Earlier today (Feb. 24), Beretta was scheduled to challenge Dalton Castle for the Ring of Honor World title. Before the match began, The Beer City Bruiser walked in the ring and demanded that he be added to the match. Castle accepted and the bout turned into a three-way match.
The reason for this is that Beretta has been working injured. F4W Online reported that Beretta tore his triceps during a match with Chuck Taylor at a PWG event. The former NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team champion took to Twitter to confirm he will be taking some time off:
Hey I ripped two of my body parts last week at pwg and now I have to take a some time off from fighting see ya
Dalton Castle vs. Jay Lethal had been booked for ROH 16th Anniversary prior to Honor Rising. The question remained, would Castle walk into the show as ROH World champion? As mentioned above, Castle put his gold on the line against Beretta and The Beer City Bruiser.
Castle pinned The Beer City Bruiser with a dead lift German Suplex to successfully defend his championship. His title defense against Letal has now been made official for the ROH 16th Anniversary show. The event takes place in Las Vegas on March 9. Big names such as The Young Bucks and Cody will also be competing on the card.
It’s been an interesting few months for Cody. The 32-year-old has been engaged in one of the more unique storylines in wrestling with Kenny Omega and has been working on organizing a show in a 10,000 seat arena for September.
He has also taken the time to comment publicly on gun issues and the potential mild irony of him doing so while also claiming to be the leader of Bullet Club.
Bullet Club leader, handgun owner, rifle owner…I'm all those things.
BUT I'd gladly take part in gun safety courses/do a mental evaluation/and register ANNUALLY. Those types of common sense regulations plus bans on a great many semi & fully automatic guns is what we need. https://t.co/IEuVVJyI2n
Cody has subtly referred to himself as the leader of Bullet Club multiple times throughout his angle with Kenny Omega. He has changed the bio on his Twitter profile page so that it lists him as leader of the faction. This despite no other Bullet Club member recognizing him as such.
I love America. There's no better place. It's disappointing the only voices that get heard on this topic are extreme "ban all" or "my rights to bear arms"…I think most Americans want sensible new policy in place. Genuine common sense gun reform. https://t.co/gcDnjhzsOc
Ring of Honor increased attendance for their big events in 2017 and it appears that the trend will remain this year.
Dave Meltzer reported in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the Supercard of Honor event that the Baltimore based promotion is slated to hold has sold 4,621 tickets.
This marks the all-time record for the promotion by more than 1,000. The building is set up for 5,700. Ring of Honor will hold their Supercard of Honor XIII event on Saturday, April 7th, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Lakefront Arena. The event will air on traditional PPV outlets and the FITE TV app. Kenny Omega vs. Cody has been the only match confirmed thus far for this show.
Ring of Honor has announced the first match as well as the main event for their next pay-per-view event.
The Baltimore based promotion revealed on Tuesday morning (February 20, 2018) that Dalton Castle will defend the ROH World Title against former world champion Jay Lethal at their 16 Anniversary PPV.
ROH will hold their 16 Anniversary show on Friday, March 9, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall. The event will air on traditional PPV outlets and the FITE TV app.
Ring of Honor has announced the first match for their Manhattan Mayhem VII event.
Former ROH World Champion Cody will take on Flip Gordon. The promotion has revealed that the fans will choose the stipulation of the match. Their choices are the following:
* Lumberjack Match
* 2 Out of 3 Falls Match
* If Gordon beats Cody, he is booked for the upcoming “All In” event.
Manhattan Mayhem VII event is slated to take place on Saturday, March 3, 2018, in New York, New York at the Manhattan Center’s Hammerstein Ballroom.
Ring of Honor’s streaming service, Honor Club, is now available. Fans can sign up for the service as of this morning.
While no date had been announced for the service’s debut, ROH has been advertising its launch would be imminent.
Ring of Honor’s Honor Club
Honor Club is a tiered service, so there are differences between it and WWE. If you sign up for the VIP plan, you have to pay the annual fee all upfront.
