With both men down, Action Andretti came out to cheer on the match. Fox hit a flying back elbow in the corner, then a rolling cutter for a near fall. Fox went to the top, but Rush tried to try him up in the ropes. Fox spring into a cutter off the ropes, then hit another cutter, but it only got two.

Fox went for a 450, but Rush avoided it and hit a pop up powerbomb. Rush followed up with a spear for two. Rush stretched Fox, then hit a springboard cutter to send Fox to the floor. Rush followed up by hitting a dive on the floor. The crowd was going crazy for Rush.

Back in the ring, Rush hit another springboard cutter for two. Rush gave Fox a stunner and locked in a cravat. Rush forced Fox into the corner and bit his head. Fox ducked a charge from Rush bt fell victim to a Spanish Fly. Rush then came off the top with a frog splash, but it only got two.

Rush dropped to the floor and took the title belt. He climbed up the ropes with the title belt, but referee Stephon Smith took the belt away from Rush. With the ref looking away, Andretti shoved Rush off the top rope. Fox hit a 450 splash and got the pinfall.

Match Result: Fox pinned Rush to retain the ROH TV title (15:40).

— Sammy Guevara reminded the world he’s beaten the AEW World Champion Darby Allin four times, and tomorrow night on Collision he’ll do it for a fifth time and win the AEW World Title. 

Deonna Purrazzo v. Diamanté for the ROH Women’s Pure Championship 

Purrazzo folded Diamanté up with a big powerbomb and went right into a Fujiarwa armbar. Diamanté immediately used a rope break to escape. 

The fight went to the floor, and Diamanté targeted Purrazzo’s leg, then hit a stunner on the floor. 

Back in the ring, Diamanté worked over the leg some more. Diamanté grabbed an ankle lock on Purrazzo while she was leaning against the ropes, which basically forced her to use a rope break. 

Purrazzo came back iwht chops in the corner. Diamanté hit a closed fist on Purrazzo, which is her one free closed fist. If she does that again, it will be a disqualification. 

Diamanté hung Purrazzo upside down in the ropes, then dropkicked her to the floor. Purrazzo got back in the ring, and Diamanté worked over the knee some more. Purrazzo came back with a Russian Leg Sweep. She rolled right into an armbar from there, but Diamanté countered with a candle and hit a kick. 

Diamanté blocked another powerbomb attempt and went back to a spinning toe hold, then transitioned into an ankle lock. Purrazzo flipped out of it, but Diamanté caught her with  a forearm. Diamanté hit a bridging German suplex for a near fall. 

Diamanté caught Purrazzo with an armbar, but Purrazzo countered with a cradle. Purrazzo hit a closed fist and got a warning from the ref. Purrazzo caught Diamanté with a draping DDT, then went back to the arm bar. Diamanté used her second rope break to escape. 

Purrazzo tried for a Gotch style piledriver, but Diamanté escaped. Diamante set up something like a Cross Rhodes, but Purrazzo escaped and went for the arm bar. Diamanté escaped and Purrazzo struck with a Gotch Style piledriver for two. 

Diamanté flipped off Purrazzo and slapped her, trying to taunt hereunto using a closed fist. Instead, Purrazzo drove her down with a short powerbomb, the locked in the Venus De Milo double armbar. Even though she was close to the ropes (and still had one rope break), Diamanté tapped out. 

Match Result: Deonna Purrazzo retained the Women’s Pure Title over Diamanté by submission (13:01).

— Action Andretti turned on his partner Lio Rush because he was nowhere to be found when RUSH laid him out in the pre-show.

— Coleman and Riccaboni confirm Darby Allin v. Sammy Guevara for Collision tomorrow night. 

Ace Austin v. Lee Moriarty for the ROH Pure Wrestling Championship 

Moriarty is the longest-reigning ROH Pure Champion and the longest-reigning men’s champion of any kind in ROH. 

Austin used a rope break very early to escape a pretty rudimentary hold, so that might have been Moriarty leading him to the ropes. Moriarty went to the arm, but Austin countered with a backbreaker. Moriarty tried for a chicken wing, but Austin slipped out and caught Moriarty with a cradle. Austin locked Moriarty in a Muta Lock. Moriarty escaped by jamming Austin’s fingers against the mat. 

