Ring of Honor on HonorClub 12/18/2025 Global Wars: United Kingdom

Ring of Honor on HonorClub 12/18/2025 Global Wars: United Kingdom

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/ring-of-honor-on-honorclub-12112025.html

We are in Cardiff, Wales. Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman are on commentary. 

Rocky Romero vs. Michael Oku

They lock up, RR breaks it up and dances. They test strength. Oku rolls out of a wristlock and throws RR by the wrist. RR shoulders him over. Oku flying headscissors him then dropkicks him. RR pushes him out of the ring with his feet. 

RR punches him outside and drops him face first on the apron. RR knee drops him for 2. They each hit chops in the corner. RR corner lariats him several times. Oku 2nd rope dropkicks him. Oku ddt's him for 2. Oku PK's him. Oku springboard dropkicks him out. Oku fosbury flops him outside.

Oku goes up top and is stopped. They fight on the buckles. RR butterfly superplexes him then goes for the armbar. Oku half crabs him and RR rolls him up for 2. Oku flying knees him from the side. Oku top rope moonsaults him for 2. Oku then does another half crab. RR taps out.

Thoughts: I was surprised to see Oku win. I would have liked him to work the leg or something before submitting RR. It was a juniors match and nothing too special.

Evil Uno vs. Mark Davis

Mark boots him off the handshake and chops him. Uno chops back and is knee'd in the gut. Mark runs through a chop and shoulders Uno over. Mark chops him outside. Mark chops the rail and Uno hits mounted corner punches. Mark running euros him in the corner. Mark slams him. 

Mark chops him in the corner. Uno slaps him. Mark sends him into the corner and germans him. Mark dropkicks him into the buckles and release suplexes him. Mark slams him. Mark misses a senton then a corner splash. Uno rolls him up for 2 then backslides him for 2.

Uno flying headscissors Mark and facekicks him. Uno ddt's him for 2. Uno running facekicks him. Mark is swept on the 2nd buckle. Uno swantons off the top but Mark gets his knees up. Mark enzugiri's him. Mark hits a hard running lariat and pins him.

Thoughts: I had no expectations for this going in and I ended up being into this. It was a hoss match with them hitting hard shots on each other and putting their weight into various shots. It was one of the better Uno matches I have seen and it was nice to see them give Mark Davis a chance to do something good.  

Madison Rayne is interviewed by Lexy. She says this is her 20th year in wrestling. She says that's fine and she likes mentoring wrestlers. She says you have to remind people who you are sometimes. She says when she went out, she realized she maybe had more in her than she thought. She says she doesn't know how many rounds she has left but her chamber isn't empty. She says she's saving 2 bullets for Athena and Diamante.

Alex Windsor vs. Nina Samuels

They shake hands and Alex won't let go. Alex side headlock takeovers her. Nina armlocks her. Alex rolls through an armdrag. Nina throws her down backwards. Alex goes up and over then armdrags her twice. Alex basement dropkicks her. Alex cannonballs Nina off the apron.

Nina high kicks Alex from the apron. Nina stomps her. Nina knees her in the back and boots her in the head. Nina fish hooks her. Nina dropkicks her against the ropes for 1. Alex hits forearms on Nina. Alex is tripped into the buckles. Nina double knees her in the back for 2. 

Nina chinlocks her. Alex hits chops and corner lariats her. Alex flying lariats her. Alex blue thunders her for 2. Nina high kicks her and axe kicks her in the back for 2. Nina hits forearms and lariats her. Alex superkicks her. Nina headbutts her. Nina tilt-a-whirl backbreakers her.

Nina misses a cartwheel knee then is lariated. Alex 2nd rope twisting suplexes her for 2. Alex sharpshooters her. Nina taps out.

Thoughts: It went a little long and I would have liked more build up to the shaprshooter. Alex had a good showing here with some nice shots and fire. Nina was a pretty generic heel but it was alright enough. I did like this overall and it beat my expectations. 

Lio Rush vs. Lee Johnson

Blake Christian is with Lee. They shake hands and Lee boots him off of it. Lee hits corner spears. Lee flips him and misses a corner facekick. Lio hits leg kicks. Lio lariats Lee down then handspring kicks him off the apron. Blake Christian gets on the apron to block Lio's tope. Lee trips Lio. 

Lio sunset flips him but Lee rolls through. Lio cartwheels. Lio sends him out then topes him hard. Blake distracts Lio then Lee spinning side slams Lio. Lee boots him in the corner and sends Lio hard into the buckles. Blake hits Lio outside. 

Lio hits forearms on Lee. Lio forearms him. Lee misses an asai moonsault and Lee spinning ddt's him. Lio hits punches and boots. Lio cutters him and stunners her. Lio rolls him into a spin kick to the face for 2. Lio seated springboard stunners him. Lee pins Lio with his feet on the ropes.

