Undisputed Kingdom (formerly known as The Kingdom ) is a professional wrestling stable that currently performs in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and also makes appearances in its sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), consisting of Adam Cole , Matt Taven , Mike Bennett , Roderick Strong , and Wardlow .
92-825: The stable rose to prominence during the mid-2010s in Ring of Honor (ROH) and also made appearances in Impact Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Some major Championships held by the stable include the ROH World Championship (two times), ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (three times, inaugural), ROH World Tag Team Championship (three times), IWGP Tag Team Championship (one time), Impact World Tag Team Championship (one time), AEW International Championship (one time), and NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship (one time). On July 12, 2014, The Kingdom officially made their debut as
184-402: A blizzard , however, the second half of the tournament did not take place until March 5, 2010, when Eddie Edwards defeated Davey Richards in the finals. On August 15, 2010, Ring of Honor fired head booker Adam Pearce and replaced him with Hunter Johnston , who wrestles for the company under the ring name Delirious. On September 8, 2010, Ring of Honor and Ohio Valley Wrestling announced
276-668: A triple threat match between Christopher Daniels , Bryan Danielson , and Low Ki (who would become known as the "founding fathers of ROH"). In its first year of operation, Ring of Honor confined itself to staging live events in a limited number of venues and cities – primarily in the northeastern United States. Ten shows ran in Philadelphia, two in Wakefield, Massachusetts ; one in metro Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ; and, one in Queens, New York . In 2003, ROH expanded to other areas of
368-867: A winner takes all championship unification match to unify the titles as the Unified World Trios Championship. When Bullet Club Gold (who since became known as the Bang Bang Gang) were stripped of the Unified Trios Titles on July 10, 2024 ( aired July 13), the AEW and ROH titles were separated, thus ending the unification. 1 ^ Lio Rush replaced A. C. H. in the tournament due to A.C.H. departing and being Released from ROH fulfilling his dreams and separate goals by seemingly taking independent bookings, indicating his departure from ROH. The original design of
460-539: A "ref bump", or with some other traditional heel scenario, the live audiences reacted much more negatively than rival promotions' live audiences. In ROH's early days, on-air commentators even suggested (within kayfabe ) that getting disqualified in a match may result in that wrestler never appearing in ROH again. In early 2004, ROH's booker at the time, Gabe Sapolsky , began to feel that the Code of Honor had run its course. As
552-428: A 2-on-1 handicap match. Three days later at Worlds End , MJF was once again attacked by The Devil’s Henchman following his AEW World Championship loss to Samoa Joe . Adam Cole , who was one half of Better Than You Bay Bay with MJF, had accompanied MJF to the ring for the match and was held back by The Devil’s Henchman whilst MJF shouted at them not to “fucking hit [Cole]”. The lights went out and when they turned on it
644-790: A AEW World Championship match. Later in the show, Strong defeated Orange Cassidy for the AEW International Championship . After the match, Strong, Taven and Bennett was confronted by a returning Kyle O'Reilly , who refused an offer to join the Undisputed Kingdom. On May 26, Strong lost the International Championship to Will Ospreay at Double or Nothing . On August 17 episode of Collision, Bennett and Taven lost their ROH World Tag Team Championships to Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara . On
736-454: A black leather strap. The main plate is circular. The top of the plate features the current Ring of Honor logo. It has two black banners on the top and bottom. The top banner says "WORLD" with two stars on the left and right of the word, and the bottem banner say "CHAMPION" with one star on the left and right. The center of the plate features a black oval globe with red letters that says "6-MAN TAG TEAM" on it. It has two side plates on each side of
828-690: A concussion during an October 26, 2019, event. Klein sought medical treatment after suffering post-concussion-syndrome symptoms. She would not be booked for the rest of the year and her contract would expire in December. In January 2020, Ring of Honor re-signed Marty Scurll ; the deal was said to be the most lucrative in ROH history. In addition to being a wrestler, Scurll was also made head booker , working with longtime booker Hunter "Delirious" Johnston. Scurll's deal allowed him to continue to make appearances in New Japan Pro-Wrestling and
