Honor Roll - Ring of Honor recap for February 26, 2026

We hear from Shane Taylor Promotions ("The Captain" Shawn Dean, "Bad News and Tattoos" Carlie Bravo, Trish Adora, Christyan XO). As Shawn Dean is annoyed that he lost to Robbie Eagles last week, everyone is confident that Trish Adora will hit Lariat Tubman on "The Deonna Purrazzo, who Trish says got lucky. Trish says that Purrazzo's luck will end tonight.

Adam Priest beats JD Drake.

TMDK (Shane Haste and Bad Dude Tito) beat The Frat House (Griff Garrison and Cole Karter).

Red Velvet retains the ROH Women's World Television Championship against "The Real Deal" Zayda Steel.

Backstage, we hear from TMDK (Shane Haste and Bad Dude Tito). Tito declares TMDK is back before they are approached and attacked by Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor "The Captain" Shawn Dean, "Bad News and Tattoos" Carlie Bravo, "Taiga Style" Lee Moriarty, Anthony Ogogo).

Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson and James Drake), Big Bill and "The Bounty Hunter" Bryan Keith beat CJ Tino, Slade, Che Cabrera and Dom Kubrick in an eight-man tag match. After the match, Skyflight (Christopher Daniels, Scorpio Sky, Darius Martin, Dante Martin) head to the ring as Grizzled Young Veterans, Big Bill and Bryan Keith are heading to the back.

Skyflight (Scorpio Sky, Darius Martin, Dante Martin) beat Ricky Gee, Adrian Quest and Danny Rose in a six-man tag match.

Jay Lethal beats "The Dynamite Kid" Tommy Billington. During the match, "Big Shotty" Lee Johnson distracts the referee as well as Billington, allowing "Vanilla Baby" Blake Christian to grab at Billington so that Jay Lethal can hit the Lethal Injection for the win.

Satnam Singh beats Jordan Oasis.

We hear from "The Virtuosa" Deonna Purazzo, who congratulates Trish Adora for racking up wins. She then says that Trish Adora does not understand what it means to be "pure," and if she wants a shot at the ROH Women's Pure Championship, it is just the two of them and Pure Rules.

Persephone beats Johnnie Robbie.

Before the next match, "Smart" Mark Sterling states that San Diego, California is like what would happen if San José let itself go, then says that there is a lucha libre problem in ROH that needs to be weeded out. He says that Tony Nese will be the one to lead everyone to a land of honor, then gives the fans a chance to tell The Premier Athletes (Tony Nese, Ariya Daivari, Stori Denali) they rule only to be told they suck.

Komander beats Tony Nese.

Nick Wayne beats Lucas Riley.

"The Virtuosa" Deonna Purrazzo retains the ROH Women's Pure Championship against Trish Adora by submission with the Venus de Milo. After the match, Deonna is attacked from behind by Diamanté and Billie Starkz, and Trish Adora joins in.

Backstage, we hear from Athena. She says that she, Diamanté and Billie Starkz have had a lousy 2026 thanks to "The Virtuosa" Deonna Purrazzo, then calls Deonna "a fake human being" and states that she does not want to see her as ROH Women's Pure Champion for one more. Athena then calls out Maya World, saying that Maya World embarrassed her after using everything she learned against her, and has earned "a very special treat" in the form of a Proving Ground Match for the ROH Women's World Championship.