Ring of Honor Review - October 2, 2025

By Graham "GSM" Matthews

SkyFlight (Top Flight and Leila Grey) def. MxM TV (MxM Collection and Taya Valkyrie)

Now that The Sons of Texas are no more, it looks like MxM TV might be moving on to feuding with SkyFlight. That'll keep them busy for the foreseeable future, but it feels like a downgrade for SkyFlight, who were in the process of being built up on Collision before failing to qualify for the four-way Ladder match for the AEW World Tag Team Championship at All Out. I hope this doesn't mean they'll be relegated to Ring of Honor duty going forward. This was a solid six-person tag team match, though.

The Workhosemen def. Rosario Grillo and Chance Prophet

The Workhorsemen have benefited a bit from getting some television time with FTR in the last month, but it remains to be seen if they'll actually go anywhere in ROH. Despite being a talented tandem, they never seem to gain much traction and haven't had the best luck with injuries. If nothing else, this enhancement match was a step in the right direction for them.

Yuka Sakazaki def. Zoey Lynn in a Pure Rules Match

I completely forgot that Sakazaki was a part of the ROH Women's Pure Championship Tournament. I realize they flash the bracket on the screen almost every episode, but I barely pay attention to it because the tourney is progressing at a snail's pace. This was another instance of one of the competitors having a spotlight match of sorts before their tournament match, so the outcome was never in doubt. Thankfully, it was brief.

The Frat House (Cole Karter, Griff Garrison and Preston Vance) def. Casey King, Corey Sparkz and Nick Hamrick

I maintain that Frat House is as ridiculous and as pointless of a stable as almost any other undercard faction AEW/ROH has had in recent years, but to their credit, the vignettes they've been doing aren't half bad. They're much more entertaining than the matches themselves, I'll say that much. The best part about this was the 450 Splash that Karter hit at the end. That was impressive and I don't know that I've ever seen that from him before.

Jay Lethal def. Aaron Solo

Lethal has been spinning his wheels for the last year in ROH, serving as the elder statesman and gatekeeper who loses when necessary. He and Solo had the well-wrestled match you'd expect from them, but it was largely meaningless other than to give Lethal a win. It would've been silly for this to be lengthy and competitive, so I appreciate that it wasn't either of those things.

Premier Athletes (Stori Denali, Tony Nese and Ariya Daivari) def. Reese Ramone, Cowpoke Paul and Gen Z

Nese and Daivari are really putting over Denali as a major threat any chance they can during their pre-match promos and matches by allowing her to shine in short spurts and picking up the win for them at the end. This served its purpose as far as allowing them to establish dominance, though I am curious what their ultimate goal is. Will Denali help get Premier Athletes to championship contention or is the idea to get her challenging for a title eventually?

Serena Deeb def. Katie Arquette in a Pure Rules Match

Deeb will be facing Sakazaki in the first round of the aforementioned tourney, so this happened for the same reason that her match did. They faced off afterward, but there's no need to build interest in a tourney that has no business existing in the first place. Although I didn't care about this match, I did think the video package for Deeb stressing her desire to be the inaugural ROH Women's Pure Champion was well done.

Alex Windsor and IWGP Women's Champion Sareee def. Diamante and Billie Starkz

I'm familiar with Sareee from the fairly forgettable stint she had in WWE NXT back in 2021 (through no fault of her own), and she's obviously had a lot of success since leaving, including capturing the IWGP Women's Championship. She and Windsor made for a good team and they had a nice match with Diamante (who you had to know was eating the pinfall loss as soon as she made her entrance) and Starkz. It was later announced that Windsor and Sareee will do battle for the IWGP Women's Championship on next week's episode, which is cool.

Dralistico def. BEEF

BEEF is the go-to jobber of ROH, so there was never a chance he was going to beat Dralistico here. There was nothing wrong with the match itself, but this was more about setting up the post-match angle with The Workhorsemen making the save for BEEF from La Faccion Ingobernable. A six-man tag team match is probably imminent and hopefully The Workhorsemen vs. Sammy Guevara and Rush for the ROH World Tag Team Championship as well.

AR Fox def. Johnny TV

What a random main event. MxM TV already opened the show with a loss, so it was odd that the show closed with Johnny in a match that had no stakes. It's not as if he's feuding with Fox, either, but for the time this was allotted, it was enjoyable enough. Fox not winning decisively and instead using a roll-up to beat Johnny was strange because there's no point in protecting Johnny, who loses way more than he wins.

Overall Show

This edition of ROH TV was under 90 minutes, but doing shows closer to 60 minutes is ideal. When the shows are stretched out, we tend to get mostly squashes that don't matter. That was the case with this episode and it dragged as a result. Some seeds were planted, but otherwise, there was nothing of importance on this shoe. You'd be wasting your time if you checked it out in its entirety.

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