The athletes of Ring of Honor are back in action this week on Honor Club, and for the very first time that includes 3-Time TNT Champion “The Spanish God” Sammy Guevara! He arrived on the ROH stage last week, coming to the aid of “The Natural” Dustin Rhodes as he was being assaulted by Dark Order. It was a shock not just because Sammy was appearing on ROH programming for the first time, but also because the history between Rhodes and Guevara is far from friendly. Yet here we are, Sammy and Dustin teaming up for the first time ever to take on Alex Reynolds and John Silver!
That's not all on tap for the ROH faithful tonight either; Undisputed Kingdom defends the ROH World Tag Titles against The Infantry, Taya Valkyrie and Johnny TV will each be in singles competition, TMDK's Robbie Eagles is in the house for a fight, The Outrunners will be in action, and former ROH World TV Champion Tomohiro Ishii is in singles competition against Premier Athlete Tony Nese!
The action begins promptly at 7pm ET/6pm CT exclusively on Honor Club, your home for Ring of Honor's weekly presentation every Thursday night, as well as the massive library featuring over twenty years of the most influential professional wrestling promotion of this century!
TAG TEAM BATTLE...
“The Natural” Dustin Rhodes & “The Spanish God” Sammy Guevara
It was an utter shock to see former 3-Time TNT Champion Sammy Guevara show up on Honor Club last week, it was even more of a shock that he did so to help Dustin Rhodes against Dark Order. The history of “The Natural” and “The Spanish God” is fraught with fighting, from their last time in a ring together battling over the vacant TNT Title to their pair of singles bouts in 2020 to their tag team bout on the second-ever edition of DYNAMITE, there has been nothing but bad blood.
Yet Guevara seems to want something better for his future than what he's created in the past, especially given that he's got an example to set for his child. Guevara wants to earn the respect of Rhodes, of the Von Erichs, and show them that he is genuine about being a better man moving forward.
That means stepping into the ring tonight at Dustin's side and proving it inside the squared circle against one of the most experienced tag teams in Ring of Honor, the Dark Order combination of Alex Reynolds and John Silver!
Reynolds and Silver have been partners for thirteen years, giving them a huge experience advantage over two men whose only shared time has been at each other's throats, but Sammy's hunger to prove himself, his excitement over competing in his first match since February, will undoubtedly be a huge factor in this contest, just as Rhodes' momentum after capturing the ROH World Six-Man Titles will be!
Will this Texas Connection prove a fruitful tonight on Honor Club, or will Dark Order's experience advantage be the crucial difference? On top of that, can Dustin Rhodes actually trust Sammy Guevara to have his back if the chips are down?
ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH...
Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett)(c) vs.
The Infantry (Capt. Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo)
Undisputed Kingdom and The Infantry are no strangers to one another; since the very first edition of ROH ON HONOR CLUB on March 2nd of 2023 these four men have been doing this dance. That opening battle in their never-ending war went in favor of Matt Taven and Mike Bennett, as did the rematch three months later, but Capt. Shawn Dean and Carlie Bravo finally got their first notch in the win column three weeks later. That wasn't the end of it though, not even close, because then Leyla Hirsch and Trish Adora became involved in the dynamic, creating a Mixed Trios bout won by Taven, Bennett, and Hirsch and leading to cessation of hostilities between the parties.
That all changed after Taven and Bennett formed Undisputed Kingdom, won the ROH World Tag Team Titles, and thus becoming the target for every team in Ring of Honor. The Infantry came calling once again, firing the opening salvo in this new iteration of their war when they went the distance with Taven and Bennett on HONOR CLUB #58 in a Proving Ground match. As the first team to do so against Bennett and Taven during this third reign of theirs, The Infantry got their shot at SUPERCARD OF HONOR 2024 in Philadelphia and were robbed of that opportunity by the typical tactics of Undisputed Kingdom.
Ever resilient, The Infantry rebounded from that frustration with four consecutive victories on Honor Club and are now in line to make the most of that momentum tonight in Arlington with this championship rematch! Can Carlie Bravo and Capt. Shawn Dean finally achieve the goal they've been chasing since their ROH day one, or will the 3-Time Tag Champions shut this operation down again and retain the titles for the fifth time?
ONE-ON-ONE...
Johnny TV vs. Fuego Del Sol
Two weeks ago Fuego Del Sol made his victorious ROH debut as part of a wild ten-man tag alongside Top Flight, Action Andretti, and Komander and followed that up one week later by scoring a win over Jacoby Watts. Tonight during HONOR CLUB, Fuego is back in action for the third straight week, this time taking on Johnny TV in singles competition!
After coming so close to winning the ROH World Television Title at DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR 2024, Johnny TV wants to get right back into the spotlight with a victory here, but Fuego Del Sol isn't going to make it easy for Mister TV Ready!
SINGLES MATCH...
The Conglomeration's Tomohiro Ishii vs. Premier Athletes' Tony Nese
A former ROH World Television Champion himself, Tomohiro Ishii made his return to Ring of Honor at DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR 2024 after five years away! Though he and Kyle O'Reilly, another returning ROH alumni, were unable to claim the World Tag Titles from Undisputed Kingdom, it was a strong reintroduction for Ishii to the ROH faithful.
Tonight during HONOR CLUB, Ishii is right back at it, taking part in his first ROH singles match since SUPERCARD OF HONOR XII back in 2019, this time against the Premier Athletes' Tony Nese! On the July 27th edition of COLLISION Ishii, along with his Conglomeration partners ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe and O'Reilly, bested The Premier Athletes in a trios match so Nese is coming to even the score in Arlington! Will “The Stone Pitbull” be successful in his return to ROH singles competition, or will it be Nese and his ilk who manage to even the score with The Conglomeration?
ALSO IN ACTION!
-“The Main Character” Taya Valkyrie!
-Rachael Ellering!!
-The Outrunners of Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd!
-TMDK's Robbie Eagles!
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