ROH Women's World Television Championship

Last updated
ROH Women's World Television Championship
ROH Women's World Television Championship.jpeg
The ROH Women's World Television Championship belt
Details
Promotion Ring of Honor (ROH)
All Elite Wrestling (AEW)
Date establishedDecember 16, 2023
Current champion(s) Billie Starkz
Date wonApril 5, 2024
Statistics
First champion(s) Billie Starkz

The ROH Women's World Television Championship is a women's professional wrestling world television championship in the Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion. It is comparable to the ROH World Television Championship in the men's division. The inaugural champion is Billie Starkz who is in her first reign.

Contents

History

Ring of Honor owner Tony Khan unveiled the championship on December 16, 2023 during a taping of Ring of Honor Wrestling . [1] [2] [3] The championship is a secondary title in the ROH women's division. The design of the belt matches the men's World Television Championship. Several names were confirmed for the inaugural tournament with the likes of Leyla Hirsch, Kiera Hogan, Lady Frost, Rachael Ellering and Billie Starkz. [4]

On February 10, 2024 taping of Ring of Honor, more names were announced for the inaugural ROH Women's World Television Championship such as Taya Valkyrie, Sussy Love, Red Velvet, Sandra Moone, Abadon, Viva Van and Robyn Renegade. Where only four names advanced in the tournament such as Taya Valkyrie, Red Velvet, Abadon and firstly entered participate Billie Starkz as Taya Valkyrie defeated Sussy Love, Red Velvet defeated Sandra Moone, Abadon defeated Viva Van and Billie Starkz defeated Robyn Renegade in the first round. [5] On February 14, 2024, J-Rod, Queen Aminata, Mercedes Martinez, Trish Adora and Diamante were announced as participants. [6] During the second part of the first rounds, Queen Aminata, Leyla Hirsch, Mercedes Martinez and Diamante were prosperous at advancing in the tournament. [7]

On the February 24, 2024 taping of ROH, the second round of the ROH Women's World Television Championship tournament began as Red Velvet defeated Leyla Hirsch while Queen Aminata defeated Taya Valkyrie to advance. [8]

On March 7, 2024 taping of ROH, another part of the second round of the ROH Women's World Television Championship tournament took place where Billie Starkz defeated Diamante and Mercedes Martinez defeated Abandon to advance. [9]

On the March 16, 2024 taping of ROH, at the semifinals of the tournament, Queen Amanita defeated Red Velvet and Billie Starkz defeated Mercedes Martinez, leaving it down to Queen Amanita and Billie Starkz on who will become the inaugural champion. [10]

On April 5, 2024 at Supercard of Honor, Billie Starkz defeated Queen Aminata to become the inaugural ROH Women's World Television Championship holder. [11]

Inaugural champion Billie Starkz Billie Starkz AEW House Show Corbin, KY (cropped).jpg
Inaugural champion Billie Starkz

Inaugural ROH Women's World Television Championship tournament (2024)

Tournament bracket

First Round
ROH Wrestling
(February 15 and 22)		Quarterfinals
ROH Wrestling
(February 29, March 7 and 14)		Semifinals
ROH Wrestling
(March 21)		Final
Supercard of Honor
(April 5)
        
Kiera Hogan 6:31 [12]
Diamanté Pin
Diamanté 11:38 [13]
Billie Starkz Pin
Billie Starkz Sub
Robyn Renegade 9:47 [14]
Billie Starkz Pin
Mercedes Martinez 11:33 [15]
Mercedes Martinez Sub
Trish Adora 9:46 [12]
Mercedes Martinez Pin
Abadon 9:46 [13]
Viva Van 5:48 [14]
Abadon Pin
Billie Starkz Sub
Queen Aminata 17:42 [11]
Rachael Ellering 10:49 [12]
Leyla Hirsch Pin
Leyla Hirsch 9:46 [16]
Red Velvet Pin
Sandra Moone 9:01 [14]
Red Velvet Pin
Red Velvet 9:24 [15]
Queen Aminata Pin
J–Rod 6:04 [12]
Queen Aminata Pin
Queen Aminata Pin
Taya Valkyrie 8:52 [17]
Sussy Love 7:19 [14]
Taya Valkyrie Pin

1 ^ Originally scheduled participant Lady Frost was on tour in Mexico when the tournament began, so she was removed.

