The Ring of Honor is keeping its champions active. New candidates for Dragon Lee’s ROH TV Championship and Jonathan Gresham’s ROH Pure Championship have been announced.
The first on the agenda is pure gold. Gresham and ROH Dojo coach Will Ferrara wanted to reward their students with the opportunity to win a title shot. They proposed to the ROH board of directors that Joe Keys, Dante Caballero, Ken Dixon and Eric Martin participate in a hand-to-hand fight with the winner by taking 3rd place and receiving a Pure Championship contest against Gresham.
This fight happened in ROH week by week (starting at 16:25). Dixon defeated Martin by powerslam in the opening round. Caballero eliminated Dixon in a crucifix pin variation in the second round. Dixon showed a lack of sportsmanship with an attack on Caballero after his defeat. Caballero recovered despite the pain, but Keys came out on top with a one-legged crab just to win the challenge. Keys will have his chance against Gresham in the next weekend’s TV episode. ROH Wrestling.
Dragon Lee is just coming out of a successful TV title defense against Rey Horus, and Brian Johnson is just signing a new contract with ROH. Now, the two will face each other on a date to be announced. Johnson won the opportunity by winning a fan vote as part of ROH The Experience.
ROH week by week also updated the ranking of singles.
ROH World Television Championship
5. Bandit
4. LSG
3. Kenny King
2. Dak Draper
1. Tony Deppen
Champion: Dragon Lee
Rey Horus’ defeat to Dragon Lee kicked him. Bandit came in at # 5. All the others went up one place accordingly.
ROH Pure Championship
5. Fred Yehi
4. Rhett Titus
3. Joe Keys
2. Josh Woods
1. Tracy Williams
Champion: Jonathan Gresham
Flip Gordon was suspended from the Pure division for not respecting the rules in the win against Rhett Titus. Josh Woods moved up one position and Joe Keys came in at # 3.
ROH World Championship
5. Jay Briscoe
4. Mark Haskins
3. Matt Taven
2. Brody King
1. Shane Taylor
Champ: Rush
This is the debut of the world title ranking. All signs point to Shane Taylor being next in line for Rush, probably in a PPV ROH. Mark Haskins and Flip Gordon have previous title disputes that have not yet been billed.
Would you bet any money on a frustrated victory for Joe Keys or Brian Johnson? Do you agree with the current ranking?