Ring of Honor presented the seventeenth episode of their new era on Thursday, June 15, 2023, and it aired on ROH Honor Club. The show was headlined with Athena & Kiera Hogan facing each other in a Chicago Street Fight for the ROH Women's Championship.
Elsewhere in the card, Daniel Garcia faced off against Rocky Romero in a Pure Rules match, Dalnton Castle went one-on-one against Josh Woods, The Kingdom & The Infantry faced each other for the third time since the reboot, Hijo del Vikingo teamed with Komander & The Lucha Bros against Serpentico, Kip Sabian, The Butcher & The Blade, The Embassy was in action & more. Full results & highlights are listed below & will be updated as the show happens.
Ring of Honor TV (6/22/2023)
- ROH Television Champion Samoa Joe was presented with a new Championship belt by Tony Khan, Jerry Lynn & Stokely Hathaway in a vignette that took place before the 6/17/2023 edition of AEW Collision.
- El Hijo Del Vikingo, Komander & Lucha Bros (Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix w/ Alex Abrahantes) vs. Serpentico, Kip Sabian, The Butcher & The Blade (w/ Penelope Ford, Angelico & Papi Luther).
- Gringo Loco def. Willie Mack
- Trish Adora def. Alyssin Kay.
- Kyle Fletcher def. Silas Young.
- The Embassy (Brian Cage, Kaun, & Toa Liona w/ Prince Nana) vs. AJZ & Luke Kurtis & Trenton Storm.
- Dalton Castle (w/ Brandon Tate & Brent Tate) def. Josh Woods (w/ Mark Sterling & Tony Nese).
- Two video vignettes from ROH's Social Media were shown. The first vignette showed Stokely Hathaway talking with The Kingdom (Matt Taven, Mike Bennett & Maria Kanellis-Bennett), with Taven & Bennett said that The Infantry talked trash about Hathaway before telling Hathaway that they wanted this place what it used to be.
- The second vignette showed The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean) speaking with Stokely Hathaway backstage denying The Kingdom's allegations of talking trash about Hathaway. The Infantry asked Hathaway to give them a match against The Kingdom, which Hathaway accepted as long as they took off their glasses.
- The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean) def. The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett w/ Maria Kanellis).
- As Maria Kanellis-Bennett tried to interfere in the match, Trish Adora chased her down.
- Big Bill & Lee Moriarty def. Blake Christian & Matt Sydal.
- The Kingdom (Matt Taven, Mike Bennett & Maria Kanellis-Bennett) were interviewed backstage by Lexy Nair. Taven & Bennett ranted about Stokely Hathaway while Maria Kanellis called out Trish Adora, saying that this was not over.
- The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & John Silver w/ "Negative One" Brodie Lee Jr) def. August Matthewz & Davey Vega.
- Stu Grayson & The Righteous (Vincent & Duth) cut a promo from the titantron after the match, saying that they wanted Dark Order to bring that kind of violence next week.
- Mark Sterling tried to cut a deal to throw off the match with Diamante, but Diamante rejected the offer and said that she "did not trust none of Jade Cargill's bitches".
- Leila Grey (w/ Smart Mark Sterling) def. Diamante.
- Darius Martin & AR Fox & Action Andretti def. Shane Taylor & The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake).
- Pure Rules: Daniel Garcia def. Rocky Romero.
- Stokely Hathaway, Pat Buck & Jerry Lynn were the judges for the match.
- Garcia tried to lock in the Dragon Tamer on Rocky Romero, but AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy confronted Garcia in the ring.
- ROH Women's World Championship - Chicago Street Fight: Athena (c) def. Kiera Hogan.
- Backstage, Athena was interviewed by Lexy Nair. Athena said that she was done playing around, sending the message to the ROH Women's Roster to step up or step out.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Check out the post-show podcast for a full review of the show on Fightful's YouTube & Twitch channels. You can check Fightful's Results Section here.