Ring of Honor on Honorclub 1/8/2026

Ring of Honor on Honorclub 1/8/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/ring-of-honor-on-honorclub-112026.html

We are in Arlington, TX. Caprice Coleman and Ian Riccaboni are on commentary.

Aaron Solo vs. Ace Austin

Ace wristlocks him. Solo side headlocks him and takes him over. Ace headscissors him. Solo side headlocks him. Ace trips him and kicks him. Ace then la magistral's him for 2. Ace dropkicks him. Ace is dropkicked off the apron then Solo slingshot plancha's him. 

Solo front facelocks him. Solo suplexes him for 1. Solo stomps him in the corner. Ace hits shots to the gut. Solo dropkicks him for 1. Ace drives Solo's head into the mat. Ace russian legsweeps him then legdrops him. Ace handstands off the apron and PK's Solo. ACe doctor bombs him for 2.

Solo rolls him up for 2. Solo is catapulted into the buckles but he double stomps Ace off of it for 2. Ace helicopter kicks him off the ropes then hits the fold to win.

Thoughts: I thought it went long and I thought Solo got too much in here. Ace should have won this easier. What we got wasn't bad though.

Athena does a promo. She says she's trying to prove to the world that she's the best female wrestler in the world. She says she could say 2026 is the year of Athena but she doesn't know if she believes it. She says she's the forever ROH champ and has a massive target on her back. She says 2026 is about doing something new and different. She says it's about violence. She says the only person she can depend on is her. 

Jay Alexander & Will Allday vs. CRU (Action Andretti & Lio Rush)

Lacey Lane is with Cru.Will springboard kicks Lio off the apron to start. Jay takes a high/low. AA handspring kicks Jay off the apron. Cru then do stereo topes. Will backrolls AA. Will takes corner lariats. Jay runs through a double clothesline and takes a hard lariat from AA. 
 
Will top rope dropkicks Jay on accident. Will takes shots from Cru. Cru double falcon arrow him and pin him. 

Thoughts: It was a very fast paced match here. Cru was so moving so quick. I liked what we got here but it's a shame we didn't get more of it.

Christopher Daniels is interviewed earlier in the day. He says Leila Grey proved she is a warrior. He says she's injured. He says him and Grey met another warrior. He says he's welcoming Zayda Steel to the Skyflight team. Zay says Daniels is a legend and it'd be dumb not to show up and show out when a legend calls on you.

Shane Taylor Promotions (Lee Moriarty & Trish Adora) vs. SkyFlight (Darius Martin & Zayda Steel)

Lee and DM shake hands. Lee cravates him. DM wristlocks him and Lee takes him down by the arm and goes for the pin. Lee snapmares DM and DM wristlocks him. Lee rolls out of a wristlock, head flips and is put in a wristlock. DM dropkicks Lee into the corner. 

TA and Zay go at it. TA is armdragged and throws Zay down backwards. TA snapmares her and kicks her in the back. TA pulls Zay's arm's back and splits n her shoulders then twerks. TA backbreakers Zay. Zay takes a big facekick from TA. 

The men get in. DM hits uppercuts on Lee. DM euros Lee and slaps him. DM fisherman suplexes him for 2. DM side slam bombs Lee for 2. Zay thesz presses TA and pounds on her. Lee grabs Zay. Zay back elbows him and canadian destroyers him. DM and Zay then do stereo topes out.

Zay ddt's TA. Shane Taylor gets on the apron and DM pulls him down. TA hits a hard lariat on Zay and pins her.

Thoughts: It was another shorter and fast paced match. As always with these matches, the women did stuff to the men but the men stupidly did nothing. Darius hit some new moves here and double tope spot was cool. This wasn't bad.

MIT (Billie Starkz & Diamante) vs Reiza Clarke & Shay KarMichael

BS and Shay lock up. BS rubs her forearms in her face and Shay pushes her. BS waistlocks Shay then throws her down by the hair. Dia chokes Shay over the top rope. Shay is rocked in mid air and thrown. Dia hits crossface shots on Shay for 2. Dia stomps Shay.

