Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor 2026 8/21/2026

Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor 2026 8/21/2026

We are in Philadelphia, PA. Caprice Coleman and Ian Riccaboni are on commentary.

ROH World Six Man Tag Team Title Match - Dalton Castle & The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) (c) vs. The Lethal Twist (Blake Christian, Jay Lethal & Lee Johnson)

Lee side headlocks Truth. Lee slaps Truth and Truth spears him. All 6 men fight. Dalton takes a double superkick then Lee and Blake are lariated over the top. The Runners tease dives but just do double axe handles off the apron. Lee takes a corner splash, a knee lift and a backdrop. 

Truth throws Jay and flying headscissors him down. Truth hits elbows on Jay then he backdrops him. Truth takes a faceick and a springboard diving lariat. Blake then does The Runners taunts. Blake stands on Truth's neck in the corner. 

Lee chokes Truth then boots him in the corner. Jay stomps Truth. Lee is sent out but pulls down Turbo when he tries to tag in. Blake stomps Truth. Jay back elbows Truth. Lee pounds on Truth. Blake snapmares Truth and low dropkicks him. Blake then pounds on Truth and elbow drops him. 

Jay hits elbows on Turbo. Jay struts. Turbo suplexes him. Jay is pushed into the buckles and Dalton tags in. Dalton germans Jay and suplexes Lee and Blake with exploders. Dalton germans Jay for 2. Jay is slammed. Blake takes Turbo's belt from his waist.  Turbo is superkicked and takes a 619 to the back in tree of woe. Lee low dropkicks Turbo and Blake 2nd rope moonsaults. Turbo takes a top rope elbow drop, a top rope splash and Blake slips on his dive attempt.

Truth backdrops Blake then Lee neckbreakers Truth. Jay handspring cutters Dalton. Everyone starts coming in to do a move. Turbo rolls up Blake, Blake reverses it and pins him while holding the ropes.

Thoughts: This wasn't super surprising. The Twist have been used by AEW everywhere lately and I thought a title change was possible. Does it matter? Not really. The titles are near worthless and there's never any feuds or programs going on in the trios division in ROH. The match was acceptable but a little long for an opener and it didn't quite get as good as it should have gotten.

The Kingdom, Sammy Guevarra and The Beast Mortos are interviewed. Taven says if they work together, they can get the ROH Tag Titles back. Mike says AI changed their names and now Sammy should be Samuel. He says Beast's name should be Beaut and they say his name should be Franklinford. They ask Mort what he thanks and he makes various sounds. Sammy says he said it's a deal.

ROH Women's Pure Title Match - Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. Steph De Lander

Steph backs her up in the corner and slaps her. DP side headlocks her then takes her over. DP stomps her arm into the mat. DP grabs her arm. Steph grabs the ropes and uses a rope break. Steph grabs a chair outside. 

DP is dropped face first on the apron. Steph then poses on the chair. Steph stomps DP. Steph side slams her for 2. Steph suplexes her. DP boots her out of the corner. Steph blocks a russian legsweep by using the ropes and she uses a rope break. Steph then boots DP in the chest.

Steph chinlocks DP. DP pump kicks her and Steph punches her. Steph is given a warning. DP knee lifts her, russian legsweeps her and armbars her. Steph rope breaks and uses her last rope break. Steph boots her in the gut and DP boots her out of the corner. DP sits up top and is facekicked. Steph suplexesh er from the top rope for 2. 

Steph and DP trade forearms. Both girls nearly go into the ref. Steph punches DP in the face while the ref isn't looking and hits doi fives. DP uses her rope break to get out of the pin.

Steph brings a chair in. She misses a chair shot, the chair goes into the ropes and hits her on the rebound. DP forearms her and powerbombs her for 2. DP armbars her. Steph tries to roll her out of it. DP pulls back on both arms and Steph submits.

Thoughts: They did a good job with it and made the best of it. Steph isn't the best wrestler, so they had her break various rules and pull shenanigans. But, they kept it short and it didn't outlive its welcome. It worked and was something different.

DP then hugs a female child in her family. 

ROH Women's World Television Title Four Way Match - Red Velvet (c) vs. Marina Shafir vs. Skye Blue vs. Zayda Steel

Mox is on commentary for this.

SB nails Zay at the bell from behind. Red rolls up MS for 2. Zay stunners MS. Red stunners MS over the top rope. MS takes a ocdebreaker then is double dropkicked out. 

Zay rolls up Red for 2 twice. Red armdrags Zay then sends her to the apron. Red is kicked over the 2nd rope and is codebreakered over the 2nd rope for 1. They try to dropkick each other at the same time then get pushed into each other. Zay is german'd by MS and Red and SB trade pin attempts. 

MS cartwheels and boots Red in the head. Red pushes MS. They box and MS hits shots to the gut. Red then hits a bunhc of shots on her. MS high kicks her down. MS and SB trade shots. MS double underhook suplexes her for 2. 

Zay hits forearms on SB and spin kicks her in the gut. Zay's head is banged off the commentary table and she lands on Mox at commentary. MS throws Red down backwards. MS half-crabs Red. Zay then sleepers Red as she does this. SB swinging neckbreakers MS for 2. Zay swinging neckbreakers Red. Zay tornado ddt's MS. 

Zay spinning forearms Sky. Zay double codebreakers SB and Red together. Zay topes MS outside. We get a tower of doom spot with MS sending everyone down.  

MS hits running corner lariats. The other girls all hit shots on MS. Red jumps off of SB's back and flying double knes MS. MS powerbombs Red onto SB's back. Zay half rabs Red and SB. SB hits MS with a title belt to escape her sleeper. MS blocks a sunset flip and leg locks SB. Red breaks it up with a top rope splash on MS. Red then pins MS.

Thoughts: I don't get why they had Mox on commentary here just for MS to lose. Mox hyped up MS all match long then she just lost. That was dumb. It wasn't that good. These aren't 4 girls who click that well on paper and they didn't do anything too wild and crazy here. Red wins again but like Athena, her title reign isn't going anywhere and isn't helping her get that much more over.

ROH Pure Title Match - Lee Moriarty (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata

The background to this one was terrible. Nigel McGuiness was supposed to get this shot. He had to back out due to an injury scare. He then wrestled on AEW TV. He then said he was essentially skipping this match to wrestle at Wembley instead, which buried the title.

They do some grappling and grab some holds without getting anywhere. KS top wristlocks him. KS figure fours him with a heel hook and Lee uses a rope break to escape. KS side headlocks him. Lee armdrags him, atomic drops him and underhook suplexes him. KS offers a handshake and boots him. KS snapmares Lee into the ropes several times.

KS figure fours Lee. Lee uses his 2nd rope break to get out. Lee hits chops on KS. KS stomps Lee's foot. Lee dropkicks KS. Lee sweeps him and spinning corner lariats him. Lee bulldogs him. Lee belly to belly suplexes him. Lee does a border city stretch on him. KS like suplexes him on the apron. KS figure fours him with an ankle lock. Lee uses his final rope break. 

KS chops him in the corner then corner dropkicks him. KS underhook suplexes him and tries pins. KS chops Lee in the back. Lee facekicks him and KS facekicks him back. Lee does Nigel's rebound lariat on KS for 2. Lee does a border city stretch. KS sleepers him. Lee low topes him outside. Lee tries to springboard but slips (possibly intentionally to sell the leg). 

Lee 2nd rope dropkicks KS for 2. Lee does a grounded sleeper and KS grounded sleepers him. Lee then does a bridge pin on him with the arms trapped. Lee pins him.

Thoughts: They had Shibata work Lee's leg/ankle here a bit. He could have been a little more focused on it. It was acceptable but not great. Shibata was never supposed to be Lee's opponent here and there was no expectation that he would win.

The Dark Oder are interviewed. Uno and Silver argue. Silver says Vance isn't in the group and Alex/Uno disagree. Vance comes in. He says he messed up and says think of all the stuff they went through. Silver says he doesn't like him and will never trust him. Uno says John will come around.

ROH World Tag Team Title Match - El Sky Team (Mascara Dorada & Mistico) (c) vs. Top Flight (Dante Martin & Darius Martin) vs. The Kingdom (Matthew Taven & Michael Bennett) vs. La Faccion Ingobernable (Sammy Guevara & The Beast Mortos)

This one is beyond random.

Sammy nails MD at the start then holds his tag title up. 6 of the 8 fight outside. Dante and Darius hit stereo slingshot plancha's outside. Matt shoulders over Lee. Darius shoulders Matt over and euros him. Darius flying lariats Matt then Dante slingshot swantons Matt.

Dante standing moonsaults Matt. Matt 2nd rope dropkicks Dante. Dante flying headscissors Mike. Matt's head is facebustered onto Darius' knee. Matt spinning high kicks Darius. Darius fights out of the corner and hits shots on Sammy. Darius dropkicks Sammy. Mist and Darius go at it. They take each other down. Mist springboard twisting crossbodies him. Mist armdrags Darius and they stand off.

MD and Dante go at it. Dante backrolls into a headscissors on MD. MD and Dante block high kicks at the same time. MD and Dante hit superkicks then The Kingdom get superkicked by Darius and Mist. Mist and MD hit slingshot tornillos outside. Mort double lariats Darius and Dante.

Mort tornillo's through the ropes on MD and Mist. Sammy corkscrew kicks Darius then top rope ssp's outside onto multiple people. Mort misses a corner charge inside then slingblade facebusters Dante on his head. Mort backbreakers Dante and spining lariats him for 2. 

Dante takes a protonpack from The Kingdom for 2. Dante is popped up into a forearm for 2. Mike grabs his phone and wants to use AI. Dante is booted by The Kingdom in the corner. Mort gorilla press throws Dante into a Sammy cutter. Dante takes a pop up samoan drop from Mort for 2. 

Matt misses an asai moonsault on Dante. Mist gets in and Matt boots him. Mist handspring back elbows Matt. Mist enzugiri's him from the apron then springboard crossbodies him. Mist botched flying headscissors Matt. MD top rope crossbodies Matt. MD walks up the ropes, flips into the buckles and armdrags Mike.

Mist hits kicks on Sammy. Mist walks up the buckles and diving corkscrew armdrags him. Mist flying headscissors Sammy. MD springboards and Mort headbutts him down in mid-air. Mort is up top and he throws MD down from there. 

MD flips off of Mort's shoulders then MD spinning headscissors Mort. Mike pulls the ropes out on MD and MD goes out. Matt suicide dives onto multiple people outside. Darius is in the electric chair and Matt PK's him down from the apron. 

Mike death valley drivers MD. Matt running knees MD. MD is group stomped. Matt and Sammy get in the ring at the same time. MD springboard double lariats them. All 4 faces hit topes outside. Skyflight and Skyteam fight. Dante springboard crossbodies MD. Darius is up top. Mist enzugiri's him then top rope spanish flies him. Mistico pins him.

Thoughts: This was mostly a 4v4 match with the heels and faces going against each other. It went longer than I thought. We had a lot of dives as expected. It wasn't too wild though. Mist and MD won but they are never on ROH TV and that doesn't really do a lot for anything storyline wise when The Kingdom winning would have maybe worked the best. It was okay here.

Trent Barretta, Brian Cage and Rocky Romero of The Don Callis Family then jump the faces. The other heels in the match join in. Random people from the back then come and chase the heels off. 

AEW Continental Challenge Cup Play-In Match - Daniel Garcia vs. Adam Priest

They grapple a bit and AP backs him up on the ropes. DG shoves him. DG shoulders him over. DG piefaces him and AP knee kicks him. AP then dropkicks him. AP chops and euros him. 

AP euros him in the knee. DG boots him. AP slides low and knocks him over. AP's leg is dragon screwed over the 2nd rope. DG bangs AP's leg off the post. DG bangs AP's leg off the apron edge. DG pushes AP's legs into the mat off the surfboard and basement dropkicks him for 2.

DG ankle locks AP and AP ropebreaks. DG stands on him in the corner. DG hits mounted corner punches. DG double throat thrusts him. AP suplexes him. AP chops him and ddt's him. They hit each other on the apron. AP dragon screws him over the 2nd rope. AP top rope superplexes him. 

AP dragon screws him three times. DG does a grounded sleeper then an armbar. DG stands on AP's neck and twists his ankle. AP ropebreaks. DG hits a chop flurry. They trade forearms. DG hits chops and AP lariats him down.

AP figure fours him. DG turns him over and AP turns him back over. They roll to the apron and AP keeps the move on while they are on the floor. AP then rolls up the aisle with the hold on. They somehow get in before the 10 count. 

They kick each other in the legs and feet. DG stomps him. AP short piledrivers him for 2. AP half crabs him. DG drops down and runs into AP's knee. DG then hits downward elbows on AP. DG elbow s the knee. DG sharpshooters him and AP submits.

Thoughts: It was alright and more of a traditional match with them working each other's legs and trading a lot of chops. It made sense, it kind of went as expected and I was fine with this one.

Shane Taylor Promotions do a promo. They say to give it up for the longest reigning ROH Pure champ, Lee Moriarty. Shane says every generation has their great fighter. He says Lee is added to the list of champs like Ali and Tyson. Shane says no one is standing in their way since they hooked up with The Hurt Syndicate. Shane says they are unstoppable and there's nothing but more gold in their future. 

