World title match official for next week’s Ring of Honor TV

Mark Briscoe will defend the ROH World title on the Thursday, August 22 episode of Ring of Honor TV.

ROH authority figure Paul Wight officially announced during this week’s Ring of Honor TV on Honor Club show that Briscoe will defend against The Beast Mortos on next week’s episode.

Briscoe’s defense will come after he successfully retained the World title on this week’s show with a win over Johnny TV.

Tony Nese approached Wight and demanded a title shot against Briscoe, but Wight awarded the bout to Mortos instead. He told Nese to defeat Lio Rush on an upcoming Ring of Honor TV show, and then the two will discuss title shots further.

Briscoe is in the midst of his first ROH World title reign after defeating Eddie Kingston to win the bet at Supercard of Honor on April 5. He has since successfully defended against Kyle Fletcher, Roderick Strong, and Johnny TV.

Next week’s title match was taped on August 11 as part of the AEW/ROH Summer Series residency in Arlington, Texas.