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The Era of Honor Begins: 2002- 2004

The Briscoe Brothers/The Briscoes [2002-2004] [2006-2022] [2022-present]

Jay Briscoe (Jamin "Jay" Pugh)

Mark Briscoe (Mark Pugh)

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Spanky/Brian Kendrick

Angel Williams/Angelina Love

The Christopher Street Connection

Acrofatic: While not overly obese, Mace and Buff-E were both 5'6 200+pounders, on the very heavy end of cruiser weight(by WCW standards anyway) and they cruised around.
Arch-Enemy: Da Hit Squad, over all. The Carnage Crew in Ring of Honor specifically after they attacked Mace and Buff E with hubcaps.
Cool Mask: Japanese Pool Boy
Creator Cameo: Fun Athletic Guy was the owner of RF video, ROH's intial distributor.
Depraved Homosexual: Danger may have been a Depraved Bisexual but if any of them found you attractive enough, they didn't care if you weren't interested in their advances. That said, they were Tweeners at worst.
Enemy Mine: Buff E and Mace with four Texas Wrestling Academy Students Hotstuff Hernandez, Don Juan and Fast Eddie against the Carnage Crew.
Gorgeous George: Japanese Pool Boy in "The New Christopher Street Connection" was not as openly gay as the Mace and Buff-E(or Fun Athletic Guy or Jailbait). For that matter, Allison Danger's orientation was suspect.
Ironic Name: Their finishing move was called "Gay Basher"
No Indoor Voice: Buff E rarely speaks softly and can easily make himself heard over the crowd without help form any electronic source.
Non-Action Guy: Fun Athletic Guy, for the most part
Parts Unknown: The Village in NYC...okay, that's a real place, several real places!
Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Mace and Buff-E were small enough but "Portuguese Princess" Ariel was only 5'2, yet

still on the heavier side for cruiser weight (by NWA women standards).

The Smurfette Principle: Initially, Allison Danger was the only woman not just in the group but in all of ROH. Simply Luscious joined the promotion soon after her though, with Ariel later joining the connection.

Steve Corino

The Atoner: To hammer it home, his sponsor was Jimmy Jacobs.
Blasphemous Praise: After disposing of Kevin Steen, the self proclaimed "Antichrist of pro wrestling", Corino called Matt Hardy, Steen's replacement, "The Jesus Christ of Professional Wrestling".
Card-Carrying Villain: Openly admitted to being evil during at ROH's eleventh anniversary and announced his intentions to destroy the company.
Charlie Brown from Outta Town: You can call him Mr. Wrestling, but not Mr. Wrestling III. We don't know where III's from.
Combat Commentator: Served as one on and off since the beginning.
Commuting on a Bus: Mainly due to his commitments to Pro Wrestling ZERO1 but also to their SUN offshoot and Fighting Opera Hustle. In 2015 he commuted not to Japan but to England for World Association of Wrestling.
Couch Gag: The reverse of Bryan Danielson's couch gag, as Bobby Cruise gives him the introductions.
Crass Canuck: Immediately noticeable Canadian accent, and an immediately noticeable temperament which defies the usual "nice" Canadian stereotype, even if he is usually laid back.
Disc-One Final Boss: To Homicide during his world title run in 2006.
Finishing Move: Old School Explusion, Old School Suplex(cradle suplex with bridge), sliding lariat
George Jetson Job Security: Has been let go, fired, banned and the like several times, often just to get reinstated in another position, sometimes immediately. At Glory By Honor XII he credited his continual employment to resident Amoral Attorney Veda Scott.
Jerkass: And how. Even when he admits to being wrong, good luck on getting an actual apology
Large Ham
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Mistaken Nationality: He has to repeatedly be reminded that referee Dan Tanaka comes not from Japan, but from Boston.
My God, What Have I Done?: The fact that he motivated Kevin Steen to turn on El Generico, just to watch as Generico took Steen out of ROH.
Nothing Personal: Broke up with Simply Luscious because she was affiliated with Christopher Daniels, who was simply bad for business.
Only in It for the Money: Stated that Paul Heyman had made him broke but blamed it all on the ROH fans who were all ECW viewers who gave up on the company as Corino saw it. So he came to squeeze as much money out of ROH as he could. This eventually lead to him forming "The Group" so he could set up even more money opportunities for himself and do whatever he wanted in the meantime. As ignoble as this all was, it did put The Group in direct opposition with the Prophecy, who were more concerned with the end of Ring of Honor as it was known, rather than how much they got paid in the long run.
Pet the Dog: After Kevin Steen's departure, he did this to all of ROH's top prospects, except for Mike Bennett.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Gave a devastating one to Green Lantern Fan at Fight of the Century.
Red Baron: The King Of Old School, Mister Wrestling
Reformed, but Rejected: By the fans, no less.
Smug Snake: Insisted that he was the leader of the most eeevil professional wrestling and the one running SCUM.
The Snark Knight: One of the things you could predict on any ROH show with Corino is a very caustic one-liner.
Then Let Me Be Evil: During his feud with Kevin Steen, who was against Corino's "redemption", Corino did eventually decide he'd have to turn back to evil to defeat Steen, which played right into Steen's hands, but then "evil" Corino became too much for him to handle.
Villainous BSoD: Goes hand-in-hand with My God, What Have I Done?.
Wrestling Family: His sister is Allison Danger, who is married to Ares. His son Colby competes in various independent promotions.

