Ring of Honor on HonorClub 4/17/2026

Ring of Honor on HonorClub 4/17/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/ring-of-honor-on-honorclub-492026.html

Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman are on commentary. 

They announce a Women's Survival of the Fittest match for Supercard of Honor 2026.

Women's Survival of the Fittest Qualifier - Billie Starkz ve Lacey Lane

BS tries to hit her off the handshake. Lane shoulders her over and twerks. Lane springboard diving armdrags her. Lane springboard dropkicks her. Lane crossbodies her off the apron. BS ddt's her over the 2nd rope onto the apron. Lane is thrown hard into the buckles and goes down. 

BS hits boots to the face. BS snapmares her by the hair and throws her down backwards. BS misses a top rope swanton. Lane hits forearms then rolls her into a superkick for 2. Lane hits her on the ropes. BS pump kicks her. BS is irish whipped nd goes down holding her knee. The announcers are skeptical of a possible injury.

BS pushes the ref away and AA's Lane. BS top rope swantons Lane and Lane crucifixes her off the pin attempt. Lane superkicks her then facekicks her on the ropes. Lane springboard corkscrew elbow drops her for 2. BS rolls her up for 2. Lane suplexes her. Lane hammerlock flatliners her for 2.  

BS rakes her eyes. Lane back body drops her and they trade pin attempts. BS knees her in the face. BS spin kicks her and gordbusters her for the win.

Thoughts: It was a competitive match and it was acceptable. BS was a bit heelish here and Lane did her usual flying and her various superkicks. BS was the favorite and got the win as expected in this.

Women's Survival of the Fittest Qualifier - Viva Van vs Yuka Sakazaki

They trade some arm holds to start. Yuka side headlocks her. They shove each other and headlock each other. They shoulder battle and Van knocks her over. Yuka running dropkicks her out. Yuka top rope plancha's her outside. Van dragon screws her. Van knee drops her leg and tries pin attempts. Van crabs her and Yuka ropebreaks. 

Van boots her while she's down. Van hits euros and chops. Yuka suplexes her. Yuka rolls her into a kick then sliding lariats her for 2. Van germans her. Van spinning heel kicks her for 2. Van koppo kicks her for 2. Yuka hits superkicks and a spinning forearm.

Yuka does a spinning hammerlock drop on her. Yuka springboard splashes her and wins.

Thoughts: It was another alright match here. They traded some holds and kicks and Yuka got the win with her flying in the end. Van had a clean night here for a change without any botches.

ROH Pure Wrestling Title - Lee Johnson (c) vs Marshall Von Erich

This is a random one though they said it was set up by last week's 8-man tag match. It's been a long time since we've seen Marshall do a singles match.

They trade waistlocks. Lee wristlocks him and MVE reverses it. Lee hammerlocks him and MVE uses his first rope break. Lee side headlocks him then MVE shoulders him over. Lee goes for leapfrog and is dropkicked in mid-air. MBE iron claws him and Lee uses his first rope break.

MVE slams him and elbow drops him for 2. Lee does like a hammerlock ddt. Lee bangs MVE's arm off his shoulder. Lee splits MVE's fingers and pulls on the arm. MVE uses his 2nd rope break. Lee misses a corner charge and MVE powerslams him. MVE hits forearms and back elbows.

MVE corner lariats him. MVE hits corner forearms. MVE corner cannonballs him for 2. Lee backdrops him. Lee tries a border city stretch and MVE uses his last ropebreak. Lee triangles him over the top rope. MVE has no ropebreaks left and Lee puts him to sleep. Lee picks up the win.

Thoughts: There was no reason to believe MVE had any shot at winning here so the question was just how long it would take. Lee worked the arm here before getting the win with an arm based submission. It was an acceptable bout.

Josh Woods does a promo. He says he's been gaining steam the last few months but he's bored. He says it's too easy here. He says he's issuing an open challenge to any pure wrestler across the world. Josh says when he wins the open challenge at Supercard of Honor, it's a pact that he will win the Pure Title back. 

Women's Survival of the Fittest Qualifier - Trish Adora vs Hyan

They lock up and roll on the ropes. TA misses a chop and shoulders her over. Hy hits forearms. Hy dropkicks her. Hy apron crossbodies her. Hy sits up top and TA chops her down to the floor. Christyan XO facekicks Hy outside. 

TA snapmares her and kicks her in the back. TA pulls her arms back and sits on her back. TA shoulders her over. TA puts her upside down over her knee and pulls her arms and legs. TA throws her down by the wrist then pounds on her. 

TA cravates her. TA is sent into the buckles and Hy hits lariats. Hy pump kicks her and backdrops her for 2. Hy hits a big spear for 2. TA hits a big german. TA larias her and pins her.

Thoughts: It was another acceptable match. Trish was always going to win this one and the only question was how long it would take. It was a bit one-sided as expected. Hyan's spear was nice and TA's lariat at the end was also nice.

