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Wrestler returns from injury during ROH television tapings

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Nick Wayne is back.

The ROH Television Champion made his return during Saturday’s Ring of Honor tapings, defeating Lucas Riley in a Proving Ground match. He was accompanied by Mother Wayne and Kip Sabian and had been out of action since July recovering from a broken foot. 

Despite being gone for so long, Tony Khan chose not to create an interim Television Champion during Wayne’s injury. He did note in December that if he had known how long Wayne was going to be out, he might have chosen the interim title route, similar to when ROH Women’s Television Champion Red Velvet was out of action.

Here are the complete spoilers for ROH courtesy of PWInsider:

  • Jay Lethal defeated Tommy Billington
  • Satnam Singh defeated an unnamed local
  • TMDK (Shane Haste & Bad Dude Tito) defeated The Frat House (Griff Garrison & Cole Carter)
  • Red Velvet defeated Zayda Steel to retain the ROH Women’s Television title
  • Big Bill, Bryan Keith, and Grizzled Young Veterans defeated Dom Kubrick, Che Cabrera, and a local talent.
  • Sky Flight (Scorpio Sky and Darius & Dante Martin) defeated Adrian Quest & The Homies
  • Persephone defeated Jonnie Robbie
  • ROH TV title Proving Ground match: Nick Wayne defeated Lucas Riley
  • Deonna Purrazzo defeated Trish Adora to retain the ROH Women’s Pure title. After the match, Billie Starks and Diamante attacked Purrazzo.
  • Komander defeated Tony Nese

Kyle Fletcher wins Television title at ROH Final Battle

Posted on by Bryan Rose

A new Television Champion was crowned at ROH Final Battle.

Kyle Fletcher is the new ROH Television Champion after winning the Survival of the Fittest elimination match. The final two participants were Fletcher and Komander, with Komander getting a nearfall after hitting a 450 splash. Fletcher cut off Komander in the corner and hit the hammerlock tombstone for the win, winning the title for the first time.

The ROH Television Championship was vacated by Samoa Joe back on the November 8 edition of AEW Dynamite, with Joe saying he wanted to focus on winning the AEW World Championship. Tony Khan later announced that a Survival of the Fittest six-man elimination match would take place at Final Battle, with qualifying matches taking place on ROH’s TV show on Honor Club. Lee Moriarty, Dalton Castle, Lee Johnson, and Komander qualified ahead of Final Battle. Bryan Keith became the last participant to qualify at ROH Final Battle Zero Hour, defeating Jack Cartwheel.

Fletcher has recently branched out as a singles wrestler after his tag team partner Mark Davis suffered a wrist injury at AEW WrestleDream in October. Fletcher has since aligned himself with the Don Callis Family stable.

Tony Khan will address vacant TV title on next week’s Ring of Honor

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Tony Khan will have an update on the vacant ROH World Television Championship on next week’s Ring of Honor TV. 

It was announced during this week’s edition of Ring of Honor TV on Honor Club that ROH’s owner will address the title vacated by Samoa Joe on the Thursday, November 16 episode. 

Joe defeated Keith Lee in what turned out to be his final defense of the ROH World Television Championship on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show, then announced that he was vacating the title in order to pursue the AEW World Championship currently held by MJF.

With a reign stretching from April 13, 2022 until November 8, 2023, Joe set the record for longest single ROH TV title reign at 574 days. Both Jay Lethal and Dragon Lee held the title for more days overall but combined over multiple reigns. 

Eddie Edwards was the first ROH World Television Champion, winning a tournament final after the title was established in 2010.

Finals set for ROH TV Title Eliminator Tournament

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The finals of the ROH TV Title Eliminator Tournament are set for the August 10 episode of Ring of Honor TV. 

Shane Taylor defeated Christopher Daniels in one semifinal bout on this week’s episode to advance to the finals, while Gravity defeated Tony Nese in the other semifinal match to set up next week’s finals. 

Taylor punched his ticket to the finals by hitting Daniels with the Marcus Garvey Driver to pick up the victory on Thursday’s Ring of Honor TV show, while pinned Nese with a splash off the top rope to advance to the finals. 

The winner of Taylor vs. Gravity will face ROH World Television Champion Samoa Joe for the title at a yet unspecified date.

Gravity defeated Anthony Henry in the quarterfinals last week, while Taylor scored a win over Serpentico to set up this week’s bouts. 

It was also announced during this week’s show that Samoa Joe will be in tag team action on the August 17 Ring of Honor TV show, teaming with Stokely Hathaway against The Boys. 

Our full report from this week’s episode can be found here.

ROH announces TV title Eliminator Tournament, semifinals set

Posted on by Ethan Renner

ROH announced a Television Championship Eliminator Tournament on Thursday’s Ring of Honor TV episode, then held the tournament quarterfinals. 

Board of Directors member Stokely Hathaway revealed the title Eliminator Tournament in a backstage interview segment with Lexi Nair and World TV Champion Samoa Joe, and the quarterfinals round commenced on Thursday’s show. 

Christopher Daniels defeated JD Drake, Tony Nese defeated Cheeseburger, Gravity defeated Anthony Henry, and Shane Taylor defeated Serpentico in quarterfinals bout on Thursday’s show. 

The tournament semifinalists are now Daniels, Nese, Gravity, and Taylor. No bracket was revealed for the tournament, so the exact semifinals matches have yet to be announced. The tournament winner will earn a shot at Joe’s ROH World Television Championship. 

Joe has held the TV title for over 15 months after defeating Minoru Suzuki to win the belt on the April 13, 2022 AEW Dynamite episode. Joe defeated Dalton Castle in his most recent title defense at last week’s Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view. 

Samoa Joe vs. Mark Briscoe TV title match set for ROH Supercard of Honor

Posted on by Ethan Renner

A World Television Championship match is official for ROH Supercard of Honor on March 31. 

In a bout made official on this week’s Ring of Honor TV episode, Samoa Joe will defend the ROH TV title against Mark Briscoe at the pay-per-view on Friday, March 31. 

Briscoe answered Joe’s call for a challenger on last week’s episode, then the match was officially announced on this week’s show. 

Briscoe is currently an ROH Tag Team Champion, holding the titles with his late brother Jay. New Tag champs will be crowned at Supercard of Honor in a Reach for the Sky ladder match, with Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix currently the only team officially announced for that bout. 

Briscoe will be in singles action on next week’s ROH TV, facing Tony Nese. 

Joe has held the TV title since defeating Minoru Suzuki to win the Championship on an AEW Dynamite episode on April 13, 2022. 

The current lineup for Supercard: 

ROH Supercard of Honor, Friday, March 31, 7 p.m. Eastern time on pay-per-view —

  • ROH World Television Championship: Samoa Joe defends against Mark Briscoe
  • Reach for the Sky ladder match for the ROH Tag Team Championship: Lucha Bros vs. TBA