Honor No More was a villainous professional wrestling stable appeared in the American promotion Impact Wrestling . The group was led by Eddie Edwards and was composed of former Ring of Honor (ROH) wrestlers.
41-557: On October 27, 2021, Ring of Honor announced that it would go on a hiatus after Final Battle in December of that year. All personnel would be released from their contracts as part of plans to "reimagine" the company as a "fan-focused product". At Hard To Kill on January 8, 2022, an event that featured appearances by notable ROH personnel, Honor No More would make their first appearance by attacking Eddie Edwards , Rich Swann , Willie Mack , and Heath and Rhino . After further attacks over
82-675: A Fight Without Honor , courtesy of the ROH Board of Directors. On October 4, former ROH Pure Champion Jonathan Gresham announced his entry into the ROH World Championship picture. This transition was hinted at the end of Death Before Dishonor, when Gresham and The Foundation arrived after Bandido's title defense against Brody King , Demonic Flamita , and EC3 ; where Gresham would shake Bandido's hand. At Honor for All , Gresham defeated No. 1 contender King, allowing him to advance to Final Battle and challenge Bandido for
123-503: A contract with World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ). Harris pinned Shelton Benjamin in his WWE debut on March 11, 2008, in a dark match . On the July 8 episode of ECW , he made his WWE television debut under the ring name "Braden Walker", defeating Armando Estrada . He wrestled one more match, a pinfall victory over James Curtis , before he was released from his WWE contract on August 7, 2008. In early September, Harris appeared at
164-578: A long-running feud with King, which would extend to a stable rivalry between Shane Taylor Promotions and La Facción Ingobernable . At Death Before Dishonor , STP were scheduled to defend the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship against LFI's King, Dragon Lee , and La Bestia del Ring (who replaced Rush due to injury). Before the bell rang, King repeatedly struck Taylor with a steel chair, rendering him unable to compete and leaving O'Shay Edwards to take his place. By
205-674: A series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. At Death Before Dishonor , Rok-C defeated Miranda Alize in the finals of the Quest for Gold tournament to become the inaugural ROH Women's World Champion . On the October 2 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling , Rok-C would have her first in-ring interview as champion, before being interrupted by Alize, Trish Adora , Willow Nightingale , Allysin Kay , and The Allure ( Angelina Love and Mandy Leon ). Seeing
246-460: A six time NWA Tag Team Champion (along with Storm), winning the title from Bobby Roode and Eric Young . Harris won the title for a sixth and seventh time as part of AMW. In league with Jeff Jarrett, he would semi-reprise his role as a fake Sting when he played the Crow Sting in a Planet Jarrett retrospective of Sting's career on Impact! on January 7, 2006. America's Most Wanted split as
287-406: A split, with Storm and Harris facing off in a singles match on May 7, 2003. Storm won the match, but the partners shook hands afterward. Harris rejected Vince Russo's offer to join his stable of degenerates, Sports Entertainment Xtreme (S.E.X). When Storm was incapacitated by the recurrence of an old shoulder injury in early 2004, Harris received a NWA World Championship shot on March 17, 2004, and
328-617: A strong impression his wrestling career could be over. Harris was not seen on television until the Against All Odds pay-per-view in which he (wearing an eye patch) went for Storm. For several weeks, he continued to attack Storm. On the March 1, 2007 episode of Impact! Harris claimed his vision was at 30% and vowed revenge on Storm. At Lockdown , Harris lost to Storm in Six Sides of Steel match, in which both men were blindfolded. It
369-544: A tag team with Storm on the second pay-per-view by Bob Ryder, the creative force behind the team. Storm came up with the name "America's Most Wanted" (AMW) for the team. They obtained their first success on September 18, 2002, by surviving a tag team Gauntlet for the Gold and defeating Ron Harris and Brian Lee to obtain the NWA World Tag Team Championship . In March and April 2003 the duo teased
410-475: A team on the December 14, 2006 edition of Impact! during a tag team match with LAX in a Titles vs Team match. Storm effectively chose the outcome of the match by assaulting Harris with a beer bottle, temporarily blinding him in one eye. This allowed Harris to be pinned by Homicide, putting an end to AMW. On the January 11, 2007 episode of Impact! Harris did a (kayfabe) sit-down interview with Mike Tenay giving
