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New Tag Team Champions crowned at ROH Final Battle

Posted on by Bryan Rose

New ROH Tag Team Champions have been crowned.

Sammy Guevara and The Beast Mortos defeated Tommy Billington and Adam Priest to win the titles at Final Battle on Friday. With the win, Guevara now becomes a three-time ROH Tag Team Champion, while Mortos has won the title for the first time. The finish had Hechicero climb on the apron and interfere, allowing Guevara to hit a low blow on Billington and Mortos pinning him with a moonsault to become the new champions.

Earlier in the night, Hechicero approached Guevara and Mortos about working together in the Survival of the Fittest match for the ROH World Championship. The three came to an understanding that Hechicero would be in their corner for the Tag Team title match, then would look out for one another in the main event. 

Guevara and Rush vacated the titles when it was announced that the latter would be out of action dealing with a knee injury. Rush was also set to challenge for the ROH World Championship at Final Battle and as a result, the match was changed to a Survival of the Fittest match that also includes Blake Christian and Komander.

House of Torture to challenge for ROH Tag Team titles at Wrestle Dynasty

Posted on by Ethan Renner

House of Torture have issued a challenge to the ROH Tag Team Champions for Wrestle Dynasty on January 5 in the Tokyo Dome.

After Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara successfully retained their titles in a bullrope match at Friday’s ROH Final Battle, a video message from Bullet Club House of Torture’s SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru played with the duo challenging Rhodes & Guevara for Wrestle Dynasty:

Rhodes & Guevara responded to the challenge in a segment posted to social media:

Once finalized, the ROH Tag title bout will be the eleventh set for Wrestle Dynasty on January 5. The updated lineup:

Wrestle Dynasty (Sunday, January 5 airing live on NJPW World) —

  • Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ricochet (will be an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match if Sabre retains against Shota Umino at Wrestle Kingdom)
  • Shota Umino vs. Claudio Castagnoli (will be an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match if Umino wins the title at Wrestle Kingdom)
  • NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone vs. RevPro Undisputed British Women’s Champion Mina Shirakawa in a double title match
  • David Finlay vs. Brody King (will be an IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship match if Finlay retains against Yota Tsuji at Wrestle Kingdom)
  • Yota Tsuji vs. Jack Perry (will be an IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship match if Tsuji wins the title at Wrestle Kingdom)
  • Kenny Omega vs. Gabe Kidd
  • Great-O-Khan & TBD vs. The Young Bucks for the vacant IWGP Tag Team titles
  • International Women’s Cup four-way match (winner receives a title shot in the promotion of their choosing): Persephone vs. Athena vs. Willow Nightingale vs. TBD (Stardom representative)
  • Tomohiro Ishii challenges either Shingo Takagi or Konosuke Takeshita for the NEVER Openweight Championship (AEW International Championship will also be on the line if Takeshita still holds the title when he faces Takagi at Wrestle Kingdom)
  • Lucha Gauntlet match featuring four wrestlers from CMLL and four from NJPW
  • ROH Tag Team Champions Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara defend against SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Tag title bout, more matches added to ROH Supercard of Honor

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The ROH World Tag Team titles will be defended at Friday’s Supercard of Honor event. 

After defeating Tag Team title holders The Undisputed Kingdom in a Proving Ground match on Thursday’s episode of Ring of Honor TV, The Infantry’s Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean will challenge for the titles at Friday’s Supercard of Honor. 

The Infantry defeated House of Black in the current AEW Tag Team title tournament in a wild card bout before dropping a quarterfinals match to FTR on last Saturday’s Collision episode. 

Matt Taven & Mike Bennett of Undisputed Kingdom were also included in the AEW Tag title tournament, losing in the quarterfinals to Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta. 

Two more tag team bouts have also been added to Friday’s Supercard of Honor. 

The feud between Griff Garrison & Cole Karter and Serpentico & Angelico that has played out in recent months on Ring of Honor TV will culminate in a bout between the two teams on Friday’s show. 

A bout with Josh Woods & Tony Nese facing a mystery team has also been added to Friday’s lineup. 

ROH Supercard of Honor streams on Honor Club on Friday, April 5 at 7 p.m. Eastern time. The lineup: 

  • ROH World Champion Eddie Kingston defends against Mark Briscoe
  • ROH Women’s Champion Athena defends against Hikaru Shida
  • ROH TV Champion Kyle Fletcher defends against Lee Johnson
  • ROH Women’s TV Championship tournament finals: Queen Aminata vs. Billie Starkz
  • ROH Tag Team Champions Matt Taven & Mike Bennett defend against Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo
  • Fight Without Honor: Dalton Castle vs. Johnny TV
  • Mina Shirakawa, Maika, & Mei Seira vs. AZM, Tam Nakano, & Saya Kamitani
  • Angelico & Serpentico vs. Griff Garrison & Cole Karter
  • Tony Nese & Josh Woods vs. TBA

MJF & Samoa Joe to defend ROH Tag titles at AEW Dynamite New Year’s Smash

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The ROH Tag Team titles will be on the line at AEW Dynamite New Year’s Smash on Wednesday, December 27. 

