Ring of Honor Review - June 9, 2026

By Graham "GSM" Matthews

Adam Priest and ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions Dalton Castle and The Outrunners def. Dralistico and The Lethal Twist (Jay Lethal and The Swirl)

Where was Tommy Billington? I would've taken Priest and Dralistico out to make a standard six-man tag team match because their involvement wasn't explained, but I guess they didn't want to beat Lethal Twist straight up in case they challenge for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship at some point. Nonetheless, this was a nice match with the crowd being behind the babyfaces.

Queen Aminata def. Trish Adora

Aminata was just building momentum in AEW before she got hurt, so hopefully she isn't here to stay in Ring of Honor (I say that because she's made a few appearances recently and I'd prefer to see her doing more on Dynamite or Collision). That said, this was a quality contest from these talented women. Adora has been getting more of a push in the last month, but Aminata has the higher ceiling.

Harley Cameron and Mina Shirakawa def. The IInspiration

The IInspiration are not featured consistently enough for me to remember that they're on the roster. They also lost here, so they quickly went from being a mildly interesting addition to AEW's women's tag team division to just a pair of stepping stones for the ladies of ROH. Oh well. As a match, this was whatever, but I'm sure all of the lonely losers will love it for the one spot where the four women shimmed their breasts at each other. On a side note, Cameron sings The IInspiration's entrance music, so it was funny that she faced them finally.

Caprice Coleman Hosted a Sit-Down Interview with ROH World Television Champion AR Fox

Wow! Coleman's sit-down interviews have consistently been the best thing about ROH TV since he started doing them a month or two ago, but this was arguably his best yet, largely thanks to how emotional Fox got while talking about becoming World Television champ. I was already a fan of Fox, but this made me like him that much more and want to see him succeed.

Action Andretti def. BEEF

Andretti is headed for a match with his former tag team partner Lio Rush at some point, so it's smart to have him rack up some wins before then. BEEF is ROH's resident jobber, so he was a logical person for Andretti to beat (even if it wasn't all that impressive). It was a fairly standard squash for Andretti, though I wouldn't have minded Andretti putting him away even quicker than he did.

ROH Women's Pure Champion Deonna Purrazzo def. Viva Van

We got to hear from Van in a backstage promo beforehand, which was a great way to establish who she is to newer viewers (or those who simply aren't familiar with her since she definitely doesn't cut promos often). I was surprised that the ROH Women's Pure Championship was on the line since Purrazzo has been having a lot of Proving Ground matches lately, but it did make this match more meaningful. They had an enjoyable outing and I hope Van keeps getting more chances to shine.

ROH World Television Champion AR Fox def. Angelico, Ace Austin and ROH World Tag Team Champion Sammy Guevara in a 4-Way Match

This title defense came completely out of nowhere, but I'm not complaining because this was a blast. It was all action from start to finish and the four guys worked really well together. I had no doubt that Fox was retaining the title, but it was still an entertaining main event. Dralistico attempted to interfere and help Guevara win, but Lio Rush showed up and chased him away.

Overall Show

This was one of those random Tuesday editions of ROH TV. I understand why they did one the week of Supercard of Honor, but I don't know what purpose this was supposed to serve other than getting some taped matches out of the way (this was in front of of the Dynamite/Collision crowds as opposed to the venue ROH TV is typically in these days). Thankfully, this was a shorter show than what we get on Thursdays, and everything with Fox made it worthwhile.

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