Christopher Daniels (Christopher Daniel Covell) [2002-2004] [2005-2007] [2010-2011] [2014-2019] [2022] [2023-present]

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Simply Luscious

Eviler than Thou: Persephone may have been a cheat but still showed some respect for the code. Luscious quickly established herself as worse when she showed none and gave Persephone and long time enemy Alexis Laree back to back Death Valley Drivers after their match
Perky Female Minion: Of The Prophecy and Steve Corino's group.
Pet the Dog: She may have wanted to knock over the foundations of Ring of Honor but she did genuinely love Steve Corino and cried when he broke up with her, for being bad for business.
The Rival: Allison Danger, who Christopher Daniels took on as her replacement when she went running off to win back the affection of Steve Corino, Allison Danger's brother. To a lesser extent, Lucy and Tracy Brooks of the Second City Saints.
Shout-Out: She likes to warm up the band for that sweet chin music. She is a graduate from a Shawn Michaels school after all.

The Amazing Red

Artistic License – Martial Arts: A more purposeful example than most, his flips were negatively contrasted against Low Ki's kicks, which caught him every time when they fought.
Bash Brothers: With Alexis Laree, AJ Styles and the Spanish Announce Team
Finishing Move: Flipping power bomb which came to be known as Code Red
Fragile Speedster: Yeah, Red's not one to damage sponge for those hour long main events, but he's usually good enough at avoiding damage that he does not have to
The Stoic: He's not the kind of guy to talk about how he's going to beat you up or run after you backstage, that's what his partners are for.

Xavier

Brooklyn Rage: Though he's from Queens
Dirty Coward: A whole new ranking system was introduced just to eliminate his excuses for avoiding challengers as ROH Champion.
Dragon-in-Chief: He didn't lead the Prophecy, but he was the champ and thus the one to beat.
Finishing Move: 450° Splash (450 Degrees of Fear), Hangman's Neckbreaker (X-Breaker) and Sitdown Pumphandle Facebuster (Kiss Your X Goodbye).
Signature Move: Rolling Maya Suplexes, as instead of bridging into the pin he stands back up and dead lifts for another. Also, cartwheel elbow, Split-Legged Sitdown Slam and X-Slam (Torture Rack into Inverted Samoan Drop).
You Fight Like a Cow: He thinks he can talk and wrestle at the same time, and does pretty well, actually.