The normal service can be purchased for $9.99 a month or $99.99 annually. This service provides access to the VOD vault of old ROH content, weekly TV shows, discount on live events and merchandise, and 50% off all PPVs.
The VIP service includes everything the normal membership does but pay-per-views are free. So, they are trying to offset any PPV losses they may incur by asking fans to sign up to the VIP service upfront or still pay for half the PPVs.
Fans of Chikara won’t be surprised to hear Dalton Castle has been named the new “Cruise Director” for “Chris Jericho’s Rock N Wrestling Rager” in October. Castle formerly adopted the gimmick of a yacht sailing enthusiast, Ashley Remington, for the rather bizarre promotion.
As the current Ring of Honor champion, Castle may have to defend his championship against the winner of the Sea of Honor tournament scheduled to take place on the cruise. This is assuming Castle is still champion by then, however.
Castle was booked for the cruise back in November but news of his promotion to “Cruise Director” was just announced recently:
Jericho has said he was inspired by attending a similar cruise for fans of the band Kiss. He has also said he will serve as the “Master of Ceremonies” for the event and Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler will be the official hosts.
Ring of Honor’s tournament will be a featured part of the cruise. ROH and other wrestlers such as the Young Bucks and Cody have been confirmed. Other guests include Mick Foley, DDP, Rey Mysterio, Raven, and SoCal Val are also expected to be in attendance.
Several bands, comedy acts, and live podcasts are also scheduled to take place.
The cruise will sail from Miami to the Bahamas and prices range from $749 to $8,381.
Ring Of Honor (ROH) star Madison Rayne recently did an interview with Channel Guide MagazineChannel Guide Magazine to talk about several professional wrestling topics. Currently Rayne is a ‘free agent’ and she discussed what that means for herself and her family moving forward:
“I think in 2018 it’s fun and exciting to be able to control your own narrative and go where you want and do what you want. It’s also very gratifying to have a company who wants to invest in you and wants to put their branding on you and bring you on board. I don’t really know what I would prefer at this point. I want to have a contract and have that be home. Then I start doing all these things that make it exciting for me to be a ‘free agent.’ I don’t know what the right thing is.
“I’m just going to do what works best for me and my family and for my life. Right now, getting to go everywhere and do everything and wrestle so many different women. I was with Impact for so long and have this group of women who are now lifelong friends and I’ve traveled the world with, but now I’m getting to branch out more and wrestle different people and different crowds.”
With the current vamp WWE has taken in women’s professional wrestling, a debate has sparked over which promotion really started the Women’s Revolution – IMPACT or WWE? Rayne offered her thoughts on the matter:
“I know right now there is a lot of contention of, ‘Well, the Knockouts started the Women’s Revolution.’ At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter. The Knockouts in 2007 did their thing and probably inspired many who are doing it now in WWE and Ring of Honor and Impact. I hate getting caught up into who did it and who did it better. I think for many years it has been growing and getting bigger and better.
“It makes me feel good that I was part of this first generation and did it at such a young age. I think I was 21 when I had my first tryout match at TNA. I’ve done it for so long. I’m in that really good spot involved heavily back then and involved into it now. It’s fun.”
Rayne also discussed ROH starting to expand their own women’s division, and it being the perfect time to do so:
“Deonna Purrazzo, Kelly Klein, Mandy Leon and Sumi Sakai, those women laid the foundation for what Women of Honor is right now. I have the opportunity to come in now to put my name and brand on the division. Brandi Rhodes is doing the same thing. … Back when I was wrestling infrequently with them, they had some incredible names and could have easily formed a championship and division. But I don’t think women’s wrestling was where it is right now.
“There was a lull in the amount of activity women had at Ring of Honor for a few years. I would say this is the perfect time for them. Women’s wrestling is probably at its highest point right now. So, for Ring of Honor to capitalize on it, I think it’s brilliant because I think Ring of Honor is growing just as quickly as women’s wrestling is going. I feel like it only makes sense right now.”
You can read Rayne’s full interview with Channel Guide MagazineChannel Guide Magazine by clicking this link here.
