couldn’t find anything on Crane, but Dillinger is the Asylum Wrestling Revolution (AWR) Champion and has been since 2022!

Crane and Guevara started things off, but Rhodes and Dillinger brawled on the outside. Rhodes left him laying and tagged in and out with Guevara, trading strikes on Crane in the corner. Dillinger tried to help his partner, but was tossed onto his prone partner for a Guevara standing slam.

Rhodes tagged in and took a punch each from Dillinger and Crane. Rhodes was sent to the corner and came out with a big boot to Dillinger. Guevara tagged in and met Dillinger and Crane with a high crossbody. A Texas Destroyer and a GTH followed by a CrossRhodes ended things with Guevara getting the pin on Crane.

Suddenly, the Righteous’ music hit and they ran down the ramp. Vincent grabbed a mic and called Dutch back, addressing Guevara and Rhodes. Vincent asked the crowd if they wanted to see these two teams fight TONIGHT. They responded in the affirmative, but Vincent decided that they didn’t deserve it. Vincent ran down Dusty with a “polka dots” joke, causing Rhodes to grab a chair as the Righteous beat a hasty exit.

ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty defeated Matt Taven

Taven has won every title in ROH except the Pure Title. Taven has been showing some previously unseen technical prowess though and has picked up wins over Josh Woods and Aaron Solo in Pure Rules Matches. Moriarty has been holding the Pure Championship since July when he won it from Wheeler Yuta. Moriarty successfully defended the title against the likes of Angelico and Preston Vance and has been having great success as a member of Shane Taylor Promotions. The real question here is why is this match taking place now with Final Battle just over a week away? 

Anyway, a Pure Rules match has three rope breaks and one closed fist allowed for each competitor. After that, it’s a DQ. If the match goes to it’s time limit, judges will award the match based on points.

Taven and Moriarty started off trading wrist locks, clearly in a feeling our process. for the next three minutes it went back and forth, Taven showing more of the surprising technical skill we’ve seen in past week and Moriarty finding a counter for every bit of it. A big kick to the sternum knocked the wind out of Taven and Moriarty got a two count. At 5:16 Taven used his first rope break to get out of a hold.

The pace slowed considerably, which allowed Taven to recover until Moriarty put on a stretch, causing Taven to reach for the ropes and use his second rope break at 6:31. Taven recovered and connected with a huge kick to Moriarty’s head.

In what I can only hope is a first in a Pure Rules Match, Taven hit an Atomic Drop on Moriarty followed by a big knee and got a two-count. Moriarty wishboned Taven’s hand and hit a huge straightjacket slam into a Border City stretch causing Taven to use his third Rope Break at 9:11.

The crowd got behind Taven as he went to the top rope and hit a big splash into a choke hold, forcing Moriarty to use his first Rope Break at 10:43. Moriarty also got his warning for a closed fist a few seconds later. Moriarty then wrapped Taven up in a Tarantula-style hold in the ropes, forcing Taven to tap out.

-Backstage, Athena joined us to talk about Final Battle. Who would her opponent be? Athena let us know that she’s moving on from Final Battle and is focusing on her International Tour. An angry Billie Starkz stomped in and demanded answers from Athena about their match earlier in the night. Athena said she’s been waiting for an apology. Starkz smirked and offered to give her one at Final Battle. For some reason, Athena decided that it would be a match instead at Final Battle. I won’t lie, It was hard to follow, but the bottom line is that Athena and Starkz will face off at Final Battle for the ROH Women’s World Championship!

Chris Jericho/Matt Cardona ROH World title contract signing for Final Battle

Final Battle is on Dec 20th, so that means time is running out for ROH World Champion Chris Jericho to get the paperwork in order! Last week, Matt Cardona revealed himself as Jericho’s opponent at Final Battle, but still needs to put his John Hancock on the contract. So, as with all matters of HR in wrestling, they are going to take care of it in the ring! 

Let me just say that of all the recurring wrestling tropes that exist the “Contract Signing” is my least favourite. At best they are the same thing over and over again, where one person jaws at the other, they fight, usually at the cost of a table and then the one left standing angrily signs whatever documentation is needed. (I do like that they bring out special chairs for them though). 

Anyway, Jericho came out with a Yankees hat on, as is apropriate for the King of New York. Cardona came out with his usual amount of pomp and circumstance. Tony Schiavone played host and gave a mic to Jericho. Jericho ran down the local sports teams while rhyming off his accolades. Cardona tried to talk, but was shushed by Jericho.

Jericho told Cardona he’s lucky Jericho granted him a shot at the ROH Title. He congratulated Cardona on having his biggest match ever; this one. But there will be no way that he will get the title from him. Cardona had enough and interrupted Jericho, telling him to shut up.

Cardona called Jericho a bull-spit artist and completely fake about his proclaimed love for Ring of Honor. Cardona called his shot at the ROH Title the biggest match of his life. It’s not about Jericho or the Title, it’s about Cardona needing to prove to himself that he’s the best. He then signed the contract. Angrily. Jericho asked to borrow a pen from Schiavone, then said that he should probably step out of the ring now.

Jericho went to sign the papers, but delayed, faking the crowd out over and over again. Finally, he signed, reluctantly. He stuck his hand out and Cardona took it… and threw Jericho into the ropes! He then put Jericho through a table and stood tall with the ROH Belt over top of him as the show ended.

Ring of Honor TV live results: Chris Jericho makes a Final Battle announcement

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Ring of Honor World Champion Chris Jericho will appear on tonight’s HonorClub show to talk more about who his opponent will be for this month’s Final Battle.

Jericho announced his TV Time segment during Wednesday’s Dynamite.

Ahead of her opportunity to qualify for the International Women’s Cup at Wrestle Dynasty, former Women’s TV Champion Billie Starkz will take on Lady Frost.

Former ROH Pure Champion Katsuyori Shibata will face Alex Reynolds of the Dark Order while Rachael Ellering takes on Trish Adora.

The show will feature plenty of tag team action as well as the Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) challenge Griff Garrison & Preston Vance while JD Drake & Beef will be in action against opponents to be named.

In six-man action, Shane Taylor & The Infantry (Carlie Bravo and Shawn Dean) will battle Top Flight (Darius and Dante Martin) & Action Andretti.

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It’s Thursday and it’s only two weeks away from ROH Final Battle 2024 on Dec 20th! The only match made official so far is ROH Women’s World TV Champion Red Velvet defending against “Legit” Leyla Hirsch. Aside from that, there’s nothing official for the Pure Championship held by Lee Moriarty (though Matt Taven has been chasing him), Brian Cage and the ROH World TV Title or Athena’s ROH Women’s World Championship. The Righteous are gunning for the ROH Tag Titles, there a ton of teams in contention for the 6-Man Titles but neither have been added to the card. Finally, the ROH World Champion “The Nueve” Chris Jericho will be at Final Battle to defend his championship, but against who? Hopefully Episode 93 of ROH On HonorClub has some answers!

-The Grizzled Young Veterans kicked off the show with a promo lamenting that the extras get to eat before the talent does! They approached one such extra and smashed some cake in his face.

Katsuyori Shibata defeated Alex Reynolds (w/Evil Uno)

According to the detailed records kept on the internet, Shibata has gone 16-2 since returning to ROH in 2023. He’s only suffered defeats at the hands of Wheeler Yuta and Eddie Kingston. Earlier this year, he beat on the Dark Order’s Evil Uno and hopefully will get a trifecta match against John Silver in the future. Reynolds for his part has never won a singles match in Ring of Honor. But the Dark Order jackets still look cool, so he’s got that going for him! 

Reynolds has had a taped up midsection for the last couple of weeks, but Shibata didn’t really need the advantage. Shibata was clearly the better technical wrestler here and once he got Reynolds on the mat he was able to completely control the match. Reynolds did his best to keep up but could only get out of it via rope break.

Uno got involved, grabbing the leg of Shibata to give Reynolds an opening. He brought a bit more hard hitting style to Shibata, getting a neckbreaker and a near fall followed by a DDT. Shibata fought back though, waking up after Reynolds dared to chop him. Shibata no-sold a series of chops before driving Reynolds into the corner with a series of his own.

Shibata planted Reynolds with a Spicolli driver followed by an octopus stretch. Reynolds held on as long as he could, but was forced to tap out.

BEEF and JD Drake defeated Waves and Curls (Jaylen Brandyn & Traevon Jordan)

BEEF’s enthusiastic displays of pro wrestling have won over the audience, but not so much Drake. I’ve never seen a person get so upset when his tag team partner is happy to be a wrestler and often gets the win! That said, they took on (sigh) Waves and Curls.

The match wasn’t really much more than a squash. Jordan started things off with Drake, who beat him up a lot. Then Brandyn tagged in and BEEF beat up him a lot. Then BEEF pinned Brandyn. Not exactly a match to send BEEF and Drake to the top of the tag division, but a win none the less.

