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Chris Jericho defends the Ring of Honor World Title against Matt Cardona at ROH Final Battle! ROH Final Battle Friday Dec 20th New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom TICKETS

It's a rematch from last year's Final Battle! Billie Starkz & Athena clash once again for the ROH Women's World Title! ROH Final Battle Friday Dec 20th New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom TICKETS

After a heated exchange, Jay Lethal and QT Marshall will CLASH at ROH Final Battle! ROH Final Battle Friday Dec 20th New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom TICKETS

ROH World Television Champion Brian Cage will defend his title in a Survival of the Fittest Match against Willie Mack, Mark Davis, Komander, AR Fox and Blake Christian! ROH Final Battle Friday Dec 20th New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom TICKETS

There are only 8 eight days left until Ring of Honor descends upon New York City and returns to the Hammerstein Ballroom for FINAL BATTLE 2024! After last week we now know that ROH World Champion “The Nueve” Chris Jericho will defend his title against “The Complete” Matt Cardona, and that The Righteous of Dutch and Vincent will face The Sons of Texas (Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara) in a Texas Bullrope Match for the ROH World Tag Team Titles! Those two bouts join the already announced ROH Women's World TV Title match between champion Red Velvet and challenger “Legit” Leyla Hirsch as part of ROH's year-end extravaganza with plenty more to unfold over the next week, especially given the championship match we've got on tap tonight! In his bid to be the first man to claim every title in ROH history, Undisputed Kingdom's Matt Taven faces ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty for the title while in a bout whose result could have ramifications on both the ROH Women's World Title and the aforementioned Women's World TV Title bout, Athena, Red Velvet, Leyla Hirsch, and Billie Starkz collide in the ROH bracket of the WRESTLE DYNASTY 2025 International Women's Cup qualifiers! Plus, The Outrunners are in action against Premier Athletes of Tony Nese and Ariya Daivari, Gates of Agony's Toa Liona enters into a rare singles match with “Big Shotty” Lee Johnson, The Sons of Texas throwdown in tag team action, and the Grizzled Young Veterans defend their NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Titles against MxM Collection! ROH ON HONOR CLUB airs exclusively on Honor Club every Thursday night at 7pm ET/6pm CT, and is also the home for FINAL BATTLE 2024 on December 20th, live from the Hammerstein Ballroom in the heart of New York City, as well as the home for 20+ years of wrestling history perfectly illustrated by the “Best of ROH” section. There fans can watch collections showcasing the best bouts from Claudio Castagnoli, Matt Taven, Samoa Joe, the numerous guests from Japan who've graced the ROH ring, and so much more from the combatants who shaped Ring of Honor into the most influential wrestling promotion of the last 20 years! ROH PURE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH... Shane Taylor Promotions' Lee Moriarty vs. Undisputed Kingdom's Matt Taven It's been more than 15 years since Matt Taven stepped into an ROH ring for the very first time. That night it was as part of a dark match prior to the NEVER SAY DIE event highlighted by Chris Hero challenging Jerry Lynn for the ROH World Championship, but that also included Jay Briscoe, Colt Cabana, Sonjay Dutt, and Bryan Danielson to name a few of ROH's world class competitors circa May 2009. It was participating on that event, watching what those competitors were capable of doing, that made ROH a career goal for a young Taven. Fast forward 15+ years and Matt Taven holds the distinction of being a Grand Slam winner in ROH; he claimed the ROH World TV Title from Adam Cole and held it for 287 days, he's won the World Tag Titles on three occasions with Mike Bennett and held them for a combined total of 352 days, and Taven's a 3-Time World Six-Man Champion with 304 days combined to his resume. As impressive as all those accolades are, it's perhaps most important to note that Matt Taven is also a former ROH World Champion, winning the title in a Three-Way Ladder Match at the historic G1 SUPERCARD event inside Madison Square Garden, and holding it for 174 days before RUSH ended the reign. That leaves the ROH Pure Championship as the only title in the history of the company that Matt Taven has not held, hence why he's zeroed in on it recently and thus zeroed in on Shane Taylor Promotions' Lee Moriarty. Lee has been the champion since DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR 2024 when he ended Wheeler Yuta's third reign, and has defended the title twice in the 140 days since capturing the Pure crown.  