920-481: A feel similar to Japanese professional wrestling . When the promotion began, the Code of Honor included five "Laws" mentioned at some point during each ROH production. ROH considered it a moral requirement to follow these rules, which usually appeared in the following order: This initial Code of Honor (COH) (especially its first three rules) helped heels get over more quickly than in other promotions. The first rule applied especially to Christopher Daniels , whom
1012-720: A new ROH Women's World Championship , following the deactivation of the Women of Honor World Championship title. However, in response to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic , Ring of Honor would postpone live events beginning in March. Television tapings for Ring of Honor Wrestling would resume in August at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (formerly known as the UMBC Event Center) from
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#17327987596491104-547: A new title, the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship . The inaugural champions were crowned in December. On November 9, 2017, ROH COO Joe Koff announced that ROH would be developing an OTT streaming service , similar to WWE Network and Impact Wrestling's Global Wrestling Network . The service, Honor Club , would be unveiled on February 2, 2018, and launch on February 19. At Final Battle 2017 , on December 15, 2017, ROH announced
1196-460: A reduced live show attendance that year. According to Dave Meltzer , ROH's average live show attendance in 2019 was 1,082—lower than its averages in 2018 and 2017. In October 2019, ROH producer/road agent Joey Mercury resigned in protest, criticizing ROH for a lack of creative direction as well as having no concussion protocol for wrestlers. Mercury would reveal that ROH allowed then- Women of Honor Champion Kelly Klein to wrestle after suffering
1288-598: A result, wrestlers no longer had to follow it. The Code of Honor eventually re-appeared – revamped – as the following three rules: Future of Honor (FOH) is a series of events featuring the promotion's young wrestlers and trainees from the ROH Dojo . The term "Future of Honor" is additionally used by the promotion to refer to their young wrestlers and graduates from the dojo system (regardless of gender). The ROH Women of Honor (WOH) division began in 2002, with women's wrestlers sporadically appearing on ROH events until
1380-573: A second sister promotion from 2005 to 2010) and even some merchandise from competitors, such as Pro Wrestling Guerrilla . Under Silkin, ROH branched out across the world. On January 23, 2007, ROH announced plans for a Japanese tour, resulting in a show on July 16 in Tokyo called "Live In Tokyo", co-promoted with Pro Wrestling Noah and a show on July 17 called "Live In Osaka" in Osaka co-promoted with Dragon Gate . On May 2, 2007, Ring of Honor announced
1472-466: A stable in Ring of Honor when Hardy, Bennett, and Adam Cole faced War Machine ( Hanson and Raymond Rowe ) along with Michael Elgin in a six-man tag team match which ended in a no contest. On November 15, 2014, at Glory By Honor XIII , Matt Taven , who had joined the stable back in September, teamed with Bennett as they unsuccessfully challenged reDRagon ( Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly ) for
1564-703: A three-way tag team match. On March 27, 2015, at Supercard of Honor IX , Bennett and Taven unsuccessfully challenged reDRagon ( Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly ) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship . Cole returned from his injury at War of the Worlds ‘15, where he lost to A.J. Styles . Cole then began having tension with Bennett and Taven and even teased a reunion with former Future Shock partner Kyle O’Reilly. On September 18 at All Star Extravaganza VII , Bennett and Taven won their first-ever ROH World Tag Team Championship , when they defeated
1656-635: A weekly television program. The first tapings for Ring of Honor Wrestling took place on February 28 and March 1, 2009, at The Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and series premiered on HDNet on March 21, 2009. After nearly a year of producing weekly television broadcasts, RoH announced on January 20, 2010, that it would commission a new title, the ROH World Television Championship, to be decided in an eight-man tournament beginning February 5, 2010, and ending February 6, 2010, on its Ring of Honor Wrestling program. Due to
1748-411: A working relationship between the two companies. On January 11, 2011, Ring of Honor announced the ending of Ring of Honor Wrestling , after the completion of the promotion's two-year contract with HDNet. The final tapings of the show would be taking place on January 21 and 22, with the final episode airing on April 4, 2011. On May 21, 2011, Ring of Honor and Sinclair Broadcast Group announced that
1840-617: A working relationship which would see talent exchanges and dual events between the two promotions. The first co-promoted shows Global Wars and War of the Worlds, took place in May 2014, in Toronto and New York City respectively, with the two companies again co-promoting these events in May 2015 – with the War of the Worlds '15 taking place at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia on May 12 and 13, and
