ROH Supercard of Honor 2023 Update: New ROH Tag Titles Design Debut, New Match Added, Updated Card

Mar 29, 2023

Old ROH Tag Titles to be Retired & New ROH Tag Titles Design to Debut at Supercard of Honor 2023

A recent episode of the Battleground podcast had Ring of Honor owner Tony Khan as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Khan’s thoughts on ROH’s plans to honor the late Jay Briscoe at this Friday’s Supercard of Honor 2023 event in Los Angeles, California. Khan also stated that ROH will be retiring their old ROH World Tag Team Championship and debuting a new design for the belts at the event.

“We were talking about ideas to pay tribute to the late, great Jamin Pugh, Jay Briscoe. So many of us loved Jay Briscoe, he’s beloved in the locker room and there are wrestling fans all over the world that loved him. We wanted to pay tribute to him in Ring of Honor with something special and of all the ideas I heard, this was by far the best idea. It came from somebody who liked him a lot and wanted to contribute a good idea. It’s really something that, Mark Briscoe thought it was a great idea, and that was important to me too. Having his opinion and having his buy in to this made all the difference in the world. It’ll be new belts, we retired the old design.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Daniel Garcia Match Added to ROH Supercard of Honor 2023

Following Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show in St. Louis, Missouri, Ring of Honor held tapings for Thursday’s ROH TV show. Prior to the start of the tapings, a new match was officially announced for this Friday’s ROH Supercard of Honor 2023 event in Los Angeles, California.

This was announced to be a singles match of Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Daniel Garcia. Following the end of AEW Dynamite, Garcia gave a promo to the live crowd issuing a match challenge to New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Tanahashi for Supercard of Honor 2023. ROH owner Tony Khan came out on stage and made the match official for the event.

This Friday, 3/31
ROH Supercard of Honor
Los Angeles CA@tanahashi1_100 vs @GarciaWrestling

The former ROH Pure Champion Daniel Garcia has challenged wrestling legend Hiroshi Tanahashi, and NJPW's Ace has accepted the sports entertainer's challenge for THIS Friday at Supercard! pic.twitter.com/WbZq57VD7m
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) March 30, 2023

Updated Card for Supercard of Honor 2023

Following tonight’s AEW Dynamite show and ROH TV tapings in St. Louis, here is the updated card for ROH Supercard of Honor 2023 event on March 31st in Los Angeles:

ROH World Championship – Eddie Kingston vs. Claudio Castagnoli (c)
AAA Mega Championship – Komander vs. El Hijo del Vikingo (c)
ROH World Tag Team Championship “Reach for the Sky” Ladder match – Lucha Brothers (Rey Fenix & Penta El Zero Miedo) vs. Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin) vs. The Kingdom (Mike Bennett & Matt Taven) vs. Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) vs. RUSH & Dralistico
ROH World Television Championship – Mark Briscoe vs. Samoa Joe (c)
ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship – AR Fox, Blake Christian, & Metalik vs. The Embassy (Kaun, Toa Liona, & Brian Cage) (c)
ROH Pure Championship – Katsuyori Shibata vs. Wheeler Yuta (c)
ROH Women’s World Championship – Yuka Sakazaki vs. Athena (c)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Daniel Garcia