-Jay Lethal and QT Marshall had a conversation in the back that was half action figure commercial, half challenge on the part of QT. Lethal declined the match and that was about it. But hey, new action figure for Lethal!

Trish Adora defeated Rachael Ellering

Adora has been pulling double duty as of late, wrestling matches (most recently a win against Erica Leigh) and managing The Infantry as part of Shane Taylor Promotions. Joining STP has given Adora a chance to explore her violent side and Ellering knows all about violence. Ellering is 3-7 this year in singles competition, but has been leaning into a newfound aggressive streak lately, but her most recent win is from back in August against Maggie Lee. 

The match began with what seemed like an exceptionally long tie up grapple. Then Ellering moved into a wristlock. Tired of doing nothing at this point, Adora punched Ellering in the face. That woke her up and she levelled Adora with a huge shoulder off the ropes.

Adora rained down some hard strikes and kicks on Ellering, not giving her room to get set. Adora kicked Ellering’s shoulder out from under her and followed up with a drop down arm bar. Adora then stomped on Ellering’s wrist to drive home the point.

Ellering is kinda like the Juggernaut in that once she gets moving, she’s hard to stop. After reversing a suplex, she threw Adora around the ring hitting her with kicks, fists, shoulders and using sheer momentum to keep Adora off her feet.

Adora got her stride back though and hit a Lights Out lariat to put Ellering on the mat for good and pick up the win.

TV Time with ROH World Champion “The Learning Tree” Chris Jericho

Jericho won the ROH World title from Mark Briscoe several weeks ago in a Ladder War and successfully defended it against old foe Tomohiro Ishii. All this without actually stepping into an ROH Ring. The question of who Jericho will face at Final Battle has been on everyone’s mind. This ROH edition of TV TIme would hopefully give us some answers.

Jericho kicked off the segment by introducing Bryan Keith who demanded the crowd respect Jericho. Jericho said that he has some information on his Final Battle opponent. Jericho said that he came up with something special, someone from New York City. Someone with the Warrior Attitude of the Windy City. Suddenly, music hit and who should come walking out?

As the internet (that he was once champion of) spoiled 24 hours ago, it was the one and only Matt Cardona!

Cardona climbed into the ring and trashed the TV Time set. Jericho seemed to be confused, and Cardona grabbed a Mic to declare that he would fight and win in NYC and become the new ROH World Champion. He knocked Jericho’s hat off and then left.

While I am stoked to see Cardona vs Jericho at Final Battle, one does have to ask, was there not one person on the ROH Roster who’s there every week that would deserve a title shot? I know ROH is very faction and team-heavy these days, but surely someone like Lee Johnson or Shane Taylor or even a rematch with Mark Briscoe would make a great Main Event of Final Battle. That said, Woo woo woo! 

-Alex Reynolds and Evil Uno talked in the back. John Silver joined them revealing he had stolen the scarves of the Grizzled Young Veterans in retaliation for how they treated those extras earlier.

Gates Of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) defeated Griff Garrison & Preston Vance

Garrison and Vance are still trying to find their footing as a team but did manage to pick up a win over Waves and Curls a couple of weeks ago. Kaun and Linoa, out of fresh meat in their troughs, have come looking to choose violence. It’s kind of all that’s on the menu for Gates of Agony who are currently 17-1 since arriving in ROH in 2022. 

Vance and Garrison got the upper hand off the top by jumping Liona and sending him to the outside before double teaming Kaun. That gave them a chance to keep him isolate in their corner, working him over while Liona paced on the opposite side of the ring.

Kaun literally leapt across 3/4ths of the ring to dropkick Garrison and get a tag to Liona. Liona shasmed his way through both Garrison and Vance. Liona got Vance on his shoulders, but Garrison jumped in to try and break it up. Without missing a beat, Liona flattened them both.

Kaun tagged back in and he and Garrison battled while Vance threw Liona into the stairs on the outside. Garrison tried a torture rack bomb, but Kaun kicked out. Linoa returned from the stairs and took out Vance so Kaun could land a big slam on the legal man, Garrison, and get the pin.

-Lexy Nair interveiwed Rachel Ellering in the back but before she could say anything, Harley Cameron showed up. She passive-aggressively made fun of Ellering, and then produced a small trophy with a dog on it, saying that Ellering was “Top dog!’ Ellering was touched, and the two women awkwardly hugged with Nair in between them.

Billie Starkz defeated Lady Frost

Starkz and Frost have two things in common: They both like to beat people up and they both have something of a “tense” relationship with the ROH Women’s World Champion, Athena. Frost lost a Proving Ground match to the Champion back in October and Athena and Lexy Nair have been giving the demoted-to-Minion-in-Training Starkz the bums for months. With Athena’s dance card at Final Battle still open, this match had the potential to set something up for either of these women.

Starkz has been coming out in darker gear and with darker purple hair lately, signalling her ennui. That didn’t stop her from Bratting her way around Frost though, setting her into a tight choke hold. Frost did a bunch of gymnastics style moves, but failed to notice that Starkz was just standing there watching for the most part.

A giant kick from Starkz knocked Frost on her back a gave Starkz the opening she needed to get her into the corner. Frost tried to fight back with kicks of her own, but another face kick from Starkz stopped that offensive surge in it’s tracks. Starkz then caught Frost with a quick rollup and got the win.

-A graphic made it official: At Final Battle, The Righteous will try and take the ROH Tag Titles from Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara!

ROH Classic Match: ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness vs Naomichi Marufuji (ROH Final Battle 2008 @ Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York, USA)

It’s easy to forget that Nigel McGuinness was once ROH World Champion. Not because he’s a bad or unimpressive wrestler, but because I can barely remember last week, let alone 16 years ago. Marufuji is still wresting today, working in Pro Wrestling NOAH as recently as last week. He’s current one-half of the GHC Tag Team Champions in fact! A great match and worth a watch if you’ve got 18 minutes to get rid of!

-Back in the present, Matt Taven cut a promo in the back, calling out ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty. Taven said that next week, the powers that be have made it official: Matt Taven vs Lee Moriarty for the Pure Championship! Seems like an odd time to do that with a major event on the horizon, but who am I to judge?

Action Andretti & Top Flight (Dante Martin & Darius Martin) (w/Leila Grey) defeated Shane Taylor Promotions (Carlie Bravo, Shane Taylor & Shawn Dean) (w/Trish Adora)

It’s a heavyweight Main Event this week and one that the current ROH Six-Man Tag Champions (Dustin Rhodes and The Von Erichs) would be keeping a close eye on. With so many teams in ROH right now, it’s kind of strange that the 6-Man Championships have been on the back burner, but when they return, it should be to a hot feud. Top Flight and Andretti have been solid in the past few months and once The Infantry joined up with STP they’ve been on a whole new level. 

Andretti and Dean kicked off the match, each shoving the other, probably because they couldn’t decide who’s hair had more bounce. Martin tagged in quickly and he and Andretti double kicked Dean. Top Flight were all over Dean and Bravo as both teams tagged in and out in a flurry of moves. ON the outside, Dean dropped Andretti on his head on the apron (the hardest part of the ring!) and Taylor followed it up with a huge legdrop.

Andretti found himself trapped in the STP corner taking shots from Dean and Bravo one after the other. Finally he got a hot tag to Darious, which brought in Taylor. All three members of Top Flight triple teamed him, until Bravo and Dean caught some feet and threw Andretti and Dean to the outside. They hit Boot Camp on Bravo, but it wasn’t enough to finish him off.

A mele broke out and after a bit of brawling, Andretti cleared the house, and Duante climbed the top rope to hit a huge splash on a prone Dean int he ring. 1-2-3 and it was over with Top Flight getting the win.

Ring of Honor TV live results: The Conglomeration in trios action

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The Conglomeration will be in trios action as part of tonight’s Thanksgiving night edition of Ring of Honor on HonorClub.

Mark Briscoe, Kyle O’Reilly & Rocky Romero will unite against the unusual team of the Grizzled Young Veterans & Pat Buck, the AEW vice president of talent development.

After losing to Jamie Hayter in Wednesday’s AEW International Women’s Cup qualifier, Queen Aminata will look to get back on the winning track against Christina Marie.

In a Pure rules match, Matt Taven will go to battle with former Pure Champion Josh Woods.

ROH Women’s World Champion Athena will be on hand with Lexy Nair ahead of Athena’s upcoming “world tour.”

The new team of LeeJ (Lee Johnson & EJ Nduka) will be in action against Anthony Gangone & Goose.

The Righteous match up with JD Drake & Beef while MxM Collection go heads-up against the Iron Savages.

The offensively gifted AR Fox will look to get in the win column against Dark Order’s John Silver.

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OK, let’s see here… Thursday? Check. Ring of Honor on HonorClub Episode 92? Check. Tag Teams, Tag Teams and more Tag Teams? Check Check Check!

