ROH TV (Episode 124) Review – 07.10.25

Welcome back to Ring of Honor TV, exclusively on Honor Club at WatchROH.com. Last week on Episode 123 (Sesame Street), The Infantry defeated Top Flight to earn a shot at the Tag Team Championship, Serena Deeb tapped out B3CCA in a Pure Rules Match, Spanish Announce Project (Serpentico and Angelico) defeated Midnight Heat, and Wheeler Yuta defeated Alex Zayne. Most of the matches for Supercard of Honor are in place, so we can probably expect another random match or two added to pad things out.

Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman are calling the action, unless otherwise noted.

Atlantis & Atlantis Jr. vs. Spanish Announce Project:
Any episode with Atlantis Jr is worth checking out (Spoilers: I spoke too soon). Code of honor adhered to by all parties. Angelico and Atlantis start. Lockup to the ropes, Angelico teases throwing a strike before breaking clean. They trade takedowns, with Atlantis obviously a step slower in holding up his end of the spot. Whip to the ropes and SAP with a double elbow. Atlantis fights off Serpentico and tags in his son for a burst of 2-on-1 offense. Atlantis Jr misses a dive into the corner. The advantage is short-lived, as Atlantis Jr punts Serpentico out of the air and hits a cutter for two. Angelico with a distraction from the apron, allowing Serpentico to straddle Atlantis Jr across the turnbuckle. Poor Atlantis does not look as spry as Blue Panther does in his recent appearances for ROH. More tandem offense from SAP for a near-fall. Atlantis Jr makes his own comeback as the referee just allows everyone to freely hang around in the ring. Atlantis doesn’t even wait for a hot tag, coming in for the “heck breaks loose” spot as he pleases. Why is the referee counting magistral cradles from both Angelico and Serpentico? Did he forget who was legal? Angelico gets dumped. Atlantis with a spinebuster and Atlantis Jr. hits Serpentico with a frog splash for three at 6:06. This was a mess with the referee just hanging around letting people do whatever and Atlantis the senior looking beyond washed. Everyone shakes hands afterwards, so everyone still loves each other.

Bandido is standing by to accept the challenge of Konosuke Takeshita… I mean, it was already announced last week, but that’s nice of him to formally accept after the fact.

Aaron Solo vs. Adam Priest:
Oh My God, is Mr. Bayley getting a showcase win?! Things are finally coming up Milhouse! Priest is already in the ring like the geek Solo is. Priest kicks away the handshake offer. Feeling out process to start, trading side headlocks and head-scissors. Priest with a yank of the hair to take control of the arm. Solo escapes, unloads with forearms and nails Priest with a dropkick. More dirty tactics from Priest to stay ahead of such a God-tier opponent like Aaron Solo. Priest cuts off a comeback attempt and hits a snap suplex for two. Whip to the corner, Solo brings up the boot and throws more forearms. Priest blocks a kick and goes for the crab, but Solo scrambles for the ropes. Solo makes his real comeback, hitting a neck breaker and corkscrew enzuigiri for a near-fall. They keep trading offense because REASONS, including a back suplex across the apron. THAT’S THE HARDEST PART OF THE RING! Priest avoids a flying whatever, clips the knee, and makes Solo tap to a single-leg crab at 5:29! OH MY GOD, AARON SOLO IS THE GEEK WHO LOSES TO A GEEK WITH NO ENTRANCE.

We recap last week’s confrontation between The Frat House and Dark Order at a Pledge Drive where the Dark Order snuck the bill of all the patrons onto the tab of Griff Garrison (“Who the f*ck is Griff Garrison?!”).

Dark Order vs. The Frat House:
What, we’re not saving this gem for Supercard of Honor?!?! Oh, on a second thought, it looks like we’re not getting this match, as Jacked Jameson, Griff Garrison, Cole Karter, and Preston Vance are not dressed to compete. According to Jameson, they got so drunk the night before, that they are not medically cleared to compete, so it’s the gimmick where the pledges fill in for them and will become members if they win. The match is shorter than the amount of time it took me to type that up, as the Dark Order quickly rips through the geeks and finish with the pendulum crucifix at 41-seconds.

Post-match, Dark Order makes the announcement that the match will take place tomorrow night at Supercard of Honor, with Preston Vance, Cole Karter, and Griff Garrison representing the Frat House (insert Griff Garrison gag here).

Recap from Global Wars where Blue Panther tapped out Lee Moriarty in a Non-Title Match. They’re scheduled to meet for Lee Moriarty’s Pure Championship at Supercard of Honor.

