ROH notes: New Supercard of Honor match, next week’s lineup
Ring of Honor’s first streaming special of 2026 — Supercard of Honor — got a new title match added Thursday in addition to a new qualifying match and more content next week.
Red Velvet will defend her ROH Women’s TV title against Viva Van next Friday in Salisbury, Maryland. It will be the champion’s first title defense since March 27 and her fourth defense since regaining the title at last December’s Final Battle. Van’s last ROH appearance came in early-April.
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Next week will also see the final entrant decided for the ROH Women’s World title Survival of the Fittest match after Persephone had to withdraw due to injury.
On the Thursday Supercard Showdown episode of ROH TV, Zayda Steel will face Hyan with the winner joining champion Athena, Maya World, Billie Starkz, Yuka Sakazaki, and Trish Adora.
Next Thursday will also see ROH TV Champion Nick Wayne defending against AR Fox.
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ROH will also air a special Tuesday episode of ROH at 8 pm Eastern in addition to Thursday’s show.
Current ROH Supercard of Honor card | Next Friday
- ROH World Champion Bandido defends against Blake Christian
- Nigel McGuinness vs. Josh Woods in a Pure rules match
- ROH Women’s Champion Athena defends against Maya World, Trish Adora, Yuka Sakazaki, Billie Starkz and TBD in a Survival of the Fittest match
- ROH Women’s Pure Champion Deonna Purrazzo defends against Diamante
- ROH Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet defends against Viva Van
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