451-806: Is a professional wrestling event produced by Ring of Honor. First held in 2002, it is traditionally ROH's last show in the calendar year. It is widely regarded as Ring of Honor's premiere flagship event, similar to WWE 's WrestleMania . On October 11, 2021, ROH announced that Final Battle would be held at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena in Baltimore, Maryland on December 11. The event featured eleven professional wrestling matches , which involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots , and storylines that play out on ROH's television programs. Wrestlers portray villains or heroes as they follow
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#1732787915224492-514: The Impact World Tag Team Championship in an Eight-Team Elimination Challenge . On May 7 at Under Siege , Honor No More defeated Bullet Club ( Jay White , Chris Bey, Doc Gallows , El Phantasmo , and Karl Anderson ) in a 10-man tag team match. On June 19 at Slammiversary , King failed to capture the X Division Championship in an Ultimate X match, and the rest of Honor No More lost a 10-man tag team match against
533-692: The ROH World Tag Team Championship . The event is also notable for the ROH return of Deonna Purrazzo , and the debuts of Adam Scherr , Westin Blake and the tag team FTR . As well as well wishes sent via pre-recorded message from ROH alumni Eddie Edwards , Moose , Jerry Lynn , Jimmy Jacobs , Matt Hardy , Christopher Daniels , Jay Lethal , Colt Cabana , "Hangman" Adam Page , CM Punk , Cody Rhodes , B. J. Whitmer , Adam Cole , The Young Bucks , and Bryan Danielson . Final Battle
574-421: The X Division Championship in an Ultimate X match , Edwards lost to New Japan Pro-Wrestling talent Tomohiro Ishii , and PCO teamed with Impact World Champion Moose to face Jonah and Josh Alexander in a losing effort. On April 23 at Rebellion , Kenny King lost to Crazzy Steve in a dark match taped for an Impact Digital Exclusive, Edwards lost to Chris Bey in the pre-show, and Taven and Bennett failed to win
615-485: The Impact Originals ( Alex Shelley , Chris Sabin , Frankie Kazarian , Nick Aldis , and Davey Richards ). On July 1 at Against All Odds , Honor No More lost another 10-man tag team match against Heath , America's Most Wanted ( Chris Harris and James Storm ), and The Good Brothers ( Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson ). On the July 28 episode of Impact! , after Eddie Edwards defeated Ace Austin , he and
656-576: The Impact World Championship from Alexander. On October 8 (which aired on tape delay on October 20), after Taven and Bennett dropped the Impact World Tag Team Championship to Heath and Rhino, it was announced that they along with Kanellis and Vincent had left Impact Wrestling. That same date, PCO also left the stable after attacking his partners. Final Battle (2021) The 2021 Final Battle
697-512: The No. 1 ranked contender. With his new position in the rankings, Johnson faced Pure Champion Josh Woods at Final Battle. Chris Harris (wrestler) Christopher Eric Harris (born December 25, 1973) is an American professional wrestler , better known by the ring name "Wildcat" Chris Harris . He is best known for his time with NWA Total Nonstop Action (TNA) as one-half of the tag team America's Most Wanted alongside James Storm , where
738-620: The Northern Wrestling Federation (NWF), challenging NWF Heavyweight Champion Ryan Stone. On March 28, 2009, Harris wrestled a match for Full Impact Pro (FIP), losing to Chris Hero . On the June 24, 2010 episode of Impact! , Harris made a one-night return to TNA, portraying a fake Sting character. On the May 12, 2011 episode of Impact! , Harris made his return to TNA as a member of the heel stable Immortal , when he
779-429: The ROH World Championship. However, on December 9. it was announced that Bandido tested positive for COVID-19 , meaning he would be taken off the card. To replace him, two-time ROH World Champion and new All Elite Wrestling signee Jay Lethal , whose loyalty to The Foundation has been question after Vincent showed a clip of Lethal saying "I don't even like The Foundation", will now wrestle Gresham at Final Battle. At
820-613: The back. The Harris/Rhodes feud continued for a few weeks with Rhodes attacking Harris during his matches on Impact! until a match was made at Hard Justice , when Harris defeated "Black Reign" Dustin Rhodes via disqualification and at No Surrender Harris defeated Black Reign in a No Disqualification match by pinning Reign. At Bound for Glory , Harris competed in the Fight for the Right Reverse Battle Royal which
