Ring of Honor on HonorClub 6/18/2026 Global Wars Cincinnatti

Ring of Honor on HonorClub 6/18/2026 Global Wars Cincinnatti

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/ring-of-honor-on-honorclub-6112026.html

We are in Cincinnatti, OH. Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman are on commentary.

ROH World Television Title - AR Fox (c) vs. Lio Rush vs. Action Andretti

Lio whispers in AR's ear. Lio and AR go after AA and chase him. Lio is pushed into AR. AR enzugiri's AA out. AR and Lio shake hands. They neckbreaker each other at the same time and AA handsprings into a backflip and cutter on both. Lio topes AA. AR plants off the post and moonsaults Lio.

AA and AR flip to the ramp from the floor. AA ddt's AR on the ramp. AA looks for something under the mat. Lio and AA fight over an umbrella and it gets broken. Lio is sent into the rails. AA boots him outside and sends him into the rails. AR tope con hilos both from the ramp.

AR trips AA inside. AR rolls him and is cradled for 2. Lio handspring cutters AR. AA springboard diving lariats Lio. AA hits mounted shots on Lio. AA springboard corkscrew elbows AR. AA foot chokes Lio in the corner. 

AA chops AR. AR hits punches on AA. AR flying corner lariats AA then cutters Lio. AR cutters AA. AR top rope swantons AA for 2. AR facekicks Lio. AR tiger feint ddt's Lio into a twisting suplex for 2.  

AA flying enzugiri's AR. AA and Lio trade forearms. Lio seated springboard stunners AA for 2. AA hits kicks on Lio then falcon arrows him for 2. AA pump handle side slams AR for 2. All 3 men end up down. They all hit shots on each other. AA low blows AR. AA shotgun dropkicks Lio in the corner. Lio spears him and seated springboard stunners him. Lio then does a grounded choke AA and AR breaks it up.

Lio seated springboard stunners AR. Lio spin kicks AA in the head. Lio blue thunders AA and pins him.

Thoughts: It was what you would expect with a ton of complicated moves and selling not being a priority. It wasn't quite as fast as I thought it would be though. It was alright enough but nothing too memorable. Lio pinned AA here so AR could maybe get a rematch off of this.

Lacey Lane & Viva Van vs. Red Velvet & Thunder Rosa

Red and VV go at it. They shoulderblock each other and Red goes down. Red sweeps her and VV bridges out. VV rolls her up for 2.  Lane and VV hit stereo dropkicks. Red pushes VV into Lane then leg lariats Lane. 

Rosa chops Lane in the corners. Rosa armdrags her twice. Lane kicks her in the gut. Lane bottom rope springboard dropkicks her for 2. Rosa is held on the ropes for a dropkick. VV spinning heel kicks Rosa for 2. Rosa springboard twisting crossbodies both opponents. Rosa neckbreakers Lane. 

Rosa flying lariats Lane. Red hits gut shots on Lane in the corner then split foot chokes her. Rosa dropkicks Lane against the bottom rope. Red ddt's Lane for 2. Lane sweeps and kicks Red. Lane does her death valley driver legdrop on Red. VV codebreakers Rosa with both knees. Lane superkicks Red for 2. 

VV blocks Red's victory roll then Red tries a pin on her. VV uraken's Red. VV ocean cyclone suplexes Red but Rosa breaks it up with a double stomp. Rosa package drops Van towards the side and pins her.

Thoughts: It was average. There just wasn't any great logic, true faces or heels or much but just people doing their usual spots.

Diamante vs. Maika

They shake hands and Maika backs her up on the ropes. Dia waistlock takedowns her and poses. Dia hits forearms on her in the corner. Maika shoulders her over. Dia takes Maika down by the hair. 

Dia kicks Maika in the leg then ddt's her. Dia hits mounted forearms and back elbows her. Dia knees her in the gut and russian legsweeps her for 2. Dia hits Kawada kicks on her then side headlocks her. Dia is sat on the 2nd rope and dropkicked in the spine. Maika powerslams her.

Maika sliding lariats her. Maika suplexes Dia for 2. Maika lariats her off a criss-cross. Dia germans her for 2. Maika spinning lariats her and michinoku drivers her for the win.

Thoughts: It another so-so to average match. The crowd wasn't into it, the work was slow and there wasn't a lot of fire here. Both wrestlers got their section to do their offense then we went to the finish. This should have been better than it was.

