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Ring of Honor TV live results: Athena Women’s World title celebration

Posted on by Jeff Moss

Reigning Ring of Honor Women’s World Champion Athena will celebrate her record-breaking reign on tonight’s ROH on HonorClub.

Athena has surpassed Samoa Joe as the longest-reigning champion in company history and will be joined by minions Billie Starkz and Lexy Nair to celebrate her accomplishments.

After earning a men’s TV title match last week, Komander will challenge current ROH TV Champion Brian Cage. Komander is looking for his first title of any kind in AEW or ROH while this is Cage’s first defense of the gold he won earlier this month.

CMLL’s Reyna Isis will make her promotional debut as she battles Viva Van.

Rocky Romero will challenge Brandon Cutler of The Elite.

The show will feature two tag team matches as the Gates of Agony face The Infantry while Lee Johnson & EJ Nduka team up for the very first time.

This week’s action was taped in San Jose, California.

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ROH on HonorClub Episode 87 hit the air with big news! “The Learning Tree” Chris Jericho won a Ladder War against Mark Briscoe on Dynamite this past Wednesday (with a little help from one “Large William”, aka Big Bill) making him the new Ring of Honor World Champion! What this means for ROH as whole remains to be seen, but it’s big big news!

Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) defeated The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean)

With ROH TV Champion Brian Cage occupied elsewhere, his Cage of Agony partners reverted back to “Gates” to take on the Infantry. Dean and Bravo came in off of losses to STP and The Outrunners, so they were looking to right the ship here. Kaun and Liona for their part have to go back to August for their last win as a duo. Both teams had things to prove and it showed.

Kaun and Bravo started things off and it was an immediate case of strength vs agility. Kaun was twice as wide as the lighter Bravo, but the speed factor kept the two pretty even in the early going. Liona tagged in and flattened Bravo who desperately looked for a tag to Dean. Once he got it, Dean was all over Liona… right up until he ran face-first into a superkick.

From there the Gates took control. A series of sentons crushed Dean in the middle of the ring. Dean caused a distraction, allowing Bravo to throw Kaun into the barricade on the outside, softening him up. The Infantry isolated him from Liona and began raining down chops in the corner.

Off of a hot tag, Liona jumped in and cleaned house. At one point he had BOTH members of the Infantry on his shoulders for big powerslams. A miscommunication caused Liona to knock Kaun off the ring apron and the Infantry tried a double team, but Liona was too much for them. Kaun got back in and put Dean down for the count, extending the Infantry’s losing streak.

Reyna Isis defeated Viva Van

Poor, poor Viva Van. Van debuted in ROH on May 27th, 2022. She has had matches against Athena, Harley Cameron, Red Velvet and just last week, Yuka Sakazaki. All losses. In fact, Van has yet to win a match in ROH. Isis was actually in the same boat, but had an excuse as this was her ROH Debut. No matter what though, one woman was going to erase the “0” from the win column in her stats with this match. 

The two were pretty evenly matched in size and power. Holds and strikes were exchanged during a prolonged feeling-out process until Van ate a big knee, causing my six year old to exclaim “Oh, Viva Van!”

Isis hung Van up in a tree of woe and driver her knees into her midsection. Van tried to get back into it with a spinning heel kick, but couldn’t land anything that kept Isis down for any length of time. Van changed her tactics and tried a reverse surfboard, but Isis wouldn’t quit.

Isis caught Van with a high crossbody followed by dual headbutts to regain momentum. A big guillotine leg drop finished off Van, who’s still looking for her first win in ROH.

-Backstage Leyla Hirsch cut a promo, revealing that she has been recovering from a shoulder injury. She’s coming back though, so everyone get ready because she wants championships.

Rocky Romero (w/Dunkson, mascot of the Stockton Kings basketball team) defeated Brandon Cutler

Romero was taking a break from his Conglomeration duties this week after his group beat The Elite on Dynamite in a trios match on the Oct 16th edition of Dynamite. Cutler on the other hand has been racking up the losses since getting a win over Evil Uno, back in May. Preston Vance, Colt Cabana, Katsuyori Shibata and even Jacoby Watts have managed to get Cutler’s shoulders to the mat.

Cutler jawed off the top, begging Romero to shake his hand. He did that, and then crushed him with a lariat. Cutler was able to keep up with Romero, but Romero was clearly in control. He had a counter and an offensive move for everything Cutler had in his bag of tricks.

Cutler managed to worm his way into control of the match with a sleeper hold. Romero fought out of it though, but Cutler missed a move from the top ropes and tried to bail to the outside. Romero followed with a big splash and threw him back into the ring.

Cutler tried to use the ropes to steal a pin, but Dunkston pointed it out to the Ref. Cutler began yelling at Dunkston, allowing Romero an opening to hit a flipping DDT and get the 1-2-3 for the win.

LEEJ (Lee Johnson and EJ Nduka) defeated Jiah Jewell and Bret Hankins

Johnson and Nduka have been pals for a long time, but this will mark the first time they have teamed up in ROH. Questionable team names aside, this promised to be a barn burner, showing off Johnson’s technical skills and Nduka’s sheer power. Nduka got a huge pop from the crowd as the two headed to the ring. Jewell and Hankins, who were either two local wrestlers, or part of the ring crew, looked comically small and thin in the ring with LEEJ.

Surprising no one, Johnson started off with Hankins and wrestled cicles around him. Nduka then tagged in to face Jewell and he hit him so hard his hairline receded. This wasn’t a David vs Goliath story it was more like a small twig vs Goliath.

Jewell and Hankins actually managed to isolate Johnson in the corner and get a little bit of offense in. It didn’t last long though as a hot tag to Nduka resulted in the spontaneous explosion of both competitors. Not really, but he hit them so hard both appeared to do 450 spins in midair. Johnson and Nduka hit a spinebuster/neckbreaker combo on what was left of Jewell and got the pin.

Record-Breaking Celebration for ROH Women’s World Champion Athena 

Back in September, Athena broke Samoa Joe’s record of 684 days (as of this writing) as champion in Ring of Honor. Since then, Minions Lexy Nair and Billie Starkz have been planning a massive celebration for the Forever Champion (that Athena really wanted Ja Rule to be part of for some reason). Unfortunately, work kept getting in the way with matches, Starkz’ tumbling down the Minion Rankings and Abadon stalking Athena with her eyes on the title. 

To start things off, ROH showed a Classic Match: Athena vs then-ROH Women’s Champion Mercedes Martinez. The match was from December 10, 2022 at that year’s Final Battle PPV event. Obviously, Athena came out the winner and began her 684+ day reign as Champion and it was a really fun match!

Back in the here and now though, Billie Starkz had used the time to set up a ton of balloons, a store-bought cake (that per Wrestling Law, must end up on someone’s face) and decorations in the ring. Athena came down to her celebration still locked to Lexy Nair for “her protection” from Abadon. The MIT’s in the ring broke into a dance party and Athena called out that it was a pretty weak party. Where was Ja Rule?!? Athena sent all minions except Starkz and Nair to the back in disgust.

Athena lamented that she doesn’t get the respect she deserves, even from her own mother who shose to have “major surgery” instead of coming to her daughter’s Celebration. Athena clamied she was under-appreciated and deserved more than the crummy party. Athena blamed Starkz for all of it, saying she was jealous. Athena got in Starkz face and she grabbed the mic from her.

Starkz pushed Athena over and proclaimed “I’m done!” before leaving the ring and the party! Nair then tried to get the party back on track by unveiling a modified ROH Women’s Title with Athena’s picture on it. AND IT SPINS!

Suddenly, Abadon’s music hit and Nair dove out of the ring. Athena got ready to be jumped, but… nothing happened. The music faded out, and when Athena went to pull Nair back into the ring via chain, it was ABADON who appeared in the other cuff!

Abadon beat up the champion with a Black Dahlia, then smashed the cake on Athena’s face, fulfilling the prophecy and leaving her laying in the ring.

ROH World Television Title Match: Brian Cage (c) defeated Komander (w/Alex Abrahantes)

I’m beginning to think that Cage just doesn’t like Luchadores. Or at least someone on the booking team doesn’t like luchadores, because they keep getting sent to be thrown at the ground repeatedly by Cage. In this match, Cage’s ROH TV Title was on the line though, and Komander, who picked up a win over Willie Mack last week, would love to add that title to his list of accomplishments. 

Cage arrived in a rather subdued manner, in plain black trunks. He wasn’t wasting time though, throwing Komander into the corner and drilling him with some big elbows. Kmander tried to battle back but every time he got a little momentum, Gage threw him at the ground a bunch.

Cage began showing off, as he does, catching Komander mid air and curling him like dumbells (or he was cuddling him. It was hard to tell). Cage then picked up Komander and threw him out of the ring like a sack of potatoes, causing my six year old to exclaim “Oh no, Brian Cage!!”

Cage then reversed his own move by picking up Komander and throwing him back INTO the ring. Taking his time and doing a little posing on the way back into the ring, Cage accidentally gave Komander an opening for some spinning kicks. That enraged, uh, Cage, and he got sloppy letting Komander land a 360 hurricanrana.

Komander had one last burst of energy, hitting a 450 splash from the top rope, but Cage kicked out at one. Komander tried moonsault instead, but Cage caught him and powerbombed him a half dozen times, ending with a modified F-5 (aka, he threw him at the ground a lot). Komander was done after that, and Cage got the pin and retained the title.

Great show this week!

Ring of Honor TV live results: Athena vs. Lady Frost, Nick Wayne in action

Posted on by Jeff Moss

Ring of Honor Women’s World Champion Athena will look to keep her impressive multi-year winning streak going as she faces Lady Frost in non-title action on tonight’s HonorClub show.

The bout will be a Proving Ground match where if Frost can defeat or draw the champion, she earns a future title shot. Athena has held the title since December 2022’s Final Battle.

For the first time since September 2023, Nick Wayne will return to the red and black brand as he faces Bryan Hook.

In other women’s action, past AEW Women’s World title challenger Yuka Sakazaki will face Viva Van.

The show will also feature two tag team matches as Angelico & Serpentico face Derek Dillinger & Ren Jones while MxM Collection (Mansoor & Mason Madden) takes on Midnight Heat (Eddie Pearl & Ricky Gibson).

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Little was said to promote tonight’s episode 86 but that didn’t stop the show from kicking off in style, with a very poetic promo from the ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe.

Briscoe survived his match with Chris Jericho at WrestleDream and as long as Jericho runs down the Briscoe name and family, Mark promises to fight him anytime, anywhere.

Spanish Announce Project (Angelico & Serpentico) defeated Derek Dillinger & Ren Jones

Dillinger and Jones made their debut both as a team and in ROH tonight. Angelico and Serpentico have been picking up wins over the likes of The Infantry and the Iron Savages over the summer. They also managed to get Serpentico’s mask back from Maria Kanellis and her goons, but that was behind them now as they looked to position themselves for a shot at the ROH Tag Team Champions Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara.

Dillinger and Jones were definitely beefier than the laid-back SAP, but the agility of Angelico was on full display as he started off against Jones. Angelico practically danced around Jones before locking in an arm lock and tagging in Serpentico for a double stomp from the top rope on said arm. Dillinger tried to get involved, but like so many bulls in so many china shops, he ran right into the SAP’s fluid and cohesive offense.

Dillinger hopped in and spent some time throwing Serpentico around. The luchadore was not prepared for the brawling style of Dillinger and it looked for a few minutes like an upset was imminent. However, Jones and Angelico got involved andSerpentico locked Jones ina grapevine ankle lock and Serpentico got Dillinger in a tandem cobra stretch to draw out a double submission and a win for SAP.

Rachael Ellering was interviewed in the back.

Ellering promised to step up in ROH and was interrupted by Harley Cameron. Cameron felt that she and Ellering got off on the wrong foot. The two traded passive aggressive insults for a moment until Cameron pulled her in for a hug, starting their “friendship” off right.

Yuka Sakazaki defeated Viva Van

Sakazaki, still hurting from a failed attempt to capture the AEW Women’s World Title from Mariah May at Grand Slam in September, was looking to take it out on Van. Van for her part was still looking for her first singles win in ROH, but had her work cut out for her. 

Sakazaki’s entrance music was the real winner as the hardcore J-Pop filled the arena. Whent he match started, Van tried to keep the match pace slow to take away Sakazaki’s sped, but she didn’t count on the agility of the smaller woman, who wormed out of everything thrown at her.

Van went to the top for a springboard attempt, but Sakazaki knocked her from the ropes and stomped around the ring before landing a high knee in the corner. A missile dropkick from the top rope knocked Van senseless, but she managed to kick out at two.

The two played back and forth, trying pinning combinations and wriggling out of them. Van looked pretty impressive against the Joshi star, but in the end Sakazaki hit a Magic Girl Splash from the middle of the top rope and got the pin.

Footage of the Brian Cage vs Atlantis Jr. match from WrestleDream was shown next.

Cage ended up the winner of that match and became the new ROH TV Champion. He cut a promo afterwards, saying things are going to change in ROH now that someone of his caliber has the TV Title. He talked a lot about cliffs, and being pushed off them, but it didn’t make much sense. The gist of it was that the “Age of Cage” is upon us.

Nick Wayne (w/ Mother Wayne) defeated Brian Cook

This is only Wayne’s second match in ROH, losing to then-ROH Pure Champion Katsuyori Shibata way back in the dark vestiges of 2023. Following along form The Patriarchy was Mother Wayne. Cook for his part had a cup of coffee with AEW last year, but hasn’t been seen much since, spending most of his time in Defy.

Things started off fast though. Cook caught Wayne on his heels and managed to land a series of quick dropkicks that actually busted Wayne’s lip open. Wayne powered back though, using the skills taught to him by Christian Cage of the Patriarchy. Or so they say.

After that, Wayne dominated the match. Single arm DDT’s, dropkicks and not an insignificant amount of mugging for the camera kept Cook on the mat for the most part. He got a few quick rollup attempts in, and a really cool twisting DDT, but in the end, Wayne hit a jumping cutter and put Cook down for good to get the win.

MxM Collection (Mansoor & Mason Madden) defeated Midnight Heat (Eddie Pearl & Ricky Gibson)

So, Midnight Heat. Disturbing name, pretty good cred on the indies. Their last match around these parts was on a springtime episode of Dynamite where they lost to the Dark Order. MxM Collection came out of the gate on a hot streak (they even competed for the INTERGALACTIC Tag Team Championships in Hoodslam Wrestling) but seem to have cooled a little after traveling the Dynamite/Collision/ROH highway. 

To begin, “Tips of honor” were touched and poses were, uh, posed. Mansoor started off against Gibson, who despite my hope every time I saw or heard his name, was NOT 60 years old like another Gibson. As far as the match goes though, Gibson held his own against Mansoor. Pearl tagged in, but that just brought in Madden, who towered over him. At one point, he picked up Pearl with one arm for a leg drop slam.

MxM had this thing in the bag from the start. It was really just a series of poses and comedy bits with a little bit of wresting in between. This does not in any way mean it was a bad match, but it was a predictable one. MxM controlled everything and a sit out choke slam from Madden set up Pearl for the Centerfold and a pin.

AR Fox defeated Jack Cartwheel

Hometown hero Cartwheel came down to the ring doing round outs. No, he was doing cartwheels and in Dusty Rhodes’ old coat no less. Fox was a little more subdued (for Fox) as he used this as a warmup for an upcoming match with Ricochet coming up on Collision.

The two locked up and Cartwheel looked absolutely ripped. He was about 6 inches shorter that Fox, but all muscle. Couple that with his speed and Cartwheel had Fox backtracking. Fox, looking pretty good himself, tried more of a brawler approach, but Cartwheel was able to work around that until Fox hit him on the outside with a massive dive.

Fox tried a rolling senton on the ring apron (the hardest part of the ring) but Cartwheel avoided it, causing Fox to land right on his back. He was ok though, as evidenced by the jumping neckbreaker he delivered to Cartwheel moments later.

The two hammered on each other in a relatively even affair until Fox went to the top rope for… something, and Cartwheel sent him to the mat. Fox jumped up for a 450 splash and managed to keep Cartwheel on the ground long enough to get the pin.

Atlantis Jr. defeated Jon Cruz

Cruz was pretty excited to see his name up on the big screen as he entered. Atlantis Jr, fresh off losing the ROH TV Title to Brian Cage, was a little more subdued, but still carried that Luchadore flair. He had the size advantage on Cruz, but Cruz has the veteran reps to surprise.

Atlanis struck first, catching Cruz with a big kick and spinning backbreaker. Atlantis set up Cruz in the corner and tried to feed him kicks, but Cruz squirmed out and began pounding on Atlantis, counting blows in Spanish. He then bit Atlantis on the mask for some reason.

Cruz got a little cocky, trying out a standing cover, but Atlantis wasn’t going down like that. Atlantis hit a pop up cutter followed by a big frog splash and got the win.

Komander defeated Willie Mack to earn an ROH TV title match

Mack is calling himself “The Chocolate Juggalo” these days and that’s… well, that’s something. Komander brought along his hype man and the two set up for what promised to be a really fun clash of styles. Mack, a notorious brawler against the luchadore stylings of Komander. Also, the winner of the match will get a future ROH TV title shot.

Mack appeared to be twice the size of Komander, but had trouble keeping up with him. When the two did connect, Komander definitely got the bummer end of it, being hit so hard he flipped over. A couple of times.

Speed wasn’t an issue though, as Mack is unearthly fast and agile for a man of his size. Komander didn’t have much to fight back with, but he was able to take a lot of what Mack was dishing out to keep the match going. Right up until the nipple twists. Mack twisted Komander’s nipples and it was as awkward as it sounds.

Komander got a bunch of offense in on Mack, including a big dive over the ropes to the outside. He tossed Mack back in the ring and ran the ropes for a shooting star press to get the victory over the bigger man and become the new #1 Contender for the ROH TV Title.

Jericho Responds to ROH Champion Mark Briscoe

Chris Jericho cut a promo next, claiming that Mark Briscoe cheated to win their match at Wrestledream. He wants a rematch and to become the 2-time ROH Champion, just like Jay Briscoe. They cut to Mark right away, and he accepted the rematch, but it will be a more violent affair next week on Dynamite when Jericho and Briscoe have a LADDER WAR for the ROH Championship.

ROH CLASSIC MATCH: The Briscoes vs. SoCal Uncensored vs. The Young Bucks (Ladder War for the ROH Tag Team Championships, ROH Final Battle 2018, NYC)

Speaking of Ladder War, how about a classic one featuring the Briscoes and current AEW EVP’s Matthew and Nicholas Jackson, as well as then ROH Tag Champs Scorpio Sky and Frankie Kazarian. There was a lot to love about this match, but honestly it was just a joy reliving Jay and Mark Briscoe doing the tag team work they did so well. Their opponents couldn’t be better, but it was seeing Jay do his thing that was really exciting. He is really, really missed.

As with most of the classic matches, I won’t get into who won what, but this was a wild and violent match. At times it was impossible to know who was winning as bodies were flying everywhere. Chairs, tables and of course, ladders, were used as weapons by anyone and everyone. The Briscoes had a bit of advantage in that they were used to hardcore, violent matches at this point. But the Young Bucks and SoCal Uncensored hung in there, giving as good as they got.

To get ready for the Briscoe/Jericho Ladder War coming up on Dynamite, this was an excellent taste of what it could look like. I highly suggest checking it out on HonorClub or elsewhere.

ROH Women’s World Champion Athena (w/ Lexy Nair) defeated Lady Frost in a Proving Ground match

Lady Frost has been having a rough time in ROH lately. She’s lost an ROH Women’s World TV Title Proving Ground match, been eliminated from the AEW Women’s World Title, uh, Eliminator tournament and now she has to face a very cranky Athena. For her part, Athena has been stressed out lately by what she sees as a failing Minion in Billie Starkz, and being stalked by Abadon. If Frost could last ten minutes or pin the champion, she’d be guaranteed a future title shot.

Athena arrived still chained to Lexy Nair, with no Billie Starkz in sight. Last week, Athena chained herself to Nair to avoid Abadon. I don’t know exactly how this was supposed to work, but go with it. For the match, she unchained herself and for some reason locked Lexy to the ringpost? The only thing I could think of was Athena was setting Lexy up to be bait for Abadon, not unlike Wyle E. Coyote attempting to trap the Roadrunner.

With all that out of the way, the match started and the two women tangled up and wrestled from post to post. Athena ended up with the better of it, but Frost responded with a hurricanrana off the ropes. Anything Athena threw at Frost, she had an answer for, but Athena only needed to keep the match going until the 10 minute time limit to win.

Frost was nearly counted out after some interference from Lexy on the outside. That gave Athena the momentum, but the champion was clearly distracted by the thought of Abadon lurking nearby. It caused her to miss a senton and give Frost an opening. She went high, but Athena countered.

Athena manged to land a big slam from the top rope and lock in her crossface submission. Frost tried to fight out of it, but Athena only wrenched down harder, causing Frost to tap out.

Athena re-cuffed herself to Lexy and started beating up Frost. Suddenly, Abadon’s music hit and Athena a Lexy turned tail and ran as fast as they could to the exit as the show came to a close.

Ring of Honor TV live results: Red Velvet & Gabe Kidd title defenses

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ROH Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet will put her title on the line against Diamante in the featured bout of this week’s ROH on HonorClub.

It will be Velvet’s first title defense while her opponent is still looking for her first ROH or AEW gold.

ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe will be in non-title action as he faces former Pure Champion Josh Woods. If Woods can beat or take the champion to a draw, he earns a future title shot.

