Ring of Honor on HonorClub 5/21/2026

Ring of Honor on HonorClub 5/21/2026

 

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/ring-of-honor-on-honorclub-5142026.html

We are in Salisbury, Maryland. Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman are on commentary.

This one was taped prior to an AEW show and these shows tend to have random matches and more appearances from AEW focused wrestlers than ROH studio shows.

Action Andretti talks on the mic before his match. He goes to talk but doesn't say much. He lets QT introduce himself then cuts him off. He says QT is a dreamer who never gave up on his dreams and never will. AA says lets give it up for QT. AA says he used to be the guy who works hard and waits for his dreams to come true. He says when he turned on his partner, the fans booed him. He says Lio turned his back on him and got what he had coming. He says Lio doesn't deserve to be a champ and got a reality champ, just like QT will. AA says QT wrestle's celebs to be attention and works in the office to get matches. He says QT created his own promotion to get more attention. He says QT's dream won't happen and he will embarrass him.

Action Andretti vs QT Marshall

AA slaps away a handshake. AA armdrags him. AA side headlock takeovers him and is put in a headscissors. QT then side headlock takeovers him. QT shoulders him over. AA spinning headscissors him. 

QT's throat is pulled over the top rope. AA springboard diving lariats him. AA springboard tornillo splashes him for 2. QT chops him. AA handsprings into a back elbow. AA running ssp's him for 2. AA slaps QT around. QT punches him. AA superkicks him in the gut. AA forearms him. 

QT drops him with some shots. QT handspring enzugiri's him. AA backflips and stunners QT for 2. AA misses a split-legged moonsault. QT pop-up forearms him and asai moonsaults him for 2. AA high kicks him. AA shotgun dropkicks him. AA sitout moonsaults him for 2. 

AA blocks a diamond cutter then gets caught trying to pin him with his feet on the ropes. QT cradles him for 2. AA pump kicks him and superkicks him. AA springboards and is caught with a cutter. QT is crotched up top. QT 2nd rope gordbusters him. QT misses a top rope moonsault. AA spinning ddt's him. AA hits a running torture rack neckbreaker and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a bit long and they did a bit too much for the opener. We were suppose to boo Action for what he said about QT pre-match, but I think most of it is true. It had a lot of action but I think QT should have been put down quicker than he was.  

Hyan & Maya World vs Allie Katch & Kaia McKenna

Hy and KM start us off. Hy armdrags her and bows. Hy rolls her up for 2 and side headlocks her. They say Kaia identifies as a "witch". KM takes a gordbuster into a facebuster and a basement dropkick. AK pushes Maya into Hy. Maya flying headscissors Allie. 

Maya drops down and AK sentons her. Maya hits armdrags. Maya rolls her into a double stomp. KM stomps and chokes Maya in the corner. KM shoulders Maya over. Maya flips out of a double suplex and hits a double neckbreaker. Hy top rope double crossbodies her opponents. Hy pump kicks AK then corner splashes her. 

Hy overhead northern lights suplexes her. AK butt drops her in the corner. Hy spears KM. Maya dropkicks AK. KM is held up in the air for a flatliner and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a little competitive. Maya's team hit some newer double teams and got most of the offense in. Maya's team won as expected. It was acceptable. 

Shane Taylor does a promo. He says if there's anyone outside of STP that he'd be happy about winning his first title, it'd be AR Fox. He says he's an innovator that is second to none. Shane says everyone has stolen something from him. He says it's the wrong place and wrong time. Shane says he wasn't ready and it's been a bad week for them. Shane says he has to run through him and take back the ROH TV Title. He says legends never die but AR does tonight.

Rush vs. Ryan O'Neill

Ryan offers a handshake. Rush kicks it away then hits him in the corner. Rush forearms and stomps him in the corner. Rush does his corner basement dropkick and pins him.

Thoughts: It was the usual Rush squash. I'm sure it'll lead to something someday...

Rush then does his "mess with the bulls line" after.

Mark Sterling does the intro for his crew. He says he was attacked at Supercard of Honor and says their opponents cheated to win. Mark says they do their pre-game cheer and the fans aren't invited?

Bustah And The Brain (Alec Price & Jordan Oliver) vs. The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese) 

Nese poses after the bell and JO isn't thrilled. JO side headlocks him. JO trips Nese. Nese takes a double back elbow then a double legdrop. Ari takes some corner shots. AP top rope crossbodies Ari.