Tenille Dashwood (FKA Emma) has signed with Ring of Honor and will be participating in the promotion’s tournament to crown a Women of Honor champion.
Dashwood was a surprise appearance at Ring of Honor’s recently live-streamed show from Concord, North Carolina on Friday night. She also teamed with Mandy Leon and defeated Kelly Klein and Stacy Shadows later in the evening.
Ring of Honor held a TV taping on Saturday night in Atlanta, Georgia at the Center Stage. At the taping, two top matches for their upcoming Anniversary PPV event was revealed.
Dalton Castle will defend the ROH World Title against Jay Lethal. Also, Marty Scurll will take on Punishment Martinez in a singles match.
Ring of Honor will hold their 16 Anniversary show on Friday, March 9, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall. The event will air on traditional PPV outlets and the FITE TV app.
Ring of Honor will be live-streaming their “Honor Reigns Supreme” show from Cabarrus Arena in North Carolina tonight for free. Fans can see the show at ROHWrestling.com, Facebook Live, or the FITE App.
The promotion is currently building anticipation for their upcoming “Honor Club” streaming service. Vignettes for Honor Club have been appearing on ROH television lately, and further details about the service were released earlier this week.
ROH Honor Reigns February 9th, 2018
Cody, Hangman Page, & Marty Scurll (Bullet Club) vs. Matt Taven, TK O’Ryan, & Vinny Marseglia (the Kingdom)
Dalton Castle & the Boys vs. Christopher Daniels, Kazarian, & Scorpio Sky (SoCal Uncensored)
Jay Lethal vs. “the Octopus” Jonathan Gresham
The Best Friends vs. the Young Bucks
Kenny King vs. Shane Taylor
the Briscoes, Silas Young, and Mandy Leon are all expected to be on the show as well.
– Per Lavie Margolin on Twitter, Ring Of Honor (ROH) has sold nearly 4,000 tickets for its upcoming Supercard of Honor event – which goes down on WrestleMania 34 weekend – headlined by Cody Rhodes vs. Kenny Omega. The exact number of tickets sold at the time of the Tweet was 3,828, a new record for the promotion:
– WWE Hall Of Famers Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan will be participating in a Q&A session from the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa this upcoming Saturday. “The Nature Boy” took to Twitter to hype the event:
– Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp reports that WWE’s Rusev Day calendar has been selling very well. So well, in fact, that the company ordered 5,000 more after their initial order of 2,500 dried up quicker than expected:
WWE ordered 5000 more Rusev Day calendars after their initial order of 2500 sold quicker than expected.
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) February 6, 2018
Former WWE Superstar and top member of the Bullet Club Cody Rhodes has addressed rumors of CM Punk being considered for his #AllIn event taking place later this year.
During a recent Twitter Q&A Cody made the following statement on the former WWE World Champion and UFC fighter:
“We would LOVE to have him. Wrestling fans never gave up on him. (but the idea for this show stemmed from the success ROH/”BTE”/BC was having & that is my current focus)”
Of course Punk would be on the radar for any promotion that could make a play for him, although his stint in the UFC has thus far been less than stellar his name value is still a commodity and would help elevate the #AllIn card immensely.
All In takes place on Saturday, September 1st from a location soon to be announced. Talent already confirmed for All In includes:
IWGP United States Champion Kenny Omega
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks
“The Villain” Marty Scurll
“Hangman” Adam Page
Stephen Amell of the hit series Arrow
Tessa Blanchard
1. Are you booking any legends? 2. Can we have Green Arrow in a match in his full outfit? 3. Is Brandi competing? 4. Can you get Pete Dunn or Tyler Bate to be #AllIn? 5. Can you address CM Punk rumors? #AllIn
1. Yes 2. Hmmm 3. Brandi runs my corp, she's always in the mix. 4. Marty wants to limit Brits' to just him 5. We would LOVE to have him. Wrestling fans never gave up on him. (but the idea for this show stemmed from the success ROH/"BTE"/BC was having & that is my current focus) https://t.co/LWlAjTnyTd
Ring of Honor is proud to officially announce HonorClub.
