Thursday, June 8, 2023

Honor Roll - Ring of Honor recap for June 8, 2023

Kyle Fletcher beats "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels.

Matt Sydal beats "The Reality" Zack Clayton. After the match, Matt Sydal says he wants to prove he is the best in ROH and become its Television Champion, and that if Samoa Joe wants to prove he is "The King of Television," he will have to get past him first.

Dralistico beats Willie Mack with a low blow followed by the Incinerator.

Tony Khan shows up on stage to confirm that next week, Matt Sydal will face Samoa Joe for the ROH World Television Championship. He then says that he has a ton of responsibility , and that he will continue in that capacity, there is a lot more work to be done. He then announces that he has created a board of directors, starting with Stokely Hathaway. Stokely thanks Tony for the opportunity and says that he loves the fans of ROH, then Tony Khan introduces the board's second member: Jerry Lynn. Jerry thanks Tony for the opportunity and tells him that he will not be disappointed.



Willow Nightingale retains the New Japan Pro Wrestling Strong Women's Championship against Rachael Ellering.

The Embassy ("The Machine" Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun, Toa Liona) beat Marcus Kross, Eli Isom and Cheeseburger in an ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships Proving Ground Match.

Mercedes Martinez beats Vertvixen with the Brass City Sleeper.

Lee Moriarty beats Griff Garrison with a bridge pin after grabbing the tights.

Kiera Hogan beats Robyn Renegade after Robyn and Charlette Renegade's switch attempt backfires. After the match, Kiera is attacked from behind by Athena, but Athena ends up hitting herself with her own Kendo stick and Kiera uses the Kendo stick against her.

The Dark Order (Evil Uno, John Silver, Alex Reynolds) beat Shane Taylor and The Workhorsemen (JD Drake and Anthony Henry) in a trios match.

Backstage, Dasha Gonzalez interviews The Righteous (Vincent and Dutch) and Stu Grayson. Dutch says the creulty and brutality does not impress him much, but the infighting within The Dark Order (Evil Uno, John Silver, Alex Reynolds) has become his favorite sitcom. Stu says he is not impressed as he knows who and what The Dark Order, and that they are not The Dark Order who is willing to kick the door down. Vincent says what Dutch and Stu Grayson was interesting, but not interesting enough to make him smile, and while there is dissension in The Dark Order, what The Righteous will do to them next week will be even worse.



Darius Martin, Action Andretti and AR Fox beat The Trustbusters (Sonny Kiss, Jeeves Kay, Slim J) in a trios match.

The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Mike Bennett) beat El Cobarde and El Dragon.

Tony Khan, Stokely Hathaway and Jerry Lynn are on the stage. Tony Khan says the show is getting better thanks to Stokely's ideas, even though not all of them (such as masked layoffs and no more lucha libre in ROH ever again) can be implemented. Stokely announces that next week, Action Andretti will take on The Embassy ("The Machine" Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun, Toa Liona). Jerry Lynn gets in Tony's ear, then Tony makes it so that The Embassy will defend the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships against Darius Martin, Action Andretti and AR Fox. Tony says that Stokely and Jerry will be great additions to ROH, then announces that Gravity - Bandido's brother - will face Rey Fenix in tonight's main event.



Rey Fenix beats Gravity. After the match, Rey Fenix shakes hands with LSG - who is the timekeeper - before raising Gravity's hand in the ring.

Here is the recap for tonight's show!



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