1932-568: Is Earned" , taped on May 12, first aired on July 1 on Dish Network. Ring of Honor continued to expand throughout 2008, debuting in Orlando, Florida on March 28 for Dragon Gate Challenge II, in Manassas, Virginia on May 9 for Southern Navigation and in Toronto , Ontario on July 25 for Northern Navigation. On May 10, 2008, Ring of Honor set an attendance record in its debut show, A New Level, from
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#17327987596492024-403: Is defended by three-man tag teams, also referred to as trios. The current champions are Dustin Rhodes and The Von Erichs ( Marshall Von Erich and Ross Von Erich ), who are in their first reign, both as a team and individually. They won the vacant title by defeating The Undisputed Kingdom (consisting of Roderick Strong , Matt Taven , and Mike Bennett ) at All Elite Wrestling 's Battle of
2116-780: The 2014 World Tag League . They finished third in their block with a record of four wins and three losses. Bennett and Taven returned to NJPW on April 5, 2015, at Invasion Attack 2015 , where they defeated Bullet Club ( Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson ) to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship . On July 5 at Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall , The Kingdom lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship back to Bullet Club in their first defense. Bennett and Taven returned to NJPW in November to take part in
2208-632: The 2015 World Tag League , where they finished with a record of two wins and four losses, failing to advance from their block. 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
2300-549: The Global Wars '15 event in Toronto on May 15 and 16. As part of the relationship with NJPW, ROH announced it would promote two shows, entitled Honor Rising: Japan 2016 , in Tokyo in February 2016. ROH 6-Man Tag Team Championship As Individual (4 reigns): The ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship owned by the Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion . It
2392-664: The Hammerstein Ballroom in the Manhattan Center in New York City. It had plans for shows in St. Louis, Missouri , Nashville, Tennessee , and Montreal before the end of 2008. On October 26, 2008, the company announced the departure of head booker Gabe Sapolsky , and his replacement by Adam Pearce . On January 26, 2009, Ring of Honor announced that it had signed an agreement with HDNet Fights for
2484-514: 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
2576-583: The NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship . Lio Rush was originally announced for the tournament, but ended up being replaced by NJPW wrestler Kushida . However, Rush eventually returned to the team, replacing ACH in the final due to his departure from ROH. The tournament started on September 30 at the All Star Extravaganza VIII pay-per-view (PPV), with the remaining first round and semifinal matches taking place at
2668-612: The National Wrestling Alliance , where he began a cross-promotional feud with NWA World Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis . However, during the Speaking Out Movement , Scurll was accused of taking advantage of a 16-year-old girl who was inebriated. Scurll would release two statements in which he did not deny the allegations, but claimed the encounter was consensual. On June 25, the promotion announced that they launched an investigation concerning
2760-706: The ROH 16th Anniversary Show , where Taven was defeated by Cody. On May 9, 2018, at ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds Tour , The Kingdom would regain the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship by defeating SoCal Uncensored. During a match for the ROH World Championship, Taven achieved a three count in the match, however the referee was not looking and the match ended with Jay Lethal winning the title. The Kingdom would lose
2852-463: The ROH Hall of Fame (HOF) was introduced inducting the company's first four Hall of Famers plus one due to one induction being a ROH tag team. As part of ROH's re-launch the promotion added a new contest: the "Proving Ground" match. The match features an up-and-coming star against a seasoned professional who is a title-holder. If the up-and-coming star can defeat, or at least last 10 minutes with,
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2944-668: The ROH World Tag Team Championship . At Best in the World 2014 Cole lost the ROH World Championship to Michael Elgin . In July, Hardy opted out of his ROH contract and went back to TNA. After failing to regain the ROH World Championship from now champion Jay Briscoe at Final Battle 2014 , Cole announced he had suffered a shoulder injury which would require surgery. On March 1, 2015, at the 13th Anniversary Show , Bennett and Taven defeated The Addiction ( Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian ) as well as Karl Anderson (who competed on his own due to Doc Gallows suffering travel issues) in
