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Two new entrants announced for ROH Women’s title tournament

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Two new entrants have been confirmed for ROH’s Women’s World Championship tournament.

ROH has announced that Miranda Alize and Trish Adora will both be entrants in this summer’s Women’s World Championship tournament. They got their spots in the tournament by being awarded “Tickets to Gold” by Maria Kanellis-Bennett at the end of this week’s ROH Women’s Division Wednesday episode.

Alize defeated Adora in their match on this week’s Women’s Division Wednesday.

ROH’s Women’s World Championship [tournament was originally supposed to take place in 2020 but was pushed back following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Alize had also been announced as one of the original entrants for the tournament when it was supposed to take place last year.

Alize goes by the nickname “The Lucha Baddie.” She’s made several appearances for AEW and was an entrant in WWE’s inaugural Mae Young Classic in 2017. She went by the name Miranda Salinas in the Mae Young Classic.

Adora is a United States Army veteran who holds the Pan Afrikan World Diaspora Championship. Adora has been wrestling for five years. She trained at The Dudley Boyz’s Team 3D Academy and has also been trained by ROH’s Jonathan Gresham and Cheeseburger.

Alize, Adora, Rok-C, and Angelina Love are the first four entrants that have been announced for the ROH 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.

As a stipulation of Love defeating Quinn McKay on the latest episode of ROH TV, Love will get a first-round bye in the tournament.

Angelina Love to get first-round bye in ROH Women’s title tournament

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Angelina Love is getting a pass to the second round of Ring of Honor’s Women’s World Championship tournament.

In the main event of the latest episode of ROH TV, Love defeated Quinn McKay to get a first-round bye in the Women’s title tournament. McKay, who is a host and backstage interviewer for ROH, was making her ROH in-ring debut in the match and would have secured a spot in the tournament if she defeated Love.

The story of Love vs. McKay involved McKay losing after interference by Mandy Leon. Leon is part of The Allure with Love.

Love had McKay in the Koji Clutch during the match but taunted McKay by willingly letting go of the move before she passed out. McKay then countered Love and hit a jawbreaker, but Leon interfered by grabbing McKay’s legs when she ran the ropes. Love went for her Botox Injection kick when McKay turned around, but McKay avoided it and hit a powerslam for a near fall.

McKay had Love locked in her Tangerine Dream submission in the middle of the ring, but McKay got distracted by Leon insulting her and saying McKay will never be a wrestler. After McKay let go of the submission and tried to go after Leon, Love hit the Botox Injection to get the win.

Fellow ROH broadcast team members Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman gave McKay an ovation after the match.

ROH had been building to Love vs. McKay since Love attacked McKay on the set of ROH Week By Week last November.

The ROH Women’s World Championship tournament is taking place this summer. Love and Rok-C are the first two entrants confirmed for it. The ROH Women’s World Championship is a new title that’s replacing the former Women of Honor World Championship.

Love formerly held the Women of Honor World Championship one time. She’s also a former six-time Knockouts Champion in Impact Wrestling/TNA.

ROH announces Women’s title tournament entrant

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Ring of Honor has confirmed one of the entrants that will be taking part in their Women’s World Championship tournament.

At the end of this week’s ROH Women’s Division Wednesday episode, it was announced that Rok-C will be an entrant in the ROH Women’s World Championship tournament. She received the first “Ticket to Gold” from Maria Kanellis-Bennett, granting her a spot in the tournament.

Rok-C made her ROH debut on last week’s premiere edition of Women’s Division Wednesday. Rok-C teamed with Max the Impaler against Hyan & Laynie Luck. The match ended in a 15-minute draw.

The 19-year-old Rok-C goes by the nickname “The Prodigy.” She started training in pro wrestling at 13 years old and later trained at Booker T’s Reality of Wrestling school. Rok-C is a former Diamonds Division Champion in Reality of Wrestling.

