This article is about female talent in Ring of Honor. For the investigation into the treatment of women in the Irish Defence Forces, see Women of Honour.
Former ROH female worker Veda Scott working in ROH managing R.D. Evans in January of 2014 (left and middle) and on pic in 2019 (right). Veda Scott also valeted Cedric Alexander during her time in ROH as well[13]
For example during year 2011 Mia Yim was introduced to Ring of Honor Wrestling by Prince Nana as Princess Mia Yim afterwards from that point on she went on to valet his male stable alliance alongside him in Ring of Honor.[21] Around that time she also had a match against Sara Del Ray in Ring of Honor Wrestling but was not successful.[22]
For another factual example during those years, during year 2013 Athena Reese was a part of a ROH stable by the name of Team RnB alongside another ROH wrestler by the name of A. C. H.[13] weeks later A.C.H. ran into another ROH wrestler by the name of TaDarius Thomas[26] and then the two made an alliance tag team stable name by the name of Adrenaline RUSH that primarily consisted of A.C.H. and TaDarius Thomas only[27] from that point on.
Athena Reese at another wrestling promotions event in 2016 as Ember Moon
For an even further factual example, on August 15, 2014, at ROH Field of Honor of 2014 Jay Lethal defeated Matt Taven for the ROH World Television Championship with Seleziya aka Seleziya Sparx and Truth Martini in Jay Lethal's corner. Seleziya was Jay Lethal's female valet alongside his then male valet Truth Martini. Shortly after that Taeler Hendrix returned to ROH and became Jay Lethal's female valet replacing Seleziya Sparx but the two ladies never at the same time valeted Jay Lethal. (They were known as The House of Truth. Scarlett Bordeaux was a part of the stable before both ladies.)[28][29][17]
The popularity of women in Ring of Honor has resulted in Ring of Honor taping a pilot for a standalone Women of Honor program. Ring of Honor has also made numerous Women of Honor branded merchandise available for purchase.[30] The pilot aired as a Women of Honor-branded television special the weekend of June 25, 2016 and its success led to a Women of Honor taping that is available on DVD.[31]
Women of Honor (2015; 2016–present)
At its founding, ROH had a partnership with the female exclusive promotion Shimmer Women Athletes (Shimmer), with their top championship - the Shimmer Championship - being defended at ROH events, essentially serving as ROH's de facto women's title in the promotion's early years.
During years 2015 to 2016 Ring of Honor regularly aired and promoted their Women of Honor matches called Women of Honor Wednesday matches[32][33] (Also known as Women Division Wednesday matches starting years 2021 to 2022[34]) on their YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter platforms.[32][34]
These Women of Honor matches where presented by Ian Riccaboni. Which we're joined by ROH female talent such as Taeler Hendrix, Mandy Leon, Veda Scott, Deonna Purrazzo, Hania the Howling Huntress, Sumie Sakai, Havok and more ROH Women of Honor to compete in these reinstated Women of Honor matches since the division had been reinstated as a permanent Women of Honor division during years 2015 and 2016.[35][36]
In February 2017, ROH partnered with Japanese women's only wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom for a Women of Honor tryout camp.[37] On December 5, 2017 at Final Battle, Riccaboni introduced and announced ROH's creation of its own women's title called the ROHWomen of Honor Championship,[38][39] which would later be named the Women of Honor World Championship, as a tournament for the championship was set to start on January 20, 2018.[40] On April 7, 2018 at Supercard of Honor XII, Sumie Sakai defeated Kelly Klein in the tournament final to become the inaugural champion.[41][42] Along with Sumie Sakai, there have been four champions overall, shared between Angelina Love,[43]Mayu Iwatani[44] and Kelly Klein, who held the title in a record setting three-time.[45][46][47]
On January 1, 2020, ROH deactivated the Women of Honor World Champion, held at the time by Kelly Klein, due to the former champion deciding not to renew her contract with the promotion amidst disagreements between the two parties, leading into Klein filling a lawsuit against the company over a year later in early 2021. As such, a new championship was to be created for the division, the ROH Women's World Championship. The winner was originally planned to be crowned in a 16-woman Tournament at Quest For Gold, but that tournament, as well as the Women of Honor division as a whole, was put on hold due to the event being cancelled amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.[48]
During the ROH 19th Anniversary Show on March 26, 2021, Maria Kanellis made her on-screen return to the promotion and announced a new tournament to crown a new ROH Women's World Champion, the first since the retirement of the Women of Honor World Championship at the beginning of 2020. The tournament will take place in summer 2021, with a number of the matches to be showcased on ROH TV.[49]The division also seemingly dropped using the 'Women of Honor' name as a month later, 'Women's Division Wednesdays' returned on ROH's official YouTube channel starting on April 28, 2021.[50]
As of January 1, 2020, ROH deactivated the ROH Women of Honor World Championship (due to contractual issues with reigning champion Kelly Klein), and announced the creation of a brand new championship for the division, the ROH Women's World Championship. The winner was originally planned to be crowned in a 16-woman Tournament at Quest For Gold, but had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After ROH resumed operations following a five-month pandemic related hiatus, a new 15-woman tournament (with one participant - Angelina Love - getting a first round bye due to Vita VonStarr being removed from the tournament via other personal issues with Maria Kanellis) was announced at Best in the World that took place beginning on July 31, 2021, and tournament final which Rok-C won to become the inaugural ROH Women's World Champion on September 12, 2021, at Death Before Dishonor XVIII.[51]
During early January 2022 Ring of Honor stopped having Wednesday version's of ROH women's matches and once more had ROH women's matches on ROH Wrestling TV shows alongside the men as they did during years 2002 to 2011 & years 2011 to 2015.[52][53][54]
On September 15, 2024 Athena became the longest reigning ROH women's champion & ROH title holder of all time as a women surpassing Samoa Joe's reign as ROH World Champion at 645 days by holding the ROH Women's World Championship for 646 days.[57]
Championships and accomplishments
Current champions
The following list shows the Women of Honor that are currently holding all active Women of Honor championships in Ring of Honor Wrestling.