ROH Tag Titles - LFI (The Beast Mortos and Sammy Guevara) (c) vs Villano III Jr. and Hijo del Villano III

This is a re-airing of their match from CMLL on 6/12/2026.

Hijo and SG go at it. Hijo rolls him and headflips over him. SG flips over him. SG flying headscissors Hijo and Hijo headflips out. SG then does the same when Hijo flying headscissors him. SG trips Hijo and they kip up together. Mort lariats Hijo. V3JR springboard dropkicks SG.

V3Jr spin kicks Mort and springboard crossbodies him. V3Jr is pounced by Mort. Mort slams V3Jr. SG teases going up top but drops down and double stomps V3Jr. Mort throws V3Jr out then Hijo is double teamed on the ropes. V3Jr is chopped up and double stomped on.

Mort misses a corner charge and goes out. SG goes out and Hijo tope con hilos him. V3Jr top rope twisting swantons Mort outside. Hijo superkicks Mort. Mort takes corner attacks. Hijo 2nd rope diving codebreakers him and V3Jr springboard double stomps Mort's back.

SG is chopped by The Villanos. The Villanos struggle to gorilla press him and just drop him on Mort outside. V3Jr chops Mort. Mort double lariats The Villanos. SG corkscrew dives onto The Villanos. Mort tornillo tope The Villanos. SG rolls into a cutter on Hijo. V3Jr 2nd rope diving headscissors SG as he hangs over the 2nd rope.

Mort torture rack backbreakers V3Jr then spinning lariats him. Mort headbutts Hijo in the chest. Hijo superkicks Mort. Hijo tornado ddt's Mort. SG springboard diving cutters Hijo then V3Jr springboard double stomps SG. 

Mort top rope gorilla press slams V3Jr. SG jumps off of Mort's back and canadian destroyers Hijo. Mort gets a 2 count on V3Jr. Hijo avoids a doomsday device and poisonrana's SG. V3Jr poisonrana's Mort at the same time and they both get 2 counts.

The Villanos miss flying moves. SG springboard plancha's Hijo out and Mort pop-up samoan drops V3Jr. Mort top rope corkscrew moonsaults V3Jr and pins him. Mortos' team wins the match.

Thoughts: I was surprised The Villanos didn't win here. They had a few sloppy moments but it mostly went okay here. It had a lot of flying as expected and The Villanos went all out as usual.

AEW International Title Match - Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Lee Johnson

They miss lariats and trade forearms. KT side headlock takeovers him and they stand off. KT hits punches. Lee dropkicks him out. Lee tope con hilos him outside. Lee boots KT and facekicks him. KT fights back with forearms then hits moounted corner punches. KT is sent hard into the buckles. 

Lee hits mounted forearms. Lee elbow drops him for 2. KT facekicks him then flying lariats him. KT slams him and slips going up the buckles as he sells his leg. Lee corner facekicks him then germans him. KT facekicks him then exploders him. They double clothesline each other down.

They trade forearms. Lee hits a forearm combo. KT forearms him. Lee poisonrana's him. KT no sells it and lariats him for 2. Lee rolls him up for 2 then Lee running cutters him. Lee superkicks him then brainbusters him for 2. KT back body drops him. Lee rolls him up for 2. KT blue thunders him. KT pumping knees him and wins.

Thoughts: I hated it. It was a no sell fest as expected with the two bringing the worst out of each other. Thankfully, it didn't get that much time so they couldn't get too crazy. 

Hook and Anthony Bowens do a promo. Bowens says it'll be them and Shibata vs The Premier Athletes and BEEF. Bowens says it's a great chance for a group of killers to choose violence. They get snippy with each other and Hook says it's good they know their places.

Takumi Iroha vs. Hyan

TI is with Sareee here. They hug then they lock up. TI side headlock takeovers her and Hyan goes for the headscissors. TI then misses a kick. They shake hands. Hyan back elbows TI and suplexes her. Hyan misses a dropkick then TI misses a kick attempts. 

TI spin kicks her in the gut then snap suplexes her for 2. TI kicks her in the back then basement dropkicks her. TI chest kicks her down. TI sharpshooters her and Hyan ropebreaks.

Hyan suplexes her. Hyan lariats and back elbows her. Hyan flying knees her. Hyan backdrops her for 2. TI hits kicks, PK's her and basement dropkicks her. They trade forearms.  