Belt design

The ROH Women's Television Championship design is very similar to the June 22, 2023 design of the ROH World Television Championship belt design that was presented to champion Samoa Joe on that episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling. [18] To represent difference this design of the title has the word women's at the top in the center piece of the championship. [1]

Reigns

As of April19, 2024.
Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1 Billie Starkz April 5, 2024 Supercard of Honor Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 114+Defeated Queen Aminata in the tournament finals to become the inaugural champion. [11]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mercedes Martinez</span> American professional wrestler

Jazmin Benitez is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Mercedes Martinez. She also appears for AEW's sister promotion, Ring of Honor (ROH), where she is a former ROH Women's World Champion. She is also known for her time in WWE, primarily on the NXT brand.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Taya Valkyrie</span> Canadian professional wrestler

Kira Renée Magnin-Forster is a Canadian professional wrestler, fitness competitor, and model better known by the ring name Taya Valkyrie, who is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). She also performs AEW's sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Athena (wrestler)</span> American professional wrestler

Adrienne Palmer is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under her ring name Athena. She also appears in AEW's sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), where she is the current ROH Women's World Champion in her first reign, which is the longest reign for the title. She is also known for her time in WWE, where she worked under the name Ember Moon, where she is a former NXT Women's Tag Team Champion and a former NXT Women's Champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Women of Honor</span> Female talent in Ring of Honor

Women of Honor is a term used by Ring of Honor (ROH) to refer to its women's division and to the promotion's female talent. The term is applied universally to wrestlers, backstage interviewers, and managers/valets.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rachael Ellering</span> American professional wrestler

Rachael Ellering is an American professional wrestler currently performing for Ring of Honor (ROH). She is a former Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Diamante (female wrestler)</span> American professional wrestler

Priscilla Zuniga, better known by the ring name Diamanté, is a Cuban-American professional wrestler currently performing for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and its sister promotion, Ring of Honor (ROH). She is also known for her time with Impact Wrestling and on the independent circuit under the ring name Angel Rose.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kiera Hogan</span> American professional wrestler

Kiera Hogan is an American professional wrestler currently working for All Elite Wrestling (AEW). She is best known for her time in Impact Wrestling, where she is a former two-time Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champion. Hogan has also worked in Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU), where she is a former WSU Spirit Champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tate Twins</span> Professional wrestling stable

The Tate Twins are a professional wrestling tag team made up of brothers Brandon and Brent Tate. They are best known for their time at Ring of Honor (ROH) and All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where they teamed with Dalton Castle as The Boys and are former two-time ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions with Castle.

Stephanie M. Cardona, better known by the ring name Red Velvet, is a Colombian-American professional wrestler and dancer. She is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leyla Hirsch</span> American professional wrestler

Leyla Hirsch is a Russian-born American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), she also appears in AEW's sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH).

<i>AEW Battle of the Belts</i> Professional wrestling television special series

AEW Battle of the Belts is an American series of professional wrestling television specials produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The one-hour specials are broadcast on TNT in the United States and air quarterly throughout the year. The series currently airs on select Saturday nights at 10 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) immediately after AEW's regular Saturday program, Collision; the series originally aired on select Saturday nights at 8 p.m. ET, but was moved to Fridays at 11 p.m. ET beginning with the fourth episode before its move back to Saturdays with the seventh episode. Battle of the Belts premiered with a live episode on January 8, 2022. The 10th and most recent special aired live on April 13, 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lady Frost</span> American professional wrestler

Brittany Rae Steding is an American professional wrestler, currently performing on the independent circuit under the ring name Lady Frost. She also makes sporadic appearances for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and her sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Abadon (wrestler)</span> American professional wrestler

Abadon is the ring name of an American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).

The Renegade Twins are a professional wrestling tag team currently performing in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and Ring of Honor (ROH). The team consists of real life twin sisters Charlette and Robin Williamson, known by their ring names Charlette Renegade and Robyn Renegade, respectively. They have also competed in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where they are the former one-time NWA World Women's Tag Team Champions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Billie Starkz</span> American professional wrestler

Lillian Bridget is an American professional wrestler known under her ring name Billie Starkz. As of 2024, she is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). She is the current and inaugural ROH Women's World Television Champion in her first reign. She has also wrestled in numerous promotions such as Game Changer Wrestling, Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling, and Major League Wrestling.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Final Battle (2023)</span> 2023 Ring of Honor pay-per-view