3036-731: The Women of Honor World Championship , the Shimmer Championship , and the Shimmer Tag Team Championship . ROH also runs a professional wrestling school . Originally named the "ROH Wrestling Academy", and based in Bristol, Pennsylvania , ROH announced in July 2016 that the following month it was re-opening the school as the "ROH Dojo" in Baltimore, Maryland. Delirious operates as the head trainer of
3128-421: 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
3220-606: The AEW World Trios Championship, holding and defending both titles under the Unified World Trios Championship banner, using the standard AEW Trios belts, the ROH World Six-Man belts, and The Acclaimed's custom "scissoring" belts to represent the collective accolade. This would continue until July 2024 when Bullet Club Gold (who had since become known as the Bang Bang Gang) were stripped of the Unified World Trios Championship. This subsequently ended
3312-623: The Belts XI on July 27, 2024. Previous champions the Bang Bang Gang ( Jay White , Austin Gunn , and Colten Gunn ) were stripped of the title due to White's injury. Established in 2016, the inaugural champions were The Kingdom ( Matt Taven , T. K. O'Ryan , and Vinny Marseglia ). From April until July 2024, the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship was held and defended together with All Elite Wrestling 's World Trios Championship as
3404-569: The ECW void by starting his own pro wrestling promotion, and distributing its made-for-DVD/VHS productions exclusively through RF Video. The first event, titled The Era of Honor Begins , took place on February 23, 2002, in Philadelphia , the former home area of ECW. It featured nine matches, including a match between Eddy Guerrero and Super Crazy for the IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship and
3496-485: 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
3588-693: 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. From late 2022, Taven and Bennett made appearances as The Kingdom. Roderick Strong aligned with them from mid 2023, then Bennett's wife Maria Kanellis-Bennett has left
3680-429: The March 2 episode of All Elite Wrestling 's live weekly series Dynamite , president and co-founder Tony Khan announced that he had purchased Ring of Honor from Sinclair Broadcast Group, including its brand assets, intellectual property, and video library. Khan also announced that he intends to make the ROH library available to the public in its entirety. It was clarified through a press release issued that night that
3772-505: The November 19 episode of ROH TV The Kingdom defeated Team CMLL (Hechicero, Okumura and Ultimo Guerrero) to advance to the finals at the Final Battle 2016 PPV. On December 2, The Kingdom defeated Jay White , Kushida and Lio Rush in the finals to become the inaugural ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions. On March 11, 2017, at Ring of Honor TV taping, Taven, Marseglia and Silas Young , who filled in for an injured T. K. O'Ryan, lost
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3864-592: The October 1 and 29 tapings of the weekly Ring of Honor Wrestling program. The final of the tournament took place at Final Battle , with The Kingdom ( Matt Taven , T. K. O'Ryan , and Vinny Marseglia ) crowned as the inaugural champions. At All Elite Wrestling 's (AEW) Dynasty : Zero Hour on April 21, 2024, ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions Bullet Club Gold ( Jay White , Austin Gunn , and Colten Gunn ) defeated AEW World Trios Champions The Acclaimed ( Anthony Bowens , Max Caster , and Billy Gunn ) in
3956-549: The October 23 episode of Dynamite , the stable turned babyface and reignited their feud with MJF, who is now a heel. Bennett and Taven, as the Undisputed Kingdom, made their return to NJPW for the first time since 2015 on November 8, 2024 at Fighting Spirit Unleashed , where they were defeated by Shingo Takagi and Yota Tsuji . Ring of Honor Ring of Honor ( ROH ) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida . The promotion
4048-413: The ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship to Bully Ray and The Briscoes . On May 10, 2017, during the second night of ROH/NJPW War Of The Worlds, Taven was unsuccessful at winning the ROH World Championship against Christopher Daniels. At Final Battle 2017 , Taven defeated Will Ospreay . In January 2018, Taven started a rivalry with Cody Rhodes when he attacked him, it all lead and culminated at
4140-511: The ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship, making its debut in 2016, was similar to the WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship , but with different wording on both the center and side plates, different coloring, and slightly different shaping of the title; similar in visual style to the original ROH World Television Championship design, from 2010 to 2012, and 2012 to 2017, respectively, although separating
