Ring of Honor on Honor Club 6/26/2025 ROH/CMLL Global Wars Mexico

Ring of Honor on Honor Club 6/26/2025 ROH/CMLL Global Wars Mexico 

We are in Mexico City, Mexico at CMLL's Arena Mexico.

Athena and Red Velvet vs Persephone and Thunder Rosa

Ath forearms Rosa and bangs her head off the buckles. Rosa boots her out of the conrner. Rosa slingshot sunset flips Red. Rosa bottom rope springboard armdrags Ath. Rosa walks up the ropes and armdrags Red. Red's head is banged off the buckles. Pers takes a double basement dropkick.

Ath gets in Pers' face and is pushed. Ath rolls Pers up for 2. Pers backslides her into a bridge for 2. Pers catches Ath's springboard crossbody then Ath armdrags her. Ath running knees her. Pers goes up and over then armdrags her.

Ath flying headscissors Pers but Pers turns it into a pin attempt. Pers limbos out of a lariat. Red hits a punch combo on Pers' gut in the corner. Ath hits knees to Pers' face. Red high kicks Pers then double knees her neck on the ropes for 2. Pers lariats Red. Rosa gets in and hits a bunch of lariats on Ath. Rosa dropkicks Ath on the bottom rope. Rosa northern lights suplexes her for 2.

Rosa codebreakers Ath. Pers 2nd rope dropkicks Ath for 2. Ath twisting drops Rosa onto both knees. Red corkscrew kicks Rosa for 2. Pers pushes Red into Ath. Pers fallaway slams Red. Ath hits a top rope diving o-face on Pers. Red misses a corkscrew kick on Rosa and Rosa pins her.

Thoughts: It was a good fast paced match with a lot of action. They did have a sloppy moment or two like usual but everyone was really trying here and it was a good opener.

ROH World Television Title Proving Ground Match - Nick Wayne (c) vs Titan

 

Nick kicks away a handshake. Nick drags him off the lock-up. Nick slaps him off the break in the corner. Titan goes up and over him then does headflips. Titan flying headscissors him. Titan sits up top and is pushed down to the floor.

Titan is sent into the rails outside. Nick chokes Titan on the ropes with his leg. Nick tries to untie Titan's mask then tries to rip it. Nick legdrops him for 2. Titan chops Nick and takes a boot to the gut. Titan hits kicks on Nick and spin kicks him. Titan springboard crossbodies Nick then dropkicks him. Titan then topes him. 

Titan springboard splashes him for 2. Nick hits a lethal injection on Titan for 2. They trade forearms and chops. Titan does a strike combo then Nick superkicks him. Nick hits a standing shiranui. Titan no sells it and pele kicks him. Titan goes up top and Nick rolls to the other side of the ring with 1 minute left.

Nick goes out. Titan then tope con hilos him. Titan springboards and lands on Nick's knees. Nick picks him up and Titan cradles him for 2. Titan tornado ddt's him. Titan rolls him into an indian deathlock but the time runs out.

Thoughts: I don't think Titan or the crowd really understood the rules here. Yes, it went the 10 minute time limit but this is a proving ground match. If it goes 10 minutes, you get a title shot. I thought they lost some of the flow of this one during the middle of the match then picked it up again a little towards the end. It was about average to okay.

We get a Bandido video. He talks about being ROH champ and going through surgery and rehab. He says his family will get to see him for the first time at Arena Mexico. 

ROH World Title Match - Bandido (c) vs. Mascara Dorada

 

They lock up. MD hits a pumping knee then he asai moonsaults into an armdrag. MD headscissors him from the mat and they stand off. MD flips over Band then he gets flipped. MD kicks him from the 2nd rope and misses a double jump 450. MD blocks the 21plex and they stand off. MD euros him then is flipped over the top to the floor. Band goes for a dive and MD springboard dropkicks him. MD tornillos him. MD corkscrew kicks him. MD hits a 450 for 2.

MD flying headscissors him. Band hits a pop-up cutter. Band pump kicks him out then fosbury flops him. Band 2nd rope superplexes him with one hand. MD rolls into a corkscrew corner splash on him. MD step up enzugiri's him in the corner. MD slides out for no reason and Band tope con hilos him. Band top rope frogsplashes him inside for 2.