TI spinning heel kicks her for 2. TI misses a top rope swanton. TI high kicks her on the apron. Hyan gordbusters TI on the apron. Hyan spears her inside for 2. Hyan knees her in the face. Hyan hits slaps then takes kicks. TI kick and forearm combos her in the corner. TI superkicks her. TI hits a running razor's edge and pins her.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. TI just hit a bunch of kicks. She didn't beat up Hyan enough and Hyan wasn't really good enough of an underdog to make this work. It was also clear that Hyan wasn't winning this early on.

Mike Bailey, Mistico & The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) vs. RPG VICE (Rocky Romero & Trent Beretta) & The Lethal Twist (Blake Christian & Jay Lethal)

Mist and RR go at it. Mist is taken down then he armdrags RR. RR hammerlocks Mist and Mist flying snapmares him. Mist springboard twisting crossbodies him then flying headscissors him out. Mist then gets hit and stomped on by the heels. Mist takes corner attacks. RR then takes running corner attacks. All 8 men fight in the ring. The faces do mounted corner punches.

RR takes a kneelift then a backdrop. The Outrunners pose. Trent is thrown out and Truth is pulled out there. Jay misses a plancha outside then Blake spears Truth on the apron. Blake springboard lariats Truth. Truth is foot choked and stomped on in the corner.

Jay figure fours Truth. Blake boots Truth out of the corner. Truth slams Blake. Turbo comes in and slams Jay twice. Turbo suplexes Jay. Turbo and Jay lariat each other and both go down. 

Mike comes in and drop Trent with kicks. Trent half-nelson suplexes him. Mike hurricanrana's Trent. Mike legsweeps him and standing ssp's him for 2. Mike is laid on the top rope for a top rope double stomp and a Trent shining wizard for 2.

Mist springboard double back elbows the heels and headsscissors RR out. Mist topes RR. Blake cutters Mike. Jay and Blake mock The Outrunners' double elbow drop and get thrown to the ramp. Those two teams fight to the back. 

Mike facekicks Trent off the apron and triangle moonsaults him outside. Mist springboard double crossbodies the heels. Mist la mistica's RR. Mike spinning roundhouse kicks Trent and pins him.

Thoughts: It was alright and very similar to the tag match we got on the Youtube Special this week. It wasn't anyone's best work and it didn't get enough time though. The faces won this one as expected.

ROH Women's World Title Match - Athena (c) vs. Syuri

These two fought on an NJPW Strong show a few months back and this is the rematch.

Ath rolls her off the lock up and they wrestle on the mat. They each escape wristlocks and Ath armdrags her. Ath side headlocks her then Syu armdrags her. Syu dropkicks her in the corner and running knees her there. Syu flying headscissors Ath then running knees her against the bottom rope.

Syu hits knees to the back. Ath bends over the 2nd rope and powerslams her on the apron. Ath sends Syu into the rails. They trade forearms and Ath shoves her over. Ath sentons her for 2. 

Ath hits knees to the gut. Ath facelocks her. Syu flying headscissors her but Ath cartwheels out. Syu codebreakers her. They fight on the ramp. Ath wasteland's her on the ramp.

Ath axe kicks her in the gut. Ath puts her in tree of woe and kicks her. Ath baseball slide kicks her for 2. Syu ddt's her. Syu casadora bulldogs her. Syu kicks her in the face while she's down for 2. Ath forearms her down for 2. Syu 2nd rope hammerlock suplexes her then kimura's her. Syu then armbars the other arm.

Syu kicks her in the back. Ath superkicks her. Syu does a flying octopus on her. Ath drops her chest first on the mat for 2. Syu armbars her and triangles her. They roll over the top. Syu triangles her on the apron then Ath slams her down on the floor. Syu puts the hold back on then tornado ddt's her on the floor.

They trade forearms on their knees then get up and trade. Ath backdrops her. Syu hits a big forearm on her and germans her. Syu misses a buzzsaw kick and takes a tiger suplex. Syu emerald flowsion's her for 2. Syu pumping knees her and buzzsaw kicks her. Syu forearms her. Ath slides between her legs and does a pumphandle tombstone. Ath hits a top rope diving o-face and pins her.

Thoughts: Ath won as expected here. It was mostly a strike based match without a true story to it. It was acceptable but not some classic match. The crowd didn't get into it until the second half.

Overall thoughts: All but 2 matches were random here and one was just a replay from CMLL. The crowd wasn't that into this and I don't blame them. This had a decent bit of filler and not quite as many foreign guests as you would expect. The opener was maybe the best thing on here. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 as it was rather average and not quite as good as it could have been.