Things kicked off with the ROH Champion, Chris Jericho addressing the audience. He had a tough time against Ishii on Dynamite, but he persevered! Jericho announced that he will be at Final Battle on December 20th in NYC, defending his title. He declared himself King of New York, and the show began!

LEEJ (EJ Nduka & Lee Johnson) defeated Anthony Gangone & Kubes

Our first tag match of the night featured the potentially unstoppable and definitely poorly named LEEJ. Nduka and Johnson have been teaming for a few months now and have yet to find a team to take them down. Gangone and Kubes were also a team. This was Gangone’s debut, but Kubes apparently hadf a match a few months back.

Johnson and Gangone started things off, but it wasn’t long before the looming figure of Nduka was involved. Kubes jumped in, but Nduka made very short work of him, tossing him to the outside. Johnson jumped in and he and Nduka hit a double team cutter on Gangone to get the quick win.

Queen Aminata defeated Christina Marie

Animata has been running around Dynamite, Collision and Rampage lately, which isn’t to say she’s taken her eyes off the ROH Women’s Prize(s). Her return here against Marie might just be the start of her trip towards the Women’s TV or World Titles. Marie for her part, is still looking of that elusive first win in ROH, having gone 0-4 in various singles and tag matches. 

Marie started things off throwing fists, but the agility and strength of Aminata was able to easily deflect them. Marie landed a dropkick, sending Aminata to the corner. She tried a bulldog, but Aminat athrew her off and hit her with a big hip in the corner.

Aminata dragged Marie to the middle of the ring and locked in a trap submission leaving Marie no alternative other than to tap out.

MxM Collection (Mansoor & Mason Madden) defeated Iron Savages (Beefcake Boulder & Bulk Bronson) (w/Jacked Jameson)

The MxM Collection is here and not just to sell shirts this time! They are taking on what could only be described as their polar opposites in the Iron Savages. The only question in this match would be who had the most pose downs and if the Savages would be open to touching tips! Jameson did his usual 1999 Scott Steiner impression on the mic as the Savages entered, but the big pop was reserved for Mansoor and Madden.

Mansoor kicked things off against Bronson and Mansoor’s speed kept him out of the clutches of the bigger man. The even bigger man, Boulder, tagged in next threatening to “Bite [Mansoor’s] tip off” which was all kinds of gross. That brought Madden in to match up against the big man. Madden knocked him out of the ring, allowing the MxM Collection to pose.

Jameson got involved, catching Mansoor’s foot and giving Bronson an opening to isolate the smaller man in the corner. Boulder tried to get Mansoor up for a big slam, but he was able to wriggle free and try for a hot tag, but Boulder dragged him back to the middle of the ring. He went for a second rope moonsault, but it was speculated he pulled his groin dancing.

Mansoor finally got the hot tag to Madden and he cleaned house, but the Savages caught him and tried to send him to (sigh) Titty City. MxM reversed it though and Madden hit a big choke slam. MxM hit a massive Centerfold, and got the pin on Boulder.

Matt Taven defeated Josh Woods (w/Ariya Daivari & Mark Sterling)

The ROH PURE Championship is the only ROH title that’s eluded Taven in his career. His win in a Pure Rules match over Aaron Solo showed that he can hang in that division and caught the attention of current Pure Champion, Lee Moriarty. A win over former Pure Champion Woods would definitely put Taven closer to a shot at the title. 

With all that said, for those just joining us, a Pure Rules Match grants each participant one warning for a closed fist and three rope breaks. If there isn’t a winner by pinfall or submission by the time limit, a panel of judges will award the win based on points. Jerry Lynn, Christopher Daniels and Nigel McGuinness would serve as judges.

Woods and Taven were pretty evenly matched in terms of size and speed, but Woods’ technical background definitely gave him a leg up. Speaking of which, Taven used his first rope break at 0:47, putting his foot on the bottom rope.

Taven has been doing his homework though and was able to match Woods, hold for hold. Woods wrenched Taven’s arm on the top rope and made it his primary target. Woods worked over Taven’s arm again and again, using the ropes and whatever else he could to render it useless. Woods landed a huge knee to the face that echoed throughout the venue.

Taven fought back with some foot-based offense, but Woods caught him and tried to lock in an Armbar. The tricky Taven though manged to push Woods onto his back and pick up a quick three count. That brought out current ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty who jawed at Taven from the ramp.

-ROH Women’s World Champion Athena joined us with Lexy Nair for an Emergency MEM to discuss her “World Tour.” Athena announced that the World Tour would begin at WrestleDynasty with a 4-way qualifier match (even though she doesn’t think she should have to qualify) for the Women’s International Tournament.

The Righteous (Dutch & Vincent) defeated BEEF & JD Drake

The 3rd tag match of the night began with the The Righteous snapping their way to the ring. Dutch and Vincent have been locked in a blood feud with the current ROH Tag Champions, the (sigh) Sons of Texas, aka Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara. BEEF and JD Drake have been reluctant partners after BEEF’s cousin and Drake’s tag partner Anthony Henry had to take some injury time off.  The Righteous are anything but an orthodox tag team, and BEEF and Drake seem to be able to find creative ways to win. If the match isn’t interrupted, it should be a good one! 

Dutch started things off against BEEF while Vincent battled Drake on the outside. Then the match started. BEEF was isolated in the Righteous’ corner and Dutch and Vincent double teamed him with absolutely no regard of who was legal. It ended up being Vincent, who hammered BEEF in the center of the ring.

Vincent distracted the Ref while Drake choked BEEF with his Official Dusty Rhodes Cowbell & Rope. Drake paced furiously on the outside of the ring while BEEF took a beating. A hot tag was finally made to Drake who picked up and slammed Dutch. Dutch responded with a side slam and he and Vincent hit Orange Sunshine. Dutch then landed a big Dusty Rhodes-style elbow and got the pin.

After the match, the Righteous taunted Rhodes and Guevara. They appeared at the top of the ramp, Rhodes looking to fight, jumping in the ring with a chair. The Righteous split as the teams yapped at each other.

AR Fox defeated John Silver (w/Alex Reynolds & Evil Uno)

Fox has been getting a lot of opportunities lately, taking on Brian Cage, Nick Wayne and Riccochet just to name a few. He’s still sitting at a 4-13 record in 2024 though, so a win here would be good. Silver spends most of his time with his pals Reynolds and Uno in the Dark Order, playing DnD or designing cool jackets or whatever it is they do in their spare time. In singles matches, Silver is 2-1 this year, so I guess he’s on a roll? Kind of?

Fox had about 10 inches of height on Silver, but Silver makes up for his height in girth and definitely won the strength battle off the top. Fox had the speed though and after sending Silver to the outside nailed him with a big dive over the top rope.

Back in the ring, Silver powered into a massive suplex after Uno was caught trying to interfere on the outside. Fox battled back and hit a big swanton on Silver from the top rope. Silver and Fox threw forearms and traded big kicks until SiFox lver hit a Brainbuster for a two-count.

Fox surprised Silver with a big cutter and managed to scramble to the top rope to hit a 450 and get the win.

-Next, the first official match for Final Battle 2024 was announced: ROH Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet will defend her title against Leyla Hirsch!

ROH Classic Match: Match Without Honor – Chris Hero vs Eddie Kingston (ROH Final Battle 2009)

As you’d expect, this was one hell of a brawl. Hero and Kingston tore each other up in NYC at the Manhattan Center. Chains were the weapons of choice for most of the match. I’ll be honest, I often forget that Hero is very good at what he does, and this was him in his prime. Kingston is, as a certain Texan used to say, one tough SOB. I’m looking forward to when the Mad King returns from injury in AEW.

Six Man Tag Team Match: The Conglomeration (Kyle O’Reilly, Mark Briscoe & Rocky Romero) defeated Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) & Pat Buck

The Main Event of the evening switched up the Tag format but adding more people! this 6-man match was a fun way to bring in some big name ROH Talent in O’Reilly, Briscoe and Romero AKA The Conglomeration. The Veterans were part of a 4-team tag match a few weeks ago that was ultimately won by The Undisputed Kingdom. Pat Buck, who sadly is not the NFL play-by-play guy, hasn’t been seen in ROH since around this time last year when he lost to then Pure Champion Josh Woods.

O’Reilly started things off against Gibson, both men highly decorated in their respective fields. This match kinda had it all. Brawlers, technicians, speed and lots of high-impact moves and sequences. Briscoe knocked Drake from post to post before Romero tagged in and kept Drake off his feet with a headscissor takedown.

Gibson and Drake are the current NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team title holders, so they had a cohesiveness that in spite of the Conglomeration’s closeness, kept them in control. Buck for his part was there, but barely made a difference, spending most of the match on the ring apron waiting for a tag.

Buck finally made it into the match, only to run up against Briscoe who made short work of him. Drake a Gibson jumped in to double team Briscoe and a miscommunication with Buck caused them to get knocked to the outside. Reilly (who apparently was the legal man) put an arm bar on Buck (who apparently was also legal) causing Buck to tap out almost instantly.