MD stands on his shoulders and hurricanrana's him for 2. They trade chops and slaps. They both go to the apron and slap each other there. MD superkicks him then Band superkicks back. They then pump kick each other at the same time and go down. They fight on the ramp. MD corkscrew headscissors him there. Band hiptosses him onto the apron then Band takes an overhead belly to belly suplex on the ramp. MD then jumps off the stage onto Band. MD hiptosses him from the ramp to the ring. MD runs the ramp and fosbury flops Band in the ring for 2.

Band backrolls out of a sunset flip. Band hits a b-driver for 2. Band sits on top, MD stands on his shoulders and hurricanrana's him. MD hits a top rope ssp for 2. Band twists him into a knee to the face. Band hits a 21plex for 2. MD gets his feet up on Band's corner splash. Band hits a top rope moonsault slam. Band hits another 21plex and wins.

Thoughts: They had lots of cool moves and spots but no real selling or story here. It was pretty much what you would expect. I didn't like it that much.

Rocky Romero and Konosuke Takeshita do a promo. RR says Band had an impressive title defense. He says KT is the greatest talent to ever step foot in any arena. He says he cost KT the #1 spot in the casino battle royale at All In and it won't fly with them. RR asks Bandido to fight Takeshita at Supercard of Honor for the ROH Title. Takesita says his name will live forever in the ROH history book. He then says he's the alpha.

Top Flight talk in the parking lot. Leila Grey says they have a big match vs The Infantry for the ROH Tag Titles. She asks if they are ready. They call The Infantry dorks and says they will tag them and bag them. Grey says The Infantry will get smoked.

We get a video of Lee Moriarty talking about Arena Mexico. He says it's a special moment to fight Blue Panther in Arena Mexico.

Lee Moriarty vs Blue Panther

 

They shake hands and lock up. Blue side headlocks him then Lee wristlocks him. Blue armlocks him and Lee cravates him. Lee does a cobra twist. Blue trips him. Lee armdrags him with the leg. Lee slides between the legs, flips him and tries a bridge pin.

Lee euros him. Blue hits chops. Lee foot chokes him in the corner. Lee misses a corner splash and Blue hits lariats for 2. Lee enzugiri's him on the apron. Lee low topes him into the rails.  Lee then hits another.

Blue bangs Lee's head off the buckles. Lee 2nd rope superplexes him. Lee does a border city stretch. They trade shots and Blue lariats him. Lee hits forearms. Lee is on the apron and Blue lariats him down. Blue plancha's him off the ramp. Back in the ring, Blue twisting crossbodies him off the 2nd rope. Blue then armbars him and submits him.

Thoughts: I wasn't a big fan of it. The ending was out of nowhere. There wasn't a lot of armwork despite a submission being the finish and despite these two being technical guys. 

Shane Taylor Promotions jumps Blue after. Shane splashes Blue then gets on the 2nd rope. Bryan Danielson comeso ut for some reason to help out Blue and brings out one of Blue's sons, Hologram and Mascara Dorada. Shane's crew is thwarted and Bryan hits the flying knee.

Thoughts: I didn't like Bryan returning here. He did this because he's a mark for Blue, meanwhile he seems to care less about The Death Riders taking him out in the first place. He also didn't do this on a big show or a show people will see, he did this on a show few likely saw due to disinterest in ROH.

Bryan talks in Spanish on the mic after.  

Overall thoughts: There were only 4 matches here which was a bit unusual. ROH TV has had 3 hour shows before with nothing but squashes and on a night when they could go all out, they went with a smaller show. The women's tag was good and everyone worked a bit harder than usual. Nick/Titan was average. Bandido/Dorada was the high flying flippy match you would expect and I didn't like it that match. Lee/Blue was a shorter match with a sudden ending. You'd expect the two technical wrestlers to trade holds and have a match based around it, but they gave all of that up after the opening stretch. Bryan Danielson then returned because he's a mark to save Blue Panther. I think the show accomplished it's goal of being a special event and they did build up a few Supercard of Honor matches here. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 overall.