1 ^ Participants in the original tournament included: Ashley Vox, Gia Scott, Heather Monroe, Jenny Rose, Katarina, Kellyanne, Lindsay Snow, Maria Manic, Session Moth Martina, and Tasha Steelz. 2 ^Brandi Lauren and Laynie Luck were named as alternates. 3 ^ Spot was originally meant for Vita VonStarr, but her interference in matches involving The Righteous got her removed. 4 ^ Allie Recks was slated to take VonStarr's place in the tournament, but a knee injury kept her from competing. 5 ^Chelsea Green was slated to take VonStarr's place in the tournament, but a broken wrist kept her from competing. 6 ^ Love defeated Quinn McKay on the May 8 ROH Wrestling episode to earn a bye.
Inaugural ROH Women's World Television Championship tournament
1 ^ Originally scheduled participant Lady Frost was on tour in Mexico when the tournament began, so she was removed.
Inaugural championship holders
The following list shows the first ever Ring of Honor and partnered with Ring of Honor Shimmer Women Athletes Women's Championship winners and the years that the titles were first ever won by Women of Ring of Honor in Ring of Honor history.
The following list shows the Top 5 ROH 5 Count Women of Honor Trailblazers[86] and the Top 5 ROH 5 Count Women of Honor Competitors[87] in all of Ring of Honor Wrestling (ROH) history.
Cherry Bomb executing a Death Valley Driver on MsChif during a Ring of Honor taping at the Ted Reeve arena in Toronto, Ontario during year 2013
She was victorious in the very first WOH match in 2002, is a 20-year veteran, and was the first ROH Women of Honor Champion.
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Jenny Rose
2013; 2015–2020
Competed in her first ROH Women's match against Leah Von Dutch, MsChif, and Athena after training in the ROH Dojo and wrestling in Japan after her training.
Sumie Sakai is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. She is best known for her extensive tenure in Ring of Honor, where she was the inaugural and longest reigning Women of Honor Champion.
Michael Bennett is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and its sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a member of The Undisputed Kingdom stable. Bennett previously competed for WWE under the ring name Mike Kanellis, and for Impact Wrestling.
Matthew Marinelli, known by his ring name, Matt Taven, is an American professional wrestler and wrestling trainer. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and its sister promotion, Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a member of The Undisputed Kingdom.
Undisputed Kingdom is a professional wrestling stable that currently peforms in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and also makes appearances in its sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), consisting of Adam Cole, Matt Taven, Mike Bennett, Roderick Strong, and Wardlow.
Brett Giehl, better known by the ring name Dalton Castle, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a one-time ROH World Champion, a one-time ROH World Television Champion and a two-time ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champion. He also makes appearances for its sister company All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is also known for his tenure in Chikara, where he wrestled under the ring names Ashley Remington and Dalton Caroline Castle.
Adrienne Palmer is an American professional wrestler. She is 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 and longest reigning ROH Women's World Champion in her first reign, whilst also being the longest-reigning champion in ROH history.
Kelly Klein, is a Retired American professional wrestler who is currently a free agent. She is best known for her time in Ring of Honor (ROH), where she was a record three-time and the final ROH Women of Honor World Champion.
The Women of Honor World Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor (ROH).
ROH 16th Anniversary was a two-night professional wrestling event produced by American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), which took place Friday, March 9 and Saturday March 10, 2018, at the Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall in the Las Vegas suburb of Sunrise Manor, Nevada. Friday's show was a pay-per-view broadcast, while Saturday's was a set of tapings for ROH's flagship program Ring of Honor Wrestling.
Matt Taven and Mike Bennett are together a professional wrestling tag team. They wrestle for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and its sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), where they are part of the Undisputed Kingdom stable.
Death Before Dishonor XVIII was a professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). It was the eighteenth event in the Death Before Dishonor chronology. It took place on September 12, 2021. The show was originally supposed to emanate from the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, Florida, but due to a surge of COVID-19 in Florida at the time, the location was changed to the 2300 Arena at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It marked the last time Death Before Dishonor had Roman numerals in its name.
The ROH Women's World Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). The current champion is Athena, who is in her first reign, which is the longest reign in the title's history.
Carla Gonzalez is an American professional wrestler. As of March 2022, she is signed to WWE where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Roxanne Perez. She is the NXT Women's Champion in her record-tying second reign, and a former NXT Women's Tag Team Champion with Cora Jade. Prior to signing with WWE, Gonzalez wrestled under the ring name Rok-C in Ring of Honor (ROH), where she was the inaugural ROH Women's World Champion. She also worked for several independent promotions such as Reality of Wrestling.
Supercard of Honor XV was a professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on April 1, 2022, at the Curtis Culwell Center in the Dallas suburb of Garland, Texas. It was the fifteenth event in the Supercard of Honor chronology, and the first edition since the G1 Supercard in 2019; 2020's planned Supercard of Honor XIV was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was also ROH's first live event after a three month hiatus following Final Battle in December 2021, as well as the final event under the Sinclair Broadcasting Group's ownership before the completion of the promotion's March 2022 sale to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) president Tony Khan.
Patrice Adora McNair, known under the ring name Trish Adora, is an American professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer, predominantly for All Elite Wrestling and Ring of Honor, where she is a member of Shane Taylor Promotions and its sub-group The Infantry. She is the inaugural Pan-Afrikan World Diaspora Wrestling World Champion. She has also wrestled in numerous promotions such as Game Changer Wrestling, Progress Wrestling, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
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