It is TaigaStyle's mission to become the greatest Pure Champion of all-time, and though he's got a long haul to reach the heights set by Nigel McGuinness' 350 day reign from August 27, 2005 to August 12, 2006, Moriarty is set on taking up every challenge that comes his way. Tonight that means stepping in the ring with Matt Taven and giving it his all to insure Taven's own record-setting aspirations are dead in the water! Will we see Matt Taven make history tonight by claiming the Pure Title for himself and Undisputed Kingdom, or will Lee Moriarty retain the title as he pursues his own championship goals? WRESTLE DYNASTY 2025 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S CUP QUALIFIER... ROH Women's World Champion Athena vs. ROH Women's World TV Champion Red Velvet vs. “Legit” Leyla Hirsch vs. Billie Starkz This Saturday on COLLISION fans will witness former AEW Women's World Champion Jamie Hayter and former TBS Champion Willow Nightingale battle it out to see who advances from the AEW bracket to WRESTLE DYNASTY 2025 on January 5th. Meanwhile down in Mexico, Zeuxis, Reyna Isis, Sanely, and Persephone will battle over the CMLL-designated spot on Friday the 13th at Arena Mexico while Stardom has yet to announce how their position in the International Women's Cup will be filled. As for Ring of Honor, that position will be determined tonight during ROH ON HONOR CLUB when four of ROH's best clash in a Four Corner Survival to determine who heads to the Tokyo Dome in just a few weeks time! ROH Women's World Champion Athena, her minion-in-training Billie Starkz, ROH Women's World TV Champion Red Velvet, and her FINAL BATTLE 2024 opponent Leyla Hirsch will clash inside that squared circle to determine the ROH representative, but it may also mean so much more than that. Athena hasn't tasted defeat in a singles match since she entered this era of honor at FINAL BATTLE 2022 and has beaten all three of her opponents in World Title bouts over the course of those two years. Red Velvet is the woman who dethroned Billie Starkz as ROH Women's World TV Champion at DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR 2024 in her very first title defense, and she's also the one who eliminated Leyla Hirsch from the TV Title Tournament during HONOR CLUB #54 back in March.  There's the fact that Hirsch and Red Velvet are scheduled to face off in just eight days at FINAL BATTLE 2024, not to mention theirs is a rivalry dating back to 2020 and the Jacksonville days for All Elite Wrestling, and of course there is the very tense situation between Athena and Billie Starkz that's been building since Billie lost the title to Red back in July.  Suffice to say a lot of threads are being pulled at with this Four Corner Survival beyond the desire to fight at WRESTLE DYNASTY 2025, but how will they affect the ROH scene moving forward? What if Athena gets pinned for the first time in two years? What if Leyla scores the fall on Red Velvet eight days before their title fight? What if it's Billie who pins Athena? What if Athena pins Leyla or vice versa? How will the outcome here affect the two title pictures after FINAL BATTLE 2024? So much intrigue in addition to the honor of being the Ring of Honor representative at WRESTLE DYNASTY 2025 come January 5th!  CONTRACT SIGNING... The challenge for FINAL BATTLE 2024 was laid out by ROH World Champion Chris Jericho and shockingly answered by “The Complete” Matt Cardona, but it's not official until pen gets put to paper regardless of the heinous assault Jericho perpetrated on Cardona last Friday night on RAMPAGE. That's why tonight, ahead of Cardona fighting “Bad Apple” Bryan Keith on this week's RAMPAGE, the ROH World Champion and his FINAL BATTLE 2024 challenger will sign their names on the dotted line tonight during ROH ON HONOR CLUB! Contract signings in pro wrestling are notoriously explosive, but will that be the case tonight when these two combatants stand face-to-face and sign their John Hancocks to make December 20th's championship match official? NJPW STRONG OPENWEIGHT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH... Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) vs.  MxM COLLECTION (Mansoor & Mason Madden) On November 8th at NJPW's FIGHTING SPIRIT UNLEASHED 2024 event, Grizzled Young Veterans of James Drake and Zack Gibson defeated TMDK of Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste to claim the NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Titles as their own, ending the TMDK run at 152 days. Now the hardest part of being champion begins, retaining the titles in the face of tremendous adversity, and the first adversaries GYV face will be MxM Collection of Mansoor and Mason Madden tonight on Honor Club! Not only is it the first defense of these titles for Drake and Gibson, but it's also their first traditional tag bout in Ring of Honor as well as their first meeting with MxM Collection! That makes this quite the high-pressure situation, especially with FINAL BATTLE 2024 just eight days away and GYV set to defend the titles at NJPW STRONG STYLE EVOLVED 2024 this Sunday night in Long Beach, CA against West Coast Wrecking Crew of Royce Isaacs and Jorel Nelson! Can Mansoor and Mason Madden slide in to these dm's and steal the titles away from Zack Gibson and James Drake before they get to California? It's a huge opportunity for MxM Collection to sneak their way into New Japan competition for the very first time; can they pull it off tonight on Honor Club? TAG TEAM BOUT... The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) vs.  