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Thursday night means Ring of Honor is again in motion solely on Honor Membership, and the motion will get underway at 7pm ET/6pm CT that includes the ROH World Championship on the road between Mark Briscoe and ROH World TV Champion Kyle Fletcher, ROH Ladies's World TV Champion Billie Starkz in Proving Floor motion, in addition to “The Drawback” Marina Shafir again within the ring, The Righteous and Lance Archer in Trios competitors, and kicking off with The Darkish Order's Alex Reynolds going through “Massive Shotty” Lee Johnson!
ROH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH…
Mark Briscoe(c) vs. ROH World TV Champion Kyle Fletcher
In latest weeks ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe and ROH World TV Champion Kyle Fletcher have had their run-ins on AEW tv. Actually, it was simply two weeks in the past that Fletcher pinned Mark in a Trios bout, a state of affairs that always ends in the champion placing their title on the road in opposition to the person who pinned them. But that's not all Kyle Fletcher has on his resume to justify a championship match, it additionally goes even deeper than his standing as ROH World TV Champion, although he's been an exemplary one in each title fights and Proving Floor bouts. Fletcher's worthiness as a World Championship challenger can also be bolstered by the very fact he's unbeaten in singles competitors in Ring of Honor, a profitable streak courting again to Might 2022 and ROH ON HONOR CLUB #11 the place he bested former ROH World TV Champion Tony Deppen, and presently standing at eighteen consecutive victories together with the six-way Survival of the Fittest elimination bout the place he personal the World TV Title, and final week's 2/3 Falls championship victory over Lee Johnson. “The Protostar” has demonstrated his in-ring prowess time after time right here in ROH, however now he's confronted with the most important problem of his tenure on this ROH World Championship struggle with Mark Briscoe!
Mark's ROH accolades converse for themselves, 13 occasions over a World Tag Champion with brother Jay, former World Six-Man champion, a person who has been a part of the corporate since day one, however solely captured his first singles title at SUPERCARD OF HONOR 2024 when he bested Eddie Kingston. After taking a while for his household and the newest addition to the Briscoe lineage, Mark bought embroiled in Home of Black enterprise together with Adam Copeland and Eddie Kingston, bought wrangled into Don Callis Household affairs as properly, and even earned his manner into Sunday night time's TNT Championship Ladder Match at FORBIDDEN DOOR 2024, however by way of all of it he's by no means taken his thoughts off ROH enterprise, even partaking in a confrontation with Shane Taylor over social media.
However tonight's ROH World Championship battle is not any confrontation, it's a battle for the center and soul of ROH, and the chance of its twenty-plus 12 months historical past now being held beneath the umbrella of the Don Callis Household. Mark isn't about to let that occur with out giving the most important struggle of his life, and he's not about to let this title he's labored so onerous to earn slip away on his first protection. That being mentioned, Kyle Fletcher goes to throw all the pieces he's bought at Rooster to be able to be a part of the ranks of ROH Triple Crown winners, in addition to develop into simply the second man (after Jay Deadly) to concurrently maintain the ROH World and TV Championships.
Will we get up Friday morning to discover a new day has dawned beneath the shadow of Kyle Fletcher or will Mark Briscoe hold the ROH World Championship in Sandy Fork as he then strikes in direction of including the TNT Championship to his trophy case?
PROVING GROUND…
ROH Ladies's World TV Champion Billie Starkz vs. Angelica Danger
Making her fourth look inside a ROH ring, Angelica Danger steps onto the Proving Floor for the second time in her set of matches. Coincidentally her very first match for ROH was additionally that first PG match, and it was in opposition to ROH Ladies's World Champion Athena! Now Danger did her stage finest to earn that title shot in opposition to “The Fallen Goddess”, really surviving 5 minutes of the ten minute time restrict, which is best than most of the Proving Floor challengers achieved in opposition to Athena. That was Might 4th of 2023, ROH ON HONOR CLUB #10 to be precise, and although Danger would step into the ring with Marina Shafir and Leyla Hirsch, she wouldn't rating a victory in her trio of 2023 matches for ROH. Effectively it's been practically a 12 months since her ROH ON HONOR CLUB #27 look, and Angelica Danger has amassed loads of expertise in that point! Will it’s sufficient to beat Billie Starkz, or not less than final the time restrict to earn a title shot? And given how final week went with Queen Aminata and Pink Velvet, one can't assist however surprise if Starkz could have her thoughts targeted on this struggle or be extra involved with the whereabouts of the ladies who’ve their sights set on the M.I.T!
ONE-ON-ONE…
“Massive Shotty” Lee Johnson vs. The Darkish Order's Alex Reynolds
Every week in the past “Massive Shotty” Lee Johnson had the chance of a lifetime when he challenged Kyle Fletcher for the ROH World Tv Championship in a 2/3 Falls match. Although the bout didn’t go Johnson's manner, he managed to attain a fall on the defending champion roughly fifteen minutes into the bout, proving he was able to beating “The Protostar”. Sadly Lee would fall to Fletcher 5 minutes later, leaving the challenger slightly unhappy, however with a style of what it will really feel prefer to defeat Kyle to assert the World TV Title as his personal.
Now he desires extra, after going through Kyle in that bout and their earlier SUPERCARD OF HONOR 2024 struggle, Lee Johnson desires one other shot at changing into a champion in Ring of Honor, however which means incomes his manner again into competition with victories. “Massive Shotty” hopes to start one other street to the title tonight on Honor Membership when he faces The Darkish Order's Alex Reynolds in singles competitors! Singles bouts are a uncommon factor for Reynolds since becoming a member of The Darkish Order, extra typically competing in tags, trios, and different multi-man bouts over the previous a number of years, however that doesn't imply Alex isn't a risk within the singles video games simply as he’s these codecs.
That is fairly the thrilling conflict set for tonight on Honor Membership that might make an actual influence on future competition for the World Tv Championship!
ALSO FEATURING:
-Taya Valkyrie vs. Trish Adora!
-“The Drawback” Marina Shafir in motion!
-Lance Archer & The Righteous in Trios competitors!
DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR 2024 is a month away and everybody within the ROH locker room desires to be part of the extravaganza in Arlington, TX! Will we’ve got a brand new ROH World Champion heading into the twenty-first 12 months of DBD? Who will earn contendership for the opposite champions in Ring of Honor? There are a complete lot of inquiries to be answered as July twenty sixth attracts close to and people solutions may be discovered each Thursday night time solely on Honor Membership!