ROH World Television Title - Fight Without Honor Match - Lio Rush (c) vs. Action Andretti

Lio has a cart with weapons. He also has barbed wire on his umbrella hat. Lio also has Sabu themed gear on.

AA hits him, Lio tries to evade him and they stare down. AA boots him and chops him. Lio is sent into the rails. They tug of war over a broom and Lio is pulled into the post. AA hits him with the broom. Lio blocks a broom shot then hits him with it in the gut and back.

AA begs off in the ring. AA rolls him up for 2. AA buzzsaw kicks him and ddt's him for 2. AA rusisian legsweeps him with the brook for 2. AA throws a broom with a dust pan in and hits Lio with it on the throw. He then throws another broom in and it lands on him. 

Lio handspring kicks him off the apron. Lio then throws the dust pan in his face. Lio open an umbrella and dives on him off the apron. Lio puts a turnbuckle connector in AA's throat. 

AA superkicks him outside. A table is laying on the rails and Lio spears AA through it. Lio pulls a shovel and trash can lids out. Lio sticks the shove in AA's throat. Lio throws a trash can lid at his head then throws a chair at his head. AA jumps off a chair and lariats him. AA tries to pumphandle slam on an open chair but misses. AA then hits an AA on Lio through the chair. 

AA hits mounted punches and hits him with a trash can lid. Lio has a chair around his neck and AA throws him into the post skull first. AA throws a trash can lid at Lio's face. Lio is busted open. Lio eye rakes him and backdrops him on the apron. 

A table is set up outside. Lio stunners him over the 2nd rope. Lio topes him over the table outside. Lio grabs a box and a chain. AA is pulled into the ropes via the chain. Lio legdrops a trash can lid on AA's back.

Lio pours of pieces of black glass. Lio then rips it into AA's face. AA's head is banged off a table. AA lays on a table and Lio chairs him. Lio sits up top and AA throws a chair at his face. AA spinning forearms him, pump kicks him and pumping knees him. Lio throws a trash can lid at his face. Lio cutters him. Lio then does his deep cut submission. The lights go out. Hook appears in the ring (he's been teaming with AA lately).

Hook release exploders Lio. Hook misses a charge and goes into a door in the corner. Lio blue thunders him for 2. Anthoyn Bowens then comes out and fights Lio for a weapon. Hook does red rum on Lio. Bowens puts the black glass shards and Lio on a table. AA springboard 450's Lio through the table. AA is rolled in and kicks out of a pin attempt at 1.

AA is thrown into the door in the corner. AA runs into a barbed wire chair between the buckles. AA burning hammer spinning neckbreakers Lio and pins him.

Thoughts: It was mostly people hitting each other with weapons in the first half of this. The second half was more about Hook and Bowens interfering. AA and Hook have been teaming together and it seems like AA is now affiliated with them. Taking the belt off of Lio when he's one of the more over people on the brand is a questionable move. The match was acceptable but I would have like to see them do more without weapons before going into the weapons. This also was longer and dragged a little.

Lio then grabs a black heart toy out of the the box he had. He then drinks from it. Black goo then comes out of Lio's mouth.

ROH World Title Match - Bandido (c) vs. Nick Wayne

They slap hands before the match. 

Nick backs him up in the corner and does his finger gun taunt at him. Nick teases chopping him and does the finger gun taunt again. Nick wristlocks him. Band headflips out and wristlocks him. Nick armdrags him and Band armdrags back. Nick flips off of Band then Band does the finger gun taunt to him.

Band hiptosses him then dropkicks him out. Band then topes him through the ropes in the aisle. Band topes him again. Band goes for another dive but is kicked. Band pop up drops Nick on the rail throat first. Nick sends Band into the rails.

Nick gets a 2 count on him in the ring. Nick then rips at his mask. Band hits corner spears and Nick suplexes him into the buckles. Nick boots Band in the gut. Band boots him out of the corner. Band top rope tornillo's him. Band flying forearms him and superkicks him. Band single arm gorilla press slams him. Band top rope frogsplashes him for 2.

Nick double throat thrusts him. Band reverse gorilla press slams him and shining wizards him for 2. Band dumps Nick over the top rope. Band gets stuck hanging from the top rope outside. Nick top rope swantons him on the apron.

Nick standing shiranui's him for 2. They trade strikes. Both no sell germans. Nick superkicks him, gets popped up and cutters Band. Band poisonrana's him. Nick crucifix drivers him. Both men are down. They trade chops. They then look at each other and fight on the apron near the steps, which are sideways. Band sweeps Nick of the apron and Nick goes head first (and I do mean head first) into the side of the steps. Nick is busted open.

Band top rope ssp's but Nick gets his knees up. Nick cradles him for 2. They lariat each other at the same time. Band lariats him over. Nick code red's him for 2. Band throws him up from his shoulders and koppo kicks him in mid-air. Nick counters a 21plex with a poisonrana. Nick falcon arrows him for 1.

Nick high kicks him and fisherman suplexes him for 2. Band hits a  GTS. Band hits a 21plex for 2. Nick low blows Band behind the ref. Nick 2nd rope os cutters him. Nick suplexes him for 2. Band crucifixes him and pins him.

Thoughts: The finish wasn't that good here. They didn't get as crazy as I expected but the selling wasn't good and it was an indy style match. The head bump into the stairs really should have ended this and I didn't like a poisonrana only being worth a 1 count. I didn't think this was good.

Nick cries after. 

Moxley does a promo with Shafir and Daniel Garica. He says injuries happen and personal problems happen. He says people drop off left and right. He says he'd have nothing in this way if he wasn't always ready and willing to strike when the opportunity arose. He says he demands nothing less than someone like Garcia taking on Claudio in the Continental Cup. He says he just demands 100%. Shafir says they don't care if DG has a bum ankle. DG says that's what happens when you take no days off. He says he's here and asks where Claudio is at. He says he's joking. He says the past 20 year's were Claudio's and the next 20 years are his. He says wrestling is all he has and it's a love story. He says he wouldn't have it any other way. He says he has to do it as this tournament is what wrestling is. He says he doesn't care if it's Claudio or Mox, he will do it for the love of the game.

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

There is no reason to suspect that Haz will win here and the question is just how long will it take.

Ath rolls through a sunset flip. They forearm each other. Ath flips out of a takeover. Ath offers a handshake while crossing he r fingers. Haz takes it, ducks Ath's shot and drops her with a forearm. Ath gets mad outside. 

They trade side headlocks and Haz takes her over. Ath headscissors her. Ath trips her and twists her ankle. They try to do a test of strength and Haz switches hands her on her. Haz wristlocks her. Ath armdrags her into an armlock. 

Haz short arm shoulderblocks her. Haz kicks her in the gut. Haz running back elbows her and basement dropkicks her for 2. Billie Starkz and Diamante come down and bother Haz. Ath blocks a headscissors and drops her face first on the mat. 

Ath knees her in the back. Ath foot chokes her and Starkz chokes Haz. Ath holds her in the air while tying up 3 limbs. She then drops her.  Haz rolls her up for 2. Haz hits forearms. Ath euros her and Haz back elbows her. Ath germans her. Ath wastelands her. Ath fireman's carries her, backrolls her out of the ring and Haz falls on her in a botched spot. Ath's head is then banged off an open chair.

Ath's buddies help her in the ring. Haz flying headscissors her then tornado ddt's her for 2. Ath powerslams her on the apron over the 2nd rope. Ath yanks her into a powerslam for 2. 

Ath gets on the 2nd rope and has her in the electric chair. Haz 2nd rope crucifix drivers her for 2. They trade foreamrs on their knees. Haz hits a bunch of forearms and hurricanrana's her. Ath hits chops. Ath pump kicks her. Haz ddt's her on the apron over the 2nd rope. Haz top rope dropkicks her. 

Haz pop up codebreakers her. Haz seats her on the 2nd rope and codebreakers her for 2. Ath hits ataxia for 2. Ath koji clutches her. Ath euros her over. Haz crossfaces her. Haz facekicks her through the ropes. Haz goes for a tope and Ath enzugiri's her as she dives. Ath sends her into the rails. 

They fight on the ramp. Haz suplexes her there. Ath is then sent into the rails and post. Haz top rope sentons her for 2. Billie Starkz comes in and throws Ath into the ref. Haz tries a crossbody on Stakrz and Dia and she gets thrown to the apron. Haz is double stomped on the apron. Haz double codebreakers then and double dropkicks them off the apron. Haz then topes them. Ath curbstomps Haz for 2. Ath tombstones her for 2.

Ah throws her out and pulls a table out. Ath pushes Caprice Coleman away. Haz superkicks Ath. Haz bridging ddt's Ath on the floor. Ath is put on the table. Haz top rope splashes her through the table. Haz brainbusters her for 2. Ath cutters her over the top rope. Ath dives off the apron and stunners her on the floor. Ath top rope diving o-face's her and pins her.

Thoughts: Athena won as expected. It gets hard to get into matches sometimes when the outcome is obvious and the outcome was obvious here. It went long and dragged at times. I thought the second half of this pretty much could have been cut out and I thought the match gained nothing once Billie and Diamante got in the ring. It was alright but not a classic.

Haz and Ath bow at each other after.

Overall thoughts: It was a long 4 hour show. The opener was acceptable and I liked De Lander/Deonna. The women's 4-way wasn't that good. Shibata/Lee was acceptable. The men's 4-way tag was fine as was Garcia/Priest. Andretti/Lio was acceptable as was the main. I didn't like Bandido/Wayne. I think if the show was a little shorter, I may have enjoyed this more but length was a bit rough. It was not one of the more wilder ROH shows as I believe a lot of the wrestlers are saving their big stuff for All In. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall and the show was alright.

Ring of Honor/Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling: Global Wars Ignition 3/27/2026

Ring of Honor/Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling: Global Wars Ignition 3/27/2026

Note - This was taped on 3/27/2026 at ROH/MLP Global Wars Canada. For some reason, it wasn't aired until 6/29.

Billie Starkz vs. Maya World

They shake hands and BS tries to hit her. BS back elbows her. Maya spin kicks her in the gut and headscissors her down off the ropes. Maya dropkicks her off the apron. They go out and Maya forearms her down. 

Maya chops her back. Maya is sent into the steps and her head is banged off the steps. BS forearms her then hits mounted corner shots. Maay goes p and over. Maya bridges out of a shot and upkicks her. Maya is stuck on the 2nd rope and backbreakered for 2.

BS chokes her on the ropes. BS forearms her and snapmares her. BS kicks her in the back. BS boots her in the face and stomps her. BS chinlocks her. BS throws her down backwards. Maya hits forearms. BS spin kicks her in the face then Maya rolls her into a double stomp.

Maya pumping knees her and germans her. Maya asai moonsaults her for 2. BS cradles her and they trade cradles for 2 counts. BS knees her in the face then corner lariats her. BS hits oblivion on the knee for 2.

They get on the 2nd rope and Maya 2nd rope sunset bombs her. Maya shining wizard's her and pins her.

Thoughts: It was a basic match for the most part. It was competitive with both going for pins. What we got was fine. This was a pre-show match and did what it was supposed to. Maya winning at this time was definitely an upset, though in June 2026, I'd say no.

Overall thoughts: We only had one match here. It was a pre-show match and it was fine but nothing must see. You can get through this is under 10 minutes so it's a decent value for your time, but that's about it. You could skip this one.

ROH Supercard of Honor 2026 5/15/2026

ROH Supercard of Honor 2026 5/15/2026

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

Pure Rules Match - Nigel McGuinness vs. Josh Woods

They grapple a bit to start. Nigel wristlocks him. JW backs him up in the corner. Nigel grabs him by the ears and JW grabs the ropes. The ref counts it as a ropebreak.

JW takes him down by the waist and arm. Nigel knee drops and leg drops the arm. Nigel armlocks him and JW cradles him for 2. Nigel eye pokes JW then double throat thrusts him. JW sleepers him and Nigel ropebreaks. Nigel is down to one ropebreak while JW has two left.

Both men grab the headset as does the ref. Nigel and JW say this match isn't going as expected. The ref says both can be expected to be counted out if they don't get back in. Nigle hits him inside and puts the ref in his way. Nigel front facelocks him and JW grabs the ropes. They call it a ropebreak. Nigel then just grabs his head and JW grabs the ropes, using his final ropebreak.

JW sends Nigel into the rails. JW swings him into the rails. JW knees him in the gut. Nigel is sat on the 2nd rope and backbreakered. JW ankle locks him. Nigel uses his last ropebreak.

Nigel pulls JW's arm into the ropes. Nigel bridging cutters him on the floor. They trade forearms outside. They pump kick each other at the same time. JW hits euros then Nigel running euros him in the corner. JW backbreakers him and lariats him for 2. 

JW ankle locks him. JW is pulled face first into the buckles. Nigel gets a 2 count on him. Nigel puts him in an london dungeon. They trade shots and Nigel rebound lariats him to win.

Thoughts: I didn't like this one at all. They really made a mockery of the ropebreaks here. If someone is grabbing your face in the corner, what are you supposed to do if you can't even touch the ropes? The spot with them talking on the headsets outside during the match was completely out of character for both guys and the finish wasn't done well. Then there's Josh Woods. This guy has been winning every Pure Rules match he has been in without getting a title shot for months. Then he loses to Nigel, who doesn't even wrestle here regularly and has lost a bunch of times. This was bad.