Premier Athletes (Ariya Daviari & Tony Nese) The Outrunners of Turbo Floyd and Truth Magnum are running hot, coming into tonight's edition of ROH ON HONOR CLUB with three consecutive tag team victories, most recently defeating The Infantry on HONOR CLUB #84 several weeks ago. Tonight, for the very first time, the youngest men alive head into tag team battle against Premier Athletes as represented by Ariya Daivari and Tony Nese! During AEW's WRESTLEDREAM 2024: ZERO HOUR, Turbo and Truth united with The Conglomeration's Kyle O'Reilly and Orange Cassidy to defeat the quartet of Daivari, Nese, and the Dark Order's Alex Reynolds & John Silver, but tonight will be their first traditional tag team encounter! Will The Outrunners keep the momentum going here in Ring of Honor, or will “Smart” Mark Sterling's clients live up to their tag team name? ONE-ON-ONE... Gates of Agony's Toa Liona vs. LEEJ's Lee Johnson For just the second time in his ROH career, Gates of Agony member Toa Liona will be in singles competition tonight on Honor Club! The competitor tasked with stepping up to this monster is none other than “Big Shotty” Lee Johnson, a man who has won five of his last six bouts, including three straight tag team victories with the impressive EJ Nduka at his side! Together as LEEJ, those two competitors have vibed exceptionally well, but will that tag team success rub off onto Lee's solo outing against the Gates of Agony's monster? ALSO FEATURING: -ROH World Tag Team Champions Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara in action! -Madison Rayne in singles competition! -And More!

Thursday night is here once again which means ROH ON HONOR CLUB is back and loaded with red-hot wrestling action! We are just two weeks out from FINAL BATTLE 2024 where we now know ROH Women's World TV Champion Red Velvet will defend against “Legit” Leyla Hirsch and that ROH World Champion “The Nueve” Chris Jericho will be on-hand to defend his championship, but what else will fall into place for ROH's return to the Hammerstein Ballroom? The Righteous are in pursuit of the ROH World Tag Titles, Matt Taven is on the hunt to claim the ROH Pure Championship from Lee Moriarty, and that's just the tip of the iceberg! onight we've got a huge trios main event on tap between Shane Taylor Promotions and Top Flight/Action Andretti, STP's Trish Adora taking on Rachael Ellering, WRESTLE DYNASTY 2025 Women's International Cup hopeful Billie Starkz taking on Lady Frost, Gates of Agony in tag team action, Katsuyori Shibata versus Dark Order's Alex Reynolds and so much more!  Be sure to join us on December 20th for FINAL BATTLE 2024 live from the Hammerstein Ballroom in the heart of New York City, and exclusively on Honor Club, your home for ROH's weekly show, as well as the destination for 20+ years of wrestling history as showcased in the “Best of ROH” section. There you'll find collections showcasing The Briscoes, Chris Hero, Samoa Joe, Bryan Danielson, Nigel McGuinness, and more of the athletes who've made ROH the most influential wrestling promotion of the century! TRIOS BOUT... Shane Taylor Promotions (Capt. Shawn Dean, Carlie Bravo, & Shane Taylor) vs. Action Andretti & Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin) The Infantry of Carlie Bravo and Capt. Shawn Dean are 2-0 in tag team competition since coming under the umbrella of Shane Taylor Promotions and taking a harder edge to their in-ring style. They've certainly demonstrated a willingness to not only bend the rules but also, as demonstrated in the aftermath of Shane Taylor and Lee Moriarty's victory over BEEF and JD Drake two weeks back, to lay down a beating if they feel the need. So while The Infantry has done well in tag action, tonight on Honor Club the cohesiveness of STP gets put to the test as they face a trio who is 8-0 in ROH competition as a unit: Action Andretti and Top Flight! Though they haven't exactly been on the same page as of late, Action, Dante Martin, and Darius Martin are still one of the most consistent groups in ROH competition and one of the toughest tests this combination of Shane Taylor Promotions could possibly face. There's no doubt Action and Top Flight are worthy contenders for