Supercard of Honor XV was a professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on April 1, 2022, at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas. It was the 15th event in the Supercard of Honor chronology, and the first event since the G1 Supercard in 2019, (2020's planned Supercard of Honor XIV was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
The event marked the return of ROH after a three month hiatus following Final Battle, as well as the first ROH show promoted under new owner and All Elite Wrestling (AEW) president Tony Khan.
Production[]
Background[]
On October 27, 2021, ROH announced that they would go on hiatus for the first quarter of 2022 in order to reimagine the company, releasing all their wrestlers and staff from their contracts after their Final Battle event last December; the promtion was expected to resume operations in April 2022. On January 10, 2022, ROH announced their return with Supercard of Honor XV, emanating from the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas on April 1.
Storylines[]
The event featured professional wrestling matches which involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that play out on ROH's television programs. Wrestlers portrayed villains or heroes as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.
At Final Battle, Jonathan Gresham defeated Jay Lethal in an ROH World Championship match, where the original ROH World Title belt was at stake. Grehsam was originally suppose to wrestle then-champion Bandido for the title, but Bandido had contracted COVID-19 and was pulled from the show. While Gresham would appear in different promotions defending his championship, Bandido would do the same with his. Both men even defended their respective titles on the first show of Grehsam's new promotion, TERMINUS. On January 20, it was announced that at Supercard of Honor XV, Bandido and Gresham would face each other in a championship unification match.
At Final Battle, The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) defeated The OGK (Matt Taven and Mike Bennett) to win their record twelfth ROH World Tag Team Championship. However, during their celebration, the Briscoes would be confronted by All Elite Wrestling tag team FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler), resulting in the two teams getting into a pull-apart brawl. On February 17, it was announced that the Briscoes would defend the ROH World Tag Team Championship at Supercard of Honor, and their opponents were soon confirmed to be FTR on March 18.
On the January 13 episode of Impact! AAA Reina de Reinas Champion Deonna Purrazzo defeated ROH Women's World Champion Rok-C in a title vs. title match to claim the latter's title. On April 1, Purrazzo would be booked for Impact Wrestling's Multiverse of Matches event at WrestleCon. As a result, ROH announced that Willow Nightingale and Mercedes Martinez will face off at Supercard of Honor to determine an interim champion, with the winner facing Purrazzo at a leter date in a championship unification match.
Results[]
- Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
- Pre-Show: Colt Cabana defeated Blake Christian (8:05)
- Pre-Show: AQA defeated Miranda Alize (8:15)
- Pre-Show: The Gates of Agony (Kaun & Toa Liona) (w/ Tully Blanchard) defeated Shinobi Shadow Squad (Eli Isom & Cheeseburger) (2:15)
- Pre-Show: Dalton Castle defeated Joe Hendry (9:40)
- SW3RVE The Realest defeated Alex Zayne (11:40)
- Brian Cage (w/ Tully Blanchard) defeated Ninja Mack (2:50)
- Jay Lethal defeated Lee Moriarty (w/Matt Sydal) (14:50)
- Mercedes Martinez defeated Willow Nightingale to win the Interim ROH Women's World Championship (12:45)
- FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) defeated The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe) (c) to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship (27:25)
- Minoru Suzuki defeated Rhett Titus (c) to win the ROH World Television Championship (6:00)
- Wheeler Yuta defeated Josh Woods (c) to win the ROH Pure Championship (12:55)
- Jonathan Gresham (c) defeated Bandido (c) to become the Undisputed ROH World Championship (24:55)
External links[]
| 2022 Ring of Honor Events |
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Supercard Of Honor • Death Before Dishonor • Final Battle |