ROH Women's World Television Title Match - Red Velvet (c) vs. Viva Van

I don't know how Van got this match. She's won one match total in Tony Khan's ROH and it was against a jobber.

They shake hands. Van rolling armbars her and Red tries to pin her. Red takes her down by the wrist and legdrops her arm. Red leg lariats her. Van spinning heel kicks her for 2. Van elbow drops the leg then stretch mufflers her. Van bow and arrows her. 

Red bangs Van's leg off the mat then low corkscrew kicks her. They butt heads. They slap and forearm each other on their knees. Red euros her then Van tries a koppo kick. Van germans her. 

Van misses a corner charge. Red hits shots to the gut. Van upkicks her. Red hurricanrana's her down. Red flying meteora's her from behind on the ropes. Van urakens her. Red punches her down for 2. They trade pin attempts. Van does a spin kick to the face. Red superkicks her in the face.

Van air raid crashes her for 2. Red iconoclasm's her for 2. Van does a lifting codebreaker for 2. Van sitout powerbombs her for 2. They trade pin attempts. Red spin kicks her in the head and wins.

Thoughts: I didn't buy that Van was going to win this and she didn't. Van wasn't as sloppy as usual but neither girl hit their offense that clean here. It wasn't that good.

ROH World Television Title Match  AR Fox (c) vs. Lio Rush

Lio now has paint on his face and body and has some weird eye contacts on.

AR wants a handshake and Lio lariats him. Lio kicks him then AR enzugiri's him. AR hits another enzugiri and Lio yells in the corner. Lio corkscrew kicks him in the face. Lio then hits 2 lariats. Lio hits shots in the corner. AR superkicks him in the head then rolls into the ropes into a double stomp on Lio. AR the flips off the post onto him outside.

AR chops him outside then flying corner lariats him. AR is dropped throat first on the top rope then Lio handspring kicks him. Lio bites him on the buckles then stunners him over the 2nd rope. Lio top rope plancha's him outside. AR is sent into the rails.  

Lio suplexes him. Lio hits mounted forearms. Lio flying back elbows him for 2. Lio gets on his back with a sleeper then hits shots to the gut. AR facekicks him then tiger feint DDT's him. He then holds on for a twisting suplex for 2. AR hits kicks and slingblades him. 

AR flying back elbows him then rolls him into a cutter for 2. AR backrolls him into a low cutter. AR walks him into a cutter for 2. AR misses a 450. Lio powerbombs him and spears him for 2. Lio seated springboard stunners him. Lio low topes him. Lio hits another seated springboard cutter for 2. 
Lio running spanish flies him. Lio top rope frogsplashes him for 2. Lio grabs the ROH TV Title outside. The ref takes it from here. Action Andretti then pushes Lio off the top. AR brainbusters Lio then 450's him off the top to win.

Thoughts: The match was awful. Nobody sold a single thing and they were going 100MPH at all times. The finish was stupid as well. Lio hasn't been responding to Action Andretti's phone calls, so he cost him the match.

Sammy Guevara is interviewed. Lexy says he can't defend his tag titles due to issues with Mortos' visa. Sammy says he was a singles star before teaming with LFI and it got him thinking about the AEW World Title. He says he's climbing the mountain to be champ. He says he beat Darby Allin 4 times and is challenging him for Collision tomorrow.

Thoughts: Sammy hasn't been on AEW TV since November and he hasn't won a singles match in AEW since May 2025, which is one year ago. Him getting a title shot is ridiculous. 

ROH Women's Pure Title Match - Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. Diamante

They lock up. DP boots her in the corner. Dia hits forearms and hurricanrana's her. DP goes for the armbar and Dia backslides her. DP powerbombs her then does an armbar. Dia uses her first rope break. Dia bangs DP's leg off the apron edge. Dia casadora stunners her outside. Dia dropicks her in the knee. 

Dia twists DP's ankle then butt drops it. Dia chops her in the corner. Dia hits forearms and DP back elbows her. Dia ankle locks her and DP uses her first ropebreak. Dia chop blocks her from behind then corner dropkicks her. 

DP hits forearms and chops. Dia strikes back and is warned or using a closed fist. DP hangs over the top rope and Dia low dropkicks her to the floor. Dia works the knee inside. DP boots her out of the corner and works the arm. DP russian legsweeps her then pump kicks her down. 

Dia heel hooks her. Dia germans her. Dia kicks DP's arm then armbars her. DP punches her and is given a warning for using a closed fist. DP kneelifts her and bridging ddt's her for 2. DP armbars her. DP slaps her. They trade forearms and DP armbars her. DP gotch style piledrivers her for 2. 

Dia gives DP the finger then slaps her. DP slaps her and powerbombs her. DP double armbars her and submits her.

Thoughts: The build to this was all about Diamante putting armbars on Deonna. Naturally, she focused on the arm very little and instead focused on the knee. It was the usual Deonna match where she did a bunch of armbar attempts before succeeding. They did make it look like they were trying to hurt each other and I'd say it was alright, but the match didn't really fit the story going into it.

Action Adnretti does a promo. He says he always tries to do the right thing. He says when life got rough for Lio Rush, he told him to do what he needs to do and said he waited for him. He says Lio wasn't there for him tonight when he needed him. He says he was discarded when he tried to do the right thing. Action says it makes him question everything and it woke up a fire in him. He says Cru is done.

ROH Pure Title Match - Lee Moriarty (c) vs. Ace Austin

They lock up and AA side headlock takeovers him. Lee headscissors him. AA takes him down by the wrist then Lee armlocks him. AA headflip out and armlocks him. AA shoulders him over. Lee kimura's him and AA uses his first ropebreak.

AA armdrags him then backbreakers him. AA snapmares him. AA kicks him from behind on the mat then la magistral's him for 2. AA indian deathlocks him. Lee hits a slingblade then twists his head with his feet. Lee bangs Ace's arm off his shoulder then underhook suplexes him. 

They trade straightjacket chokes. Lee does an octopus and AA ropebreaks. AA does a koji clutch and Lee uses his first ropebreak. Lee sweeps him. AA hits forearms. AA rolls him up for 2 then short arm lariats him. AA backdrops him and legdrops him. AA death valley drivers him. 

Ace germans him for 2. Lee bangs Ace's arm off the top rope. Lee springboard flying forearms him for 2. Lee does a border city stretch. AA cradles him for 2. AA trips him and rolls him into a pin. Lee ropebreaks and is now down to his last rope break.

AA hits leg kicks. Lee overhead kicks the arm. Lee kimura's AA on the buckles and Ace uses his last rope break to escape. Lee lariats him in the corner then lifting flatliners him for 2. 

Ace helictoper kicks him off the ropes. AA runs at him and Lee goes for the kimura. AA tries to use a rope break, but he's all out, so he throws Lee over the top. Lee gets back in and Ace swinging flatliners him into a koji clutch. Lee uses his last rope break to escape.

Lee back elbows him. Ace backrolls him and Lee goes for the chicknwing. Lee bridge pins him using the ropes and pins him since there's no rope breaks.

Thoughts: Some of the rope break rules were being used a bit too freely here. The idea is supposed to be that you can't rope break out of submissions, not use the ropes against people and punish people just for touching them. This was almost all technical wrestling though and aside from the rope break issues, I liked the match. We got to see Ace do technical stuff that he usually doesn't do and Lee mostly worked the arm all match long.

Red Velvet does a promo. She says it's another successful win and it feels good. She says what doesn't feel good is watching Dynamite and The Owen Hart bracket and not seeing herself on it. She says she's p!ssed, angry and jealous but motivated. She says Willow Nightingale's name was on the bracket. She says Willow has an open contract for the TBS Title and she just signed it. She says she will come to Collision to kick her @ss and show why the queen of TV is about to become the face of TBS.

Thoughts: And this is the problem with The Owen Hart Tournament and the general treatment of ROH. You can be champ for years here and yet not get put on AEW over others who often aren't even signed by the company (Hazuki and Sareee).

Lexy Nair interviews Jordan Oliver and Alex Price on the stage. Jordan says they wanted to wrestle for the tag titles tonight but the titles weren't defended again. Jordan says they will be first in line for when they are defended. Jordan says they strategical, calculated and they have a plan for any situation always. Alec says if any other team wants to go, they are ready.

Mike Bennett and Matt Taven then come out, after not being around for months. They get a "Welcome Back" chant which is nice. Mike says he turns 41 tomorrow. He asks if they asked if anyone is feeling froggy. Mike says "ribbit, ribbit". Mike says daddy's home. Matt says this their house and their kingdom. Matt says if you come for the king you better not miss as they are neck strong. Matt says if you want their ROH Tag Titles (they aren't the champs now), you have to go through them. They then shake hands.

ROH World Six Man Tag Team Title Match - Shane Taylor Promotions (Carlie Bravo, Shane Taylor & Shawn Dean) vs Dalton Castle & The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd)

This is an open challenge. 

Bravo hits shots on Truth. Truth drops him with punches then elbows him down. Bravo is hit with a knee lift and a backdrop. Dalton and Dean go at it. Dalton trips him and Dean boots him away. Dalton forearms Dean. Dean hits Dalton from behind.

Bravo hits Dalton in the gut. Truth is tagged in and he trades chops with Bravo. Truth chops him down a few times. Truth misses a corner splash. Bravo slingshot cutters him. Truth hangs over the apron and takes a double axe handle and a legdrop.

Truth is crotched on the post in the corner. Truth is put in tree of woe and takes a double basement dropkick. Bravo front facelocks Truth. Truth back body drops him. Shane corner splashes Truth from behind and throws him. Shane running knees Dalton in the face against the LED board rails outside.

Turbo tags in. He drops the heels with punches and slams. Shane pushes Turbo into Truth. Shane knocks Turbo down with a punch. Turbo is ganged up on in the corner. Dean bronco busters Turbo. 

Turbo rolls up Dean for 2. Turbo cradles him then Dean flying knees him. Dean slingshot elbow drops Turbo then does a normal one for 2. Turbo's crotch is then pulled into the post. Dean suplexes Turbo twice. Shane suplexes Turbo. Turbo then suplexes Dean. 

Turbo hits punches and a backdrop on Bravo. Shane comes in and slams Turbo for 2. Shane misses a corner splash and Turbo slams him. Dalton finally recovers and he gets tagged in. Dalton suplexes Dean and Bravo then german's Shane. ChristyanXO gets on the apron and then Dalton gets hit from behind. 

Dalton takes shots from all 3 opponents then a double punch into a package piledriver. Dalton spinning back elbows Shane then hits a bangarang on him. The Runners hit their double elbow drop while Dalton does the double axe handle. Dalton pins Shane.

Thoughts: This was a similar to AR Fox's title win earlier this week. The Runners and Dalton have been winning squashes for a long time. They certainly deserved a shot and they have been around a lot. Instead of coming up with a story and a reason for them to win, they just had them win through an open challenge. They didn't have to break the creative bank here to have these two teams do promos on each other and set up a match, but they put no effort into it. The match was solid with the heels triple teaming the faces and using cheap tactics then the faces came back and won. It was simple wrestling and it worked as it always does. 

Shane Taylor Promotions attacks The Runners and Dalton after. Lee Moriarity comes down to help. Orange Cassidy and Mark Briscoe then come out to help randomly. OC stares down Anthony Ogogo. OC does weak punches on him. Ogogo goes for a punch. Mark hits Ogogo with a chair in the gut and STP pulls Ogogo out. 

AEW National Title Match  Mark Davis (c) vs. Xelhua

Here's a very random bout. They shake hands and Mark squeezes the hand.

Xel armwringers him. Mark side headlocks him. Xel does a double reverse armbar on him and Mark ropebreaks. Mark boots, clubs, slams and sentons him. They chop each other and Xel goes down. Xel armdrags him. Xel ties his limbs up and poses.

Mark drops him face first on the ring apron then shoulders him over. Mark chops him outside. Mark stomps him. Mark hits corner lariats. Mark lariats him off the apron. Mark slams him then hits mounted punches. Xel's head is banged off the buckles. Mark unties the mask. Xel bangs Mark's arm off the top rope. Xel top rope crossbodies him.

Xel hits chops and flying headbutts him. Xel armdrags him then overhead suplexes him for 2. Xel lifts him and drops him on his butt. Xel knee lifts him then hits mounted corner punches.  

Mark backdrops him then enzugiri's him. Xel rolls and does an ankle lock on Mark. Xel kicks the leg and Mark short piledrivers him for 2. Xel euros and chops him. Mark 2nd rope release suplexes him. Xel rolls him up for 2. Xel slams him.

Xel misses a top rope senton. Mark short piledrivers him. Mark hits a big lariat and pins him.

Thoughts: Mark used his size on Xel and Xel did various submissions. Xel should have just picked a body part instead of trying to work the arm and the leg at times. It was acceptable but they didn't get as much out of this as they could have.

Shane Taylor Promotions and Lee Moriarty are interviewed. Dean says everytime they look, a group of goofies get in their business. Bravo asks why Mark Briscoe was out there. Shane says Mark knows what happens when they get in the way of their titles. Shane says they will beat them anytime and anywhere. Bravo says they should do this tomorrow on Collision with a random STP member vs a random Conglomeraton member.