NJPW Strong Champion Gabe Kidd will make a special appearance and has issued an open challenge for his title.

New Don Callis Family member Lance Archer will be in action as will former Women’s TV Champion Billie Starkz.

Shane Taylor Promotions’ namesake and Pure Champion Lee Moriarty will take on The Infantry in tag team action.

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As a certain Big Poppa Pump once said “I legally can punch someone in the face and not get arrested for it, which most human beings can’t do.” Flying in the face of that though is ROH on Honorclub episode 85 which hit the airwaves (streamwaves?) running with Lexy Nair and Billie Starkz!

The pair were setting up a big party for Athena who happened to arrive mid conversation. Athena handcuffed herself to Lexy in order to “keep her safe” from Abadon because she’s too important. Starkz took issue with this and Athena assured her that she can take care of herself, but Lexy can’t. This is for her protection only. With that, Starkz stormed out., and Lady Frost stormed in.

Athena said that Frost was afraid of her and Frost countered with a match challenge for next week! Athena had no choice but to accept, and the show kicked off proper with a NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship match!

NJPW STRONG Openweight Title Match: Gabe Kidd (c) defeated Anthony Henry (w/Beef)

It was a surprise to see a NJPW Title defense on ROH, but it was a welcome addition to the card. Gabe Kidd has held the NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion for 151 days since defeating Eddie Kingston at NJPW STRONG RESURGENCE 2024.  That was a No Rope Last Man Standing match and it put Kingston on the shelf for the better part of a year. Kidd laid out an Open Challenge that was answered by none other than Beef’s second cousin, Anthony Henry! With his Workhorsemen partner JD Drake’s return imminent, this was a great chance for Henry to have some new gold to show off when he arrived. 

Henry came out with guns blazing, sending Kidd to the outside and driving him into the barricades with high knees. Kidd recovered though and brought the fight back into the ring. Henry kept up the speed, with seemed to throw Kidd off guard. Henry didn’t count on Kidd’s strength though, and Kidd picked him up and tossed him out of the ring. Literally. He threw him.

Kidd grabbed a mic and started running down the American crowd, mid-match. That fired up Henry and the two traded chops. Kidd went to the outside to grab a weapon and this offended Beef. He stepped up to Kidd, who knocked him out allowing Henry to get an opening for a suicide dive.

Henry went to the top rope, but Kidd joined him up there and hit a second rope suplex. Kidd hit a massive piledriver and managed to get the pin to retain his title. We know now that Henry was injured in this match, but he did an amazing job carrying through to make it a really good opening bout.

Katsuyori Shibata defeated Brandon Cutler

Cutler came out to no music, raving about the excellence of the AEW EVPS, the Young Bucks. He issued an open challenge for “any former ROH champion” in the back. The challenge was answered by former ROH PURE Champion Katsuyori Shibata!

Shibata is having a hell of a year. He has had an 80% win rate across AEW, ROH and Japan.  In ROH specifically, he’s won every match (singles and multi-person) since May. Cutler on the other hand has lost to Preston Vance, Colt Cabana and even Jacoby Watts. 

The match began with chops. Lots and lots of chops, with Cutler on the losing end of most of them. A back elbow got the momentum back on Cutler’s side, and he worked Shibata in the corner. Shibata fought back though, and delivered a big dropkick in the corner. A snap suplex followed and Shibata locked Cutler in a sleeper hold to soften him up for a shining wizard and the pin.

-Brian Cage cut a promo from the back. If you didn’t know, he’s a machine. One that’s been programmed to become the best wrestler on the planet. He wants Atlantis Jr’s ROH Television Title, and he will take it from him at Wrestledream. This continues the strange thing that ROH does where people cut promos about matches that are not happening on their show.

Billie Starkz defeated Ella Elizabeth

As we saw off the top, Starkz has been in a nasty mood ever since Athena demoted her to Minion-In-Training. Starkz and the Forever Champion haven’t been getting along recently, with Starkz’; work to help Athena being over looked and credited to Lexy Nair. Starkz would be looking to take out some of that aggression on Ella Elizabeth, a product of Al Snow’s OVW, making her ROH debut.

Starkz seemed to cheer up a bit while kocking Elizabeth around the ring. But her mind definitely wasn’t on the match, letting Elizabeth get a few flurries of offense in. Starkz got cocky and almost got caught in a suplex by Elizabeth. That got Starkz’ focus back, but she moved to end the match quickly.

Elizabeth screamed in Starkz’ face, and Billie returned the favour, followed by a swan dive headbutt. She pinned Elizabeth and got the win, but seemed distracted and “over it” as she left.

Shane Taylor Promotions (Lee Moriarty & Shane Taylor) defeated The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean)

This was a renewing of a long-standing rivalry dating all the way back to before ROH on Honorclub Episode 33. Having lost to The Outrunners last week, Dean and Bravo looked to finally get a win over STP in this match. Taylor and Moriarty are 5-0 in tag team matches, with three of those victories coming over the Infantry!

Taylor and Bravo started things off and circled each other like two men who know the other very well. Taylors powerful style was a great matchup for Bravo’s faster and more agile moves. Of course, you know what happens when an agile wrestler runs into Shane Taylor? Same thing that happens to everyone else, causing Dean to jump in for a double team.

Taylor socked Dean right in the kisser, dazing him and allowing Moriarty to tag in. On the outside, Bravo and Taylor continued getting in each other’s faces until it was broken up by Trish Adora. Dean got isolated in the STP corner and Taylor and Moriarty worked him over. Dean managed a hot tag to Bravo who took Moriarty to the cleaners.

Dean went to the top rope, but Morairty shoved Bravo into him, knocking him down. off of that, Moriarty rolled up Bravo and got the 1-2-3.

-Backstage, the Iron Savages said a lot of words, some of which made sense. The Dark Order was there too, and the Savages and Jameson challenged them to a trios match. I think they accepted? It was hard to tell with all the slogans.

ROH Women’s World Television Title Match: Red Velvet (c) defeated Diamante by DQ

Even though they have some pretty hard feelings about one another, Velvet and Diamante haven’t actually faced off since 2021 on an episode of AEW Dark. In spite of that, the ROH Women’s World TV Championship would be on the line in this match. Surprisingly, this would be Red Velvet’s first defense of the title since defeating Billie Starkz for it at DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR 2024. 

Velvet had control off the top, keeping Diamante off her feet with an arm scissor. Velvet hit a “leg lariat” (aka a kick) and knocked Diamante back down. Diamante wouldn’t quit though, slamming Velvet’s face into each turnbuckle in succession, like so many strap matches.

Diamante was confident throughout the match, laying in lots of big slams and whips. At one point, she raked Velvet’s eye along the ropes in a particularly nasty move. It looked like Diamante had the match and title won a few times, but Velvet wouldn’t let Diamante put her down. Velvet kicked out of everything thrown at her, but took a beating in the process. Every time Velvet managed a reversal or kickout, Diamante answered back with more violence.

Diamante lost control though, and despite repeated warnings from the Ref, she smashed Velvet in the face with the ROH Women’s TV Title. The Ref called for the bell, and Velvet was awarded the win (and title retention) via DQ. Diamante realized that she had just cost herself the title, and stomped out of the arena.

Lance Archer defeated Sam Beale

Lance Archer is not only a brutally hard-hitting monster in the ring and new member of the Don Callis Family, he’s also best friends with The Righteous. That doesn’t mean much in this match, but I think it’s nice to mention. Beale on the other hand, has 3000+ X followers and was making his ROH debut.

Archer offered his hand to Beale for the Code of Honor, but Beale saw betrayal coming and actually hit Archer in the face. That upset the Murderhawk, and he proceeded to beat the ever loving life out of hometown hero Beale. Suplexes, stomps,big punches. It was a textbook squash. The match ended with a big Blackout and that was that.

-Backstage, the Infantry broke down their match against STP…. who just happened to wander in and tell them that they are the most impressive team in ROH. Taylor told them to stop trying to prove they can wrestle, and learn how to rumble. Also, Taylor and Adora seemed to have a side thing going on, which weirded out the Infantry.

ROH Classic Match: Bryan Danielson vs KENTA (Sept 16, 2006, NYC)

Last week, ROH aired the classic match between Samoa Joe and Kenta Kobashi from 2005. They heard that I really liked that, so this week they showed another classic match. This time it was the ROH Champion Bryan Danielson taking on the one and only KENTA.

It was an amazing match, which should come as no surprise. If you thought the 2010’s KENTA and Danielson were amazing, you should see them in 2006. Tons of hard hitting, amazing slams and splashes, and a ton of down-to-the-second submission attempts. I won’t spoil who wins, but you should check out this match as soon as you can. Hey, you can even watch it, and just about all of ROH on Honorclub.

This was another great move by ROH, I love seeing these classic matches in amongst the current stuff.

ROH World Title Proving Groud Match: Mark Briscoe (c) defeated Josh Woods (w/ The Premier Athletes)

Mark Briscoe’s dance card is pretty full these days, especially with an upcoming match against Chris Jericho at Wrestledream. That wouldn’t stop him from mixing it up with the Premier Athlete’s Josh Woods though, as the two competed in a Proving ground match. If Woods was able to pin Briscoe or last to the 10-minute time limit, he’d get a shot at whoever the ROH Champion might be after the aforementioned Wrestledream.

Mark Sterling ran down the hometown crowd (and pretty much everyone in ROH and AEW). Briscoe entered to a hero’s ovation and the match was on. Woods jumped Briscoe right off the bat, knocking him to the outside. Briscoe’s chaotic style was definitely at odds with Woods’ more technical and brawling style, but Red Neck Kung Fu was a pretty good counter.

Briscoe introduced a chair to the proceedings and used it as a launching point for a big flip onto Woods on the outside. Briscoe resorted to wrestling moves, hitting Woods with suplexes and rolling drivers. Woods for his part wasn’t going down easily, catching Briscoe’s Froggy Bow with an armbar. Sterling got involved off of a Ref distraction, but Biscoe is the will-not-lay-downiest of all wrestlers, and he would not lay down.

Briscoe went for a Jay Driller, buy his shoulder wouldn’t co-operate and Woods got a chance to get him on the top rope. Briscoe bit Woods and delivered some big head butts before launching himself with a Froggy Bow. Woods was out of it this time, and Briscoe landed it to get the pin and the win. Bring on Jericho!

Ring of Honor TV live results: Mark Briscoe vs. Matt Taven World title match

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Ring of Honor World Champion Mark Briscoe will defend the title once again as he faces former World Champion Matt Taven on tonight’s HonorClub show.

Briscoe will be looking for the fifth defense of the gold he first won at April’s Supercard of Honor while Taven will be gunning for his second run with the top prize and his first since his 174-day run in 2019.

In an unusual ROH Six-Man Tag Team title Proving Ground match, Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erichs will face the Premier Athletes (Tony Nese & Ariya Daivari) and manager Mark Sterling. If the challengers beat or draw the champions, they earn a future title shot.

One of the most popular tag teams in the Khan companies — The Outrunners — will look to pick up a big win as they face The Infantry.

Anthony Henry & Beef will be in tag team action as will be former AEW Women’s World Champion Nyla Rose.

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After a brief delay, I mean, “Special Start Time,” Ring of Honor on Honorclub episode 84 slammed onto the air like so many Hogans dropping Andres! The show kicked off with as many people as they could fit into the ring!

ROH World Six Man Tag Team Title Proving Ground Match: Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erichs (Marshall von Erich & Ross von Erich) [c] defeated The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari, Mark Sterling & Tony Nese)

ROH made a mistake leaving the Ref’s name out of the “title” of this match. It would definitely put it over the top to win all the “Longest Match Title Including All Participants” awards. Any way, lots of wrestlers notwithstanding, this was a Proving Ground match which meant that the Premier Athletes simply had to pin the champs or last to the 10 minute time limit. If they were successful, they’d get a shot at those six-man belts.

So, for some reason, Mark Sterling was the third member of the Premier Athletes team. Before the match, he claimed that he’d been assured that no one would touch him. So already, it was 3 on 2. Marshall and Daivari started things off with a healthy dose of jawing and technical moves. Sterling entered the match and actually body slammed Ross, but bolted pretty quickly afterwards.

The match was pretty straightforward. The von Erichs did a lot of the heavy lifting and Rhodes played his greatest hits. Sterling for his part injected some dastardly humor to the match, even fninding himself facing off with Rhodes at one point. But no one really explained why he was there instead of Josh Woods. Regardless, everyone in the match worked well.

Sterling tried to pay off Rhodes to avoid a beating with about three minutes left in the match. The Von Erichs weren’t having it though and neutralized Nese and Daivari with dual Claws while Rhodes delivered Shattered Dreams to Sterling. Rhodes got the pin off of that to win the match.

-A graphic showed us that Mark Briscoe will face Chris Jericho for the ROH World Title and it was announced that Brian Cage would face Atlantis Jr for the ROH TV Title at AEW WrestleDream!

Nyla Rose defeated Katie Arquette

Rose’s last televised ROH match was way back in May of this year, but she’s been keeping herself busy on Dynamite and Collision. When she left, there was some unfinished business with ROH Women’s Champion Athena, so there’s a definite possibility that Rose is going to be looking to get involved in that title scene, which hopefully will pit her against Abadon at some point. 

Arquette did her best to survive in this match, but Rose tossed her around like a rag doll. Rose hit her with a big cannonball, followed by a senton and a Beast Bomb. That was it. Rose got the win.

-Backstage Lexy Nair interviewed ROH Women’s World Champion Athena. The Minions are planning a celebration to honor Athena’s status as the longest reigning champion in ROH history. Starkz was cranky though and Athena called her out. Starkz snapped and yelled at Athena, saying she left her high and dry last week. Athena uninvited Starkz to the celebration and she sulked off. Suddenly, Abadon appeared behind Athena. She reached out, but the champ didn’t notice her. I think it was supposed to be creepy.

Anthony Henry & BEEF defeated Anthony Catena and Wes Barkley

Henry is still annoyed by his overly enthusiastic cousin, Beef. Henry’s Workhorsemen partner , JD Drake, might be coming back to their team soon, so it makes one wonder if there will be a clash between Beef and Drake with Henry caught in the middle. 

Barkley and Henry started things off and it was fine, but the crowd really woke up when BEEF entered the ring. He faced off against Catena and no-sold the bigger man, screaming at him while Henry took over and ate a neckbreaker from Catena. Barkley, a local hero, found himself alone with Henry. BEEF jumped in and took on both opponents to “save” his cousin.

BEEF hit a “sloppy steak” (kind of a Suicide 619) and Henry got a big double stomp on the legal man to win the match. BEEF and Henry are still undefeated in ROH.

The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) defeat The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean)

Last week the Iron Savages and Jacked Jameson expressed their displeasure with the Outrunners, calling them “meat riders.” So, do with that what you will. Across the ring, The Infantry, who failed to win the ROH Tag titles back in July, but picked up a win over Spanish Announce Project two weeks ago. These two teams have a common enemy in the Savages and seem to have become friends.

This match was great. Two babyface teams that the crowd loved doing the stuff they do best. The Outrunners posed and mugged for the crowd and the Infantry’s athletic style was awesome to watch against the beefier Outrunners.

Floyd kept up with the speed of the Infantry, rolling Dean into a really cool looking armbar. Bravo and Magnum weren’t to be left out though, with the two countering each other though a good stretch. Bravo started to get a little frustrated and became more aggressive than usual, delivering some deadly chops to Magnum.

A hot tag to Floyd got a big cheer from the crowd as he cleared the ring with Body Slams. He got a little carried away though and the Infantry tried to set up Boot Camp. Magnum grabbed Bravo though, and the Outrunners managed to land Totall Recall to get the win.

After the match, there was a respectful Code of Honor, but the Infantry left a little abruptly, suggesting all might not be well with these two teams.

-BEEF and Anthony Henry cut a promo in the back. BEEF was excited to film a Tag Team Promo, but Henry assured him that they were not a tag team. JD Drake is Henry’s tag team partner, and that’s it. BEEF begged to meet Drake and Henry shut him down.

ROH Classic Match: Kenta Kobashi vs Samoa Joe (Jan 10, 2005. NYC)

Next, something different happened. They showed one of the proclaimed greatest matches in ROH history, Kenta Kobashi vs Samoa Joe from Jan 10th, 2005 in New York City. Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman did new commentary over the classic footage which was really fun and made it feel like it was happening live.

I don’t really know how else to recap this match. It’s amazing. It’s a fantastic match that you should go and check out as soon as you can. I won’t even tell you who wins. Just know that Joe is in his prime here and Kobashi is an absolute beast. These two beat the hell out of each other in front of a red hot crowd and it was awesome. I would not hate it if they did this kind of thing more often.

Back in ROH proper though, we still had a main event to get to!

ROH World Title Match: Mark Briscoe (c) defeated Matt Taven (w/Mike Bennett)

This was the fifth defense of the ROH World Title for Briscoe, against one half of the former ROH Tag Champions in Taven. Taven and his partner Bennett lost those titles to Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara in an absolutely brutal Bunkhouse Brawl match on Collision. To be honest, I had no idea WHY this match was happening but I was darn sure glad that it did. 

The Match started off fast with Taven going right for a fistfull of tights right off of the bell. It was only a two count, but it riled up Briscoe something fierce. He rained down with some Redneck Kung Fu and tried to be respectful of his opponent, but Taven took advantage of that niceness every time.

Bennett tried to get involved, distracting the ref to try and give Taven an upper hand. Briscoe had it scouted though and responded with a big Blockbuster off the ring apron (the hardest part of the ring). Briscoe set Taven up for a Froggy Bow, but Taven dodged and took control. Briscoe fought back with more Redneck Kung Fu, but ate a huge superkick from Taven out of the corner.

Taven managed a Just The Tip knee strike, but Briscoe kicked out at two. Briscoe also kicked out of the follow up Aurora Borealis. Taven went up for a second one, but Briscoe got the knees up, knocking the wind out of Taven. From there he tried a Froggy, but Taven got HIS knees up, leaving both men on their backs in the ring.

The two staggered up and after a quick back and forth, Briscoe called for the Jay Driller and executed it perfectly, putting Taven down clean.

Ring of Honor TV live results: Lee Moriarty vs. Preston Vance Pure title match

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Reigning Ring of Honor Pure Champion Lee Moriarty will put his title on the line against Preston Vance on tonight’s ROH on HonorClub.

It will be the second title defense for Moriarty since winning the belt at July’s Death Before Dishonor while Vance is looking for his first title in either AEW or ROH. He comes into the match having won his last two bouts.

Former ROH TV Champion Tony Deppen makes his return to the company for the first time since April when he goes one-on-one with Action Andretti.

ROH Women’s Champion Athena will team up with former Women’s TV Champion Billie Starkz in tag team action.

For the first time ever, Johnny TV will face Komander.

Other ROH stars in action against opponents to be named includes Brian Cage and Abadon.

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For the 83rd time, Ring of Honor on Honorclub blasted through the speakers and promised a great night of wrestling! Starting with Action! Action Andretti, that is!

Action Andretti (w/Lio Rush) defeats Tony Deppen

Andretti lacking his Top Flight pals and hanging out with Rush was a new development, but hey, the more friends the merrier. Deppen hasn’t been seen in ROH since the spring when he was a losing participant in a trios match against The Premier Athletes.

Deppen had some reps under his belt, being well-travelled around the indie circuit. Andretti had the speed and agility advantage though, tapping into a newfound aggressive streak. Deppen almost got a surprise rollup, but Andretti wriggled free and the two squared off.

Andretti did a really smooth walk and bounce off the top ropes, impressing the crowd and putting Deppen on his heels. In the corner, Andretti rained down chops and dropkicks keeping Deppen close, but not too close.

Deppen tried to gain some momentum with a big splash on the outside and some really hard elbows and strikes in the corner. He went too far though, trying to land a high flying move from the top rope. Andretti hit a springboard 450 and a shotgun dropkick to set up another springboard splash and get the win.

The Dark Order (John Silver and Alex Reynolds) w/Evil Uno defeated Boulder and Jacked Jameson w/Bronson Beefcake

Jameson and the Iron Savages cut a promo in the back on the Outrunners, who they attacked 2 weeks ago. The meat of the promo is that they don’t like the Outrunners, saying that they were “meat riders.” That means they rode the meatiness of the Savages into ROH, I think.

Reynolds and Boulder started things off, stomping around the ring. Reynolds tried a waistlock, but Boulder was about doubt his size so he wasn’t able to lock it in. Reynolds dodged a splash and tagged in Silver. Jameson jumped in as well and the posing began. Silver may be shorter, but he has the strength to match up against Jameson and even landed a big atomic drop.

Silver managed to send Jameson and Bronson to Titty City. That meant he pressed their faces into Boulder’s chest, cackling “you’ve got boobies in your face!” That gave some new life to the Savage-Jameson connection and Boulder and silver fought in the ring.

Later, Reynolds managed to catch Boulder in a cobra stretch but Jameson broke it up with a one armed slam. The beef was flying as Silver and Jameson both leapt in to break up pins. Silver and Reynolds double teamed Jameson with breakneck speed and managed to get the pin and the win.

Abadon vs Liviyah

Lately, Abandon has had her eyes on ROH Women’s Champion Athena. But that hasn’t stopped her from eating up the competition on her way to that inevitable confrontation. Liviyah was making her ROH debut, much to the chagrin of spelling enthusiasts everywhere.

