Ring of Honor YouTube Special Episode #12 8/18/2026
The last Youtube Special is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/ring-of-honor-youtube-special-episode_02016496053.html
Caprice Coleman & Ian Riccaboni are on commentary.
Mark Sterling does the intro for Ari Daivari. He says Ari is the greatest Iranian wrestler...and then there's Beef. He says the only thing that springs in Colorado Springs is laziness and mediocrity. Kom then topes Ari before he can finish.
Komander vs Ariya Daivari
Kom sends Ari into the rails. Kom hits mounted corner punches. Kom casadora armdrags him. Kom flying headscissors him and dropkicks him. Kom tries to rope walk but Ari moves the ropes on him and Kom goes down. Ari wants Beef to him Kom but Beef refuses. Ari tells Beef to get out.
Kom la magistral's Ari for 2. Kom cradles him for 2 then is lariated. Ari leg chokes him on the ropes then Mark Sterling chokes Kom on the ropes. Kom's head is banged off the steps and Kom is sent into the rails.
Ari stomps Kom then backdrops him. Ari grounded sleepers him. They trade punches and chops. Kom pump kicks him and superkicks him. Kom 619's him in the gut. Kom springboard crossbodies him for 2. Mark Sterling gets on the apron.
Kom grabs Mark and superkicks Ari. Kom springboard triangle dropkicks Mark. Ari hammerlock ddt's Kom. Ari then grabs his carpet and top rope splashes him. Ari then....only gets a 2 count.
Kom sends him out of the ring and dropkicks him through the ropes. Kom walks up the ropes and does the valiente special outside. Kom rope walk ssp's him inside and pins him.
Thoughts: I thought it was a good match. Kom's tope to start this that shut up Mark Sterling was a cool spot. Kom didn't overdo it with the flying and they got a lot of things in here. It was a good choice for an opener and it worked out well.
We get a video on Lio Rush vs Action Andretti.
AR Fox & Lio Rush vs. Action Andretti & Hook
AA gives AR the finger and AR grabs the finger. AA wristlocks him, AR flips into and back over the ropes and then armdrags him. AA walks up the ropes and armdrags him. AR rolls him up for 2. AA crucifixes him. They kip up together, shoulderblock each other, kip down then headflip up together.
Lio is tagged in and AA tags out to Hook. Hook hits Lio in the gut then throws him. Lio boots him out of the corner then misses a 2nd rope splash. Lio hits a strike combo on Hook. AR spinning suplexes Hook.
AR corner flying lariats Hook. AR skins the cat in and dropkicks Hook off of it. Hook front facelock suplexes him. Hook hits shots to the gut. Hook northern lights suplexes AR for 2. AR kips down out of a lariat and tags Lio in. Lio knocks AA off the apron. AA runs from Lio. Lio hits shots on the heels and pushes Hook into AA. Lio spin kicks Hook in the head for 2.
Lios sends AR into the rails and Hook overhead suplexes Lio. AA springboard diving lariats Lio then knees him in the face. AA falcon arrows Lio for 2. All 4 men double clothesline each other.
AR walks Hook into a cutter. AA dropkicks AR. Lio chops and forearms AA then seated springboard stunners him. Lio then bridges with a choke on AA. Hook hits Lio with a belt and causes the DQ.
Thoughts: It's a shame we didn't get a finish as it was a fun little bout. It made sense with Lio wanting to get some of Action. AR did some of his usual offense as well.
Action hits AR with the belt after. Hook tazzmission's Lio while Action punches Lio in the gut. Action then stands on Lio's head.
We get a video on The Outrunners and Dalton vs The Lethal Twist.
SkyFlight (Dante Martin, Darius Martin & Scorpio Sky) vs Dave Cole, Manny Lemons & Tommy 2 Scoops
Sky and Manny go at it. Manny side headlock him then shoulders him over and Sky armdrags him twice. Sky side headlocks Manny then shoulders him over. Darius dropkicks Manny. Tommy gets in and Darius side headlocks him. Darius bounces off the ropes and armdrags Tommy. Darius step up enzugiri's him.
Dave comes in and Darius flying shoulders him. Dave takes an atomic drop then has his face banged off Dante's knee. Dante standing moonsaults Dave. Tommy hits Dante and Dave gets a 2 count on Dante. Dante springboard moonsaults over Dave.
Sky comes in and shoulders Dave down. Sky neckbreakers Dave. Darius tornado ddt's Manny off of Dante. Top Flight hit stereo slingshot plancha's out. Sky TKO's Dave and pins him.
Thoughts: It was a squash. It wasn't anyone's best work and the faces didn't fly that much. It was acceptable though and Skyflight won as expected.
Nigel McGuinness sits on his couch and talks. He says he and Lee Moriarty are friends. He says he texted him and told him he couldn't compete at Death Before Dishonor. Nigel says now it's a possibility that he can compete. He says he vowed that if he can wrestle, he will. He says he won't be 100%. He says he vows to either take the Pure Title from Lee or not wrestle in ROH again.
Aaron Solo vs. Anthony Ogogo
Ogogo shoves him on the handshake and shoulders him over. Ogogo boots him in the gut and euros him down. Solo dropkicks him and flying headscissors him. Solo slingshot plancha's him outside. Solo goes up top and is crotched. Ogogo drops him throat first on the ropes and single leg foot presses him. Ogogo stomps him in the corner and knees him in the gut.