Mark Briscoe and Orange Cassidy do a promo. Mark says they want a fight with STP too and accept their challenge. Mark says he needs to get tuned up vs Ciampa on Wednesday and says Kyle needs tuned up for Mox on Wednesday too. Mark says the word of the day is hometown @ss whooping and it's going down tomorrow.

ROH World Title Match - Bandido (c) vs. Blake Christian

Band offers a handshake and BC gives him the finger.

BC stalls outside to start. Band throws BC in. BC side headlocks him. They shoulder battle. They both handspring off the ropes and stand off. Band slaps him. Band chops him in the corner. BC headscissors him and dropkicks him out. Band flying headscissors him out. Band topes him.

BC is sent into the steps. Jay Lethal grabs Band on the apron and is superkicked. BC clips Band on the apron then corkscrew topes him outside. BC ddt's Band leg. BC misses a corner charge. Band goes up top and Jay grabs him again. The ref ejects Jay and Lee Johnson. Band enzgugiri's BC off the apron then tope con hilos BC's buddies when BC movies. BC rolling death valley drivers Band.

BC ddt's Band's leg. BC stomps Band and ddt's the leg again. Band boots him out of the corner. Band is put in tree of woe and 619'd. BC top rope double stomps Band as he hangs. Band single arm gorilla presses him but BC triangles him. Band powerbombs him out of it. Band boots him out of the corner. BC kimura's him and Band drops him face first on the buckles. Band top rope tornillo's him. Band hits flying forearms. Band shining wizard's him for 2.  

BC blocks a 21plex. BC rolls him into a splash. Band suplexes him. Band handspring northernlights suplexes him then holds on for another northern lights suplex for 2. Band pump kicks him and BC superkicks him. Band is pushed into the post. BC dives between the buckles and ddt's Band on the floor off of it.

BC handspring cutters him for 2. BC spears him on the apron. Band is put on the commentary table. Band suplexes him on it. Band hits a 21plex inside for 2. BC 2nd rope poisonrana's him. BC springboard 450's him for 2. 

Band stops a 21plex attempt from BC. Band enzugiri's him. Band deadlift 2nd rope superlexes him. Band top rope moonsaults but BC gets his feet up. BC corkscrew kicks him. BC springboards and Band dropkicks him in mid-air. 

Band hits chops. BC superkicks him and pumping knees him. Band flips him with a lariat. BC superkicks Band. Band hits a reverse GTS on him. Blake does a standing spanish fly for 2. BC brings the ROH Title in. The ref takes it and BC low blows Band. BC step up double stomps him for 2. Band hits a styles clash on BC. Band 21plex's BC while he's on the mat and Band pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. Blake worked the knee early and forgot about it while Band still did his usual flying with issues. It was just a lot of flips and cool moves without any meaning. I don't love Blake, but I was hoping he'd win just because he actually appears on the show frequently while Band is rarely ever around.

Swerve Strickland comes out (with Prince Nana) and house call kicks Band twice. Swerve then vertebreakers him on an open chair. Refs then come to check on Band. 

ROH Women's World Title Survival Of The Fittest 2026 Final Six Way Elimination Match - Athena (c) vs. Yuka Sakazaki vs. Trish Adora vs. Billie Starkz vs. Maya World vs. Zayda Steel

Ath grabs BS by the hair, throws her out and yells at her. The other girls surround them. Ath throws BS into them and ducks a shot. 4 girls criss-cross in the ring. Zay casadora armdrags Ath. TA hits a double spear. Yuka dropkicks Ta. Maya does a headcissors + headlock combo. 

Maya pump kicks TA. Maya asai moonsaults everyone outside. Maya 2nd rope blockbusters Ath. Yuka top rope dropkicks. TA powerslams BS and Zay top rope double stomps TA's back for 2. Zay hits a double ddt off a double suplex attempt. Zay throws BS out. Ath headscissors Zay down from the mat. Ath does a samoan drop + fallaway slam combo. 

Ath codebreakers TA. Ath forward handspring corner forearms Maya. Zay throws a chair at Ath then hits other girls in the gut with it. Ath's back is chaired. A chair is put between the ropes. Zay is sent into a chair between the ropes. Ath pins Zay with her feet on the ropes. Zayda Steel is eliminated. 

Yuka step up enzugiri's Ath. Yuka germans Ath from the bottom rope. Yuka northern lights bombs Ath for 2. Ath superkicks Yuka down. Maya hits Ath in the back with a kendo stick. Yuka chairs Ath while Maya hits Ath with the stick. BS does a bad chair shot on Yuka. BS chops Yuka while Yuka is seated in a chair in the corner. 

TA stomps Maya in the corner. BS ddt's Yuka for 2. TA suplexes Maya. BS puts the kendo stick end in Yuka's throat. TA gets a 2 count on Maya. Yuka bangs BS's head off the buckles. Ath sets up a pyramid of chairs outside. TA hypes Maya with the kendo stick outside. Yuka hanging headscissors BS over the top rope.

BS knees Yuka in the gut outside. BS sets a table up outside while Maya is double foot choked inside. BS sends Yuka into the rails. Yuka's head is banged off the apron. Maya goes for a tope and Ath puts a chair in her way. BS kind of goes into the ring over the top and hits a piledriver on Yuka.

Ath and TA fight on the apron. TA is pulled into the turnbuckle connector. Ath is chokeslammed off the apron through a pyramid of chairs. BS running forearms TA as TA grabs Ath. BS clears the commentary table. BS and TA go on the commentary table. TA death valley drivers BS on the commentary table. 

TA puts Ath on a table. Yuka top rope splashes Ath through the table. TA rolls up Yuka for 2. TA spinning backbreakers Yuka. TA lariats Ath when Yuka ducks. Yuka superkicks TA then spinning chest drops her. Yuka pins TA. Trish Adora is eliminated.

Yuka has a trash can and Ath begs off. Yuka hits her with it. Yuka springboard splashes Ath with a trash can for 2 when BS saves Ath. BS does a 2nd rope gordbuster on Yuka and pins her. Yuka Sakazaki is eliminated.
 
Maya and BS square off and hockey fight. Maya hits forearms. Maya superkicks her. BS canadian destroyers Maya for 2. Ath brings kendo sticks in. She gives one to BS and they hit Maya with the sticks. Maya is buried under chairs. 

A ladder is set up by Ath. Maya dropicks BS into it, which sends the ladder into Ath. BS spinning high kicks Maya. They get on the 2nd rope. Ath punches BS and Maya throws BS down. Maya then pins BS. Billie Starkz is eliminated.

Ath clubs on Maya. Ath pounds on Maya. Maya is sent into the rails. Maya ddt's Ath on the apron. Maya back rack drops Ath for 2. Maya ankle locks Ath. Billie has a white towel and teases throwing it in for Ath. Ath grabs pulls her in. Maya dropkicks BS. 

Maya totally misses a boot on Ath. Ath hits a powerbomb on Maya on chairs. Ath chairs Maya. Ath climbs the ladder in the ring. Ath dives off the ladder and hits an o-face on Maya. Ath then pins her. Athena wins.

Thoughts: Athena won as always. No surprises there. Ath was a bit more rude than usual to Billie this week and cost her this match. I'm not sure how Billie throwing in the towel on a match she was in would have worked. The match had some rough moments but went well. It kept my interest and was a good main.  

Diamante comes out and helps Athena up after. Dia talks with Ath and Billie sits upset on the ladder rung. Ath looks at her and shoves her. BS is upset. Ath yells at her.  

Overall thoughts: It was your usual long Tony Khan PPV with the PPV going four hours. It didn't need to go as long as it did. The first match had booking issues and they got too cute with the ropebreaks. Red/Viva wasn't good. AR Fox/Rush was an indy style match with no one selling and Action Andretti interfering. Deonna/Diamante didn't follow the story they had set up for this at all but it was alright. I liked Lee/Ace as a technical bout, but they also used the ropebreaks in ways they shouldn't be used. The 6-man tag match was a solid bout. Mark Davis/Xelhua wasn't as good as it should have been but it was acceptable. I didn't like Blake/Bandido as it was an indy style match. The main was good and hopefully will lead somewhere. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 and say it was above average, but the show really did have a lot of booking and rules issues all throughout. 

Ring of Honor/Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling: Global Wars Canada 3/27/2026

Ring of Honor/Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling: Global Wars Canada 3/27/2026

We are in Ontario, CA. Don Callis, Ian Riccaboni & Mauro Ranallo are on commentary.

Eddie Kingston & Ortiz vs. Adam Priest & Tommy Billington

Eddie and AP go at it. AP side headlocks him. AP side headlock takeovers him. Eddie brings him into the corner. Ortiz rakes AP's back. AP takes a double suplex for 2. Ortiz armdrags AP. Ortiz takes a double back elbow. AP slams Ortiz for 2. 

Ortiz takes a double backdrop. AP then rakes Ortiz's back. AP euros Ortiz down then chops him. AP snapmares him for 2. Ortiz slams him. Tom takes a flapjack into a basement dropkick for 2. Eddie double underhook suplexes Tom. 

AP boots Eddie and euros him down. AP running boots him. Eddie hits chops and AP throw him down by the arm. Eddie fights off his opponents in the corner. Eddie takes a lariat + german combo. Ortiz hits shots on his opponents. Tom dropkicks Ortiz and Eddie lariats Tom. AP running forearms Eddie down. 

Ortiz tags in. He hits shots on his opponents then AP low back body drops him. AP half crabs him. Tom then crossfaces Eddie at the same time. Ortiz cradle AP and AP reverses it for 2. AP is in the electric chair and Ortiz top rope diving bulldogs him. Tom top rope double dropkicks his opponents. Tom suplexes them both. 

Tom flying forearm Ortiz in the corner. Tom superplexes him. Eddie blind tags in. Eddie rolls up Tom and wins.

Thoughts: It didn't quite have the structure here. Both of these teams are faces and it would have worked better with a heel team in there. I didn't love the ending either here. The match was still acceptable though with a lot of stiffness. 

Josh Alexander does a video from his car. He says he just suffered a severe injury and he will need surgery. He says he hurt his knee and there's no timetable for his return.

Thoughts: Josh is older and he's a tough guy to rely on as he has a long history of injuries. I can think of at least 4 injures off the top of my head with him. He's not someone who should really be holding a promotion's main title.

ROH Women's World Television Title Match - Red Velvet (c) vs. Alice Crowley

This is Big Al from JCW and they bring that up.

Al kicks away Red's handshake. Al pulls Red down then shoves her backwards. Red rolls her up for 2. Al forearm her and side headlocks her. Red stomps the foot and Al shoulders her over. Red dropkicks her. Red axe kicks her over the 2nd rope then does a split kick on her for 2. Al pulls Red down over the 2nd rope then throws her into the apron side.

Al suplexes Red. Al chokes her and hits corner spears. Al throws Red down for 2. Red double chops her then foot chokes her. Red is pulled into the buckles for 2. Al fisherman suplexes her for 2. Red running euros her and hits lariats. Red casadora bulldogs her. Red meteora's her from behind on the 2nd rope. Red standing moonsaults her for 2. 

Al pump kicks Red down then saito suplexes her for 2. Al goes up top and is hit. Red iconoclasm's her for 2. Al spinning forearms her then air raid crashes her for 2. Red superkicks Al. Al catches her crossbody and swinging side slams her for 2. Red spin kicks her in the head and wins.

Thoughts: Logic and story wise, it wasn't that great. But they hit their moves clean and they were able to piece together a watchable match. Red had a good night here and seemed to be really feeling it. Al had a good showing. Al's probably getting picked up by a bigger company sooner or later.

Deonna Purrazzo is interviewed about her match. She puts over her opponent. She says she will walk in and out champ. 

The Lethal Twist (Blake Christian, Jay Lethal & Lee Johnson) vs Bhupinder Gujjar, Evil Uno & Psycho Mike

Jay side headlocks Mike then struts. Mike side headlocks him and shoulders him over. Mike goes for a bodyslam and Jay slides out. Mike chases Jay and Jay's team blocks Mike's slam attempt. 

BG and Lee get in. BG flying headscissors him then dropkicks him for 2. Lee hits corner spears on BG. BG goes up top, is swept and lands hard on the mat. Uno is held for a dropkick off the apron. BC 2nd rope moonsaults Uno outside and BG takes a double team kick.

BG chops Jay. Jay ddt's him. BG has his legs split. BG takes a double superkick for 2. BG tope rope crossbodies Jay. Uno comes in and hits corner lariats and splashes on The Twist. Don says he would blow up doing this then Uno starts sucking wind. Uno hits a bulldog + lariat combo. 

BC superkicks Uno. Uno facekicks him and ddt's him. Uno hits overkill on Lee for 2. Uno neckbreakers Jay. Mike slams all of the heels then slams BC onto Jay and Lee. Mike then throws BC onto the others outside. Mike suicide dives the heels outside.

BG top rope crossbodies Mike on accident. BG jumping knees BC. Jay hits a lethal injection on BG. Jay poses, Mike gets behind him and goes for the slam. Jay eye rakes Mike. Mike takes kicks from Lee and BC. Mike takes a gordbuster > flying knee > double stomp > death valley driver > top rope elbow drop and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a fun little tag. Gujjar did some flying. Mike got to do his slams and the heels kept up with fast offense. I liked it. 

I will not be covering Deonna Purrazzo's match. She won as expected via submission.

