Following a tweet by former TNA Knockout Taeler Hendrix, could Ring of Honor be introducing a women’s wrestling division to their company?

Despite being formed in 2001, Ring of Honor has never had an active division devoted to women’s wrestling. Due to their status as an independent organizations and taping only hour-long shows, often with less than three matches on each card, the introduction of a women’s division has never really been feasible. However, that could all be about to change, as there are indications that women’s wrestling is about to focused upon going forward. Former TNA Knockout Taeler Hendrix recently took to Twitter, where she promoted the addition of a “Women of Honor” section of the ROH roster.

Hendrix has also been retweeting various stories about Ring of Honor in recent weeks, demonstrating that she has likely made an agreement to compete for the company going forward. This will add her to the likes of ODB, Maria Kanellis and Veda Scott who all perform for ROH on occasion, but are more often resigned to the roles of valets. Kanellis has also recently been talking about the prospect of adding a women’s division, stating that it was difficult to imagine in the current format of the shows, but it would be heavily focused on when eventually formed:

“Currently, we only have a one-hour show, so it’s really difficult to highlight female wrestlers the way Ring of Honor would want to do it. Ring of Honor never does things half-speed. Whenever Ring of Honor decides to do something, it’s always going to be full-force. When we start that division, it will be when we can give adequate time to female wrestling because what we don’t want is to diminish how great these women truly are.”

Whether it is unsure at this time if pressure from Destination America has accelerated this process of introducing a women’s division, or indeed other female wrestlers that will be joining Ring of Honor, it is a move that is long overdue. Especially in the current climate, women’s wrestling is experiencing a renaissance of popularity and success, and it would be smart of ROH to capitalize on that with their own women’s roster. And, with the financial problems inflicting TNA, they could likely attract some of their famed Knockout’s Division to jump ship.