Ring of Honor TV live results: Red Velvet vs. Diamante street fight

Posted on by Jeff Moss

This week’s Ring of Honor on HonorClub will be highlighted by a street fight for the ROH Women’s TV title as Red Velvet defends against Diamante.

This will be a rematch of their early-October clash that Velvet won by DQ in the champion’s first title defense.

ROH Tag Team Champions Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara will be in action as will future challengers The Righteous.

ROH Women’s World Champion Athena will hold another emergency meeting with Billie Starkz and Lexy Nair. Abadon, whom Athena defended the title against last month, will return to action against Viva Van.

After defeating The Butcher last week, former ROH Pure Champion Katsuyori Shibata will take on Aaron Solo.

Komander will look to rebound from losses to Kyle Fletcher and Lio Rush as he challenges former Pure Champion Josh Woods.

Griff Garrison & Preston Vance will team up for the first time against Northeast U.S. indie regulars Waves ‘n’ Curls.

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ROH on Honorclub episode 90 hit the airwaves (streamwaves?) with such force that it knocked not one, not two, but FOUR tag teams into the ring!

Four Way Tag Team Match: The Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) defeated Gates Of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) and Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) and The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & John Silver)

So, there was a lot of people in this match. A lot. Lets bring you up to speed: 

The Undisputed Kingdom wanted to prove they’ve still got it after losing the titles back in September. Gates of Agony really wanted to hurt people. Grizzled Young Veterans appeared to be making their ROH on Honorclub debut, and The Dark Order, well, they just usually want to pose and cause as much chaos as possible. One thing that every team wanted though was to move up a notch to get into contention for the ROH Tag Team Titles.

Taven and Kaun kicked things off which was pretty fun. They are both big guys who can move really well. Eventually, Silver and Gibson locked up and it’s always fun to see Silver in the ring because even though he’s a Short King, he has the strength and agility of a much bigger man. The Veterans really shone here too, keeping everyone on their toes.

The Gates were the first to start the double teaming, but were dragged to the outside by the Kingdom and Veterans respectively. That left Silver in the ring to face Taven who dodged a big splash that set up Bennett to grab Silver for a spiked piledriver. As one can imagine, that got them the pin and the victory.

After the match, Taven and Bennett approached Gates of Agony and shared a tentative but respectful handshake. Odd behaviour between heels, but an interesting match up for a later day.

Tag Team Champions Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara defeated Love Doug & TJ Crawford

Now going by “The Sons of Texas”, The ROH Tag champions have been holding firmly onto those belts the last few weeks while the Righteous stalk them from every corner. Rhodes and Guevara got one up on Vincent and Dutch last week, jumping them on the ramp before their alleged match took place. Doug and Crawford have been teaming on the indies since 2021 with questionable team names like “Love In The City” and their current name “Shot Through The Heart.” No matter what they call themselves, this would be their ROH debut. 

As imagined, Doug was in way over his head when he started the match opposite Rhodes. I mean that literally, he was a good foot shorter than Rhodes. What he did have was speed though and that caught Rhodes unawares. Crawford tagged in just in time to take a big splash from Guevara. Doug wanted a piece of that action, and jumped in to take a Sammy Superkick for his troubles.

Crawford was a better matchup against the champions, but Rhodes and Guevara have been firing on all cylinders and landed dual GTH’s on both of their opponents to get the win.

Immediately, The Righteous arrived and blindsided Rhodes to give a double team to Guevara. Dutch hit a side slam on Rhodes, and Vincent held him while Dutch smashed a large cowbell into his face. The RIghteous snapped their way out of the ring, leaving the champs lying.

-ROH World Champion Chris Jericho and The Learning Tree cut a promo in the back. Big Bill said that they are up to any challenge. Jericho talked about how he’s known Tomohiro Ishii for thirty years, when he was a “Young Boy” in Japan. Jericho accepted Ishii’s challenge to defend the ROH title against him in two weeks, in Chicago. Thanks guys!!

Griff Garrison & Preston Vance defeated Waves And Curls (Jaylen Brandyn & Traevon Jordan)

The tremendously named Waves and Curls have been together on the indies since 2020. They’ve done some grunt work in AEW, but as far as I can tell this was their ROH debut and they got a big hometown pop. Vance and Garrison would be teaming together for the first time, while Garrison’s usual partner, Cole Karter recovers from injury. Vance, for his part, is sitting at a 4-5 singles record in 2024, including a loss to Sammy Guevara last week, so maybe tag teaming is a better fit.

Garrison and Vance (who I am calling Team Purple Pants) seemed pretty cohesive for two guys who;ve never teamed together. Vance started things off against Jordan who made a mistake by dancing mid-move. That gave Vance an opening to crush him with a lariat.

Brandyn tagged in a looked like a literal child against Vance. Vance threw him around for a while and then tagged in Garrison. Garrison attempted to mock his opponent by, yep, dancing. It worked out ok for him though since Brandyn weighed about 75lbs and was easy to slam, even mid-dance.

Vance tagged in and hit a stalling (20 second) suplex on Brandyn. Garrison tagged in and Vance ran around to take out Jordan on the outside. Brandyn tried a suicide dive onto Vance on the outside, but Vance caught him with one hand and dragged him back into the ring. Vance and Garrison hit dual rolling elbows and got the pin, 1-2-3. Team Purple Pants looked good here, but they really weren’t up against tough opponents.

Katsuyori Shibata defeated Aaron Solo

Solo is a wrestler, but Shibata is THE Wrestler. Shibata has not lost a singles match in ROH in 2024, and holds wins over Brandon Cutler, The Butcher and 2/3rds of the Premier Athletes in just the last few months. Solo on the other hand, has not won a singles match in ROH since April. He’s also probably still hearing bells after the beating that Tomohio Ishii laid on him last week. 

Solo jumped Shibata as soon as he got in the ring, beating him up and tossing him out of the ring. Solo’s strategy seemed to be to take away the “wrestler” skills from Shibata and force him to brawl on the outside. He threw Shibata into barricades, stairs, chairs, whatever he could find. But he got cocky and Shibata showed him that he knows a thing or two about brawling as well. He beat up Solo and tossed him back into the ring.

Shibata laid some hard chops into Solo in the corner and then stomped him in the center of the ring. Solo hit a surprise exploder suplex to even things out. Shibata came back with a Cobra Twist into a Octopus hold and that was it for Solo. He tapped and Shibata’s win streak continued.

Komander defeated Josh Woods

Komander is a fun, high-flying luchador and Woods is a large, technical and brutal brawler. Having defeated Woods’ stablemate Ariya Daivari in October, Komander would love to add Wood’s name to is beaten list. Woods for his part has suffered losses to Tomohiro Ishii, AR Fox (of all people) and then-ROH Champion Mark Briscoe. Despite this, Mark Sterling declared that the Premier Athletes are “winners!”

For some reason here during Komander’s entrance, they showed two people in the crowd cosplaying as Meg and Peter Griffin from Family Guy. No one acknowledged it, but it was weird enough I thought I should mention it.

Woods immediately went to his amateur background, trying to keep Komander on the mat and take away his speed. Komander was able to take advantage of what little space he had though and bring the momentum firmly into his corner.

Woods then realized that he is bigger than Komander, so he picked him up and threw him outside the ring where Sterling delivered a few stomps for good luck. Back in the ring, Woods started feeding elbows to Komander. He made a mistake though and gave Komander some space which the luchadore jumped on, literally and figuratively.

Komander used the ropes for a springboard splash on to Woods. He tried it again, but Woods got his knee up, surprising Komander. Komander tried setting up for a big dive, but Sterling tripped him up. Komander’s Hype Man jumped in and delivered a spear to Sterling. Komander then hit a rope-walk head butt on a prone Woods and got the win.

Abadon defeated Viva Van

Abadon failed to win the ROH Women’s title from Athena a couple of weeks ago in a “Ring of Horror Match” and as such, was in an awesome mood. They screamed, grunted and smashed everything Viva Van-shaped in the ring. Van attempted a few soft flurries of offense, but Abadon, a literal zombie, wasn’t really having any of it.

Van resorted to a hair-lock(?) on Abadon, trying anything she could to put Abadon away. It didn’t work though and Abadon no-sold it with screams and hit a surprise cutter on Van. They followed that up with a Black Dahlia and got the win, squash complete.

-Backstage an emergency MeM broke out with Lexy Nair demanding that Billie Starkz apologize to Athena. Athena was unimpressed with Starkz’ outfit and blew her off. Suddenly, Leila Grey appeared to let everyone know that Top Flight was the best. That was literally what she showed up to say. Athena laughed and said she could have a Proving Ground match next week.

ROH Classic Match: Hyan vs ROH Women’s Champion Athena (Orlando 26.02.2023)

The Classic ROH Content this week was Athena’s first Proving Ground match as champion against Hyan, who was all over the indies at the time. It was a decent match (guess who won!) that we all enjoyed and then moved on.