the World Six-Man Titles when The Von Erichs return to action, but Shane Taylor and The Infantry could put themselves in that conversation as well by giving Action and the Martin brothers their first ROH trios loss tonight during ROH ON HONOR CLUB! ONE-ON-ONE... Billie Starkz vs. Lady Frost We know former ROH Women's World TV Champion Billie Starkz will be one of four women representing Ring of Honor in the WRESTLE DYNASTY 2025 International Women's Cup Qualifiers, meaning either her, Leyla Hirsch, ROH Women's World TV Champion Red Velvet, or ROH Women's World Champion Athena will ultimately end up competing at the Tokyo Dome on January 5th. The winner of the ROH bracket will be joined at WRESTLE DYNASTY 2025 by a representative from AEW (either Jamie Hayter, Willow Nightingale, or Serena Deeb) as well as one from CMLL (Zeuxis, Reyna Isis, Sanely, or Persephone) and one from Stardom (TBD) to crown the first winner of the International Women's Cup Tournament.  Though Billie Starkz is already slated to be one of the competitors vying for the spot, that doesn't mean every match on the way there isn't crucial to her position, and just because she holds a singles victory over Lady Frost from HONOR CLUB #31 last September doesn't mean the former champ should take it for granted she's got this one in the bag. Frost is a game competitor who gave Athena two of her toughest Proving Ground battles, as well as the longest one of her record-setting World Title reign at 8:34. She's been in a Proving Ground battle with Red Velvet for the Women's World TV Title, she's been in there with Willow Nightingale, Skye Blue, Leyla Hirsch, Mercedes Martinez, and continually demonstrated growth in her abilities. The difficult part for Frost has been consistency, as evidenced by the fact her last victory took place three months ago during HONOR CLUB #81, but never a question of skill. Can she put it all together to stifle any momentum Billie Starkz is hoping to build towards the International Women's Cup, or will it be Billie squashing the hopes Lady Frost has of breaking through to that next level? TAG TEAM MATCH... Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) vs. Griff Garrison & Preston Vance 17-1; that is the record Gates of Agony hold in ROH tag team competition since SUPERCARD OF HONOR 2022: ZERO HOUR when they were first unleashed on the Ring of Honor roster! 14 victories in standard tags, two of them in a 3-Way Tag, one in a 4-Way, and that single blemish was a result of another 4-Way tag in which Undisputed Kingdom of Matt Taven & Mike Bennett emerged victorious at Dark Order's expense. It's impossible to argue they aren't deserving of a championship opportunity, and yet it is an opportunity that's eluded them for well over two years, yet unlike many, Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona are not the ones to complain and gripe about the circumstances.  Instead they will continue to smash heads, take names, and rack up victories until their status as contenders is utterly undeniable. Tonight that brings them into a fight with a very promising tag team in Griff Garrison and Preston Vance, two individuals looking for a fresh start in ROH who have managed to find that combining their talents. During HONOR CLUB #90 they picked up their first as a team, but with this bout against Gates of Agony, well suffice to say they are taking a quantum leap in the quality of competition.  Will Garrison and Vance end up the 18th victim of Gates of Agony, or can they find a way to be the first team in the 979 days since SUPERCARD OF HONOR 2022 to defeat Kaun and Toa in a traditional tag? SINGLES MATCH... STP's Trish Adora vs. Rachael Ellering As a member of Shane Taylor Promotions, Trish Adora has indulged in her violent side a little more than usual, but she's always been a hard-hitting competitor with her in-ring style. Tonight on HONOR CLUB she's matched up with another competitor who has no problem throwing down, a woman Trish has never fought before in any fashion, the ever-dangerous Rachael Ellering! Ellering comes in having won two of her last three singles matches while Adora is 1-2 in hers, but Adora now has the support of STP in her corner, and that may make all the difference! Can Trish show and prove in her first match since signing on with Shane Taylor Promotions, or will this be Rachael Ellering's night to make it three victories over her last four? ONE-ON-ONE... “The Wrestler” Katsuyori Shibata vs. Dark Order's Alex Reynolds Coming off a tremendous trios victory on last week's RAMPAGE alongside Mascara Dorada and Atlantis Jr, Katsuyori Shibata returns to ROH competition to meet his second Dark Order member of the year! Back on HONOR CLUB #73 Shibata defeated Evil Uno via referee stoppage, but this week it's Alex Reynolds who is stepping up to battle the former ROH Pure Champion in solo competition! Shibata is 16-2 in ROH competition since returning to the fold at SUPERCARD OF HONOR 2023 after six years away, his only losses coming at the hands of Wheeler Yuta and Eddie Kingston in championship fights, and is currently riding a six-match win streak into this battle. As for Reynolds, this is a rare singles match for him, and just his second under the ROH banner with the last taking place on HONOR CLUB #70 in a loss to Lee Johnson.  