Ring of Honor on HonorClub 12/4/2025

Ring of Honor on HonorClub 12/4/2025

The Beast Mortos vs Komander

Mort refuses a handshake and blows snot in Kom's hand. Mort hits corner lariats and corner enzugiri's him. Mort powerslams him. Kom flying headscissors him then does another. Kom enzugiri's him from the apron. Kom top rope dropkicks him. Kom walks up the ropes, does rope tricks but is caught with a backbreaker. Mort pounces him. 

Mort unties Kom's mask and rips at it. Mort twists Kom's neck with his feet for 2. Kom rolls him up for 2. Kom hits leg kicks and dropkicks him in the knee. Kom la magistral's him for 2. Kom hurricanrana's him for 2. Kom does rope tricks, falls down then springboard flips into a hurricanrana on him. Kom tope con hilos him through the ropes.

Kom rope walks but Mort moves. Mort pop-up samoan drops him for 2. Kom superkicks him then jumping ddt's him for 2. Kom crucifix bombs him for 2. Kom is crotched up top and slapped. Mort 619 leg sweeps him on the 2nd rope. Kom's top rope diving headscissors is caught and he is powerbomb neckbreakered. Mort spinning lariats him for 2.

Kom superkicks him then poisonrana's him. Kom is up top and Sammy Guevarra comes out and pushes him off the for the DQ.

Thoughts: The match was what you would expect with Kom doing the flying and Mort throwing him around some. The selling wasn't the best as usual. It's a shame we didn't get a clean finish though as Sammy interfered. I thought this would have been better with a couple of minutes cut off.

Sammy superkicks and unmasks Kom after. Kom is double stomped on. Bandido comes out to save Kom. Band hits Sammy with his own title belt and superkicks Mort out. 

Don Callis comes out. Hechicero attacks Band and Kom from behind. Hech spinning hammerlock backbreakers Band. Mort stomps Band then holds up the ROH Title. Hechicero takes it from Mort and holds up the title. Mort and Kom then tug of war over it and Sammy holds up the title. They all then tug over it. 

We get a video on Blake Christian's year in ROH.

The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari, Stori Denali & Tony Nese) vs Marino Tenaglia, Philly Collins & Zoey Lynn

Mark Sterling gets on the mic as his team enters. He says he hasn't been assaulted since Stori joined. He says they are giving the fans the biggest thrill of their lives by taking part in their pre-game cheer. The fans yell "Athletes suck". They say Stori is 6'7 but I don't buy it.

Ari Marino and hits corner spears and lariats. Marino is double pounded on in the corner. Stori then hits knees to the gut on him. Stori facekicks Zoey down then lariats Marino.

Nese gets in and hits forearms on Philly. He back elbows him then hits crossface shots. Philly hits punches on Nese then hits chops. Philly corkscrew kicks Nese. Nese superkicks Marino. Ari pepsi twist's Philly. Zoey's top rope crossbody is caught by the guys. Zoey is sent into Story who chokeslams Zoey and wins.

Thoughts: It was a squash here. Stori was a good signing as she's tall and decent looking. The heels won as expected here. There should have been a DQ for Stori hitting the guys.

Sidney Akeem vs. Rosario Grillo

RG taunts Sid on the handshake. RG wristlocks him. Sid headflips out and reverses it. RG shoulders him over. Sid kips up and headlocks him. Sid shoulders him over. Sid kips down out of a lariat. 

RG boots him in the gut and hits back elbows. Sid rolls over his back, goes under him, upkicks him and dropkicks him. Sid flips out of a back elbow on the apron and is forearmed as he tries to springboard. Sid corkscrew crossbodies him off the apron.

Sid is hit with a stun gun on the ropes. RG eye rakes him. Sid's head is banged off the buckles. RG eye rakes him. Sid corkscrew crossbodies him. Sid hits punches and a spin kick. Sid walks on him and mule kicks him. Sid backflips but is caught.

RG tries to eye poke him, gets blocked then is eye poked. Sid does backflips into a cutter and pins him.

Thoughts: Sid's too good to be on a show like this. You'd think he'd be all over TV since Tony likes guys like him but he's down here instead. Sid was impressive as usual with effortless flying and RG just did basic heel stuff. It was fine.

Dalton Castle & The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) vs. Ashton Adonis, Jake Omen & Josh Crane

Truth is shouldered over by Jake. Truth stops Jake as he runs at him and Truth poses. Truth atomic drops him then dropkicks him. Truth armdrags Jake then Josh. Josh takes a double team ending in a backsplash and a Dalton splash. The Runners hit hiptosses on the jobbers. Josh takes a karelin's lift. Josh grabs Truth by the hair and Truth is triple teamed in the corner.

