Women’s Survival of the Fittest competitors finalized for ROH Supercard of Honor
Ring of Honor Women’s World Champion Athena now knows the full field for next month’s Survival of the Fittest title defense as part of ROH Supercard of Honor.
Her opponents on the Friday, May 15 streaming special will be Billie Starkz, Maya World, CMLL’s Persephone, Trish Adora, and Yuka Sakazaki — all of whom are gunning for their first ROH Women’s World title.
In qualifiers that aired Friday on ROH TV, Starkz defeated Lacey Lane, Sakazaki defeated Viva Van, Adora defeated Hyan, Persephone defeated Isla Dawn, and World defeated Robyn Renegade.
They will all be looking to dethrone the “forever champion” in Athena who has held her title for more than 1200 days.
Current ROH Supercard of Honor card | May 15
- 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 Persephone in a Survival of the Fittest match
- ROH Women’s Pure Champion Deonna Purrazzo defends against Diamante
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.