Shay headscissors BS out of the corner. Shay flying headscissors BS. RC comes in. She forearms BS down. Dia hits forearms on RC. Dia casadora stunners RC. Shay is hit with a german. BS topes RC. Dia hits a cross rhodes on Shay and pins her.

Thoughts: It was mostly all squash here. They put over RC some as a big girl and Shay took most of the offense IT was another quicker bout.

Cru and Lacey Lane are interviewed. Lio says it's been a long time since we've seen Cru. Lio says they are back. Action says they had a lot to overcome but consider it overcame. Action says they are back with new Cru member, Lacey Lane. Lane says she was part of the one of the best tag teams ever and came here to find a vet. She says they match her crazy and she thinks she found her crew. 

The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari, Stori Denali & Tony Nese) vs Delynn Cavens, Demo Diamond & Rachael Ellering

Mark Sterling does the intro for his team and says he wants to know why nobody talks about them going undefeated in 2025. He says he wants to know why no one is talking about them going undefeated in 2026. He says whenever they come to this city, the inbred idiots get their pre-game cheer wrong. They then try their cheer and the fans say "Athletes Suck".

Ari wroks on Del's arm and stomps it. Del takes double punches in the corner. Nese suplexes Ari off a tornado ddt attempt. Nese finds himself face to face with Demo. Stori then goes face to face with Demo. Demo is then stomped by The Athletes and sent into the rails.

Nese chops down Del. Rach tags in with Story. Rach chops her multiple times. They collide with shoulders. Stori facekicks her down. Del gets in. Story sends him into Nese for a lariat. Stori spin kicks Rach in the corner. Demo lifts Nese up by the ears then Ari clips Demo. Demo is stomped by the heels.

Del urakens Nese. Nese pumphandle fire thunder drivers him and pins him. 

Thoughts: It was mostly a squash here and not too much of note. The Athletes won as expected. Demo was the tallest guy on the show up to this point. 

Dalton Castle & The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) vs. The Frat House (Cole Karter, Griff Garrison & Preston Vance) 

Truth and Griff kind of slap hands. Griff side headlocks Truth then gets hiptossed. Turbo hits Griff in the gut, Truth knee lifts Griff and Griff takes a double hiptoss. Truth fights his way out of the corner. Truth is tripped by Jacked outside then is lariated by Vance. Jacked Jamison punches Truth down outside.

Vance suplexes Truth for 2. Truth takes a double boot in the corner then a Cole dropkick. Vance stands on Truth in the corner. Truth and Vance crossbody each other at the same time. Dalton tabs in and hits suplexes on the heels. Turbo hits a bulldog + lariat combo. Jacked gets on the apron and is hit. 

We get a triple irish whip and a triple slam from the faces. The Runners hit a double axe handle and Dalton joins in. Dalton bangarang's Cole and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a shorter but alright bout here. The Runners and Dalton are such a fun team and it's a shame they bury them on this show.  

Johnny TV and Taya Valkyrie are interviewed. Taya complains about having to ask for TV time. She says Red Velvet is avoiding her. Lexy says Red is over there. Red comes in and says she is ducking no one. She says it seems like Taya wants to prove herself. She says she's always down for that and will give her a proving ground match. Taya says her calendar is full so she will have her management reach out to her. Red says it should be fun.  

The Von Erichs (Marshall von Erich & Ross von Erich) vs. MxM Collection (Mansoor & Mason Madden)

Taya and Johnny are with the heels. 

The faces offer a handshake but the heels give them the finger. Marsh side headlocks Mansoor then shoulders him over. Mansoor is hit with a double dropkick. The heels hit The VE's from behind and send the out. Mansoor puts on Marsh's hat and stomps him. Ross gets the steps kicked into his hand. Madden pounds on Ross and stomps the hand.

