Supercard of Honor XVI was a professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on March 31, 2023 at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California. It was the 16th event in the Supercard of Honor chronology.
Production[]
Background[]
On January 11, 2023, it was announced that the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California would host Supercard of Honor on March 31.
Storylines[]
At Final Battle on December 10, 2022, The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark Briscoe) won the ROH World Tag Team Championship after defeating FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) in a Double Dog Collar Match. However, on January 17, Jay was killed in a car crash. On the March 10 episode of Rampage, following various tributes for Jay, the ROH World Tag Team Championship was officially vacated. It was later announced that new champions would be crowned in a Reach For The Sky Ladder Match at Supercard of Honor.
On the March 9 episode of ROH Wrestling, Wheeler Yuta defeated Timothy Thatcher to retain the ROH Pure Championship. After the bout, Yuta would call out New Japan Pro Wrestling's LA Dojo, only to be confronted by LA Dojo graduate Clark Connors. The following week, Yuta defeated Connors to retain the Pure Championship. After, Yuta would call out LA Dojo head trainer Katsuyori Shibata, challenging him to a match at Supercard of Honor. It was later made official that Yuta would defend his Pure Championship against Shibata at the event.
On the March 9 episode of ROH Wrestling, Samoa Joe defeated Tony Deppen to retain the ROH World Television Championship. After, Joe presented an open challenge. The challenge would be answered by Mark Briscoe and thus, it was later made official that Joe would defend against Briscoe at Supercard of Honor.
Across multiple weeks on AEW Dark and AEW Dark: Elevation, ROH Women's World Champion Athena's post-match attacks would be thwarted by Yuka Sakazaki. On the January 30 episode of Dark: Elevation, Athena and Sakazaki met in tag team action, where Sakazaki and Skye Blue defeated Athena and Diamante. On the March 16 episode of ROH Wrestling, Athena would challenge Sakazaki to a match at Supercard of Honor. Two weeks later, Athena successfully defended her title against Emi Sakura before Sakazaki would foil Athena's post-match attack. A championship bout between Athena and Sakazaki was then made official for Supercard of Honor.
On the June 29, 2022 episode of AEW Dynamite, Claudio Castagnoli and Eddie Kingston took part in the Blood and Guts Match as a part of the team opposing The Jericho Appreciation Society. Castagnoli would have Matt Menard in a hold while Kingston had Chris Jericho in a hold. Menard would submit first and as a result, Kingston claimed Castagnoli had stolen the win from him. On the March 2 episode of ROH Wrestling, Kingston would confront Castagnoli and challenge him to a match for his ROH World Championship. Two weeks later, Kingston faced off against Jeeves Kay. During the match, Kingston threw Kay into Castagnoli, who was watching the match at ringside, spilling Claudio's coffee. Kingston and Castagnoli would then have a sit-down interview the following week, where Claudio agreed to defend his ROH World Championship against Kingston at Supercard of Honor.
Results[]
- Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
- Pre-Show: Jeff Cobb defeated Tracy Williams (5:20)
- Pre-Show: Konosuke Takeshita defeated Willie Mack (9:36)
- Pre-Show: Willow Nightingale defeated Miranda Alize (6:59)
- Pre-Show: Stu Grayson (w/Evil Uno) defeated Slim J (w/Ari Daivari & Mark Sterling) (6:56)
- El Hijo del Vikingo (c) defeated Komander to retain the AAA World Heavyweight Championship (15:43)
- The Embassy (Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) (c) (w/Prince Nana) defeated AR Fox, Blake Christian & Metalik in a Six Man Tag Team Match to retain the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (8:22)
- Athena (c) defeated Yuka Sakazaki to retain the ROH Women's World Championship (11:38)
- Samoa Joe (c) defeated Mark Briscoe to retain the ROH World Television Championship (14:26)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Daniel Garcia (11:59)
- The Lucha Brothers (Rey Fenix & Penta El Zero Miedo) (w/Alex Abrahantes) defeated Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) and La Faccion Ingobernable (Rush & Dralistico) (w/Jose The Assistant) and The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) (w/Maria Kanellis) and Top Flight (Dante Martin & Darius Martin) in a Reach For The Sky Ladder Match to win the vacant ROH World Tag Team Championship (20:14)
- Katsuyori Shibata defeated Wheeler Yuta (c) to win the ROH Pure Championship (13:15)
- Claudio Castagnoli (c) defeated Eddie Kingston to retain the ROH World Championship (20:07)
Other on-screen talent[]
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External links[]
| 2023 Ring of Honor Events |
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Supercard Of Honor • Death Before Dishonor • Final Battle |