With the imminent launch of HonorClub, the Ringside Membership will be deprecated to make way for this new and improved HonorClub. In addition to live streaming ROH Pay Per Views and On Tour events, and a vast on demand library, HonorClub will be the destination to connect wrestling fans with exclusive content, offers, and more.
LIVE STREAMING & VOD
Ring of Honor will begin live streaming ROH On Tour events! Live events will also be accessible anytime as part of the VOD library which also includes complete access to the ROH TV Archive, and the VOD Vault containing historical events, compilations, interviews, and more. Standard Memberships will include a 50% discount on ROH’s major Pay Per Views when bought digitally, however an Annual VIP Membership will include all Pay Per Views for FREE!
EXCLUSIVE FEATURES
HonorClub memberships also include exclusive access to all ROH event ticket pre-sales and 15% off all ROH-branded products in the ROH Pro Shop, in addition to any other discounts or sales. Many fans have also asked about the ROH Forum, and even though there is a large world of social media, there is nothing like having an intimate ROH community to engage with. The ROH Forum returns as an exclusive to HonorClub members!
PRICING & RINGSIDE MEMBERSHIP ROLLOVER
Ringside Members will automatically become an HonorClub member until their subscription expires. At that time, previous members can decide how they would like to proceed with their HonorClub membership. The various plans will include both monthly and annual options for the Standard Membership. Fans can choose whether they would like to pay $9.99 per month or a discounted $99.99 for the entire year. However, for the ultimate Ring of Honor experience, fans will have the option to purchase an Annual VIP membership for just $119.99. This package includes all of the wonderful features of the Standard Membership, but it also gives you free access to all ROH Pay Per Views!
HOW TO ACCESS HONORCLUB
At initial launch, HonorClub will be available on your computer or personal device through ROHWrestling.com.
HonorClub will also be available through the new ROH App on Android and iOS, and channels on Roku, Apple TV, and Android TV as a Beta version for select fans. In an effort to provide fans with a quality user experience, these platforms will be tested thoroughly during this phase with an official launch coming very soon.
One match that wrestling fans have been waiting to see has a date set.
It was revealed on Friday that a singles match between Cody Rhodes and Kenny Omega would take place at Ring of Honor’s Supercard of Honor XII show.
This match announcement stems from an angle that was done last Sunday at NJPW’s New Beginning in Sapporo show where Cody turned on Omega following Omega’s loss of the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship to Jay White. This led to Rhodes attacking Omega.
The match was made official at the end of the new episode of Being the Elite, which you can see below.
Ring of Honor will hold their Supercard of Honor XIII event on Saturday, April 7th, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Lakefront Arena. The event will air on traditional PPV outlets and the FITE TV app.
Ring of Honor announced on Monday that New Japan Pro Wrestling star Kota Ibushi has signed on to appear at the upcoming Supercard of Honor event during WrestleMania weekend.
The article at ROHWrestling.com touts that the 3-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion holds wins over the likes of AJ Styles, Prince Devitt (Finn Balor), Tetsuya Naito and most recently Cody Rhodes at Wrestle Kingdom 12.
Other New Japan talent confirmed for the event include IWGP United States Champion Kenny Omega and IWGP Intercontinental Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi.
ROH Supercard of Honor XII takes place on Saturday night, April 7th from New Orleans, LA at the UNO Lakefront Arena.
Ring Of Honor (ROH) star Flip Gordon was recently interviewed by WSVN-TV Entertainment Reporter Chris Van Vliet to talk about several professional wrestling topics. One of those topics included Gordon’s cryptic Tweet that indicated we could possibly be seeing him debut in WWE NXT soon. Gordon Tweeted “NeXT year will be even better” but revealed he was only trolling when he sent out the Tweet:
“I was just trolling. I saw a tweet going around telling people to congratulate me on stuff so I saw that they were trying to troll me so I saw the perfect opportunity to troll everybody else so I took it.”
Gordon was also asked about the possibility of joining The Bullet Club; which includes notable members such as Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks, and Cody Rhodes, but said he already tried to join but was denied entry by Omega and Rhodes:
“I tried. Kenny and Cody didn’t want me in there. So if The Bucks can convince them then sure.”