Ogogo knees him in the gut. Solo hits flying forearms. Solo swinging neckbreakers him. Solo hits a flying corner splash. Solo top rope double stomps him for 2. Ogogo blocks a corkcrew him. Ogogo running knees him and lariats him.
Solo rolls him up for 2. Solo corkscrew kicks him for 2. Ogogo release germans him. Ogogo running euros him in the corner and running lariats him. Ogogo hits a big knockout punch. The ref says Solo is out before he even checks on him. Ogogo wins via KO.
Thoughts: I didn't like the finish. Solo barely had gone down and the ref ended it via KO. That was bad reffing. Ogogo won as he usually does. Solo was decent here as the underdog face and it's a shame they didn't throw him a bone and let him pick up a win. This one had issues and I ultimately didn't like it.
Mina Shirakawa & Queen Aminata vs. The Hex (Allysin Kay & Marti Belle)
Mina kisses AK's finger before the bell when she presents it to her. Mina hits chest forearms on the ropes. AK shoulders her over for 1. Mina spin kicks her, ducks a lariat and shimmies. Mina legsweeps her and sweeping kicks her on the mat. AK takes kicks to the back while Queen bangs AK's head off her butt. Queen then bangs both opponents' heads off her butt.
Queen and Mina bump chests and AK double lariats them down. AK chops Queen in the corner. They chop each other there. Queen takes a running knee > senton > meteora for 2. MB forearms Queen and corner hip attacks her. AK broski boots Queen for 2.
MB boots Queen in the corner. They trade chest forearms. MB euros her and running boots her. MB hits mounted shots on Queen. Mina tags in and flying lariats MB. She spinning lariats her and corner back elbows.
Mina slingshot tornillos MB for 2. MB boots her away. Mina spinning forearms and spinning back elbows her. Mina figure fours her. Queen headbutts Kay down and running knees her in the head. Mina submits MB with a figure four.
Thoughts: It was an alright match here. Mina's team had some fun with it and it went a little better than I expected it to.
We get a video on Steph De Lander vs Deonna Purrazzo.
We then get a video on Hazuki vs Athena.
El Phantasmo vs. Adam Priest
They shake hands. AP wristlocks him and takes him down by it. ELP flips off the bottom rope and armdrags him. ELP dropkicks him and poses. AP shin kicks him and standing dropkicks him. AP euros him. ELP flips over his back and flying headscissors him. ELP dropkicks him.
ELP chops him in the corner. ELP walks up the buckles, rope walks and is knocked off the ropes. AP eye pokes him. AP sweeps him with his body, sending ELP onto the apron. AP suplexes him on the floor.
AP elbow drops him and rakes his face with his boot. AP hits chops and foot chokes him. AP euros him in the leg then suplexes him for 2. They trade shots and ELP back body drops him. ELP hits punches and forearms him down. ELP springboard twisting crossbodies him. ELP topes him.
ELP superkicks him in the gut. ELP top rope moonsaults him outside. ELP springboard swantons him and asai moonsaults him for 2. AP chops him and ddt's him. ELP enzugiri's him in the corner and 2nd rope diving tornado ddt's him. They chop and forearm each other. ELP gets the edge. AP runs at him and throws him overhead. ELP cradles him for 2 and rolls him up for 2. ELP backslides him for 2. AP short piledrivers him. AP then taps out ELP with a half-crab.
Thoughts: Adam winning was a big surprise here. He was definitely more of a heel here too which made that more unlikely. I kind of assume ELP is signed with ROH so this was a surprise. What we got was fine but it maybe got a little more time than needed. Adam also being a bit more heelish threw this one off a bit. It was alright enough.
They pound fists after.
Marina Shafir & Skye Blue vs. Red Velvet & Zayda Steel
Shafir kicks Red in the leg. MS takes her down and hip throws her. MS kimura's her. Red gets on top of her then gets on her back with a sleeper. MS then goes for a choke on her. MS kicks her in the back. SB and Zay go at it.
Zay side headlocks SB then flying headscissors her. Zay corner crossbodies SB. SB is put on the ropes and Red meteora's her there from behind. Red running corner euros SB then hits punches to the gut.
Zay double chops SB. MS trips Zay and SB step up knees her from behind. SB throws down Zay backwards for 2. SB hits mounted forearms on Zay. MS gut and back kicks Zay for 2. MS punches Zay in the gut. MS his hip throws on Zay then shoulder throws her.
MS cartwheels and gets a 1 count on Zay. MS hits Zay in the gut. Zay takes a spin kick to the gut and a forearm from SB to the ae for 2. SB bootz Zay around. Zay dropkicks her. Red and MS get in. Red flying lariats her then casadora bulldogs her. Red meteora's MS from behind on the ropes. MS then gets up and they trade shots.
MS chops Red down. Red ddt's MS for 2. Red germans her and MS no sells it. Red no sells MS' german and they high kick each other at the same time. Zay and SB get in and trade forearms. Zay thesz presses her and hits mounted shots. SB twisting ddt's Zay for 2. Zay rolls her up for 2. SB superkicks Zay. Zay hits a spinning unprettier on SB and pins her.
Thoughts: I don't like Zay's finisher as it looks like it hurts her as much as SB. This match had an odd pace and had a lot of no selling. I didn't like this one.
Overall thoughts: The opener was a good match and maybe the bet match on the show. The second match with Hook was fun. Skyflight won a squash. I didn't like Solo/Ogogo. Mina's match was alright. The semi-main was fine and I didn't like the main event. It was the usual ROH show with a lot of random matches and only 2 champs in action. I'd give it a low 6 out of 10 as it was mostly alright.
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