The finals of ROH’s Women’s World Championship tournament are now set.
Rok-C and Miranda Alize will face off in the finals of the Women’s World Championship tournament at ROH’s Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view on Sunday (September 12). The PPV is taking place at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia.
Rok-C and Alize both won semifinal matches on the latest episode of ROH TV. Rok-C defeated Angelina Love, while Alize defeated Trish Adora.
To get to the finals, Rok-C defeated Sumie Sakai, Quinn McKay, and Love during the tournament. Alize defeated Alex Gracia, Nicole Savoy, and Adora.
Rok-C and Alize both made their ROH debuts this year.
The winner of Rok-C vs. Alize will become the first-ever ROH Women’s World Champion. The title is replacing the former Women of Honor World Championship.
Here’s the updated card for Death Before Dishonor:
ROH World Champion Bandido defends against Brody King, EC3, and Demonic Flamita in a four-way elimination match
ROH Women’s World Championship tournament finals: Rok-C vs. Miranda Alize
ROH Pure Champion Jonathan Gresham defends against Josh Woods
ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Moses & Kaun) defend against La Faccion Ingobernable (Dragon Lee, Kenny King & Bestia del Ring)
Two “top free agents” who were recently released from another promotion will face off against each other
Violence Unlimited (Homicide, Chris Dickinson & Tony Deppen) vs. John Walters, LSG & Lee Moriarty
The Briscoes vs. The OGK (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett)
ROH’s Women’s World Championship tournament is down to its final four wrestlers.
Rok-C vs. Angelina Love and Miranda Alize vs. Trish Adora will be the semifinal matches in the Women’s title tournament. Both matches will air on the ROH TV episode that premieres this Saturday (September 4).
Love and Adora advanced to the semifinals by winning matches on the latest edition of ROH TV. Love defeated Max The Impaler by disqualification when Max wouldn’t let go of a choke in the ropes. Adora defeated Allysin Kay in their quarterfinal match.
In the first round of the tournament, Adora defeated Marti Belle. Love had a first-round bye.
Rok-C defeated Sumie Sakai and Quinn McKay to get to the semifinals. Alize defeated Alex Gracia and Nicole Savoy.
The ROH Women’s World Championship is a new title that’s replacing the former Women of Honor World Championship. Love is a former Women of Honor Champion, while Rok-C, Alize, and Adora all made their ROH debuts this year.
The finals of the tournament will take place at ROH’s Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view on Sunday, September 12. The PPV is being held at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia.
The quarterfinals of Ring of Honor’s Women’s World Championship tournament are now fully set.
On the latest episode of ROH TV, Max The Impaler defeated Holidead to advance to the quarterfinals of the Women’s title tournament. Angelina Love will be Max’s quarterfinal opponent.
This will be Love’s first tournament match. She received a bye in the first round of the tournament.
Here’s the full list of quarterfinal matchups:
Left side of the bracket —
Rok-C vs. Quinn McKay
Max The Impaler vs. Angelina Love
Right side of the bracket —
Miranda Alize vs. Nicole Savoy
Allysin Kay vs. Trish Adora
The quarterfinals will begin with Rok-C vs. McKay and Alize vs. Savoy airing on the ROH TV episode that premieres this Saturday. Kay vs. Adora and Max The Impaler vs. Love will then air on the following week’s edition of ROH TV.
The finals of the tournament will take place at ROH’s Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view on Sunday, September 12. The PPV was originally set to take place in Lakeland, Florida but has been moved to the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania due to the surge of COVID-19 cases in Florida.
The ROH Women’s World Championship tournament kicked off with three competitive and diverse matches.
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Quinn McKay welcomed us to the broadcast and seemed more ecstatic than usual, which was due to the fact that this week’s episode of TV marks the start of the Women’s World Championship tournament.
McKay then previewed the three first round matches that we’ll see tonight. They are: Miranda Alize vs. Alex Gracia, Mazzerati vs. Nicole Savoy, and Sumie Sakai vs. Rok-C.
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Miranda Alize defeated Alex Gracia (8:43)
Chelsea Green joined commentary for this bout.
Alize and Gracia exchanged a few different holds and attempts at moves but eventually came to a stalemate. The lucha-based styles of both women led to a few fun air-based maneuvers, but the two couldn’t seem to connect chemistry wise.