Women's Survival of the Fittest Qualifier - Isla Dawn vs Persephone

They lock up. Dawn backs her up on the ropes and kind of shoves her in the face. Pers rolls her off the lock up. Dawn side headlocks her then Pers side headlocks her. Dawn hits a fiery shot and Pers tries to calm things down. They do a double knuckle lock and stand off. Pers flying headscissors her then Dawn shoulders her over. 

Pers fireman's carry takeovers her into an armlock. Dawn hits corner spears. Pers rolls through a sunset flip and basement dropkicks her. Dawn backcrackers her then stomps her back. Pers' head is banged off the buckles and Dawn backdrops her. Dawn gordbusters her and pumping knees her. Dawn chinlocks him.

Pers hits forearms. Pers rolls her up then Dawn running lariats her for 2. Dawn snapmares her into a cobra clutch. Pers hits her in the gut and rolls her up for 1. Pers backrolls her into a pin attempt. Dawn forearms her.

Pers side headlock takeovers her then fallaway slams her. Pers hits chops then spears her. Pers misses a 2nd rope moonsault. Dawn high kicks her for 2. Dawn grabs a dragon sleeper, Pers kind of rolls to the side to escape and pins her.

Thoughts: The finish was unique. I've never seen that counter down before. It was about average. The only real question here was whether Pers would be on Supercard of Honor in Survival of the Fittest or a bigger match. I didn't think there was a great story or even a clear heel or face in this.

Caprice Coleman interviews Nick Wayne, Kip Sabian and Mother Wayne. Coleman welcomes him back and Nick doesn't want to shake his hand. They talk NJPW's Best of the Super Juniors Tournament. Nick says his goal last year was to become the youngest competitor and winner. He says he wants to be the youngest winner and says he feels confident he can do that this year. He says Kosei Fujita has a big target on his back. He says Kosei is the current youngest winner and he wants to take that from him. Coleman says there's a lot of pressure on him and asks about his return from injury. Kip says Nick isn't your average wrestler and says he wasn't recovering but evolving. Coleman asks how his foot will hold up. Mom its Coleman with her hand fan and says he's in perfect health. Mom says Nick is the future king of pro wrestling.

ROH Television Title - Nick Wayne (c) vs Evil Uno

They lock up. Uno gets in his face in the corner on the break. Uno shoves him and Nick ropebreaks. Uno wristlocks him and Nick side headlocks him. Nick throws him over and kicks him in the back. Uno forearms him down. Uno shoulders him over. Nic leapfrogs and Uno atomic drops him off of it. Uno slams him for 1.

Nick slides out and hugs his mom. Uno pounces Nick onto the apron outside. Uno chops him outside and then inside. Uno hits corner lariats. Uno's arm is pulled down over the top rope. Nick springboard double stomps Uno's arm. Uno's arm is pulled around the ropes and yanked on. Nick splashes Uno's arm for 1. 

Nick bullies him around with kicks and boots to the head. Uno chops him down. Nik codebreakers his arm for 2. Nick armlocks him. 

Uno neckbreakers him. Uno flying back elbows him in the corner. Uno facekicks him an ddt's him. Uno hits a piledriver for 2. Nick shiranui's him for 2. Nick then kimura's him. Uno stomps Nick's fingers and forearms him. Nick hits Finlay's oblivion. Nick spin kicks him in the face and wins.

Thoughts: It was a random one and there was no reason to believe Uno was winning here. And he did not. Uno had a decent showing with some good looking forearms but it was nothing special.

Nick Wayne is interviewed in the ring with his crew after. He says this is the world dominator of Nick Wayne. The crowd chants for his mom. Nick says he was announced for NJPW's Best of the Super Juniors a few days ago. Nick says he will do the same thing he does in ROH in Japan. He says he will become the youngest BOSJ winner of all time because this is Wayne's world and we are all just living in it. 

AR Fox comes out for his match before Nick leaves. Nick yells at him and asks if he wants his title. Nick goes after him but Kip stops him.

AR Fox vs Daisuke Sasaki

They lock up and DS side headlocks him. DS shoulders him over then is tripped and side headlocked. DS trips him twice then AR rolls out of a crossface. They stand off.

DS eyerakes him. DS is swept on the apron and superkicks. AR rolls into the ropes into a double stomp on DS on the apron. AR flying corner lariats him. DS dragon screws him on the ropes. DS clips him. DS boots and punches him on te ropes. 

AR jawbreakers him. AR trips him and rolls into a twisting brainbuster on him. AR cutters him then DS corner lariats him. AR blind leapfrogs and rolls into a cutter on him for 2.

AR misses a top rope 450. DS dropkicks AR in the knee. DS top rope diving lariats him then ddt's him. DS crossfaces him. DS comes off the top and AR gets his boots up. AR rolls him into a cutter. AR suicide dives him outside. 

DS is sat on the 2nd rope. AR slingshot canadian destroyers him from the side and pins him.

Thoughts: It was another random one and hard to really care. AR did his usual goofy offense. AR's new slingshot canadian destroyer is something and at least that finished this one. I thought it was so-so.