PWA Champion's Grail Title Match - Rohan Raja (c) vs. Stu Grayson

Stu knocks him over for 2 to start. Stu then topes him. Stu hit shots on Raja then hurricanrana's him. Stu dropkicks him. Stu sweeps Raja on the apron then slingshot diving shoulders him on the apron. 

Raja is kicked over the 2nd rope. Stu hits punches on Raja. Stu backdrops Raja. Stu is up top and Raja flying kicks him down to the floor. Stu hits more shots. Raja backcrackers him for 2. Raja facekicks him twice. Stu is sent face first into the 2nd buckle then is sent hard into the buckles. 

Stu running lariats him. Stu is swept on the buckles and Raja flying forearms him. Stu fires up and no sells. Stu euros him. Stu kips down out of a lariat then pele kicks him. They trade forearms and hockey fight. They lariat battle. Stu overhead belly to belly suplexes him three times. Stu 2nd rope tornado ddt's him. Raja gets his knees up on his asai and Stu lifting flatliners him. Stu asai moonsaults him for 2.

Raja black hole slams him and Stu get a 2 count on him. Stu pop-up sitout powerbombs him for 2. Stu superplexes him. Raja plays possum and cradles him for the win.

Thoughts: Stu looked good here. He had a lot of fire and was a strong face. This was definitely one of his better showings. Raja did an okay job too here and I thought it was a good match overall.

Ricochet is interviewed. He says he has the edge as he has that dog in him and is a winner and not a loser. He says Rich Swann will be a  loser. He says Swann will figure out that he has leveled up and is simply out of this world. 

Jake Crist vs. Daisuke Sasaki vs. Brent Banks vs. Michael Allen Richard Clark vs. Ace Austin vs. Michael Oku

MARC gets on the mic before the match. He talks about the lack of respect he has gotten here even though he's in the hall of fame. He says he's in the Canadian Push-Up Hall of Fame. He then gets cut off.

Evreryone misses shots to start then 4 get thrown out. BB rolls up Oku for 2. Oku flying headscissors him and dropkicks him. Oku half-crabs BB. DS eye rakes Oku and punches him. DS spears Oku. JC htis kicks on DS then 2nd rope flying forearms him. MARC flying back elbows JC.

Ace trips MARC and kicks him. Ace then la magistral's him for 2. Ace dropkicks MARC. Ace superkicks BB from the apron then PK's JC from the apron. MARC dropkicks Ace through the ropes and slingshot plancha's him. DS dropkicks MARC off the apron. DS then topes MARC. JC does a dive that the camera's miss. JC and Oku trade shots on the apron. BB dropkicks both off the apron.

BB backflips over Ace into a dropkick on him. BB is crotched up top.  Ace puts JC and DS on his shoulders then is dropkicked over by MARC. MARC does push up's on Ace. Oku and DS hit superkicks. Ace high kicks DS. BB slaps Ace and MARC claymore kicks Ace. MARC powerslams JC. DS pedigree's MARC then superkicks him. DS la mistica crossfaces MARC. Ace then ties up MARC's leg and indian deathlocks DS.

Ace lariats Oku. Ace russian legsweeps DS then backdrops Oku. Ace legdrops DS and Oku together. BB top rope tornillo's Ace. BB michinou drivers Ace. Oku crcufixes BB for 2. Oku flying dropkicks BB then top rope moonsaults him. Oku then fosbury flops outside.

JC death valley drivers Oku then hits a sliced bread on him. JC ki krushers Oku for 2. JC is crotched up top. BB blue thunders MARC. BB and JC both collide in mid-air. Oku top rope splashes JC and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a high flying 6-man match with 2 people only being in the ring for most of this and a lot of action. It was fine and they ended it before they overdid it here. 

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

They shake hands. Ath backs her up in the corner and sweeps her. Ath drops her with a forearm and poses. Tay flying headscissors her and flying backsplashes her. Tay flying headscissors her again and dropkicks her. Tay 619's Ath on the apron. Tay is caught coming off the apron and she is swung into the rails.

Ath chops Tay outside then kicks her inside for 1. Ath hits knees to the body. Ath dropkicks her. Ath fish hooks her. Ath lariats her for 2. Ath cravates Tay and knees her in the face. Tay hits elbows to the gut and rolls her up for 2. Tay is in the electric chair and victory rolls her. Tay then double stomps her.

Tay lariats and codebreakers Ath. Tay 619's her. Tay then drops her chest first out of the casadora position. Ath sweeps her and knees her in the face. Ath lariats her then pumphandle tombstones her for 2. Ath slaps Tay around and yells at her. 

They both go up top. Tay superplexes her for 2. Tay then ddt's her for 2. Tay boots her from the 2nd rope and codebreakers her for 2. Tay germans her. Ath backdrops her. Tay blocks a superkick and spinning forearm her. Ath pop-up forearms her. Ath then hits ataxia and submits her with a koji clutch.

Thoughts: I didn't like this. This was your typical self-serving Athena match where she runs over her opponent, embarrasses her and wins in a very one-sided match. Tay had no shot of winning here and Ath failed to sell me on Tay winning.

Ath then picks up Tay and bangs her face off the mat after.

Scott D'Amore does a video. He says they need to be a platform where they can be seen. It's then announced that they will air MLP Mayhem in July on TSN. 

Ricochet vs. Rich Swann

Ric stalls for a bit and backs him up in the corner. RS then backs him up in the corner and taunts him. They trade wristlocks. Ric straightjacket chokes him. RS flying headscissors him but Ric headflips out. RS then does the same. They try to dropkick each other then headflip up together. Ric then dropkicks him.

RS flying headscissors him then dropkicks him. RS cannonballs him off the apron. RS chops him outside. RS hits mounted corner punches on Ric then drops him with a shot. Ric slaps him. RS then stomp flurries him. RS is pulled into the 2nd rope. Ric corkscrew facekicks him.

Ric elbow drops him and stomps him. Ric chops him outside and bang his head off the buckles. RS takes a snapmare driver on the floor. Ric stomps on him. Ric corner lariats RS from behind. Ric hit a big chop inside. Ric running euros him into the corner. RS facekicks him out of the corner. 

RS rolls into a flying lariat on him. RS hits punches and swinging neckbreakers him. RS rolls into splash on him for 2. RS' throat is pulled over the top rope. RS enzugiri's him on the apron. Ric flips him with a release german then asai moonsaults him for 2. RS running ssp's him for 2.  

Ric bullies him around and chops him. RS hits shots. Ric boots him out of the corner. Ric is on the 2nd rope and flips out of a hurricanrana. Ric flying knees him then RS corkscrew kicks him. RS top rope splashes him for 2. RS hits chest kicks. Ric pokes him and they hit each other. They then slap each other. Ric spinning forearms him. Ric northern lights suplexes him and does a regular suplex. Ric then hits vertigo for 2.

Ric flips out of a poisonrana and hits his own. Ric hits a spinning lariat and death valley drivers him for 2. Ric hits a spirit gun and pins him.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time. It wasn't quite as fast as you would think or as wild. What we got was alright and definitely more toned down. If you are looking for a high flying spot, they did some flying, but this wasn't that. I'd be interested to know the politics behind this one as Rich is seemingly aligned with TNA yet is losing to AEW wrestlers on PPV's here.

MLP Multiverse is on 4/17 during Wrestlemania Weekend. 

MLP Tag Team Title Four Way Match - Bishop Dyer & Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Bryce Hansen & Sheldon Jean vs. The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) vs. Gates Of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona)

Everyone fights to start. Jean and Bryce are thrown out. GOA are lariated out. Doc is sent into the post and KK is sent into the rails. Toa spinebusters Jean on the apron. Kaun suplexes Bryce on the floor. Toa is sent into the steps. Jean suicide dives outside and KK slingshot plancha's him. The match then officially starts. 

KK and Karl trade forearms. Karl euros him. KK back elbows him and elbow drops him. Karl takes a dropkick + shoulder tackle combo. Doc splashes Dyer and Kaun in the corner. He then hits shots on Kaun in the corner. Doc suplexes and elbow drops Kaun. Kaun takes boots from  Doc and Karl for 2.

Kaun drops Karl with a shot. Karl euros Bryce and back elbows him. Bryce eye rakes him. Kaun tags himself in. Toa corner splashes Karl. Karl is yanked into a cutter for 2. Toa hits Karl in the gut. Karl chops Toa. Toa slams Karl. Toa trapezius hold's Karl. Karl jawbreakers Toa. Jean pounds on Karl. Karl takes double boots and a double foot choke in the corner.

Bryce suplexes Karl for 2. Jean corner splashes Karl and chinlocks him. Toa corner splashes Karl then misses one and goes into the post. Karl cutters Kaun and neckbreakers Bryce. 

Doc backsplashes Bryce in the corner and flying shoulders him. Doc jackhammers Bryce for 2. KK dropkicks Kaun. KK dragon screws Doc. KK flying knees Kaun. KK shining wizard's Kaun. Everyone starts coming in to hit a move. Toa holds KK and Doc up at the same time and does a fallaway slam + samoan drop combo to them. Kaun slingshot plancha's Bryce and Jean outside. Toa double lariats Bryce and Jean outside.

Dyer is sent into KK. Dyer takes a magic killer and Doc pins Dyer.

Thoughts: It was a bit of a mess with 8 people involved. People came in and out at their leisure for the most part and there was a lot going on. It was okay enough overall but nothing too memorable. 

Overall thoughts: It was an interpromotional show, so there were a lot of random matches and limited storylines involved and that doesn't make for the most enticing wrestling. The show was okay as a whole. Ricochet/Swann or Raja/Grayson were the best matches here and I thought Grayson was the MVP of the show. I don't think they did a ton to really put the MLP crew over though. This was pretty much all wrestling here and nothing else. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall but wouldn't really recommend it. 

Ring of Honor Final Battle 2025 12/5/2025

Ring of Honor Final Battle 2025 12/5/2025

We are in Columbus, Ohio. Ian Riccaboni, Caprice Coleman and Jon Moxley are on commentary.

ROH Women's Pure Title Tournament Finals - Deonna Purrazzo vs. Billie Starkz

They shake hands and DP goes for the armbar. BS uses her first rope break. They shove each other and BS spits on her. DP side headlock takeovers her. DP shoulders her over then armdrags her into an armlock. DP rolls her into another armbar. BS is thrown out. BS then pushes DP into the steps. DP is curbstomped into the steps. 

BS armlocks her then suplexes her. BS hits forearms. BS corner lariats her and ddt's her for 2. BS arm and chinlocks her. DP short arm lariats her then baseball slides her. DP is sent into the post. 

BS misses a running lariat and hits the post. GP throws her over by the arm outside. DP russian legsweeps her into the commentary table edge. The announcers make a big deal of it then BS gets in and superkicks her seconds later. DP flatliners her into a koji clutch. BS knees her in the face then spinning high kicks her. DP lariats her.

They trade forearms. DP knee lifts her and russian legsweeps her into an armbar. BS uses another rope break. BS kicks her off the buckles then hits a suplex backbreaker. They fight on the apron and DP is alabama slammed on the apron. BS rolling sentons her off the apron on the floor. BS top rope swantons her for 2. 

BS grabs a sleeper and DP uses her first rope break. DP germans her then hits a gotch style piledriver for 2. DP pulls back on both arms and BS rope breaks. BS is out of rope breaks. DP pulls her arms around the 2nd rope. BS pulls her into the ropes to break it.

BS is picked up for a german and flatlineers her out of it. BS top rope swantons her and DP no sells it with a pin attempt. DP pulls both arms back and BS taps out.

Thoughts: Tony really has a thing for making Billie lose in big matches. Look, this title is meaningless and it really doesn't matter who wins, but you'd expect Billie to win since she is actually used. They went almost 14 minutes here. DP did various arm submissions but didn't really work the arms much in between it. BS similarly didn't have a lot of logic in what she did here. I thought it was funny how they hyped up BS taking a russian legsweep into the table as being so painful then two seconds later, she was back to normal and doing superkicks. This was a flawed match and I would say it was only average. 

Queen Aminata comes out after and shake hands with DP. Queen was supposed to fight her in the tournament but she got injured. 

30-Minute Iron Man Match - Lee Moriarty vs. Nigel McGuinness

They escape holds to start and Lee throws him over by the leg. Nigel throws him over by the arm. Nigel goes for the rebound lariat and Lee moves. Nigel takes him down by the wrist a few times. Lee cravates him. 

Nigel full nelson's him. Nigel side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Lee dropkicks him and backrolls him. Nigel rolls him up for 2. Lee does a border city stretch and Nigel immediately taps out. Lee is up 1-0.

Lee wristlocks him then Nigel takes him down by the arm. Nigel grabs the ear then hooks hin by the jaw. Lee armdrags him with an armlock. Nigel takes him down and bangs the arm off the mat. Nigel euros him down. 

Nigel wristlocks him and Lee does a cobra twist. Nigel does an abdominal stretch and Lee rope breaks. Lee 619's him. Lee is stuck up top and avoid a tower of london. Lee isn't paying attention and Nigel chops him down. Nigel hits euros outside then running euros him against the rails. Lee is thrown in and he cradles Nigel for the pin. Lee is up 2-0.

Lee pounds and boots him in the corner. Nigel does a hammerlock ddt. Nigel blocks a sunset flip and bangs Lee's arm off the mat. Lee ties up one leg and twists his other ankle. Nigel gets on back with an armlock. Lee rope breaks. Nigel throws him down by the arm.