After a short commercial break, Alize and Gracia exchanged some stiff strikes and even a few headbutts. Gracia laid in a few really good chops in this match. Alize started growing frustrated with Gracia’s constant comebacks and eventually hit her signature Drive By knee strike for the win.
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Nicole Savoy defeated Mazzerati (8:45)
Mazzerati tried to talk big, but Savoy straight up outwrestled her in the first portion of the match. Savoy used her usual wrestling tactics that are submission based, leading to commentary comparing her to Jonathan Gresham.
These two seemed to have much better chemistry than Alize/Gracia. Savoy would attempt her signature half nelson suplex multiple times, but Mazzerati had a counter for it every time.
That didn’t stop the “Queen Of Suplexes” from hitting some, well, suplexes. Savoy hit a beautiful butterfly suplex, which led Mazzerati to counter with a Northern Lights suplex.
Mazzerati got some more great offense in during the home stretch, nailing Savoy with a stiff superkick. Savoy was able to recover and duck a few kicks from Mazzerati before eventually trapping her in a half-nelson suplex for the win.
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Rok-C defeated Sumie Sakai (9:36)
Sakai overwhelmed Rok-C with a flurry of offense early on, but Rok-C regained her confidence rather quickly and was able to reverse the momentum back in her favor.
Rok-C’s offense is so smooth and rhythmic that it reminds me of Sasha Banks. Her offensive style is very similar to Banks as well. She continued her momentum and nailed Sakai with a pair of double knees in the corner into a commercial break.
When the broadcast returned, Sakai was in full control. She targeted the lower back of the self proclaimed “Prodigy” and even showboated a little bit. Sakai went to the top rope to try and capitalize on her momentum, but Rok-C nailed her with two kicks to the head. Rok-C would follow it up with a top rope flip into a close near fall on Sakai.
Lots of near falls ensued in the following minutes, including a couple of phenomenal roll-up near falls. Rok-C would eventually get the better of Sakai and successfully complete a roll-up for a three count.
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Final Thoughts —
I thought this was a fun and exciting three-match lineup to kick off the ROH Women’s World Championship tournament. Rok-C and Sumie Sakai delivered a home run, while the other two bouts delivered an RBI. I’m very happy that ROH is focusing on younger stars like Rok-C and giving them big and meaningful wins over veterans like Sakai.
In recent weeks I’ve introduced a scale in order to let you know if the current week of ROH TV is worth your while. The scale is as follows:
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Quinn McKay has been confirmed for the Women’s World Championship tournament and will be facing Mandy Leon in the first round. After McKay was unsuccessful in her first two attempts to get into the tournament, ROH held a fan vote on their “ROH The Experience” Facebook page to determine if she should receive the final spot. The vote ended with 95 percent of respondents saying McKay should be in the tournament.
McKay previously lost matches against Angelina Love and Leon where the stipulation was that she would’ve gotten a spot in the tournament if she won. Both of those losses included outside interference. Leon helped Love defeat McKay on ROH TV this May. Leon then defeated McKay earlier this month, with Love giving Leon brass knuckles to use during the match.
ROH has announced that Love and Leon will be banned from ringside during each other’s tournament matches. Love is getting a first-round bye due to her win against McKay.
McKay is a member of the ROH broadcast team. Her matches against Love and Leon are the first two times she’s wrestled for ROH.
The Women’s World Championship tournament will begin airing on the ROH TV episode that premieres this Saturday. Miranda Alize vs. Alex Gracia, Mazzerati vs. Nicole Savoy, and Sumie Sakai vs. Rok-C are set for the episode.
The finals of the tournament will take place at ROH’s Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view this September.
After two unsuccessful attempts, Quinn McKay is getting one more shot to enter ROH’s Women’s World Championship tournament.
ROH announced tonight that a fan vote is being held on their “ROH The Experience” Facebook page to decide if McKay should get the final spot in the Women’s title tournament. McKay previously lost matches against Angelina Love and Mandy Leon where the stipulation was that she would’ve gotten a spot in the tournament if she won.
Both of the matches that McKay lost included interference. Leon helped Love defeat McKay on ROH TV this May. Leon then defeated McKay on ROH TV earlier this month when Love gave Leon brass knuckles to use as a weapon.