Moriarty again went for the chicken wing, but Austin escaped by backing into the corner. Moriarty went to work on Austin’s arm some more. Moriarty tied up Austin in a straight jacket. Austin was able to reverse that into one of his own. Moriarty escaped and locked in an octopus. Moriarty then leaned towards the ropes, basically leading Austin into using his second rope break. 

Moriarty has used none of his rope breaks. 

Moriarty missed a dropkick, and Austin locked in a Koji Clutch. Moriarty had to use a rope break to escape. 

Moriarty swept Austin’s leg. Austin floored Moriarty with a short arm clothesline and dropped a leg. Austin hit a Death Valley Driver. Austin hit a bridging German suplex for a near fall. 

Moriarty avoided an offensive move from Austin by going to the ropes, and some in the crowd called for a rope break. The ref didn’t see it that way. 

Moriarty hit a springboard lariat, then locked in the Border City Stretch. Austin countered with a cradle for two. Austin countered an arm bar with a deep cradle for two. 

Austin tied up Moriarty’s legs and bridged back for a cover, but Moriarty used a rope break to escape. 

This leaves both men with just one more rope break. 

And just like that, Moriarty locked in another arm bar while Austin was tied up in the ropes, forcing Austin to use his last rope break. 

Moriarty escaped a tiger driver and hit a forearm. Austin sprung off the ropes with a spinning kick. Austin charged, but Moriarty caught him with another armbar. Austin got to the ropes, which didn’t break the hold, but he was able to use the ropes to dump Moriarty to the floor. 

Moriarty slid back in the ring, and Austin drove his head into the mat for a near fall. Austin spun Moriarty into a flatliner and locked in the Koji Clutch again. Moriarty had to use his last rope break to escape. 

Austin went for a rollup, but Moriarty escaped and locked in the chicken wing. Austin escaped, but Moriarty rolled him up with a bridge, and in bridging back grabbed the ropes for additional leverage and got the pinfall. This is apparently legal, since all the rope breaks were used up. 

Match Result: Moriarty retained over Austin via pinfall (16:08). 

— Red Velvet feels good about retaining her ROH TV Title, but doesn’t feel good about being left out of the Owen Hart Women’s Tournament. So she’s going to Collision tomorrow night to beat Willow Nightingale for the TBS Championship. 

— Lexi Nair brought out Jordan Oliver and Alec Price. They are “Busta and the Brain.” They plan to be first in line for the ROH Tag Team Titles. But they’re ready for any other tag teams in ROH that are feeling froggy. And just like that, Matt Taven and Mike Bennett, the Kingdom returned to ROH. Surprisingly, this didn’t end in violence, but both teams shaking hands and pretty much agreeing to a fight down the line. 

Shane Taylor & The Infantry (w/ Anthony Ogogo & Christyan XO) v. The Outrunners & Dalton Castle  for the ROH Six Man Champions

The Outrunners and Castle answered the open challenge that Shane Taylor Promotions made during Zero Hour. Castle still gets a big pop from the crowd.

Castle went for the Bangarang on Dean, but Dean was quick to counter. Castle leveled Dean with a forearm, but Bravo caught Dean with a knee from the apron. Truth Magnum got the tag and took Bravo down with blistering chops. 

Magnum missed a dive in the corner, and Dean caught him with a springboard cutter. Bravo drove Magnum into the apron with a cutter, and Taylor followed up with a big leg. 

Magnum tried to fight out of the STP corner, but got triple-teamed by his opponents. 

Magnum almost got to his corner to make the tag, but his opponents made sure there was no one to tag by yanking his partners to the floor. Taylor followed up by splashing Truth in the corner. Taylor also took out Dalton Castle with a splash on the floor. 

Turbo Floyd finally got the tag and took it to the Infantry. He hit Taylor with a dropkick and slammed Bravo and Dean. The Outrunners started gearing up for the Mega-Powers handshake, but Taylor leveled them both. 

Floyd got triple-teamed in the corner by the heels. Castle was still out in the floor. Dean came in with a pendulum elbow drop, then dropped another elbow in the ring for a two count. Taylor and Bravo crotched Floyd against the ringpost. 

Dean suplexed Floyd. Bravo tagged in and he suplexed Floyd. Shane Taylor tagged in and he gave Floyd a big delayed vertical suplex. Dean went back into suplex Floyd, but Floyd reversed it. Bravo tried to keep Floyd from getting the tag. Flyod got him with a back suplex, but Dean lured Magnum away from his corner and there was no one for Floyd to tag. 