Abadon drew Liviyah in for a code of honor and ended up biting her arm and then laying her out with a big lariat. Liviyah managed to get a bulldog on Abadon, exclaiming “You think you’re so cool because you’re weird!” Abadon, who is very cool, and very weird, responded with a backbreaker and some clubbing forearms.

Abadon beat up on Livihyah for a few more minutes before pinning her clean. She then stood and exclaimed “I’m coming for you Athena!”

-Red Velvet and Diamante joined us back stage. The Board of Directors banned violence from the interview (because they can do that apparently) so they spoke civilly to each other. Velvet gave Diamante her props, she’s at her prime, but shes old. Velvet became a champion after only 8 years wrestling and Velvet knows it bothers Diamante. Diamante responded by saying that she is in her prime, but she will still get better. Velvet doesnt know what she’s in for when she faces Diamante for the Women’s TV Title.

Brian Cage defeated Alec Price

Last week, the 12-0 Cage defeated assaulted Rusman in a pretty one-sided affair. Now that Cage has begun adding submission moves to his massive power and strength, there’s really little hope for those that cross him. 

The biggest problem with a wrestler who looks and moves like Cage is that it’s hard to look at some of his opponents and buy that they have a snowball’s chance in hell of winning. Price was about half the size of Cage, and any move he made, Cage just picked him up and threw him at the mat.

With all that said, it was a fun squash match. Cage watched himself pose on the big screen for a bit in between throwing Price in and out of the ring. Price screamed in pain while Cage admired his own biceps. Price showed some life with a springboard dropkick and running knee in the corner. However, Cage literally grabbed him by the trunks and pulled him up for 3 straight powerbombs and an “F-10” to get the victory.

ROH Women’s Champion Athena & Billie Starkz defeated Christina Marie and LMK

Last week, Athena became the longest reigning ROH Champion in the company’s history. But it’s not all celebrations and roses in the Minion camp. Starkz has been frustrated lately about her position as a low-number Minion-in-Training, while Lexy Nair gets all the accolades from Athena. Tensions, they do boil.

Starkz and Marie kicked things off and Starkz was hard-hitting off the top. Marie countered with a scoop slam. Starkz sent her to the outside where Athena threw her into the barricade. LMK tried to get a tag, but Athena isolated Marie in her and Starkz’ corner. Marie managed to get a hot tag to LMK who jumped in an clotheslined the champion.

LMK held her own for a while until Athena kicked her in the face. Marie jumped in to help and Athena side slammed them both. At the same time. Starkz took out Marie with a DDT and Athena locked the Hussy Clutch on LMK who gave up, handing Starkz and Athena the win.

Athena and Starkz beat up their prone opponents until Abadon’s music hit. The Living Dead girl stomped down to the ring and Athena bailed, leaving Starkz to face her on her own. Abadon beat up Starkz until she managed to escape, joining Athena in a quick exit from ringside.

Komander (w/Alex Abrahantes) defeated Johnny TV

In a surprising bit of news, it turned out that this would be the first time these two well-traveled veterans have met in the ring. TV has been enjoying a somewhat laid back time in ROH recently (and some new jackets!), while Komander has been on a hot streak as of late. Abrahantes would be the wild card here with TV’s wife and valet Taya Valkyrie off in AEW hanging out with Deonna Purazzo.

Komander gave up some size to TV, but both had the speed and agility to have a great match. TV tried to throw Komander off his game with some brawler strikes and moves. His pants were also covered with LED lights. That has nothing to do with the match, but should be mentioned.

Komander battled back and landed and around-the-world hurricanrana followed by a sunset flip. TV followed it up with a a shining wizard. TV switched tactics to keep Komander off his feet. TV stood on Komander’s neck and delivered several kicks to the midsection before trying a sleeper.

The two men battled around the ring until TV hit two 360 neckbreakers in a row. That got a two count, so TV went for Starshop Pain, but Komander rolled away, causing TV to miss. TV went for a Torture Rack but Komander reversed it into a mexican destroyer. Komander went to the top rope for his trademark flipping splash and put TV down for the pin.

ROH Pure Title Match: Lee Moriarty (c) defeated Preston Vance

Moriarty and Shane Taylor have been pushing hard to prove that Moriarty is the best ROH Pure Champion ever. Last week, Vance, undefeated in ROH, beat Brandon Cutlerin a one-sided, but fun affair. For those not in the know, Under Pure Rules, each wrestler gets three rope breaks, and one warning for a closed fist. Outside interference or lose a count-out battle results in a title change and suspension for the offending wrestler. Winning is by pinfall or submission and if there was no winner by the 60-minute time limit, a panel of judges would award the win. That panel was Christopher Daniels, Jerry Lynn and Jimmy Jacobs. 

Vance got the upper hand on Moriarty off the top but got his warning for the use of a closed fist early, at 1:29. The fight moved to the outside where Vance tossed Moriarty into barricades, then back in the ring. Moriarty send Vance into the turnbuckle and then tried an armbar, forcing Vance to use his first rope break. Moriarty tried again, costing Vance his second rope break in quick succession.

Vance landed a shoulder block off the second rope and followed it up with a big powerbomb and submisson attempt. Moriarty was forced to use his first rope break, which bought him enough time to hit a massive lariat. Moriarty managed to roll up Vance in a quick move, and got the 1-2-3.

Honestly, what promised to be a good match was cut short. It also appeared that the timer jumped 10 minutes from about 2:30 to 12:30. I don’t know if that was because of a portion of the match that had to be cut, a technical issue, or what. That said, a pretty good show in spite of the weird ending!

Ring of Honor TV live results: Sammy Guevara & Dustin Rhodes vs. Dark Order

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The Ring of Honor Tag Team Champions will be in non-title action as part of tonight’s ROH TV show on HonorClub.

Sammy Guevara & Dustin Rhodes will team up against recent rivals John Silver & Alex Reynolds of the Dark Order in a Proving Ground match. If the challengers beat or draw the champions, they earn a future title shot.

Two teams vying for a future shot themselves — The Infantry (Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo) and Serpentico & Angelico — will battle in tag team action.

Hard-hitting Rachael Ellering will be in action as will Olympic boxing knockout artist Anthony Ogogo in his first bout since August’s All In. This will be his first singles match in either AEW or ROH since a dark match in April.

Both Brian Cage and his partners the Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) will be in action in separate bouts.

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ROH World TV Champion Red Velvet defeated Allysin Kay in a Proving Ground Match

This was power vs. finesse as Velvet picked up a victory in this proving ground match. Ian Riccaboni noted on commentary that Velvet’s rivalry with Diamante is heating up.

Velvet started strong but Kay used a fallaway slam, suplex, and other power-based moves to gain the advantage. Kay put Velvet in an ankle lock and a straight jacket before Velvet started to make her comeback. Kay cut off her momentum at one point with a spinebuster but then it was all Velvet.

Velvet hit a running knee while Kay was draped in the ropes before landing a facebuster-type move, not unlike LA Knight’s Blunt Force trauma, for the win.

The Gates of Agony (Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun) defeated Dante Leon & Trip Gordy

This was a total squash win for the Gates of Agony. Riccaboni noted on commentary that Gates of Agony have one of the best win/loss records in the ROH tag division, which could mean a title shot is not too far off for them.

A video on the history between Nigel McGuinness and Bryan Danielson aired.

Preston Vance defeated Brandon Cutler

On commentary, they played up how Vance is looking to honor Brodie Lee’s legacy now, and he would do that by picking up his second win in a row with a discuss lariat.

Cutler came out to cut a promo and ran down the fans until Preston Vance came out. Cutler told Vance he wasn’t allowed to lay a hand on him until he showed him respect and adhered to the code of honor. Vance then punched him in the face immediately after shaking his hand.

Vance took the early offense while Cutler ran away. Cutler eventually hung him up on the ropes and got a period of offense, which mainly consisted of rest holds. Cutler did hit a superkick and pump handle slam at one point but that was about it.

Vance picked up the win with a discus lariat, not unlike the one Brodie Lee used.

The Outrunners cut a promo on the Iron Savages backstage and it was just wonderful. They said they would take them on anytime any place. So, we’ll likely get that match booked at some point.

John Silver defeated KM

Silver and KM had a pose down before the match began, with the crowd heavily favoring Silver.

The Dark Order have been heels of late, but that was not the case here. Silver was playing to the crowd and KM was being a heel.

Silver suplexed KM and gave him an airplane spin into a slam for the win, which looked really impressive considering the size difference between the two. Riccaboni noted on commentary that Sid Vicious used to use a similar move and Silver has adopted it of late.

Mark Sterling and Josh Woods cut a promo in the back. Sterling played up Woods’ collegiate record and said there was more to come. He concluded the promo by saying Woods would take on anyone at any time.

Rachael Ellering defeated Maggie Lee

They noted that Lee was trained by former ROH World Champion Tyler Black, aka Seth Rollins. Riccaboni with some sly plugs for Black’s matches being available on Honorclub.

Ellering hit a big shoulder block, a running elbow, a knife-edge chop that looked like it hurt, a running dropkick, and a running senton. She then hit the Bosswoman slam for the win.

Ellering went to shake Lee’s hand but Lee rejected it. Man, I guess Rollins doesn’t teach sportsmanship at his academy.

A video on Anthony Henry, JD Drake, and BEEF aired. The angle is that BEEF is Henry’s second cousin by marriage and is filling in for the injured Drake. They are undefeated together so far.

The Infantry (Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo) w/Trish Adora defeated The Spanish Announce Project (Angelico & Serpentico)

This was a good match.

Serpentico and Angelico got the first real period of sustained offense, working on Bravo. He eventually made a hot tag to Dean who hit a DDT on Angelico and a big clothesline on Serpentico. He hit a floating back elbow and then Bravo tagged back in and got a two-count on a Falcon Arrow.

Angelico and Serpentico got back on offense and then started to work on Dean. Angelico hit a flatliner followed by Serpentico hitting a frog splash for a two-count.

Infantry got back on offense and worked two-on-one against Serpentico, finishing him off with the Boot Camp.

The Code of Honor was adhered to by both teams and the Infantry raised their opponents’ hands after the match. Some nice sportsmanship after Maggie Lee’s display against Ellering.

Anthony Ogogo defeated Kit Sackett

They snuck in some ads for Forbidden Door in London next year during this squash win for Anthony Ogogo.

Coleman noted on commentary that Sackett has an MMA background. Ogogo played to the crowd a lot. He hit a pump handle powerbomb, running kick to the face, an overhead suplex, and a big running clothesline. He hit his pop-up punch in the face move and referee Bryce Remsburg called for the bell.

Ogogo then went around ringside flipping off fans and generally being a bad guy.

Brian Cage defeated Rusman

Cage was in “Wolverine” gear for this one. His gear has often been Wolverine-focused since the latest movie came out.

Rusman got a nearfall off a uranage after not getting much offense at all in the early going. He then missed a move from the top and Cage took over the match from there. Cage hit a discus clothesline, powerbomb and then finished him off with an inverted cloverleaf for the submission victory. Coleman noted that now that he has submissions in the mix as well, Cage is even more dangerous.

Anthony Ogogo cut a promo backstage. He said it was time for him to win some gold in ROH. Taylor then said STP is going to take every title in ROH.

ROH Tag Team Champions Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara defeated The Dark Order’s Evil Uno & Alex Reynolds

The code of honor was adhered to but Reynolds gave Guevara a little shove after. The Dark Order were definitely heels here. Reynolds left the ring and pointed out that they don’t have to beat the champions in a proving ground match, they can go the distance and they will still earn a tag title shot.

Rhodes broke out a spinaroonie at one point here. Riccaboni pointed out on commentary that Rhodes has been tag champs with hall of famers, such as Booker T and Ricky Steamboat.

Dark Order ended up on offense, working on Rhodes. Rhodes eventually fought back with a powerslam on Uno and went to make a tag tag but Silver got in the ring, distracted the ref so he didn’t see the tag, and the Dark Order were able to gain the advantage again. Uno hit a piledriver on Rhodes for two-count.

Guevara eventually made a hot tag and the crowd got pretty into Guevara. He hit a cutter on Reynolds, Rhodes then ran in with a shrinking wizard for a two-count. The Dark Order retreated to the outside again, because they are trying to run out the time limit. Guevara dove on all three of them and tossed Reynolds back in the ring. Rhodes hit him with what Riccaboni called a “Texas Destroyer,” then a twisting suplex and Guevara hit a swanton on Reynolds for the win.

As Rhodes and Guevara are celebrating, Cage of Agony attacks them. The Dark Order joined in so it was a six-on-two attack to close the show. It looks like Gates of Agony will probably get a shot at Rhodes & Guevara, and then possibly Cage of Agony against Rhodes & The Von Erichs as well.

A perfectly fine professional wrestling show.

Ring of Honor TV live results: Sammy Guevara vs. Ari Daivari

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Ring of Honor Tag Team Champion Sammy Guevara will look to rebound from his Dynamite loss as he goes one-on-one with Ari Daivari — a theme for tonight’s ROH on HonorClub.

Guevara lost to Ricochet on Wednesday and will face Daivari for the first time ever as the Premier Athletes aim to get themselves in ROH championship contention.

ROH men’s TV Champion Atlantis Jr. will be in non-title action against Peter Avalon in a Proving Ground match. If Avalon can beat or draw the champion, he earns a future title shot.

Lio Rush will also be hoping to come back from a Dynamite defense as he takes on Rocky Romero. Rush lost to TBS Champion Jack Perry on Wednesday.

Queen Aminata also lost on Dynamite, dropping a title eliminator to AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May. She will return to action against Harley Cameron.

Other ROH talents that are scheduled include Robyn Renegade, The Outrunners, The Righteous, Lady Frost, and the first time ever pairing of AR Fox & Komander.

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It’s Thursday and you know what that means! Yup, almost Friday! But before we get to that, we’ve got Ring of Honor on Honorclub episode 81 waiting for us!

ROH World Television Title Proving Ground Match: Atlantis Jr. [c] defeated Peter Avalon

For those not in the know, a Proving Ground match gives the challenger a 10-minute time limit to beat the Champion. If Avalon could last the 10 minutes or score a pin on Atlantis Jr, he’d earn a future shot at the ROH World Television Title.

Both men were evenly matched, so it wasn’t a shock when the match started off with some pretty standard lockups and holds. Avalon got the first big move, sending Atlantis to the mat with an arm drag and then bragging about it for a long time. It’s possible his strategy was to talk trash long enough for the clock to run out, but Atlantis wasn’t having it and silenced him with a falcon arrow.

After a few minutes, Avalon faked a knee injury, presumably to drain more time from the clock. Atlantis, ever the sportsman, let him recover, which he did with gusto delivering a running knee to the champion. Atlantis recovered and landed a high crossbody followed by a Chris Adams Superkick.

Avalon tried a quick rollup, but Atlantis was able to kick out. Same result with a big moonsault from the top rope. A suicide dive from Avalon got Atlantis’ attention though, and the luchadore decided enough was enough. Atlantis hit a huge frog splash from the top rope to get the pin and leave Avalon, unproven.

-Next up, Billie Starkz called an emergency MEM with the ROH Women’s Champion Athena. Starkz wanted to know what was going on to which Athena began gushing about how great Lexy Nair is. Athena suggested Lexy get a jacket that says “MINION NUMBER ONE” on it and Starkz lost her cool. Starkz complained that Lexy was getting credit for her work. Athena suggested that Starkz not let her jealousy overshadow her happiness. Also, not to snitch on Lexy. Athena left an upset Starkz to think about things.

Queen Aminata defeated Harley Cameron

The Outcast’s Harley Cameron has most recently been spending her time in ROH following Rachael Ellering around to make fun of her fashion sense. Aminata has been keeping Red Velvet’s back safe in their never ending feud with ROH Women’s Champion Athena and her newly demoted Minion-In-Training, Billie Starkz.

Aminata was aggressive off the top, working Cameron’s arm and neck. Cameron was able to reverse one of the holds though and Aminata ended up in a headlock. Cameron dragged Aminata to the outside and bounced her head off the ring apron (the hardest part of the ring!). Aminata returned the favour and tossed Cameron back into the Ring.

The two traded forearms with the hard-hitting Aminata coming out on top. She followed it up with a swinging neckbreaker, sending Cameron crawling to the corner. Aminata delivered a vicious running kick to Cameron, but it only resulted in a two-count. Cameron fought back with a headscissors and a backstabber. Then, out of nowhere, Aminata hit a lights out spinning back elbow knocking Cameron cold and got the pin.

Top Flight (Darious and Duante Martin) and Action Andretti defeated Vin Parker, Dante Leone and CD Bennett

Footage of Top Flight and Action Andretti at AEW All Out was shown as the match kicked off. Andretti started things off against Parker, tossing him around until Darious could tag in. That brought Bennett in off the bench, but he didn’t manage to fare any better. Dante tagged in and so did Leone, completing the trifecta for both teams.

Duante and Darious double teamed Leone for a while, until Parker tried to help. He was quickly dispatched of but the distraction opened the door for Leone to get in a bit of offence. Dante found himself double teamed by Parker and Bennett, but somehow hit a headscissor takedown on both of them at the same time! That brought in the Martins who cleaned house. Andretti planted Bennett with a sinning side slam and Duante was able to get the pin.

-Harley Cameron was interviewed backstage about her loss, but who should interrupt Rachael Ellering. Ellering mocked Cameron’s loss in a condescending manner usually used by Cameron. Cameron left in a huff.

The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) (w/Erica Leigh) defeated Fly Def (Warren J & Zack Zilla)

The previous trios match was so much fun, ROH served up another helping! The Outrunners made a big splash on Dynamite this week in the Tag Team Casino Gauntlet Match to earn a shot at the Young Bucks AEW Tag Team Titles. They didn’t end up the winners there, so they had a lot of frustration to work out on J and Zilla. 

The OUtrunners had the crowd on their side from the start. Floyd started things off and immediately pulled J into a technical mat-based battle. Magnum tagged in and the Outrunners began double teaming Zilla. J tried to come back with some chops, but that just made Magnum angry. He showed the youngster what a real chop feels like and dragged him to the corner for a big right hand from Floyd.

In the end The Outrunners were able to over power J and Floyd got the pin. The standard posing began but was interrupted by Jacked Jameson and the Iron Savages! The trio attacked the Outrunners, knocking them from pillar to post, until the Infantry arrived to even the odds! The Savages were run back to Titty City as The Infantry and Outrunners shook hands and posed in the ring.

Robyn Renegade defeated Angelica Risk

It’s been a while since we’ve seen Renegade or Risk making themselves known in ROH. To be honest, I feel like they are a missed tag team opportunity. Renegade and Risk. Risky Renegades. R&R Connection. These things practically write themselves. For this episode though, they were opponents, and got down to it right away.  

Renegade began by mocking Risk’s height. To be fair, Renegade seemed to be a bout a foot taller, but Risk was having none of it and the two traded blows for what seemed like a really long time. Risk came out on top though until she tried to Irish Whip Renegade who simply reversed it and kicked her in the face.

Renegade hit a massive suplex but Risk refused to quit. Renegade tossed her onto the mat, in complete control. She took a little too much time though and Risk surprised her with a dodge. Renegade decided enough was enough and hit a pump handle slam to put Risk down for good.

-Next, Jacoby Watts cut a promo via “purchased” airtime. He called out EJ Nduka issued a challenge to him for next week on behalf of himself and Nick Comoroto.

The Righteous (Dutch & Vincent) defeat James Blackheart & JC Valentine

Last week, The Righteous (along with Lance Archer) annihilated three somewhat remembered wrestlers. This week they looked to do the same to Valentine and Blackheart. 

Vincent kicked things off by giving Blackheart a “hug of honor.” Then he kicked him in the stomach. Vincent caught him with a big knee next, driving Blackheart back into the corner. Valentine tagged in, so Dutch decided to get in on the action as well. Valentine lasted about 3 seconds before Dutch KO’ed him with a lariat and a brain buster. Blackheart tagged back in and tried to fight Dutch but the bigger guy no sold everything.

Vincent was tagged in and grabbed Blackheart in a carry. Dutch slammed them both, and the duo hit Orange Sunshine to pick up the win.

Sammy Guevara defeated Ariya Daivari (w/Mark Sterling)

One-half of the ROH Tag Champions (with Dustin Rhodes), Guevara has been pulling double duty the last little while, having matches on Dynamite as recently as yesterday when he took on Ricochet in a losing effort. Diavari and his cronies in the Premier Athletes have been getting mixed results in both tag and singles matches in ROH.

Mark Sterling ran the Texas crowd down on the way to the ring, mocking native Texan Guevara. The two men were on the same page in terms of size and speed, but Guevara’s timing seemed to be a little better that Daivari’s. The showboating was on display as usual though, with Guevara asking the crowd to quiet down so he they could hear him chopping Daivari on the outside.

Back in the ring, Daivari took control, throwing Guevara into the turnbuckle again and again. Daivari hit a Dory Funk-style drop toehold on Guevara then distracted the ref so that Sterling could choke a prone Guevara. A sleeper was applied and Guevara nearly passed out but fought back at two and sent Daivari into the ropes.

After a double clothesline a chop exchange began ending with Guevara getting some steam and knocking Daivari into the corner. One stalling suplex later Guevara got a two count on Daivari who’s head was now a disturbing shade of purple.

Guevara hit a high knee and climbed the ringpost only to be knocked off by the Premier Athletes! Daivari tried to capitalize, but Guevara kicked out. Guevara took out the Athletes with a backflip on the outside, and nailed Sterling for good measure. One GTH later and Guevara pinned Daivari for the win.

