Here’s a preview of this weekend’s episode of “Ring of Honor Wrestling:
ROH Pure Champion Josh Woods vs. Dak Draper
This is the first one-on-one match between the past two Top Prospect Tournament winners. Woods won the tournament in 2017, and Draper won it in 2019.
Woods is coming off a successful defense of his ROH Pure Title against Brian Johnson at Final Battle: End of an Era last week. He hasn’t been defeated in ROH since May, when Silas Young scored a tainted win over “The Technical Beast.”
Draper has been teaming with his mentor Dalton Castle as of late. This will be “The Mile High Magnum’s” first singles match in ROH since August.
In addition to both men being TPT winners, they also both came through WWE’s developmental system before making their way to ROH.
Dante Caballero vs. Matt Makowski
Caballero, who made it to the semifinals of the 2019 Top Prospect Tournament, has made several appearances on ROH TV over the past year. He and Joe Keys defeated Ken Dixon and Eric Martin in an ROH Dojo tag team match on Ring of Honor Wrestling last December.
A native of Puerto Rico, Caballero held the MCW Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Title for 433 days in 2018-2019.
Makowski made his ROH debut with an impressive victory over Ativalu on ROH Week By Week in October. A former MMA fighter, Makowski made his pro wrestling debut in 2019.
Outside of ROH, Makowski has victories over Tracy Williams, Davy Richards, Chris Dickinson, Rhett Titus, Wheeler Yuta and O’Shay Edwards.
Joe Keys vs. Eric Martin vs. Adrian Soriano vs. Rayo
All four of these competitors have trained at the ROH Dojo.
Keys has had the most success in ROH of the four to this point. He won a Pure gauntlet match in January to earn an ROH Pure Title shot against then-champion Jonathan Gresham, who is one of Keys’ coaches. Key didn’t defeat Gresham, but the student did give the teacher some anxious moments.
At 6-foot-3 and 230 pounds, Martin is the biggest competitor in the match. He has made several appearances on ROH TV and ROH Week By Week, gaining valuable experience wrestling the likes of Dickinson, The Bouncers and World Famous CB.
As a member of Primal Fear, Soriano has competed against the best six-man tag teams in ROH. They gave a good account of themselves in a title match against then-ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions Shane Taylor Promotions in May. Primal Fear also held their own against MexiSquad and The Righteous.
Rayo has wrestled in a number of dark matches in ROH but this will be his first appearance on Ring of Honor Wrestling. A native of Lima, Peru, Rayo has made a name for himself in MCW Pro Wrestling and CZW.
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