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Ring of Honor Women’s TV title unified on AEW Collision

Posted on by Ethan Renner

There is a new Ring of Honor Women’s TV Champion following Wednesday’s AEW Collision episode.

In her hometown of Boston, Interim Women’s TV Champion Mercedes Mone defeated the returning ROH Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet in the Collision main event on Wednesday to unify the titles.

The Interim TV title was created in July of this year when Velvet was injured and unable to defend the championship at Supercard of Honor in Texas. Mina Shirakawa won a four-way at Supercard to crown the Interim Champion.

Mone became the Interim TV Champion after defeating Shirakawa at October’s AEW WrestleDream pay-per-view in St. Louis.

After the win over Red Velvet on Collision, Mone brawled with AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander, forcing Statlander to tap to her Statement Maker submission hold. Mone challenges Statlander for the AEW Women’s title at Full Gear on Saturday.

Our full Dynamite and Collision report is available here.

Billie Starkz wins inaugural Women’s TV title at ROH Supercard of Honor

Posted on by Josh Nason

Billie Starkz won the inaugural Ring of Honor Women’s TV title at Friday’s Supercard of Honor in a less than honorable way.

Starkz defeated Queen Aminata in the finals of a 16-woman tournament to take the title, her first in ROH.

The beginning of the end came when Starkz missed a swanton attempt off the top, landing hard on Aminata’s knees. Starkz immediately started pointing to her neck which led to ROH medical personnel and the referee tending to her.

She was crying in pain and put in a neck brace as the crowd was silent and as Aminata looked on in concern. Production even cut to the announcers’ desk twice to emphasis the seriousness of the moment.

As Starkz was about to be taken out, Aminata was holding the ropes open to help. Starkz then broke away, hit a belly-to-back suplex, and locked a sleeper on Aminata who eventually passed out, giving the win and title to Starkz. 

The whole sequence was three minutes:

The new champion defeated Robyn Renegade in the first round, Diamante in the second round, and then former ROH Women’s Champion Mercedes Martinez in the semifinals. Starkz has now won eight straight in ROH.

Aminata advanced to the finals with wins over J-Rod, Taya Valkyrie and Red Velvet. The loss is her first in ROH.

ROH Women’s TV title tournament semifinals set

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The semifinals are set for the ROH Women’s TV title tournament. 

Billie Starkz & Mercedes Martinez won quarterfinals bouts on Thursday’s Ring of Honor TV episode to advance to the semifinals, joining Red Velvet & Queen Aminata in the tournament’s final four. 

Starkz defeated Diamante on Thursday’s episode in the opener to advance, while Martinez defeated Abadon with an assist from Diamante in Thursday’s other quarterfinals bout to move on. 

Starkz vs. Martinez, plus Velvet vs. Aminata are the matches set for the semifinals round. 

The tournament winner will be crowned the inaugural ROH Women’s World Television Champion, with the finals likely to take place at Supercard of Honor on April 5 in Philadelphia. 

Two title matches are already official for Supercard of Honor, with both of those matches being announced on Thursday’s show. It will be Eddie Kingston vs. Mark Briscoe for the ROH World title, plus Athena vs. Hikaru Shida for the ROH Women’s World title in Philadelphia.

The semifinals bouts for the ROH Women’s TV title tournament are: 

  • Billie Starkz vs. Mercedes Martinez
  • Red Velvet vs. Queen Aminata

Red Velvet advances to ROH Women’s TV title tournament semifinals

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Red Velvet has advanced to the semifinals of the ROH Women’s World TV title tournament. 

Red Velvet defeated Leyla Hirsch on Thursday’s Ring of Honor TV episode in a quarterfinals bout to advance to the semifinals in a match that was taped on February 24.

Velvet will now face Queen Aminata in the tournament semifinals after Aminata advanced on last week’s episode with a win over Taya Valkyrie.

The 16-person tournament is now down to the final six. The winner will be crowned the inaugural ROH Women’s World TV Champion.

The ROH Women’s World TV title tournament will continue on next Thursday’s Ring of Honor TV with another quarterfinals bout. 

Our full report from this week’s Ring of Honor TV is available here.

With Red Velvet advancing to the semifinals, here are the remaining quarterfinals bouts: 

  • Mercedes Martinez vs. Abadon
  • Billie Starkz vs. Diamante

The semifinals: 

  • Queen Aminata vs. Red Velvet
  • Mercedes Martinez/Abadon winner vs. Billie Starkz/Diamante winner

ROH Women’s TV title tournament quarterfinals set

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The quarterfinals are set in the ROH Women’s World Television Championship tournament. 

Four wrestlers punched their tickets to the quarterfinals round on Thursday’s Ring of Honor TV episode as the tournament field was whittled down from 12 to eight. 

Taya Valkyrie, Abadon, Red Velvet, and Billie Starkz won first round matches on Thursday’s show to advance in the tournament. 

Valkyrie defeated Sussy Love, Abadon defeated Viva Van, Red Velvet defeated Sandra Moone, and Starkz defeated Robyn Renegade to move on to the quarterfinals round. 

