By Kevin Eck

The participants in the main event of the 18th Anniversary pay-per-view on March 13 in Las Vegas will be determined by the result of the main event at Gateway To Honor in St. Louis on Feb. 29.

In St. Louis, PCO will defend the ROH World Championship against former champion RUSH and Mark Haskins in a Triple Threat Match. The winner of that match will defend the title at 18th Anniversary against the competitor who did not lose the fall in the Triple Threat.

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It was announced recently that Session Moth Martina will make her ROH debut at Free Enterprise in Baltimore on Feb. 9, and now we know the charismatic international star’s opponent will be former Women of Honor World Champion Sumie Sakai.

Good things come to those who wait... February 9th... @ringofhonor pic.twitter.com/eM3dvf9QUY — Session Moth Martina マーティナセッション (@mothfromdaflats) January 17, 2020

Martina’s arrival in ROH is highly anticipated, but if she’s not at the top of her game in Baltimore, her debut could be spoiled by Sakai. Since Sakai unleashed her dark side a couple weeks ago, she is a more dangerous opponent than ever.

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Another match signed for the loaded Free Enterprise card pits Alex Zayne against Andrew Everett. Zayne is coming off a huge upset of Bandido in his ROH debut at Honor Reigns Supreme on Jan. 12.

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Two matches just signed for Bound By Honor in Nashville, Tenn., on Feb. 28 are: Dalton Castle and Joe Hendry versus Haskins and Tracy Williams versus Vincent and Bateman in a three-way tag match, and The Allure’s Angelina Love versus Nicole Savoy.

Also, NWA World Champion Nick Aldis has made it known that he will be at Bound By Honor. Before then, Aldis will team with RUSH to face Aldis’ nemesis, Marty Scurll, and PCO in the main event at Free Enterprise.

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New matches signed for Gateway To Honor are: Villain Enterprises (Scurll, PCO and Brody King) verus the Briscoes and Slex in a six-man tag match, and 2 Guys 1 Tag (Silas Young and Josh Woods) versus Vincent and Bateman in tag action.

2G1T are challenging ROH World Tag Team Champions Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham for the title the night before in Nashville, so they could walk into St. Louis as the new champions.

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Alex Shelley has been signed to compete on three upcoming shows. He’ll face Rey Horus in Nashville and Dan Maff in St. Louis. Despite Shelley and Maff’s long tenures in the sport, this will be the first time they have faced each other in a one-on-one match.

Shelley also will compete on ROH past vs. Present in Las Vegas on March 14.

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Delirious also has been signed to compete at ROH Past vs. Present. Former ROH stars previously announced to be in action on the show are Matt Sydal, Homicide and Doug Williams. Necro Butcher and Allison Danger will make special appearances on the show.

Past vs Present March 14th in Las Vegas will feature stars of ROH Past such as Doug Williams, Homicide, Matt Sydal, Necro Butcher, and more as they take on the current stars of ROH today!



Tickets on sale Jan. 31st at 10 am PT



Honorclub pre-sale tickets - Jan. 29th at 10 am PT pic.twitter.com/b2FcHsg2qg — ROH Wrestling (@ringofhonor) January 20, 2020

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The wealth of talent that’s been announced for Supercard of Honor on April 4 in Lakeland, Fla., is impressive to say the least. In addition to all the top stars on the ROH roster, others signed for the show thus far include New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s KENTA, Jay White, Will Ospreay, El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori and Rocky Romero; independent star Amazing Red; and the NWA’s Aldis.

Tickets as low as $25 for:



February 28 - Nashville

February 29 - St. Louis

April 4 - Lakeland



Tickets for February 9 in Baltimore = free.



Come out and join @ringofhonor, the Best Wrestling on the Planet: https://t.co/YBMKn7bVKA https://t.co/OFka1SBUH9 — Ian Riccaboni (@IanRiccaboni) January 22, 2020

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Speaking of Ospreay, he created a buzz on Twitter recently when he expressed his love for the defunct ROH Pure Championship and said it “would be cool if they brought it back with updated rules.”

The official ROH Twitter account replied by asking, “Should we bring it back?” and the response from fans was a resounding yes.

should we bring it back? https://t.co/rIRDlvAXN6 — ROH Wrestling (@ringofhonor) January 15, 2020

I’d also love to see the Pure Title -- which was in existence from 2004-2006 -- revived. In matches contested under Pure rules, closed-first punches were illegal, and each competitor was allowed three rope breaks to stop submission holds and pinfalls during the match; after that, pinfalls and submission holds on or under the ropes would be legal.

The Pure Title was held by stars such as AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Lethal and Nigel McGuiness. It was unified with the ROH World Title when then-world champion Bryan Danielson defeated McGuinness in Liverpool, England on Aug. 12, 2006.

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As ROH continues to sign top free agents and re-sign its own stars, the company appears close to reaching an agreement with another international star. Stay tuned.

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There is nothing new to report on free agent Shane Taylor’s contract situation with ROH.

Kevin Eck is a veteran pro wrestling journalist who has worked for The Baltimore Sun, WWE and WCW before joining ROHWrestling.com.