Women of Honor is a term used by

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(ROH) to refer to its

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talent. The term is applied universally to

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, backstage interviewers, and managers/valets.

Promotion and History of Women in ROH (pt.1)

Early years and partnership with Shimmer Women Athletes (2002–2011)

ROH had its first women's match on June 22, 2002, at its ''Road to the Title'' show. It saw

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defeat

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. Women's wrestling in ROH had been sporadic since then. ROH featured female stars like

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Daizee Haze Emily Sharp (born May 11, 1983) is an American former professional wrestler known under the ring name Daizee Haze. She is best known for her time on the independent circuit, where she performed for numerous promotions such as Chikara, Ring of Hon ...

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Mercedes Martinez Jazmin Benitez (born November 17, 1980) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Mercedes Martinez. She also appears for AEW's sister promotion, Ring of Honor (ROH), where she is a form ...

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and others on shows, even releasing a DVD featuring Del Rey, Haze,

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MsChif Rachel Frobel (née Collins) is an American professional wrestler who is better known by her ring name MsChif. She has been wrestling since 2001 and in that time has worked for several independent promotions across the United States, with guest ma ...

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, and others. Some of these matches were featured on ROH's television program on

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and, later, on its syndicated show, but ROH did not consistently brand women's matches as Women of Honor until 2015. ROH also had partnership with

Shimmer Women Athletes Shimmer Women Athletes (often referred to and stylized as SHIMMER) is an American, Chicago-based independent women's professional wrestling promotion which held its first event on November 6, 2005. Established by Dave Prazak and run by both him ...

, as the

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has been defended on several shows, being the first women's title to be featured on ROH. On April 2, 2011, at the second night of

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, the

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were defended on ROH for the first time, when the then-champions

and

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successfully defended the title against

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and

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ROH Women of Honor (2011–2015)

Throughout the years 2011 to 2015 the Women of Ring of Honor mostly consisted of female valets, interviewers, and female wrestlers by the names of

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, Jenny Rose, Athena Reese,

Maria Kanellis Mary Louis "Maria" Kanellis-Bennett (born February 25, 1982) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, Manager (professional wrestling), professional wrestling manager, actress, model and former singer, She is best known for h ...

Scarlett Bordeaux Elizabeth Chihaia (born May 13, 1991) is an American professional wrestler, model, singer and ring announcer better known by the ring name Scarlett Bordeaux. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring ...

Mandy Leon Amanda Leon (born March 3, 1992) is an American professional wrestler, where she is one half of tag team The Allure. Leon has also worked as a model, actress, and dancer. Early life Leon was born in Brooklyn, New York but grew up in both Lanc ...

Mia Yim Stephanie Hym Lee (née Bell; born April 16, 1989) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name "Michin" Mia Yim. She is a member of The O.C.. She is also known for her tim ...

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, Seleziya Sparx, and

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, and special female feud appearances by women such as Tara and

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. Women of this era of Ring of Honor were simply known as the

hustle for example other than the Shimmer Championship belt that was rarely used in ROH these girls made things work without an officially owned by ROH women's championship title available that is permanently owned by the company while on the ROH roster. Working as valets, managers, interviewers, ring announcers, side ring bell ringers, and rarely working in Women of Honor matches especially on TV but whenever got a chance valeted when it came to non-female talent every now and then to express their hard work, contributions, and dedications to the division and to help rebuild, grow, and further create the Women of Honor Division. Scarlett Bordeaux at ROH 2013

On February 23, 2011 at a ROH Pay-per-view by the name of

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Sara Del Ray with Shane Hagadorn in her corner wrestled against and defeated other ROH female talent by the name of MsChif. Cherry Bomb also faced MsChif during a Ring of Honor taping at the Ted Reeve arena in

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. During those years Maria Kanellis went on to manage (

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) her husband Mike Bennett and his tag team partner

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as The Kingdom the stable went on to feud with and against great talent such as

