Women of Honor

Women of Honor is a term used by Ring of Honor (ROH) to refer to its female talent. The term is applied universally to wrestlers, backstage interviewers, and managers/valets.
==Promotion==
ROH had its first women's match on June 22, 2002 at its Road to the Title show. It saw Sumie Sakai defeat Simply Luscious. Women's wrestling in ROH had been sporadic since then. ROH featured female stars like Sara Del Rey, Daizee Haze, and others on shows, even releasing a DVD featuring Del Rey, Haze, Amazing Kong, Mickie James, MsChif, Lacey, and others. Some of these matches were featured on ROH's television program on HDNet and, later, on its syndicated show, but ROH did not consistently brand women's matches as Women of Honor until 2015.
The popularity of women in Ring of Honor has resulted in Ring of Honor taping a pilot for a standalone Women of Honor program. Ring of Honor has also made numerous Women of Honor branded merchandise available for purchase. The pilot aired as a Women of Honor-branded television special the weekend of June 25, 2016 and its success led to a Women of Honor taping that is available on DVD.
Currently, Ring of Honor regularly airs and promotes Women of Honor matches on their YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter platforms. As of December 2017, the only two videos to receive 2 million or more views on Ring of Honor's YouTube page are Women of Honor matches, both featuring regular Women of Honor competitor, "The Gatekeeper" Kelly Klein.
Matches are called and presented by Ian Riccaboni. He has been joined by Taeler Hendrix, Veda Scott, Matt Taven and B.J. Whitmer for YouTube exclusives and Nigel McGuinness for the two Women of Honor television specials.
In February 2017, ROH partnered with Japanese promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom for a Women of Honor tryout camp.
==Episodes==
So far there have been three televised specials:
*Episode 3 was late July 2017
==Roster==
Ring Name 	Real Name 	Nickname
Brandi Rhodes 	Brandi Alexis Runnels	
Deonna Purrazzo 	Deonna Purrazzo 	"The Virtuosa"
Jenny Rose 	Unknown 	
Jessie Brooks 	 	“Bonesaw Jessie Brooks”
Karen Q 	Karen Yu 	
Kelly Klein 	Kelly Klein 	"The Gatekeeper""Pretty Badass"
Mandy Leon 	Mandy Leon 	"Exotic Goddess"
Gabby Ortiz 	Gabriella Belpre 	
Stella Gray 	Unknown 	
Sumie Sakai 	Sumie Sakai 	"Women of Honor’s Ray of Sunshine”Women of Honor Champion
Tenille Dashwood	Tenille Dashwood 	
===Announcers===
Name 	Role
Ian Riccaboni	Play-by-Play
Q.T. Marshall	Color commentator
==Championships==
On December 15, 2017, ROH announced the creation of the Women of Honor Championship, with the inaugural champion to be crowned in 2018. Prior to the creation of the title, the Shimmer Championship had been defended and recognized in ROH rings.
Championship 	Current champion	Reign	Date won 	Location 	Event 	Previous champion	Daysheld
Women of Honor Championship	Sumie Sakai 	1 	April 7, 2018	New Orleans, Louisiana	Supercard of Honor XII	N/A 	1
==Alumni==
Ring name(s) 	Real name 	Tenure(s)
Amazing Kong 	Kia Stevens 	20072010
Ariel 	Ana Rocha 	20032008
Athena 	Adrienne Reese 	2013
Becky Bayless / Rebecca Bayless	Rebecca Treston 	2002–20052007–2008
Jennifer Blake 	Jennifer Ykema 	2008
Traci Brooks 	Tracy Brookshaw 	2003–2005
Cheerleader Melissa 	Melissa Anderson 	2006
Jade Chung 	Jade Chung 	2005
Allison Danger 	Cathy Corino 	2002–2008
Serena Deeb 	Serena Deeb 	20072010
Sara Del Rey 	Sara Amato 	2006–2011
Crazy Mary Dobson 	Sarah Bridges 	2015-2016
Madison Eagles 	Alexandra Ryan 	2008
Daizee Haze 	Unknown 	2004–2011
April Hunter 	April Hunter 	2003
Lacey 	 	2004–2008
Lady JoJo 	Josette Bynum 	2010
Ayumi Kurihara 	Ayumi Kurihara 	2011
Ashley Lane 	Ashley Lomberger 	2008
Alexis Laree 	Mickie James 	2002–2005
Lucy 	Shannon Spruill 	2003
Ray Lyn 	Unknown 	2015
Mercedes Martinez 	Jasmine Benitez 	2005–2008
Hiroyo Matsumoto 	Hiroyo Matsumoto 	2011
MsChif 	Rachel Frobel 	2006-2013
Tomoka Nakagawa 	Tomoka Nakagawa 	2011
Persephonie 	Unknown 	2003
Rain 	Bonnie Maxon 	2006-2007
Nikki Roxx 	Nicole Raczynski 	20062009
Simply Luscious 	Veronica Stevens 	2002–2003
Sarah Stock 	Sarah Stock 	2003
Alexa Thatcher 	Alexa Thatcher 	2007
Trinity 	Stephanie Finochio 	2003
Leah Von Dutch 	Leah Vaughn 	2015
Allison Wonderland 	Allison Plunkett 	2007–2008
Maria Kanellis 	Maria Kanellis-Bennett	2011-2015
==External links==
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