861-720: The duo won the NWA World Tag Team Championship six times . He is also known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment as Braden Walker . Harris debuted in November 1994. Over the next several years, he wrestled primarily in Kentucky for promotions such as the Northern Wrestling Federation. In August 1996, he made two appearances with the World Wrestling Federation , wrestling two matches on WWF Superstars . Along with several other wrestlers, including future tag team partner James Storm, Harris
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#1732787915224902-451: The end of the match, Taylor returned to give King a chair shot of his own, allowing STP to retain the titles. On the November 12 edition of ROH's weekly web news article Eck's Files by Kevin Eck, it was announced that Shane Taylor and Kenny King will have a one-on-one grudge match at Final Battle. On the December 7 edition of ROH Week By Week , it was announced that this match would turn into
943-596: The event, Honor No More won the match. On the August 18 episode of Impact! , Edwards won a six-way elimination match to become the number one contender to Josh Alexander's Impact World Championship at Bound for Glory . On August 26 (which aired on tape delay on September 1), Matt Taven and Mike Bennett defeated The Good Brothers to win the Impact World Tag Team Championship for the first time. On September 23 at Victory Road , PCO and Vincent lost to The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin), King failed to win
984-583: The event, it was announced that this match will be for the now vacated ROH World Championship, represented by the original title belt. On the November 18 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling , Brian Johnson officially entered the ROH Pure Championship division, winning a Pure Rules gauntlet match by last eliminating LSG via a dirty pinfall. Johnson would continue to bend the pure wrestling rules in matches against his former mentor P. J. Black and John Walters , before he would eventually become
1025-471: The event, it was reported that TNA had chosen not to use Harris again. On the March 30, 2021 episode of Impact , Harris made his second return to TNA, now known as Impact Wrestling, appearing ringside for James Storm 's 1000th match in the company and aiding him in defeating Eric Young . In June 2022 at Slammiversary , Harris and James Storm came to ringside following a bout between the Briscoes and
1066-560: The event, with three matches on the pre-show. In the main event, Jonathan Gresham defeated Jay Lethal to win the vacant ROH World Championship . In other prominent matches, Dragon Lee defeated Rey Horus , Shane Taylor defeated Kenny King by pinfall in a Fight Without Honor match, Rok-C defeated Willow Nightingale to retain the ROH Women's World Championship and The Briscoe Brothers ( Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe ) defeated The OGK ( Matt Taven and Mike Bennett ) to win
1107-564: The latter team would have had to leave Impact Wrestling if they had lost. At the end of the February 24 episode of Impact! , Kanellis would introduce Edwards as "the man who opened the door for Honor No More" before the latter would explain his actions. After Kenny Omega won the Impact World Championship in a cross-promotional match at Rebellion in 2021, Edwards waited to be chosen by Impact management to challenge for
1148-401: The next several weeks, Maria Kanellis-Bennett would formally announce the name of their group at the end of the January 20 episode of Impact! . Kenny King returned to Impact Wrestling on the February 3 episode of Impact! to join the faction. On February 19 at No Surrender , Eddie Edwards would join the group after costing Team Impact a 10-man tag team match against Honor No More, where
1189-652: The number one contendership for the X-Division Championship in an Intergender Triple Threat Revolver , and Edwards, Taven and Bennett defeated Heath, Alexander and Swann in a six-man tag team match. On October 7 at Bound for Glory , Taven and Bennett successfully defended the tag team titles against the Motor City Machine Guns, PCO failed to win the Call Your Shot Gauntlet , and Edwards was unsuccessful in capturing
1230-410: The rest of Honor No More attacked the production truck and caused technical difficulties with the broadcast. Impact Executive Vice President Scott D'Amore confronted the group and put them in a 10-man tag team match against Bullet Club at Emergence ; if Honor No More won, they would get a shot at the Impact World Tag Team Championship , but if Bullet Club won, Honor No More must permanently disband. At
1271-630: The second match. On December 4, Willow defeated Leon, thus making her Rok-C's challenger at Final Battle. On the February 27 "Championship Edition" of Ring of Honor Wrestling , Rush defeated Shane Taylor to retain the ROH World Championship thanks to a chair shot from Rush's stablemate Kenny King . King and Taylor were old friends and also former partners in The Rebellion stable with Caprice Coleman and Rhett Titus . Seeing this as an act of betrayal, Taylor would begin