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and other great male talent of the ROH roster during that time. Somewhere after that Maria Kanelis was attacked by Tara while valeting a year prior to that she also had a one-on-one match against Tara at a Indy event which was for the FWE Women's title and was victorious at winning. Maria Kanellis also was attacked by Sara Del Ray while valeting in Ring of Honor which led up to a Mix Tag Team match where it was Sara Del Ray and Eddie Edwards vs. Maria and her husband Mike Bennett at ROH pay-per-view by the name of ROH Boiling Point of year 2012 which Maria and her husband were not successful at winning. She also had a one-on-one match against ODB at a ROH pay-per-view by the name of ROH 13th Anniversary but was not successful. She, Mike Bennett, and Matt Taven as The Kingdom also had a Six Mix Tag Person against ODB and

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and we're successful in that match via Maria pinning ODB. Also during that time other ROH Girls such as Sara Del Ray, Allysin Kay, Jenny Rose, Athena Reese, Scarlett Bordeaux, Mandy Leon, Mia Yim, Cherry Bomb, MsChif, Barbi Hayden, Taeler Hendrix, Seleziya, and Veda Scott spent there time wrestling in rare once in a life time rarely seen especially on Television ROH Women of Honor matches and in mix tag team matches against each other, interviewing talent, interviewing backstage talent, ring announcing, side ring bell ringing and Managing and Valeting male talent of the company. For example on August 15, 2014 at ROH Field of Honor of 2014 Jay Lethal defeated Matt Taven for the

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with Seleziya aka Seleziya Sparxs and

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in Jay Lethals conor. Seleziya was Jay Lethals female valet alongside his then male valet Truth Martini. During sometime Taeler Hendrix was also Jay Lethals female valet but the two ladies never at the same time valeted Jay Lethal. Another factual example during year 2011 Mia Yim was introduced to Ring of Honor Wrestling by

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as Princess Mia Yim after that from that point on she went on to valet his male stable alliance alongside him at Ring of Honor. She also had a match against Sara Del Ray in Ring of Honor Wrestling but was not successful. Mia Yim 2013

Also during around that time ROH girls such as Scarlett Bordeaux and Cherry Bomb where famously known for promoting the sell of ROH

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such as female versions of Ring of Honor clothings such as female

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and probably other versions of ROH female clothing wear and ROH female merchandise when they were available during that time period. During year 2013 Athena Reese was apart of a ROH stable by the name of Team RnB alongside another ROH wrestler by the name of

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weeks later A.C.H. ran into another ROH wrestler by the name of TaDarius Thomas and then the two made an alliance tag team stable name by the name of Adrenaline RUSH that primarily consisted of A.C.H. and TaDarius Thomas only from that point on. After that the three also had a six-mix tag team match against MsChif,

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, &

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but we're not successful.

Rebuilding the women's division (2015–2016)

The popularity of

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in Ring of Honor has resulted in Ring of Honor taping a pilot for a standalone Women of Honor program. Ring of Honor has also made numerous Women of Honor branded merchandise available for purchase. The pilot aired as a Women of Honor-branded television special the weekend of June 25, 2016 and its success led to a Women of Honor taping that is available on DVD. A Women of Honor DVD was also featured alongside a male Ring of Honor DVD via 2-disc set pack by the name of RING OF HONOR - AFTERSHOCK AND WOMEN OF HONOR DVD.

Women of Honor division (2016–present)

At its founding, ROH had a partnership with the female exclusive promotion

(Shimmer), with their top championship - the

- being defended at ROH events, essentially serving as ROH's

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women's title in the promotion's early years. Currently, Ring of Honor regularly airs and promotes their Women Division Wednesday matches formerly known as Women of Honor Wednesday matches on their

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, and

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platforms. As of June 2018, the only two videos to receive 3 million or more views on Ring of Honor's YouTube page are Women of Honor matches, both featuring former Women of Honor World Champion, "The Gatekeeper"

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. Matches are called and presented by

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. He has been joined by

and

for YouTube exclusives and

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for the two Women of Honor television specials. Along with Sakai, there has been four champions shared between

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and Klein, who held the title in a record setting three-time.