4232-462: The Ring of Honor wrestlers, replica title belts and more. On May 27, 2015, ROH announced a 26-week television deal with Destination America , beginning on June 3. On December 13, 2015, ROH announced a partnership with Southern California promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), which would allow ROH contracted wrestlers to continue working for PWG. On August 30, 2016, ROH announced the creation of
4324-409: The U.S., expanded their television visibility through Sinclair's broadcast stations, and eventually established its own streaming service in 2018 called Honor Club . As Sinclair was struggling with debt in the late 2010s, ROH went on a hiatus at the end of 2021. The promotion would later be sold to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) founder, co-owner, president and CEO Tony Khan in March 2022, with
4416-530: The Unified World Trios Championship. The ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship was officially announced in a press release on August 30, 2016, and marked the first new title created by ROH in six years following the 2010 creation of the ROH World Television Championship . ROH promoted the title as the first time in nearly 25 years that a major American promotion had a six-man tag team championship. The tournament to crown
4508-562: The United States, including Ohio , New Jersey , Connecticut , and Maryland . In Florida , ROH supported Full Impact Pro , which would serve as a sister promotion until 2009. It also began to build its international identity by co-promoting an event with Frontier Wrestling Alliance in London, England on May 17, 2003. In 2004, Feinstein was caught in an internet-based sting operation, in which he allegedly tried to solicit sex on
4600-547: The World , from the Nashville State Fairgrounds in Nashville, Tennessee. In September, Sinclair began syndicating ROH to other stations; the first deal was reached with WATL , a Gannett -owned Atlanta station, which began airing ROH on September 13, 2014. On October 27, 2014, ROH announced a toy licensing deal with Figures Toy Company, which would see the distribution of action figures based on
4692-598: The World . It was revealed during their 2021 Q3 financial results that Sinclair had $ 12,530,000 USD in debt , largely due to the Diamond Sports Group (the subsidiary that operates the Bally Sports networks). On October 27, 2021, Ring of Honor announced that it would go on a hiatus after Final Battle in December, with a return tentatively scheduled for April 2022. All personnel would also be released from their contracts as part of plans to "reimagine"
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#17327987596494784-422: The acquisition was made through an entity separate from AEW and wholly-owned by Khan. In a media scrum following AEW's Revolution PPV on March 6, Khan revealed that he eventually planned to run ROH separately from AEW, and also indicated that ROH could be used as a developmental brand for AEW. On April 1 at Supercard of Honor XV , the first ROH event after the hiatus, Jonathan Gresham defeated Bandido in
4876-509: The allegations, and Scurll was removed from his position as booker. By January 2021, Ring of Honor announced that Marty Scurll was no longer under contract after the two parties mutually agreed to part ways. On January 31, 2020, Ring of Honor announced the return of the ROH Pure Championship , with a tournament to crown the first Pure champion since 2006. The following month, the promotion announced another tournament to crown
4968-507: The belt from the other two designs, the Six-Man title plates were slightly wider, with two squares on the sides plate of the center piece. The championship belts were redesigned on New Year's day of 2018. In 2024, the championship belts were once again redesigned. The new design was debuted on AEW Dynamite by then champions, Bullet Club Gold (Jay White, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gunn). The championship belt has five plates, all in silver, on
5060-523: The biggest and most attended event in ROH history. In early 2019, Rhodes, the Bucks, and several other talents left the company to start their own promotion – All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The departure of Ring of Honor's top talent for AEW was viewed by many wrestling journalists and commenters as the beginning of a decline for the promotion in 2019. Much of the criticism focused on the reign of then-ROH World Champion Matt Taven . ROH had fewer PPV buys and
5152-588: The broadcast carrier had purchased ROH, with former owner Cary Silkin remaining with the company in an executive role. The promotion's programming began airing the weekend of September 24, 2011, with a relaunched Ring of Honor Wrestling airing on several Sinclair owned-or-operated stations; the show airs primarily on Saturday or Sunday afternoons or late nights, or on prime time on some of Sinclair's CW and MyNetworkTV affiliates (as those networks do not run programming on weekend evenings). On June 22, Ring of Honor held their first live pay-per-view event, Best in