The Righteous (Dutch & Vincent) defeated Jimmy Diaz & Matt Raven

Diaz and Raven had no chance here. Vincent and Dutch are a team that doesn’t care about pesky things like rules and such. They are into violence and lately, the ROH Tag Team Championships around the waists of Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara. The champs were jumped by the Righteous earlier in the show, so it was easy to see that they were in a good mood, which is even scarier when talking about the Righteous. They were looking to take it out on Diaz and Raven, who according to my research, are not only making their ROH debut, but possibly having their first match ever. Hell of a way to start. 

Vincent started things off against whichever one was in Blue tights (Raven, as it turns out. Though he had “magnum” on his tights). Vincent toyed with him and then tagged in Dutch for a Side Effect and dual dropkicks. Diaz tagged in and didn’t fare any better, taking an Orange Sunshine and then a big double team similar to what took out Sammy Guevara earlier. Vincent pinned him and it was all over but the shouting.

By shouting, I mean the dulcet tones of Vincent as he grabbed a mic for a promo. He said that the Righteous are forcing their way into the tag title picture. He said they should have been champions a long time ago and Sammy and Dustin will not have those belts for long. Dutch agreed and mocked Rhodes with the cowbell he hit him with earlier. It was Rhodes’ childhood cow bell (which is a thing in Texas I presume). Dutch talked about Dusty Rhodes, saying that Dusty wanted him to be his son instead of Dustin. That’s why Dutch got the cow bell.

ROH Women’s World Television Title Street Fight: Red Velvet (c) defeated Diamante

Diamante is at her craziest when there are no rules and Red Velvet has been up to whatever challenge comes across her plate while holding the ROH Women’s TV Title. Velvet has been spending a lot of time in CMLL in the last month or so, which means it’s possible she had a few tricks up her sleeve that Diamante wouldn’t see coming. Diamante survived the Texas Death Match against Leyla Hirsch at Death Before Dishonor, so she knows how to handle herself when the rules are out the window. 

Diamante brought a trash can full of weapons to the ring and got the jump on Velvet off the top. She tried to set up a shot with the belt, but Velvet reversed it and followed up with a trash can shot to Diamante. Diamante responded by putting Velvet in the trash can and drop kicking it. She then sent Velvet’s face into a steel chair several times. Next, she tried to choke Velvet with a big ol’ chain.

Velvet managed to get a sneaky stunner on Diamante to turn the tide. She bulldogged Diamante onto that chair and threw her into the garbage can face-first. Velvet pulled a ladder from under the ring and introduced it to Diamante via hip-toss. Propping the ladder against the ropes, Velvet laid out Diamante on top of it. Velvet went for a top rope leg drop, but Diamante rolled off the ladder.

The two brawled around the ladder, with Velvet ending up on it this time. Diamante climbed the ropes and hit a big splash through Velvet and the ladder. Diamante then brought at table into the ring. She set it up in the corner, but Velvet got her with a chair before she could use it. Velvet put Diamante on the table and went to the top rope. Diamante slid off though, knocking Velvet off balance. She gabbed Velvet and superplexed her through the table from the top rope.

Velvet got to her feet first and hit a Mama’s Kitchen on Diamante, driving her head into the TV Title belt. That did it and Velvet picked up the win, retaining her title. Super fun matchm and a great way to end the show!

Ring of Honor TV live results: Sammy Guevara, Katsuyori Shibata in action

Posted on by Jeff Moss

This week’s Ring of Honor on HonorClub will feature a smorgasbord of talent and several key matches as December’s Final Battle begins to form.

ROH Tag Team Champion Sammy Guevara will be in singles action against Preston Vance. The assumed next challengers to Guevara and Dustin Rhodes’ titles — The Righteous — will also be in action.

In what should be a hard-hitting bout, former ROH Pure Champion Katsuyori Shibata will battle The Butcher.

ROH Women’s World Champion Athena will hold an emergency meeting of her minions following last week’s title defense over Abadon.

AR Fox will take on former Pure Champion Josh Woods while past title challenger Diamante goes heads-up with Rachael Ellering.

After pinning Chris Jericho on Wednesday, Tomohiro Ishii continues his march toward an ROH World title match as he faces Aaron Solo.

The rest of the card is rounded out by The Infantry, the returning Leyla Hirsch, Angelico & Serpentico, Lee Johnson & EJ Nduka, and The Patriarchy’s Nick Wayne.

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With absolutely nothing of interest or importance happening in any part of the USA, all eyes were fixed firmly on Ring of Honor on Honorclub Episode 89!

The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean) (w/Lee Moriarty & Shane Taylor) defeated Tom Mitchell & Trace Parker

Last week, the Infantry shocked everyone by signing up with Shane Taylor Promotions. This immediately helped them get a somewhat shady win over Spanish Announce Project, which possibly signalled a heel turn for the group. This week, they have significantly less imposing foes in Mitchell and Parker who… well, they were there.

Bravo started off against Parker, taking the greener wrestler to the woodshed quickly. The Infantry’s newfound agression was on full display as Dean grabbed Parker from the outside, choking him behind the ref’s back. Taylor was very pleased by this. Mitchell jumped in to help his partner and ate a Boot Camp but Parker was the legal man, so the Infantry gave him a “Two To The Head” to pin him. Mitchell never legally entered the match.

Spanish Announce Project (Angelico & Serpentico) defeated LSG & Shawn Donavan

As mentioned, last week Serpentico and Angelico lost in dubious fashion to The Infantry. It’s cool though, and the laid-back duo looked to right the ship with a win over the first-time pair, LSG and Donavan. LSG has been popping up this year as part of the horribly-named Ace of Space Academy, but professional Dax Harwood impersonator Donavan hasn’t been seen in ROH in over 5 years. 

It was beef vs bean (string bean that is) as Angelico and Donavan kicked things off. The shorter Donavan had the density of a dying sun, so Angelico wasn’t able to get him off his feet, allowing him to lock in the longest wrist lock I’ve ever seen. Donavan was so dialed in, Serpentico had to break it up from the top rope.

From there, the tandem offence of SAP was the story. They were able to keep both Donavan and LSG on their heels and making sloppy mistakes. LSG and Donavan got some decent work in against Serpentico, but Serpentico’s speed was able to deke them out and bring in Angelico.

Even though his partner is Serpentico, Angelico might be part snake the way he was able to slide and slither around LSG. He locked him into a crazy hammerlock/abdominal stretch/airplane spin that caused him to tap out.

-ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty cut a promo from backstage. He called out Matt Taven, who had entered the Pure Division for the first time last week, in advance of their inevitable PURE Championship match in the future. Spoiler: Moriarty does not think Taven will win.

Sammy Guevara (w/Dustin Rhodes) defeated Preston Vance

Last week, Guevara and Rhodes, the reigning ROH Tag Champions were called out, confronted and then jumped by The Righteous, Vincent and Dutch. They are looking to take those titles and being The Righteous, they don’t care if they do it in a strictly “legal” way. But it remained to be seen if they would cause some chaos in Guevara’s match with Vance.

Guevara gave up a bit to Vance in terms of muscle, but right off the top Guevara’s speed had him in control. That speed came back to bite him though as Vance caught him with a back elbow while he was running the ropes. That didn’t slow Guevara down though as he took Vance to the outside a drove him in to the guardrails, while Rhodes watched diligently for any sign of The Righteous.

As much fun as it was watching a guy named Vance get punched in the face, it came to an end when Guevara hit a big cutter followed by a GTH for the win. Rhodes joined him in the ring, still standing guard with a steel chair. Suddenly, the lights got all weird and the sound of snapping was heard. Vincent and Dutch were nowhere to be found though.

EJ Nduka & Lee Johnson defeated The Philly Marino Experience (Marino Tenaglia & Philly Collins)

Now that Nduka and Johnson have officially joined forces, it’s gotta make a lot of other teams in ROH nervous. Especially The Philly Marino Experience (which sounds like a hip new Tapas spot, by the way) who were making what appears to be their ROH Debut. Excellent way to do it, I’m sure it’ll work out great for them. 

[Ron Howard Voice]: It did not.

Johnson started the match against Tenaglia which was a nice matchup in terms of size and speed. Johnson’s experience gave him the advantage though and he was able to keep Tenaglia off his feet and firmly in a chin lock.

Nduka then tagged in and to his credit, Tenaglia didn’t burst into terrified tears. He took a swing ot two and Nduka picked him up like a loaf of bread and threw him across the ring. Several times in fact. Collins tagged in and even though he had a bit more size, didn’t fare much better. Nduka kicked, punched and threw both of them around with ease.

Johnson tagged back in and hit a frog splash, pinning what was left of Collins to get the win. These guys are fun to watch, but Nduka needs to expand his move set a bit just to keep things interesting.