Thoughts: It started off well and lost its steam. The crowd got bored and started chanting other things. Lio's got some really good snap to his moves. 

Blake gets on the mic after. Blake says that's how they plan to start Global Wars UK. Blake says there's something missing and it's Bandido. He asks if the crowd wants to see him and says he's not here. Blake says he snapped his arm and put him on the shelf at Final Battle. Blake says he feels fired up and wants to snap someone else's arm. He challenges anyone to come down and get their arm snapped. 

Angelico vs. Blake Christian

Ange side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Ang flips out of a hiptoss. Ang armlocks him. BC boots him in the face. BC flying reverse headscissors him. BC flips off the steps outside and dropkicks Ang into the steps. Ang fosbury flops him through the ropes. Ang's arm is pulled down into the arm. BC throws him down by the arm and foot chokes him. 

Ang lariats him. Ang pumping knees him. Ang hits an upkick then backdrops him for 2. Ang catches BC's handspring and flatliners him. BC standing spanish flies him for 2. BC springboard 450's him for 2. BC cranks the arm bar. BC hits a lethal injection and wins.

Thoughts: Blake did a bunch of Jay Lethal's moves here to push their feud. Ang did his submission as usual. It was alright.

Blake goes for the arm again and Serpentico stops him. Lee then kicks and stomps Serp. 

Session Moth Martina vs. Red Velvet

They shake hands and both end up dancing off a lock-up attempt. Red side headlocks her and Moth reverses it. Moth shoulders her over and dances. Red leg lariats her for 2. Red hits shots to the gut in the corner and stomps on her. Red split foot chokes her. 

Moth corner euros her then spinning heel kicks her in the corner. Moth 2nd rope dropkicks her for 2. Moth twisting suplexes her for 2. Moth takes an iconoclasm off the 2nd rope for 2. Red spin kicks her in the face and Moth lariats her for 2. Moth is tripped into the ropes and Red meteora's her from behind. Moth is hit from behind and Red hits a rolling dragon sleeper driver to win.

Thoughts: It was a short one. Moth mostly did dancing here and Red did her usual offense. It was average.

Wheeler Yuta gets on the mic before his match. He says he's he greatest Pure champ in ROH history. he brings up Bryan Danielson. He says he is issuing an open challenge and says no one in the company or country can beat him. 

Nigel McGuinness vs. Wheeler Yuta

Nigel McGuinness answers the challenge. He said he heard what he said and Nigel said he has his gear, so here he is. He says he takes issue with Yuta ending Bryan Danielson's career. Nigel says he gave him the perfect opportunity for revenge.

They lock up and Yuta cravates him. Nigel gets out. Yuta snapmares him and Nigel turns it into a wristlock. Yuta wristlocks him then Nigel takes him down by the arm. Yuta headflips and wristlocks him. Yuta takes him down and Nigel goes for a crossface. Yuta rope breaks.

Nigel kimura's him and Yuta rope breaks. Yuta kicks the rope into Nigel's arm. Yuta knee drops Nigel for 2. Yuta 2nd rope elbow drops him for 2. Yuta front facelocks him. Nigel rolls him by the arm and stomps Yuta's shoulder. Nigel lifts him by the arm.

Yuta hits chops on Nigel. Nigel eye pokes him. Nigel knee drops Yuta's arm. Nigel leans back on Yuta's arms. Nigel hits shots in the corner and euros him. Yuta dropkicks him for 2. Yuta does cattle mutilation to Nigel. Yuta hits downward elbows, copying Danielson's moves. Yuta gets a 2 count on him. 

Yuta shoves him in the back of the head and boots him in the head. Yuta piefaces him and chops him. Yuta enzugiri's Nigel in the corner. Nigel pulls him down some and lariats him down. Nigel running corner euros him. Nigel goes for a bridging cutter but Yuta eye rakes him. Yuta runs at him and is lariated for 2. Nigel does the london dungeon. Yuta crossfaces him then Nigel rolls through and crossfaces him. 

They collide and Nigel hits a hard rebound lariat. Nigel then pins Yuta.

Thoughts: Nigel winning was a surprise since he has lost so many times. They didn't quite get enough time for the type of match Nigel was doing. They pushed that Yuta was doing Danielson's moves and that Nigel was defending Danielson, but that story is kind of iffy since Nigel was ripping Danielson up until last year.

Overall thoughts: It was your usual ROH with a lot of random matches. We'll see if these lead to anything or not. There weren't any squashes here at least and the matches were somewhat competitive. There was nothing that great here though. You just gotta love how it's a special ROH show and only one of their 8 champs actually wrestled on it. I would give it a 5 out of 10 overall as it was average.