Can Reynolds rise to the occasion against “The Wrestler”, or will Shibata continue his domination of the ROH ranks? TV TIME WITH ROH WORLD CHAMPION CHRIS JERICHO... Tonight during ROH ON HONOR CLUB, 2-Time ROH World Champion “The Nueve” Chris Jericho has promised to reveal who he will defend his title against at FINAL BATTLE 2024 on December 20th! There are plenty of men who want a shot at the title Jericho robbed from Mark Briscoe in their Ladder War several weeks ago, but who will step up to the plate when Ring of Honor returns to the historic Hammerstein Ballroom for our annual year-end extravaganza?  ALSO FEATURING: -BEEF & JD Drake in action! -And More!!

Thanksgiving Thursday is upon us, and what better way to celebrate than by catching the latest edition of ROH ON HONOR CLUB at 7pm ET/6pm CT exclusively on Honor Club! Everyone's eyes are looking ahead to ROH's triumphant return to the Hammerstein Ballroom on December 20th for FINAL BATTLE 2024 , and that means fighting to earn a spot on that year-end extravaganza every single week! Tonight that means we will see  Undisputed Kingdom's Matt Taven continue to make his case for an ROH Pure Championship match with Lee Moriarty as he faces former Pure Champion Josh Woods in a Pure Rules match. Plus, MxM Collection returns to ROH competition for a bout with Iron Savages, JD Drake & Beef try to stop the path of destruction The Righteous are on, AR Fox faces Dark Order's John Silver, The Conglomeration are in trios action against Grizzled Young Veterans and Pat Buck, and we've got another Emergency M.E.M on our hands with ROH Women's World Champion Athena's World Tour! It all gets underway at 7pm ET/6pm CT on Honor Club , your home for Ring of Honor's weekly action every Thursday night as well as the destination for 20+ years of the greatest professional wrestling as showcased by the “Best of ROH” section featuring the greatest of The Briscoes, Samoa Joe, Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli, and the Chris Hero: Ring of Hero collection just added! EMERGENCY M.E.M REDUX! The ROH bracket of the WRESTLE DYNASTY Women's International Cup has been set with ROH Women's World Champion Athena, ROH Women's World TV Champion Red Velvet, Leyla Hirsch, and Billie Starkz competing to see who will walk into the Tokyo Dome on January 5th. Obviously there is a great deal of history wrapped up between those four competitors, and perhaps this is why “The Fallen Goddess” has called another Emergency M.E.M for tonight's edition of ROH ON HONOR CLUB! Given that these emergency situations have been coming on with increased frequency, perhaps Athena needs to take a look at her own camp and figure out why it's been one emergency after another! Is Billie Starkz the reason? Is it the Minion Bestie Lexy? Or just maybe it's Athena herself who's turned her camp into a perpetual emergency situation? What will “The Forever Champion” have to say as she enters the 719th day of her championship reign? TAG TEAM BATTLE... The Righteous (Dutch & Vincent) vs. JD Drake & BEEF The Righteous of Dutch and Vincent are in hot pursuit of the ROH World Tag Titles held by Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara, and just as intensely interested in making their championship aspirations a personal attack on “The Natural”. That video embedded above is just one indicator of the lengths Dutch and Vincent are willing to go to, but we've also witnessed them assault the tag champs seemingly at will, all while the sounds of that cowbell echo in the distance. Tonight The Righteous continue to make their case as challengers for the ROH World Tag Titles when they face BEEF and JD Drake, men who were victims of a heinous assault by Shane Taylor Promotions  one week ago. The odd couple of BEEF and Drake have shown great promise as a team, but can The Righteous be stopped at this point? PURE DIVISION ACTION... Undisputed Kingdom's Matt Taven vs. Premier Athletes' Josh Woods Things are escalating between ROH Grand Slam champion Matt Taven and ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty as the former continues his pursuit of the only ROH championship he's never held. Last week it was running off Shane Taylor Promotions as they assaulted JD Drake and BEEF, but this week it takes the form of a Pure Rules match between former Pure Champion Josh Woods and Taven! Surprisingly this is the first-time these two men have ever met inside the squared circle one-on-one, though they have been mutual participants in several multi-man affairs during their Ring of Honor tenure.  