-ROH Women’s Champion Athena called an emergency MEM (Minion Empowerment Meeting) in the back. Athena managed to barely hold onto her title against Abadon last week, so she has some things to say to her MiT’s (Minions In Training). Athena said the she is ready to take on porcelain hussies all around the world. Suddenly, Billie Starkz appeared. While Lexy Nair has been loyal to the Forever Champion, Starkz has been pretty moody and uninterested in helping the champion out. Athena left in a huff, leaving Nair to deal with Starkz. Nair put Starkz in Minion Time Out and walked out after the champ.

Diamante defeated Rachael Ellering

Ellering has been trading fashion tips with Harley Cameron and this match is her return to the ROH ring for the first time since August. Ellering’s Tag Team Partner, Leyla Hirsch has had beef with Diamante for a long, violent time. Speaking of which, Diamante failed to capture the ROH Women’s TV Title a few weeks back, but did pick up a win last week against Aminah Belmont.

Diamante had the adventage off the top because though she be wee, she be very, very strong. Ellering was able to hold her own though, as well as hold Diamante by the waist in a gut wrench suplex. Ellering tried a senton, but telegraphed it and Diamante was ready with knees up. Diamante’s mean streak was on display as the dragged Ellering’s face along the rope between turnbuckles.

Ellering caught Diamante with a huge back elbow and landed her Squish senton, but Diamante wasn’t done yet. She raked the eyes while the ref couldn’t see and landed a huge DDT to make Ellering’s night a bad one. Afterwards, Diamante called out ROH Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet who appeared in the ring and hit her with a big spinning kick. Diamante retreated up the ramp while the two debated the places they were from.

Leyla Hirsch defeated Tina San Antonio

Leyla Hirsch is back! Hirsch’s last match was the excellent Texas Death Match against Diamante at Death Before Dishonor back in July. Hirsch won that match, but injury put her on the shelf for a bit. Now that she’s back, will she still have trouble with Diamante? Or will she start the climb towards a bigger prize, namely ROH Women’s Champion, Athena? And will San Antonio get a surprise upset in her ROH Debut? So many questions, so much time to answer them. 

HIrsch looked good off the top. She wrestles a fast, technical style and it looked like her injury hadn’t cost her a step. San Antonio had a bit of a height advantage, but Hirsch was fired up and managed get out of everything San Antonio threw at her.

Hirsch managed to catch San Antonio with a huge knee to the head and get the pin to win, looking like she had never left in the first place.

-Backstage, Matt Taven responded to Lee Moriarty’s earlier promo. Taven has won every title in ROH except the Pure title. So Moriarty better be ready because Taven’s bringing it home to the Kingdom.

Tomohiro Ishii defeated Aaron Solo

Ishii, a proud member of the Conglomeration, stomped down to the ring to face former Nightmare Family member Solo. Presumably, Ishii would then stomp on Solo, and stomp back to the locker room. The man likes to stomp. Solo has not won a match in ROH since April. So this will work out fine for him, I’m sure. 

It almost seemed mean to put Solo up against Ishii. Solo, tall and thin, had very little defence against the sheer strength and power of Ishii. Every punch and attempt to send Ishii to the ropes was shrugged off, frustrating Solo. Ishii unleashed the chops and Solo was lucky his lungs didn’t pop out.

Ishii tried to pin Solo off of a side suplex, but Solo, a glutton for punishment, kicked out at two. Solo tried to take the match to the air with a big double stomp from the top rope, but took too long to pin Ishii, who crushed him with a big lariat. Ishii got Solo up and then brought him down with a big Brainbuster and got the pin.

-The Righteous headed out to the ring for a match and were immediately jumped by Rhodes and Guevara in payback for the attack by Vincent and Dutch last week. Security came down to break up the melee, but Dutch got busted open in the process. Everyone seemed to forget that there was a match scheduled and the ROH Tag Champs, Rhodes and Guevara stood tall as the Righteous exited up the ramp.

Nick Wayne (w/Kip Sabian & Mother Wayne) defeated Ryan Clancy

Wayne has been making some noise for The Patriarchy in ROH recently, this time bringing Mother Wayne and Kip Sabian with him. A couple of weeks ago Wayne came out on top in a match against Brian Cook. This week, he’s up against (checks notes) “Fancy” Ryan Clancy, who is (checks notes again) a wrestler. 

Clancy ended up being a pretty decent bruiser, wrestling a “classic” style and keeping up with Wayne in both speed and intensity. Wayne had him beat in the posing department though, hands down.

After a very impressive flurry of Clancy offence, Wayne picket up speed with a series of near falls. Clancy responded with a few near falls of his own, making it seem like an upset was close. Wayne kicked out every time though while Mother Wayne looked on.

Clancy climbed to the top rope, but Wayne pushed the Ref into the ropes causing him to fall. Wayne hit a dragon suplex followed by a huge cutter from the corner to get the win.

-The Infantry and STP entered the ROH locker room backstage. They were met byt 4 NPC’s dressed in black. Taylor asked if they had seen Rhodes and Guevera. When no one had, The Infantry and STP beat up the men. Taylor then called out the ROH Tag Champs, saying that STP wants those titles back. Guevara and Rhodes have several targets on their backs now.

ROH Classic Match: ROH World Six Man Tag Team Title Match: Shane Taylor Promotions (Kaun, Moses & Shane Taylor) vs MexiSquad (Bandido, Flamita & Rey Horus)(c) (Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Feb 19, 2021)

With Taylor and company hunting down the Tag and Six Man Tag belts in ROH, it made sense to see this classic match from the Pandemic era of pro wrestling and, well, life. Maria Kanellis joined the commentary team for this match and she added some really fun color. It was a hard-hitting affair and definitely worth 9 minutes of your time.

AR Fox defeated Josh Woods (w/Ariya Daivari & Mark Sterling)

Fox got his first ROH singles win three weeks ago against the one and only Jack Cartwheel. He’s looking to add to those stats against the Premier Athlete and Very Large Dude, Woods. Not that he needs the help, but Wood’s teammates Daiavari and Sterling accompanied him to the ring, while Tony Nese is still out relentlessly celebrating the birth of his twins. 

Sterling added “flogging our new shirt” to his opening schtick as the Athletes came down to the ring. Fox, in what can only be assumed was a move of protest, came down to the ring with no shirt on at all. Woods and Fox stood at about the same height, but Woods had the upper pectoral in the muscle department.

Woods tried to keep things technical and on the mat where he excels. Fox wasn’t used to that and he seemed confused as to how to proceed. Finally, he settled on a headlock while he figured out his strategy. Fox figured out he had the high-flying advantage and hit a big splash on the outside.

As the match progressed, Fox tried to leap over a running Woods but caught his foot on his opponent and smashed his face into the match. That gave Woods an opening to club a prone Fox. Sterling got involved behind the Ref’s back and hung Fox up on the ropes for Woods to pick apart.

Woods went for a cocky cover, but Fox kicked out and spiked Woods on his head with a big second rope DDT. Fox got his second win and hit a swanton. The fight moved to the outside where Fox drove Wood’s head into the mat. Back in the ring, Fox went for a springboard from the top rope, but hit his face on Woods’ knee on the way down.

Fox tried again, but Woods attempted to knock him off the top rope. The agile Fox rolled through though and hit a 450 splash to pick up the surprise win! Then a wild Nick Wayne appeared and took Fox apart. Fox and Wayne have a match coming up on Collision.

Katsuyori Shibata defeated The Butcher

This match was taped way back in June of this year, but only made it to air now. One can only assume it fell behind a filing cabinet or something. The Butcher was making his ROH Singles debut here while his partner, The Blade, recovers from back fusion surgery. Shibata is, well, The Wrestler. That’s because he’s very good at wrestling and hasn’t lost a match in ROH in 2024. 

Butcher had about 50 lbs and 6 inches on Shibata, but see above. Shibata drove him into the corner off the top, leading to Butcher moving into a more technical strategy. It was a big risk taking on one of the best technical wrestlers in the world in his preferred style, but Butcher had a plan. He drew Shibata out of the ring and then drove him into the ring apron (the hardest part of the ring!).

Back in the ring, Butcher’s powerful strikes kept Shibata on the ground and Butcher locked in a one-legged crab hold. Shibata wrigged under the ropes to break the hold, and sent Butcher to the corner to take a big double dropkick.

Butcher fought back and tried to set Shibata up for brain buster, but Shibata countered and put on a sleeper hold followed by a big PK to put the Butcher down for good, closing out the show.

Ring of Honor TV live results: Athena vs. Abadon Halloween Ring of Horror match

Posted on by Jeff Moss

Ring of Honor Women’s World Champion Athena will put her record-breaking title run on the line as part of tonight’s ROH show on HonorClub against Abadon.

The match won’t be of the traditional variety, but will be a Halloween Ring of Horror match, assumed to be a hardcore match. Athena has held the title for nearly 700 days with 23 title defenses to her credit.