-Next, Lexy Nair reluctantly interviewed Red Velvet in the back. The two disagreed about what a Champion should be like. Velvet called Nair “bitter.” Velvet stated that now that she’s Champion, the “mean girl” era is over. Suddenly, Diamante appeared. She called Velvet “Captain Save-a-ho” which was really weird. The two had a really awkward conversation and that was it.

Lady Frost defeated Promise Braxton

Last week, Frost took on ROH Women’s World Television Champion Red Velvet in a Proving Ground match. She came up short in that bout, but didn’t seem to be letting that bother her while addressing Braxton. Braxton was last seen on the losing end of a match with Leila Grey. Both women here could use a victory.

They locked up with speed and duelling chants from the crowd. Braxton hit a really nice spinning backbreaker on Frost, but it only got a two count. Frost seemed a little on her heels, letting Braxton lock in a sleeper. Frost fought out of it though and took control with a flying forearm.

Frost hit a hurricanrana from the outside (yeah, I know!) and sent Braxton into the corner. Promise ducked and delivered an exploder suplex. Frost followed it up with a hard kick and went to the top of the ringpost. She landed a frostbite from the top and got the victory over Braxton.

Willie Mack defeated Exodus Prime

Mack arrived to a big ovation, and Prime arrived in the form of a truck.

Anyway, The match was a really fun one. Mack had the size advantage on Prime and used it to control most of the match pace. He didn’t really seem to take Prime seriously at first, but Prime’s killer speed got his attention. Mack countered by keeping Prime off his feet, tying him up in the ropes and delivering massive chops.

Mack went to the darkest timeline and gave Prime a double nipple twist in the corner. That seemed to fire him up more though and he actually suplexed the big man. Prime dropped a knee on Mack and hit a really cool slingshot legdrop through the ropes.

Mack hit a devastating running suplex that seemed to do more damage to him than Prime. The two nearly got counted out, but they were able to get to their feet at 8. Mack fired up and hit some running knees. He scooped up Prime and slammed him, setting him up for a standing moonsault that should not have been possible.

Mack caught Prime looking with a stunner, and climbed the ring post. He hit a big splash from the top and got the three-count.

-Anthony Henry cut a promo from the back about the status of the Workhorsemen. Beef arrived to interrupt with the power of enthusiasm. Henry asked him to chill and the concept seemed foreign to Beef. Henry begged him and Beef tried, but failed to be able to chill.

Preston Vance defeated KM

Vance felt like he has let down his mentor Brodie Lee, so he has come back to ROH to prove himself. KM happened to be there as well, so he seemed like a good opponent.

KM is huge, so the collisions between these two literally shook the ring. Vance hung him up in the ropes, and delivered some hard clubs to the chest. The fight moved to the outside where it quickly became a brawl. Vance was able to send him into multiple barricades and the steel steps for good measure.

KM broke the count and began stalking Vance up the entrance ramp. Vance countered a suplex on the 315-pounder and dropped him onto the ramp before dragging him back to the ring. Vance hit a spine buster and a big lariat and that was it for KM. A definite surprise win for Vance.

SAP (Serpentico and Angelico) and Fuego Del Sol defeated Ace of Space Academy (LSG and Colton Charles) and Joe Alonzo

This was a really fun match! Angelico and Serpentico have been teaming really well together for a ling time and Del Sol fit in perfectly. The trio delivered three-part and synchronous moves with ease, picking apart their opponents.

Serpentico got his eyes raked by Alonzo and LSG jumped in for a double team. Charles then tagged in for a big slam and roof raise. Serpentico managed to hit a hot tag to Angelico after a really, uh, interesting, exchange. Angelico cleaned house, fighting off all three and ending up battling LSG in the ring as the legal man.

Del Sol inserted himself into the match with a big DDT off the top rope. Angelico hit a flatliner and Serpentico hit a serpent splash on LSG. Angelico locked in the grapevine and got the very smooth win for his trio.

AR Fox & Komander (w/Alex Abrahantes) defeated Brilliante RB & Ariel Dominguez

The last time we saw Komander in ROH it was in a singles match win over KM. Prior to that, he experienced being thrown at the floor A LOT by The Beast Mortos back in July. Fox also shares the distinction of being thrown at the ground A LOT by Mortos. I guess they decided “safety in numbers” and paired up for this bout. 

Komander kicked things off against Dominguez and the two moved at lightning speed, getting in multiple pinning combinations and moves in just a few minutes. Komander caught Dominguez looking and the two mirrored each other through a double dropkick and kip-up.

Fox tagged in against Brilliante (in an outfit he bought that morning) and towered over the brightly-colored luchador. The size of Fox was too much and Dominguez tagged in only to br crushed by Fox. The two smaller men tried a double team but Fox laughed them both off. He caught Brilliante with a big cutter and tagged in Komander.

Komander climbed the ring post and hit a huge splash on Brilliante to get the hard-fought victory.

Lio Rush defeated Rocky Romero

The Main Event of the evening pitted teach against student. Romero mentored Rush over the years and taught him a lot. Rush was also on this past week’s Dynamite, taking on Jack Perry. Rush failed to win the TNT Title from the Scapegoat, but made an impression doing so. Romero last week bested Aaron Solo on ROH. 

Given their relationship, the two were really ready for each other. They knew what the other was going to do just as they decided to do it. Cause of this, the feeling out process went on for a while and the match began at a slow pace.

Things picked up a bit as the match moved into the “trading chops” phase. Romero seemed to have Rush on the ropes, but Rush was able to counter and dodge until he was able to catch Romero with a dropkick. Rush tried to dive through the ropes, but Romero saw it coming and Rush pulled up in time to avoid disaster.

Romero started playing mind games, playing like he was going to quit, but climbing back into the ring to slap Rush. Rush countered though, chopping Romero back into the corner. Romero caught Rush with a backbreaker followed by a spinning backbreaker. He tosssed rush out of the ring to slam him into the ring apron (the hardest part of the ring).

Back in the ring, Romero continued working the back of Rush, driving knees and kicks right between the shoulder blades. Romero even put Rush up into a surfboard, bending him in half. Romero really poured it on then with a recliner. Rush managed to stand and hit a jawbreaker though, stunning Romero.

Rush countered another backbreaker by Romero into a big DDT. The crowd got into it as Rush hit a big clothesline in the corner. Rush hit a falcon arrow but Romero kicked out a two. The two traded forearms in the middle of the ring until Rush got caught by Romero who delivered a modified GTS but only got the two count. Rush climbed the ringpost and hit a final hour splash to get the 1-2-3 on his mentor, Romero.

Ring of Honor TV live results: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Josh Woods

Posted on by Jeff Moss

Tonight’s edition of Ring of Honor on HonorClub won’t feature any title matches, but will see several former champions in action.

In a clash of former ROH Pure Champions, Katsuyori Shibata will rematch with Josh Woods after they did battle in late-July with Shibata picking up the victory.

Coming off a recent victory over Rachael Ellering, Mina Shirakawa will return to face former AEW title challenger Taya Valkyrie.

Lee Johnson will return to singles action for the first time since losing to then-ROH TV Champion Kyle Fletcher in June as he challenges Nick Comoroto.

Other official matches include Angelo Parker vs. Griff Garrison, John Silver vs. Fuego Del Sol, Rocky Romero vs. Aaron Solo, and the Iron Savages vs. Spanish Announce Project’s Serpentico & Angelico.

Other stars in action but without announced opponents includes Abadon, Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese, The Righteous & Lance Archer in trios action, Anthony Henry & Beef, and the aforementioned Ellering.

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Thursday and 7pm EST arrived precisely when they meant to and Episode 80 of Ring of Honor on Honor Club arrived with ’em! And it arrived hot! Kinda…

Rocky Romero defeated Aaron Solo

Rocky Romero is a wrestler who works at ROH/AEW. Aaron Solo is also employed as a wrestler for ROH/AEW. That seemed to be pretty much the only reason that these two locked up. It was a little surprising to see this match kick off such a jam-packed show, but it gave these two a chance to show the kind of workers they are.

Solo was a little lighter on his feet and managed to trade holds with Romero until Romero got a little silly and began tapping the back of Solo’s head. Romero started taking Solo seriously though as Solo was able to get some lighthearted taps of his own in.

According to Ian Riccaboni, Solo is one of the top contenders for the ROH TV Title, so a win over Romero would help his case in the regard. That showed as Solo controlled the pace of the match until Romero caught him in a abdominal stretch. Romero held his own, bringing some energy to the match and going for high-impact offence like hurricanranas and multiple big back elbows in the corner.

Solo hit a double stomp from the top rope, but it wasn’t enough to put Romero down. Romero answered back with a super bulldog off the top rope! That put Solo on his back, and Romero was able to get the pin and win the match.

-In the back, Lady Frost cut a promo. She claimed her last match was too easy. She wants a shot at the Women’s World TV Title and called out Red Velvet asking for a Proving Ground match.

Lee Johnson defeated Nick Comoroto (w/Jacoby Watts)

This match was taped prior to Comoroto getting injured and having to step back until well into next year. That said, it was a bittersweet match for the big man, but up against Moriarty, it was going to be a good one. Johnson nearly became ROH TV Champion on two occasions this year, so he was not just going to lay down.

Watts slapped Comoroto to, motivate him? I guess? Johnson took advantage and sent Comoroto out of the ring. The big man fought back though, sending Johnson into the ring post head first, like so many Rey Mysterios being “lawn-darted” by the NWO.

Back in the ring, Comoroto’s size was becoming a problem for Johnson. Comoroto whipped Johnson from post to post, hurting is lower back. Watts got involved to the chagrin of the crowd and Johnson looked like he was about to give up a rare loss. Everytime Johnson would start a comeback, Comoroto clubbed him back down to his feet.

Johnson finally countered a suplex into one of his own, sending Comoroto crashing into the mat. It didn’t last long though as Comoroto regained the momentum. But then Watts got up in the ring apron and distracted Comoroto enough to allow Johnson to get a quick rollup and the win.

After the match, Comoroto and Watts started a beatdown on Johnson, but EJ Nduka arrived from the crowd to make the save and send the heels running.

-Afterwards, there was an announcement from Tony Khan: Tonight, Red Velvet would face Lady Frost in a Proving Ground match, just like she asked!

Rachael Ellering defeated Gigi Rey

Ellering lost last week to RevPro Women’s Champion Mina Shirakawa in a hard fought battle, so this week she was looking to get that momentum back on her side. Ellering has also been dealing with a snarky Harley Cameron lurking about, insulting her fashion sense.

Rey actually had Ellering on her heels off the top of the match. Rey worked the arm, but Ellering was able to reverse it, causing Rey to re-reverse it. Rey made a mistake when she tried to outpower Ellering, and found herself on the receiving end of a big shoulder tackle for her trouble.

From there, the aggression of Ellering was unleashed. Lots of hard strikes and devastating kicks. Rye tried to use her speed to get one over on Ellering, but Ellering’s experience and strength were too much for her. A spinning Bosswoman slam took out Rey for good, giving Ellering the win.

Anthony Henry & BEEF defeated Jay Lucas & Terry Yaki

Yeah, you read that right: BEEF vs Terry Yaki. But, ridiculous names aside, in his last outing with his cousin Henry, Beef showed some skill that led us to believe he’s not just a wild, sweaty fan at heart.

The crowd chanted “Beef!” as the match began. Henry sent his cousin to the outside and started things off. As soon as the bell rang, Beef hit a blind tag so that he got to start things off against Lucas. Beef’s enthusiasm and strength had him in control, but also caused him to make rookie mistakes when facing Yaki, who double teamed him, isolating him from Henry.

Eventually, Beef powered through and brought Yaki to his and Henry’s corner, tagging in his cousin. Henry worked the neck of Yaki like a horse (see what I did there?) and then the same against Lucas. Beef called for the tag and immediately tried to pin Lucas, which confused Henry who was expecting a double team.

Henry and Beef started to miscommunicate, missing tags and moves. Beef begged for a tag and Henry obliged. Beef climbed the ring post and delivered a big splash on Lucas to get the pin. Henry was happy they won, but a little concerned about Beef’s over-enthusiasm, leaving up the ramp to let him celebrate in the ring.

Spanish Announce Project (Angelico & Serpentico) defeated Iron Savages (Boulder & Bronson) (w/Jacked Jameson)

This match pitted some really high-energy and beefy citizens of Titty City against the smooth and laid back jams of the Spanish Announce Project. It was an interesting clash of styles with the winners inching ever closer to a shot at Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara’s ROH Tag Titles. 

Jameson did a great Scott Steiner ’99 promo on the way down to the ring that was full of energy and catchphrases, but made no sense whatsoever. Angelico kicked things off against Bronson and right away it was a great juxtaposition of speed and agility vs brawn and brutality.

Angelico had the upper hand, but while he was admiring it, he got punched in the face. Serpentico tagged in and so did Boulder, bringing in the fastest man int he match vs the strongest man in the match. Serpentico managed to avoid the big man at first, but was caught between a Boulder and a Bronson place. he ducked and the two Savaged collided though, dazing themselves. Jameson took the opportunity to throw Serpentico at the barricade on the outside.

Back in the ring, Boulder hit a big splash on Serpentico, but Angelico broke up the pin. Serpentico got a hot tag into Angelico who cleared the ring. Angelico hit a flatliner on Bronson and Serpentico followed it up with a big frog splash, but it only got a two count. Angelico got a toehold on Bronson and flipped him over, causing Bronson to tap out.

PROVING GROUND MATCH: ROH Women’s Television Champion Red Velvet defeated Lady Frost

This surprise match was booked by Tony Khan himself earlier in the evening. If Frost could last 10 minutes or pin the Champion, she would earn a shot at Velvet’s ROH Women’s TV Title. Winning a Proving Ground match would be huge for Frost.

The two were pretty evenly matched with neither women getting the jump on the other off the top and each move being met with a countermove. Frost kept the pace of the match slow, knowing that the clock was on her side. All she had to do was last 10 minutes and she’d get her title shot. Velvet seemed unconcerned with the time, and seemed to be taking her opponent seriously, but meticulously.

Frost began to overpower Velvet with some handspring strikes in the corner. Frost locked in a chinlock with Velvet in the middle of the ring, eating up more time. Velvet reversed it into an abdominal stretch, taking more time off the clock.

Frost landed a standing moonsault, but only got a two count. Frost planted Velvet with a cartwheel powerbomb, but again, only two. Velvet hit a hip-toss neckbreaker out of nowhere and the two rolled around in pinning combinations until Velvet finally got the three-count on Frost, dashing her title hopes.

-Taya Valkyrie joined us backstage and hyped up her match later with Mina Shirakawa. Valkyrie was offended by Shirakawa being in ROH. That brought out the RevPro Women’s champ herself who shook her money makers at Valkyrie who walked off in a huff.

Lance Archer & The Righteous (Dutch & Vincent) defeated Lights. Camera. Faction.

When last we saw Archer, he was beating up someone named “Ozzy” for reasons known only to him. Tonight, he re-joins his compatriots Dutch and Vincent. These three haven’t exactly been known to follow rules and seem more interested in hurting their opponents, so who knows what we would get here. 

No one bothered to mention the names of the members of Lights Camera Faction, so the one I’ll call Lights* kicked things off against Vincent. He didn’t last long though as Archer tagged in, terrifying his opponents. He no sold some strikes from Camera** before absolutely levelling him. That brought in Dutch and Faction*** who dutch laid out and setup Orange Sunshine. Archer delivered a Black out to Faction and scored the pin.

Another great match for this trio, even though it was somewhat pointless and chaotic.

*His name was Watson. **Real name Ice Williams. ***They never said his real name.

Diamante defeated Tiara James

In another unannounced matchup, Diamante took on James in a singles bout. Diamante planted James on her fast about thirty seconds into the match to get the pin in a textbook squash.

Diamante beat up James a bit after the match, but Red Velvet made a triumphant return from 15 minutes ago to break it up and run Diamante off.

-Lee Johnson was interviewed backstage about EJ Nduka saving him from Comoroto and Watts. Johnson called him a friend and NDuka joined him in a sweet Kylo Ren t-shirt. Nduka said that he was The Judge and Johnson getting jumped after matches was over because he was here to protect his back.

Griff Garrison (w/Maria) defeated Angelo Parker

Two men without their tag team partners went head to head in this singles bout. The wild(est) card would of course be Maria. She no longer has Serpentico’s mask to keep her company, so she pushed Garrison hard to win this match and give them a reason to keep going. 

Garrison tried to mock Parker for being short (which was kind of laughable as he only had about an inch of height on him) and Parker took that opportunity to kick him in the shins. Garrison responded with some stiff uppercuts, driving Parker into the corner while Maria chirped on the outside.

Garrison seemed to have everything under control, peppering Parker with suplexes and chops, as well as taking some pinning liberties. Parker managed to dodge Garrison and deliver a big clothesline and running neckbreaker. Parker hit a big elbow on Garrison and Maria jumped up on the apron. She pretended to toss her boot in the ring, and while the ref was distracted she hit Parker with the other one.

Garrison capitalized and pinned the dazed Parker, 1-2-3.

The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese) (w/Mark Sterling) defeated Joe Alonzo & Josiah Jean

Mark Sterling has been pushing the Premier Athletes down our throats the last few weeks. Singles matches, Tag matches, anything to get his team some airtime. Unfortunately, this hasn’t led to a lot of wins, with Nese losing to Lio Rush and Daivari taking a pin from The Conglomeration’s Tomohiro Ishii last week. 

Nese started thing off by throwing Alonzo to the mat as if he was a bag of feathers. Nese dragged him to Daivari in the corner and the two double teamed Alonzo. Nese and Daivari had the advantage of being teammates and their cohesion was hard for Alonzo and Jean to get around.

Jean tried to help his partner but was clothselined to the outside for his trouble. A lawn dart cutter combo led to a big splash from Daivari and a pin to get the Premier Athletes the win.

John Silver (w/Alex Reynolds & Evil Uno) defeated Fuego Del Sol

The Dark Order has been cranky as heck the last few weeks, furious that Dustin Rhodes and the Von Erichs have been able to hold on to their ROH Six-Man tag titles. With Del Sol working “Del Solo” (sorry, I had to), it was pretty much three on one before the match even started.

After a very tender Code of Honor, the two locked up with Del Sol coming out on top and Silver sliding out of the ring to get some advice from Uno and Reynolds. Del Sol hit a big moonsault on Uno and Reynolds to break up the party and brought things back into the ring with Silver.

Silver got the momentum on his side with a series of kicks, but Del Sol wasn’t done yet. He fought back until Silver silenced him with a suplex. He then locked in a chinlock to try and get Del Sol to tap, but no dice as the luchadore fought out and delivered some European uppercuts in the corner.

Silver used his power to catch Del Sol and suplex him. Del Sol fought back with a stomp to the head though and set up a tornado DDT. Reynolds got involved, distracting everyone so Uno could attack from behind unnoticed. Once the ring cleared, Silver hit a spinning backbreaker and pinned Del Sol for the win.

Abadon defeated Rache Chanel

Abadon has had her spooky sights on the ROH Women’s Championship, and the woman who forever-holds it, Athena. She’s driven legit fear into the heart of the champion on more than one occasion, so the notion of Athena looking to spread some fear of her own was on everyone’s mind as the match kicked off. 

Chanel, a Reality of Wrestling regular, had a ton of experience, but had never faced anything quite like Abadon. Right off the tip, Abadon rained down big punches. Chanel wasn’t able to get any kind of momentum in against Abadon, with the Living Dead Girl no-selling all of Chanel’s offense.

Abadon hit a devastating cutter and a Black Dahlia to pin Chanel and get the win.

Katsuyori Shibata defeated Josh Woods (w/Mark Sterling)

Last week, Woods, the lone singles winner amongst the Premier Athletes lately, easily defeated Barrett Brown. Tonight though, he’d be looking down the barrel of a former ROH Pure Champion in Shibata. “The Wrestler” was a specifically boring create-a-wrestler I used to make in Wrestlemania 2000, but in this case the name means action, speed and much more when applied to Shibata.

The two locked up and Woods’ strategy seemed to be to keep Shibata off his feet. The two engaged in a really fun technical swapping of holds and moves, with Shibata coming out on top, locking in an arm hold on Woods. A frustrated Woods knocked Shibata to the outside, where Sterling contributed a stomp or two.

Woods tossed the smaller Shibata back into the ring and began stomping a Texas-sized mudhole on him in the corner. Shibata switched on the aggression and managed to reverse Woods into the corner and hit a big dropkick. Shibata went for a suplex, but Woods reversed it, regaining control of the action.

Woods tried to overpower Shibata, landing a big backbreker. Shibata reversed a suplex into a sleeper though and Sterling jumped up to cause a distraction. Shibata ran him off and hit an STO on Woods followed by a cross armbreaker, causing Woods to tap out.

Mina Shirakawa defeated Taya Valkyrie (w/Johnny TV)

This Main Event match was a grudge match, the grudge of which started last week. As Shirakawa was celebrating her win over Rachael Ellering, Valkyrie attached the Stardom star, leaving her lying in the ring. Tonight, Shirakawa was looking for revenge, but the fly in the ointment was Valkyrie’s husband, the one and only Johnny TV. 

Shirakawa’s dancing seemed to enrage Valkyrie, which in her defense, there was a lot of it. Valkyrie sent Shirakawa to the corner for some big stomps, putting her on her heels right from the start. Valkyrie dig into her bag of dirty tricks early, biting the arm of Shirakawa, who fought back with some big spine kicks.