MJF & Samoa Joe accepted a challenge from The Devil to defend the ROH Tag titles on next week’s Dynamite following a promo segment on this week’s show. 

As MJF & Joe were in the ring, they were interrupted by The Devil’s masked henchmen. After fending the henchmen off, a message from The Devil played on the video wall challenging MJF to put the titles on the line next week. Joe accepted on MJF’s behalf, and will defend the titles with MJF in Adam Cole’s stead. MJF & Cole are the ROH Tag Team Champions, but Cole has been sidelined due to injury. 

MJF defended the titles in a handicap match at the WrestleDream pay-per-view in October, and Joe also substituted for Cole in a successful title defense against The Gunns at the Full Gear Zero Hour pre-show in November. 

The Continental Classic Gold League finals are also set for next week’s Dynamite, with Jon Moxley, Jay White, and Swerve Strickland squaring off in a three-way. The winner will advance to the Continental Classic finals at Worlds End. 

The Continental Classic Blue League finals will also be held on the New Year’s Smash episode of Dynamite.

The Dynamite New Year’s Smash lineup to this point: 

  • Continental Classic Gold League finals: Jon Moxley vs. Jay White vs. Swerve Strickland
  • Continental Classic Blue League finals: TBD vs. TBD
  • MJF & Samoa Joe defend the ROH Tag Team Championship

Number one contenders match set for AEW Rampage Grand Slam

Posted on by Ethan Renner

A four-way match to determine the number one contenders to the ROH Tag titles is among the new items announced for AEW Rampage Grand Slam.

The Kingdom (Mike Bennett & Matt Taven) vs. The Hardys (Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy) vs. The Righteous (Vincent & Dutch) vs. Best Friends (Trent Beretta & Chuck Taylor) will take place at Rampage Grand Slam with the winners earning a shot at Adam Cole & MJF’s ROH World Tag Team Championship at AEW WrestleDream on Sunday, October 1. The new match was announced during Wednesday’s Dynamite Grand Slam. 

Another bout has been added to the Rampage Grand Slam lineup, as Skye Blue will face Julia Hart in a women’s division contest. 

Mike Santana in singles action was also newly announced for Friday’s episode. 

The three new bouts join a lineup that already includes an ROH World Six-Man Tag Team title match, an AEW World Trios title bout, a mixed trios bout, plus Sting & Darby Allin teaming against Christian Cage & Luchasaurus for Friday’s show. 

Rampage Grand Slam is being taped Wednesday night at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, New York City to air Friday at 10 p.m. Eastern time on TNT in a special two-hour episode. 

The announced card for Rampage Grand Slam: 

  • ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship: Mogul Embassy (Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) defend against The Elite (The Young Bucks & Hangman Page)
  • AEW World Trios Championship: The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) & Billy Gunn defend against Dark Order’s Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds & John Silver
  • ROH World Tag Team Championship number one contenders match: The Kingdom (Mike Bennett & Matt Taven) vs. The Hardys (Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy) vs. The Righteous (Vincent & Dutch) vs. Best Friends (Trent Beretta & Chuck Taylor)
  • Sting & Darby Allin vs. Christian Cage & Luchasaurus
  • Orange Cassidy, Hook & Kris Statlander vs. Matt Menard, Angelo Parker & Anna Jay
  • Skye Blue vs. Julia Hart
  • Mike Santana in action

Dark Order to challenge for ROH Tag Team titles at AEW All Out

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Alex Reynolds & John Silver of The Dark Order will challenge for the ROH Tag Team Championship at Sunday’s AEW All Out pay-per-view.

Reynolds & Silver won a tag team battle royale on Friday’s AEW Rampage episode to earn a shot at MJF & Adam Cole’s ROH Tag titles at All Out. 

Silver hid outside the ring and rushed back in to eliminate Trent Beretta of Best Friends to end the battle royale and secure the title shot. 

Friday’s Rampage episode was taped Wednesday in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. 

Nine matches are now set for All Out set for Sunday, September 3 at the United Center in Chicago.

Here is the updated card for All Out:

  • AEW International Championship: Orange Cassidy defends against Jon Moxley
  • TBS Championship: Kris Statlander defends against Ruby Soho
  • TNT Championship: Luchasaurus vs. Darby Allin
  • ROH Tag Team Championship: Adam Cole & MJF defend against Alex Reynolds & John Silver
  • ROH Television Championship: Samoa Joe defends against Shane Taylor
  • Eddie Kingston & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta
  • Kenny Omega vs. Konosuke Takeshita
  • FTR & The Young Bucks vs. Bullet Club Gold
  • Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Miro

MJF & Adam Cole win ROH Tag Team titles at AEW All In Zero Hour

Posted on by Ian Carey

There are new Ring of Honor Tag Team Champions. 