Truth hits chops on Jake and Adonis. Josh takes punches from The Runners then is slammed. The Runners hit stereo corner attacks then Turbo hits a bulldog + flying lariat combo. Josh slaps Turbo. Turbo poses and drops him with shots. 

Dalton comes in and waistlock takedowns Josh. Dalton does a nice spinning suplex on all three jobbers. Adonis and Jake take stereo back body drops over the top. Josh is slammed by Dalton. The Runners do a double elbow drop on Josh. Dalton hits a bangarang on Josh and pins him.

Thoughts: It was another squash here. The faces were entertaining and Josh took most of the beating here.

Ricochet comes out holding his National Title. The Gates of Agony then attack the faces. Truth and Turbo are sent into the rails.  Dalton is triple teamed and hit from behind with the title by Ricochet. Ric spirit guns Dalton. 

The Death Riders (Daniel Garcia & Wheeler Yuta) vs Damien Reel & Damon Reel

The Reel's are twins but one is a little heavier than the other. The heels enter through the stands.

Yuta takes a twin down by the arm. He stomps his arm into the mat then kimura takedowns him. A twin boots Yuta in the gut then Yuta dropkicks him. A twin gets double pounded on by the heels. DG hits mounted corner punches on a twin.

A twin is double teamed and Yuta drops down on his leg. Yuta rolls him into a reverse figure four variation. DG then poundso n the twin. The other twin is tagged in. He hits lariats on DG then flying headbutts him. DG then lariats him. 

A twin takes running corner attacks. The twin is held in the air for a Yuta flying forearm. DG then does his sharpshooter on a twin and wins.

Thoughts: They didn't say which twin was which here. It was mostly all squash with the twins only getting a few shots in. It was what it was.

Queen Aminata talks to Deonna Purrazzo in the back. Queen is in a neck brace. She says she didn't want to end her tournament this way but she's not cleared to wrestle. She says she wanted to wrestle her but her neck isn't something she wants to gamble with. She says she forfeits and DP will be given a bye. DP says this isn't how she planned to get to the finals. She says she wanted to fight her for the final spot. She says she will try to become the first champ and will be waiting for her. Deonna says it doesn't matter whether Yuka or Billie wins tonight as ROH is about to become fluent in Purrazzo again.

Mercedes Mone vs. Lovely Miss Larkan

Mone does her dance in the ring. Miss has some bizarre black and neon gear on. Mone throws her down by the hair on the handshake. Miss boots her then drops down and upkicks her. Mone knees her in the chest, backcrackers her and does a crossface choke to submit her.

Thoughts: It was a quick one here with Mone not even messing up her make-up. Larkan seems like a wild one and I wouldn't mind seeing her do another job. 

ROH Women's Pure Title Tournament Semi Final Match - Yuka Sakazaki vs. Billie Starkz

BS olds her hands up for a lock up but keeps plling them down. Yuka can't reach and gets mad. They lock up and Yuka rope breaks on a bearhug. Yuka snapmares her then rolls her around the ring with her legs under the arms. 

Yuka flying headscissors her out. They go out and BS is sent into the post. Yuka goes to springboard and is superkicked. BS sleepers Yuka while she's on the apron. BS takes her down and stomps her. BS chops her in the corner then corner lariats her. BS ddt's her.

Yuka hits forearms. BS ropebreaks then forearms Yuka off the break. BS snapmares her and chinlocks her. Yuka rolling snapmares her and kicks her. Yuka sliding lariats her for 2. BS does a tazzmission and Yuka uses her 2nd ropebreak.

Yuka superkicks her and spinning forearms her. Yuka hits a northern lights bomb for 2. Yuka ankle locks her and BS rope breaks. Yuka goes up top and is thrown down. BS misses a top rope swanton. Yuka top rope splashes her for 2.  

They botch a suplex then BS hits a suplex into a backbreaker on her. BS leglocks her and Yuka tries to boot her way out. Yuka heel hooks her at the same time. They forearm each other while keeping the holds on. BS pulls back on the leg and both use their last rope break. 

They get up and trade forearms. BS facekicks her. Yuka hits some forearms. BS trips her then pins her with her feet on the ropes.

Thoughts: It should have been a little better than it was. They had a couple of sloppy moments and the chemistry wasn't really there. I think they could have played up the story of both being out of ropebreaks better by having Yuka lose them then fight back and make Billie lose hers. I didn't think it was that good. 

Overall thoughts: ROH Final Battle 2025 is tomorrow. I didn't think they did a great job of building up the card which isn't news. We didn't hear from Athena, Moriarty, Nigel, Red Velvet or Shane Taylor Promotions despite them being in big matches. We also had some squashes that didn't do a whole lot for anyone here but we did get a few AEW stars dropping in. The talent is there in ROH but the creative and promotional aspects aren't. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 as it was an average show though it wasn't that hard to get through.