ROH Supercard of Honor Review - July 11, 2025

By Graham "GSM" Matthews

Zero Hour: Blake Christian def. Jay Lethal

As someone who has been a part of plenty of Supercard of Honor shows, it was weird seeing Lethal involved in a random match on the pre-show for this installment. Not only that, but he also tapped out to Christian, who can't win a match to save his life on AEW TV. I understand the intent was to elevate Christian with the win, but it was just odd. I guess Lethal isn't that guy anymore and hasn't been for a while. On the bright side, these two had a really nice match together.

Zero Hour: The Dark Order (Evil Uno, John Silver and Alex Reynolds) def. The Frat House (Preston Vance, Griff Garrison and Cole Karter)

I'm surprised this didn't make the actual card considering it's a feud that's been furthered on ROH TV as of late, but I'm not at all complaining because I couldn't have cared less about it on paper. To their credit, this exceeded expectations, especially with the hot closing stretch with -1 emerging and helping Dark Order pick up the victory. It made sense that it was Vance who he prevented from winning given Vance's history in Dark Order.

Zero Hour: MxM TV Addressed the Audience

Truthfully, I have no idea why this existed. On a pre-show with four matches on it already, this did not need to happen. Don't get me wrong, they're a good group and they know how to get heat, but it's also difficult to take them seriously when they've lost virtually every opportunity they've had this year. I was waiting for them to be interrupted by a babyface, but that moment never came.

Zero Hour: Diamante def. Lady Frost

It's been many months since we last saw Diamante in action to my knowledge, so I was happy to see her back. She's sporting a slightly new look, too. This was a fairly standard singles match, but it wasn't a straight-up squash, either. Diamante winning was the right call as I'd like to see her in contention for one of Ring of Honor's women's titles soon instead of spinning her wheels, which is all she's been doing for the last five years.

Zero Hour: ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions The Von Erichs def. Premier Athletes (Tony Nese and Ariya Daivari)

We rarely see The Von Erichs wrestle in ROH without their partner Dustin Rhodes, and I feel this only made the card was because this event emanated from their native Texas. They're former MLW World Tag Team Champions and have proven they can hold their own, so with ROH and AEW's tag team divisions suffering from a depth issue, why not give them a chance? This was serviceable despite the outcome never being in doubt.

Hechicero def. Michael Oku

This was one of those unannounced, last-minute additions to the card and I'm glad we got it. Hechicero has quickly become a favorite of mine and I've heard nothing but positive things about Oku over the years. This had zero story, mind you, but it was a very enjoyable opener, nonetheless. I honestly thought Oku might pull out the victory and that would lead to him getting signed, but obviously not. It's possible he ends up with an AEW/ROH deal soon, anyway.

AR Fox def. Adam Priest, Lee Johnson and Atlantis Jr. in a $50,000 Four-Way Match

I've say it a ton of times, but my mind still hasn't changed: Any match contested for money in wrestling feels pointless because the money isn't real, unless the winner uses the money for something storyline related (which almost never happens). What's funny is that this was going to be pointless even without a stipulation, so Tony Khan thought making it for 50,000 fake dollars would make it more engaging, I guess. That wasn't necessarily the case, but hey, it was a well-worked four-way while it lasted.

ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty def. Blue Panther

This was the first match on the main card to actually have a reason for happening as Panther beat Moriarty in a regular match a few weeks ago on the Global Wars: Mexico edition of ROH TV a few weeks ago. Okay, that's not much of a story, but it's better than nothing and at least Panther did something to earn this opportunity. This was decent albeit not very exciting or interesting. Moriarty is now the longest-reigning ROH Pure Champion of all-time, but what does that really mean when he barely defends it?

ROH World Tag Team Champions The Sons of Texas def. The Infantry

The Infantry unsuccessfully challenged for the ROH World Tag Team Championship at last year's Supercard of Honor as well, though they've improved since turning heel and it felt like they came a lot closer to taking the titles this time. This turned into a great match and I thought The Infantry might win when Shane Taylor interfered, but no such luck. The post-match angle set up a multi-man tag team match for the All In Zero Hour pre-show between The Sons of Texas (including The Von Erichs) and Shane Taylor Promotions.

ROH World Television Champion Nick Wayne def. Titan

Similar to Moriarty vs. Panther, this was also set up during a recent encounter on ROH TV with Titan outlasting Wayne in a Proving Ground match. This didn't quite reach the level I anticipated as it was a bit slower paced. If Titan's not actually hurt, then I commend his selling. Wayne wasn't losing before he and Christian Cage compete for the AEW World Tag Team Championship at All In, and it was cool that Christian showed up afterward to congratulate Wayne.

Mina Shirakawa def. Miyu Yamashita, Yuka Sakazaki and Persephone in a Worldwide Women's Wild Card Four-Way Match to Win the Interim ROH Women's Television Championship

Apparently Red Velvet is injured, but I don't get Tony Khan's obsession with interim champions when the title can just as easily be vacated and a new champion can be crowned. It's not like it's an important title considering how dead the division is at the moment. On the bright side, this was a quality contest and a solid showcase for all the women involved. I sure as hell hope Shirakawa becomes the actual champ when she and Velvet inevitably go one-on-one.

ROH Women's World Champion Athena def. Thunder Rosa

This was the perfect match to do on this show with both women being from Texas, not to mention that Rosa is the biggest challenge Athena has had as champion in some time. They had the above-average outing they were capable of, but I genuinely didn't think the title was in jeopardy of changing hands. I'm sure they're waiting for Billie Starkz to be the one to dethrone her at Final Battle in December (maybe), but it won't pack as much of a punch because they're dragging out the reign simply for the sake of doing so at this point.

ROH World Champion Bandido def. Konosuke Takeshita

Bandido's latest reign as ROH World Champion has basically been an afterthought, but he and Takeshita stole the show, regardless. Did anyone expect this to be anything less than excellent? They were given a ton of time and the crowd was into all of it. This was a fantastic main event, and Bandido's next challenger has already been revealed with Hechicero confronting him afterward.

Overall Show

It would've been wonderful had they kept the card to the five or six matches they announced ahead of time, but we ended up with an entertaining event with what we got. That's been the case with every ROH pay-per-view since ROH TV relaunched two years ago, so I can't say I'm shocked. There's virtually no incentive to tune into ROH TV going forward, mind you, but in a nutshell, Supercard of Honor was a successful show capped out by a must-see main event.

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