Putting her Stardom experience to use, Shirakawa worked the knee of Valkyrie, leaving her hobbling and trying to get a quick pin. Moving from leg to leg, Shirakawa locked in a figure four on Valkyrie who pulled herself to the ropes to break it.

Valkyrie took control of the match, clubbing and pounding on Shirakawa while TV cheered her on. Stopping for a quick makeout on the outside with TV, Valkyrie tried to throw Shirakawa into the barricade, but Shirakawa ducked it and headed back to the ring.

Valkyrie slowed the pace right down, hanging Shirakawa on the ropes, bit it was a possum play as Shirakawa was able to grab Valkyrie’s leg when she came in for a kick. On the outside a miscommunication between husband and wife saw TV and Valkyrie crash into each other, giving Shiarakawa a chance to hit a big splash on them both from the top rope.

Back in the ring, Shirakawa hit a massive kick on Valkyrie’s jaw, but Valkyrie, favouring her leg, responded with a big lariat. Shirakawa set up Valkyrie for a big splash from the top of the ringpost, but only got a two count. Valkyrie poppe dup and hit a spear, followed by a blue thunder bomb for a two-count.

Valkyrie tried to get Shirakawa up for a surfboard, but Shirakawa reversed it into a second Figure Four. She held it on Valkyrie in the middle of the ring until Valkyrie was forced to tap. As the TV family slunk away Shirakawa celebrated with the crowd as the show when off the air.

Ring of Honor TV live results: Mina Shirakawa vs. Rachael Ellering

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Mina Shirakawa will return to Ring of Honor on tonight’s weekly HonorClub TV show against Rachael Ellering.

It’s Shirakawa’s first ROH appearance since April’s Supercard of Honor and her first ROH singles match since a March win over Anna Jay. Ellering is looking for her second straight victory.

ROH Women’s World Champion Athena will battle Aleah James in a Proving Ground match where if James can beat her or go to a draw, she earns a future title shot.

Tomohiro Ishii will look to rebound from Wednesday’s defeat to Hangman Page when he takes on Ariya Daivari.

After not making it into the Casino gauntlet match at All In, Evil Uno will battle Jacoby Watts.

Other announced action includes Johnny TV vs. Sidney Akeem, Blake Christian vs. Rosario Grillo, and Leila Grey vs. Promise Braxton, in addition to matches featuring both Top Flight & Action Andretti and former ROH Pure Champion Josh Woods.

Shane Taylor Promotions will also share some thoughts about what’s next for them.

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Thursday arrived as Thursday does and that means Ring of Honor action! The “Board of Directors” Era of ROH was in full effect and as such, the card was jam-packed with good matchups. Starting with with the huge opening match:

PROVING GROUND MATCH: ROH Women’s World Champion Athena defeated Aleah James

ROH’s “Forever Champion” graced us all with her presence and offered James the gift of a Proving Ground match (Athena’s 31st since winning the title). That meant that if James could last until the 10-minute time limit or pin the champion outright, she would get a shot at the ROH Women’s Championship at a later date. Athena had one eye over her shoulder though as not only has she been having difficulty with demoted Minion-in-Training Billie Starkz, but also Abadon has been lurking near the champ in recent days.

Athena has been ROH champion for a million billion days and someone like James was an opponent that didn’t really require her to do much beyond going through the motions. Even when James got in a quick flurry of offense, it didn’t seem like Athena really was going to have a problem with her.

James managed a surprise two-count after a flying crossbody, which got the Champ’s attention. Athena turned up the heat at that point, with big clubbing strikes and a series of powerbombs. Finally, Athena locked in the crossface submission and James tapped out.

-After the match, Athena mocked James and was about to lay in a beating when Abadon showed up! Athena’s eye’s filled with fear as Abadon stared her down in the ring. The crowd chanted “this is spooky” and Abadon chased Athena from the ring where Starkz lay in wait and clocked Abadon with the ROH Women’s Championship belt, knocking her out cold.

Johnny TV w/Taya Valkyrie defeated Sidney Akeem

Akeem has been making a name for himself on the indies lately, partially because of his background training with Cirque de Soleil. That matched up pretty well with the parkour-focused Johnny TV who was looking to spoil Akeem’s ROH debut.

The two seemed a little shaky off the top, but quickly reset with some speed and high dropkicks, ending up with TV on the outside to regroup with Valkyrie. Because of his gymnastics background, Akeem was able to keep up with TV no problem. TV changed up his strategy and tried to keep Akeem on the ground, taking away some of his skills.

TV hit a shining Wizard on Akeem and headed up for Starship Pain. Unfortunately, two things happened: 1) Akeem rolled out of the way, and 2) TV clipped the rope with his foot causing him to land hard on his head. By design or accidental, it looked like it dazed him pretty good.

After a swinging neckbreaker, TV tried another Starship Pain, this time landing it on the prone Akeem. TV rolled him over for the 1-2-3.

Lance Archer defeated “Ozzy”

Archer made a surprise appearance, dragging his opponent, a young man known only as “Ozzy” down to the ring. Archer did not say why he was there, or why he jumped the much smaller Ozzy in the back. He just toyed with him and beat the living hell out of him for a few minutes before hitting a Blackout and pinning him to get the win? I guess?

-We were then joined by Shane Taylor of Shane Taylor Promotions and ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty. Taylor ran down Moriarty’s opponent for the night Angelico. Moriarty suggested that Angelico protect his neck in their main event match.

RevPro Undisputed British Women’s Champion Mina Shirakawa defeated Rachael Ellering 

For those not in the know, Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) is a British wrestling promotion founded in 2012 by Andy Quildan after separating from International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom. 

Shirakawa hasn’t been seen in ROH since a surprise Stardom showcase trios match at Supercard of Honor. Ellering won a tough battle against Brooke Havok three weeks ago, which one has to think puts her in title contention.

Ellering had a size advantage on the Joshi star, but Shirakawa was able to keep pace with her until Ellering picked her up and attempted to side slam her. Shirakawa was able to wriggle free and taunt Ellering, causing her to lose focus and give Shirakawa a chance to lay in some big kicks.

Ellering, who used a more technical style, didn’t seem prepared for the bouncy, high-energy style of Shirakawa. Ellering resorted to clubbing blows, lariats and standing kicks to imposer her will on Shirakawa. Shirakawa fought back with some spinning kicks and back elbows, stunning Ellering.

Ellering hit a pendulum slam out of a fisherwoman’s suplex that seemed to do some real damage to Shirakawa’s shoulder. That didn’t stop her from climbing to the top rope and landing a big splash on Ellering. Shirakawa grabbed Ellering and went for what looked like a crab hold at first, but instead Shirakawa pulled Ellering on her back and pinned her for the win!

Respect was being shown between the two women when suddenly Taya Valkyrie appeared! She tossed Ellering out of the ring and beat up Shirakawa, leaving her lying in the ring for reasons only she knows.

Top Flight (Darious and Duante) & Action Andretti w/ Leila Grey defeated Ace of Space Academy (LSG, Colton Charles, and GKM)

Andretti kicked things off with LSG, quickly isolating him in Top Flight’s corner. GKM tagged in next but found himself across from Darious who spun him into the feet of Andretti. GKM hit a splash in the corner that saw him getting at least 4 feet of air. Charles tagged in next showboating against Andretti. After a dropkick, Andretti hit a hot tag to Duante who cleared the ring.

Andretti hit a springboard crossbody from the top rope on GKM. Darious set up Colton for a big slam on the outside and Andretti and Top Flight hit a big triple team to knock GKM silly and get the pin.

EJ Nduka defeated Demo Diamond

The 2-0 Nduka arrived to big cheers from family and friends at ringside. The big man worked the crowd for a moment and then hopped into the ring to face Diamond, who was almost the same size. Almost.

The two locked up and when these two behemoths threw each other around the ring, you could feel each impact. Nduka hit a massive hammer strike on Diamond that seemed to send him spinning. Nduka continued with some should blocks in the corner until Diamond managed to get out of the way. Nduka didn’t give up the momentum for long though, planting Diamond with a massive spinebuster. An arrogant standing cover later and it was over, with Nduka emerging victorious.

-Rachel Ellering was interviewed by Lexy Nair backstage. Ellering was interrupted by Harley Cameron who introduced herself to Ellering, in spite of them having met before. Cameron mocked Ellering for losing and showered her with backhanded praise, calling her “kid” and then leaving a flustered Ellering.

Dark Order’s Evil Uno defeated Jacoby Watts w/ Nick Comoroto

Watts was all by himself this week, with his partner Nick Comoroto out of action for the year with injury. Evil Uno took a break from playing video games with Adam Cole to enter this singles bout, and has been on a really aggressive tear the last few weeks with his Dark Order compatriots. 

Watts started the match off by trying to recruit Uno into his “flock.” Uno declined via punch to the face and the match began. Uno laid in some massive chops in the corner on Watts. Watts turned his back, trying to outsmart Uno, but Uno just chopped his back.

Comoroto approached Uno on the outside, but the Order’s John Silver was there and the two exchanged words as Watts hit a big clothesline in the ring. Uno fought back with a big boot and DDT. Uno got Watts up for a piledriver and was able to pull off a pin to get the victory.

Premier Athletes’ Josh Woods w/ Mark Sterling defeated Barrett Brown

Sterling yapped his way to the ring, hyping up Woods and tearing down the rest of ROH. Brown was definitely not as “premier” as Woods, giving up about 8 inches in height. Brown tried to lure Woods into a more technical match, but nothing he managed to hit on Woods really had much of an effect.

Woods hit a hige running knee and then threw Brown across the ring with a massive tombstone 540 suplex. He then sat on Brown to get the pin.

Leila Grey defeated Promise Braxton

Grey’s second appearance of the night was a singles match against Braxton. Top Flight and Andretti accompanied her to the ring, cheering on their Flight Attendant. Braxton had the chance to pick up a huge win if she could get by Grey.

Grey controlled the pace for the most part, lots of armdrags and off-the-rope strikes. Braxton tried to out-muscle Grey, but it didn’t seem to work for her as Grey reversed a hold into a massive slam. Grey hit a blockbuster off the top rope, but Brown only gave up a two count.

Grey put Braxton on her back with a full nelson slam and followed it up with a butterfly brainbuster to win the match.

Blake Christian defeated Rosario Grillo

Christian won 5 matches in the Best of The Super Juniors tournament in Japan. Not moving further in the competition seems to have weighed heavily on him and given him a bit of an attitude. Grillo is a student of the Nightmare Factory and Christian laid him out right off the top, with a vicious stretched shoulder stomp.

Christian threw Grillo around the ring for a bit then finally pinned him. There wasn’t much to this match, but Christian looked good, and has a bright future in ROH.

Tomohiro Ishii defeated Ariya Daivari

The Premier Athletes and the Conglomeration explode! Or, at the very least, had this match. Daivari had his athletic background to rely on and Ishii had the fact he appears to be made of stone to his advantage. Sterling ran down the Conglomeration on the way to the ring, claiming that the Premier Athletes have the class the Conglomeration does not.

Daivari didn’t really know what to do with Ishii. He tried chops, no dice. He tried tying up with no result. He even tried leaving, but that didn’t work either. Diavari made a critical mistake early on by putting Ishii in a headlock. Ishii, famously neckless, was able to break free easily and chop Daivari into next week.

On the outside, Daivari managed to get ahold of Ishii’s chopping hand and slam it into ringposts and the steel steps, robbing Ishii of one of his bigger weapons. Daivari was able to maintain control of the match, working the hand over and over.

Ishii fought back though, clotheslining Daivari in a circle. Ishii hit a big german suplex and a back ground elbow to knock Daivari out and get the pin. Ishii left favouring his chopping hand.

ROH PURE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Lee Moriarty(c) w/Shane Taylor defeated Angelico w/ Serpentico

After a very impressive turn in his first-ever Pure Rules match last week, Angelico decided he was ready for the big time and issued this challenge to current ROH Pure Champion, Moriarty. In a Pure Rules match, each competitor gets three rope breaks and one closed fist warning and after that they are out of luck. If the match went to time, a panel of judges (Christphoer Daniels, Jerry Lynn and Paul Wight) would award the match based on points.

The gangly Angelico had about 6 inches in height on Moriarty, but in terms of pure muscle, Moriarty had the one-up on his opponent. Moriarty’s strategy seemed to be to keep Angelico still, locking in holds that didn’t give the high-flyer a chance to get into the flow of things.

From there, the match went back and forth, with neither man getting control over the other. They did dance though, so there was that. At 3:30, Moriarty used his first rope break and got some words of encouragement from Taylor. These two worked extremely well together, everything in the match flowed really well and it was a calm, yet edge-of-your-seat vibe. At 6:37, Angelico was forced to use his first rope break, and began favoring his shoulder.

Angelico managed to get an ankle lock on, causing Moriarty to use a second rope break at 8:08. Moriarty responded with a bridge stretch, causing Angelico to use his second rope break at 9:20. Moriarty hung up Angelico’s shoulder on the ropes and began to take control. He locked in a Kimoura on Angelico at 10:37, forcing the challenger to use his last rope break.

Angelico put Moriarty in a twisting figure four at 11:22 and Moriarty grabbed the rope by his fingertips, exhausting all rope breaks. The two exchanged moves back and forth until Moriarty got a surprise rollup on Angelico, ending the match at approximately 12:30 and keeping the belt on Moriarty. The two showed respect in the ring and Moriarty stood tall as the show came to a close.

Ring of Honor TV live results: Mark Briscoe vs. The Beast Mortos World title match

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In one of the more highly-anticipated matches in recent Ring of Honor history, ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe will defend the title agains The Beast Mortos on tonight’s ROH on HonorClub show.

Mortos goes into the match on a five-bout ROH winning streak while Briscoe is gunning for his fourth defense.

Lio Rush will return to battle Tony Nese where a win by Nese earns him a future ROH title shot.

Angelo Parker will make his return after becoming a father to team with Matt Menard against Jacoby Watts & Nick Comoroto.

ROH men’s TV Champion Atlantis Jr. will team with Fuego del Sol & Serpentico against former ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions Cage of Agony.

ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erichs will team with Sammy Guevara against The Undisputed Kingdom & Dark Order.

Angelico will take on Aaron Solo in a Pure rules match while Marina Shafir faces Tiara James.

Other stars in action include EJ Nduka, Komander, Abadon, Trish Adora and MxM Collection.

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It was a big 120 minutes of wrestling on ROH this week, so it was fitting that it started with a many, many-person match.

ROH Six-Man Champions Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erichs and Sammy Guevara defeated Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) and Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & John Silver)

Last week, the show ended with all eight of these competitors (plus Evlio Uno)  in the ring, brawling. Dark Order and The Kingdom got the upper hand and left Rhodes, Guevara and The Von Erichs beat up in the ring. So this mega-sized grudge match was sure to be, as someone used to put it, a Slobberknocker. 

(It should also be mentioned that Rhodes and Guevara won the ROH tag titles on Collision. So there’s that too).

The match started with Rhodes, the Von Erichs and Guevara putting the Iron Claw on their opponents. That lead to the deterioration of everything as a brawl broke out and all eight men brawled around the ring. Eventually, the match started officially with Marshall and Silver squaring off.

Rhodes found himself isolated in enemy territory as he took on Bennett. Taven tagged in, but Rhodes with a significant size advantage fought his way out. The Order and the Kingdom were reluctant teammates, each team kind of ignoring each other until it was time for all out brawls. Even Evil Uno got involved on the outside. Fortunately the Von Erichs and Guevara were ready and waiting and managed to drive the action back into the ring.

Rhodes tagged in Guevara who entered via the top rope. He cleared the ring and hit a springboard cutter on Reynolds. Marshall tagged in and showed off his moonsault skills on Silver. Another brawl broke out at that point, and the Rhodes/Guevara/Von Erich team laid out their opponents and were about to lock in the Claw when low blows were delivered all around and all eight men writhed in the ring.

Eventually Marshall found himself in the ring with Silver. Everyone assumed they were the legal men, and Marshall hit a Claw slam on Silver to end the chaos and get the pin to win the match for his team.

Cage of Agony (Bishop Kaun, Brian Cage & Toa Liona) defeated ROH TV Champion Atlantis Jr., Fuego del Sol & Serpentico

This match pitted a team of bruising behemoths (811 lbs collectively) against a high-flying trio of luchadores. After losing an ROH World Six-Man Championship match via DQ last week, Cage of Agony is right back into the fight tonight and was in a terrible mood. At DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR, Brian Cage was pinned by retaining ROH TV Champion, Atlantis Jr. “The Machine” was definitely looking to even the score. A long-standing Trio, Cage of Agony had the size and experience advantage over their opponents, who were teaming together for the first time. 

Unlike the preceding match this one started off with just two men in the ring. Serpentico (in his classic green mask) started things off against Liona, who only had about 100lbs in size on him. Serpentico managed to land a DDT, but the rest was pretty brutally in Liona’s favor. Kaun tagged in to take a turn, and Serpentico made the tag to Del Sol.

Del Sol’s speed was a help as he was able to run circles around all three members of Cage of Agony. Kaun got on up on him though and isolated him in the CoA corner so Cage could tag in. Cage tossed the 200lbs+ Del Sol around like he was stuffed with packing peanuts until Liona tagged in. Del Sol appeared hurt, but that didn’t get him any mercy.

Del Sol finally made a hot tag to Atlantis, who headed straight for Cage. Cage was caught on his heels and Atlantis was all over him with power slams and superkicks. Even Cage’s Wolverine gear was hurting. Serpentico tagged in and hit a shooting star frog splash on the prone Cage, but it only got a two-count.

Cage caught Atlantis with a pop up powerbomb, and then caught Serpentico in midair to hit a massive driver and get the pin for Cage of Agony.

  • The MxM Collection joined us from back stage. Mansoor gave us great news: He and Mason will be in action tonight and were interrupted by their opponents: The Pillars of Destiny.

Abadon defeated Alejandra Lion

The Living Dead Girl, Abadon spent last week scaring the daylights out of the ROH Women’s Champion, Athena. Lion, didnt seem phased though until the bell rang and Abadon, for lack of a better word, pounced on her.

Lion fought back with some superkicks, but Abadon no-sold them and hit a cutter on her, before setting up a Gory Special. After that Lion, didn’t have much fight in her, and one Black Dahlia later, Abadon was the winner.

MxM Collection (Mansoor & Mason) defeated Pillars of Destiny (Hunter Grey & Paul Titan)

The guys of MxM have fast become crowd favourites in ROH. Pillars of Destiny were pretty much the opposite. Where MxM was all style and smoothness, the Viking-like Pillars were hard hitting and beastly. MxM offered their Tips to the Pillars, but Grey tried to bit Mason’s off.

Mansoor and Grey started things off, with Mansoor giving up at least 6 inches (not including the tip) to the bigger Grey, who resorted to biting at one point. Mansoor hit a big dropkick and tagged in Mason. The two of them double teamed Grey, focusing on the back.

Suddenly, the Collection ran to the top of the entrance ramp and posed, only to run down and spear their opponents. Tossing them back inthe ring, Mansoor and Mason pinned Titan to end the match,a nd begin the posing.

Who am I kidding? They posed throughout the whole match. A lot.

Angelico defeated Aaron Solo in a Pure rules match

Before the match, ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty and Shane Taylor joined us from backstage. Moriarty named this the Pure Era of ROH and Taylor called out Mark Briscoe, saying he was coming to get what was his.

This would be the first Pure Rules match for either competitor. Solo, a student of Lance Storm, is very technically proficient and now that his partner Serpentico has his mask(s) back, Angelico can get back to the style he’s very good at. Under Pure Rules, each man would get three rope breaks, and a panel of judges would award the win if there was no winner as the 15-minute time period ran out. A victory would be a step closer to a shot at Lee  Moriarty’s ROH Pure Championship. The judges would be Paul Wight, Jerry Lynn and Christopher Daniels.

Solo and Angelico work a similar lanky style, and they made for excellent foes. The two traded headlocks and whips off the top while the announce team talked very quietly. Like Golf.

Solo used his first rope break at 13:44 to get out of a submission hold. Angelico locked in a calf crusher causing Solo to use his second rope break just 30 seconds later at 13:04. With a lot of match left to go, Solo regrouped and took Angelico off his feet with a big ol’ punch to the face. That got him a warning from the ref at 11:57 for using a closed fist.

Solo used his third and final roper break at 11:09, while Angelico still had all three of his. Angelico caught a warning for a closed fist, which meant that if there was another one from either wrestler, the match would end.

Angelico got a standing grapevine into an ankle lock on Solo. Solo tried for the ropes but was out of rope breaks, leaving him no choice but to submit and give the win to Angelico.

Trish Adora defeated Erica Leigh

Infantry member Adora was looking to get back into the singles game after being eliminated in the first round of the ROH Womens TV Championship tournament by Mercedes Martinez. Leigh, a friend of the Outrunners, was a solid veteran in her own right.

Adora controlled everything off the top though. After a series of hammerlock and chickenwing forced salutes, Adora hit a snapmare and then a splits based submission move. Leigh set herself up for some chops, declaring loudly “I can take it!”

Ron Howard Voice: She could not.

Adora chopped her into next week and then hit a massive lariat to put Leigh on her back for good and get the win. She and the Infantry celebrated in their X-Men style gear.

