Ring of Honor YouTube Special Episode #8 6/9/2026
The last Youtube Special is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/ring-of-honor-youtube-special-episode-7.html
We are in Huntsville, AL at an AEW show. Caprice Coleman and Ian Riccaboni are on commentary.
Dralistico & The Lethal Twist (Blake Christian, Jay Lethal & Lee Johnson) vs. Adam Priest, Dalton Castle & The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd)
Jay and DC go at it. DC side headlocks him. Jay shoves him and they each miss corner lariats on each other. DC lariats him down. Jay knees him in the gut then DC waistlock takedowns him. Blake chops Truth in the corner then armdrags him. Truth armdrags him back and dropkicks him. Blake dropkicks him. Blake gives him the finger and Truth chops him.
Blake takes a kneelift and a backdrop from The Runners. AP comes in and takes kicks from The Twist. He is gordbustered and held for a low diving forearm. AP lariats Lee over then chops him in the corner. AP hits mounted corner punches on him and Dral. Lee and Dral's heads are banged together.
Jay hits DC in the back of the leg with a title belt. Turbo is held on the apron for a dropkick. Blake then asai moonsaults him outside after hitting AP with a tiger feint kick. Dral chops AP in the corner and hits leg kicks.
Dral basement dropkicks him for 2. AP is ganged up on and clipped. Jay figure four's AP. The Runners break it up with slams. DC comes in and cleans house. He hits suplexes on the heels. DC goes for the bangarang and Dral gets a 2 count on him. Dral's springboard is caught and he takes a german. Truth russian legsweeps Jay and is hit with a springboard 450. Everyone gets a move in and Dral takes a backdrop from DC.
The faces go for a 4 person move and the heels break it up. Lee is sent into the rails. AP and Dral trade chops. Dral crucifix drivers him for 2. AP knocks Dral over then piledrivers him for the win.
Thoughts: The finish wasn't the best but what we got was fine otherwise. Turbo wrestled the whole match with his title on. It wasn't anything great but we got some of the fast paced offense from the heels and the faces had some fun.
Trish Adora vs. Queen Aminata
They shake hands and lock up. TA wristlocks her. Queen twerks on her arm. Queen snapmares her her then bangs her face off her butt. They shoulder battle. TA stomps on her then throws her into the rails. TA legdrops her on the apron. TA pulls her arms back and sits on her shoulder.
TA holds her upside side down on her knee and pulls her legs. TA then drops her neck first on the knee. Queen jawbreakers her and armdrags her. Queen swinging facebusters her. Queen running forearms her and facekick her in the corner. Queen 2nd rope double stomps her for 2. Queen PK's her for 2.
TA pump kicks her for 2. TA swinging backbreakers her. Queen headbutts her then TA rainmakers her. They sit on the mat and hit each other. TA slams her for 2. Queen cradles her for 2. Queen headbutts her. Queen running knees her against the ropes and wins.
Thoughts: It wasn't the most exciting match. It was slower, Trish got most of the heat and offense and Queen won with a comeback that wasn't so great. This was average.
Harley Cameron & Mina Shirakawa vs. The IInspiration (Cassie Lee & Jessie McKay)
HC and Cass go at it. They shake hands and Cass taunts her. Jess comes in and shoulders HC over. HC slingblades her. HC high kicks her from the kneeling position. Cass comes in and is tripped. They side headlock each other. HC corner splashes her.
Mina springboard tornillo's Cass for 2. Mina kicks Cass off the ropes and lariats her. The girls shake their chests at each other. Mina's team then puts their opponents faces in their chest.
Mina and HC hit stereo high kicks and bump chests. HC's throat is pulled over the top rope. Cass spinning roundhouse kicks Jess. HC takes double kicks then The Iinspiration pose. Cass chinlocks HC. Cass kicks her in the gut. HC is thrown out.
Mina comes in and spinning forearms her opponents. Mina springboard kicks an opponent. Mina then does a double clothesline. Mina hits a double dropkick for 2. Mina takes a double kick. HC is double thrown off the 2nd rope.
HC takes down Cass for 2 then Cass tries a pin on her. HC knees her in the face. Cass gori bombs HC for 2. Jess bangs Mina's face off her knee. Mina does a headlock + headscissors takeover. Mina urakens Cass and HC twisting reverse ddt's Cass. HC pins Cass.
Thoughts: The work wasn't good as expected. The Iinspiration are just not wrestlers and they are very limited. So they had more of a match where they goofed around. They probably should have expanded on that further. It was not that good but it could have been a lot worse.
Caprice Coleman does a sit down interview with AR Fox. He said he was hyped to face Nick Wayne as it was a title match. He says when he saw arena employees cheering him, he felt he could win that match. CC says AR is underrated and now people are seeing him. He says wrestling is all he knows and CC said he stayed in the game while others quit. AR starts to cry.
He says he sees and feels people copying him but it makes him feel okay. CC says he deserved this for a long time. He says this title has been coming for a long time. He says he called his mom as soon as he won the title. He says he wants to make the TV Title the main ROH Title.
