Ring of Honor Wrestling has announced that the current ROH World Television Champion Shane Taylor will defend his title at the promotion’s Summer Supercard event next month. Taylor will be defending against “Hot Sauce” Tracy Williams who won a Proving Ground Four Corner Survival Match to earn the title shot.
The match saw Williams go against Taylor, Silas Young, and Josh Woods to pick up the victory. This will be the first time the LifeBlood member will fight for the ROH World Television Title.
The title match will be taking place at Summer Supercard on August 9 at the Mattamy Athletic Center in Toronto, Ontario in Canada.
Taylor won the TV title on May 9 at ROH’s World Of The Worlds Tour Night 2 in a Four Corner Survival match against the champion Jeff Cobb, Hirooki Goto, and Brody King.
Since becoming champion, Taylor has made two title defenses, defeating Bandido and Eli Isom.
Here is the card so far for Summer Supercard:
Ladder War for ROH World Tag Team Titles
Jay & Mark Briscoe (c) vs. Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)
ROH World Title Match
Matt Taven (c) vs. Alex Shelley
ROH World Television Title Match
Shane Taylor (c) vs. Tracy WIlliams
No-disqualification Match
Rush vs. Dalton Castle
WOH World Title Match
Kelly Klein (c) vs. Tasha Steelz
Lifeblood (Bandido & Mark Haskins) vs. Jay Lethal & Jonathan Gresham
CMLL Trios Match
Caristico, Soberano Jr. & Stuka Jr. vs. Barbaro Cavernario, Hechicero & Templario