Taylor charged in an missed an avalanche. Floyd went for a slam, but Taylor is huge and Floyd is tired so that didn’t work. Taylor easily slammed Floyd and leveled him with a headbutt. But Taylor missed another avalanche, and Floyd was able to get Taylor up for a slam. Meanwhile, Castle had finally recovered and made it to his corner to get the tag! 

Suplexes for all the heels, including a massive German suplex for Taylor. Castle went for the Bangarang on Taylor, but couldn’t hold him up. Christyan XO distracted Castle, and the heels got the advantage on Castle. Taylor hit a stuff piledriver on Castle, but the Outrunners made the save. 

The Infintry went for a double team on Castle, but the Outrunners crotched them on the ringbolt. Castle hit a massive Bangarang on Taylor. The Outrunners dropped a double-elbow, and Castle caught Taylor with a jackknife cradle and held Taylor down for the three! 

Match Result: The Outrunners & Dalton Castle are your new Ring of Honor Six Man Champions after Castle pinned Shane Taylor (17:47). 

After the match, Shane Taylor Promotions laid out the new champs, but cue the Pixies, Orange Cassidy came out. Mark Briscoe, Cassidy’s Co-Conglomerator, ran in for the save with the chair. They ran off Shane Taylor Promotions, and celebrated with the new six man champions.

I’m so glad to see Dalton Castle with ROH gold. And the way this match was laid out, watching it I was practically begging for the title change.

Xelhua v. Mark Davis for the AEW National Championship

You could hear Tony Khan giving Ian notes on commentary. First, to remind the audience that since it’s an AEW title match, there’s only a ten count outside the ring. And then talking about Mark Davis’ big victory over Jack Perry.

The fight went to the floor, and Davis ran through Xelhua with a tackle. Back in the ring, Davis stomped Xelhua and leveled him with a punt. Xelhua fell back on a bodyslam attempt. Davis hit Xeluha with a lariat, then sent him off the apron to the floor with another lariat. 

Xelhua beat the count to get back in the ring, then got immediately slammed. Davis set Xelhua on the turnbuckles and tried to pull off his mask. Xelhua blocked that, then sent Davis down to the mat. Xelhua came off the top with a crossbody for a near fall. 

Xelhua took Davis down with a Northern Lights suplex for a near fall. Xelhua tied up Davis with a hammerlock and drove him down to the mat. Xelhua punched Davis in the corner “diez” times in the corner, with the crowd helpfully counting along for him in Spanish. 

Davis went for a lariat, but Xelhua tripped him up and tied up his ankle. Davis crawled to the ropes to force a break. Davis came up selling his knee, and Xelhua went to work on it… until Davis killed him with a snap piledriver. 

Xelhua tried to set up a superplex, but Davis countered it and avalanche suplexed Xeluha out of the corner. 

Xelhua slammed Davis, then went to the top. Xelhua went for a senton, but Davis got out of the way. Davis dropped Xelhua with a piledriver, then hit the lariat for the pinfall. 

Match Result: Mark Davis pinned Xelhua to retain the AEW National Title (14:10). 

— Lexi Nair interviewed Shane Taylor Promotions, and they lay out some challenges for the Conglomeration and the new ROH Six Man champions tomorrow night at Collision. 

Collision Tomorrow night: 

• Darby Allin v. Sammy Guevara for the AEW World Title 
• The Divine Dominion five minute challenge
• The Opps Samoa Joe & Anthony Bowens v. Jay Lethal & Lee Johnson 
• Willow Nightingale v. Red Velvet for the TBS Title 

Next Wednesday: 

• Tommaso Ciampa v. Mark Briscoe 
• Jon Moxley v. Kyle O’Reilly 

— Mark Briscoe & Orange Cassidy accept the challenge from Shane Taylor Promotions, and the word of the day is “hometown a$$ whooping!” Kyle O’Reilly will likely be the third partner. 

 Bandido (w/ Jay Lethal & Lee Johnson) v. Blake Christian for the ROH World Championship 

Christian flipped off Bandido rather than adhere to the Code of Honor. 

After a feeling out process, Christian caught Bandido with a dropkick to send him to the floor. Christian went for a dive, but Bandido got back in the ring and took him down with a snap rana. Bandido sent Christian to the floor and followed him with a dive. 