Love is getting a first-round bye in the Women’s title tournament due to her win against McKay.
ROH also announced tonight that Love and Leon will be banned from ringside in each other’s Women’s title tournament matches. McKay will face Leon in the first round if she’s voted into the tournament.
McKay is part of the ROH broadcast team. Her match against Love was her ROH in-ring debut.
The Women’s title tournament will kick off with Miranda Alize vs. Alex Gracia, Mazzerati vs. Nicole Savoy, and Sumie Sakai vs. Rok-C airing on the ROH TV episode that premieres this Saturday. The finals will take place at ROH’s Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view this September.
Here’s the bracket for the Women’s title tournament:
ROH’s Women’s World Championship tournament will be kicking off with three matches airing on ROH television later this month.
ROH announced today that Miranda Alize vs. Alex Gracia, Mazzerati vs. Nicole Savoy, and Sumie Sakai vs. Rok-C will air on the ROH TV episode that premieres the weekend of Saturday, July 31.
The tournament features 15 participants, with Angelina Love getting a first-round bye. One of the spots in the tournament is still open.
Quinn McKay has been involved in an angle where Angelina Love and Mandy Leon have twice prevented her from qualifying for the tournament. If McKay defeated Leon on this past weekend’s ROH TV episode, McKay would have gotten the final spot. But McKay lost when Love gave Leon brass knuckles to use behind the referee’s back.
After the way that McKay vs. Leon ended, Maria Kanellis-Bennett will be making two announcements regarding the tournament early next week.
The ROH Women’s World Championship is a new title that’s replacing the former Women of Honor World Championship. The finals will take place at ROH’s Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view this September.
Sixteen competitors will compete this summer and fall for the Ring of Honor Women’s Championship and the full bracket was revealed at Sunday’s Best in the World.
Joining the field to replace Vita VonStarr is Chelsea Green who debuted on Sunday’s show. Released in April by WWE, the former Impact Knockouts Champion will make her ROH in-ring debut later this summer.
The tournament will kick off on ROH TV on July 31st with the finals set for September’s Death Before Dishonor. Lenny Leonard will return to the company to call the action, his first for ROH in 12 years.
The upper left side of the bracket will see Sumie Sakai take on Rok-C while Green will face Mandy Leon. The bottom right side will see Max The Impaler against Holidead while Angelina Love has a first round bye.
On the right upper side, Miranda Alize will face Alex Gracia while Nicole Savoy will battle Mazzerati. On the lower right side, Allysin Kay will face Willow Nightingale while Trish Adora takes on Marti Belle.
Formerly known as the Women of Honor title, it went defunct in January 2020 after champion Kelly Klein left the company. Several of the women in the tournament earned their spot through competing on Women’s Division Wednesday and earning “Tickets to Gold” from Maria Kanellis-Bennett.
All but one of the entrants for ROH’s Women’s World Championship tournament have now been revealed.
ROH has announced that Sumie Sakai, Holidead, and Marti Belle will be participants in this summer’s Women’s World Championship tournament. Sakai was presented with a Ticket to Gold by Maria Kanellis-Bennett on this week’s Women’s Division Wednesday episode, granting her a spot in the tournament. Kanellis-Bennett then presented Holidead and Belle with Tickets to Gold in a video that ROH uploaded on Thursday night.
Allie Recks was also going to be given a Ticket to Gold by Kanellis-Bennett on this week’s Women’s Division Wednesday, but Recks is unable to compete in the tournament due to undergoing knee surgery. Recks said she’ll be out of action for 8-9 months.
Sakai competed in ROH’s first-ever women’s match in 2002 and became the first Women of Honor World Champion in 2018.
Holidead has regularly teamed with Thunder Rosa as The Twisted Sisterz during her career. She made her AEW Dark debut on last week’s episode and has wrestled for ROH several times previously.
Belle has formerly wrestled for the NWA and TNA/Impact Wrestling. She was also an entrant in WWE’s inaugural Mae Young Classic in 2017. Belle appeared for ROH in 2019 when she unsuccessfully challenged Allysin Kay for the NWA Women’s World Championship.
The ROH Women’s World Championship bracket will be revealed at this Sunday’s Best in the World pay-per-view. The tournament will kick off on ROH TV the weekend of Saturday, July 31.
