There are solely 8 eight days left till Ring of Honor descends upon New York Metropolis and returns to the Hammerstein Ballroom for FINAL BATTLE 2024! After final week we now know that ROH World Champion “The Nueve” Chris Jericho will defend his title in opposition to “The Full” 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 Crew Titles! These two bouts be a part of the already introduced ROH Ladies’s World TV Title match between champion Crimson Velvet and challenger “Legit” Leyla Hirsch as a part of ROH’s year-end extravaganza with loads extra to unfold over the subsequent week, particularly given the championship match we have on faucet tonight!
In his bid to be the primary man to assert each title in ROH historical past, Undisputed Kingdom’s Matt Taven faces ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty for the title whereas in a bout whose end result might have ramifications on each the ROH Ladies’s World Title and the aforementioned Ladies’s World TV Title bout, Athena, Crimson Velvet, Leyla Hirsch, and Billie Starkz collide within the ROH bracket of the WRESTLE DYNASTY 2025 Worldwide Ladies’s Cup qualifiers! Plus, The Outrunners are in motion in opposition to Premier Athletes of Tony Nese and Ariya Daivari, Gates of Agony’s Toa Liona enters right into a uncommon singles match with “Massive Shotty” Lee Johnson, The Sons of Texas throwdown in tag staff motion, and the Grizzled Younger Veterans defend their NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Titles in opposition to MxM Assortment!
ROH ON HONOR CLUB airs completely on Honor Membership each Thursday night time at 7pm ET/6pm CT, and can be the house for FINAL BATTLE 2024 on December twentieth, stay from the Hammerstein Ballroom within the coronary heart of New York Metropolis, in addition to the house for 20+ years of wrestling historical past completely illustrated by the “Better of ROH” part. There followers can watch collections showcasing the perfect bouts from Claudio Castagnoli, Matt Taven, Samoa Joe, the quite a few friends from Japan who’ve graced the ROH ring, and a lot extra from the combatants who formed Ring of Honor into probably the most influential wrestling promotion of the final 20 years!
ROH PURE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH…
Shane Taylor Promotions’ Lee Moriarty vs. Undisputed Kingdom’s Matt Taven
It has been greater than 15 years since Matt Taven stepped into an ROH ring for the very first time. That night time it was as a part of a darkish match previous to the NEVER SAY DIE occasion highlighted by Chris Hero difficult Jerry Lynn for the ROH World Championship, however that additionally included Jay Briscoe, Colt Cabana, Sonjay Dutt, and Bryan Danielson to call just a few of ROH’s world class rivals circa Might 2009. It was taking part on that occasion, watching what these rivals had been able to doing, that made ROH a profession purpose for a younger Taven.
Quick ahead 15+ years and Matt Taven holds the excellence 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 is gained the World Tag Titles on three events with Mike Bennett and held them for a mixed complete of 352 days, and Taven’s a 3-Time World Six-Man Champion with 304 days mixed to his resume. As spectacular as all these accolades are, it is maybe most vital to notice that Matt Taven can be a former ROH World Champion, profitable the title in a Three-Manner Ladder Match on the historic G1 SUPERCARD occasion inside Madison Sq. Backyard, and holding it for 174 days earlier than RUSH ended the reign.
That leaves the ROH Pure Championship as the one title within the historical past of the corporate that Matt Taven has not held, therefore why he is zeroed in on it not too long ago 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 within the 140 days since capturing the Pure crown.
It’s TaigaStyle’s mission to grow to be the best Pure Champion of all-time, and although he is obtained an extended haul to succeed in the heights set by Nigel McGuinness’ 350 day reign from August 27, 2005 to August 12, 2006, Moriarty is about on taking on each problem that comes his approach. Tonight which means stepping within the ring with Matt Taven and giving it his all to insure Taven’s personal record-setting aspirations are lifeless within the water!
Will we see Matt Taven make historical past tonight by claiming the Pure Title for himself and Undisputed Kingdom, or will Lee Moriarty retain the title as he pursues his personal championship targets?
WRESTLE DYNASTY 2025 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S CUP QUALIFIER…
ROH Ladies’s World Champion Athena vs. ROH Ladies’s World TV Champion Crimson Velvet vs. “Legit” Leyla Hirsch vs. Billie Starkz
This Saturday on COLLISION followers will witness former AEW Ladies’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 fifth. In the meantime down in Mexico, Zeuxis, Reyna Isis, Sanely, and Persephone will battle over the CMLL-designated spot on Friday the thirteenth at Area Mexico whereas Stardom has but to announce how their place within the Worldwide Ladies’s Cup will likely be crammed. As for Ring of Honor, that place will likely be decided tonight throughout ROH ON HONOR CLUB when 4 of ROH’s finest conflict in a 4 Nook Survival to find out who heads to the Tokyo Dome in just some weeks time!