Hours before they headline AEW All In, MJF and Adam Cole defeated Aussie Open to win the titles on the Zero Hour pre-show. 

The finish of the match saw Cole pin Kyle Fletcher following a double clothesline. MJF had hit a “Kangaroo Kick” on both Fletcher and Mark Davis moments earlier.

The new champions briefly celebrated with their belts after the match. They then had a short staredown as Cole handed MJF the AEW world title belt. Cole left the ring as MJF held up the title, leaving MJF to celebrate with his two belts. 

Better Than You Bay Bay are now the 67th champions in ROH tag title lineage. They are the 41st team to win the belts. Aussie Open’s title reign ends after 37 days and four successful title defenses. They beat The Lucha Bros for the belts at ROH Death Before Dishonor on July 21. 

Four-way Tag Team title match added to ROH Death Before Dishonor

Posted on by Bryan Rose

A four-way for the ROH Tag Team titles is set for Death Before Dishonor.

Tony Khan announced on social media Monday night that the Lucha Bros. will defend the titles against The Kingdom, Best Friends, and Aussie Open in a four-way match.

Aussie Open’s inclusion in the match will mark the first time Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis have teamed up since signing with AEW in May. Davis had been out of action since suffering a torn meniscus in a match. His last match was on May 3 at NJPW’s Wrestling Dontaku event when he, Fletcher, and Great-O-Khan defeated Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste, and Kosei Fujita of TMDK.

Here is the updated lineup for Death Before Dishonor, which takes place on July 21 at the CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton, New Jersey:

  • ROH World Championship: Claudio Castagnoli defends against TBA
  • ROH Television Championship: Samoa Joe vs. Dalton Castle or Shane Taylor
  • ROH Pure Championship: Katsuyori Shibata defends against Daniel Garcia
  • ROH Women’s Championship: Athena defends against Willow Nightingale
  • ROH Tag Team titles: Lucha Bros. defend against Best Friends, The Kingdom, and Aussie Open

ROH Tag title match announced for next AEW Dynamite

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The Ring of Honor Tag Team Championship will be defended on next week’s AEW Dynamite. 

The Lucha Bros (Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix) are set to defend the ROH Tag Team titles against Blackpool Combat Club’s Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta on the May 24 Dynamite episode. The match was announced during this week’s Dynamite. 

Castagnoli, the ROH World Champion, defeated Fenix in a Double Jeopardy match on last week’s Dynamite where the winner would get a shot at the loser’s title. Castagnoli chose Yuta as his partner for the Tag Team title challenge. 

Also announced for next week, AEW owner, president, CEO, head of creative, and GM Tony Khan will reveal the location for the debut of AEW Collision set for Saturday, June 17. Khan announced the dates and location for episodes two through six of Collision during this week’s Dynamite. 

Next week’s lineup to this point: 

AEW Dynamite, Wednesday, May 24 —

  • ROH Tag Team Championship: The Lucha Bros (Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix) defend against Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta)
  • Tony Khan will reveal the location for the debut episode of AEW Collision

Tony Khan: New ROH Tag Team title belts to debut at Supercard of Honor

Posted on by Ethan Renner

ROH owner Tony Khan has announced that new Tag Team title belts will be unveiled at Friday’s Supercard of Honor pay-per-view. 

In an interview with Battleground Podcast released Wednesday, Khan stated that new belts will debut on Friday’s show in the Reach for the Sky ladder match to crown new ROH Tag Team Champions. 

“There will be new belts, we’ve retired the old design… I’m very, very excited for this pay-per-view on Friday, and one of the major reasons is the Reach for the Sky tag team ladder match paying tribute to the late, great Jay Briscoe.”

Jay and brother Mark Briscoe were the ROH Tag Team Champions when Jay tragically passed away in a car crash on January 17 of this year. 

Khan said that Mark Briscoe was instrumental in the decision to crown new Tag Team Champions, and that the ladder match was a way to pay tribute to both Briscoe brothers. 

“Mark Briscoe thought [the ladder match] was a great idea, and that was important to me too. Having his opinion and having his buy-in to this made all the difference in the world.”

Khan also announced in the interview that the Honor Club streaming service has hit 15,000 subscribers, up from 10,000 when he last announced subscription numbers at the post-Revolution media scrum on March 5. 

“We have more subscribers than ever before for Ring of Honor streaming, which is amazing. We’ve just re-launched the service [Honor Club] from scratch, and we’ve already reached about 15,000 subscribers for Ring of Honor right now, just for the TV, which is amazing.” 

ROH Supercard of Honor airs Friday at 7 p.m. Eastern time on pay-per-view, with a Zero Hour pre-show set for 6 p.m. Eastern.

The full interview can be seen below.