After returning last week on AEW TV, Tomohiro Ishii will be in action against Josh Woods while in a Pure rules match, Matt Taven of the Undisputed Kingdom will battle Aaron Solo.

In tag team action, the reluctant pairing of JD Drake & Beef will take on Peter Avalon & Preston Vance.

CMLL’s Reyna Isis will look to go 2-0 in ROH action as she goes one-on-one with Lady Frost.

Johnny TV, Billie Starkz and the Gates of Agony will all be in action against opponents to be named.

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It was sure to be chock full of tricks, but with even more treats as the extra-sized Halloween Edition of Ring of Honor on Honorclub hit the air for the 88th time! Starting with a promo from none other than The Righteous! Vincent and Dutch lamented the snakes in the industry and called out ROH Tag Team Champions Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara. The Righteous are snakes too and they want those belts.

BEEF & JD Drake defeated Peter Avalon & Preston Vance

So, BEEF is becoming very popular. It might be his infectious enthusiasm, it might be his family loyalty, it might be his chiseled physique. But for whatever reason, he’s becoming a big deal. Drake is of course the partner of BEEF’s cousin, Anthony Henry (who is currently on the shelf for about 6 weeks with an injury). So, after weeks of begging to meet Drake, BEEF got the chance to actually tag with him! Drake wasn’t as excited as BEEF though, so the alliance was uneasy. Avalon and Vance were also there.

BEEF and Vance kicked things off and it became clear that this match was going to boil down to fitness vs… BEEF and Drake. The strength factor was pretty even though, with Vance giving as good as he got, while BEEF no-sold his offence until a stalling suplex from Vance put him on his back. Avalon did have a bit of a size disadvantage, especially when up against Drake. But he was slippery and the bigger men had a hard time getting a hold of him.

BEEF and Drake actually managed to get some cohesivness, calling out moves to each other and trading tags in a way that made it seem like they had been teaming for years. That might be an interesting thing to keep in mind for the return of Anthony Henry in a few weeks.

Vance and Avalon looked good too. Avalon’s expressive face was hilarious when getting chopped and Vance brought a ton of skill and strength to the team. A miscommunication found Avalon on the recieving end of a Vance lariat though, so it may be a short lived team up.

Drake grabbed the prone Avalon in the ring and BEEF hit him with a big frog splash to get the win. Drake was a little annoyed as he was setting him up for his own finisher, but in the end he was happier with the win than without.

Johnny TV defeated Deonn Rusman

One thing that Rusman is very good at is being beaten up by big dudes. Brian Cage, Lance Archer and EJ Nduka have all clocked wins against Rusman in the last few months. Now TV isn’t necessarily the biggest guy in the sport, but he wrestles like he is. TV’s last ROH match was a loss to Komander, so TV would be looking to right the ship a bit here and Rusman seemed like a good enough candidate to let him do it!

TV jumped Rusman right off the top, taking him to the ground then doing a really good Ravishing Rick Rude impression. Rusman got mad at that and decided to run face-first into TV’s foot about it. Rusman showed some signs of live right up until TV kicked him in junk. Like, blatantly. But the ref didn’t seem interested.

I have to be honest. TV did his best to make this match look good, but Rusman just couldn’t keep up with him. There was a lot of missed and illogical spots that made it a relief when TV hit three rolling neckbreakers and Starship Pain to put an end to it.

Gates Of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) defeated CSJ & Dave Dutra

Last week, Kaun and Liona had a great match against the Infantry that they ultimately won. This week, they look to continue that momentum against CSJ and Dutra. This would be Dutra’s ROH debut. CSJ aka CantStopJamaal aka Jamaal Starkz had less information available on him, so I presumed this was his ROH Debut as well, for what it was worth.

Kaun was literally laughing as he and Dutra started things off. He and Liona isolated and assaulted Dutra, but Dutra managed to get the tag to CSJ when he was literally thrown across the ring at him. Kaun and Liona beat up CSJ on the out side so brutally you could hear the ringside fans exclaim “oh my God!”

Back in the ring, Liona sat on CSJ while Kuan posed and that’s how they got the win.

-The Tag champs, Sammy Guevara and Dustin Rhodes, addressed the Righteous’ challenge from earlier. They accepted the match and Rhodes told the Righteous to keep his family’s name out of their mouths because he’s from Texas, and they know how to deal with snakes down there: you cut their heads off. Rhodes and Guevara promised to be present for the Righteous’ match later in the show.

Reyna Isis defeated Lady Frost

Frost has had an up and down year, splitting her time between ROH and AEW and amassing a 12-23 record.  She had a chance to move up a tier a couple of weeks ago in a Proving Ground Match against ROH Women’s Champion Athena, but ended up short. Isis on the other hand, on a break from about a thousand CMLL matches, beat up Viva Van last week. 

Equal in size and strength, this was a pretty good back and forth match between two international stars. Isis spent a lot of time on the top rope, running rolls and splashes. Frost ate a lot of offence but wa able to keep up and return the favor.

Frost thought she had the one-up on Isis with a big rolling cannonball in the corner. That just work Isis up though and she sat Frost down on the second rope to deliver a guillotine leg drop from the top rope for the win.

This was a really fun match, but the extra cherry on top was the commentary team trying to break down Isis’ moves into anatomical scientific terms like two second-year kinesiology students at a lecture.

Pure Rules Match: Matt Taven defeated Aaron Solo

While he’s had some success outside of ROH you have to go back to April to find Solo’s last win on Honorclub. Taven on the other hand took a shot at the ROH World Championship at the beginning of October and he and his Undisputed Kingdom partner Mike Bennett are perpetually in the Tag Title hunt. 

This match was a Pure Rules Match, which meant that each competitor would get three rope breaks and one closed fist warning. In the event that it goes to the time limit, a panel of judges would award the win based on points. This would be Taven’s first Pure Rules match so it would be interesting to see if he could adapt.

Solo actually spent the first few minutes of the match in control, with Taven seeming a little hesitant to work within the confines of the Pure Rules. He figured it out though and began leaning on his technical ability to try and put Solo down.

Solo used his first rope break about a minute in and shortly thereafter, Taven appeared to injure his knee. Solo took advantage with big kicks and knees of his own. Taven battled back from it though and locked in a crossface, forcing Solo to use his second rope break at 4:31. Solo used his final rope break thirty seconds later to prevent a pin.

Taven hit a front slam into another crossface and Solo tapped out, giving Taven the win. ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty appeared at the top of the ramp and Taven called for his belt, the only one in ROH that Taven has not held.

-Remember the promos that BEEF and Anthony Henry used to do where BEEF was overly excited and Henry would be upset about it, even though they just got a win? Well, they did one of those but with Drake instead of Henry.

The Righteous (Dutch & Vincent) defeated Jay Marsten & Solomon Tupu

The Righteous are one of the most consistently entertaining teams in ROH. They don’t care much for rules and such, but they are fun to watch. Marsten and Tupu were making their ROH debuts, but everyone was watching the top of the ramp for the Tag Champs.

Vincent started off against Marsten, but he and Dutch exchanged tags at record speed for some reason, each one getting a shot or two in before the other swapped out.

Tupu got beat up by Drake and Marsten got pinned by Vincent and that was about it for the match.

Afterwards, Vincent and Dutch started beating up Tupu in the center of the ring. Vincent smashed his leg with a chair with Dutch adding his railroad spike for good measure. As they lined up Marsten for the same, Guevara and Rhodes arroved and ran down to the ring!

Guevara grabbed a chair and the Righteous bolted, leaving the champions standing tall.

Tomohiro Ishii defeated Josh Woods

Josh Woods is a very big Premier Athlete and Ishii is a very big part of The Conglomeration. Together, they are two very big dudes who like hurting people, so this match had all the potential to be a “Knocker of Slobber” if you will. Woods was accompanied to the ring by Mark Sterling and Aria Daivari (3rd Athlete Tony Nese was off celebrating the birth of his twins!).

Ishii refused a Code of Honor and the two leapt into a series of amateur-looking holds and catch-style grapples. Woods had the size on Ishii, but Ishii’s pure strength and toughness more than made up for that. Ishii fed chops to Woods like they were Skittles and Woods responded with big stomps in the corner.

The two men beat the hell out of each other from there. Massive chops, huge slams and lots of screaming. Ishii has the density of a dying sun and so Woods’ attempts to throw him around didn’t go anywhere and made the ring shake when he found a ringpost.

Ishii got Woods up in a stalling brainbuster and dropped him like a sack of cement. That led to a pin and Daivari jumping Ishii in the ring. Ishii’s Conglomerate pal Kyle O’Reilly ran in to even the odds and the Athletes slunk away.

-Rhodes and Guevara cut a promo from the back. They were REALLY mad that the Righteous tried to hurt their opponent and yelled about it. Suddenly Vincent and Dutch appeared and jumped the champions, laying them out and posing with their belts.