Nese knees JO in the back from the apron. JO is held for shots from Nese. The faces get sent out and are stomped by Nese, Stori and Mark. Back inside, Ari knocks Nese off the apron on accident. JO goes for the tag but his partner is pulled down. Ari hits shots on JO.

JO goes for a pin but the ref doesn't see it. JO's throat is pulled over the top rope. Nese misses an asai moonsault. JO side headlocks Ari. Ari goes for a leapfrog and JO jumping side slams him in mid-air. AP comes off the top and top rope leg lariats Nese. AP is popped up and he dropkicks Ari. 

AP hits kicks on Ari then walks up the buckles and top rope diving blockbusters him. JO is held in the air for a ddt for 2. Ari superkicks AP. AP rebound lariats him. Nese spin kicks AP in the face. JO hits chops on Nese. JO facekicks Nese. Nese takes a double team and AP suicide dives Ari outside. Nese takes an electric chair M.Bison stomp and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was alright with the faces doing a bunch of wild flying offense and the heels losing like they always do. The faces did some creative stuff here. They also won again as they continue their push for the tag titles.  

Caprice Coleman does a sit down interview with Eddie Kingston and Ortiz. Eddie is asked what he's here for. He says he wants more and wants to be better. He says the locker room is better. Eddie says when he broke in, he came to ROH and says they do the style he wanted to do. Eddie is asked if they are friends or if it's a business partnership. Ortiz says it's both. 

Coleman wonders if the new wrestlers worked like they did to get where they are. Coleman asks Ortiz what Eddie isn't telling them. Ortiz says they want to do Homicide proud. They say they did a lot of wrestling and don't want to leave it behind in shambles. Eddie says the ROH locker room is better than Dynamite's or Collision's. He says talent like Priest, Billington, Bravo and Oliver are the future. 

We see the Outrunners and Dalton do a promo after SoH. The Runners are hyped up and says they told Dalton they would be champs and they are. Dalton says he has the thunderlust. He says there's a big world out there and he wants to fight over it. Dalton says these titles are their tickets to anywhere in the world. 

ROH World Six Man Tag Team Title Proving Ground Match - Dalton Castle & The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) vs 4Play (Chulo Montana, Danny Grandview & Ykies)

Ykies' name is pronounced "Why-Keys".

Truth and Chulo go at it. Chulo chops him in the corner. Truth fires up and chops him down. Turbo comes in and slams all 3 jobbers. Dalton comes in and suplexes Danny, Chulo then hits a bangarang on Ykies. Turbo still has his title belt on. The faces do the double elbow drop + double axe handle on Ykies and Ykies is pinned.

Thoughts: It was the usual short squash from these guys and nothing more.

AR Fox does a promo. AR says Shane Taylor talks a lot. He says if Shane wanted a title shot, he could have just asked him. AR says it took him 20 years to win the TV Title and says he won't drop it that easy. He tells Shane that if he wants gold, go buy a watch.

Lio Rush vs Aaron Solo

Lio talks to himself as usual. He offers a handshake. Solo is skeptical then is thrown into the ropes when he tries. Lio has black goo coming out of his mouth. Lio evades him then lariats him down. Lio sweeps him then spears him.

Solo goes out and Lio follows him. Solo superkicks him then reverse slams him inside for 2. Solo boots him in the corner. Solo chops him. Solo does a weird looking suplex then chops him in the corner.

Lio hits forearms. Solo gets a 2 count on him. Lio corkscrew kicks him from the mat. Lio pop-up powerbombs him. Lio handspring kicks him off the apron. Lio low topes him outside. Lio does a weird blue thunder and wins.

Thoughts: I'm not sure what to say about this. Lio was over a bit as a face again here and he won as expected. Lio had unusual offense and movements as usual. I was surprised Action Andretti didn't come out for this.

Lio says "he will come again, reign supreme and become stronger and stronger" after.

Deonna Purrazzo does a promo after SoH. She rips Diamante and says if you want respect, you have to give respect. She says if you refuse, respect will be beaten into you. She says whoever steps up next to her, will either head the message or become fluent in Purrazzo.  