Before becoming a full time professional wrestler Gordon used to work a desk job, but has since been a year without it after he was able to start paying his bills with wrestling:
“I’ve almost been a year without a job, like wrestling is now my job. I started seeing that wrestling was paying the bills so I was like why am I going to this other job when I make more wrestling. I actually put in my 2 week notice before I even got contacted by Ring of Honor.”
As for Gordon’s goals for 2018, the ROH star said he’d love to go to NJPW and be in Best of Super Juniors:
“I’d love to go to New Japan. I’d love to be in Best of Super Juniors, that’s definitely a goal of mine. It’s something I set, that I wanted to go to Japan before my 3-year mark in the business. So it’s still possible.”
Ring of Honor has officially announced the main event for their upcoming Honor Reigns Supreme event.
Earlier this week, the Baltimore based promotion revealed that Cody, Marty Scurll, and Adam Page are set to team up to take on Matt Taven, TK O’Ryan and Vinny Marseglia in a six-man tag team match.
ROH is scheduled to hold this event on Saturday, February 10th in Atlanta, Georgia at Center Stage. More matches will be announced for the event in the coming weeks.
Ring of Honor has announced the following dates and locations for the upcoming War of the Worlds tour. The annual tour features talent from New Japan Pro Wrestling:
May 9th: Lowell, MA at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium
May 11th: Toronto, Ontario, at the Ted Reeve Arena
May 12th: Royal Oak, MI at the Royal Oak Music Theatre
May 13th: Chicago, IL at The Odeum
Tickets for these events go on sale Wednesday, Jan. 17 at 10 a.m. Eastern for Ringside Members and Friday, Jan. 19 at 10 a.m. Eastern for the general public.
Click here for more information on the upcoming ROH War of the Worlds tour.
Ring of Honor is scheduled to hold a TV taping, which is titled, Music City Excellence, on January 20th in Nashville, Tennessee at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium.
The promotion has recently announced two new matches for the upcoming taping. Here is the current card:
Ring of Honor is scheduled to hold a TV taping on January 20th in Nashville, Tennessee at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium. The promotion has recently announced several matches for the upcoming taping. Here is the current card:
– Current ROH Television Champion Silas Young recently took to Twitter to announce that his contract with the promotion has expired and he’s currently a free agent. He said he is currently in Florida and teased potentially signing with WWE soon:
– Following Wrestle Kingdom 12 at the New Year’s Dash event a 10-man match took place between Cody, Chase Owens, Marty Scurll, Yujiro Takahashi, and Lao Tongo vs. Kushida, Kota Ibushi, Dave Finlay, Juice Robinson, and Ryusuke Taguchi. The Bullet Club ended up winning the match and Cody looked to ambush Ibushi with The Bullet Club afterwards to avenge his loss at WK.
IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega then rushed the ring and stopped Cody and The Bullet Club, before getting into an intense shoving match with each other:
Newly crowned Ring Of Honor (ROH) World Champion Dalton Castle recently did an interview with ROH on a number of professional wrestling topics. Castle discussed the support he has received from ROH fans, if he could put into words how it felt being handed the ROH World Title at Final Battle, and not initially being seen as ROH World Championship material. Here are the highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6Sih6Q9QN0
The support he has received from ROH fans:
“It has been nothing but amazing. I have always felt like a champion and I knew I could work hard to make it so. But, to also have the fans of ROH loudly accept me as their champion has made this whole experience beyond amazing.”
Putting into worlds how it felt to have the ROH World Title handed to him at Final Battle:
“No way. There was so much going on in my head it was crazy. The feelings I had at that exact moment would probably best be described with a dance.”
Not being considered Championship material earlier in his career and if it bothered him:
“No, I never doubted my abilities. I belong in a pro wrestling ring and knew if I just continued to be fearless I would be able to be myself and move up. It wasn’t a moment that I started to see ‘I have what it takes,’ it was more I noticed others started to see what I already knew.”