Dan Maff

Crossover
- One of the guys against IWA Puerto Rico.
- Defended the JAPW Heavyweight Title against Slyk Wagner Brown at Collision Course
Dropped a Bridge on Him: Written out of ROH due to a "car accident." Possibly related to real life problems between him and Homicide, which have since been settled.
Power Trio: La Familia with KC Blade and EC Negro, but mostly in JAPW
Red Baron: The Boricua Beast
Spicy Latina: Proud Puerto Rican, which probably made his mischief in IWA PR all the more annoying.
Tag Team: Da Hit Squad with Monsta Mack

B.J. Whitmer

Crowd Chant: "BJ Wiener", "Please Retire" as Decade wound down.
Crossover: One of the ROH rogues who went and stormed IWA Puerto Rico
Demoted to Extra: Out of all of Decade, he's the probably the most sympathetic, at least when it comes to motivation, as he really has been brushed aside in favor of new comers and wrestlers who left for larger promotions. As far as attitude though, he quickly became the least sympathetic by focusing his efforts on another loyal wrestler who was demoted to extra, being the most extreme example of Motive Decay in the whole group.
Determinator: It is not hard to feel for Jacobs when Lacey keeps ordering him to "take out Whitmer". Jimmy Jacobs tried just about everything conceivable, it just wasn't enough.
Dropped a Bridge on Him - Attacked by the Hangmen 3 after objecting to the Sweet 'n Sour hostile takeover. However, this appeared in clip form on the Take No Prisoners PPV.
Enemy Mine: With Rhett Titus against Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team, which did not work out, and lead to he and Titus having an "I Quit" match at Boarder Wars.
Evil Mentor
- Kelly Klein came to ROH to reinvent herself and Whitmer couldn't pass up the opportunity to inject a little bit of himself into the process. It borders between this and Psycho Supporter, as Whitmer became very pleased with the outcome and rabid to make everyone else acknowledge her greatness
- He takes credit for Adam Page being in Bullet Club, as even though Page turned on him Whitmer insists it was the mark he left on page that got Bullet Club's interest.
- He's also followed around and preceded "The Punishment" Damian Martinez in an attempt to make him a successor, but Martinez ended up rejecting him.
Facial Markings: An X on his forehead after aligning with Kevin Sullivan, who lead the audience to believe he'd be in the corner of Whitmer's enemy, Steve Corino.
Fire-Forged Friends: Became less antagonistic toward CM Punk during a series with the Second City Saints with Jacobs for the tag titles, leading to them shaking hands at ROH The Final Showdown.
Genre Savvy: He made it clear that in ROH, the wrestlers do see the events recorded on the show, even if they are not around to see them in person. This came back to bite him in the case of CM Punk.
Honor Before Reason: He tried to get between Jimmy Jacobs's quest to earn the love of Lacey. Not only did he lose the blow-off cage match in decisive fashion, it started a very long losing streak that didn't end until he joined the Hangmen 3.
Made of Iron: Charlie Haas gave him a belly to belly superplex that sent him head first through a table. Still wrestling? We're surprised the man is still alive.
Misplaced Retribution: Assaulting Lucy because CM Punk was not around
No-Sell: Dropkicks from ACH even
Real Men Wear Pink: A symptom of prolonged Jimmy Jacobs exposure it seems
Redemption Demotion: Following his ejection from Lacey's Angels and (eventual) defeat at the hands of her and Jimmy Jacobs.
Revenge by Proxy: Getting his revenge on CM Punk for knocking him out in a match by knocking out Punk's girlfriend
Signature Move: Swinging fisherman suplex into a bridging fisherman's suplex.
Spiteful Spit: After backing out of the ring, away form Adam Page at Super Card Of Honor X, he spat up into Page's face.
The Worf Effect: The fall guy during the CZW Invasion, he ended up being captured and tortured by the CZW roster and company owner John Zandig

Samoa Joe (Nuufolau Joel Seanoa) [2002-2008] [2022-Present]

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Murder City Machine Guns/Motor City Machine Guns

Alex Shelley (Patrick Kenneth Martin) [2003–2008] [2010] [2014–2015] [2015–2020]

Chris Sabin (Joshua Harter) [2003–2010] [2015–2019]