Woods has also been in pursuit of reclaiming that Pure Title ever since Wheeler Yuta dethroned him two years ago, so this battle tonight has a definite impact on the future of Lee Moriarty's title reign. Will Matt Taven continue to justify his status as a contender with another Pure Rules win, or will this be the night “The Technical Beast” Josh Woods reminds everyone why he was champ for 201 days? TAG TEAM BOUT... MxM Collection (Mansoor & Mason Madden) vs. Iron Savages (Bronson & Boulder) It's been a few weeks since we were last graced with their presence on Honor Club, but tonight MxM Collection is back on the ROH runway! Mansoor and Mason Madden are 4-0 in tag team competition since their debut during the DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR 2024: ZERO HOUR, and looking to add to that record with this Iron Savages bout. The sauce-sippin' hosses Bronson and Boulder could not be more different than the pristine manicured MxM Collection, but the one thing they have in common is a desire to rise up the rankings and challenge for the ROH World Tag Team Titles! Which pair will end up thankful for their success this Thanksgiving? ALSO IN ACTION:  - The Conglomeration vs. Grizzled Young Veterans & Pat Buck! -Queen Aminata! -LEEJ (Lee Johnson & EJ Nduka)!! -And More!!!

As All Elite Wrestling heads towards FULL GEAR 2024 this Saturday night live from the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, Ring of Honor brings to you the latest edition of ROH ON HONOR CLUB exclusively on Honor Club! Headlined by an ROH World TV Championship match between champion “The Machine” Brian Cage and challenger AR Fox, we will also see ROH Women's World Champion Athena take on Top Flight's Leila Grey in a Proving Ground Match! Plus THREE different New Japan Pro Wrestling champions will be in singles competition as NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi, NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion Gabe Kidd, and IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Kevin Knight all join the fight! ROH ON HONOR CLUB starts at 7pm ET/6pm CT exclusively on Honor Club, the home for all things Ring of Honor including the weekly Thursday night event, as well as 20+ years of the greatest pro wrestling on the planet! Since 2002, Ring of Honor has been home to the greatest wrestlers of this century, and nowhere is that more clear than in the “Best of ROH” collections where you can experience classic matches and interviews from Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, The Briscoes, Claudio Castagnoli, and more! ROH WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH... The Don Callis Family's Brian Cage(c) vs. AR Fox “The Machine” Brian Cage was already quite the imposing force, be it standing by himself as a solo competitor where he recently claimed the ROH World TV Title from Atlantis Jr. or uniting with Gates of Agony to become 2-Time ROH World Six-Man Champions. Yet he somehow found a way to become an even bigger threat by signing on with The Don Callis Family and garnering support of that...gentleman...as well as “The Murderhawk Monster” Lance Archer, AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita, and “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher.  Last night on DYNAMITE The DCF went to war against a quartet consisting of Will Ospreay, Mark Davis, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Ricochet in a little preview of what's to come at FULL GEAR 2024, but tonight “The Machine” goes it solo in his second ROH World TV Title defense! After defeating Komander last month on HONOR CLUB 87, Cage now faces a familiar foe as AR Fox steps up to challenge for the championship! Fox and Cage are no strangers to one another, not only have they battled twice with the Ring of Honor World Six-Man Titles at stake, but they've also been foes in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, AAW, and assorted other independents over the last decade. Of the singles matches on record, Cage is in the lead 2-1, factor in a Triple Threat match from 2016 and their head-to-head encounters turn to a 2-2 tie, but all that is ancient history. This is Ring of Honor, and here these two competitors have never met one-on-one before tonight's edition of ROH ON HONOR CLUB, much less with a championship as storied as the ROH World TV Title at stake. Can AR Fox rise to the occasion and score his first Ring of Honor championship or will “The Machine” smash his way through another opponent trying to take his first ROH singles title away? ONE-ON-ONE... The Conglomeration's Tomohiro Ishii vs. Undisputed Kingdom's Mike Bennett With less than a week until his ROH World Championship clash with “The Nueva” Chris Jericho on DYNAMITE, and ahead of his Trios bout on RAMPAGE