But before the tournament starts, Quinn McKay will face Mandy Leon on the ROH TV episode that begins airing on Saturday, July 17. If McKay wins, she’ll get the final spot in the tournament.
McKay, who is part of ROH’s broadcast team, lost her first shot to be in the tournament when she was defeated by Angelina Love this May. Leon interfered to help Love win that match. As a stipulation of her win, Love is getting a first-round bye in the tournament.
The ROH Women’s World Championship is a new title that’s replacing the former Women of Honor World Championship. Here’s the updated list of entrants for the title tournament:
After picking up a win on Women’s Division Wednesday, Alex Gracia has been confirmed for ROH’s Women’s World Championship tournament.
Gracia defeated Gia Scott on this week’s Women’s Division Wednesday. Gracia was presented with a Ticket to Gold by Maria Kanellis-Bennett at the end of the show, granting her a spot in the tournament. The tournament is taking place this summer.
This was the second match that Gracia has had for ROH. She lost to Willow Nightingale on Women’s Division Wednesday earlier this month.
Gracia previously regularly appeared on AEW Dark and has also wrestled for the NWA and Stardom.
Gracia had also been announced for the ROH Women’s World Championship tournament when it was originally supposed to take place last year. The tournament was delayed following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eleven entrants have now been confirmed for the Women’s World Championship tournament. Vita VonStarr had previously been set to take part in it, but she was removed after getting involved in her The Righteous stablemate Dutch’s match against Matt Taven on the latest episode of ROH TV. In storyline, VonStarr’s place in the tournament was contingent on her not getting involved in any men’s matches before the tournament starts.
The winner of the tournament will become the first-ever ROH Women’s World Champion. The title is replacing the former Women of Honor World Championship. Here’s the updated list of entrants:
This summer’s ROH Women’s World Championship tournament has a couple of new entrants.
It was announced on this week’s ROH Women’s Division Wednesday episode that Nicole Savoy and Mandy Leon will be taking part in the Women’s World Championship tournament. Both wrestlers were presented with Tickets to Gold by Maria Kanellis-Bennett. The Tickets to Gold grant competitors a spot in the tournament.
Savoy was voted into the tournament through the fan support she received on ROH’s The Experience Facebook page. Savoy made her ROH debut in December 2019 and is returning to the promotion for the first time since February 2020.
Savoy was an entrant in WWE’s 2017 Mae Young Classic. She also took part in AEW’s women’s Casino Battle Royale at All Out 2019 and teamed with Big Swole in AEW’s Women’s Tag Team Cup last year.
Shimmer and Stardom are also among the promotions Savoy has wrestled for during her career.
Leon is a veteran of the ROH roster. She joins her The Allure stablemate Angelina Love among the tournament entrants. Love is getting a first-round bye in the tournament, which was a stipulation of her defeating Quinn McKay on ROH TV last month.
Savoy and Leon had also been set to participate in the ROH Women’s World Championship tournament when it was originally supposed to take place last year. The tournament was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ROH Women’s World Championship is a new title that’s replacing the former Women of Honor World Championship. Here’s the updated list of participants for the tournament:
The Righteous’ Vita VonStarr is the latest addition to the field for ROH’s Women’s World Championship tournament.
It was announced on this week’s edition of Women’s Division Wednesday that VonStarr will be a participant in this summer’s ROH Women’s World Championship tournament. VonStarr’s inclusion comes with the stipulation that — if she interferes in any men’s matches between now and the tournament — she’ll lose her spot in it.
VonStarr is part of ROH’s The Righteous stable with Vincent Marseglia, Bateman, and Dutch.
On Women’s Division Wednesday, there was a segment where VonStarr and Bateman approached Maria Kanellis-Bennett backstage. Bateman wanted to know why VonStarr wasn’t in the tournament. Kanellis-Bennett said she only wanted to give opportunities to women who are focused on being in the women’s division. Kanellis-Bennett agreed to give VonStarr a spot in the tournament but said VonStarr will be out of it if she gets involved in any of the men’s matches between now and then.
VonStarr wrestled on Women’s Division Wednesday last month, losing a match against Sumie Sakai.