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Kory Chavis

Combination Attack: The Greater Good(throwing the opponent up and catching him with neck breaker and power bomb at the same time) and Project Mayhem (lariat+chop block) with Jon Davis.
Commuting on a Bus: He lost several "Do Or Die" matches but still appeared periodically due to establishing himself in Full Impact Pro. His longest stretch was after forming the Dark City Fight Club with Jon Davis
Early-Installment Weirdness: His singles run as Rainman, where he was associated the Blackout.
Gamebreaking Injury: Even though they squashed Grizzly Redwood and Andy Ridge The Dark City Fight Club's momentum slowed due to him dislocating four bones while destroying the ligaments and tendons of his wrist.
Red Baron: The Soul Assassin

Mike Mondo

Determinator: Persists on despite constant mocking from the crowd and nagging injuries
Put on a Bus: Defeated Seth Skyfire in an OVW tryout match and wasn't seen again for six years.
Putting the Band Back Together: The RoHbots refuse to let go of the fact Mondo was a member of the Spirit Squad, so in 2015, "Mikey" got back with Kenny and Johnny to give them The Spirit Squad. Unfortunately for Mondo, it still wasn't enough to defeat The Addiction.

Claudio Castagnoli [2005–2011] [2022-present]

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Petey Williams

Distaff Counterpart: Jennifer Blake, who even calls her finishing move the "Dynamite Destroyer"
Finishing Move: A flipping piledriver he calls the Canadian Destroyer, also, the sharpshooter.
No-Sell: Kicked out of his own finishing move at one when it was done by Austin Aries at Gold Rush.

Jack Evans

Anticlimax: Subverted at Nowhere To Run in 2005. Roderick Strong had set him up for the elevate double stomp only for Evans to miss on purpose and yell "Chicago isn't worth it!" but this action almost cost them the match, so they hit the move for real at the next opportunity.
Hostile Show Takeover: ROH Generation Next, May 22, 2004, started with them taking out the teams for the opening match, the Ring Crew Express (Dunn and Marcos), the Christopher Street Connection (Buff-E and MACE) and the Special K team of Izzy and Dixie, and generally making themselves as much the focus of attention as possible that night.
Keet: Alex Shelley can make him hop on one leg and do back flips off that same leg on command.
Pretty Fly for a White Guy: The Prince Of Parkland, when's his dew rag gonna fall off?
Put on a Bus
Ur-Example: Believed to be the first wrestler to do two full rotations on a moonsault, though Ricochet's become better known for the move

The Lovely Lacey

Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Enforced, she got plastic surgery after Whitmer hit her with Jacob's railroad spike
Cat Fight: With Becky Bayless during their Special K days.
Mean Boss: To Jimmy Jacobs, whom she found disgusting and constantly talked down to...until he finally beat BJ Whitmer. Then they had sex, she was head over heels for him and Jacobs was the mean boss.
Proper Lady: The first lady of ROH. She may have been predated in the company someone but they weren't ladies were they?
Revenge: The reason she initially kept Jacobs around, to get revenge on BJ Whitmer, then on Colt Cabana.
Tag Team
- The Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew with Radiant Rain, who incidentally was a member of the FIP Age Of The Fall.
- Lacey's Angels was initially about getting back the Tag Team Title belts Special K lost before Motive Decay set in.
The Stoner: As part of Special K
You Have Failed Me: Why she fired Izzy and Deranged, then replaced them with Jacobs and Whitmer, who beat them.

James Gibson

Forgot Flanders Could Do That: For years he relied on being a superior mat technician to win most of his matches, but in ROH, where every other wrestler would qualify as such in most other promotions that didn't workout so well. Then came the moonsaults...
Put on a Bus: Back to WWE.
Redemption Quest: His time in ROH was one. He didn't care which title he won, but he needed to be a champion again, any belt would do.
Sidekick: His "trainer" Danny Ray

Eddie Kingston [2016-2014] [2023-present]

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Mercedes Martinez (Jazmin Benitez) [2006-2007] [2022-present]

