Ring of Honor May Produce an All-Women’s Show Soon

Ring of Honor may produce an all-women’s show soon, says Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. On the heels of Ronda Rousey’s main event during “UFC 190” breaking Pay-Per-View records, and WWE trying to manufacture a “Divas Revolution,” talks are being had inside ROH about having an event where the card is nothing but women’s wrestling.

Companies have done this before. TNA has run “Knock-Out” PPVs, but at a time when women’s wrestling wasn’t being pushed to the forefront on television. After the “#GiveDivasAChance” movement in WWE, the popularity of the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Rosey, and other influences like the USA Women’s Soccer team winning the World Cup, powerful females are good for business.

Meltzer writes,

“They [Ring of Honor ]are looking at producing a test all-women’s show sometime very soon. The idea is to be like some of the indie groups that have booked arenas and done afternoon women’s shows taped for DVD prior to the evening men’s shows (that also include women’s matches).

The situation will be similar, doing a test run show called Women of Honor on an afternoon before a women’s show. Right now there are no plans on including this as part of the television package.

They are looking at bringing in women from Japan for the first show after the great crowd reaction to Nanae Takahashi’s match with ODB in Las Vegas and a dark match with Mandy Leon vs. Deonna Purrzo turned out well on the 7/25 show in Baltimore.”

Editor’s Note:

All promotions need to capitalize on female talent more, especially the workers that blow some of the men’s talent out-of-the-water.