Action Andretti & Top Flight (Dante Martin & Darius Martin) defeated Trip Jordy, Dante Leon & Jah-C

Andretti has been acting a little strangely lately. A potential Andretti heel turn was teased during the taping of this week’s Collision, I won’t spoil anything here, so check that out for more information. Leon was last seen in ROH at the end of August in a losing effort against the Gates of Agony. This match would be Jah-C’s ROH debut for 2024 and Jordy had blue tights.

The match itself was fine, all six men have great speed and agility. Top Flight and Andretti had the benefit of being a cohesive team though, so they obviously had the advantage. They were able to tag in and out in what seemed like a fluid rotation, keeping whoever was legal from the other team completely overwhelmed.

Of the three newcomers, Jah-C impressed the most. He had speet and power and seemed like a lot more of a threat to Top Flight and Andretti. He had great sequences with all three.

In the end though, Duante finally put down Dante and Andretti and Top Flight got the win.

ROH Classic Match: Jay Lethal vs Curry Man (29.10.2005, Connecticut, USA)

The only reasoning for showing this match that I could figure out was “Curry Man wears a mask and it’s Halloween.” I love the classic ROH content, but its a lot more exciting in the context of a current story, match or wrestler. Neither Jay Lethal or Curry Man (aka Christopher Daniels) had anything to do with anything. Those two are very good at wrestling, so it was neat to watch. But somewhat pointless in the grand scheme of things.

Billie Starkz defeated Blair Onyx

Billie Starkz has always been a petulant teenager. But now, she’s a petulant teenager with an axe to grind against her former (Sister? Friend?) idol Athena. That didn’t bode well for Onyx, who was making her ROH Debut here. 

Starkz had the upper hand in pure talent and size and wasted no time bratting her way into Onyx’ personal space. She seemed to be dialed up a bit more than usual, and was a lot more aggressive. A particularly vicious moment was a front flapjack slam that flattened Onyx’ face.

Onyx missed an elbow drop that led to a two count, infuriating Starkz. She caught Onyx in midair and planted her to the mat for the win.

The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean) w/Lee Moriarty & Shane Taylor defeated Spanish Announce Project (Angelico & Serpentico)

The Infantry and Shane Taylor Productions have always been friends. No better example could be made of this than the footage they showed of them backstage, agreeing to join Shane Taylor Promotions, officially! The SAP were cool with it, as they are with most things. Both of these teams deserved to be in the Tag Team title conversation and a win here would definitely push them into it.

Angelico and Dean started things off, with Dean in particular showing a lot more power than usual. He tagged in Bravo and he too seemed to have a different attitude, harder strikes, and more aggression. SAP were able to counter with their speed and agility, but even they seemed surprised and the Infanty’s new vibe.

Shane Taylor stomped down to the ring and distracted the Ref giving Trish Adora a chance to kick Angelico in the junk on the outside. The Infantry beat up both members of SAP on the ramp before tossing them back in to beat the 20 count.

Back in the ring, The infantry beat up an isolated Serpentico while Angelico was still recovering on the ramp. Dean bounced Serpentico’s face off the second turnbuckle and Bravo hit a high knee, but Serpentico kicked out at two.

Angelico arrived out of nowhere and cleaned house, saving his partner. Moriarty jumped into the ring and hit Angelico with a foreign object, knocking him cold and letting the Infantry pick up the win.

Diamante defeated Aminah Belmont

Diamante’s win-loss record for 2024 sits at 10-11. That includes a loss to Leyla Hirsch (who’s return to ROH is imminent) in a Texas Death Match and a failed attempt at taking the Women’s TV title from Red Velvet. Belmont, making her ROH debut, lost to Nyla Rose in 90 seconds on Collision in August and hasn’t been seen since. 

It seemed to be part of her gimmick, but Belmont looked like a child in the ring with Diamante. It was no surprise to see Diamante dominate here. Huge supllexes, double stomps and a twisting DDT made short work of Belmont as Diamante picked up the win.

-Backstage, Lexy Nair congratulated Billie Starkz on her win, but they need to be focused on Athena’s match tonight and show their support. Starkz said that she was taking her “MIT Day Off” for this one and left, leaving Nair terrified of what awaited with Abadon.

The Dark Order (Evil Uno, John Silver and Alex Reynolds) defeated Jakked Jameson & The Iron Savages (Bronson and Boulder)

This unannounced Trios match started off with Silver against Bronson. Silver was dwarfed by the bigger man, so Uno tagged in and along with him came the momentum. Reynolds didn’t fare as well though, with Bronson targeting his injured ribs. Boulder tagged in and continued the pattern.

The match plodded on with the Savages and Jameson doing their schtick and the Dark Order trying to wrestle a match around it. Uno tagged in Silver and they tried a triple team on Bronson but couldn’t do it because of Reynolds injured ribs. Chaos broke out and somewhere in there, Reynolds pinned Bronson.

Komander defeated Ariya Daivari

Komander had a chance to claim the ROH TV title from Brian Cage last week, but failed to continue getting up from being thrown at the ground. So now, he moves on to face Daivari of the Premier Athletes. Daivari was accompanied by Mark Sterling and Josh Woods. Tony Nese was still celebrating his twins, I assume.

With these two in the ring, the match was practically predestined to be great. Both had the speed and athleticism, with Daivari having the strength and conditioning advantage and Komander bringing the high-flying. The two battled in the ring while the commentators reminded everyone to vote on Election day, which you absolutely should do.

Sterling jumped up to cause a distraction and Daivari knocked Komander off the top rope. Working the back, Daivari threw Komander to the outside where Sterling and Woods stomped on him and tossed him back in the ring where Daivari applied a sleeper. Komander fought out though and the match carried on.

Daivari took out Komander with a vicious superkick, but missed the followup splash. Komander went for one of his own, but Sterling made the save and Woods hit Komander from behind. It wasn’t enough though, and Sterling distracted the ref. Komander hit a big running flip from the top rope on all three on the outside.

Komander threw Daivari back into the ring and hit a top rope equalizer to pick up the win.

-The new ROH World Champion Chris Jericho cut a promo endorsing Athena in her match tonight and wishing everyone a Happy Halloween. Thanks guys!!

ROH Women’s World Title Halloween Ring Of Horror Match: Athena (c) defeated Abadon

Halloween is the one day a year when Abadon is able to break from her otherworldly chains and walk amongst the living! Ok, that may not be entirely the case, as Abadon has been stalking Athena for months now, but last week during Athena’s Celebration of her Record-Breaking title run in ROH, Abandon did commit murder by using Athena’s face to murder a costco cake. Hanging over Athena’s head as well was Billie Starkz, a Minion In Training who might be looking to add “former” to that title.

As part of the Halloween Ring of Horror Match, the two were cuffed together with a chain between them. Abadon used that to her advantage, pulling Athena to her to face some hard strikes. Athena fought out and sent her to the outside. Athena tried a chait trick, but Abadon had a Kendo stick. Athena blocked it with a garbage can lid.

Athena grabbed a barbwire bat from a trash can and took a few swings, hitting Abadon in the midsection. Athena destroyed a few Jack o lanterns in order to use the table they were on. As she was setting it up though, Abadon charged her and drove her into the table. It did not break, so she tried again. And again. Finally on the fourth try, Athena’s body broke the table.

Back in the ring, Abadon and Athena traded punches and shots against the ropes. Both of them needed to figure out how to work around the chain that bound them together. Athena produced a ladder from under the ring and Abadon kicked it back into her face. Abadon set up the ladder in the corner and Athena drilled her with a trash can. It was painted orange, so it was definitely a Halloween Trash Can.

Abadon set Athena up on the ladder in the corner and hit a senton onto her from the top rope, earning a “fight forever” chant from the crowd. Abadon hit a double stomp on the ring apron (the hardest part of the ring!) and pulled a chair on Athena along with a bag of thumbtacks! She spread them on the outside of the ring, but Athena used the opening to hit her with a chair.

Athena hit a side slam off the top rope, but it only got a two count. Athena grabbed a Kendo stick, but the Ref could see that something was amiss. The chain had broken free from Athena’s wrist but before he could fix it, she nailed Abadon with the kendo stick. Then the chain was fixed.

Abadon set up Athena on an overturned staircase on the outside with intent to jump on her from a great height. Athena fought back though and powerbombed Abadon onto the staircase! It looked like it was done, but Abadon kicked out at two.

Athena then tied up Abadon with the chain. In ran Lexy Nair who passed Athena a handful of meat skwewers that she promptly drove into Abadon’s head. Three of them were stuck in her scalp as she rose, a terrified Athena backed up trying to escape, but the chain held her firm. Abadon dragged her to the outside and hit a swinging slam on the thumbtacks.

Athena went to the outside and grabbed a bottle, smashing it over Abadon’s head. She then drove her into a trio of steel chairs with a flip from the top rope. That put Abadon down and Athena got the pin, extending her record-breaking reign as ROH Women’s Champion.

Just as a note, this was a good show. But it was three hours long. That’s too long.