Ring of Honor on HonorClub 1/29/2026

Ring of Honor on HonorClub 1/29/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/ring-of-honor-on-honorclub-1222026.html

We are in Austin, TX. Caprice Coleman and Ian Riccaboni are on commentary and welcome us to the show.

ROH Women's Title Proving Ground Match - Athena vs Vertvixen

Ath waistlocks her and then armdrags her. Ath side headlock takeovers her. Ath tiger feint side headlock takeovers her. Vert shoulders her over. Vert sweeps her then elbows her back. Vert exploders her. Vert pump kicks her in the corner. 

Ath flying headscissors her and single leg codebreakers her. Ath pulls on her mouth then grabs her by the nose. Ath forearms her then slaps her around. Vert hits shots to the gut and shoulder throws her. Vert rolls her up for 2 then Ath gets a 2 count. Ath suplexes her then running kicks her in the head. Ath forearms her over for 2. Vert's nose is busted open.

Ath hits knees to the face and a cravate. Vert armdrags her. Ath misses a corner charge and goes face first into the buckles. Vert upkicks her from the mat and slams her. Vert bangs her own head off the buckles. Vert disaster kicks her. Ath goes for a casadora and is hit with a blue thunder for 2. Ath goes for a dive outside but is knee'd in the head.

Ath powerbombs Vert into the rails then sends her into the steps. Ath hits mounted shots. Ath then does something like ataxia into a koji clutch and submits her.

Thoughts: It was the usual reckless Athena squash where she buries her opponent at every opportunity and wins. Vert got her nose busted open here and Ath won as expected. Vert at least fired up a bit when she got bloodied and tried to make a match out of this.

They shake hands after. Diamante then hits Vert from behind. Billie Starkz joins in on the beating. Maya World and Hyan run out and Ath's crew leaves.

The Infantry and Trish Adora talk. Bravo says they need clarification. Trish asks if he's gonna hit on any girl he sees. He then brings in the woman he was talking with. He tells Dean about meeting a runway model in Paris and says that's her. He says she's a D-1 athlete and a model. He says her name is Christyan XO. Bravo says she should be with them and they can be a thing. Dean talks to Trish about it. Trish isn't thrilled and Dean agrees. Bravo then says she does have sisters. Bravo says they will go get re-acquainted and Christian says, "bye, new family". Trish says this is not an adoption.

Adam Priest vs Anthony Henry

They shake hands and don't let go. AP shoves him. Ant rolls him off the lock up. AP is pushed to the apron then pushed down to the floor. Ant is then pushed out. AP side headlock takeovers him. Ant headscissors him and they stand off. Ant takes him down by the arm. AP trips him and slaps him in the corner. Ant then takes him down.

Ant boots him in the gut and takes chops in the corner. AP dropkicks him. Ant neckbreakers him over the top rope connector. Ant twists AP's neck with his feet inside. AP hits him in the chest then sends him into the rails and apron edge.

AP is sat up top and Ant chops him. AP bites his finger then headbutts him off the buckles. AP hits lariats and drops him. AP running chops him in the corner. AP germans him. 

Ant slides out and AP dropkicks him through the ropes. Ant's head is banged off the steps. Ant knees him in the head. AP hangs over the 2nd rope and Ant misses a double stomp. AP chops him in the knee and hits a short piledriver for 2. 

AP back elbows him out of the corner. Ant enzugiri's him on the buckles. Ant superplexes him down but AP grads a cradle off of it and wins.

Thoughts: It was an okay and spirited battle here with the two stiffing each other and bringing some hate. This was a nothing match going into it but they made something out of it and it was fine.

Tommy Billington vs Aaron Solo

They lock up. Solo rolls him off the lock up then Tom does the same. They trade wristlocks. Solo back elbows him. They trade forearms. Tom shoulders him over twice. Solo back body drops him over the top. They each hit shots outside. Solo kicks the ropes into Tom's crotch. Tom is sent chest first into the buckles. 

Solo shoves his head from behind. Solo suplexes him. Solo backdrops him then knee drops him. Solo sleepers him. Tom rolls him then hits a big lariat. Tom dropkicks him then slams him. Tom headbutts him off the buckles then top rope dropkicks him.

Solo blocks a piledriver and jack knifes him for 2. Solo spinning corkscrew kicks him for 2. Tom hits a piledriver. Tom then hits a second piledriver and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a shorter battle and a lesser version of the previous match. It was anything too special. 

Rocky Romero talks to Adam Priest in the back. RR says AP looked good in his match tonight. He says he heard AP is talking crap about The Don Callis Family. He says he heard that AP said he could beat The Family. RR says they are a family of champs. AP says they are racking up losses and losing gold. AP says he's been racking up wins and says he wants gold. RR asks if he's serious about wanting a match with Okada and doesn't believe it. He asks if he wants to put his name in the same sentence as him. AP says it sounds good. RR tells him to show up in 48 hours on Collision and offers an International Title match. AP says to tell Okada he will be there.  