Ross gets his fingers pounded in and Mansoor throws the hat out. Mansoor pulls on Ross' arms around the ropes. Ross's hand is put into the buckle and it is kicked. Madden legdrops the hand for 2. Mansoor stomps the hand. Mansoor corner splashes Ross then headbutts his hands.

Ross flying single leg dropkicks Mansoor. Marsh and Madden get in. Marsh boots him and dropkicks Mansoor. Marsh corner lariats Mansoor. Marh pop up slams Mansoor. Marh claws Mansoor but Madden blocks Ross' claw. 

Ross is held for a leg lariat for 2. Madden is pushed into the post by Marsh outside. Ross suplex lifts Mansoor into a cutter. Ross iron claws Mansoor then Marsh iron claws Madden. Ross claw slams Madden and pins him.

Thoughts: I liked it. The heels working Ross' hand made sense. The faces didn't quite get as much of a comeback as they should have but it was okay enough. 

Sammy Guevara vs. Kiran Grey

KG comes out in a hood with a feather on it.

SG teases a handshake but gives him the finger. SG avoids KG. SG trips him. KG knees him in the gut, legsweeps him and hits a nice splash for 2. They go out and SG takes a euro. SG is sent into the rails and booted. SG is sent into the corner and forearmed.

KG pump kicks him down. KG comes of the top and is hit in the gut. SG flying knees him. SG then hits a GTH and pins him.

Thoughts: They really tried to put KG over here. He got most of the offense in on this one before going down and made this a reverse squash. KG did more of a heel brawling style here. 

Adam Priest & Tommy Billington vs. The Swirl (Blake Christian & Lee Johnson)  

They haven't explained why Jay Lethal joined the heels yet. He's out there with them.

Tom backs up Lee in the corner. Lee hits chops on Tom then double boots him out of the corner. Lee slams Tom then Tom upkicks him. Tom shoulders Lee over and bangs his head off the buckles. Lee takes a double back elbow. Blake is double back body dropped for 1. 

AP chops Blake in the corner and euros him down hard. AP hits a snap suplex on Blake. Blake boots Tom out of the corner. Blake comes off the 2nd rope and sells his knee. The ref makes Tom back off. Lee then nails Tom from behind and Blake struts. 

Blake stomps and stands on Tom in the corner. Tom takes corner spears from Lee. Lee suplexes him for 2. Tom takes double back elbow then the heels strut. Lee pounds on Tom in the corner. Lee slams Tom for 2. Lee chinlocks Tom. Tom and Lee double clothesline each other.

AP comes in and cleans house. He suplexes Blake onto Lee then suplexes Lee. AP goes up top and is knocked down. Tom is sent into a superkick. Lee takes a spike tombstone for 2. Blake rolls into a ddt on Tom. AP flips Blake then half crabs him. Tom crossfaces Blake at the same time.

Lee boots AP in the face twice. AP half crabs Blake while Tom crossfaces Lee. Lee germans Tom. Blake springboard 450's Tom's back for 2. Tom takes chops from the heels. He chops them and is sent out. AP chops the heels. AP enzugiri's Blake when Lee throws AP's leg. Lee is thrown out and AP topes him. Blake topes AP. 

Tom tombstones Lee. Tom goes up top and Jay Lethal pushes him down. Blake does an indian deathlock variation on Tom and pins him.

Thoughts: It was an alright tag here. Tom and AP are a nice team and fit well together. They got a lot of time and had an exciting match. Adam came off well. The heels won this and pretty much had to with Jay at their side for the first time.

The heels beat up the faces after.

Overall thoughts: It was your usual ROH show. The champs didn't wrestle despite ROH having a million titles. They didn't advance much storyline wise either. The main was the only thing that was really given some time to be good. The show wasn't bad, just pretty much none of the matches got that much time to be really good. ROH really does have a lot of good wrestlers but they get absolutely nothing to work with. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 as it was just okay.