Nigel McGuinness does a promo. He says just when you think you are out, they pull you back in. He says he thought that was it when he couldn't beat Lee for the Pure Title 2 years in a row. He says Josh Woods has been running over ROH and wants another shot at Lee. Nigel says you don't beat Lee Moriarty a 3rd time without beating him first. He says if you can't beat him, you can't beat Lee. He says he wants one more Pure Title shot. He says he will go quietly into the night if he can't beat him. He challenges Josh Woods for Supercard of Honor.

Blake Christian does a video. He says he's been chasing Bandido for a year and Band has been dodging him. He challenges him for Supercard of Honor, but they just announced it would be happening.

The Lethal Twist (Jay Lethal, Blake Christian and Lee Johnson) vs QT Marshall, Aaron Solo and Nick Comoroto

I guess QT's crew is back together as this is the 2nd or 3rd time they have teamed up recently.

The heels boot QT's team at the bell. 4 of the 6 fight outside. Nick shoulders Jay over the lariats him. Nick gorilla press slams Jay. Nick corner splashes Jay. QT corner enzugiri's Jay. Jay takes a suplex + dropkick combo. 

Solo hits chops and forearms on Jay. Solo dropkicks Jay. Lee forearms Solo from the apron then boots him in the corner. Lee hits corner spears. Solo is on the 2nd rope and Blake sliding lariats him down. Lee stomps Solo and hits mounted punches. Jay works Solo's leg. Blake stomps the leg.

Lee stomps the leg then fisherman suplexes him. Lee chokes him on the ropes. Jay slams Solo. Solo's legs are pulled on by the heels. Jay and Lee end up getting crotched up top. Solo pushes Blake into them.

QT comes in and hits punches. QT handspring enzugiri's Blake then pop-up forearms Lee. QT asai moonsaults him for 2. Jay superkicks Nick. QT flatliners Jay. Solo corkscrew kicks Lee. Blake back enzugiri's Solo. Nick is pulled over the top and Jay topes him. Solo takes double teams then Blake 2nd rope moonsaults QT outside.

Nick is triple teamed and he pushes his opponents off. Nick takes kicks from his opponents. Nick takes a double stomp + rolling death valley driver and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was alright. The heels worked Solo's leg for a while until they got him out. QT had a good showing. QT's team lost as expected.

Women's Survival of the Fittest Qualifier - Robyn Renegade vs Maya World

RR got an entrance here which she doesn't always get.

RR armdrags her off the lock up. Maya side headlocks her. Maya wristlocks her. RR wristlocks her and Maya headflips out. Maya does push up's at her and RR facekicks her. RR chops her and Maya chops her back. 

RR misses a pump kick and Maya rolls her up for 2. Maya backrolls her into a bridge for 2. Maya backrolls into a spinning reverse headscissors. Maya basement dropkicks her for 2. Maya suplexes her for 2.

Maya is on the 2nd rope and RR superkicks her down. Maya comes off the bottom rope and is dropkicked. Maya bridges out of a superkick. Maya germans her. Maya hits kicks on her. Maya 2nd rope dropkicks her. Maya rolls her but misses a double stomp. RR stomps Maya over the 2nd rope. RR twisting suplexes her for 2. 

RR totally misses an asai moonsault and Maya rolls her into a double stomp. Maya shining wizard's her and wins.

Thoughts: It was competitive though Maya always had the edge on this one. It wasn't that great though and got a bit more time than it needed.

ROH Women's Title Proving Ground Match - Athena vs Zayda Steel

Ath side headlock takeovers her. Zay side headlocks her then takes her over. Ath headscissors her. Zay slaps her and then hides in the ropes. 

Ath knees Zay in the gut. Zay casadora armdrags Ath then flying headscissors her. Zay basement dropkicks her for 1. Zay rolls her up for 2. Ath double throat thrusts her. Zay armdrags her out of the TKO position. Ath wheelbarrow suplexes her on the floor.

Ath stands on her face then hits a forearm flurry in the corner. Ath flying knees Zay. Ath kicks her in the back. Zay hits some shots and is forearmed. Ath ties up her arm and facelocks her. Zay forearms her down. Zay thesz presses her and hits mounted shots. Zay swinging neckbreakers her. Zay top rope plancha's her outside. Zay koppo kicks her inside for 2.

Ath superkicks her then tiger suplexes her. Ath sentons her for 2. Zay hurricanrana's her from the buckles. Ath blocks a tornado ddt and Zay spinning ddt's her. Ath swinging uranages her down. Ath headscissors her with an armbar and Zay taps out.

Thoughts: Ath was always winning this one so the result was never in doubt. Zay had one of her better showings as she showed some spirit here before going down. It wasn't that bad and atleast Zay didn't get totally wrecked.

Athena grabs Zay after and Christopher Daniels stops her.

Overall thoughts: It was the usual random edition of ROH. Most of the matches had reasons for happening but they had obvious winners and no real build to them. Tony Khan is not good at coming up with reasons for matches to happen so he masks that by doing tournaments or qualifiers like we saw here to make these bouts feel more special than they are. I didn't like this show. It went a full 2 hours and it was really hard to really care about anything on this. There was a bunch of average to acceptable matches here but nothing great. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 but that's really just on a technicality. It was a very average show.