5244-683: The company as a "fan-focused product". In the interim, the men's and woman's championships were defended at events held by various other promotions, including Impact Wrestling and Jonathan Gresham's new Terminus promotion. On January 10, 2022, ROH announced that Supercard of Honor XV would take place at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas , on April 1. These matches will also be seen on Ring of Honor Wrestling . In addition, it's been said that Ring of Honor would operate "like an indie", using non-contracted talent. On
5336-410: The creation of the Women of Honor Championship , adding its fifth championship and the first for its female roster . On September 1, 2018, ROH wrestlers Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) promoted and wrestled at All In – an event that was produced in collaboration with ROH, featuring wrestlers from numerous promotions that drew over 11,000 fans in suburban Chicago . This
5428-541: The division was reformed into a permanent feature of the promotion in 2015. The term "Women of Honor" is additionally used by the promotion to refer to their female wrestlers and other female talent. The current top championship in the Women of Honor division is the ROH Women's World Championship and their other women's title is the ROH Women's World Television Championship . Previous women's championships used by ROH include
5520-543: 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
5612-503: The following day's Ring of Honor Wrestling taping, after failing to come to terms on a new contract with the promotion. With Taven suffering a legitimate knee injury and subsequently turning on Cole (who would later join the Bullet Club as its U.S. side's de facto leader), The Kingdom went on hiatus. On the September 18, 2016 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling , Taven returned and announced that The Kingdom would be competing in
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#17327987596495704-527: The inaugural ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions took place between September 30 and December 2, 2016. The tournament featured participants from the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Japanese New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotions, both of which ROH had partnerships with. ROH noted how six-man tag team matches were a staple of Mexican lucha libre and how NJPW had recently created its own six-man tag team championship,
5796-892: The internet from a person that he thought to be an underage boy (but was actually an adult, posing as a minor). After this was publicized by some news outlets, Feinstein resigned from ROH in March 2004. In the aftermath of the scandal, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) ended its talent-sharing agreement with Ring of Honor, abruptly withdrawing all of its contracted wrestlers from their prior commitments to perform in ROH shows—including major ROH draws A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels, who held and were about to hold ROH championships, respectively. Doug Gentry eventually bought Feinstein's stake in ROH, and later sold it to Cary Silkin. ROH then started its own mail-order and online store operations, which sold DVDs of its live events, plus shoot interviews (dubbed The Straight Shootin' Series) with wrestlers and managers, DVDs of SHIMMER (which would serve as
5888-508: 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
5980-506: The main event to unify the ROH World Championship , and numerous other ROH titles changed hands. The event also saw the return of former ROH champion, and recently inducted ROH Hall of Famer , Samoa Joe . On May 4, the sale of ROH to Tony Khan was officially completed. ROH matches began appearing on AEW programs , and Death Before Dishonor was the first ROH PPV under the new ownership. On December 10, after Final Battle , Khan announced that ROH's weekly televised program will be aired on
6072-548: The main plate. The inner side plates are rectangular and feature the current ROH logo at the top with a circle and a number 6 in red inside the circle. The outer side plates are also rectangular and again feature the current ROH logo but with a circle that says "WORLD 6-MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS" inside the circle. It also features three red stars on the plate. During AEW's Dynasty: Zero Hour in April 2024, ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions Bullet Club Gold defeated The Acclaimed to win
6164-725: The match, Marseglia and Bateman attacked Taven, attempting to break Taven's ankles. On the December 14, 2019 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling , O'Ryan announced that The Kingdom had disbanded. On August 10, 2014, during the G1 Climax The Kingdom, represented by Cole and Bennett and accompanied by Maria Kanellis , made their New Japan Pro-Wrestling debuts, defeating Captain New Japan and Jushin Thunder Liger . The Kingdom, now represented by Bennett and Taven, returned to New Japan in November 2014, to take part in