Hype package for Shane Taylor Promotion’s Infantry, who get to challenge the Sons of Texas at Supercard of Honor for the ROH Tag Team Championship. We follow with a pre-tape from Shawn Dean and Carlie Bravo. Sammy Guevara and Dustin Rhodes interrupt, the first time I’ve seen them on ROH TV since jumping into this role. Sammy and Dustin don’t like being called Grandpa and Grandson.

Pure Rules Match: Rachel Ellering vs. Deonna Purrazzo:
So… that Women’s Pure Championship Tournament. Unofficially delayed because OH MY GOD WE NEED TO USE QUEEN AMINATA ON AEW TV, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?!? 15-minute time limit for this one. If we aren’t familiar with Pure Rules, you get one closed fist before you are disqualified and subject to further punishment, and if you burn through three rope breaks, you’re boned. Code of honor adhered to. Lockup and Purrazzo tumbles out of a wrist-lock. Both women went for the arm, and neither was able to maintain control. Purrazzo pops Ellering with an elbow. Ellering counters the kicking dirt taunt and works Purrazzo over in the corner before taking her over with a gut-wrench suplex for a two-count. Purazzo fights out of a fireman’s lift by pulling Ellering’s bandana down across her eyes. She starts working the arm and goes for the arm bar, but Ellering is in the ropes for her first break. They trade forearms, with Ellering delivering the heavy blows until Purrazzo sweeps the legs and grabs a high wrist-lock. Purazzo meets a boot in the corner and Ellering comes off the ropes with a spinning elbow. Running senton for two. Brain buster for 2.99. Whip to the ropes, Purrazzo counters a hip toss with the Fujiwara arm bar and Ellering taps at 6:07. This was fine, I guess. Like eating plain white rice and having water with a squirt of lemon to wash it down. Not holding out much hope for that new title or the alleged tournament to crown the 1st Champion.

Women’s Champion Athena standing by, questioning what Thunder Rosa has done to deserve the title other than b*tch and moan about everything. She talks about putting this company on her back while Thunder Rosa’s crumbled.

The Sons of Texas vs. Premier Athletes (w/ Smart Mark Sterling) and Grizzled Young Veterans:
The final match of the night, and thank goodness for that. Sons of Texas consists of Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara, and the Von Erichs, Marshall and Ross. Dustin and Sammy are the reigning Tag Team Champions, while Dustin and the Von Erichs are the Trios Champions. Yes, Tony Nese and Ariya Daivari are still around for those 205 Live enthusiasts. Sammy and Nese start. Sammy offers a handshake and Nese responds by flexing. Lockup and it’s your usual chain sequence of counters until Nese pops Sammy in the corner with an elbow and taunts him with some jumping jacks. International and Sammy with a dropkick, then taunts Nese with jumping jacks. Nese isn’t satisfied with that and does some push-ups. Sammy avoids an elbow drop and brings in Marshall Von Erich. Nese takes him into the corner where Gibson is happy to unload on him for strikes. Marshall slips out of a slam, knocks Gibson into the corner with a dropkick and connects with a cannonball. Whip to the corner and the Von Erich boys run wild. Drake with a blind tag and it’s Ross Von Erich in trouble on the floor.

Back inside, Gibson works over Ross and takes shots at Sammy and Marshall before taunting Dustin. Ross fights off the Vets 2-on-1 efforts and counters a sleeper with a back suplex. Dustin with the hot tag, running wild on Daivari with clotheslines. Whip is reversed and Dustin with the drop-down uppercut. Snap powerslams to the Premier Athletes. Sterling ends up in the ring and positioned for Shattered Dreams, but Nese plays human shield. Heck breaks looser with all eight men running around. Nese wastes time trying to free Sterling from the ropes and gets planted with a spine-buster from Marshall. Sterling finally frees himself with everyone down, but Dustin puts him back in the corner and punts him in the Konnan. Daivari school boy for two. Canadian Destroyer to Nese. DOUBLE CLAW TO THE VETS. Sammy with a corkscrew tope con hilo. Dustin finishes Daivari with the Final Reckoning at 8:37. This was a perfectly solid effort that would make for a satisfying middle of the card house show match. If you need that translated to star ratings, call it 2.5 stars.

Final Thoughts: For the go-home episode of ROH before Supercard of Honor, and simulcast on YouTube, you would figure they would save a little extra in the tank, but this felt like the last bit of a TV taping more than an enjoyable hour of pro wrestling. A couple of “just fine” matches and a ton of filler didn’t do much to get me excited for tomorrow night. Probably the worst episode of ROH TV I’ve covered (so far).