Valkyrie will now face Queen Aminata in the quarterfinals, Abadon will take on Mercedes Martinez, Red Velvet will face Leyla Hirsch, and Starkz will take on Diamante. 

The tournament winner will be crowned the inaugural Ring of Honor Women’s World Television Champion. 

The tournament quarterfinals are expected to kick off on next Thursday’s Ring of Honor TV episode. 

The quarterfinals matches: 

  • Taya Valkyrie vs. Queen Aminata
  • Abadon vs. Mercedes MArtinez
  • Red Velvet vs. Leyla Hirsch
  • Billie Starkz vs. Diamante

Four wrestlers advance in ROH Women’s TV title tournament

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Four wrestlers have advanced in the ROH Women’s TV title tournament, plus the full tournament bracket has been revealed.

Queen Aminata, Mercedes Martinez, Leyla Hirsch, and Diamante won first round matches on this week’s Ring of Honor TV episode to advance in the tournament. 

Four first round matches are also set for next week’s episode, with Billie Starkz vs. Robyn Renegade, Taya Valkyrie vs. Sussy Love, Red Velvet vs. Sandra Moone, and Abadon vs. Viva Van announced for the Thursday, February 22 show. 

The tournament winner will be crowned the inaugural ROH Women’s World Television Champion. 

Diamante will face the Starkz/Renegade winner, Hirsch will take on the Velvet/Moone victor, Martinez will face the Abadon/Van winner, and Aminata is set to face the winner of Valkyrie/Love.

Results from first round matches on this week’s show: 

  • Queen Aminata defeated J-Rod
  • Leyla Hirsch defeated Rachael Ellering
  • Mercedes Martinez defeated Trish Adora
  • Diamante defeated Kiera Hogan

First round matches scheduled for next week’s episode: 

  • Billie Starkz vs. Robyn Renegade
  • Taya Valkyrie vs. Sussy Love
  • Red Velvet vs. Sandra Moone
  • Abadon vs. Viva Van

Women’s TV title tournament to begin on next week’s Ring of Honor TV

Posted on by Josh Nason

The first-ever Ring of Honor Women’s TV title tournament will kick off on next Thursday’s ROH on HonorClub.

No matches or bracket was released, but based on past weeks, Red Velvet, Billie Starkz, Rachel Ellering, Leyla Hirsch and Taya Valkyrie all made their intentions known about their involvement in the tournament.

In mid-December 2023, AEW & ROH head Tony Khan announced the creation of the title, even unveiling the new belt for the first time. It will be the second women’s title in the promotion behind the ROH Women’s title currently held by Athena.

The show will also feature the latest chapter in the simmering feud between Dalton Castle and Johnny TV. A match between TV and Castle’s mystery friend was set to take place on Thursday’s show, but it was Castle in disguise. The two bickered with TV saying he would reveal what it would take to get a match with him as part of next week’s show.

Here’s a look at the current card:

  • ROH Women’s TV title matches
  • Johnny TV to give stipulations for future Dalton Castle match

ROH announces Women’s TV title tournament

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The first Ring of Honor Women’s Television Champion will be crowned in a tournament. 

After unveiling the new title on last week’s episode, ROH announced during Thursday’s Ring of Honor TV episode that a tournament will be held to decide the first champion. 

While a tournament bracket has yet to be revealed, the first five competitors have been announced. 

Billie Starkz, Rachel Ellering, Leyla Hirsch, Kiera Hogan, and Lady Frost were reveaed to be the first five entrants in the tournament to crown an inaugural ROH Women’s World Television Champion. 

Starkz declared for the tournament in a backstage promo segment with Women’s World Champion Athena & Lexi Nair on Thursday’s episode. Hirsch & Ellering also declared their intentions to win the new title in a separate backstage promo on Thursday’s show.

Starkz was victorious over Vertvixen on Thursday’s Ring of Honor TV, while Hogan & Lady Frost were on the losing end of a trios bout on the show as they teamed with Trish Adora against Taya Valkyrie & The Renegades. 

ROH has yet to announce when the tournament will begin. 

Tony Khan introduces ROH Women’s Television title on Ring of Honor TV

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A new championship has been unveiled in Ring of Honor. 

In a segment on Thursday’s Ring of Honor TV show, company owner Tony Khan introduced the Ring of Honor Women’s World Television Championship, displaying the new belt. 

In an accompanying social media post, ROH heralded the new title as the start of a new chapter: 

A new chapter begins in #ROH as the #ROH Owner & CEO @TonyKhan has introduced a new title..the #ROH Women’s World TV Championship.

No announcements were made as to when a first Women’s TV Champion will be crowned, or how the first title holder will be decided. 

The Women’s TV Championship will be the seventh title recognized by ROH, joining the ROH World Championship, ROH Pure Championship, ROH World Television Championship, ROH World Tag Team Championship, ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship, and the ROH Women’s World Championship. 

The Women’s TV title will be the second women’s division championship recognized by ROH. Athena currently holds the ROH Women’s World Championship in a reign that has stretched over a full year after she defeated Mercedes Martinez at Final Battle 2022 to win the belt. Athena’s most recent defense came against Billie Starkz in the main event of Final Battle 2023 last Friday.