tomorrow, “The Stone Pitbull” Tomohiro Ishii will be in action tonight against Undisputed Kingdom's Mike Bennett! Most recently these two men clashed during DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR 2024 when UK defended the ROH World Tag Titles against Ishii and Kyle O'Reilly, but they've fought several times, including during the 2014 WORLD TAG LEAGUE for New Japan Pro Wrestling, yet never once in a singles match. Tonight on HONOR CLUB that changes as Ishii prepares for his ROH World Championship battle, while the fights between The Conglomeration and The Undisputed Kingdom continue! Kyle O'Reilly has long been at the center of this struggle between the two sides given his relationship with the men involved, but this one is all about Bennett and Ishii going head-to-head for the first time! PROVING GROUND MATCH... ROH Women's World Champion Athena vs. Top Flight's Leila Grey While the tensions between ROH Women's World Champion Athena, Minion Bestie Lexy Nair, and former ROH Women's World TV Champion Billie Starkz continue to thicken, there are still plenty of women out there who haven't gone toe-to-toe with “The Forever Champion”. She may be the longest reigning champion in the history of ROH at 713 days, her single reign having eclipsed Jay Lethal's combined 707 days across two World Title runs, with 24 successful title defenses to go along with her 28 Proving Ground and four Eliminator Match victories but there's a wealth of talented professional wrestlers out there who haven't had their opportunity to be the one to end this run.  One such competitor is Top Flight's Leila Grey; despite Leila Grey being a part of the ROH roster since  June 2023 and both being part of AEW since May 2022, these two women have never faced one another in any match, not even so much as shared participation in a Battle Royale, but that changes tonight! Leila Grey is stepping onto the Proving Ground in hopes of earning a Women's World Title fight with Athena, a situation where all she has to do is last 10 minutes with the champ, but a feat that 26 other women have failed to accomplish. As a matter of fact only one of those women, Lady Frost during HONOR CLUB #86, was even able to push the match past the eight-minute mark, lasting 8:34 before “The Fallen Goddess” put Frost away in her second Proving Ground attempt.  Can Leila Grey be the first woman to hit that 10-minute time limit and earn a title match? If so, she will be the first woman across Athena's 57 ROH singles matches since FINAL BATTLE 2022 to not lose to “The Fallen Goddess”! It may not be the same as a pinfall or submission victory, certainly not the same ballpark as a title win, but it would be a historic occasion nonetheless for Leila Grey to go the distance with Athena! ONE-ON-ONE... NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion Gabe Kidd vs. SAP's Angelico The first time Gabe Kidd ever entered into the Ring of Honor sphere was on December 28, 2018 when he challenged Jay Lethal for the ROH World Title at an independent event in London England. At that point Kidd was just past his seventh anniversary as a wrestler, but he was far from the brash man who has held the NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship since May 11th when he put Eddie Kingston on the shelf as a result of their No Rope Last Man Standing match at NJPW STRONG RESURGENCE 2024. That came on the heels of the two men going to a double count out in their Continental Crown fight at NJPW BATTLE IN THE VALLEY 2024 two months prior, meaning another challenge towards the ROH World Championship on Kidd's resume as it, along with the AEW Continental Championship and NJPW STRONG Openweight Title, comprised the Continental Crown.  However it wasn't until October 10th and HONOR CLUB 85 that this BULLET CLUB War Dog made his debut for ROH proper in a successful Openweight Title defense against Anthony Henry. That evening Kidd looked as impressive as ever, showing the ROH faithful why he's such a force to be reckoned with, and though he recently made headlines getting into a scuffle with Kenny Omega at NJPW's POWER STRUGGLE 2024 event, Kidd's back in ROH tonight during HONOR CLUB to take on Angelico! It's “The Mad Man” versus one of the most laid back individuals to ever lace up a pair of wrestling boots, a wrecking ball of a competitor versus a master of the llave style; will Angelico use his imperturbable nature to upset the NJPW STRONG Openweight champ? SINGLES MATCH... IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Kevin Knight vs. SAP's Serpentico Speaking of NJPW, in the second match featuring a New Japan champion versus a Spanish Announce Project member, Serpentico is set to face IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Champion Kevin Knight! Though we've seen Knight compete in a handful of AEW matches, the last during the FORBIDDEN DOOR 2022: BUY-IN, this is