Nigel pulls back on both arms. Lee seems trapped but escapes. Nigel hits double throat thrusts. Lee top rope crossbodies him. Lee misses an elbow drop and Nigel does a london dungeon. Lee's arm is sent into the buckles and Nigel euros the arm. Lee hits corner spears. Nigel euros the arm. Lee misses a springboard. Nigel hits corner spears.

They trade chops in the corner. Nigel eyepokes him. Nigel misses a corner charge then Lee misses a flying corner spear. Nigel takes him over by the arm and puts him in the london dungeon. Nigel makes him submit. It's now 2-1 in favor of Lee.

Nigel pins the arm and stomps the shoulder. Nigel does another london dungeon but Lee rolls him out and pins him. It's now 3-1 in favor of Lee. Nigel throws him down by the arm. Nigel trips him. Nigel armlocks him and pulls his arm down. They trade euros. Lee misses a boot in the corner and Nigel lariats him down for 2. Nigel does another london dungeon and then surfboards him with the armlock. Lee escapes and Nigel triangle's him. Nigel switches to a crossface variation and Lee rope breaks. 

Nigel hammerlock ddt's him. Lee rolls him up for 2 out of an arm submission. Lee does the old MMA lay and pray as he scoots away on his back. Nigel yanks the leg and hits a rebound lariat for 2. Nigel and Lee go out. Shane Taylor blocks Nigel from grabbing Lee. Lee guillotines him outside and drops him as the ref counts. Nigel gets in before the countout. Lee does another border city stretch. Nigel rolls him out of it and pins him. Lee is still in the lead 3-2.

Lee misses a corner charge and they run into each other. Both go down. Nigel trips him and does another pin. Nigel pins him. It's now tied 3-3 with 25 seconds left.

Lee talks to Shane and Nigel rolls up Lee. Nigel pins him and is up 4-3 with 11 seconds left.

Nigel goes out and celebrates and Shane Taylor punches him in the face. Shane throws him back in and Lee pins Nigel. It's now tied 4-4 and the time limit has expired. This is a draw.

Lee gets on the mic after. He says he doesn't know where Nigel is going. He says they are 1-1 and they need to figure out who the best wrestler is between the two of them. He tells him to get back in here.

We now go to Sudden Death. They butt heads. Nigel slaps him and rolls him up for 2. Nigel backslides him for 2. Nigel rolls up Lee for 2. Nigel blocks a roll up and they each trade pin attempts. Lee does a sleeper and Nigel tries to pin him off of it. Lee then does a bridge pin and wins.

Thoughts: I liked the ending to the original time limit here with Shane punching out Nigel to cost him a fall. That creative and clever. They had a good match here and kept this entertaining throughout the 30 minutes. They also told a nice story with Nigel making comeback against big odds and seemingly pulling it out, only to get screwed. I would have just stuck with Shane costing Nigel the match and having Lee win that way since he was winning anyway and since he's the heel.

Lee offers a handshake after. Nigel yells at a fan in the crowd and gives Lee his old ROH Pure Rules title.   

The commentators talk and Mox grabs the mic. Mox says he was thinking about The Don Callis Family. He says Don feels like he is owed something. He says he's entitled. Mox says he was raised on Ohio tap water. He tells Konosuke Takeshita that he has to take the win by force (they fight tomorrow on Collision) to gain ground in the Continental Classic.

ROH Women's World Television Title - Mercedes Moné (c) vs. Red Velvet

Red hits Mone before intros are over. They mount each other and hit shots. Mone grabs the title to hit her with it. The ref takes it and Red cradles her but the ref doesn't see it. They roll around with pin attempts for 2 counts. Mone slaps her and Red knees her in the face. Red superkicks her. Red misses a standing moonsault and Mone hits a pendulum codebreaker on her. 

Mone backdrops her and suplexes her for 2. Mone chokes her on the ropes. Mone foot chokes her then pulls her arms back. Mone knees her in the gut then suplexes her three times. Red gets her knees up on Mone's top rope splash. Mone bangs Red's face off the mat.

Red hits some punches and ddt's her. Red meteora's her from behind on the ropes. Red casadora bulldogs her for 2. Red foot chokes her in the corner. Red misses a corner meteora and Mone backcrackers her. Red blocks Mone's baseball slide with the ring skirt and chest forearm flurries her. 

Mone meteora's her off the steps. Red rolls her up for 2 then Mone backcrackers her. Mone meteora's her on the bottom rope for 2. Red's head is banged off the buckles. They fight on the buckles and rolls her off the 2nd rope for 2. Red suplexes her then bangs Mone's foot off the mat. Red corkscrew kicks her for 2.

Mone backcrackers her. She drops Red chest first onto the knees. Mone goes for a 2nd rope tombstone and Red flips her off the 2nd rope. Red rolls her, driving her face first into the mat from ehr knees. Red rolls Mone into the mat off the casadora for 2. Mone rolls her up for 2. They trade pin attempts and Red spin kicks her in the face for 2. Mone crossfaces her. Red rolls out and pins Mone in a shok.

Thoughts: Wow, I'm surprised they had Red here. That was a big shock. I can't say they built this up well from what I saw, and they should since this was one of Mone's 13 titles and theoretically a big deal. I feel like they did this to prove that Mone will lose titles if asked. The match was fine but didn't have a great story to it. Red did a bunch of rolling moves here that drove Mone face first into the mat.

ROH World Tag Title - La Facción Ingobernable (Sammy Guevara and The Beast Mortos) vs. "Dynamite Kid" Tommy Billington and Adam Priest

SG gives Tom the middle finger and does a waistlock takedown. Tom hits chops on SG. Tom shoulders him over for 1 then armdrags him. SG eye rakes him. Tom reverse monkey flips him and rolls him forward. Mort and AP get in. AP shoulders him then stomps his foot. Mort misses a corner charge. AP hits mounted corner punches. Mort then throws him down by the throat. SG gets on commentary and says the tag titles are staying with them.

Mort is dropkicked into a pin attempt for 2. Tom dropkicks Mort for 2. Mort is hit with a double back body drop. Tom drops AP onto Mort for 2. SG knees AP from the apron and Mort headbutts AP over. Mort twists AP's neck with his feet. 

SG hits corner spears on AP then suplexes him for 1. SG jumping stomps AP then slams him. Mort and AP chop each other outside and come back in. SG high kicks AP from the apron. Mort backcrackers AP and holds him. SG top rope double stomps AP for 2. Mort hits mounted corner shots on AP.

AP 2nd rope diving tornado ddt's Mort. Tom gets in and hits armdrags on Mort. He then does a headscissors + headlock takeover. Tom top rope dropkicks Mort for 2. Tom goes to run the ropes and SG flying knees him from the side. Mort pop-up samoan drops Tom for 2. Tom rolls up Mort off a doomsday device attempt. 

AP top rope dropkicks Mort. Mort misses a flying knee in the corner. AP and Tom then do stereo plancha's off the top outside. Mort takes a lariat + german combo for 2. AP hurricanrana's Mort down off the 2nd rope. Hechicero comes out and pushes AP off the top. SG low blows Tom off the top. Mort spinning lariats Tom. Mort top rope corksrew moonsaults Tom and pins him.

Thoughts: I had big expectations for this but it wasn't that great. Mort and SG are faster workers and they never did the slower heel heat section where they work a hold or something and give the faces time to sell. And that's a problem considering Tom and AP are both underdog faces who need that time to sell. They just didn't do a good job of capturing the momentum here and never got close to making this one great.

Eddie Kingston vs Josh Woods

I have no idea why this is on here. Eddie hasn't been on ROH since April and Josh hasn't been around for 3 months.

They lock up. Eddie takes him down and they trade waistlocks. Eddie bangs the back of Josh's head off his forehead. Eddie chops him in the corner. Josh springboard knees Eddie and goes for a keylock. Eddie hits punches on him. They trade chops. Josh does a codebreaker from the side.

Josh forearms him and corner backsplashes him. Josh pumping knees him and overhead suplexes him for 2. Eddie germans him then hits a corner lariat. Eddie hits machine gun chops. Josh throws him. Eddie hits a corner lariat then headbutts him. 

Eddie superplexes Josh for 2. Josh kicks him in the knee then pumping knees him. Josh hits a chaos theory german for 2. Josh is caught on a springboard and hit with an exploder. Eddie half-nelson suplexes him. Eddie calls out Samoa Joe and ddt's Josh for the win.

Thoughts: I didn't like this one that much. The work was fine but it was a random match on an already long PPV with a predictable outcome. It was just a way to get Eddie a win on this card for some reason. It should have just been a squash. Eddie looked a little better than usual here as his stuff connected a bit more.

ROH World Six-Man Tag Titles - Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Carlie Bravo, and Capt. Shawn Dean) (c) vs. SkyFlight (Scorpio Sky, Dante Martin, and Darius Martin)

All six fight to start. Sky hits mounted corner punches on Dean. Darius flying back elbows Dean then armdrags him. Dante butt drops Dean's arm and Darius basement dropkicks Dean's arm for 2. Sky is triple teamed in the corner. Dean misses a corner bronco buster. Darius hits The Infantry and lariats Bravo over the top. Darius standing moonsaults Dean then topes Shane outside. Bravo dives under the middle buckle and tornado ddt's Darius on the floor.

Shane chops Darius in the corner. Darius chops back and is punched in the gut. Darius chops Shane. Shane headbutts him and uranage's him. Shane splashes Darius for 2. Dean slingshot spears Darius for 2. Darius takes a superkick into a deadfall ddt. Bravo ties up Darius' arms and clubs his chest.

Darius takes corner attacks. Dean tope con hilos Dante outside. darius dropkicks Dean. Dante and Bravo get in. Dante hits punches, enzugiri's him from the apron then springboard flip dives him. He then tope con hilos Shane in the same motion outside. He then springboard crossbodies Bravo.

Trish Adora trips Dante. Leila Grey trips Bravo. Trish and Grey then get in the ring and fight. Grey hits mounted shots on her. Anthony Ogogo gets in then Christopher Daniels gets in and hits an angel's wings on him. Bravo slingshots and is caught with a slingshot.

Shane knees Darius in the face. Dante springboard tornado ddt's Shane. Bravo slingshot cutters Dante. Bravo crossover punches Sky. Darius enzugiri's Bravo and kicks Dean as he comes in. Shane punches Darius over the middle rope. Dean then pins Darius, totally pulling his pants down to win.

Thoughts: It was a wild one here with the seconds getting involved, lots of high flying and no lack of action. I enjoyed this and thought it was fun. 

AEW National Title - Ricochet (c) Dalton Castle

They shake hands. DC backs him up in the corner. Ric crucifixes him for 2. DC stalls outside and runs around the ring with The Boys. DC trips him and rolls him around by the waist. DC splashes his back and rolls him around with a gutwrench. DC spinning back elbows him. Ric throws a fit outside. Ric then pump kicks one of The Boys.

Ric knows DC off the apron then fosbury fops him outside. Ric elbow drops DC's neck and face. Ric kicks him in the back and forearms the spine. DC chops and punches him. DC then pounds on him and knees him in the corner. Ric does combinacion cabron on him in the corner for 2.

Ric tries to throw him in for a springboard move but DC rolls around. DC then waistlock rolls him around. DC catches his handspring and germans him. DC exploders him then backdrops him. DC flying knees him in the corner and slingblade bulldogs him for 2.  

Ric corkscrew kicks him in the face and asai moonsaults him for 2. Ric running ssp's him for 2. Ric spinning headscissors him off a bangarang, pumping knees him and shiranui's him for 2. Ric buzzsaw kicks him. Ric misses a phoenix splash off the top. They both try to do suplexes off the apron. DC exploders him on the apron. DC then overhead suplexes him on the floor.

Ric rolls him up for 2 in the ring and DC hits a bangarang for 2. Ric goes out and throws a Boy into Ric. Ric hits a spirit gun on DC and pins him to win.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. They messed around too much early on and spent endless amounts of time outside here. Even the finish was silly with Ric pushing a Boy into DC then hitting a spirit gun in the ring and pinning him. 

ROH World Title - Survival of the Fittest - Bandido (c) vs. Blake Christian vs. The Beast Mortos vs. Sammy Guevara vs. Komander vs. Hechicero

SG/Mort/Hech are working together here. Sammy and Hech compete for cheers early. 3 of the wrestlers go up the ramp then the heels attack them from behind. SG chops Kom then sends him into the rails. Band is put in a chair and Hech boots him out. SG rips on Kom's mask. Kom is stomped by SG/Mort/Hech. Blake gets on the apron and spears Hech on it. Blake headflips over SG, rolls under him and is hit with a corkscrew dropkick. SG then struts and poses. Blake standing spanish flies him for 2.

Mort slingblade bulldogs Blake. Jay Lethal is watching in the back. Mort gutbusters Blake. SG superkicks Hech. Mort then spears Hech. SG hits punches on Hech. Mort slaps Hech down. Hech is double booted by them.

Hech step up knees Mort in the corner and tilt-a-whirl backbreakers SG. Band and Kom do stereo springboard armdrags him. Blake fosbury flops Hech through the ropes. Blake takes corner attacks. Band top rope tornillos Blake and Hech. Kom springboards, jumps off of Band's shoulders and hits a double ddt on Blake and Hech. Kom gets on Band's shoulders. Band walks him to the side of the ring and Kom slips on the moonsault and backsplashes 3 people outside. Band then fosbury flops Mort outside.

