After an enjoyable CMLL 93rd Anniversary show where Soberano Jr. beat ROH World Champion Bandido in an excellent match, it was time for a very busy All Out week! Adam Priest lost to PAC, Zayda Steel lost to Thekla, The Outrunners lost to Kyle Fletcher & Kevin Knight and Nick Wayne dropped an f-bomb live on Collision.
ROH is on fire!
Ring of Honor
ROH on HonorClub #185
September 24, 2026
WJCT Studios + MassMutual Center
Jacksonville, Florida + Springfield, Massachusetts
Tony Schiavone and Paul Wight were on commentary (for now)
ROH Pure Championship Proving Ground Match
Lee Moriarty (c) def. Serpentico
Soon after the bell, it was quickly apparent that these two wrestlers had good chemistry and the pure rules were serving Serpentico well against the champion of almost 800 days! Unfortunately, it did not last long as Serpentico only made it to the five-and-a-half-minute mark before tapping to the “Border City Stretch.” I have to be honest, I’m a Moriarty guy but I started rooting for Serpentico to earn a title shot because I was really enjoying this. And this Springfield crowd being louder than other crowds in recent weeks at AEW tapings helped a bunch. Good Opener
A recap was then shown of Emi Sakura turning on Deonna Purrazzo last week. Why Emi? Why?
ROH Women’s Pure Championship Proving Ground Match
Deonna Purrazzo (c) def. Rebecca Scott
Scott is the current DREAMWAVE Women’s Champion, WrestlePro Women’s Champion & Uprising Alternative Champion and looked very happy to be here on ROH, which I love to see. This was the second match in a row where an underdog got a proving ground match for a pure title and both of them really worked for me. Scott had a good showing with a couple of hope spots and Purrrazzo was great in the veteran role, shutting Scott down. Scott tapped to the “Venus de Milo” in just over 4 minutes. Good Opener, Part 2
Ian Riccaboni & Caprice Coleman were on commentary as the show left Springfield and went down to Jacksonville. Thank you, Springfield, for having a little life in you!
Mark Davis def. “Main Man” Oro
Seeing Oro at the WJCT Studios made this feel even more like the old NXT UK studio tapings than normal. And Oro looked good taking a beating from Davis, which he did during most of this match, while getting in a couple of impressive athletic maneuvers in the process. This was the third match in a row that had an underdog trying to overcome the odds which made this a fun show, and a nice change of pace. Davis got the win with one of his piledriver variations. Also, Good
It was then time for The IInspiration to “Chop It Up” with Caprice Coleman. Jessie McKay is pregnant. I’m glad these things aren’t long.
Athena & Billie Starkz def. Vert Vixen & Viva Van
The focus on the ever-growing ROH women’s tag team division continued here on the road to Final Battle 2026. A large portion of this match was Athena & Starkz getting heat on Vixen until she made the “hot” tag to Van, who I must say, looked alright this week, but was eventually pinned by possibly, literally, the “Forever Champ,” Athena. Not Bad
Tommy Billington def. Alan Angels
Billington just keeps looking better each time I see him and as for Angels, this is a good place for him, but I have a bad feeling that he will end up joining 10, as 5, sooner rather than later. But who knows, maybe that’s a good thing. I’ve seen stranger things get over in wrestling than a Dark Order reunion. As far as the match is concerned, it was the type of match that I have spoken of plenty before. Two young athletic wrestlers going in there and just wrestling. This is what ROH needs to focus on. You can’t tell me that less people would watch this show if it became the only show on earth that focused on the sport of pro wrestling. Anywho, Billington got the win with a “Tombstone Piledriver.” Pretty Good
Backstage, Deonna Purrazzo cut a promo on Emi Sakura and told her that if she wanted a title shot that all she had to do was ask. Well, in my humble opinion, wrestlers should not get title shots for either attacking the champion or for simply “asking for one.” Wouldn’t ROH be the perfect promotion to have rankings again?
Preston Vance def. Jarett Diaz
In Diaz’s match previous to this one, he lost the Federated Wrestling Alliance Title to Eli Isom. I thought that was relevant, this being ROH and all. Vance got the win quickly with a full nelson. Squash
ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Title Match
The Lethal Twist (Blake Christian, Jay Lethal & Lee Johnson) (c) def. The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds, Evil Uno & John Silver)
The Dark Order made their way to the ring as Vance was heading to the back and Uno & Reynolds congratulated 10 on his victory but Silver still hasn’t warmed up to the idea of forgiving Vance. Once the bell rang, there was a lot of cohesion from both champions and challengers. And a lot more “strutting” than you would think. The match was loaded with double team and triple team combinations as the action barely took a breath. This was your classic “AEW Style” Trios match and a fun main event. The champions successfully retained in their first defense of the titles, after Reynold accidentally hit Silver with some “friendly fire” and The Swirl hit him with their still unnamed finisher for the pin. Match of the Night
After the match Silver and Reynolds were arguing over the loss when Preston Vance made his way to the ring, and Silver stormed off to end the show.
Final Thoughts
Today was one of those days for me where every little thing that could go wrong did. I had to wake up earlier than normal, I stubbed my toe, got rained on, bit my tongue, got stuck in traffic, and so on. So, I foresaw myself tearing this show apart going in but this show actually put me in a much better mood. There was nothing on this show that I am going to recommend to anyone as a “much watch” or even anything that I will remember in two weeks, but I really did enjoy it for what it was. The show just seemed focused, and the underdogs and the top dogs really played their parts well.