6256-472: The match, O'Ryan and Marseglia were shown having been attacked backstage (to explain why neither of them had interfered on Taven's behalf to prevent the defeat, which they regularly had done in the past). On the ROH Death Before Dishonor Fallout TV episode, Marseglia attacked Taven in the ring, signalling the start of a storyline feud between the two former allies. On December 13, 2019 at ROH's Final Battle PPV, Marseglia scored an upset victory over Taven. After
6348-401: 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
6440-425: 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
6532-437: The promotion pushed as its first major heel. Daniels and his faction, The Prophecy, rejected the Code of Honor and refused to shake anyone's hand. The fourth and fifth rules emphasized the finishes of ROH matches – the vast majority of which ended decisively (with clean pinfalls , submissions, or knockouts) – unlike what most rival promotions at the time did. On the rare occasion that a match did end with outside interference, with
6624-674: The promotion's homebase in Maryland but without fans in attendance. New episodes would begin syndication on September 12, with a revamped format, and the beginning of the Pure title tournament. Ten days prior, Ring of Honor launched a Free ad-supported television (FAST) channel on the Sinclair-owned streaming service Stirr called "ROH Best On The Planet". Final Battle would be the promotion's sole pay-per-view event in 2020, while live audiences would return on July 11, 2021, at Best in
6716-480: The relaunched Honor Club streaming platform, starting in 2023. On January 18, 2023, a one-off special tribute show to ROH mainstay Jay Briscoe , who had been killed in a car accident the day before, was taped for Honor Club . On February 25 and 26, new episodes of the relaunched Ring of Honor Wrestling program were taped at Soundstage 21 in Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. On March 2,
6808-410: 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
6900-754: The sale completed on May 4 of that year. Currently, ROH operates as a sister promotion to AEW. Mid 20th Century 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s In April 2001, the pro wrestling video-distribution company RF Video needed a new promotion to lead its video sales when its best-seller – Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) – went out of business and WWE purchased its assets. RF Video also videotaped events held by other, less-popular, regional wrestling promotions; it sold these through its catalog and website. After months of trying to join Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), RF Video's owner, Rob Feinstein, decided to fill
6992-616: The school with Cheeseburger and Will Ferrara as his assistants. Previous head trainers of the academy include former ROH World Champions CM Punk, Austin Aries, and Bryan Danielson. From 2005 to 2008, ROH used a "Top of the Class" trophy to promote the students on the main show; while wrestlers win and lose the Trophy in matches, the School's head trainer chooses the winners. On January 26, 2022,
7084-846: The seasoned professional, the newcomer would earn a future title shot. To date, only 1 newcomer has earned a title shot from a proving ground match, that being Lee Moriarty , who lasted 10 minutes against then- ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta , earning a title shot against Yuta at Death Before Dishonor 2024 , where Moriarty would defeat Yuta to become the new ROH Pure Champion. "Proving Ground" matches were also relevant for new coming talent in Ring of Honor (ROH) back in 2011 as well. Throughout its history, Ring of Honor has had working agreements with various domestic and international wrestling promotions at different times. ROH shows have had outside championships defended on them and on some occasions, wrestlers have held both ROH and outside championships simultaneously. In February 2014, ROH and NJPW announced
7176-498: The second ROH Grand Slam winner. His title win over the more popular Marty Scurll has been criticized, usually calling him a "critical and financial flop". During a 411Mania podcast, Jerome Cusson said his title win "actively hurt ROH" since it was not "a draw" and he "wasn't over". On September 27, 2019, at Death Before Dishonor , Matt Taven was defeated by Rush for the ROH Championship, ending his reign at 174 days. After
7268-496: The signing of a PPV and VOD deal with G-Funk Sports & Entertainment to bring ROH into homes with In Demand Networks, TVN , and the Dish Network . The deal called for six taped pay-per-view events to air every 60 days. Because of the move to pay-per-view, TNA Wrestling immediately pulled its contracted stars ( Austin Aries , Christopher Daniels , and Homicide ) from ROH shows. The first pay-per-view, titled "Respect
7360-531: The team and she later joined with Cole Karter and Griff Garrison as their manager. Starting from the September 27, 2023, episode of Dynamite , AEW World and ROH World Tag Team Champion MJF was the target of a masked individual known as The Devil and his associates, The Devil’s Henchmen. On the December 27 episode of Dynamite : New Year's Smash , The Devil’s Henchmen won the ROH World Tag Team Championship by defeating MJF in
