It that time once again; Thursday is upon us and that means ROH ON HONOR CLUB is back for your viewing pleasure with a wild night of action, including an ROH Women's World Television Championship Street fight! Red Velvet looks to settle her score with Diamante after the assault perpetrated on the champion in their last meeting, Komander aims to get another victory over Premier Athletes as he faces Josh Woods, and after the interaction between ROH Women's World Champion Athena, Billie Starkz, and Lexy Nair last week, it looks like we've got an Emergency M.E.M on our hands!
Plus, the race for contention in the tag team division continues as Undisputed Kingdom, Gates of Agony, Dark Order, and making their ROH in-ring debut, Grizzled Young Veterans, clash in a Four-Way Tag Team bout! Katusyori Shibata is set to face Aaron Solo, Abadon is back in action after coming up short in the Ring of Horrors match two weeks ago, and there's so much more in store for the ROH faithful tonight!
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ROH WOMEN'S WORLD TELEVISION TITLE STREET FIGHT...
Red Velvet(c) vs. Diamante
Five weeks ago, HONOR CLUB 85, ROH Women's World TV Champion Red Velvet faced Diamante with her title on the line, and although she left the night with the title still in her possession thanks to a disqualification finish, Velvet was battered and bruised at the hands of her challenger. Prior to last week's return as seen above, that was the last time Red stepped into an ROH ring, though she was able to take part in a six-date tour with CMLL in Mexico.
While that tour was a tremendous learning experience for Red Velvet, tonight it's all about her championship title and even the score for the beating Diamante delivered five weeks ago! This will be just the third Street Fight in the history of ROH's Women's Division, both of those with the ROH Women's World Title at stake, and the most recent taking place between Athena and Kiera Hogan during HONOR CLUB 17 last year. In both previous Street Fights the champion retained their title; will Red Velvet join that short list or will tonight be the night Diamante wins her first championship in Ring of Honor?
ONE-ON-ONE...
Premier Athletes' Josh Woods vs. Komander
Two weeks ago during HONOR CLUB 88, Komander was able to pick up a win against Premier Athletes' Ariya Daivari despite the distractions and interference provided by Daivari's cohorts. For Komander it was match to get back on track after failing to defeat Brian Cage in their ROH World TV Championship match, but tonight he's got to deal with “Smart” Mark Sterling and PA once again as “The Technical Beast” Josh Woods steps up to face the high-flying luchador!
Will the former ROH Pure Champion fall victim to the Cielito Lindo, or will Woods and his ilk find a way to bring Komander crashing down to the ground?
EMERGENCY M.E.M!
It's been months since things were copacetic between ROH Women's World Champion Athena, her minion bestie Lexy Nair, and former ROH Women's World TV Champion Billie Starkz. Basically since DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR 2024 when Starkz lost the title, she has been on the outs with “The Fallen Goddess” and nothing she's tried has made things right. It's gotten to the point that Starkz had given up on even trying, walking out on Athena celebrating her own record-setting and refusing to be there for her “Minion Overloard” during the Ring of Horror match with Abadon two weeks ago. Then we've got the moment captured above where Starkz attempted to engage with Athena only to be rebuked, a problem dumped on Lexy Nair's plate, and left standing there frustrated once again.
That brings them all to tonight where an Emergency M.E.M has been called yet again! Will anything change for Billie Starkz, or will this be another moment of humiliation for the former Women's World TV Champion at the hands of someone she's looked upon as a mentor for the last 16 months?
FOUR-WAY TAG...
Gates of Agony (Kaun & Toa Liona) vs. Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) vs. Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & John Silver) vs. Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson)
We know The Righteous are hot on the chase for a shot at ROH World Tag Champions Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara, in fact both teams will be in action tonight during HONOR CLUB, but Dutch and Vincent aren't the only pair wanting to get in the title picture. Undisputed Kingdom of Mike Bennett and Matt Taven, Gates of Agony of Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona, and the Dark Order duo of Alex Reynolds and John Silver have all had their eyes on those titles since the moment Dustin and Sammy claimed them.
For Taven and Bennett it's reclaiming the titles they lost to the Texas two and becoming the only team besides The Briscoes to win four World Tag Titles. For Kaun and Toa, it's about adding those titles to a resume that includes two reigns as an ROH World Six-Man Champion for Toa and three for Kaun while paying off their undefeated, seventeen win, tag team streak in ROH with a title victory. For Reynolds and Silver it's about living up to the potential that the late-Mr. Brodie Lee saw in them when Dark Order first formed and earning their first title in ROH.
Then there is Grizzled Young Veterans, Zack Gibson and James Drake; for them this is a huge moment because it is their Ring of Honor debut and a chance to put themselves into the title conversations with a victory tonight! Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara, The Righteous, they may have plenty on their tables dealing with each other, but they should keep an eye on this one because the winner may be a glimpse of their future!
SINGLES MATCH...
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Aaron Solo
“The Wrestler” Katsuyori Shibata is on a roll in Ring of Honor competition! After defeating The Butcher last week during HONOR CLUB
89, the former Pure Champion has won his last five bouts in ROH and extended his record to 15-2 overall. Tonight Aaron Solo steps up to the plate to square up with Shibata, continuing to demonstrate a willingness to test himself against the best competitors around despite coming up short in recent bouts with Tomohiro Ishii, Rocky Romero, and even a Pure Rules contest with Matt Taven.
Clearly Solo is learning with every fight he enters, and every competitor he's tested against, but will this be the one where he turns the corner and secures the biggest victory of his ROH career? Or will it be Shibata moving to 16-2 in his ROH career and continuing to show the world why he is called “The Wrestler”?
ALSO FEATURING:
-Abadon vs. Viva Van!
-ROH World Tag Champions Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara in action!
-The Righteous of Dutch & Vincent in tag team competition!
-Griff Garrison & Preston Vance unite!
-And much more!