Lio Rush is in normal clothes and has an umbrella opened outside. He says "he wants him to know, because he knows it's always been him...it's always been me. The light in a dark dark place. A light or the one who lives at home. The rain is coming and it cuts deep. Cuts, cuts cuts...".
Action Andretti vs BEEF
AA wristlocks him and Beef reverses it. AA rolls and headflips out. Beef ducks a lariat and poses. They pull eachother down from the ropes to pose. They criss-cross and Beef gets tired. AA piefaces him and hits him. Beef is tripped into the ropes. AA boots him in the corner and foot chokes him.
AA slams him then springboard tornillo splashes him for 2. Beef knees him in the gut. Beef is stun gunned then AA backflips into a cutter on him for 2. AA piefaces him and is slapped. Beef cartwheels off the ropes and dropkicks him.
Beef hits punches and drops him. Beef corner lariats him then bulldogs him for 2. Beef is crotched up top. AA twisting torture rack drops him off his shoulders and pins him.
Thoughts: It was fine. Beef lost as expected. Both guys hit their spots clean. It didn't get a ton of time.
Dalton Castle is acting goofy in the back. The Outrunners come up to him. Dalton says they need to find a formation to keep their titles for a long time. We then cut to a music video of them shot with a retro camera with disco music playing.
Viva Van is interviewed. She says she lost to Deonna Purrazzo twice. She says she's not the same wrestler anymore and has worked harder. She says she gets better every time. She says DP is a technical wrestler but technical wrestling isn't new to her. She says when she gets in the ring with her, she will be known as "The Hellbent Technician". She says it's not about having heart, she has the skills to back it up too. She says the women's division is changing and so is she.
ROH Women's Pure Title Match - Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. Viva Van
They trade wristlocks to start. Van rolls her into an armbar. DP takes her down by the wrist. Van uses the bottom rope to flip out of it. DP armdrags her into an armlock. DP rolls her into an armbar. Van ropebreaks and uses her first ropebreak. Van spinning heel kicks DP. Van bangs DP's leg off the mat.
Van dragon screws her then ties up her legs. DP euros the arm. Van hits euros and koppo kicks her for 2. Van kind of slips off a springboard onto her. Van stretch mufflers her twice and DP uses her first rope break.
DP back elbows her then boots her out of the corner. DP and Van pump kick each other down at the same time. DP flying knees her in the arm and russian legsweeps her into an armbar. Van rolls her up for 2. Van hits corner spears.
Van upkicks her. Van goes for an ocean cyclone suplex. DP elbows her way out and powerbombsh er. DP then double armbars her and submits her.
Thoughts: It got a little under 9 minutes and wasn't enough for the match they were doing. It was average and Van botched her one big high spot here. DP won as expected.
ROH World Television Title Four Way Match - AR Fox (c) vs. Angelico vs. Sammy Guevara vs. Ace Austin
AR top rope swantons onto all 3 opponents before the match starts, like a true face. AR slingshot swantons SG then topes Ange. AR then suicide dives the other two and poses on the rails. AR sweeps him and superkicks Ange on the apron. He then rolls into the ropes with a double stomp on Ange. AR is pulled out. Ace and SG trade shots and Ace gets the edge. Ace is sent into the rails. SG sits on a chair, pressing the rung into Ace's head.
SG chops Ace. SG eye pokes Ange and AR flips off the steps onto him. AR cannonballs Ace against the rails. SG gets his knees up on AR's swanton. We get some quick flying knees and kicks and all 4 men are down. Ace hits kicks on AR, Ange and SG. Ace backdrops AR then legdrops him for 2.
SG flying knees Ace off the apron. SG eye pokes him outside. SG superkicks AR. He then comes in and eye pokes AR. Ange lifting flatliners SG. SG ties up Ace's legs and chinlocks AR at the same time. SG superkicks Ange.
SG sits up top. Ace picks up SG and Ange on his shoulders. He squats both and samoan drops them. AR and Ace trade forearms. AR hits a flurry of them. Ace sends AR out. Sammy flying knees Ace. Ange trips SG into a spinning ankle lock. AR breaks it up with a top rope swanton for 2.
Ace does an air raid crash into a flatliner on AR. SG rolls up Ace for 2. Ace spin kicks SG in the face. Dralistico runs down and Ace hits him. Dral superkicks Ace and SG superkicks Ace as well. Lio Rush then comes out. Dralistico goes after him and is dropped with a forearm.
Lio chases SG into the crowd. Ange up kick AR then AR sunset flips him. They trade pin attempts. AR cradles him and pins him.
Thoughts: AR won as expected. It was all flying and mostly just two people coming in at a time. We had an odd run-in from Lio Rush for no real reason and Dralistico also ran out. It was a random match but it was fine. Everyone flew and hit their spots then got out so the next guy could do the same.
Overall thoughts: It was your usual ROH show. Mostly every match was random here. Three sets of champs wrestled on the show which was better than usual. The wrestling was fine but nothing was must see and you would miss nothing if you skipped this. I'd say the main was the best match of the night and I'd give it a 6 out of 10. The show was okay.
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