Blake is double team flipped onto his chest. Blake is then thrown into a backbreaker on Band's knee. Band spins Kom around, he boots Blake then headscissors Hech. SG flying knees Band and superkicks Kom down. SG takes a 619 to the legs on the 2nd rope. Band hits a reverse GTS on SG. Kom rope walk ssp's SG and pins him. Sammy Guevara is eliminated.

Band lifts Kom then Mort spears Band. Mort pop-up samoan drops Kom then backbreakers Blake. Mort spears Hech. Kom springboard diving poisonrana's Mort. Band germans Mort. Blake walks off opponents shoulders from the top and canadian destroyers Mort. Hech double lariats Hech and Kom over the top. Hech headscissors drivers Mort and pins him. The Beast Mortos is eliminated.

Hech step up knees Blake in the corner. Hech blocks a code red and powerbombs Kom off of it. Hech flips Band into an armbar. Hech slaps Kom. Kom 619's Hech's feet. Kom and Band go on the buckles. Blake poisonrana's Kom down, forcing him to spanish fly Band. Blake springboard cutters Hech then handspring cutters Kom. Komander is eliminated.

Blake stomps and foot chokes Band. Hech pushes Band's leg down over the 2nd rope. Blake superkicks Hech on the apron. Band flying headscissors Hech (who is on the apron) over the top rope to the floor. Band pop up drops Blake onto Hech from the apron. Band frogsplashes Blake off the top for 2. Blake poisonrana's him off a 21plex attempt. Blake handspring cutters Band for 2.

Band reverse GTS' Blake. Hech spinning hammerlock backbreakers Blake. Hech picks up Band from the 2nd rope and Band sunset flips Blake. Band pins Blake. Blake Christian is eliminated.

Blake pounds on Band. Blake cranks back on Band's arm. Hech twists Band's arm outside. The doctor checks on Band. Band and Hech trade chops. Hech dropkicks him. Hech step up knees Band in the corner. Hech suplexes Band on the apron. 

Hech step up knees Band and knocks him on the steps, which are sideways and near the apron. Hech tries a slingshot elbow drop but lands on the steps. Band topes Hech. Band top rope ssp's Hech for 2. 

Band chops Hech in the ring. Hech flapjacks him. Hech rolls Band around for 2. Band poisonrana's Hech. Band tilt-a-whirl's into a cradle on Hech and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a longer bout here. I liked that they tried to tell a story with the heels working together and Band getting his injured shoulder worked on. It was mostly all flying and crazy moves until people started getting eliminated then Hech and Band did a 1v1 at the end. That changed the pace and the flow some and felt a little boring after everything we had just seen. I can't say I loved this one as it went too long, was mostly based around spots and really slowed down by the end.

Mercedes Mone is hugging her TBS Title in the back. Leila Grey comes up to her and says she's still the baddest b!tch. Mone says get the f*ck out of my face and asks who she thinks she is. She says she's the baddie Leila Grey and says she may be the next TBS champ. She asks if she's doing anything tommorrow (hinting at a title show at Collision) Mone says no to the match and walks off but we are told it is signed anyway.

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

Diamante is with Athena. They lock up twice. Pers is backed into the corner. Ath trips her and slaps her in the back of the head. They do a double knuckle lock and Pers is tripped down. Ath casadora rolls her and Ath kind of just trips on the flying headscissors. Ath then goes out. 

Pers forearms and chops her. Pers goes up and over then dropkicks her. Pers misses a superkick and Ath rolls out to stall. Ath forearms her outside. Pers pushes Ath into the rails then throws her into them. Pers argues with Diamante and Ath codebreakers her off the steps. 

Ath lays on her on the bottom rope and kicks her in the back. ath running forearms her and backdrops her. Ath sentons her for 2. Ath and Dia choke Pers over the ropes. Ath then chinlocks her over the 2nd rope. Pers' head is banged off the apron.

Ath misses a senton. Pers tilt-a-whirl backbreakers her. Pers misses a springboard. Ath does a bad springboard and is caught on it. Pers swinging backbreakers her for 2. Pers hits mounted shots on Ath. She then curbstomps her. Pers bangs Ath's head off the 2nd buckle. Ath boots her out of the corner and rolls her up for 2. Pers forearms her from behind. Pers is sent into the rails. Pers slams Ath down on the commentary table.

Pers PK's her in the ring. Ath and Pers double clothesline each other. They trade forearms. Ath hits kicks and boots her in the face. Pers then facekicks her. Pers boots her in the corner. Pers chops and pounds on her in the corner. Pers handstands in the corner and is kicked down. Ath topes her through the ropes.

Ath tries another tope but is caught and takes a fallaway slam on the floor. Pers goes for a powerbomb on the floor. Diamante saves Ath then is knocked over by Pers. Pers then tope con hilos Ath and Dia outside. Pers top rope dropkicks Ath inside for 2. 

Pers texas cloverleafs her. Ath rope breaks. Pers is hit with a stun gun then Ath running knees her in the side of the head. Ath 2nd rope moonsaults her for 2. Pers escapes ataxia. Ath escapes a razor's edge, flatliners and puts her in the koji clutch. Ath slaps her around and piefaces her. Pers does 2 suplexes on her then fallaway slams her. Pers spears her. Pers hits a razor's edge for 2.  

Pers flurries her. Pers goes up top and Ath top rope german's her. Ath hits an o-face off the top and wins.

Thoughts: It went way too long and wasn't that good. It was mostly all brawling here and them roughing each other up without a good story or logic to it. Pers had 0 chance of winning this one going into it and it was hard to buy that she was winning here. I feel like I write the same thing about Athena every time but there's no real clear end in sight to her reign and just like it was 2 years ago, the only person who seems like they ever might have a chance of beating her is Billie, who lost to her already.

Overall thoughts: It was a very long PPV at 4 hours. The main and semi-main went close to 30 minutes a piece and we had a 30 minute iron man as well. Reviewing this show was an iron man match on its own. Dalton and Eddie's matches both could have been cut here easy and both the main and semi-main could have had time cut off of them without losing much. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 as it was just too long. The 6-man title match and the iron man match were the only matches I really liked her. 

Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor 2025 8/29/2025

Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor 2025 8/29/2025

Note - I didn't see the TV leading up to this and I promise I would have a completely different looking review if I did.

We are in Philadelphia, PA at the former ECW Arena. This is running against Smackdown and CMLL's Grand Prix show with a bunch of AEW stars. This show ended up being free to watch due to technical issues.

Pre-show:

$50,000 Four-Way - Dralistico vs Adam Priest vs Angelico vs AR Fox

Ang and AR hit stereo dropkicks through the ropes. They then do stereo plancha's out of the ring. Ang throws him down by the arm then ties up his legs and his right arm. Ange then does a submission on Dral and Adam breaks it up.

Ang does a figure four variation on Adam. Dral chops Ang. Drak superkicks Ang in the corner. AR springboard flip dives Adam and Dral. He enzugiri's Dral then corner clotheslines him. AR skins the cat into a dropkick on Dral then backroll cutters Adam.

AR does rope tricks and does a diving headscissors + armdrag combo. AR then does a double cutter. AR suicide dives on Adam and Dral. AR cutters Ang on the floor. AR runs the rail top and legdrops Ang on the apron. AR and Dral trade shots on the buckles. AR is crotched up top by Adam. Adam sunset bombs Dral off the buckles for 2. Dral 2nd rope brainbusters AR for 2.

Adam dumps AR over the top. Dral spinebusters Adam then top rope swantons him for 2. AR and Dral shove each other then chop each other. Dral springboard canadian destroyers AR for 2. Dral corkscrew kicks Ang. Dral top rope diving codebreakers Ang and pins him.

Thoughts: It was your usual 4-way. It was fine. They kept things moving and didn't overdo it too much while keeping a fast pace and coming up with some creative spots.

The Conglomeration (Hologram and Tomohiro Ishii) vs. Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari and Tony Nese)

Mark Sterling talks before the match and says Ari and Nese are the extreme innovators who made this building what it is. He then gives them ECW themed nicknames. He says he was asked if they wanted to hang their names in the rafters and he said no way as the people don't deserve people of this caliber.

Ari side headlocks TI and they shoulder battle. TI grabs him by the finger and Ari slaps the back of his head. TI no sells Ari's chops then chops him down. Ari hits forearms then is dropped with one. TI shoulders Ari over.

TI shoulders Ari over and Holo standing moonsaults Ari. Holo side headlocks Nese. Nese hits shots in the corner. Nese spinning headscissors Holo then Holo headscissors him. Nese is monkey flipped but lands on his feet. Nese crossbodies him but Holo standing spanish flies him for 2.

Holo is distracted by Mark then tripped. Ari does his magic carpet ride splash on Holo for 2. Ari chinlocks Holo. Mark chokes Holo over the 2nd rope. Holo is on the 2nd rope and Nese climbs the top rope and legdrops him.

Holo is held for punches. Holo flips over the heels' back and TI gets in. TI hits shtos on the heels then shoulders Ari over. TI brainbusters Nese.

TI hits chops and forearms on Nese then he backdrops him. The heels are sent into each other and take stereo germans. Nese takes a top rope crossbody + suplex for 2. TI takes kicks from the heels. Holo does a springboard double back elbow on the heels. Nese hits a pumphandle fire thunder driver on Holo for 2.

Holo hits shots on Nese. Holo pushes off Mark in mid-arm and armdrags one of the heels. Holo then walks up the buckles and top rope swantons outside. Holo then topes Nese. TI lariats Nese. Nese takes a spinning heel kick + brainbuster and is pinned.

Thoughts: It went a little long and that pumphandle fire thunder shouldn't have been kicked out of but it was alright enough otherwise and an okay choice for the opener.

ROH World Six Man Tag Titles - The Sons of Texas (Marshall Von Erich, Ross Von Erich, and Sammy Guevara) (c) vs. Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Carlie Bravo, and Capt. Shawn Dean)

Bravo and SG fight. SG hits Dean on the apron then is stomped on by Bravo. SG flips over Bravo then dropkicks him. SG suplexes him for 1. Ross bangs Bravo's head off the buckles then flying corner facekicks him. Bravo boots him out of the corner, comes off the 2nd rope and is dropkicked. The VE's double dropkick Shane.

Bravo is popped up into a powerslam for 2. Ross is tripped then cuttered on the apron edge. He then takes a guillotine legdrop there. Shane hits punches and headbutts on Ross. Bravo hits punches on Ross in the corner.

Bravo takes a corner bronco buster on Ross for 2. Ross hits punches on Shane and is dropped. Dean slams Ross then elbow drops him for 2. Ross takes a backbreaker + 2nd rope fist drop combo. Bravo chinlocks Ross.

Marsh is tagged in. he drops the heels multiple times and spinebusters Bravo then Dean. Marsh slams Shane then top rope moonsaults him for 2. Marsh claws Shane and it's broken up. SG comes in wearing a cowboy hat and is headbutted. Bravo scissors kicks Marsh, Shane splashes Marsh and Dean top rope splashes Marsh for 2.

Ross is sent into the steps. Marsh hits forearms on Dean then takes a jumping knee. Marsh spinning lariats Dean. SG hits a top rope crossbody on The Infantry. He enzugiri's Dean in the corner then hits a diving springboard cutter. SG fosbury flops Marsh on accident outside.

SG takes a backdrop + neckbreaker combo. Shane hits a big punch on SG then SG takes a double curbstomp. SG is pinned.

Thoughts: The crowd was super into Shane's crew for unknown reasons. It didn't get a ton of time but what we got was fine. Shane's crew finally wins something after years and years of jobbing.

ROH Women's Pure Title Tournament Quarterfinal Match - Taya Valkyrie vs. Queen Aminata 

They shake hands. Taya quickly uses a rope break. Queen waistlocks her and Taya uses a second rope break. Taya side headlocks her. Queen shakes her butt in Taya's face then snapmares her. Queen then bangs Taya's face off her butt. Queen running knees her.

Taya hits back elbows then high kicks her in the back of the head. Taya sliding germans her. Queen's legs are banged off the post. Taya legdrops Queen. Taya blue thunders her for 2.

Taya boots queen into the steps then kind of kicks her in the crotch. Taya does a la rosa driver variation for 2. Taya does something like an STF and Queen ropebreaks. Queen hits forearms. Taya superkicks her in the gut. Queen double chest chops her several times.

Queen suplexes Taya then russian legsweeps her. Queen then puts her legs behind her neck and pulls the arms. Taya uses her last rope break. Queen is near the ref and gets speared for 2. Taya tries to use a ropebreak on a hammerlock but has none.

Queen then headbutts her down and wins.

Thoughts: This was not a pure rules style match whatsoever. Taya looked like a fool here burning rope breaks for no real reason then lost over it. I didn't like this.

Deonna Purrazzo then comes out for some reason. She goes face to face with Queen and maybe piefaces her.

Blake Christian and Lee Johnson vs. The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Mike Bennett)

I think The Kingdom are supposed to be the faces here and I don't know how that's going to work. Blake and Lee hit kicks off the handshake and take back elbows and lariats. Lee and Blake take lariats over the top. Lee and Blake try to leave and get hit in the aisle.