-Backstage, the Righteous cut a rare promo. Vincent said that everything in ROH has changed. Egos and masks rule ROH now. Lance Archer stepped in and said “everybody dies” for no reason. I mean, he’s not wrong, but it made no sense. Vincent said that they have reached Nirvana, and then asked everyone in ROH how they could start, when the Righteous know how it ends?

Komander defeated KM

Komander had been out of ROH for the last little while, competing at AAA Triplemania 32 on August 17th, where he defended his Cruiserweight Title against Matt Riddle and Laredo Kid. UNfortunately for him, a BroDerek from Riddle cost Komander his title and now he’s back in ROH, trying to shake off the loss. 

KM’s deal was being huge. Like, really huge. He was twice the size of Komander.

Surprisingly though, KM was able to keep up with Komander’s speed, tossing the luchadore around like a rag doll. KM locked in a really creative submission move, but Komander was able to squirm out of it. KM got cocky though, and Komander ducked a corner splash to hit a senton from the top rope followed by a flip splash from the top to get a quick pin.

EJ Nduka defeated Deonn Rusman 

Former Toronto Argo and bodybuilder Nduka two weeks ago broke up a fight on a plane. Aside from hanging out with AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland, Nduka hasn’t had much else happen to him thus far in AEW/ROH.

Rusman clocked in a 6’3″ but Nduka towered over him. Both men had some speed in them though and the match moved really quickly. The two battled back and forth with neither on e gaining the upper hand until Nduka got caught in the corner and Rusman rained down a flurry of punches to the midsection.

Nduka fought back with some massive lariats and a huge bulldog before hitting an Exodus Drop and pinning Rusman with his foot.

The Iron Savages (Bronson and Boulder) and Jacked Jameson defeated Jay Alexander, Colton Charles and Rosario Grillo.

I’ll be honest, I’m not a fan of the Savages/Jameson team, and this match was a pointless squash from the top. Charles was murdered right off the bat, and Alexander was taken to (sigh) Titty City before being crushed by a Jameson lariat. No one had any idea who was legal as the Savages triple teamed Alexander and got a pin. Grillo never even entered the match. Pointless.

Marina Shafir defeated Tiara James

Shafir has been making herself a problem for the ROH Women’s division. Her aggressive and punishing style has led to several weeks of squash and easily won matches. James has only been doing this for a couple of years, but already earned nicknames like “Top Tier.”

Shafir offered a slightly modified Code of Honor from her back in the center of the ring. Of course, this was a clever ruse and she pulled in James and sat on her. James fought out and threw some chops at Shafir that she no-sold and then answered with a vicious kick to the face.

Shafir dug into her Judo bag of tricks and repeated took James to the mat. Dragging her to the center of the ring, Shafir locked in a surfboard and then transitioned into a sleeper hold. James didn’t go for it though, so Shafir transitioned into an armbar and then the Mothers Milk choke. James passed out and Shafir’s win streak continued.

  • Angelico and Serpentico cut a smoky promo back stage in which Serpentico suggested that Angelico challenge for the ROH Pure Title. Angelico mellowed out and did just that. He challenged Lee Moriarty for a Pure Title match.

Cool Hand Ang & Daddy Magic defeated Jacoby Watts & Nick Comoroto

New papa Cool Hand Ang is back in ROH to join his longtime partner, Magic as th begin their climb towards the ROH Tag Team Titles, currently held by The Undisputed Kingdom. Watts and Comoroto have had a… different, relationship that seemed to be going one way then stopped dead in it’s tracks.

Watts ran his mouth off the top, but Magic shut it with a fist. Ang and Magic double teamed Comoroto, but Comoroto’s Hulk-like strength (and chest hair) made it easy to fight them off. Ang and Comoroto became the legal men while Watts cheered from the corner.

Ang drove Comoroto into Watts, knocking him off the apron. Magic tagged in and rained fists on Comoroto in the corner. Ang and Magic hit a double DDT on Comoroto and were able to get the pin on the big man.

Lio Rush defeated Tony Nese (w/ Mark Sterling)

Last week, Rush defeated Blake Christian, but possibly at the coast of an arm injury. Nese accompanied his Premier Athlete buddy Aria Daivari in a losing effort against Katsuyori Shibata. Rush and Nese were both heavily featured in the ill-fated WWE “205 Live” Cruiserweight division, so they have plenty of history and this looked to be a banger of a match, booked by ROH Board of Directors member, Paul Wight. Wight said that if Nese wins they can talk about future opportunities, but beating Rush (who arrived in a coat so big, I’m sure even HHH was impressed) would prove easier said than done.

The match was fire right off the top. Nese using his strength and and Rush his speed. Nese sent Rush out of the ring and distracted the Ref while Mark Sterling stomped Rush on the outside. Back in the ring, Nese tried a suplex, but Rush saw it coming and the pair ran thr ropes until Rush got a big lariat on Nese.

Rush laid in a flurry of offense, but Nese picked his moment and returned a superkick. Both men exchanged speedy moves until a collision, leading to Nese punching Rush UFC style. From there, Nese had control, slamming Rush and exchanging chops. Sterling caused a distraction and Nese landed a back elbow on Rush.

Nese tried a few pinning attempts, but Rush kicked out. The crowd rallied around rush as he fought out of a leg scissor lock. Nese missed a triangle moonsault, giving Rush an opening, but Nese hit a pump handle slam before he could capitalize. Rush hit a springboard cutter and followed it up with a huge frog splash to get the 1-2-3.

Ring of Honor World Champion Mark Briscoe defeated The Beast Mortos to retain

Mark Briscoe is a busy guy. ​​This summer, he participated in Blood & Guts as part of Team AEW, defended his ROH World Championship at DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR 2024 two days later against Roderick Strong, then took on the Premier Athletes in a Trios Match just 24 hours later. Then, he was in an Eight-Man match, and a Trios match involving The Beast Mortos on July 31st and August 3rd respectively. As if that wasn’t enough, Briscoe beat Johnny TV last week on ROH, followed by a Conglomeration trios victory over The Butcher and The Outrunners one day later.

During the aforementioned Trios match on AEW Collision, Mortos managed to pin the ROH World Champion, marking the biggest win of his career (so far). That weighed heavily on Briscoe (and earlier in the evening, he even cut a promo to say so) and last week he issued this challenge to Mortos in the form of a Championship match. 

This match was great from the moment it was booked. Mortos is an incredible brawler an Briscoe’s Red Neck Kung Fu and absolutely unkillable spirit made for two really strong opponents.

Briscoe tried to go for the Jay Driller early, but Mortos was able to shake him off and land a power slam. Both men’s preference for violence led to some really hard strikes and really strong holds and submission attempts, but throughout, neither man could get the momentum on their side.

The chops from Briscoe began and Mortos was actually sent back on his heels. That’s a rare thing for the Beast, and Briscoe capitalized, continuing to pummel Mortos. Briscoe tried to pick up the pace, but that just unleashed Mortos’ unnatural speed.

After a fireman’s carry, Mortos climbed to the top rope, but Briscoe jumped up and joined him. The two exchanged punches and Mortos sent Briscoe flying with a big headbutt to the chest. Briscoe introduced a steel chair and used it to fly onto a prone Mortos on the outside. Briscoe climbed to the top rope and hit a corkscrew moonsault onto the Beast.

Back in the ring, Briscoe put Mortos on his back with a huge lariat, but couldn’t get the pin. Mortos staggerd to his feet and kicked off a Jay Driller into a Samoan Drop on Briscoe for a two-count. Mortos then hit a tilt-o-whirl backbreaker on Briscoe, but again, only a two count.

Mortos tried to get Briscoe up again, but he reversed it into a spiccoli driver. Briscoe climbed to the top rope for a Froggy Bow, but Mortos rolled away and caught him in a spear. Mortos tried a top rope move of his own and missed Briscoe who went for another Froggy bow, this time nailing it, but Mortos kicked out.

Finally, Briscoe managed to hit a Jay Driller and that was enough to put the Beast to bed, and retain the Championship.

Ring of Honor TV live results: Three title matches

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This week’s Ring of Honor on HonorClub TV show will feature three title matches in addition to a Proving Ground match.

ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe will look for the third defense of his title as he faces Johnny TV who is still in search of his first AEW or ROH title.

The ROH Six-Man Tag Team titles will be on the line as Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erichs defend against former champions Cage of Agony.

ROH men’s TV Champion Atlantis Jr. will defend against NJPW’s Robbie Eagles as he looks for the third title defense in his young reign.

Reigning ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty will face Action Andretti in a Proving Ground match where if Andretti can win or take Moriarty to a draw, he earns a future title match.

Other action includes Lio Rush vs. Blake Christian, Katsuyori Shibata vs. Ari Daivari, and ROH Women’s Champion Athena will be on hand to share some thoughts as to what’s next for her.

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It’s Thursday and you know what that means! Title Matches (times three)! Six Man Action! Grudge Matches! It was all here and waiting in the 77th episode of ROH on Honorclub!

-The show kicked off with a segment with the former Big Show, Paul Wight, who is in charge of ROH now it seems. He was quickly interrupted by Johnny TV and Taya Valkyrie. TV requested an ROH Championship match, and Wight considered it for a second and say “ok.” Then it was over. That’s just how things work in ROH.

ROH WORLD CHAMPION Mark Briscoe defeated Johnny TV w/Taya Valkyrie

Last week, Johnny TV defeated Fuego Del Sol. This week, he got a shot a Mark Briscoe’s ROH World Championship, in the first-ever meeting between these two. Briscoe retained the title against Roderick Strong at Death Before Dishonor and recently attempted to murder Jack Perry with a chair in AEW’s Blood and Guts. But TV is, of course, TV Ready (and so is Taya!) and would love to cash in on this opportunity for gold.

The match itself was very fun, if not a little predictable. These two are both excellent at in-ring action, as well as working the crowd. TV looked a little more polished next to Briscoe, but the Master of Redneck Kung Fu has made a career out of adapting to his opponent’s style. That said, TV had control of the match early on, keeping the champion on his toes with big kicks and a little help from Valkyrie on the outside.

Briscoe turned the tables though with a missile dropkick from the top rope. The crowd responded and Briscoe laid in a whole bunch of chops and a dropkick through the ropes on TV. Valkyrie attempted to interfere but was caught and was banned from ringside by the ref. TV took advantage and hit a Starship Pain, but Briscoe kicked out.

After a rope-bouncing back and forth, Briscoe was able to land a Jay Driller on TV and get the pin to retain his ROH World Title.

-Robbie Eagles cut a promo in the back, demanding harder and more meaningful matches. He’s won all over the world, and now he wants ROH Gold. He challenged ROH World TV Champion Atlantis Jr to a match, which would happen later in the show!

Lio Rush defeated Blake Christian

Christian is back in ROH, fresh off the Best of the Super Juniors tournament in Japan. Back in February, Christian fought Zak Sabre Jr. for the NJOW World Television Championship in a losing effort. He’s also been part of quite a few six-man and tag team matches in ROH. In July, having not succeeded in the rap game quite as he’d expected, Rush made his return to ROH after a seven year absence.

Both men worked a very fast and high-flying style, so this match moved at about mach 5. Rush was like a greased trout in the ring and Christian had a hard time getting ahold of him. That said, when he had the upper hand, he was able to dish out the punishment on the smaller Rush. The pair wrestled a full match just in the first couple of minutes and showed no signs of slowing down.

Rush appeared to hurt is arm early on, selling really, really well and giving Christian an opening to take control of the match. Christian went for a big, big spinebuster and worked the shoulder and arm of Rush some more. Rush tried to hit a Rush Hour, but with only one arm, it only had half the impact. Christian wrenched the injured arm of Rush on the edge of the ring apron (the hardest part of the ring) but Rush refused to quit.

Christian hit a pile driver on Rush outside the ring and tossed him back in to attempt a cover. He nailed a springboard 450 off the top rope, but Rush wasn’t done and kicked out. Rush hit a springboard back move off the bottom rope and managed to catch Christian with a rollup and win the match, one arm and all.

Rush as a bit of a reputation in the business, but when he’s focused in the ring, he’s one of the best high-fliers working today.

-Billie Starkz and ROH Women’s World Champion Athena came down to the ring. Athena, with mic in hand. Starkz got demoted to “Minion In Training” after Death Before Dishonor and has been sulking about it ever since. Athena declared that this was the first “live” Minion Training Session and set Starkz to the task of doing situps in the background while she talked. Athena declared that Lexy Nair was her new Minion BFF, and Starkz asked why she wasn’t doing situps? Athena reminded Starkz that she was the one who lost “their” ROH Womens TV Title. She then continued bigging up Lexy and running down Starkz. Athena said that there was no one who could beat her and who should appear behind her? The living dead girl, Abadon! Athena shrieked in terror and then slinked (slunk? slunked?) away with her title belt and Starkz.

-Mark Briscoe joined us from the back with Tomohiro Ishii of the Conglomeration. Briscoe let us know that the Beast Mortos pinned him a while back, and he respects that. Briscoe wants Mortos and is offering a chance at the ROH title to do it. He left to find Paul Wight to make the match official. Ishii also left. He may not have known where he was to begin with.

Katsuyori Shibata defeated Ariya Daivari w/ Mark Sterling & Tony Nese

Last week, the Premier Athete’s Tony Nese got a singles match to show what he could do. This week, Ariya Daivari was in the ring against a man known as “The Wrestler,” Shibata. That implies that Shibata is very, very good at wrestling, so Daivari had his hands full. It also remained to be seen if Mark Sterling or another member of the Premier Athletes would factor into the match.

Daivari wasn’t in a hurry to hook up with Shibata, exiting the ring as soon as the bell rang to get some advice from Sterling. Nese hopped up on the ring apron to distract Shibata, but he was dealt with quickly, leading to Shibata locking in a figure 4 on Daivari. Daivari managed to make it to the ropes to break the hold, and jumped out of the ring again to regroup.

Back in the ring, Daivari was able to gain control while Sterling drove the crowd crazy on the outside. Diavari sent Shibata to the outside and then distracted the ref so Nese and Sterling could work him over. They threw him back in, and Daivary peppered Shibata with chops, but Shibata no-sold them all. A massive dropkick and suplex later and Shibata was firmly in the drivers seat. The Ref caught Sterling and Nese trying to interfere and sent them to the back.

In the chaos, Shibata locked in The Claw and then transitioned to an arm bar, causing Daivari to tap out.

-Backstage, the MxM Collection addressed their “tip-touchers” but were interrupted by the First Lady of Ring of Honor, Maria (along with Griff Garrison). She suggested they accept Garrison as a third partner and make a run in the trios division. They presented their tips, and instead of touching, Garrision grabbed them, leading to the MxM Collection to leave in disgust.

Harley Cameron defeated Viva Van

Last week, Cameron made her presence known in ROH by running down Rachael Ellering’s fashion sense. This week, she would be in the ring with Van, a PWI top-50 ranked competitor, looking to make a name for herself. 

Cameron had about a six inch height advantage on Van and took control right off the bell. Cameron has a really mean and nasty way about her and her strikes hit hard. Van was able to reverse into an ankle lock, but Cameron fought out of it, wrenching in a body scissor.

Van came into her own in the latter half of the match, wracking up offence in the way of big dropkicks and knife edge chops. Also screaming. Cameron was able to battle back with a Backstabber, but neither woman could get a three count.

Finally, with a big running knee, Cameron was able to get the pin on Van. The crowd was deadly silent during this match.

​​Serpentico defeated Griff Garrison (w/ Maria)

A long time ago, in an ROH galaxy far away, Serpentico wore a green mask. Then, it was quite rudely stolen from him by Griff Garrison, his partner Cole Karter and of course, Maria. They have held onto that mask for what seems like years (but is more likely to be months) and Serpentico and his partner Angelico have failed to get it back. Now, with Karter on the shelf and Serpentico taking on Garrison one-on-one, this would be an excellent opportunity to finally get that mask back. 

(As an aside, the black mask that Serpentico adopted in lieu of his green one is far superior, but that’s just my opinion.)

Serpentico set the tone for the match right off the bat by jumping Garrison and working him over on the outside before the bell even rang. Garrison managed to flapjack Serpentico on the steel steps (twice) and then threw him into the ring so the match could officially begin.

Garrison was in control, resorting to as many dirty tricks as he could, including eye gouging. Serpentico flailed until he was able to get a big back elbow on Garrison. Maria cheered on the outside as Garrison went for a torture rack bomb and pin, but Serpentico kicked out at two.

Maria screamed instructions at Garrison who tried to get a dazed Serpentico up for another tourture rack bomb. This caused an issue when Serpentico fell over, leading Garrison to clock the Ref, knocking him out. Maria took advantage and slid a chair in to Garrison who set it up in the corner. That brought out Serpentico’s tag partner Angelico to even the odds.

Serpentico reversed Garrison into his own chair and destroyed his testicles with a second. Unfortunately, there was no ref though and a three could not be counted. Serpentico shook him awake, but by then Garrison had enough in him to kick out.

Garrison removed Serpentico’s mask while he was down, but not to worry, Serpentico had a third mask on underneath. He hit a huge splash on Garrison from the top rope and got the pin to win the match and regain custody of all three of his masks.

-Backstage, Athena had calmed down from her Abadon fright earlier. She sent Starkz to get the car while declaring that she isn’t afraid of anyone, especially not a “spooky zombie… thing.” She then left in a huff.

Anthony Henry and Beef defeated Vinnie Massaro and Dante Leon

So, Anthony Henry has a cousin. His name is Beef. He really wants to be a wrestler. That’s about all there is to know about Beef.

Henry started off against Leon in a series of solid, but typical holds and throws for a match opening. The crowd began chanting for Beef, so Henry tagged him in to take on Massaro. Beef showed a lot more speed and energy than I was expecting, taking our Massaro and stomping Leon in the process.

Henry tagged in to a dazed Leon and hit a bridge suplex to get a three count and win the match for he and Beef, who celebrated with beefy gusto!

PROVING GROUND MATCH: ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty defeated Action Andretti

For those just arriving in the ROH Universe, this is a Proving Ground match. That means, If Andretti could last ten minutes or pin Moriarty, he will earn a future shot at the Pure Championship! It’s rare that the challenger actually wins Proving Ground matches, but Moriarty did just that against Wheeler Yuta to earn his successful shot at the title in the first place. Moriarty and Andretti have a long history, having battled on ROH and Collision over the last few months. 

So, there was some confusion up until match time, but this Proving Ground match was contested under Pure rules, which meant that in addition to the regular Proving Ground rules, each man would get three rope breaks, and a panel of judges would award the win if there was no winner as time ran out.

Andretti seemed to have a little trouble adjusting to this and it cost him a rope break early. Moriarty did a great job of keeping the high-flying Andretti on the ground and keeping the match pace to his liking. Three minutes in, Andretti had used his second and third rope breaks, leaving him without one for the remainder of the match.

Moriarty caught a warning from the ref at 4:13 for using a closed fist. At the halfway point of the match, Andretti locked Moriarty into a Texas Cloverleaf. Moriarty was able to use a rope break to get out of it before he tapped. Moriarty locked in a crossface in the center of the ring, and with no rope breaks left for Andretti, his only recourse was to tap out at about 6 minutes.

ROH WORLD TV CHAMPION Atlantis Jr. defeated TMDK’s Robbie Eagles

Atlantis Jr went through five competitors at Death Before Dishonor before pinning Brian Cage to retain his title. Eagles had his first ROH match in over a year last week. A former IGWP Jr Heavyweight champion, Eagles was no slouch, and Atlantis Jr took that threat seriously. 

These two were a really great matchup. Both had speed and agility to spare. Atlantis Jr got the upper hand first with a big knee to the face. Eagles fought back though, forcing Atlantis Jr to the outside where he worked him over and threw him back in the ring. Eagles gave into his own ego though, allowing Atlantis Jr to find an opening for some big punches.

Eagles tried to take off Atlantis Jr’s mask, but the champion was able to wriggle away before he got it off. Eagles began working the leg, trying to set up a submission finish, but Atlantis Jr fought back and landed a pile driver on Eagles. He followed that up with a back suplex and a two-count.

Eagles got in a flurry of offence, ending up with a Ron Miller Special locked in on Atlantis Jr. After a few minutes, Atlantis was able to fight his way to the ropes to break the hold. Eagles charged, but Atlantis caught him with a spinning backbreaker.

The two men caught their second winds at the same time and Eagles and Atlantis Jr traded holds and moves at breakneck speed. Atlantis ended up on the mat and Eagles went to the top rope, but missed the landing. Atlantis caught him in a tilt-o-whirl torture rack and Eagles was forced to tap out, allowing Atlantis Jr to retain the ROH TV Title.

-Paul Wight joined us from the backstage area to tell us that he’s making it official. Next week, The Beast Mortos would take on Mark Briscoe for the ROH World Championship. This brought out Tony Nese and Ariya Daivari who complained that everyone is being given title shots but them. Wight said that if Nese can beat Lio Rush, Wight would find them a match of their liking. Nese accepted and the pain left.

ROH WORLD SIX-MAN CHAMPIONS Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erich (Marshall & Ross) defeated Cage of Agony (Brian Cage, Toa Liona, & Bishop Kaun)

Last week, it was a tag match for Rhodes, teaming with Sammy Guevara in a win against the Dark Order. Back in the Six-Man fold, Rhodes and the Von Erichs took on the very beefy and very dangerous Cage of Agony, 2-time Six Man Champions in their own right. They held the belts for a combined 351 days, and defended them 11 times. If COA was able to get one over on the champs, they would become the 3-Time Six Man Champions, a feat only accomplished by one other team, The Kingdom (Matt Taven, Vinny Maseglia and TK O’Ryan). 

