A former ROH World Champion has made his return to the promotion.
Ring of Honor’s upcoming ‘Boxing Day Brawl’ special was recorded at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC before and after Collision. During the show, Rocky Romero was due to team up with a mystery partner to face QT Marshall and Aaron Solo. That partner turned out to be Homicide, who stepped into an ROH ring for the first time since 2021 to a huge ovation from fans and led the team to victory.
Homicide was a mainstay of Ring of Honor in the 2000s and is a former ROH Tag Team and World Champion. The star captured the World Title from Bryan Danielson in 2006 and went on to defend it against the likes of Samoa Joe and Chris Hero before losing to Takeshi Morishima.
After six years away, the star had his last run in the promotion in 2021. During this time, he captured the Tag Team Titles alongside Chris Dickinson. His last match came on December 24th that year, when he was part of a 12-man tag match that also featured Bandido, The Briscoes, and Matt Taven.
Homicide returns to ROH in NYC!!! pic.twitter.com/5zvcOyrUZr
— Kimmy (@kimmy_sokol) December 22, 2024
ROH Boxing Day Brawl Results – December 26th, 2024
The below spoilers come courtesy of PWInsider.
- Harley Cameron defeats Ashley Vox.
- Lee Johnson defeats Serpentico. EJ Nduka interfered to aid Johnson to victory.
- Katsuyori Shibata & Tommy Billington defeat Tony Nese & Ariya Daivari
- In an in-ring segment, Athena ran down Billie Starkz, telling her she was a lost cause and sucks despite all the mentoring she tried to do. However, the Women’s World Champion decided to expel Lexi Nair from the group before embracing Starkz.
- Toni Storm defeats Rebecca Scott
- Rocky Romero & Homicide defeat QT Marshall & Aaron Solo
- Blake Christian defeats AR Fox
- Pure Champion Lee Moriarty, The Infantry & Shane Taylor defeat The Iron Savage & The Dark Order
- Women’s TV Championship: Red Velvet (c) defeats Hanako
- Men’s TV Championship: Komander (c) defeats Johnny TV. After the match, MxM attacked Komander, but The Outrunners & Orange Cassidy made the save.