Ring of Honor Review - May 9, 2024

By Graham "GSM" Matthews

Diamante, Mercedes Martinez and Taya Valkyrie def. Lady Frost, Abadon and "Legit" Leyla Hirsch

This was the standard six-woman tag team match that we get quite a bit on ROH TV in that it didn't really accomplish anything other than to serve as a showcase for the women's division. It was well worked, but it's a shame the crowd was quiet for a majority of it. I appreciated that it was acknowledged that Martinez and Diamante cost Abadon the chance to advance in the ROH Women's World Championship Tournament because there's been no follow-up on that since.

Anthony Ogogo def. Zicky Dice

This was a simple squash. I'm still amazed they're trying again with Ogogo considering his last actual push was three years ago this month when he faced Cody Rhodes at Double or Nothing. The crowd sitting on their hands for all of this (including his post-match promo) spoke volumes. Honestly, I'd rather see Dice get a shot. I enjoyed his work in TNA and the NWA, but he's been jobber fodder in AEW and Ring of Honor for the last year or so.

Kiera Hogan def. Ashley D'Amboise

D'Amboise is skilled, so it was nice to see her back on ROH TV for the first time since last May. That said, this was much more competitive than I thought it would be considering D'Amboise isn't under contract to the company to my knowledge. Perhaps she soon will be. They had a decent match and it gave Hogan a nice win. Hopefully she'll challenge for the ROH Women's World Television Championship soon.

Lance Archer and The Righteous def. Nikki Eight, Parker Lee and Tommy Mars

I hate to sound like a broken record, but I truly do not understand what purpose these six-man tag team matches are supposed to serve when the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship basically aren't a thing anymore. I'm a fan of the trio, but AEW/ROH has done nothing with them other than have them rack up pointless victories. The best thing I can say about this is that it was at least kept brief.

ROH World Women's Television Champion Billie Starkz def. Dream Girl Ellie in an ROH Women's World Television Championship Proving Ground Match

Surprisingly, this marked Starkz' first match since capturing the title at Supercard of Honor. What's the point of having a TV title for the women if the champ doesn't wrestle regularly (unless she was injured)? This was essentially a showcase for Starkz and it was fine, but I'm hoping we can see her and Athena actually start some of a storyline for their respective titles soon.

Spanish Announce Project def. Cole Karter and Griff Garrison

It's the never-ending feud. I was hoping this was meant to be the blow-off, but the babyfaces not winning decisively combined with Karter and Garrison attacking them afterward means it will continue. This is what happens when you have ROH World Tag Team Champions that rarely defend their titles. What's weird is that ROH has a plethora of talented teams yet almost all of them are directionless except for these two. The match was decent, but it wasn't worthy of the main event spot.

Overall Show

These must have been the leftover matches from Daily's Place from two weeks ago. You can tell this crowd had to sit through a ton of matches because they did not care about a single damn thing on this episode. Much like last week, the best thing about it was that it was only 50 minutes long because it was completely inconsequential. When the most storyline-significant match on the show is Spanish Announce Project vs. Karter and Garrison, you know it's not worth your time.

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