Tag: ROH Women’s Pure title

Queen Aminata withdraws from ROH Women’s Pure title tourney semifinals, Final Battle update

Posted on by Josh Nason

The inaugural Ring of Honor Women’s Pure title tournament has its first official finalist, but not by the means they hoped.

Revealed during Thursday’s ROH Final Battle media call, Tony Khan said that Queen Aminata was not cleared by doctors Wednesday when her semifinal bout with Deonna Purrazzo was set to be taped. As a result, Aminata forfeited the match and Purrazzo has advanced to the finals at Friday’s streaming special.

Purrazzo now awaits the winner of the Yuka Sakazaki vs. Billie Starkz semifinal that airs on tonight’s ROH on HonorClub.

Aminata also had to be pulled from last month’s AEW Blood and Guts match due to a neck injury. She had only hoped to be out for a few weeks.

ROH Final Battle lineup | Friday, December 5 | Columbus, Ohio

  • Survival of the Fittest for the ROH World Championship: Bandido defends against Blake Christian, The Beast Mortos, Sammy Guevara, Komander, and Hechicero
  • ROH Women’s Championship: Athena defends against Persephone
  • Finals for the ROH Women’s Pure Championship: Deonna Purrazzo vs. TBA
  • ROH Women’s Television Champion Mercedes Mone defends against Red Velvet
  • Vacant ROH Tag Team Championship: The Beast Mortos & Sammy Guevara vs. Adam Priest & Tommy Billington
  • ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean defend against Skyfight (Scorpio Sky, Dante Martin & Darius Martin)
  • AEW National Champion Ricochet defends against Dalton Castle
  • 30-minute Iron Man match: Nigel McGuiness vs. Lee Moriarty

ROH Women’s Pure title tournament semifinals set for next week

Posted on by Josh Nason

Image: AEW

After being introduced in the spring, Ring of Honor is one step close to finally crowning their inaugural Women’s Pure Champion.

On Friday’s ROH on HonorClub in a match taped last week in Boston, Yuka Sakazaki defeated Serena Deeb in the remaining quarterfinal to advance to a semifinal clash with Billie Starkz who advanced back in September with a victory over Olympia.

Sakazaki got the pin while Deeb’s right foot was on the bottom rope but Deeb had exhausted her rope breaks so it counted.

The other semifinal will see Deonna Purrazzo against Queen Aminata with the finals set to take place at next Friday’s ROH Final Battle streaming special in Columbus, Ohio. Purrazzo advanced in November with a victory over Trish Adora while Aminata defeated Taya Valkyrie back in August.

It’s expected both semifinal bouts will be taped this Wednesday prior to AEW Dynamite in Fishers, Indiana, as they are set to air on Thursday’s HonorClub show.

WOL: Will The Rock return for WrestleMania week?

Posted on by Josh Nason

Image: WWE

It’s Sunday and WrestleMania week has arrived, so let’s get things going on Wrestling Observer Live as I fill in for the ailing Andrew Zarian.

Off the top, I look through the big story leading into the week for WWE: is The Rock coming back as part of this John Cena vs. Cody Rhodes angle or what? I also talk about the Bespectacled One’s NJPW Rubik’s Cube picture.

I look at an X poll about whether YOU are into WrestleMania 41 this year and opine on why the answer might be wait and see, plus a fun opponent I would love Randy Orton to take on at this weekend’s big events.

I delve into AEW Collision and this Wednesday’s hyped-up edition of AEW Dynamite, why there will be work to be done to make Double or Nothing feel important, and more. I also chat about Mariah May’s IG story comment among the rumors of her impending contract status.

And I complain a bit about a new title coming to Ring of Honor.

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