7452-408: The then champions The Addiction ( Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels ) and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson). Later that night Cole betrayed O’Reilly during his world championship match against Jay Lethal remaining with The Kingdom and turning heel once again. Bennett and Taven lost the title to War Machine on December 18 at Final Battle . Bennett and Kanellis left ROH after
7544-466: The third time, beating The Elite, holding them until March 16, 2019 On March 15, 2019, at the ROH 17th Anniversary Show , Taven challenge Lethal for the Ring of Honor World Championship, with the match ending in a 60-minute time-limit draw. The following month at G1 Supercard , Taven would defeat Lethal and Marty Scurll in a ladder match to win the ROH World Title, and with that becoming
7636-520: 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
7728-478: 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
7820-593: The titles to Bullet Club , later known as The Elite (Cody and the Young Bucks). At Death Before Dishonor XVI , The Kingdom attacked Will Ospreay and Jay Lethal. After the assault, Taven pulled out of a bag a copy of the Ring Of Honor World Championship which was purple instead of black leather, saying he is the true Ring Of Honor World Champion. On November 2, 2018, The Kingdom would win the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship for
7912-560: The tournament for the new ROH 6-Man Tag Team Championship , but wouldn't announce his partners. On a match taped on October 1, 2016 for the October 23rd, 2016 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling , Matt Taven revealed T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia as new members of The Kingdom and defeated Bullet Club (Adam Cole, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) to advance to the semi-finals of the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship Tournament. On
8004-437: The unification of the AEW and ROH titles with the custom "scissoring" belts also being dropped. There have been 18 reigns between 13 teams composed of 35 individual wrestlers, and one vacancy. The Kingdom (Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan, and Vinny Marseglia) were the inaugural champions and they have the most reigns as a team at three, while individually, Vinny has the most reigns at four (by the time of his fourth reign, his ring name
8096-522: The weekly series began to air exclusively through Honor Club . During the December 16, 2023 TV tapings, Tony Khan debuted a new ROH Women's World Television Championship . On November 1, 2024 negotiations were affirmed that ROH will be making a TV deal with TruTV . ROH distinguishes its image from other wrestling promotions through the "Code of Honor", a set of rules dictating how wrestlers should conduct themselves during matches. The Code of Honor aimed to infuse Ring of Honor's matches with
8188-513: Was changed to Vincent). The Sons of Texas ( Dustin Rhodes , Marshall and Ross Von Erich ) are the current champions in their first reign, both as a team and individually. The won the vacant title by defeating The Undisputed Kingdom ( Roderick Strong , Matt Taven, and Mike Bennett ) at AEW's Battle of the Belts XI on July 27, 2024, in Arlington, Texas . Previous champions Bang Bang Gang (Jay White, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gunn) were stripped of
8280-555: Was founded by Rob Feinstein on February 23, 2002, and was operated by Cary Silkin from 2004 until 2011; when the promotion was sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group . Throughout the 2010s, ROH was considered the third largest wrestling promotion in the United States, behind WWE and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , initially operating on an internet distribution model. Under Sinclair's ownership, ROH began talent-sharing deals with wrestling companies outside
8372-847: Was revealed that The Devil had been Cole all along and he had reformed The Kingdom as its leader with Taven, Bennett (who together were revealed as the ROH World Tag Team Champions), Strong and Wardlow . On the January 3, 2024, episode of Dynamite , Cole announced that the stable had changed its name to the "Undisputed Kingdom" (using a similar name to The Undisputed Era , Cole and Strong's previous faction from their time in WWE NXT). On March 3, 2024 at Revolution , Wardlow defeated Chris Jericho , Powerhouse Hobbs , Lance Archer , Hook , Brian Cage , Magnus , and Dante Martin in an All-Star Scramble match where he will receive
8464-464: Was the first U.S. pro wrestling event not promoted by WWE or the defunct World Championship Wrestling (WCW) to reach the 10,000 attendance mark since the 1990s. Also in 2018, ROH and longtime partner New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) announced a joint event at Madison Square Garden in New York City called G1 Supercard , which was held on April 6, 2019. The event quickly sold out, and became
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