Ross started things off against Kaun, with Kaun taking the lead until Marshall came in for a save. Kaun absolutely crushed Marshall with a lariat bringing in his partners for a triple team. The legal tag went to Cage, who dragged Marshall to the corner, isolating him in the Corner of Agony. Marshall fought out of the corner and managed to tag in Ross. Cage caused a distraction, and Kaun threw Ross out of the ring. Cage beat him up on the outside and tossed him back in for a Liona and Kaun double team.

Cage, in his X-Men gear that had to be making The Infantry jealous, tagged in and beat up on Ross. Cage’s raw power was pretty hard to match, but Ross just couldn’t get the tag to one of his partners. Cage of Agony started wrestling with real arrogance. Standing covers, stopping for pushups, etc. Ross found an opening and got a tag to Rhodes, at the same time Cage got a tag.

Rhodes played his greatest hits on Cage, hitting him with bulldogs, powerslams and even a crossRhodes. At this point, the match devolved as all six men were in the ring taking and giving signature moves. Cage and Rhodes remained the legal men and Rhodes hit a sneak Texas Destroyer that got a very close two count.

Siuddenly, the ring was flooded with bodies. The Dark Order and the Undisputed Kingdom stormed the ring, causing a no contest and wreaking havoc. Sammy Guevara ran down to join the fray along with Fuego Del Sol, Serpoentico and Angelico. The heels beat down on the faces and even took out the security that was sent to the ring to regain order.

Cage hit a Gory Flatliner on Del Sol and Bennett and Taven took out Rhodes with a Hail Mary driver. Then Christopher Daniels, Jerry Lynn and more referees hit the ring representing the Board of Directors. They broke up the 8 vs 4 melee as the show came to an end.

Ring of Honor TV live results: Sammy Guevara returns, Tag Team title defense

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For the first time since February, Sammy Guevara will be in action as part of tonight’s Ring of Honor TV on HonorClub.

After making his surprise return last week to defend Dustin Rhodes from an attack by Dark Order, Guevara will team up with Rhodes against John Silver & Alex Reynolds.

The Infantry will get another crack at winning the ROH Tag Team titles as they challenge current champions The Undisputed Kingdom after issuing a challenge last week backstage. Bravo and Dean were unsuccessful at besting the champions earlier this year.

Tomohiro Ishii will make his return to the black and red brand against Tony Nese.

Rachael Ellering will also be in action while The Outrunners will go heads-up against Stephen Barrett & Wolf Brown.

Darian Bengston will make his ROH debut against NJPW’s Robbie Eagles.

ROH power couple Johnny TV and Taya Valkyrie will be in action as TV battles Fuego del Sol while Valkyrie will take on Hyan.

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Ring of Honor opened with a quick rundown of a packed card and went right into a huge matchup:

Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara defeated The Dark Order (John Silver and Alex Reynolds, w/Evil Uno)

Last week, Guevara made a surprise appearance on ROH, saving Rhodes from a beatdown at the hands of a very cranky Dark Order. The Order, Uno specifically, feel like Rhodes is taking up a spot in ROH that they deserve. His winning the 6-Man Titles with the Von Erichs stuck in Uno’s craw and had Guevera not interfered last week, they would have taken out Rhodes. Guevara is the wild card here as he seems to have turned over a new leaf, but is still Sammy Guevera, so can he be trusted? 

Guevara and Silver kicked things off before Rhodes tagged in for a quick double team. Considering they had never tagged together, Rhodes and Guevara seemed very comfortable with each other and kept control of things through the opening portion of the match. Then my head exploded as Rhodes attempted a Spinarooni in the ring, an obvious homage to his former WWE tag partner, Booker T.

In an exchange with Reynods, Rhodes seemed to injure his knee (which had been worked over pretty well by Evil Uno last week). Rhodes got back to his feet and seemed to be ok, just in time for Evil Uno to hit the injured knee with a chair while the Ref’s back was turned. Silver and Reynolds tagged in and out, isolating Rhodes’ and brutalizing his knee as Guevara begged for a tag in the corner.

Rhodes finally got a hot tag to Guevara who literally leapt into the ring to crush Silver with a splash. Guevara went for a Spanish Fly, but only got a two count out of it. A GHT later though, and Guevara was able to get the pin on silver and win the match for his team.

-Backstage, ROH Women’s World Champion Athena had a word with Billie Starkz. Anthena said that she was getting used to Starkz disappointing her. She should not have lost her ROH Women’s TV Title at Death Before Dishonor, and Athena had to revoke her Minion Status, and demote her to Minion-In-Training again. Suddenly, the person that took that title, Red Velvet arrived with Queen Aminata. They called out the cheating that occured at Death Before Dishonor. Aminata said that she went to the board of directors and booked a tag match for all four women, tonight.

Taya Valkyrie w/ Johnny TV defeated Hyan

Valkyrie has had an interesting few months in ROH. She has been supporting her husband, Johnny TV, in his endeavours and having decent, but ultimately pointless matches within the Women’s Division. Is tonight the night she sets herself on a path to clashing with some of the heavy hitters in ROH? 

Hyan has been around ROH since 2021, but Valkyrie didn’t really respect her tenure, calling her “an embarrassment” to the crowd. Valkyrie had control over the match, landing some devastating knees to a prone Hyan in the corner. The two battled back and forth as “womens wrestling” chants broke out in the arena.

The sheer strength of Valkyrie was difficult for Hyan to keep up with and after a Shania Pain, Valkyrie pinned her for the 1-2-3.

-Backstage, Melissa Santos interviewed Griff Garrison and Maria backstage. Before it could begin though, the SAP arrived to interrupt. Serpentico and Angelico demanded one more match for custody of Serpentico’s old mask. Maria considered this and then agreed as long as Angelico was banned from ringside. Oh, and also, if he loses, Serpentico must unmask for the rest of his career! A confident SAP agreed to the stipulations.

ROH Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Kingdom (Mike Bennett and Matt Taven)  defeated The Infantry (Carlie Bravo and Shawn Dean)

The challenge for this match came from the Infantry last week, interrupting another Kingdom promo about how there is no one in ROH who is on their level. Bravo and Dean have been on a hot streak lately, a look to be worth foes for the Champions. They entered in their X-Men themed gear too, which was really fun to see.

The Kingdom jumped the Infantry off of the Code of Honor, but they were able to dodge the attack and send Taven and Bennett to the outside. The Kingdom tried to walk away from the match, grabbing their belts and heading up the ramp, but the Infantry caught them and brought them back to the ring. Taven and Bravo ended up the legal men, and Dean jumped in for some double teaming.

Dean and Taven worked each other in the ring, neither holding back and both wanting to end things early. Numerous pins were attempted, but it was kickouts all around. Bennett tagged in and caught Bravo in a sleeper, but he managed to wriggle out. The Infantry stayed on the offensive though, until Taven reversed favor with big suplex on Bravo.

The Kingdom then tagged in and out, pounding away on an isolated Dean. There was much mocking and strutting from Bennett as Taven continued beating up Dean, until he tried to get a hot tag to Bravo. Bennett saw it coming though, and knocked him off the apron before the tag could be made.

Bravo finally tagged in and went for a big salute splash and pin, but Taven broken up the pinning attempt on Bennett. A miscommunication between the Champs left Bennett alone in the ring and Bravo and Dean tried to nail him with Boot Camp. Taven returned though and broke things up, distracting everyone so Bennett could punch Dean in the junk. A Hail Mary later and Bennett got the pin to retain the ROH Tag Titles in a really, really good match.

Rachael Ellering defeated Brooke Havok

Not a lot has been said about Ellering lately. Ellering entered the inaugural ROH Women’s World Television Championship tournament earlier in the year, and faced her friend Leyla Hirsch in the first round but was unsuccessful. Havok was trained at the Nightmare Factory, so she wasn’t just a flash in the pan.

Ellering had a size and experience advantage over Havok, but but Havok was able to keep up with her off the top. Ellering seemed reluctant to really lay into Havok for some reason, but kept control of the match just the same. The crowd was absolutely dead for this, you could hear a pin drop.

Ellering managed to get agressive and bloody Havok’s nose. Havok drew some energy from this, but now that the gloves were off, Ellering had her right where she wanted her. An unnecessarily complicated dropkick attempt from Havok opened things up for Ellering, and she crushed her with a BossWoman Slam to get the win.

-The new ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty was joined backstage by Shane Taylor. Moriarty challenged Action Andretti to a match for the Pure Title to prove who was best. Taylor then called out Andretti’s friends Top Flight, saying they need to bring their best when they deal with Shane Taylor Promotions (now called STP apparently)

The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) defeated Stephen Wolf and Barrett Brown

The Lambo Duo! The Speedboat Dreamboats! The Youngest Men Alive! Whatever you call them, Turbo and Magnum have made The Outrunners a household name amongst ROH fans and one would have to think will be in line for a Tag Title shot in the future. For this episode  though, the Kings of “Spin to Win” (whatever that means) were up against Wolf anf Brown, a relatively low-tier team on the ROH roster.

This match was the exact right amount of cheese and schmaltz that the Outrunners always bring. Lots of big slams, posing and dancing about. The crowd loved it. After a refusal from their opponents, Floyd and Magnum gave themselves a Code of Honor to start the match.

Wolf and Brown were in this match for one reason: to get absolutely beat up, thrown around and crushed to make the Outrunners look good. And that they did. I thought that Wolf was broken in half after a big clothesline. Brown didn’t fare much better, falling victim to Magnum using Floyd as a weapon. The Outrunners hit Total Recall and pinned Brown, clearing the way for much celebration.

Robbie Eagles defeated Darian Bengston

Darian Bengston is a wrestler. So is TMDK’s Robbie Eagles. Ergo, it makes sense to have them wrestle each other. That was about all there was to this match, story wise. Bengston, a Nightmare Factory graduate, also studied at the prestigious London School of Lucha Libre.

Eagles took control off the top, working a very technical style. Bengston was able to keep up, but it was obvious to see that he didn’t have the experience level of Eagles. He did have a speed advantage on Eagles, and that was apparent as the two ran the ropes, ending up with Bengston eating a big double kick.

Eagles set up Bengston in the corner for a Rock The Bells, an absolutely devastating set of knees to the face. Eagles kept going for a Ron Miller Special, but Bengston countered every time. Bengston proved himself to be a really hard hitting striker, but Eagles finally locked in the Ron Miller Special and Bengston was forced to tap out.

Tomohiri Ishii defeated Tony Nese w/ Mark Sterling and Aria Diavari

This was a clash of the two biggest small guys I’ve ever seen. Premier Athlete Nese is ripped to the heavens and The Conglomeration’s Ishii is such a brutal domineering force that his body swallowed his neck. It was like The Hulk fighting the Juggernaut and everyone was excited for it. Sterling announced that he had gotten the rest of the Conglomeration banned from ringside to keep the match one-on-one.

The match started with both men, well, hitting each other a bunch. Ishii’s chops reddened the chest of Nese who responded with punches of his own. Ishii just took it and begged for more. Sterling distracted the Ref and Diavari pulled Ishii off the apron to the outside. Nese distracted the ref while Diavari and Sterling beat up Ishii on the outside before throwing him back in.

Nese took advantage, putting a Chinlock on Ishii. What he didn’t count on though was Ishii’s lack of neck, rendering the hold useless. Ishii fought back and knocked Nese around with shoulder tackles and chops. Ishii went for the Brainbuster, which put Nese on his back for the pin.

-Racheal Ellering was interviewed backstage about her win earlier in the night. Ellering was interrupted by Harley Cameron who had a suggestion for Ellering: Change everything.

Johnny TV defeated Fuego del Sol

When we last saw TV, he was being eliminated from the 6-man Elimination match for the ROH TV Title at Death Before Dishonor. Outside of that match and his prior feud with Dalton Castle, TV really hasn’t really been doing much. Hopefully tonight’s bout would set him on a new course in ROH.

This match was very by-the-numbers. Aside from watching two great workers wrestler there really wasn’t much going on. Sol got in flurries of offence and TV heeled it up as only he can. Valkyrie caused distractions, and the couple made out a lot (TV and Valkyrie that is, not del Sol. Though that would have been a great twist).

TV locked a sleeper on del Sol but the luchadore fought out of it and delivered several high kicks to TV’s cranium. TV regained the momentum, but crotched himself on the ropes trying a superplex off the top turnbuckle. TV recovered and managed to set up Starship Pain and win the match.

ROH Women’s World Champion Athena and Billie Starkz defeated ROH Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet and Queen Aminata

This unannounced main event was made earlier in the evening when tensions began to appear between Starkz and Athena. Aminata and Velvet were looking to end the Minion Reign for good, and it remained to be seen if a very dejected Starkz would be a help or hindrance in the match.

Athena soaked up the crowd’s adulation while Starkz sulked in the background. Athena started things off against Aminata, but immediately tagged in Starkz, avoiding Aminata altogether. Aminata and Starkz have history going back to the Women’s TV Title Tournament that Starkz won through trickery. Aminata didn’t forget and tossed Starkz around the ring while Athena disapproved in the corner.

Champion took on Champion as Velvet tagged in and peppered Athena with punches in the corner. Starkz cheered on her mentor and Athena tagged her in to lock in an armbar on Aminata and gnaw on her fingers behind the ref’s back. Starkz began to get a bit of her smile back ans she and Athena tagged in and out to beat up Aminata.

The match continued as Aminata planted Athena on her head. That brought in Starkz and Velvet, and Starkz bit Velvet’s arm. That enraged Aminata who tagged in and levelled Starkz. Athena tagged in and fall-away slammed Aminata AND Velvet at the same time! Starkz tagged in and tried to pin Aminata, but it was only two.

Athena called for Lexy to pass her a mic just like Death Before Dishonor, but Aminata intercepted it. The two had a tug of war over it, while Lexy handed the TV title to Starkz who hit Velvet with it to get the pin and win the match.

Starkz may have made her way back into the good books, but Athena still refused to high-five her after the match, so she wasn’t out of the Minion Dog House yet.

Ring of Honor TV live results: Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erichs defend the Six-Man titles

Posted on by Jeff Moss

This week’s Ring of Honor on HonorClub emanates from the eSports Arena in Arlington, Texas, and is the follow-up to last Friday’s buzzworthy Death Before Dishonor streaming special.

After their emotional title win at Saturday’s AEW Battle of the Belts XI, new ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erichs will defend for the first time ever as they face the Iron Savages & Jacked Jameson.

After his crushing title defeat to Lee Moriarty last Friday, former ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta will take on Anthony Henry.

Fresh off his win on Wednesday in a big trios match, The Beast Mortos will look to continue his momentum against AR Fox; Rocky Romero will battle Brian Cage; and the returning Fuego Del Sol goes one-on-one with Jacoby Watts.

Robyn Renegade will work in singles action against Maya World.

Top Flight will be in tag team action while the Premier Athletes take on the Supastarz.

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After a quick Paul Wight-Narrated recap of Death Before Dishonor, ROH on Honorclub began what felt like a new era! They kicked it off in big style too with a championship match!

ROH World Six-Man Champions Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erichs (Ross & Marshall) defeated Jacked Jameson & The Iron Savages (Bronson & Boulder)

Those belts look good on Rhodes and the Von Erich’s shoulders, but are they enough to get them past the gates of Titty City? The Savages and Jameson aimed to take those newly won ROH Six-Man straps from the fighting champions!

The Savages and Jameson came to the ring with their usual brand of trash talk. Sauce, Hoss, and Titty City were all named check. The Champions arrived to much more fanfare, the crowd really loving seeing Rhodes with a title for the first time in a decade.

The Savages definitely had the beef advantage, with the Von Erichs and Rhodes giving up significant size to their opponents. Ross and Marshall were able to get so offence in on Boulder with a great double team in the corner. Ross also managed a really nice looking slingblade on Boulder for a two count. Rhodes got a big cheer as he tagged in to take on Bronson. The veteran hadn’t lost a step and caused a miscommunication that saw Boulder flatten his partner with a big splash.

Rhodes hit a classic powerslam on Bronson followed by a hot tag to Marshall. Marshall cleaned house, dropping Jameson on his head. Boulder tried to interfere but Rhodes caught him with a Canadian destroyer before he could to much damage. Rhodes set Jameson up for a shattered dreams and Marshall finished him off with a Claw Slam to retain the titles.

-Mark Briscoe cut a promo with his baby (that’s with the baby, not on the baby) congratulating Roderic Strong on their match at Death Before Dishonor. It was a hell of a match, but Briscoe is still the champion and that’s what matters.

Top Flight (Duante and Darius) w. Leila Grey defeated Ace of Space Academy (LSG and GKM)

This match served to (re)introduce us to Leila Grey as Top Flight’s new ring valet. LSG and MSG weren’t really much of a challenge for Top Flight. Duante took to the sky early and nearly pinned GKM while Darious flew over the top rope to crush LSG.

It wasn’t even a finisher that ended the squash, with Top Flight coming out on top. This does extend their winning streak in ROH, so they may be headed towards a Tag title shot in the future.

-Next, The Infantry cut a promo wondering why they aren’t getting the opportunities that other teams are getting. Stewardess Leila Grey was brought up and Bravo was mad that she chose them and not the Infantry as a group to join. They put ROH on notice and that was that.

Robyn Renegade defeated Maya World

Both Renegade a World have recently enjoyed some ring time in ROH, taking on some of the heavy hitters of the Women’s Division. Hopefully the winner of this match would get a little closer to that upper echelon and maybe even a title shot.

Right away, Renegade was in control. She faked out the shorter World, but the momentum flipped and it was World laying out the heavy kicks and strikes. Renegade got her footing back on the outside and slammed World onto the floor, tossing her back in for some more punishment.

Renegade, sensing that she may have taken World too lightly, nailed a Pump Handle Slam with gusto and got the 1,2,3.

-Anthony Henry was being interviewed backstage and suddenly, his cousin, Beef, interrupted. Beef was there to support his second cousin by marriage and said he’d be in his corner in his match tonight. Henry seemed irritated but played along as the next match began.

The Beast Mortos defeated AR Fox

Here’s what Mortos had been up to in just the last week:

  • Competed in the Royal Rampage match on AEW Rampage last Friday. 
  • Spent 20 minutes throwing  Komander at the ground at Death Before Dishonor.
  • Fought Hologram on AEW Collision.
  • Took on The Conglomeration last night  on AEW Dynamite! 

So, he’s been busy. Fox was looking to avenge a loss to Mortos back in April, but it remained unclear if Mortos’ packed schedule would allow him to do that, or even have any effect on the Beast whatsoever.

Spoiler: It didn’t. 

While Fox did get some interesting pinning combinations in, Mortos just wasn’t going down. He popped right up after everything Fox threw at him, inside and outside the ring. There was a bright spot for Fox, when he leapt through the ring ropes at a charging Mortos and knocked him into the barricade.

In the end a series of backbreakers and slams put Fox down for good and Mortos stood tall.

-the MxM Collection joined us backstage and reminded us that they will always come out on top.

Wheeler Yuta defeated Anthony Henry

At Death Before Dishonor, The Blackpool Combat Club’s Yuta lost the ROH Pure Title to Lee Moriarty in a fantastic match. This bout with Henry would hopefully put Yuta on the road to reclaiming that title.

The match deteriorated into a chop-fest on the outside, with Yuta taking out his frustration on Henry’s chest. Yuta also ground Henry’s head right into the steel joist of the ring post. The two continued, trading moves and blows in a fantastic back and forth match.

In the end though, Yuta picked up the win, showing that he’s more than just a Pure wrestler.

-The man that took the title from Yuta, Lee Moriarty cut a promo next, letting ROH as a whole know that #Tigastyle is here to stay!

The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese) defeated Supastarz (Nikki Eight & Tommy Mars)

This match had neither much of a point, or much of an interesting outcome. I suppose the intention was to give the Premier Athletes a win, but it was such a one sided affair that it wasn’t interesting to watch. Something of a miss on a pretty good night.

-To make matters weirder, Anthony Henry was joined backstage by Beef again to discuss how their family will get wins all over the place. It might be part of the effort Tony Khan seems to be making to jazz up the show, but I don’t know if this is the way to go.

Fuego Del Sol defeated Jacoby Watts w/ Nick Comoroto

When last we saw Watts, he was tagging with Nick Comoroto, kind of. Watts was doing really well at letting Comoroto do all the work, while he sucked up the accolades. He managed to win his last singles match, but would the fight against Del Sol be a different affair?

Watts began the match by running down Del Sol on the mic. Sol responded with a dropkick. From there it was a great bunch of heeling done by Watts. He oversold everything and snuck around the ring trying to get in cheap hits. Sol was able to keep up with him easily though, flying around the ring with springboard moonsaults and stomps, leading to a quick pin and a surprising win.

Even though he didn’t get involved, the real winner here was Comoroto’s shirt.

-The Minions joined us backstage in a taped post-Death Before Dishonor promo. ROH Women’s World Champion Athena was showering Lexy Nair with love since she helped her retain her title. This made now-former Women’s TV Champion Billie Starkz jealous and a rift began to appear…

Brian Cage defeated Rocky Romero

Brian Cage has been machining all over ROH recently, taking part in a 6-person match that was more of an assault than a wrestling contest. At Death Before Dishonor, he can within a hair of winning the ROH TV Title in a six-man elimination match. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to get the pin and that made him mad. Like, real mad. This this match against Romero had the potential to give Cage a chance to blow off some steam, but what’s next for him remaind a mystery.

