ROH TV live results: Athena vs. Maya World
The 160th episode of Ring of Honor on Honor Club is set to air tonight.
It will be the first episode to air following the March 22 tapings in Jacksonville.
As of this writing, three matches have been announced for the show, including Athena defending the ROH Women’s World Championship against Maya World. The match comes after World and Athena went to a time-limit draw in a Proving Ground match that was filmed on March 1, also held at WJCT Studios in Jacksonville.
Persephone defends the CMLL World Women’s title against Lacey Lane, and Red Velvet defends the ROH World TV title against Trish Adora.
Matches for this week’s episode were taped on March 22 in Jacksonville. Ring of Honor then heads to Windsor, Ontario, Canada on Friday, March 27 for a joint show with Scott D’Amore’s Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling.
Our live coverage kicks off at 7 p.m. Eastern.
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Don’t tell me what to do! I’m not starting this recap until 7:01, so eat it!
…. 7:00:57, 7:00:58, 7:00:59… All right, there we go, 7:01 on the dot. I’m such a renegade.
What did you miss? Just another look at the TV studio that serves as ROH’s new home. There are some vast improvements from the last set of tapings, including new black curtains on the walls instead of the big white void (the void now has an ROH logo) and an interview with Lacey Lane!
Lane was asked about her match tonight against Persephone for the CMLL Women’s Title. Lane said that she has more Lucha Libre chops than people realize and people are not going to want to miss her match later.
Persephone responded immediately, saying that people don’t really know her. She then told us she was born in Texas, speaks English and Spanish, and that she’s ready for tonight’s fight against Lane.
CMLL World Women’s Title Match: Persephone (c) vs Lacey Lane
And to complete the trifecta, that very match kicked off the show! Then the one and only Tony Khan himself came over from his office across the street to present the CMLL World Women’s Title belt to the crowd.
Introductions were made, bells were rung and the fight was on. The two flipped and moved through a set of chain wrestling moves until Persephone got a crucifix pin for a two count. Lane returned the favour and armdragged Persephone across and out of the ring. Persepone chased Lane around the ring, but Lane was able to dodge just about everything, until an errant electric chair gave Persephone a chance to drop Lane onto the apron face-first.
Back in the ring, Persephone sent Lane into the corner for some stiff shots. Persephone started working Lane’s leg, kicking it and wrapping it up in the ropes. She dropped some hard knees into Lane’s gut, but could only get a two count on the cover.
Persephone grabbed a headlock, and then whipped Lane off the ropes. Lane countered and came off the ropes with some big kicks. Persephone caught her last one though and turned it into an exploder suplex. She tried a few cover attempts, but Lane kicked out of them all.
Persephone dragged Lane up and kneed her in the stomach a bunch before slapping on a double wristlock. Persephone tried to split Lane’s fingers, but Lane countered into a pin attempt. Persephone kicked out and took back momentum until Lane it a casadora to drag her down.
Lane landed a kick from the ground and sent Persephone against the ropes for a running knee. Lane hit a spingboard dropkick from the second rope and chopped Persephone until Persephone countered into a suplex for a two count.
Persephone rained down headbutts on Lane, and set her up for a Crucifix Bomb, but Lane countered and sent her into the ropes, landing a big boot of the recoil. Lane elbowed Persephone in the back of the head and then dropped an elbow from the second rope.
Lane dodged everything Persephone threw at her until she threw a spear. That caught her and Persephone was able to land the Crucifix Bomb and get the pin to retain the CMLL Women’s Title.
Match Result: Persephone defeated Lacey Lane
Mixed Six Person Tag Team Match: SkyFlight (Dante Martin, Darius Martin & Zayda Steel) vs Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) & Isla Dawn
I’m not sure if the Martin boys are going by Skyflight when Scorpio isn’t around, but as a group, I like it so I’m going with it. The Vets and Isla don’t seem to have the same name consistencies, but they do operate as a team more often, so they could have an adventage here.
Darius and Drake kicked thing off with a lockup. Drake worked through wristlocks into hammerlocks into waist locks, all while swinging his gorgeous locks.
Darius jumped up and he and Drake tried to get ahold of each other but couldn’t. Gibson whispered some advice into Drake’s ear and he came out swiging, slapping on a facelock. Drake couldn’t get the suplex he wanted, so Gibson tagged in for a double team.
Gibson threw Darius with a suplex and then wrapped his arms up to try and force his shoulders to the mat. Darius kicked out and started throwing punches. He got a quick tag to Dante who hit an atomic drop on Gibson as Darious shoulder tackled him.
Drake grabbed a blind tag and they tried a double clothesline, but Dante went off the ropes in a double crossbody. Steel tagged in, but Darius and Dante clotheslined Gibson out of the ring before Dawn could get in.
When the ring cleared, Steel and Dawn brawled with Steel landed a dropkick on a prone Dawn. Drake caused a distraction and Dawn hit a superkick on Steel for a two count. She started driving knees into Steel’s back and European uppercuts in the corner.
Dawn hit Steel in the back of the head with her knee for a two count. Steel fought back and came off the ropes, but Dawn was ready and she hit a big boot before slapping on a modified Cobra Clutch. Steel got out of it and hit a pump-kick, and the both crawled to the corners for tags.
Dante and Drake made it in and Dante hit a spingboard dropkick that levelled Drake. Dante avoided Drake’s charges and Gibson tagged in. Darious came in and hit a DDT that sent Gibson rolling out of the ring.
Dawn got in the ring and got in the Martin’s faces, but Steel sent her out of the ring. All three then dove through the ropes to take out the other team on the outside.
Drake made it back into the ring and Darius hit a German suplex. Gibson tried to interfere, but Darious sent him out and rolled Drake up with a roll. Drake reversed it and tried to steal one with a handful of tights, but Darious kicked out.
Dawn and Steel tagged in and traded slaps that quickly turned into punches. Steel went for a waistlock, but Dawn hit a back elbow. Gibson tried to offer advice, but Dante pulled him off the apron. Steel hit a ripcord heel strike to Dawn’s head and rolled her up to get the pin and victory for Skyflight.
Match Result: SkyFlight defeated Grizzled Young Veterans & Isla Dawn
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