ROH Ladies’s World Champion Athena, her minion-in-training Billie Starkz, ROH Ladies’s World TV Champion Crimson Velvet, and her FINAL BATTLE 2024 opponent Leyla Hirsch will conflict inside that squared circle to find out the ROH consultant, however it could additionally imply a lot greater than that. Athena hasn’t tasted defeat in a singles match since she entered this period of honor at FINAL BATTLE 2022 and has overwhelmed all three of her opponents in World Title bouts over the course of these two years. Crimson Velvet is the lady who dethroned Billie Starkz as ROH Ladies’s World TV Champion at DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR 2024 in her very first title protection, and he or she’s additionally the one who eradicated Leyla Hirsch from the TV Title Match throughout HONOR CLUB #54 again in March.
There’s the truth that Hirsch and Crimson Velvet are scheduled to face off in simply eight days at FINAL BATTLE 2024, to not point out theirs is a rivalry relationship again to 2020 and the Jacksonville days for All Elite Wrestling, and naturally there may be the very tense scenario between Athena and Billie Starkz that is been constructing since Billie misplaced the title to Crimson again in July.
Suffice to say loads of threads are being pulled at with this 4 Nook Survival past the will to battle at WRESTLE DYNASTY 2025, however how will they have an effect on the ROH scene transferring ahead? What if Athena will get pinned for the primary time in two years? What if Leyla scores the autumn on Crimson Velvet eight days earlier than their title battle? What if it is Billie who pins Athena? What if Athena pins Leyla or vice versa? How will the end result right here have an effect on the 2 title photos after FINAL BATTLE 2024? A lot intrigue along with the respect of being the Ring of Honor consultant at WRESTLE DYNASTY 2025 come January fifth!
The problem for FINAL BATTLE 2024 was laid out by ROH World Champion Chris Jericho and shockingly answered by “The Full” Matt Cardona, however it’s not official till pen will get put to paper whatever the heinous assault Jericho perpetrated on Cardona final Friday night time on RAMPAGE.
That is why tonight, forward of Cardona preventing “Dangerous Apple” Bryan Keith on this week’s RAMPAGE, the ROH World Champion and his FINAL BATTLE 2024 challenger will signal their names on the dotted line tonight throughout ROH ON HONOR CLUB!
Contract signings in professional wrestling are notoriously explosive, however will that be the case tonight when these two combatants stand face-to-face and signal their John Hancocks to make December twentieth’s championship match official?
NJPW STRONG OPENWEIGHT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH…
Grizzled Younger Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) vs.
MxM COLLECTION (Mansoor & Mason Madden)
On November eighth at NJPW’s FIGHTING SPIRIT UNLEASHED 2024 occasion, Grizzled Younger Veterans of James Drake and Zack Gibson defeated TMDK of Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste to assert the NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Titles as their very own, ending the TMDK run at 152 days. Now the toughest a part of being champion begins, retaining the titles within the face of super adversity, and the primary adversaries GYV face will likely be MxM Assortment of Mansoor and Mason Madden tonight on Honor Membership!
Not solely is it the primary protection of those titles for Drake and Gibson, however it’s additionally their first conventional tag bout in Ring of Honor in addition to their first assembly with MxM Assortment! That makes this fairly the high-pressure scenario, particularly with FINAL BATTLE 2024 simply eight days away and GYV set to defend the titles at NJPW STRONG STYLE EVOLVED 2024 this Sunday night time in Lengthy Seaside, CA in opposition to West Coast Wrecking Crew of Royce Isaacs and Jorel Nelson!
Can Mansoor and Mason Madden slide in to those dm’s and steal the titles away from Zack Gibson and James Drake earlier than they get to California? It is an enormous alternative for MxM Assortment to sneak their approach into New Japan competitors for the very first time; can they pull it off tonight on Honor Membership?
The Outrunners (Reality Magnum & Turbo Floyd) vs.
Premier Athletes (Ariya Daviari & Tony Nese)
The Outrunners of Turbo Floyd and Reality Magnum are working sizzling, coming into tonight’s version of ROH ON HONOR CLUB with three consecutive tag staff victories, most not too long ago defeating The Infantry on HONOR CLUB #84 a number of weeks in the past. Tonight, for the very first time, the youngest males alive head into tag staff battle in opposition to Premier Athletes as represented by Ariya Daivari and Tony Nese! Throughout AEW’s WRESTLEDREAM 2024: ZERO HOUR, Turbo and Reality united with The Conglomeration’s Kyle O’Reilly and Orange Cassidy to defeat the quartet of Daivari, Nese, and the Darkish Order’s Alex Reynolds & John Silver, however tonight will likely be their first conventional tag staff encounter!
Will The Outrunners hold the momentum going right here in Ring of Honor, or will “Sensible” Mark Sterling’s purchasers stay as much as their tag staff identify?
Gates of Agony’s Toa Liona vs. LEEJ’s Lee Johnson
For simply the second time in his ROH profession, Gates of Agony member Toa Liona will likely be in singles competitors tonight on Honor Membership! The competitor tasked with stepping as much as this monster is none apart from “Massive Shotty” Lee Johnson, a person who has gained 5 of his final six bouts, together with three straight tag staff victories with the spectacular EJ Nduka at his facet! Collectively as LEEJ, these two rivals have vibed exceptionally nicely, however will that tag staff success rub off onto Lee’s solo outing in opposition to the Gates of Agony’s monster?
-ROH World Tag Crew Champions Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara in motion!
-Madison Rayne in singles competitors!
