Ring of Honor TV results: Billie Starkz vs. Diamante, Ethan Page vs. Tony Nese
Ring of Honor presents its weekly show on HonorClub tonight.
Last week, Athena and her minion Billie Starkz were attacked by Mercedes Martinez and Diamante. Their storyline will continue this week as Starkz wrestles Diamante in singles competition.
Ethan Page will also look to extend his five-match winning streak on Thursday. He’ll wrestle Tony Nese on the show.
Metalik vs. Komander is also scheduled for tonight. Komander is coming off a loss to Eddie Kingston for the ROH title on the October 14 episode of Collision.
Other matches scheduled for tonight include Kiera Hogan vs. Allysin Kay, and Josh Woods vs. Pat Buck in a Pure Rules match. The Gates of Agony vs. Workhorsemen vs. Action Andretti & Darius Martin in a triple threat is also advertised for the show.
Ring of Honor TV this week was taped on Saturday at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio. Spoilers from the show are available here.
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Angelico defeated Gravity
A quality win here for Angelico ahead of his future title match against Eddie Kingston.
The two men grappled to a stalemate to start. Gravity sent Angelico to the floor with a dropkick before following him outside with a dive. Gravity went for a high crossbody, but Angelico caught him with an anti-air dropkick. Angelico tied up Gravity like a pretzel with a submission before leaning Gravity back onto his shoulders for a nearfall.
Gravity evaded a corner charge before sending Angelico down with an enzuigiri. They traded pinfall attempts before Gravity hit an around-the-world sunset flip. Angelico countered it into a triangle choke, but Gravity powerbombed his way free. Gravity went for a splash off the top rope, but Angelico got his knees up. Angelico locked Gravity into his half-crab submission to score the win.
The Righteous were backstage. They talked about leaving MJF all alone at WrestleDream, with him now having four hyenas chasing after him. Vincent says that when they speak, they speak the truth.
Shawn Dean (w/ Trish Adora) defeated Peter Avalon (w/ Ryan Nemeth)
Dean got the advantage early on with a dropkick, then scored a nearfall with a bodyslam. Nemeth cut off Dean on the outside, with Avalon dropping Dean. Adora chased Nemeth to the back, allowing Dean to get back on the offensive. Dean hit a Sonic Boom lariat, then followed it with a float-over DDT for a nearfall.
Avalon came back with a flurry of offense, scoring nearfalls with a superkick and a Death Valley Driver. Dean ducked an enzuigiri before hitting one of his own. Avalon cut Dean off on the top rope, but Dean knocked Avalon to the mat and hit the Last Salute splash for the win.
Mercedes Martinez defeated Marti Belle
Martinez escaped a leg hold by slapping Belle in the face. Martinez clubbered on Belle, drilling her with a knee to the face. Martinez hit the Anarchist Suplex for a nearfall. Belle got some offense in, dropping Martinez to a knee before booting her in the face. Belle hit a Penalty Kick for a nearfall.
Martinez ducked a big boot before hitting a rolling elbow and a Tree Slam. Martinez locked Belle in a guillotine submission to score the win.
Lexy Nair was backstage with Athena & Billie Starkz. Athena gave Starkz an aggressive pep talk for her match tonight against Diamante.
Tony Nese (w/Mark Sterling) defeated Ethan Page
A surprising result given Page’s recent build, but the post-match tells me that this isn’t over.
Nese decided to forgo group training to teach Page a lesson tonight. Nese evaded early attacks from Page before taunting him with exercises. Page went after Sterling on the outside, baiting Nese in to send him into the barricade. Page sat on Nese while holding a sign that said Tony Nese Sucks. Page sent Nese back in the ring and hit a shoulder block for a nearfall.
Page set up for the Headshot, but a Sterling distraction allowed Nese to sweep Page off of the apron. Nese hit a plancha to the floor. Nese hung Page in the Tree of Woe before hitting his crunch kicks to the chest. Nese cut off a Page comeback by dropping him neck-first on the ropes, but Page came back with a suplex.
Page fired up, hitting a powerslam on Nese for a nearfall. Nese escaped the Ego’s Edge, but Page hit a high kick. Page followed it with a pumphandle slam and the Headshot, but only got a nearfall. Sterling took Page’s attention on another Ego’s Edge attempt, allowing Nese to roll up Page and get the win with his feet on the ropes. Nese taunted Page after the match, with Page hitting them both. Page went for the Ego’s Edge on Sterling, but Nese pulled him away and bolted up the ramp.
Billie Starkz (w/ Athena) defeated Diamante (w/ Mercedez Martinez)
Starkz ducked a Diamante forearm before sending her to the floor and hitting a dive. Diamante drilled Starkz with a forearm and dropped her with a neckbreaker in the ropes. Diamante held Starkz in a Dragon Sleeper before dropping her with a neckbreaker for a nearfall. Diamante hit a shotgun dropkick to the back for a nearfall.