Matt does a big suicide dive on the heels. Matt corner splashes Lee. Matt dropkicks Lee. Lee takes a pop-up punch. Mike hits machine gun chops on both. Mike misses a running back elbow in the corner. Lee backdrops Mike on the apron.

Mike is laid on top of the rail and Blake splashes him from the apron. Jay Lethal is watching in the back and Mike is double teamed in the corner. Blake springboard lariats Mike for 2.

Matt is tagged in. He corner splashes Lee and enzugiri's him in the corner. Matt spinning high kicks Blake then back body drops Lee. Matt ddt's Blake. Matt hits a rolling neckbreaker on Blake then asai moonsaults him for 2.Mike and Lee trade pin attempts. Lee superkicks him. Mike spinning forearms him. Blake and Lee are on their opponents backs and The Kingdom hits a double protonpack.

Blake hits a spanish fly off the apron on Mike then springboard 450's Matt for 2. Blake springboard spinning ddt's Matt. The Kingdom are put in stereo submissions and the submissions get broken up.
Blake takes a death valley driver and Taven running knees Blake. Matt says he wants to f*ckin kill Blake. Matt is pulled out. Mike takes a double stomp to the back + death valley driver on the floor.

Matt superkicks Blake then springbaord enzugiri's Lee. Matt goes for an asai moonsault and is low blowed. Matt takes a top rope double stomp on the back + rolling death valley driver and is pinned.

Thoughts: They definitely overdid it some here but they did go all out and had an action packed match. The Kingdom kind of were faces here but they weren't real face like. It was definitely an indy style match but I think I was okay with this.

ROH Pure Title - Lee Moriarty (c) vs Xelhua

Xel's dad SWAT is in the crowd.

They lock up and go to the ropees. Xel trips him, hooks his legs and stands on his arms before falling back. Lee ropebreaks. Lee shoulder throws Xel. Lee trips Xel then Xel headstand spinning headscissors him down twice. Lee armdrags Xel.

Xel ties the arms up. The ref gets between them and Lee punches him. Xel punches him and is warned. Lee jumps over the ref and dropkicks Xel. Lee boots and stomps him in the corner.

Lee cravates him then Xel flying headbutts him. Xel tilt-a-whirl backbreakers Lee. Lee flatliners him into the buckles. Lee splits Xel's fingers. Lee pulls Xel's wrist around his knee and Xel has to rope break. Lee rams Xel's arm into the rails then armbreakers it. Lee is pushed into the apron edge and Xel hits chops. Lee bangs Xel's hand off the mat. Xel cradles him then Lee dropkicks him out. Lee hits 2 hard tope's. Xel catches the 3rd tope and Xel armbars him on the floor.

Lee armbreakers Xel then springboard lariats him. Lee suplexes Xel. Xel hits chops. Xel top rope crossbodies him for 2. Xel then does an AT lock variation. Xel handstands in the corner and is booted. Lee alabama slams him for 2. Lee lifting flatliners Xel for 2. Xel ends up using his last rope break.

Lee border city stretches him. Xel cradles him for 2. Xel spinning backbreakers Lee then la rosa driver's him for 2. Lee does an octopus. Xel is out of ropebreaks and has to tap out while being tied up in the ropes to a border city stretch.

Thoughts: I liked it. It wasn't a limb work based match but it was a submissions based match. They traded some nice holds here, Xel was a bit stiffer than usual and they did a lot of cool moves as expected. Lee also won as expected. 

Fight Without Honor - Paul Walter Hauser vs. Q. T. Marshall

QT snapmares him and talk trash. Paul hammerlock slams QT. Paul ducks a lariat, atomic drops him and russian legsweeps him. Paul then headbutt drops him. Paul cannonballs him off the apron.

QT slides a chair at Paul and Paul ducks. Paul then boots a table into QT's legs. Paul suplexes QT on the floor. QT baseball slides a ladder into Paul. Paul hits punches and an elbow. QT spinebusters Paul on a ladder. QT catapults Paul into a ladder on the 2nd rope.

Paul is busted open. QT brings out a barbed wire chair and a barbed wire bat. He hits Paul with the bat. QT pushes the wire bat into Paul's head. Paul boots a chair into QT's face and then chairs him. Aaron Solo comes in and hits Paul with a kendo stick.

Solo tries to handcuff Paul then Hook comes out. Hook exploders Solo through a table in the corner ala Sabu/Taz. Hook then tazzmission's Solo and drags him to the back. Paul finlay rolls QT off the apron through a table.

Paul chairs QT in the head then fire thunder drivers him on an open chair for 2. Paul hits QT with a golden globe award. Paul pulls out a short box with broken glass. QT tries to cutter Paul through the glass but just ends up going into it alone. Paul AA's QT into the glass for 2. Paul pours tacks in the ring. QT superkicks him then powerbombs him on tacks.

QT scoops up glass and spreads it on a table. QT then gets on the mic. He says he told Paul he's not a pro wrestler. Paul low blows him and rolls him up for 2. QT punches Paul in the nuts. QT 2nd rope cutters PAul through the glass on the table and wins.

Thoughts: They did too much here especially since Paul isn't truly a wrestler. They had the right idea and both did what they were supposed to do but it went too far. 

QT rubs Paul on the head after.

ROH Tag Titles - Sammy Guevara and Rush (c) vs. The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd and Truth Magnum)

Rush is SG's opponent for some odd reason.

SG backs up Truth in the corner and taunts him. SG side headlocks him. SG avoids a dropkick and struts. Truth hiptosses and dropkicks him. Rush and Turbo lock up. Rush knees and chops him. Rush shoulders him overthne is shouldred over. Skipping ahead SG chinlocks Truth in the ropes then Rush sends Truth into the steps and rails.

Rush hits Truth with a drink. SG chops Truth. SG corner lariats Truth then Rush boots Truth in the face. SG misses a corner splash. SG chinlocks Truth. Truth backdrops him.

Turbo gets in and hits shots on the heels then slams both. Turbo slams his partner on Rush. The Runners are pushed into each other. The Runners hit shots on the heels then Turbo does a bulldog + flying lariat on the heels. The Runners hit a double elbow drop. 

Everyone gets a shot in and SG takes a total recall. Rush takes a double back elbow. Truth is pushed off the top. Rush powoerslams Turbo into the buckles. Rush does his corner dropkicks on Turbo. SG swantons Turbo and pins him.

Thoughts: The match was fine but SG choosing Rush as his partner is a weird one. Sammy has all kinds of friends in ROH yet chooses a heel to team with. I don't like The Runners losing but this promotion clearly sees them as nothing but a lower card face team.

Sammy hugs Dralistico and Rush after, seemingly joining LFI. The Von Erich's come down. Sammy hugs The VE's and turns on them with LFI. The VE's then get stomped. 

ROH Title - Bandido (c) vs Hechicero  

Don Callis interrupts the ring announcer and does his own intro. Band has silver metal Iron Man armor for his entrance.

They slap hands to start. Band leg kicks Hech and Hec leg kicks back. Hech backs up Band in the corner. Band wristlocks Hech and they stand off. Band headflips out of a wristlock and points at Hech. Hech rolling headscissors Band and Band ropebreaks.

Band headstand spinning headscissors Hech. Hech does a bow and arrow with the legs tied up on Band. They try pins on each other and stand off. Hech headscissors Band, Band headstands out. Hech shoulders him over. Hech crucifixes him then Band hurricanrana's him for 2.

Hech headflips out of a flying headscissors. Band tilt-a-whirl armdrags Hech then flips outside into a headscissors on him. Band flying corner elbows Hech. Band flies at him and runs into a knee. Hech hits a short ddt for 2. Hech rips at the mask then hits punches to the head.

Hech pumphandle suplexes him for 2. Hech crossbodies Band against the ropes. Hech hits punches on Band. Band leapfrogs and is pulled down. Hech surfboards Band. Band escapes and does his own surfboard. Hech then escapes and does a reverse figure four. Band ropebreaks.

Band is sent into the rails. Hech rolls Band into a sleeper and armbar. Hech cranks Band's arm back. Hech pop-up drops Band and basement dropkicks him. Hech rips up the mask of Band. Band hits shots and does a top rope tornillo. Band gorilla press slams him then superkicks him. Band fosbury flops him outside. Band top rope frogsplashes Hech. Band rips Hech's mask. Band legsweeps and superkicks Hech. Hech pushes him into the rails then enzugiri's him.

Band lays on the rail top and Hech elbow drops him from the apron. They fight on the rail top and Hech is suplexed on it. Hech is reverse monkey flipped on the apron. Band top rope crossbodies Hech outside.  

Band is dragon screwed over the 2nd rope and Hech stomps down on the leg as it hangs. Hech top rope flying elbows Band for 2. Band hits kicks on Hech then armbreakers him. Hech blocks a code red off the apron and spinning drops him off the apron, though he bangs right off of Hech's back.

Hech knees Band in the gut. Hech rolls him into a pin attempt and half-crab. Hech sunset bombs Band. Hech spinning lariats him then Band poisonrana's him. Band and Hech headbutt battle on their knees. They then chop and punch each other on their knees.

Hech jumping kicks Band. Band does a go to sleep variation from the rack position. Hech blocks a 21plex and gori specials him. Band reverses it and Hech victory rolls him for 2. They reverse each others holds and Hech rocking chairs him. Band slips out and Hech has to ropebreak.

They go up top and Band top rope moonsault fallaway slams him. Hech blocks a 21 plex and Band wins with a chaos theory german to win.

Thoughts: This got a ton of time at 37:12 and could have went half as long as it did without losing anything. It wasn't the usual spotfest due to Hech being here which was good. If you were looking for a great story, this wasn't really it. The match was fine just far from the classic they shot for.

ROH Women's Title - Athena (c) vs Mina Shirakawa

Athena's minions do like a soul train style dance off for her entrance. Ath has Billie Starkz with her and The Blue Meanie is also with Athena for unknown reasons. They dance in the aisle. The crowd sings "Fly Eagles Fly" and Mina dances along with it.

They lock up and trade holds quickly. Mina ducks a lariat and shimmies. Ath cartwheels out of a headscissors and Ath goes to the ropes. Mina dances and spin kicks her in the gut. Mina headscissors into a russian legsweep. Mina walks up the buckles and knee drops her arm for 2. Mina drives both of Ath's legs into the mat.

Mina chops Ath outside. Mina forearms the post when Ath moves. Mina's hand is banged off the commentary table then she is sent into the steps. Mina's arm is between the steps and post and Ath dropkicks the steps. 

Ath knee drops Mina's arm. Mina rolls her up for 2 then boots her. Ath legdrops and keylocks Mina's arm. Mina's head is banged off the rope connector. Mina's hand is put in the 2nd buckle and Ath kicks it. Ath then baseball slides her.

Ath tries a knee on Mina but knees the chair outside. Ath is then pushed into the rails. Mina dropkicks her in the knee then slingblades her. Mina texas cloverleafs Ath's legs and cranks bank, driving Ath into her knees. Mia bangs Ath's leg off the post then figure fours the legs around the post. Billie Starkz gets in Mina's face. Ath goes for a tope and nails her own partner when Mina moves. Mina rolls over Billie's back and corkscrew splashes Ath.

Ath swings Mina into the rails. Mina dragon screws Ath around the 2nd rope then figure fours her. Mina figure fours her and Ath ropebreaks. Ath rebound germans Mina. Mina no sells it and flying knees her. Ath no sells it and low diving forearms her.

They trade forearms on their knees then get up and trade. Mina hits leg kicks and Ath does a tombstone for 2. Ath has her laying on her shoulders and Mina spinning ddt's her. Mina top rope diving slingblades her for 2.

Ath does a neckbreaker and high knees her. Ath then koji clutches her. Ath then superkicks her. Both go down. Mina does an electric chair spinning flapjack on her then figure fours her. They slap each other while the hold is on. Ath reverses it then Mina rolls her over.

Mina is up top and gets forearmed. Ath 2nd rope superplexes her. Ath tries a pop-up but Mina sits down on her. Mina hits spinning forearms then urakens her. Mina lifting reverse ddt's her for 2. Ath does a bubba bomb and armbars her. Mina tries a pin out of it. Ath does a nasty straightjacket sitout powerbomb. Ath top rope diving o-face's her and wins.

Thoughts: Ath won as expected at 26:01 to continue her neverending reign. Mina worked the leg and did a pretty good job of following up on it. Ath worked the hand early and forgot about it until the finish. It was better than I expected and all things considered it was an okay main event.

Overall thoughts: This went 3 hours and 48 minutes. The first two matches were fine. Queen vs Taya wasn't good with Taya looking like a fool for using her rope breaks quickly. The Kingdom returned and lost like they always do but it was an okay indy style match. I liked Lee vx Xelhua and it was a submissions based match as expected. Paul/QT had the right idea but it went too far. Sammy Guevara turned heel and beat The Outrunners with Rush. The story didn't make much sense but the match was fine. Band/Hech went 37 minutes for some reason and it was an okay wrestling match but it had no great story to it. The main could have been a bit better if Ath had followed up on the hand work a little more but it was a good enough main event.

I would give this a 7 out of 10 overall. AEW/ROH shows are so long and have so many matches that you can usually find something you like. Similar to poker, the three of kind with all 2's is still better than a pair of aces and having a bunch of decent matches helps get a higher rating with me than a card where they go all out but end up doing too much and bring down the match.