ROH Women of Honor Championship & World Wonder Ring Stardom partnership (2017–2020; 2021)

In February 2017, ROH partnered with Japanese promotion

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for a Women of Honor tryout camp. On December 15, 2017, at

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, Riccaboni introduced the creation of ROH's own women's title by the name of the ROH Women of Honor Championship, which would later be named the ROH Women of Honor World Championship, as a tournament for the championship was set to start on January 20, 2018. On April 7, at

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defeated

in the tournament final to become the inaugural champion. Along with Sakai, there have been four champions overall, shared between

and Klein, who held the title in a record setting three-time. Sumie Sakai

ROH Women's World Championship (2020; 2021–present)

On January 1, 2020, ROH deactivated the Women of Honor World Champion, held at the time by Kelly Klein, due to the former champion deciding not to renew her contract with the promotion amidst disagreements between the two parties, leading into Klein filling a lawsuit against the company over a year later in early 2021. As such, a new championship was to be created for the division, the

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. The winner was originally planned to be crowned in a 16-woman Tournament at Quest For Gold, but that tournament, as well as the Women of Honor division as a whole, was put on hold due to the event being cancelled amidst the

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. During the

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on March 26, 2021,

made her on-screen return to the promotion and announced a new tournament to crown a new ROH Women's World Champion, the first since the retirement of the Women of Honor World Championship at the beginning of 2020. The tournament will take place in summer 2021, with a number of the matches to be showcased on ROH TV. The division also seemingly dropped using the 'Women of Honor' name as a month later, 'Women's Division Wednesdays' returned on ROH's official YouTube channel starting on April 28, 2021. As of January 1, 2020, ROH deactivated the ROH Women of Honor World Championship (due to contractual issues with reigning champion Kelly Klein), and announced the creation of a brand new championship for the division, the ROH Women's World Championship. The winner was originally planned to be crowned in a 16-woman Tournament at Quest For Gold, but had been cancelled due to the

. After ROH resumed operations following a five-month pandemic related hiatus, a new 15-woman tournament (with one participant -

- getting a first round bye due to Vita VonStarr being removed from the tournament via other personal issues with Maria Kanellis) was announced at Best in the World that took place beginning on July 31, 2021, and tournament final which

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won to become the inaugural ROH Women's World Champion on September 12, 2021 at

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Promotion and History of Women in ROH (pt.2)

Returning ROH Ladies & AEW Partnership (2022–present)

On January 9, 2022

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returned back into the Ring of Honor Wrestling world since her 2018 ROH departure (For those of you who don't know who Deonna is she made her ROH debut during year 2015 and had a couple of matches after and even entered the

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Tournament after but lost to

in the second round.) and became the

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by defeating the then current champion

on an episode of Impact!.Title changes hands, WWE alumnus debuts at Impact tapings (spoiler) - 411 Mania.com
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and partnered with

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. On April 1, 2022, Purrazzo was booked for Impact Wrestling's

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which was held on the same night as

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which means that she was unable to attend the event. At the very same ROH pay-per-view

made her ROH Return by defeating another ROH female worker by the name of

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and becoming the interim ROH Women's World Championship. during the event, setting up for a championship unification match with Purrazzo. The unification match took place on the May 4th episode of '' AEW 's Dynamite'', where Purrazzo was defeated by Martinez in the main event for the ROH Women's World Championship. On November 25, 2022 Athena Reese returned to Ring of Honor Wrestling since years 2013 & 2014 and called out the ROH Women's World Champion Mercedes Martinez for the ROH Women's World Championship after she attacked referee

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after she defeated

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on episode of AEW's Rampage. Afterwards Mercedes Martinez to returned from her injury and rushed out to help and chase away Athena. Then Athena called out Martinez for the ROH Women’s World Championship. On December 10th, 2022 Athena defeated Mercedes Martinez at ROH

and became the new ROH Women's World Champion after her ROH return.

Championships and accomplishments

Championships

Retired & Past championships

ROH 5 COUNT: WOMEN OF HONOR

Ring of Honor Wrestling's Women of Honor's Year–End Awards

Women of Honor Tournaments and Tournaments

Inaugural Women of Honor championship tournament (2017–2018)

Qualifying matches

; ''

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'' tapings – June 29 and June 30 (

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–

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)

Tournament bracket

Inaugural ROH Women's World championship tournament (2021)

Inaugural ROH Women of Honor (WOH) Championship holders

''Pro Wrestling Illustrated''

PWI Female 50 / Female 100

References

External links

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