ROH Women's Pure Title Proving Ground Match - Deonna Purrazzo vs. Janai Kai

They trade wristlocks. DP side headlock takeovers her. Kai headscissors and they stand off. DP armbars her. Kai takes her down by the arm then DP armdrags her. Kai final cut's her for 2. Kai foot chokes DP. 

Kai kicks her in the back for 2. DP hits forearms and Kai sleepers her. Kai shin kicks her and chest kicks her. Kai sleepers her. DP backdrops her. DP russian legsweeps her and armbars her. Kai rolls her up to escape. DP pump kicks her for 2.

Kai hits knees to the body then PK's her. Kai gordbusters her. DP blocks her knee to the face. Kai misses a corkscrew kick and DP armbars her. Kai submits.

Thoughts: It went as expected with DP winning. There was no reason to suspect anything else here since Kai hasn't been used much lately. Kai did her usual strikes and DP focused on the arm. I thought it was so-so and just not that interesting.  

MIT (Billie Starkz & Diamante) vs Mina Shirakawa & Queen Aminata

Min and Dia shake hands. Mina slides out of a lariat and shimmies. Mina spin kicks her in the gut. Mina springboard tornillo splashes her for 2. Queen suplexes Dia for 2. Queen bangs Dia's head off her butt while Mina hits back kicks on Dia. 

Dia and Queen chop each other in the corner. Dia and Mina then trade chops. BS comes in and flatliners Queen for 2. Queen swinging fisherman's neckbreakers BS for 2. Mina tags in and hits forearms on BS. Dia kicks Mina from the apron. Mina hits forearms on BS. Bs low topes Mina outside. 

Mina takes a double suplex for 2. Dia knees Mina in the gut and kicks her in the back. Mina's head is banged off of BS' foot. Mina takes a corner basement dropkick for 2. Dia chinlocks Mina. Dia hits kicks to her face and throws her down backwards. Mina hits chest forearms. Mina la mistica drop's Dia. 

Queen comes in and flying facebusters BS. Queen corner facekicks her twice then broski boots her for 2. Queen PK's BS for 2. Mina top rope dropkicks BS. Mina then top rope diving slingblades BS for 2. 

Dia takes shots from both opponents. The heels try cradles and get 2 counts. Queen takes a stunner. Mina spinning forearms BS then uraken's her. Mina figure fours BS. Athena comes in and chokes Mina with a towel to cause the DQ. She then throws her out to the floor with the towel around her neck.

Thoughts: It was an average random match that got a lot of time and had a dumb finish. 

Mina forearms Athena after. Athenna then pounds on her on the floor. Mina is sent into the steps. Queen helps out and Mina uraken's Ath. Ath begs off the in the ring then Dia and Billie help out. Ath bangs Mina's head off her title. This is supposed to build up their Owen Hart Tournament match.

ROH World Television Title Match - AR Fox (c) vs. Shane Taylor

AR offers a handshake and Shane spits on his hand. Shane forearms him down. Shane hits AR in the gut. AR goes up and over then trips him. AR stunners him over the middle rope. Shane catches AR's springboard then pushes Shane out. AR suicide dives him outside.

Shane rebounds AR into the ropes outside and Shane forearms him. Shane forearms AR down. Shane hits elbows on AR's chest then legdrops him on the apron. Shane chinlocks AR. AR hits shots to the gut. Shane hits a big lariat for 2. Shane chokes AR on the ropes then chops him there. 

AR hits forearms and Shane chops him. Shane slams him and misses a legdrop. AR hits lariats on Shane. AR enzugiri's him then dropkicks him out. AR tope con hilos him. 

AR top rope swantons Shane for 2. Shane chokeslams him and splashes him for 2. Shane forearms him and tells him to stay down. They trade forearms. Shane headbutts him in the chest then fire thunder's him for 2. AR cutters him. AR slides down his back on the 2nd rope and dropkicks Anthony Ogogo through the ropes. AR top rope 450's Shane and pins him.

Thoughts: AR won as expected in this random bout. AR didn't quite do all of his flying here as usual and it was a little slower than I expected. Shane stuck to the punches, headbutts and chops as usual. I thought it was average.

Overall thoughts: It was a very boring show filled with totally random matches where the favorite in the match won almost every time. I found this to be a total waste of time with limited storyline advancement. I'd say Andretti/QT was the best match of the night and that kind of says something about what kind of show this was. I'd give it a 4 out of 10 and would not recommend it at all.