Katsuyori Shibata vs JD Drake

KS offers a handshake. JD is unsure. He shakes then gets hit several times. Ks hits forearms and boots in the corner. KS then back kicks him while he's down. JD running lariats him and back elbows him. JD slams him then headbutt drops him. They go out. JD chops him outside. JD is on the apron and KS running facekicks him down. JD is sent into the rails. 

KS puts him in a chair then boots him over. KS hits chops in the corner. KS running dropkicks him in the corner. KS suplexes him. KS boots and kicks him while he's down. They trade chops. JD hits a spinebuster for 2. JD hits a stiff corner cannonball. JD then vader bombs him for 2.

KS low blows JD then armbars him. KS then submits him.

Thoughts: The finish was a bit cheap but I liked this otherwise. The crowd got into this. They hit each other hard and mostly stuck to strikes here which was fine by me. This worked.

Ladybird Monroe and Viva Van vs Hyan and Maya World

Lady is an ROW regular and has appeared in the NWA before. She's definitely someone who is on the cusp on getting signed somewhere. Hyan's team comes out with Texas colors on and sashes with "cowgirl" on then. Maya is also an ROW regular.

The girls shake hands. Van and Maya go at it. They trade wristlocks. Van flips out of it off the bottom rope and mMaya rolls out of an armdrag. Van rolls out of a lariat then rolls her up for 1. They do some nice rolls and stand off then shake hands.

Lady and Hy go at it. Hy trips her and rolls her into a gordbuster. Maya low bulldogs Lady and Lady takes a basement dropkick for 2. Lady takes a double clothesline then Hy legdrops her for 2. Hy is pushed into the buckles and Lady running euros her. Van slingshots over Hy then spinning heel kicks her. Lady is flipped by Van into a moonsault on Hy for 2.

Hy boots Lady out of the corner and lariats her. Hy corner splashes her. Lady takes a blockbuster + russian legsweep combo for 2. Hy topes Van outside. Lady cartwheels and backflips out of the corner but Maya dropkicks her during it. Lady is lifted for a Maya flatliner. Hy pins Lady.

Thoughts: It was a nice little tag. They didn't botch anything and they showed some athleticism here. Ladybird had a good showing here when she needed to. This beat my expectations and was fun.

Athena, Starkz and Diamante beat up Maya and Hyan after. Athena asks if we all forgot whose show this is. She says this is a reminder. Billie and Dia grab Hyan and Maya. Ath says they were her Metroplex minions before they were All ELite. She says it's her responsibility to take her out of her world. She tells them to get a partner at ROH/MPX Global Wars in a trios match.

Tony Nese vs Mascara Dorada

Mark Sterling does the intro for Nese. Mark says Austin is the RC Cola of Texas. He says he only brought Nese as Nese can take the whole city of weirdos by himself. He then tries to get the crowd to do the "Athletes Rule" chant but the crowd says they suck.

They shake hands. Nese poses. They lock up. Nese shoulders him over. Nese back elbows him and flips over him. Nese then does jumping jacks. MD walks up the buckles and does a seated corkscrew moonsault armdrag off the ropes. 

They go out. MD hits forearms on Nese then sends him into the post. MD chops him out there. Mark Sterling blocks MD then Nese hits MD in the throat. MD is then sent into the rails. Mark Sterling chokes MD with his arm sling outside. Nese chops MD against the commentary table.

Nese boots MD in the corner. They go on the buckles and Nese is pushed down. Nese blocks a tornado ddt and northern lights suplexes him. Nese rolls out of a sunset flip and spin kicks Md in the head. Nese bodyscissors him.

Nese grounded bearhugs him. Nese hits a running corner lariat. MD enzugiri's him out of the corner. MD top rope diving tornillo armdrags him. MD corkscrew headscissors him. MD then tornillos him over the top rope. MD springboard frogsplashes him for 2. Nese flips out of a suplex and double stomps him for 2. 

MD dropkicks him. MD goes up top and Mark pulls Nese out. Nese runs in and lariats him. Nese hits a pumphandle fire thunder driver for 2. MD hits chops. MD backrolls into kicks on Nese. Mark gets on the apron and MD is distracted. Nese is sent into Mark. MD hits an electric chair driver on Nese. MD top rope ssp's Nese and wins.

Thoughts: It was acceptable but not as good as it should have been. They lost the rhythm in the last few minutes and the last few minutes really dragged here. The pumphandle fire thunder should have put MD down. There was a lot of shenanigans here.

Overall thoughts: It was the usual ROH show with some decent matches but few storylines and few champs involved. It was nothing I would recommend checking out but it was alright overall. Either the women's tag or Priest/Henry was the best match of the night. I would give it a low 6 out of 10.