The 2023 Final Battle was the 22nd Final Battle professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). The event took place on December 15, 2023 at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas. The event exclusively aired on HonorClub and was the first Final Battle event since 2007 not to feature an ROH World Championship match on the card.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Queen Aminata</span> American professional wrestler

Aminata Sylla better known by her ring-name Queen Aminata is a Guinean professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and AEW's sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). She is known for time in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), and on the American independent circuit.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Supercard of Honor (2024)</span> 2024 Ring of Honor professional wrestling event

The 2024 Supercard of Honor was the 16th Supercard of Honor professional wrestling event produced by American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on April 5, 2024, at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and aired exclusively on Honor Club. The event also featured wrestlers from sister promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and AEW's partner promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom (ST★RDOM).

References

  1. 1 2 Wilkinson, Nick (17 December 2023). "Tony Khan Unveils New ROH Women's TV Title". Www.diva-dirt.com. Archived from the original on December 17, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  2. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (December 21, 2023). "Tony Khan Unveils ROH Women's TV Title On 12/21 ROH On HonorClub". Fightful. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  3. ↑ Thomas, Jeremy (December 21, 2023). "Tony Khan Announces New Women's TV Championship On ROH TV". 411 Mania. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  4. ↑ Wilkinson, Nick (December 28, 2023). "Several Names Confirmed For ROH Women's TV Title Tournament". diva-dirt.com. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  5. ↑ CAREY, IAN (11 February 2024). "ROH spoilers from Henderson, Nevada Ring of Honor matches were filmed on Saturday". F4wonline.com. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  6. ↑ Pizzazz, Manolo Has (14 February 2024). "ROH reveals four matchups in women's TV title tournament". Cagesidedseats.com. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  7. ↑ MOSS, JEFF (15 February 2024). "Ring of Honor TV live results: Women's TV title tournament begins Four first-round matches will air on tonight's show". F4wonline.com. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  8. ↑ Boone, Matt (25 February 2024). "ROH TV Spoilers From AEW Collision Taping On 2/24 In Springfield, MO". Wrestlingheadlines.com. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
  9. ↑ Ravens, Andrew (8 March 2024). "**SPOILERS** From Thursday's ROH TV Tapings In Duluth, GA (3/7/24)". Ewrestlingnews.com. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  10. ↑ Ravens, Andrew. "**SPOILERS** From Saturday Night's ROH TV Tapings In Ottawa (3/16/24)". Ewrestlingnews.com. Retrieved March 17, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. 1 2 3 Sambus, Theo. "Join 411's Live ROH Supercard of Honor Coverage". 411mania.com. Retrieved April 5, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. 1 2 3 4 Robinson, Sam (February 16, 2024). "ROH on HonorClub results (2/15): Robinson's review of Leyla Hirsch vs. Rachael Ellering, Diamante vs. Kiera Hogan, Queen Aminata vs. J-Rod, Mercedes Martinez vs. Trish Adora in ROH Women's TV Title tournament matches". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  13. 1 2 Robinson, Sam (March 15, 2024). "ROH on HonorClub results (3/14): Robinson's review of Mercedes Martinez vs. Abadon, and Diamante vs. Billie Starkz in ROH Women's TV Title tournament quarterfinal matches". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
  14. 1 2 3 4 Robinson, Sam (February 23, 2024). "ROH on HonorClub results (2/22): Robinson's review of Athena vs. Nyla Rose in a best of three falls tables match for the ROH Women's Championship, ROH Women's TV Title tournament matches". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  15. 1 2 Powell, Jason (March 22, 2024). "ROH on HonorClub results (3/21): Queen Aminata vs. Red Velvet, and Mercedes Martinez vs. Billie Starkz in ROH Women's TV Title tournament semifinal matches". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  16. ↑ Robinson, Sam (March 8, 2024). "ROH on HonorClub results (3/7): Robinson's review of Leyla Hirsch vs. Red Velvet in an ROH Women's TV Title tournament quarterfinal match, four corner survival tag team match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  17. ↑ Robinson, Sam (March 1, 2024). "ROH on HonorClub results (2/29): Robinson's review of Johnny TV vs. Dalton Castle for custody of The Boys, Taya Valkyrie vs. Queen Aminata in an ROH Women's TV Title tournament quarterfinal match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  18. ↑ Middleton, Marc (June 22, 2023). "Tony Khan Presents Samoa Joe with New ROH World Television Title Belt". Wrestling Headlines. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.