It was almost a comical mismatch of size, with the beefy Cage dwarfing Romero and throwing him around the ring. Romero had brief flashes of offense, incuding a great dropkick from the ring apron (the ahrdest part of the ring) that sent Cage flying into the barricade. An avalanche hurricanrana got a close 2.5 count on Cage. Romero even resorted to biting at one point before a superplex on his massive opponent.

It almost looked like Romero’s high-flying style would get the jump on Cage, but Cage hit a massive driver and finally got a pin.

-The Undisputed Kingdom, the current ROH Tag Champs, were interviewed back stage. Matt Taven and Mike Bennett let us know that they are closing in on one full year as ROH Tag Champions. Suddenly, The Infantry appeared. They brought up losing to the Kingdom in April, but since then, they have beated teams like FTR and The House of Black. They challenged the Kindgom to a match next week, which was gladly accepted by the Champs.

-To cap off the evening, Dustin Rhodes came down to the ring to address the Texan ROH crowd. Rhodes mentioned that it’s been a long time since he’s had a title around his waist (almost 10 years). “You deserve it” chants broke out in the arena, and in my living room.

Rhodes thanked the crowd for sending him their energy for the last 36 years. Rhodes talked up the Von Erichs, discussing how their families were part of wrestling history and it was an honor to be champions with Marshall and Ross. Rhodes spoke of his father, Dusty, and how his encouragement has kept him moving all these years.

Rhodes then announced that he wants more. At that moment, he was interrupted by The Dark Order’s Evil Uno. Uno stomped to the ring and screamed that they were robbed in their eliminator match against Rhodes and the Von Erichs last week.

Uno said that he doesn’t give a damn about Rhodes’ or the Von Erich’s family name. He’s been in ROH every week working his ass off. Uno said that Rhodes should step aside and let people like the Dark Order represent ROH as 6-man Champions. Uno said they had one more thing for Rhodes, and immediately Silver and Reynolds arrived to jump him.

However, a surprise Sammy Guevara arrived to even the odds! Guevara cleared the ring of the Dark Order and helped Rhodes to his feet. Rhodes cautiously shook his hand and the two embraced as the show came to a close.

This episode definitely felt different, with a lot more things happening and stories developing. Maybe Tony Khan is paying more attention to ROH after all.

Ring of Honor TV live results: Death Before Dishonor go-home show

Posted on by Arya Witner

The final stop before Friday’s Death Before Dishonor has arrived with this week’s Ring of Honor on HonorClub.

Blackpool Combat Club’s Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta will take on Shane Taylor Promotions’ Anthony Ogogo & Lee Moriarty.

Ahead of their Survival of the Fittest match on Friday, ROH TV Champion Atlantis Jr. will team with Lio Rush against Shane Taylor & Johnny TV.

Former MLW Tag Team Champion EJ Nduka will make his promotional debut as he challenges Jon Cruz.

In a 10-man tag team match, Top Flight, Action Andretti, Komander & the returning Fuego Del Sol will take on the Iron Savages, Nick Comoroto, Jacked Jameson & Anthony Henry.

Marshall & Ross Von Erich will be in tag team action against Dark Order’s John Silver & Alex Reynolds ahead of a trios clash on Friday.

Lexy Nair will interview Queen Aminata and Red Velvet ahead of their respective title challenges of ROH World Women’s Champion Athena and ROH Women’s TV Champion Billie Starkz Friday.

Abadon will make her return to ROH action this week as well.

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-The show starts with video of Roderick Strong pinning Tomohiro Ishii from Collision last week and then being confronted by Mark Briscoe. That segued into a quick Blood and Guts recap and a backstage promo by Mark Briscoe where he was confronted by Mike Bennett. Bennett told Briscoe there are more important things than wrestling. Of course this was all a set up so Matt Taven could attack him from behind. Roderick Strong told him he may be ROH Champion now, but he’ll never be Mr. ROH.

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-Lexy Nair interviewed Bennett and Taven, who don’t have opponents for Death Before Dishonor. Bennett said TK hasn’t been answering his messages, so they must be getting the day off. Taven was in the middle of thanking TK when Paul Wight walked in with good news and bad news. The good news is Wight is now on the ROH Board of Directors. The bad news is because of the shenanigans they have pulled, they will now defend at Death Before Dishonor against Ishii and Kyle O’Reilly.

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Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta defeated Lee Moriarty & Anthony Ogogo w/Shane Taylor

Just a reminder, Yuta is the ROH Pure Champion and apparently they are now babyfaces because Claudio is slapping the fans hands. Tomorrow is Yuta vs Moriarty.

Moriarty and Yuta start and we get some nice wrestling with a lot of mirror spots. Yuta has a really nice armdrag. I know that doesn’t sound like much, but I will always appreciate a good armdrag. Ogogo tagged in and demanded Claudio tag in as well, so of course, Claudio obliged. Ogogo hit a punch to the liver, but Claudio quickly took back over and tagged out. Thanks to a distraction by Moriarty, Ogogo got the heat on Yuta. Yuta played babyface in peril really well and the crowd popped a little for the Claudio hot tag as the former ROH Champ ran wild on Moriarty. Claudio went for The Big Swing, but Moriarty fought and made the ropes. Claudio ran around the outside with a European Uppercut to Moriarty and fell through the barricade, which hadn’t been properly secured. Ogogo took back over, but missed his Discuss Punch and got hit with a pop up uppercut, but the fall was broken up by Moriarty. A 4-way broke out, highlighted by a Yuta Suicide Dive to Moriarty. Finally Claudio used The Big Swing on Ogogo and pinned him after a lariat in around 13 minutes. After the match, Yuta and Moriarty had to be separated, but Shane Taylor punched Yuta in the jaw.

Fun opener.

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-Lexy Nair was in the ring to introduce the challengers in the Women’s title matches at Death Before Dishonor: Queen Aminata and Red Velvet. Aminata challenges Athena for the Women’s World Title and Velvet faces Billie Starkz for the TV Title. This was actually taped last night at Dynamite, while the matches happened last Saturday.

Lexy asked Velvet a question and then pulled the microphone away. Then she asked Aminata how she sleeps last night after what she did to Athena and pulled the mic away again. This time Aminata ripped the mic away and said the bitch got what she deserved.

This brought out Athena, who was carried to the ring by an ROH staff member. Athena hobbled into the ring and got held up by Lexy. Athena said Lexy did her best, but these two are too uncultured to do an interview segment. Athena said ever since she beat the tar out of those two, they were nothing but tyrants and bullies. Athena noted they called her Ashy and called Billie “trashy”. Athena said Aminata is not ready for the opportunity she usurped and the two of them are raggedy ass lot lizards. This brought out Billie Starkz, who attacked the challengers from behind. Billie is wearing matching gear and Lexy took off Athena’s boot because of course she’s not actually injured.

My computer keeps crashing, but ultimately the champions laid out the challengers leading into tomorrow.

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Gates of Agony defeated Angelico and Serpentico

This was a lot more competitive than I expected it to be. Actually, Angelico and Serpentico got a lot of offense on Bishop Kaun. Of course, the Gates finally took over and specifically on Angelico. Serpentico eventually got the hot tag and did a flying crossbody to Toa, but got caught and dropped with a powerslam. That was probably a Pobody’s Nerfect moment, as they pretty much immediately ignored it and Serpentico ran wild for a few seconds, before he got cut off and pinned after Open The Gates.

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EJ Nduka defeated Jon Cruz

Nduka is like a foot taller than Cruz. Apparently he’s a legitimate 6’8 and I believe it. Nduka held Cruz up for a vertical suplex and held him there for around 10 seconds before tossing him. He did it a second time for a count of 11 from the crowd. Nduka used Snake Eyes and a flying shoulder tackle, called The Hammer, before picking up the win with Exodus, which is a spinning back suplex.

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-We got a video package for the MXM Collection, who will debut tomorrow at Death Before Dishonor.

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Johnny TV & Shane Taylor w/Taya Valkyrie defeated Lio Rush & ROH TV Champion Atlantis Jr

The bell rings, but the match can’t start until TV and Taya make out. Taya gets on the apron to yell at Lio Rush, but he runs at her, so she falls off into Johnny’s arms, but then Johnny has to drop her, as Lio is flying through the ropes at him. Taylor got tired of the shenanigans and booted Lio’s head off. Atlantis got in and worked really well with TV. Rush was in with Taylor and it honestly looked ridiculous with the size difference that Taylor needed interference by Taya on the floor to cut Lio off. Taylor slapped around Lio and bad mouthed him in the corner, which got the crowd to react, but they were yelling for Taylor to slap him around more. Taylor did mockingly get the crowd to chant for Lio briefly, however. We had a bit of a contrived spot where Lio rushed between Shane’s legs and then had to literally stop because it wasn’t time to make the hot tag yet and Johnny TV, who blind tagged in, needed to to get in the ring, run across and cut him off. Of course, seconds later, TV was playing to the audience and let Atlantis get the tag. A 4-way breaks out and Lio did this neat move where he bounced off the bottom ropes with his thighs and hit a Stunner. Finally Atlantis accidentally superkicked Lio and got pinned by Taylor after a Package Piledriver.

It was a fine match, but it felt like it could have been a lot better.

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In reality no one would have complained had the show ended here. We got a 1-hour show with 4 matches and a lot of good stuff to plug DBD. However, we needed more.

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Abadon defeated Dulce Tormenta

Well if the show had ended, I wouldn’t have gotten to see my favorite non-binary wrestler win a squash match. Dulce got to do a little bit, but Abadon got the win with a Black Dahlia.

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Komander, Action Andretti, Top Flight & Fuego Del Sol w/Alex Abrahantes defeated Iron Savages, Nick Comoroto & Anthony Henry

This is Fuego’s first AEW match since February 2023. Well, it’s his first ROH match, but you know what I mean.

Everyone got the chance to tag in, do something, get cut off, sell for a minute and tag out to start the match. Bronson and Boulder threw around Komander like he was a 161 pound Luchador and they were 2-300 pounders. Fuego made up for lost time by being dropped on the pretty black mats by Henry and then got quadruple-teamed in the heel corner. In case you haven’t seen Nick Comoroto since The Factory broke up, he looks A LOT different without the beard. He has grown out sideburns and looks like the perfect 80’s/early 90’s heel and that’s not a bad thing. Bronson teased a standing moonsault, but instead did a sit down splash. Dante Martin eventually got the hot tag and him and Darius ran wild on all 5 heels until they had their heads knocked off by a double clothesline by Comoroto. Outside the ring, Iron Savages were teasing doing something to Fuego, but they got stopped and we had a crazy dive sequence by Dante, Action and Fuego. Finally in the ring, all the babyfaces hit a splash on Comoroto and Dante Martin pinned him.

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-Backstage Queen Aminata and Red Velvet both vowed to win their matches.

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Tomorrow night at Death Before Dishonor:


-Athena vs Queen Aminata for the Women’s World Title

-Billie Starkz vs Red Velvet for the Women’s TV Title

-Mike Bennett & Matt Taven vs Kyle O’Reilly & Tomohiro Ishii for the ROH Tag Team Titles

-Wheeler Yuta vs Lee Moriarty for the ROH Pure Title

-Diamante vs Legit Leyla Hirsch in a Texas Death Match

-Atlantis Jr. vs Lee Johnson vs Lio Rush vs Shane Taylor vs Johnny TV vs Brian Cage in a Survival of The Fittest Match for the ROH TV Title

-Komander vs The Beast Mortos

-Dark Order vs Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erich’s where the winners get an Undisputed Trios Title Match at Battle Of The Belts on Saturday

-Mark Briscoe vs Roderick Strong for the ROH World Title

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Ross & Marshall Von Erich w/Kevin Von Erich vs John Silver & Alex Reynolds w/Evil Uno

The Dark Order got the early advantage on Marshall, complete with Evil Uno cheating from the outside. Ian noted this wasn’t the Evil Uno we’re used to. I mean his name IS Evil Uno, what did you expect? Ross tagged in, but got power bombed by Silver on Reynolds’ knees, which did not feel good. I mean I am not Ross Von Erich, but I can’t imagine it would tickle. Ross was able to make the hot tag to Marshall, which gave him the chance to run wild. Silver went to the middle ropes, but Marshall got up with a dropkick to knock Silver to the floor. Marshall went for The Iron Claw, but Evil Uno jumped on the apron and got a Claw. However that just gave Reynolds and Silver and chance to gain a brief advantage. That lasted until Reynolds yelled at Kevin outside the ring. He turned around and got his head taken off by a clothesline by Marshall, who picked up the win.

After the match, all three Dark Order members attacked Ross and Marshall. Kevin teased getting in the ring, but instead Dustin Rhodes ran in for the save. Reynolds was left and he stood up to all 3 faces, who just let him talk all the shit in the world, until Kevin got in the ring and slapped on The Iron Claw, which easily got the biggest reaction on the show.

The show ended with the Von Erich’s and Dustin standing tall.

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I don’t think I am being mean by saying this, but again, the show would have been better off ending after an hour. The rest of the stuff was nice, but you could have substituted the two squash matches for this main event and no one would have batted an eye. The last 30 minutes was fun, but did nothing to build to tomorrow’s show. However, if you’re someone who is going to pay for Honor Club, you probably aren’t going to be turned off by the excess.

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Ring of Honor TV live results: Athena vs. Viva Van

Posted on by Jeff Moss

Ring of Honor presents its weekly show on Honorclub tonight.

The ROH World Women’s and Tag Team champions will be in action on the show. Athena wrestles Viva Van in a Proving Ground match while Matt Taven & Mike Bennett are set to face Nick Comoroto & Jacoby Watts.

Matches for this week’s episode were taped primarily in Vancouver and Portland, although Top Flight vs. The Workhorsemen was taped this weekend in Las Vegas.

ROH TV announced lineup for Thursday, May 30, 2024 —

  • ROH Women’s World Champion Athena vs. Viva Van in a Proving Ground match
  • ROH World Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Kingdom (Mike Bennett & Matt Taven) vs. Nick Comoroto & Jacoby Watts in a Proving Ground match
  • The Workhorsemen (JD Drake & Anthony Henry) vs. Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin)
  • The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese) vs. The Bollywood Boyz (Gurv & Harv Shira)
  • Lee Johnson vs. Aaron Solo vs. Action Andretti
  • Serpentico vs. Brady Roberts
  • Red Velvet vs. Kel
  • Zak Knight vs. Sebastian Wolfe

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To open the show, the card was run down and then Athena ran down! To the ring, that is.

ROH Women’s World Champion Athena defeated Viva Van in a Proving Ground match

With both women in the ring, this was a Proving Ground match where Van had to last 10 minutes, or pin the Champion in order to secure a future title shot.

Athena was confident off the top though, taunting and teasing Van, even going so far as to offer up a vintage “test of strength.” Van held her own and gave as good as she got, with a tight armbreaker, forcing Athena out of the ring.

Back inside, Athena tried to put Van away quick with a heavy kick to the head, but was beginning to lose sight of the clock, which ticked away. There wasn’t a lot of urgency in Athena’s movements, but they worked and she held control through most of the match.

Eventually, Athena great tired of toying with Van and clubbed her down for the 1, 2, 3.

ROH World Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Kingdom (Mike Bennett & Matt Taven) defeated Nick Comoroto & Jacoby Watts in a Proving Ground match

Following that up was the second Proving Ground Match of the night. Comoroto and Watts needed to pin, or wrestle the champions to a 10 minute draw to lock in a shot at the ROH Tag Team titles.

Comoroto gave two really nice Code of Honor handshakes to his opponents and the match began. Comoroto was the biggest guy in the ring and his heavy strikes worked well against the smaller Taven. Comoroto tried to tag Watts, but Watts convinced him that he could handle it without him, which was interesting.

Taven did gat a tag though and Bennett entered to knock Comoroto around. Comoroto fought back though, keeping both Bennett and Taven on their heels. Watts again convinced Comoroto he didn’t need to tag him in, and Bennett scooped him up for a spiccoli driver to get the win. Watts never even entered the match and yelled at Comoroto after the match, manipulating Comoroto into cheering for him.

Serpentico defeated Brady Roberts

A solo outing for Serpentico this week to debut a new mask. Also debuting this week, Brady Roberts, his opponent.

Both competitors were about the same size, so it was a fast-paced match with lots of really smooth action. Roberts had the upper hand several times in the match, including a really tough looking knee to Serpentico’s back. A terrific surfboard (literally) had Serpentico face down and close to tapping as well.

Serpentico came back though with some devastating chops in the corners. Despite Roberts’ 5-star effort, he fell victim to a bulldog which allowed Serpentico to hit a big senton and get the pin.

-Marina Schafir was interviewed in the back by Lexi Nair. They discussed Shafir being a problem that no one in ROH can solve. Shafir mentioned that if you don’t take care of a problem, it gets worse.

Red Velvet defeated Kel

Velvet entered to a good cheer from the crowd. Kel was a former basketball player and was several inches taller than Velvet. Her inexperience was a factor though, and Velvet was able to keep her off her feet, cutting out the advantage.

Velvet kept Kel on the mat with a series of shoulderblocks and knees. Eventually, she wore her down and picked up the pin.

Suddenly though, Athena’s music hit. Velvet turned to face her and fell victim to a sneak attack from Billie Starkz. Starkz bashed Velvet’s face into the ROH Women’s TV Title belt, knocking her out. Starkz bolted as the Ref attended to Velvet in the ring.

Zak Knight defeated Sebastian Wolfe

The undefeated Knight is having a great run through ROH and on Rampage as well. Knight took his time getting his gear off for the match, frustrating the crowd and his opponent.

Knight immediately tossed Wolfe to the mat and rained blows down on him. Wolfe fought back and tried to chop Knight, but had little to no effect. Kinght pounded and kicked Wolfe in the corner, making this seem way more like a bar fight than a match.

Knight hit a big stalling suplex, got the two count and yanked Wolfe up. He tossed him around a hit him with a massive lariat for another 2- count and pull up. Finally Knight laid a knock out punch on Wolfe and allowed the three count.

Lee Johnson defeated Aaron Solo and Action Andretti in a Three-Way Match

Johnson, Solo and Andretti are something like three sides of the same triangle in the squared-circle, so this match had a high-energy feel from the start.

Solo tried to get the jump on his opponents via fake sportsmanship, but it backfired and Andretti sent him out of the ring. Johnson and Andretti traded moves until Solo rejoined them. He was quickly superkicked out of the ring, and it was back to Johnson and Andretti.

Solo managed to get Johnson out of the ring, and took on Andretti. Solo tried to slow things down to put Andretti off his game, but Johnson re-inserted himself in the match and the three men knocked each other about. Solo tried for a big stomp off the top rope, but only got a two count of Andretti. Johnson and Solo had their face-off next, leading to a big dive out of the ring by Johnson.

Andretti tried a standing moonsault on both Solo AND Johnson, but it only resulted in a two-count on the two men. Several near-falls and momentum changes later, Andretti ate an errant superkick from Johnson, who slammed Solo and got the pin for the win.

The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese) defeated The Bollywood Boyz (Gurv & Harv Shira)

Mark Sterling rand down the Vancouver hockey team, The Canucks, to the crowds dismay. Then, they cheered up as the Bollywood Boyz entered wearing Canuck’s jeresys to a huge ovation!

The WWE release of the Bollywood Boyz was a dark time for their fans (who I count myself amongst). So it was great to see them in ROH, and against two great opponents in The Premiere Athletes.

Nese and Daivari jumped the Boyz off the top, but Harv and Gurv were ready for it. They fought the Athletes off, sending them out of the ring to regroup. Harv and Daivari ended up the legal men and Daivari let his mean streak out on the smaller Harv, isolating him from his brother. Nese tagged in and continued the beatdown.

Harv managed to get a hot tag to Gurv, who leapt into the ring and went toe-to-toe with Nese, clearing the ring while his brother recovered. The two sent Nese and Daivari out of the ring so they could do their signature dance.

Nese managed to land a pump handle driver on Gurv though and the Premiere Athletes took home the victory. They dragged the Bollywood Boyz back into the ring to dish out some punishment until The Infantry came to the ring with chairs to even the odds! They chased the Premiere Athletes out of the ring and stood tall with the Boyz.

-A vingette aired promoting Dalton Castle vs ROH World TV Champion Kyle Fletcher for next week’s show!

Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin) defeated The Workhorsemen (JD Drake & Anthony Henry)

It’s the main event spot for Drake and Henry this week. They have a lot on their plates though with Top Flight, who came to the ring with Action Andretti who had just completed a costume change so quick, it could have been on the Eras Tour.

Henry and Darius kicked things off with some quick exchanges. The match felt really exciting off the top, with all these guys having great presence in the ring. Drake entered the match, asserting his presence by no-selling some big chops from Darius. Duante tagged in and did an amazing backflip OFF of the back of Drake.

Drake used his size to isolate Duante from tagging. A double stomp from Henry right on Duante’s back ended up in a two-count, but no pin for the Workhorsemen. Darius flew in off of a hot tag and cleaned house, getting the big man, Drake, off his feet. Henry broke up a pin and kept his team in the match, causing a distraction for Drake to land a low blow in the ring. Only a two count though as Darius kicked out, bringing everyone back into the ring.

Duante took advantage of Henry’s surgically-repaired jaw and landed a series of hard punches on his chin. Henry and Duante were the legal men, and Duante managed to land a side slam on Henry and get the pin for Top Flight.

Next Week: ROH TV Champion Kyle Fletcher vs Dalton Castle!