Lee Johnson distracted the referee, allowing Lethal to clip Bandido’s knee. Christian hit Bandido with a twisting through the ropes tope. 

Back in the ring, Christian worked on Bandido’s knee. The referee caught Lethal and Johnson interfering again, and this time he ejected them from ringside. But, not before Bandido took them out with a dive. 

Christian took control with a short-arm scissors. Christian went to the top, but Bandido rolled out of the way. Christian casually dropped back down to the mat and attacked Bandido’s knee. Christian charged into a boot from Bandido. But Christian tied up Bandido’s legs in the ropes and caught him with a tiger feint kick to the back. 

Bandido tried to gorilla press Christian, but Christian slid into a arm scissors out of it. Bandido powered Christian up into a sit-out powerbomb to escape. Bandido came out of the corner with a twisting moonsault. Bandido hit a running knee for two. 

Bandido went for the 21-plex, but Christian escaped and caught Bandido with a splash. Christian took Bandido down with a dragon screw leg whip. Christian tried to roll into a figure-four, but Bandido countered and dropped Christian with a suplex. 

Christian flipped off Bandido while he was on his back, so Bandido came up with a Northern Lights 21-plex, springing off the ropes and pulling up Bandido into the Northern Lights suplex. I think the 21-plex is kinda dumb, but that was pretty awesome. 

Christian staggered Bandido with a kick that sent him to the apron. Christian followed him on the apron. Bandido tried for a press slam again, but Christian escaped and sent Bandido to the floor. Christian then dove through the middle ropes and pulled Bandido into a tornado DDT that looked like it about killed Bandido. 

Back in the ring, Christian hit the Lethal Injection for two. In a great touch on commentary, Riccaboni explained how just because that’s a finisher for Jay Lethal (who has perfected the hold), doesn’t mean it will work that way for Christian. 

On the floor, Christian cleared off the commentary table like it’s a WWE main event. Christian set up Bandido for a suplex, but Bandido reversed it and turn it into a brainbuster on Christian. 

Back in the ring, Bandido hit the 21-plex, but Christian kicked out at two. Bandido tried for a top rope fallaway slam, but Christian countered and turned it into an avalanche poisoned rana! Christian followed up with a 450 splash for two. 

Christian tried for a 21-plex, but Bandido blocked it and flipped him over the ropes. Bandido pulled Christian into the ring off the middle rope for a deadlift superplex. Bandido went for a shooting star press, but Christian got his knees up. Bandido went for a springboard, but Bandido caught him with a dropkick and both guys were down. 

Bandido got to his feet first, and Christian was out on his feet… until he hit a superkick and a knee out of nowhere. Christian went for a Lethal Injection, but Bandido countered with the X-Knee. Christian came back with a Spanish Fly for a near fall. 

Christian dropped to the floor, and grabbed the ROH title belt from the timekeeper’s table. He went to use the belt, but the ref grabbed it from him. The ref turned his back, and Christian hit a low blow, then a double stomp. But that only got two. 

Christian went for… something, but it got turned into a Styles Clash from Bandido. Christian was flat on his back, and Bandido hit the Deadlift 21-Plex and got the pinfall. 

Match Result: Bandido retained the ROH World Title by pinning Christian (26:05). 

Tremendous match. After the match, while Bandido was on his knees looking down at the championship he retained… Swerve Strickland ran in with a House Call to the back of Bandido’s head. Prince Nana came out to applaud his boss as he hit the House Call a second time. Just went it looked like he was going to leave, Swerve went back and dropped Bandido with a gringo killer on a chair. Officials tended to Bandido, who was laid out in the ring.

Athena v. Yuka Sakazaki v. Billie Starks v. Maya World (w/ Hyan) v. Trish Adora v. Zayda Steel (w/ Christopher Daniels) for ROH Women’s World Title in a Survival of the Fittest Match

Bliz sang Steel’s music on her way to the ring. Athena is on her way to a 1300 day title reign, the longest reigning ROH champion in history. She’s also catching up to the longest days holding any championship over any number of reigns, nearing Mark and Jay Briscoe, who set the record over 13 tag team title reigns. 

This is elimination rules. 

Athena toasted Starks to the floor and told her to “stick to the plan and let them fight,” but the other women surround them on the floor and attack. 

