In 2016, @ringofhonor teased a new title. Fans, from what I saw, badly wanted a Women’s Title. ROH announced 6 Man titles. Fans were hungry for a new title for women, one that could be taken seriously. So, I shotgun ordered The Phoenix of RISE to have in time for RISE 1. (Thread)

It just seemed that one of the world’s top companies was not taking women’s wrestling seriously, and if we were going to attempt to make a new platform, we would give the talent something to fight for. The reason we never announced the title - it was down to the wire if I would

Have the belt in-hand in time. Fast forward years... There were small glimmers of hope they actually gave a shit about women. But those were quickly extinguished. Women have been relegated at best to YouTube and cringe segments. Not that long ago, I watched ROH TV for the first

Time in ages. One whole episode. In it, there was NOT ONE REFERENCE to women. Not a picture or clip in signatures or brag reels. Not even a mention of champion @RealKellyKlein at any point. The Main Event of this episode was even a match with “all champions” involved. All except

For one... They couldn’t even say Kelly’s damn name. For some reason, Lenny Poffo was on commentary and in a match all champions managed to name drop Fred Ottman five damn times. So, yes, ROH devoted more TV time in 2019 to Tugboat than to the Women’s Champion, or even mention of

The very existence of a women’s division in Ring of Honor. So, I think their efforts to give a platform to women are complete and utter horseshit anyone can see on the surface. And I give no shits to say it, for I burned this bridge long ago. Honor...https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤮" title="Face vomiting" aria-label="Emoji: Face vomiting">