Diamante caught the feet of Starkz in the corner, turning her around and hitting a backstabber for a nearfall. Starkz came back with an enzuigiri out of the corner. Starkz landed a knee to the face and a spinning kick, before catching Diamante out of a wheelbarrow into a pin for the win.
After the match, Martinez and Diamante jumped Starkz and Athena. Things devolved into a Pier Six brawl, with referees breaking up the fight.
Lexy Nair was backstage with Maria Kanellis-Bennett, Cole Karter, & Griff Garrison. Karter cut off Garrison to gift Bennett a shirt that read Hot Moms Love Pro Wrestlers. Bennett looked less than pleased but took the shirt anyway.
Pure Rules Match – Josh Woods (w/ Mark Sterling) defeated Pat Buck
I liked how Buck wrestled this match, using his veteran smarts to get the advantage on Woods while he had it.
The judges for this match were Jimmy Jacobs, Madison Rayne, & Christopher Daniels.
Ian Riccaboni ran down Buck’s training credentials, with Buck having trained TBS Champion Kris Statlander and AEW World Champion MJF. Woods quickly caught Buck by the legs, forcing Buck to use his first rope break one minute into the match. Buck came back, forcing Woods into the ropes to burn one of his rope breaks.
Buck went for an O’Connor Roll, but Woods held onto the ropes, thus burning his second rope break. Sterling complained to the referee, allowing Buck to punch Woods in the face. Woods got his shot back, but the referee saw it and administered Woods an official warning. Woods caught Buck by the knee and stuffed it. Woods went after the knee, but Buck kept catching Woods in pinning positions for nearfalls.
Woods went back after the knee before hitting a gut-wrench powerbomb. Woods locked on the Woods Lock for the submission win.
Cole Karter & Griff Garrison (w/ Maria Kanellis-Bennett) defeated Myron Reed & Ren Jones
Reed used his agility to duck a Garrison clothesline. Karter caught Reed with a knee to the back, allowing Garrison to drop him with a big boot. Karter hit a dropkick on Reed, but couldn’t stop the tag to Jones, who took him down with a running forearm. Jones hit a brainbuster for a nearfall. Garrison got a blind tag, hitting a ripcord elbow on Jones before Karter hit a Dominator for the win.
Dalton Castle was backstage. He knows that the people love when he’s on television and that he won’t let anyone stop the people from getting what they want. He’s gonna make ROH television extraordinary.
Kiera Hogan defeated Allysin Kay
Hogan avoided a Kay boot to start, catching Kay with a dropkick and a hip attack. Hogan had control until Kay caught her on a crossbody and dumped her on the knee. Kay cut off a wheelbarrow attempt, sending Hogan up and over with a German suplex. Hogan avoided a corner charge, hitting a shotgun dropkick off of the second rope. Hogan hit a hip attack and a running boot in the corner for a nearfall.
Kay dropped Hogan with a lariat for a nearfall. Kay brought Hogan to the top rope, but Hogan knocked her down and hit another dropkick. Hogan followed with Face The Music for the win.
The Righteous (Dutch & Vincent) defeated KM & Rod Gordon
The Righteous made quick work of their opponents here, with Dutch hitting Gordon with the Bossman Slam and Vincent following with the Autumn Sunshine.
Lady Frost defeated Zoey Lynn
Lynn caught Frost with a crucifix pin early on, but Frost came back with a kitchen sink knee. Frost clubbered Lynn, hitting a hurricane kick and a cartwheel Air Raid Crash. Frost hit her corkscrew moonsault for a quick win.
Komander defeated Metalik
This was a fun lucha sprint.
Metalik caught Komander with the Slingblade bulldog before hitting the ropewalk dropkick. Metalik hit a plancha to Komander on the floor, before hitting a springboard splash in the ring for a nearfall. Komander ducked a corner charge and sent Metalik over with a rana. Komander walked the ropes and hit another rana before following Metalik to the floor with a dive.
Komander hit an elevator Code Red on Metalik for a nearfall. Komander brought Metalik to the top rope, where he hit a top rope rana for a nearfall. Metalik cut off Komander on the top rope, then hit a rana off of the ropes. Metalik hit a Cradleshock for a nearfall, then followed up with a moonsault. Komander got his feet up on the moonsault and hit a gutbuster, before following with the ropewalk Shooting Star Press for the win.
Gates Of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) (w/Prince Nana) defeated The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake) and Action Andretti & Darius Martin
The Workhorsemen, Andretti & Martin worked together to take out the Gates of Agony early. Andretti & Martin worked together to cross-up Drake, with Andretti hitting a reverse crossbody for a nearfall. Drake cut off Martin with a chop, allowing Henry to get in and hit a double-team on Martin for a nearfall. Liona flew in, taking both Henry and Martin out.
The Gates worked on Martin before Martin hit a combo move on both Liona and Kaun. Andretti got the tag but ran into both Workhorsemen. The match broke down into a Pier Six brawl before Andretti hit a springboard 450 onto Drake. Liona broke up the pin, allowing the Gates to hit Open the Gates on Henry to score the win in the main event.