his first time in ROH competition and Knight has come so far since that last AEW outing! Not only did he enter into BEST OF THE SUPER JUNIORS 31 tournament this year, scoring eight points with victories over TJP, Kosei Fujita, Clark Connors, and El Desperado, he also united with KUSHIDA to defeat BULLET CLUB War Dogs of Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney and claim the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles for the second time at KING OF PRO-WRESTLING 2024 just over a month ago! Now Knight comes to ROH for the very first time to take on the lucha-influenced stylings of SAP's Serpentico, a rare singles match for both individuals as Serpentico's last was a July victory over Griff Garrison. As for Knight, prior to his November 8th fight with David Finlay for NJPW FIGHTING SPIRIT UNLEASHED 2024, he hadn't fought one-on-one since battling Shelton Benjamin for DEFY back in September.  Though Serpentico's track record isn't the best, he always fights with heart, and perhaps that tag team victory two weeks ago during HONOR CLUB 89 will propel him towards victory in this bout tonight!  ONE-ON-ONE... NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi vs. Premier Athletes' Ariya Daivari In the third contest on tonight's edition of ROH ON HONOR CLUB featuring a NJPW champion we will see Premier Athletes' Ariya Daivari take on current NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi! Now Takagi is no stranger to ROH action, in fact he reigned as one-half of the ROH World Tag Team Champions from March 3rd to March 30th of 2007, defeating The Briscoes at FIFTH YEAR FESTIVAL: LIVERPOOL before losing them back to Jay and Mark at ALL STAR EXTRAVAGANZA III. Not only that but from June 3, 2006 until April 28, 2007, Shingo competed on more than 20 ROH events, even challenging Takeshi Morishima for the ROH World Title at GOOD TIMES, GREAT MEMORIES on the final night of his 10-month run. Shingo appeared a handful more times over the subsequent decade, even participating in the historic G1 SUPERCARD event at Madison Square Garden on April 6, 2019, but it wasn't until HONOR CLUB 18 that he arrived in the new era of honor! That night he and fellow LIJ members BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi unsuccessfully challenged Brian Cage, Toa Liona, and Bishop Kaun for the ROH World Six-Man Titles. That was certainly disappointing for Shingo, but for the long-time ROH faithful it was a treat to see the former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion back in Ring of Honor even if for only one night. Thankfully the bond between AEW/ROH/NJPW runs strong and tonight Shingo returns to the fold to face one of the most insufferable, obnoxious, yet supremely talented, individuals in ROH today: Ariya Daivari! No doubt he will have “Smart” Mark Sterling at his side for this one, so maybe we will be lucky enough to watch the ambulance chaser get dropped again this week... TAG TEAM ACTION... Shane Taylor Promotions (ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty & Shane Taylor) vs.  BEEF & JD Drake Shane Taylor Promotions added some additional firepower to their arsenal with the recent addition of The Infantry to their rankings, and that alliance immediately paid dividends for Capt. Shawn Dean and Carlie Bravo in the form of two consecutive tag team victories, including one over Spanish Announce Project.  Tonight however, it's not about the newest members to the STP fold but rather the original members of this iteration, ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty and Shane Taylor! We know Undisputed Kingdom's Matt Taven is in hot pursuit of the title around Moriarty's waist, but that's something Lee is going to have to set aside so he and Shane Taylor can focus on the tag team fight at hand. BEEF and JD Drake were victorious in their first ROH outing as a team three weeks ago, beating Preston Vance and Peter Avalon, but came up short in their RAMPAGE tussle with Top Flight on November 8th. Still the brawny brawlers demonstrated some serious aptitude as a team, and their chemistry could bloom into something to be reckoned with down the line.  Unfortunately they don't have that kind of time to find their groove, not when they've got to step into the fight with competitors like Shane Taylor and Lee Moriarty. This is an education under fire for BEEF and JD, on-the-job training as a tag team against two men who cover a wild breadth stylistically. Shane T hits hard and moves fast, Lee Moriarty is a surgeon in that ring with some nasty strikes of his own to compliment that ground game; together they're a tough act to game plan for even the most seasoned team, and that is not what we've got with BEEF and JD Drake. Those two are going to have to gel together fast to get ready for this fight, or they'll be the ones looking up at the lights as the referee counts three!