Adora powerslammed Starks in the ring. Steelz came off the top rope with a double stomp. Starks and Athena went to suplex Steelz, but she countered that into a double-DDT on her opponents. Athena dumped Maya World and Sakazaki with a fallaway slam. 

Steelz grabbed a steel chair and went after her opponents. She wedged the chair between the ropes and tried to whip Athena into it. But Athena reversed it, sent Steelz into the chair, and cradled her with her feet on the ropes to get the first fall (about five minutes in). 

Sakazaki got a near fall after a suplex. Athena popped up and hit Sakazaki with a superkick. Athena went for the chair. Before she could use it (while, we she had it up waiting), Maya World came in with a kendo stick. Starks got a chair and laid in a weak chair shot on Sakazaki (she should never do chair shots again). Adora got the kendo stick and worked over Maya World with it. More kendo sticks, chairs and a trash can made it into the ring. 

Athena set up a bunch of chair on the floor. Adora worked over World on the floor with the kendo stick. Starks pulled a table out from under the ring to the delight of the crowd. Starks and Sakazaki fought near the table. Starks whipped Sakazaki into the ring barricade. 

Back in the ring, Maya World gave Adora a head scissors, and she flew into Athena with a spear. Athena and Adora got into it on the ring apron, and Adora chokeslammed Athena off the apron and into the 30 chairs that Athena and set up earlier. 

Starks saved Athena from further abuse from Adora. Starks and Adora fought up to the commentator’s table. Starks went to suplex Adora off the table, but Adora blocked it and gave Starks a Death Valley Driver on the commentator’s table—which did not break. 

Athena recovered, and Adora laid her out with a forearm than sent her onto the table. Sakazaki then came off the top with a Magical Girl Splash to send Athena through the table. 

Back in the ring, Adora dropped Sakazaki with a backbreaker. Adora hit the Lariat Tubman on Athena, but Sakazaki took out Adora with a spinning slam and got the pinfall (15:37). 

Athena, Starks, Maya World, and Sakazaki are the remaining competitors. 

Sakazaki grabbed the trash can and hit a Magical Girl Splash with the can on Athena. Starks saved Athena, then gave her like an avalanche pedigree to get the pinfall (17:21). 

Athena was out (but not out of the match), which left Maya World and Starks to brawl in the ring. Starks ran into a superkick from World. Starks came back with a destroyer for a near fall. 

Athena rolled back in the ring with a pair of kendo sticks. She tossed one to Billie Starks, and they worked over World with the sticks. 

Starks and Athena piled chairs on top of the prone World. Athena pulled a ladder out from underneath the ring. While they’re setting up the ladder, a fan shouted “where’s the breifcase?” 

World caught Starks with a dropkick, which sent her into the ladder. They brawled up to the top, and Athena accidentally hit Starks. World then hit Starks with a sunset flip powerbomb and got the pin. (21:43)

This left World v. Athena. With roughly a billion weapons around the ring, Athena grabbed her belt to use as a weapon. Athena took a wild swing and missed. World drove Athena’s head into the apron with DDT, but only got two. Maya World hit her finisher, but that only got a near fall. 

World locked in an ankle lock. Athena made it to the ropes, but Mike Posey said no rope breaks. Billie Starks (still at ringside despite being eliminated) was about to throw in the towel for Athena (Starks is Athena’s “licensed second”) but Athena grabbed the towel and drug Starks in the ring, breaking up the hold. Athena powerbombed World, then hit her with a chair. 

Athena stepped on Starks back on her way up the giant ladder. She came off the the ladder with a super-dooper O-face on World, and got the pinfall. 

Match Result: Athena pinned Maya World in the final elimination to retain the ROH Women’s World Title (26:09). 

The main event was pretty disappointing. It devolved pretty quickly into a weapons match and the outcome wasn’t ever really in doubt. Especially once Starks was eliminated.

Diamanté came out to celebrate with the World Champion. Billie Starks sat on the ladder looking upset with herself. Athena yelled at Starks for being upset, and Starks left the ring while Athena and Diamanté celebrated. 

Overall the show was a fine way to spend a Friday night. I don’t know if there’s anything to go out of your way to see. I really enjoyed the six man titles change and the world title match. I thought the pure matches were a slice of something different, which was fun. This also set up a lot of things for Collision tomorrow night which has me thinking about driving 3 hours to see the show live.

ROH Supercard of Honor Results – May 15, 2026

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