Former Women of Honor World Champion Sumie Sakai will compete in her first match since suffering a broken orbital bone at G1 Supercard in April when she takes on Karissa Rivera at the Best in the World international television taping at Philadelphia’s 2300 Arena on June 29.

The injury occurred during the six-woman tag match at Madison Square Garden that pitted Sakai, Hana Kimura and Stella Grey against Jenny Rose and Odeo Tai (Kagetsu and Suzuki) when Kagetsu’s knee landed on Sakai’s face on the 450 Splash that won the match for her team.

After spending more than two months on the shelf, the ultra-competitive Sakai is champing at the bit to get back in the ring. In Rivera, Sakai will be facing a young, hungry competitor looking to make a name for herself by knocking off a highly accomplished veteran.

Rivera, who was discovered at an ROH tryout camp, made her WOH debut in a triple threat tag match at Road to G1 Supercard in Baltimore in March. She trained with Damian Adams, who also trained WOH competitors Deonna Purrazzo and Karen Q.

Will Sakai shake off any ring rust and return to her winning ways? Or will Rivera score a huge upset? Join us live in Philadelphia to find out!

ROH PRESENTS BEST IN THE WORLD (INTERNATIONAL TV TAPING)

SATURDAY, JUNE 29TH

BELL TIME @ 6:00 PM EASTERN

2300 ARENA

2300 SOUTH SWANSON STREET

PHILADELPHIA, PA 19148

ALREADY SIGNED:

JAY & MARK BRISCOE vs. RUSH & DRAGON LEE

SUMIE SAKAI vs. KARISSA RIVERA

SIGNED TO APPEAR:

ROH WORLD CHAMPION MATT TAVEN

ROH WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPION SHANE TAYLOR

WOH WORLD CHAMPION KELLY KLEIN

ROH WORLD SIX-MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS VILLAIN ENTERPRISES (MARTY SCURLL, PCO, BRODY KING)

JEFF COBB

JAY LETHAL

LIFEBLOOD (BANDIDO, MARK HASKINS, TRACY WILLIAMS)

DALTON CASTLE

FLIP GORDON

KENNY KING

BULLY RAY

THE ALLURE (ANGELINA LOVE, VELVET SKY, MANDY LEON)

NWA WORLDS CHAMPION NICK ALDIS

NWA NATIONAL CHAMPION COLT CABANA

SILAS YOUNG

JONATHAN GRESHAM

PJ BLACK

THE BOUNCERS (BEER CITY BRUISER & BRAWLER MILONAS)

THE KINGDOM (TK O’RYAN & VINNY MARSEGLIA)

JENNY ROSE

COAST 2 COAST (LSG & SHAHEEM ALI)

RHETT TITUS

SHINOBI SHADOW SQUAD (CHEESEBURGER, ELI ISOM, RYAN NOVA)

THE BOYS