Honor Roll - Ring of Honor recap for November 7, 2020

We hear from Jonathan Gresham, who says that holding the ROH World Championship meant that you were more and that you had a duty to protect professional wrestling freedom at all costs. He says that Rush has not continued this tradition and is not the champion ROH needs, and says that the ROH Pure Championship should be no different from what the world title was once as it means that he is the best pure professional wrestler in the world and has a duty to the company and the fans. He says that ROH was the alternative and once represented professional wrestling freedom, and if he has anything to say about it, he will make that happen again.

We hear form Dak Draper, who says that he is big, talented and good-looking. He says that his father showed him what it took to become the center of attention, and it got to the point that he became a feared opponent in collegiate wrestling and football. He says that while his last collegiate wrestling match got him a WWE try-out, it was not as fulfulling as he thought it would be. When he was invited to ROH last year to face Dragon Lee in a losing effort, he reached an all-time low while his confidence was at an all-time high. He also feels he should not have been an alternate in the ROH Pure Championship Tournament, as he would have run through it like he did last year's Top Prospect Tournament. He says that people look up to and respect Brian Johnson, who is waiting for the call just like him and when he looks at himself, he says that Ring of Honor should be lucky to have him. We then hear from Brian Johnson, who says that he has loved professional wrestling since day one, and while he does not have a history in other sports, he became "one heck of a professional wrestler." He says that the ROH Dojo saw him outwork everyone else, but when Dak Draper showed up, ROH fell in love with Draper and forgot about him, giving everything he worked and sacrificed for. He says he is sick and tired of failing, and that while tonight's Pure Rules match might be another match for Draper, it is his one opportunity to show it is "Mecca vs. Everybody."

Dak Draper beats Brian Johnson via pinfall in 11:03 in a Pure Rules Match. During the match, Johnson uses his third and final rope break when he tries to use the ropes for leverage during a pinfall attempt only to get caught by referee Joe Mandak.

We hear from Brody King, who talks about growing up in the local music scene and staying away from drugs, becoming straight-edge and partaking in the militant aspect of the movement. He then talks about how he got into professional wrestling later in life and took well to it, then talks about his ROH debut and his success with PCO in tag team wrestling. He says that he is now his own man, and that he is now aiming for a singles championship. He says he will do whatever it takes to get a shot at Rush for the ROH World Championship. He says that like Dalton Castle - who he admits is unpredictable - he is used to wrestling hurt, and says that Dalton Castle showed heart in the ROH Pure Championship Tournament, and that he wants the Dalton Castle who won the World Championship. We also hear from Dalton Castle, who says that he is more dangerous than he is given credit for, and while he did not win the ROH Pure Championship, he says he will look into where he went wrong, and while Brody King is not impossible, he has to plan it correctly. Dalton says he has never been more focused in his life, and that he will not let anyone succeed at his expense, as he feels something changing inside of him. He says that emotion can work in his favor as well as it works against it, and that he will prove just how dangerous he really is when he faces Brody King.

Brody King beats Dalton Castle via pinfall in 14:45.

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