Here’s the updated list of entrants for ROH’s Women’s World Championship tournament:
Rok-C
Angelina Love
Miranda Alize
Trish Adora
Allysin Kay
Mazzerati
Willow
Vita VonStarr
Love is getting a first-round bye in the tournament, which was a stipulation of her defeating Quinn McKay on ROH TV last month.
The winner of the tournament will become the first-ever ROH Women’s World Champion. The title is replacing the former Women of Honor World Championship.
Willow is the seventh entrant to be confirmed for ROH’s Women’s World Championship tournament.
On this week’s ROH Women’s Division Wednesday episode, Maria Kanellis-Bennett presented Willow with a Ticket to Gold that grants her a spot in the Women’s World Championship tournament. Willow was given the Ticket to Gold during a post-match interview after defeating Alex Gracia on Women’s Division Wednesday.
Willow also goes by the name Willow Nightingale. She made her AEW debut on an episode of Dark: Elevation last month, losing to Thunder Rosa. Willow also lost to Diamante on Dark last month. Willow has been wrestling since 2015 and was trained at the NYWC Academy.
The ROH Women’s World Championship is a new title that’s replacing the former Women of Honor World Championship. The tournament to crown the first champion is taking place this summer. Here’s the updated list of entrants:
Rok-C
Angelina Love
Miranda Alize
Trish Adora
Allysin Kay
Mazzerati
Willow
Love will be getting a first-round bye in the tournament. Love receiving the bye was a stipulation of her defeating Quinn McKay on ROH TV last month.
ROH hasn’t announced how many entrants the tournament field will consist of. It was set to be a 16-woman tournament when it was originally supposed to take place in 2020, but the tournament was delayed following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This week’s Women’s Division Wednesday ended with it being questioned whether we’ll see Gracia again or if her tournament chances have slipped away.
Mazzerati is the latest addition to the lineup for Ring of Honor’s Women’s World Championship tournament.
On this week’s ROH Women’s Division Wednesday episode, Maria Kanellis-Bennett presented Mazzerati with a “Ticket to Gold” that grants her a spot in the Women’s World Championship tournament. The tournament is taking place this summer.
Mazzerati was in action on this week’s Women’s Division Wednesday. She lost to Angelina Love in a match that included interference by Love’s The Allure stablemate Mandy Leon.
Mazzerati previously wrestled for ROH twice in 2019. She’s the current Women’s Champion of the Las Vegas-based Future Stars of Wrestling promotion. Mazzerati also formerly held the OVW Women’s Championship.
Rok-C, Angelina Love, Miranda Alize, Trish Adora, Allysin Kay, and Mazzerati are the first six entrants that have been confirmed for the ROH Women’s World Championship tournament. As a stipulation of Love defeating Quinn McKay on ROH TV earlier this month, Love will be getting a first-round bye in the tournament.
The ROH Women’s World Championship is a new title that’s replacing the former Women of Honor World Championship.
A former Impact Wrestling and NWA Women’s Champion is the latest addition to Ring of Honor’s Women’s World Championship tournament.
This week’s ROH Women’s Division Wednesday episode ended with the announcement that Allysin Kay will be taking part in this summer’s ROH Women’s World Championship tournament. She’s the fifth entrant confirmed for the tournament, joining Angelina Love, Rok-C, Miranda Alize, and Trish Adora.
Kay was presented with a “Ticket to Gold” by Maria Kanellis-Bennett, granting her entry into the tournament. Kanellis-Bennett said Kay didn’t need to have a tryout match because her work speaks for itself.
Kay, who is a free agent, said she’s excited to sink her teeth into ROH after previously only making one-off appearances for the promotion.
In Impact Wrestling, Kay was formerly known as Sienna. She held the Impact Knockouts Championship twice during her time with the company.
Kay held the NWA Women’s World Championship from April 2019 to January 2020. Kay announced last November that she had departed the NWA.
Kay wrestled for AEW on the pre-show for last November’s Full Gear pay-per-view. She unsuccessfully challenged Serena Deeb for the NWA Women’s World Championship.
Kay also took part in WWE’s Mae Young Classic in 2018, losing to Mia Yim in the first round.
As a stipulation of Angelina Love defeating Quinn McKay on ROH TV earlier this month, Love is getting a first-round bye in the Women’s World Championship tournament.
The ROH Women’s World Championship is a new title that’s replacing the former Women of Honor World Championship.
