Author: Micah Shapiro

Ring of Honor airs live on Pay-Per-View presenting Best in the World on June 28th at 8 PM EDT.  This show is deeply entrenched in some extremely heated feuds that have transpired over the last few months if there is one particular stand out that defines this PPV. The Briscoes are out on a mission to symbolically trash the rich history of the NWA.  Dalton Castle has had Rush on his mind for months following his humiliating defeat at the G1 Supercard and hopes to get under his skin by going after his brother Dragon Lee. Jonathan Gresham and Silas…

Ring of Honor’s 404th episode kicked off from Chicago, IL. It included an opening match between Hikuleo and New Japan’s Hirooki Goto, a blazing fast six-man tag team match between Lifeblood and Shadow Squad. The show concluded with a Fatal Four Way matchup between Cobb, Lethal, Rush, and PCO. This week’s episode had much more wrestling and less storytelling than last week’s, which made for a good change in pace. Hikuleo vs Hirooki Goto Hikuleo, representing Bullet Club, made his way to the ring to take on Hirooki Goto, a rising star from New Japan Pro Wrestling. The Bullet Club…

While there was really only one legitimate wrestling match in Ring of Honor’s 403rd episode, it was filled with plenty of entertainment, storytelling and smack talk between wrestlers, as feuds heated up and plots thickened with Mark Haskins calling out Bully Ray.  The show started big with the NWA sanctioning a matchup that had Colt Cabana put his NWA National Championship title on the line against James Storm. NWA National Championship James Storm vs Colt Cabana The match started off with some lockups that went back and forth. Storm attempted the Last Call early in the match, but Cabana quickly…

Finally, PCW ULTRA returns for Mind Crawler on June 14, after a two and a half month hiatus of shows following the Wrestle Summit at the end of March.  Wrestle Summit ended with shock, as Shane Strickland controversially lost his PCW Ultra Championship to the masked goliath Mil Muertes, with interference from Warbeast.  The show concluded with Strickland pulverized and humiliated, and Mil Muertes joining forces alongside Warbeast’s Samoan Werewolf Jacob Fatu and the Almighty Sheikh Josef Samael. Mind Crawler will present the start of a new era for Warbeast, as its members enter the show holding both the PCW…

The latest edition of Reflection of Honor reviews Ring of Honor’s Episode #402 comes from Chicago featuring a main event involving Evil & Sanada vs Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima. The Allure made their way to the ring to start the show. Velvet Sky made a declaration that the Allure brought credibility to women’s wrestling, stating that they started the “revolution” before there was an “evolution.” Angelina Love followed suit, reminding the world that she is a 6-time champion. Mandy Leon addressed the “Twitter trolls” in the crowd as she called them, declaring that she is the “foundation” of women…

Tournament of Survival 4, as usual, will be nothing short of bloody disgusting and make stomachs squirm for GCW.  This graphical excitement and joy ride of savageness will showcase the toughest deathmatch competitors go at it once again to prove themselves as the best of the best in the most dangerous tournament in pro wrestling perhaps.  For as many die-hards spectating GCW’s tournament loud and proud, there are perhaps some who will indulge in its sickening conceptions alone in a guilty pleasure. After all, who doesn’t enjoy a bit of the ultraviolence here and there? This year’s tournament will take…

Ring of Honor’s 401st episode only consisted of two matches. But it delivered a lot of storytelling to compensate. It also concluded with a shocking climax that was nothing short of a complete shocker as Kenny King took on Jay Lethal in the first of a Best of Three series matchups. Karl Fredericks vs Flip Gordon The 401st episode of Ring of Honor started big, with New Japan dojo’s Karl Fredericks taking on Flip Gordon. The two started with some grappling on the mat, followed by some headlock takeovers. Both traded shoulder to shoulder takedowns, and Flip caught Karl in…

As expected, the 400th TV episode of Ring of Honor, from Pittsburgh, PA, delivered in a big way with a Ring of Honor World Championship matchup of Flip Gordon competing against Matt Taven for the title.  Additionally, the Six-Man Tag Team Championship was on the line with Villain Enterprises defending them against Jay Lethal, Rush and Jeff Cobb.  Despite only containing two matches, it was very memorable and a rare occasion for two championships to be defended on a single TV episode. Ring of Honor Six Man Tag Team Title Championship Villain Enterprises vs Jeff Cobb, Jay Lethal and Rush…

Ring of Honor episode #399 featured an epic main event of Bandido taking on Shane Taylor.  Though it is a non-title match, Taylor comes fresh from victory winning the Television championship during the War of the Worlds show in Toronto, with much to prove. Shinobi Shadow Squad (Cheeseburger & Ryan Nova) vs Coast 2 Coast (LSG & Shaheem Ali) vs The Bouncers (Beer City Bruiser & Brawler Milonas) Starting off the show, the Shinobi Shadow Squad took on Coast 2 Coast and The Bouncers in a three-team tag match. The first match in the Ring of Honor tapings was up…

Ring of Honor TV Episode #398 in Pittsburgh aired on 5/3 and was the lead-in for the ROH War of the Worlds tour.  It saw last week’s challenge answered, as Lifeblood and The Kingdom took each other on in tag team competition.  The Allure’s disrespect for Kelly Klein continued. This is the Reflection of Honor ROH TV review. And we got to hear from Dalton Castle for the first time since his humiliating loss to Rush at the ROH/NJPW G1 Supercard.  The main question on everyone’s mind was whether Castle would redeem himself for taking out his frustrations on the…