Angelina Love is also set to take part in the Women’s World Championship tournament. On the ROH TV episode that premieres this coming weekend, Love will face ROH broadcaster Quinn McKay. The match is McKay’s ROH in-ring debut. If McKay wins, McKay receives a spot in the tournament. If Love wins, Love receives a first-round bye.

The ROH Women’s World Championship tournament will take place this summer. It was originally supposed to be held last year but was delayed following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ROH Women’s World Championship is a new title that’s replacing the old Women of Honor World Championship.

It was announced earlier this week that former ROH commentator Lenny Leonard is returning to the promotion to call the Women’s World Championship tournament.

Lenny Leonard returning to ROH to call Women’s title tournament

Posted on by Joseph Currier

A former Ring of Honor commentator is returning to the company to call their Women’s World Championship tournament.

On this week’s episode of the ROHStrong Podcast, it was announced that Lenny Leonard will be part of the commentary team for ROH’s Women’s World Championship tournament. The tournament is taking place this summer.

Leonard was originally with ROH from 2005-2009. EVOLVE, Shimmer, Shine, Dragon Gate, and Dragon Gate USA are among the promotions he’s also done commentary for.

ROH has announced that an entrant in the Women’s World Championship tournament will be revealed this Wednesday:

ROH Board of Directors member Maria Kanellis-Bennett will inform one competitor via a Zoom call on ROH’s YouTube channel on Wednesday that she has been granted entrance into the tournament, which takes place this summer.

The call will occur immediately following the Women’s Division Wednesday match on YouTube, which begins at 7 p.m. Eastern time. Every Wednesday going forward, ROH will air a new women’s match at that time and Kanellis-Bennett will present another competitor with a ‘ticket to gold.’

Angelina Love is also set to take part in the tournament. if Love defeats Quinn McKay on the ROH TV episode that premieres this coming weekend, Love will earn a first-round bye.

The ROH Women’s World Championship tournament was originally supposed to be held in 2020 but was delayed following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ROH Women’s World Championship is a new title, replacing the former Women of Honor World Championship.

Updated list of entrants for ROH Pure and Women’s title tournaments

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Ring of Honor’s upcoming Pure and Women’s title tournaments are both now up to 15 announced entrants:

Pure title tournament —

  • Doug Williams
  • Jonathan Gresham
  • Alex Shelley
  • Rocky Romero
  • Mark Haskins
  • Slex
  • Tracy Williams
  • Marty Scurll
  • Fred Yehi
  • Yuji Nagata
  • Joe Hendry
  • Dalton Castle
  • Ren Narita
  • Josh Woods
  • Tony Deppen

Women’s title tournament —

  • Sumie Sakai
  • Kellyanne
  • Angelina Love
  • Nicole Savoy
  • Katarina
  • Jenny Rose
  • Session Moth Martina
  • Tasha Steelz
  • Mandy Leon
  • Alex Gracia
  • Ashley Vox
  • Gia Scott
  • Miranda Alize
  • Heather Monroe
  • Lindsay Snow

There’s only one entrant left to be announced for both tournaments. The Pure Championship tournament will begin with opening round matches taking place at Pure Excellence night one in Columbus, Ohio on Friday, April 10 and Pure Excellence night two in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Saturday, April 11. The quarterfinals will then be held at Battlestarr 2020 in New York City on Thursday, April 23.

The first round matches in the Women’s Championship tournament will take place at Quest for Gold in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Friday, April 24.

ROH hasn’t revealed when either champion will be crowned.

After the title had been out of use since 2006, ROH announced last month that the Pure Championship is returning. Pure title matches featured rules where “closed-fist punches were illegal, and each competitor was allowed three rope breaks to stop submission holds and pinfalls during the match; after that, pinfalls and submission holds on or under the ropes would be legal.”

The ROH Women’s Championship is replacing the Women of Honor title. Kelly Klein was Women of Honor Champion during her departure from ROH last year.