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1312-514: The talent in the ring, ROH Board of Directors member Maria Kanellis-Bennett would make two three-way matches , with the winners facing off in a #1 contender's match the week before Final Battle. The winner of that match will go onto the event to face Rok-C for the ROH Women's World Championship. The following week, Willow bested Love and Alize in the first match to advance to the #1 contender's match. On November 20, Leon defeated Kay and Adora in
1353-520: The title and "restore honor" to the company. Instead, it was Moose and Sami Callihan who both challenged and failed to beat Omega over the Summer. Josh Alexander would ultimately win the Impact World title at Bound for Glory (only for Moose to invoke his Call Your Shot Gauntlet championship match privilege which he won earlier that night, then immediately challenged, and defeat, Alexander for
1394-478: The title). Feeling betrayed by Impact Wrestling (as well as by Ring of Honor , a company Edwards once wrestled for, going on a hiatus and releasing members of Honor No More from their contracts), Edwards cost Team Impact the match at No Surrender. On March 5 at Sacrifice , Matt Taven and Mike Bennett lost to Rich Swann and Willie Mack in the pre-show, Eddie Edwards defeated Rhino, and PCO lost to Jonah . On April 1 at Multiverse of Matches , Vincent failed to capture
1435-665: Was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). It was the 20th Final Battle event and took place on December 11, 2021 at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena in Baltimore , Maryland . The event was billed as " The End of an Era ", as it was the last Ring of Honor event to be held before the company went on hiatus, eventually resuming operations in April 2022. Eleven matches were contested at
1476-463: Was also a part of R and B Security until the promotion was sold in early 2001. On June 1, 2002, Harris was given a tryout match against his long-time independent circuit rival James Storm with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) by Bert Prentice. Both were subsequently signed to short-term contracts. He wrestled in the Gauntlet for the Gold match on the first TNA pay-per-view and was placed in
1517-555: Was defeated by champion Jeff Jarrett . He went on to compete in a "King of the Mountain" ladder match for the title on June 2, 2004, but was again bested by Jarrett. America's Most Wanted resumed teaming together, but on August 25, 2004, Storm was sidelined with neck and shoulder injuries, leaving Harris without a partner. Harris teamed with Elix Skipper to win an NWA Tag Team Title for a fifth time on September 8, 2004. Harris and Storm later reunited. On January 16, 2005 Harris became
1558-533: Was introduced by Matt Hardy as his partner in their TNA World Tag Team Championship match against Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm and Robert Roode ). Harris made his in-ring return on May 6 at a house show , teaming with Matt Hardy against Beer Money, Inc. in a losing effort. On May 15 at Sacrifice , Harris and Hardy failed in their attempt to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship from Beer Money, when Storm pinned Harris. After
1599-699: Was revealed his vision had been restored, and Harris faced off against Storm at Sacrifice , in a Texas Death match, where Harris came out the victor. After this, Harris showed up two weeks straight to assist Rhino and Hector Guerrero with The Latin American Xchange (LAX). Harris entered into Slammiversary as the last contestant in the King of the Mountain Match, only to lose to Kurt Angle . Harris feuded with Christian Cage , losing to him by roll-up at Victory Road after Dustin Rhodes hit him in
1640-514: Was signed to a World Championship Wrestling (WCW) developmental deal in October 1999. Terry Taylor proposed a country singer gimmick for him, but it was rejected by management. He appeared as a fake version of Sting at Halloween Havoc in 2000. He wrestled on the WCW B-shows WorldWide and Saturday Night against the likes of Elix Skipper , Curt Hennig , Shannon Moore , Shane Douglas and Booker T among others and he
1681-673: Was won by Eric Young. At Turning Point , Harris competed in the Feast or Fired match but failed to win the match. on the December 13 episode of Impact, Harris lost to Booker T . On the January 3, 2008 episode of Impact, Harris competed in the TNA Heavyweight Gauntlet Match which was won by Christian Cage. On January 10 episode of Impact, Harris lost to Judas Mesias . On January 11, 2008, TNA announced on its website that Harris had been released from his TNA contract. On January 29, 2008, Harris announced that he had signed