You can check out Castle’s full interview with ROH by clicking this link here.
Ring Of Honor Television Champion Silas Young recently spoke to Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated on a number of professional wrestling topics. Young talked about going from a recovering heroin addict to ROH TV Champion, his son’s reaction to his victory, and the kind of champion he expects to be. The highlights can be found below:
Going from a recovering heroin addict to ROH TV Champ:
“There are certain situations in life that are character-building, and I feel like that was one of those moments in my life,” said Young. “Sometimes, the battles with yourself are the hardest battles, and that goes for a lot of people. Our own worst enemies are often ourselves, so it takes a lot of mental checking-in-with-yourself–almost giving yourself a daily mental pep talk–because our biggest opponent is our self.”
His son’s reaction to his victory:
“My son, who just turned nine years old, was running around the house with the belt,” said Young. “Then my wife and I celebrated over breakfast.”
The kind of champion he expects to be:
“I want to take this title and run with it,” said Young. “It’s a hard task to accomplish, but I want to raise the Ring of Honor World Television title and elevate it higher than it’s ever been. I also want to live up to it; what the title means, the standards former champions have set, and surpass it. I’m up for the challenge.”
You can read Young’s full interview with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated at this link here.
Ring Of Honor (ROH) star and WAGS Atlanta star Brandi Rhodes was recently interviewed by Wrestling Inc. to talk about a variety of topics. You can read the highlights from the interview here:
If Cody Rhodes will be appearing on WAGS Atlanta:
“Yes, I’m going to say, but again, he and I, and everyone on that show, our schedules were killer. I had people texting me all the time from other cast members saying; where are you? We haven’t seen you in a while,” she said. “Same with Cody; this summer he was just so busy. He was at the peak of busyness. He was in Japan, he’s here, and there, so we caught him for how much that we could. A lot of the story of us is grounded in each other because we spent so much time together, so you will definitely see Cody, which I hope you will see a lot of him, but we will just have to see what they come up with.”
How she and Cody began dating:
“We started dating randomly. I had been there for a minute, and Cody hadn’t really shown much interest in me at all, so it wasn’t something that I had thought about, and then all of a sudden, he became extremely fascinated with me, where he would go out of his way to make a strange joke that I wasn’t sure if I would get or not, and he would just surround himself around me all the time, and then finally, some of the girls would say that they are sure he is into me and that he likes me, just being coy about it,” she said.
“Finally he started asking me to come hang out with him and I said no many times because it’s a work environment and I was new at the time and was not looking to rock the boat by getting into this romance, but all along I definitely did want to go out with him. I was very into him, but it took a while. It probably took around a month for me to go out with him, and after that the rest is as they say history because I feel that we ended up spending everyday together after that; everyday that we could. It just naturally happened, and it was one of those things where we were on the road all the time. People say it all the time, you are with these people more than you are with your family so a lot of times they do become your family.”
Having aspirations beyond what WWE was allowing her to do:
“It was definitely difficult to be on the road a lot and being in a relationship with him. To me, it was a big change because we moved to Atlanta, which I had never lived there before, and didn’t have many friends. Some of my career goals and what I was trying to do, he didn’t really understand that. It is funny that you grow up fundamentally different, but it’s funny with the tie in to WAGS Atlanta because the women on this show, they are the epitome of what is considered to be a ‘WAG,’ which is a wife, or major supporting figure, so a lot of these girls don’t have jobs,” she explained. “Some of them have children and some of them don’t.
“A lot of their sole purpose is to make their man comfortable, which I believe is a very southern thing, because it’s something that I can’t do it. It is not in me and I don’t understand it. It is a lot to learn, and unique, but it is commonplace here in Atlanta where the man takes care of things and the woman becomes a homemaker, and later on in the relationship, a mother, which isn’t the things that I ever considered. I think Cody thought that I would want that for my life since he grew up in that, but that is just not me. I like to make my own money, and I like to go my own way, and get excited about various opportunities and ventures, so it wasn’t something that I could have done for very long.”
You can read Rhodes’ full interview with Wrestling Inc. by clicking this link here.