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Adam Pearce

The Bus Came Back: He would appear at "Showdown In The Sun" to be interviewed by Jim Cornette one night after successfully defending the NWA World Championship belt against Adam Cole at NWA Ring Warriors. This led to an impromptu non-title rematch between the two, the first time ROH fans got to see Pearce wrestle in an ROH ring in quite a while. (ROH was supposed to show Bruce Santee, the Ring Warriors Grand Champion but that was moved to a dark match, for whatever reason)
Diabolus ex Machina: "Dusty Finish" was chanted after he retained the NWA World Title due to Nigel McGuinness tossing him over the top rope.
Dirty Coward: Earn chants of "Pussy!" as he ran from Homicide
Enemy Mine: Defended Jim Cornette from Necro Butcher during the CZW feud.
Put on a Bus: When he became head booker in 2008. Bussed out for real once Delirious took over.
Red Baron: "Scrap Iron", but he'd rather you call him scrap daddy.
Small Name, Big Ego
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Gave one about BJ Whitmer for being put out with an injury by Jimmy Jacobs and losing the first match of Ring of Honor's very first pay per view.

Jimmy Rave

The Bus Came Back: Rave returned in December 2011 to challenge Tommaso Ciampa at Final Battle.
Couch Gag - As part of the Embassy, Rave received a shower of toilet paper in lieu of streamers.
Crowd Song
- Back when he was supposed to be a baby face in 2004, Jimmy Rave was on a losing streak and the crowds were singing about how he was going to be fired.
- Threatened to not wrestle in Chicago over the fact the fans were making melodies about him to dying by the hand of CM Punk. Nana convinced him to go forward with the match and make the fans respect him.
Determinator: Kept wrestling with a broken jaw.
Finishing Move: A double under hook face buster called Greetings from Ghana
Humiliation Conga: Rave endured this frequently:
- 2005: From the CM Punk feud to the rekindled AJ Styles one, and against Generation Next, the Embassy were thorns in everyone's sides all throughout 05. However, everything unraveled for them with Steel Cage Warfare. Rave got it the worst when Roderick Strong dropped him with backbreaker after backbreaker after backbreaker, forcing him to tap out to the Stronghold minutes later. Then, in a beautiful role reversal, Jade Chung used RAVE as her footstool.
- 2007: Just when Rave was getting himself back on track after Prince Nana disbands the Embassy, Homicide beats him in a World Title match where Rave used the previously banned Rave Clash. The next night, he ends up in a match with Samoa Joe in lieu of suspension. Joe dismantles him easily. How could it get worse? Nigel McGuinness ends the feud in Liverpool by breaking Rave's jaw with the rebound lariat. When he came back, Bryan Danielson said he should've beaten Rave in a shorter time than he did back at the 4th Anniversary Show. The 4th Anniversary Show title match went 32; the rematch at A Fight at the Roxbury went only 10. Then, for some odd reason, he would get another World Title match at Driven against Takeshi Morishima. Morishima dismantled him in 4 minutes.
Irrational Hatred: He hates toilet paper more than anything else in the world, to the point he punched a hole in a wall and entered a fight without honor against Nigel McGuinness for throwing some at him.
Put on a Bus: Shortly before Necro Butcher became the Crown Jewel of the Embassy, due to real life problems.
Red Baron: "The Crown Jewel of the Embassy"
Smug Snake: Jimmy Rave invented the Styles clash and forced AJ to stop using it in Ring of Honor (no, AJ invented it and Rave's been banned from using the move)
Small Name, Big Ego

Rhett Titus

Charlie Brown from Outta Town: As "The Romantic Touch."
Crowd Chant: "Hepatitis!" (That hasn't been proven!)
Demoted to Extra: After Kenny King left, eventually becoming another body in SCUM.
Eye Take: He gets a little unhinged in the ring when matches don't end quickly, which even on ROH TV, isn't too often. The matches ending quickly that is, his crazy eyes, get used to them.
Handsome Lech: (Apparently) can have any woman he wants and his wants are not easily satisfied
In the Hood: During the All Night Express Entrance.
Jerkass: As a Heel.
Large Ham: Kenny King often has to bring him down during promos when he starts putting in a lot of emphasis where it isn't needed.
Only Sane Man: As a member of The Foundation.
Really Gets Around
Red Baron: "Addicted to Love", "The Secretary of Shoulders" after forming "The Cabinet", and currently "The Professional".
Small Name, Big Ego
Suck My Rose: The implications are romantic, since he's usually offering them to those he courts.
Tag Team: The All-Night Express, with Kenny King. Tracy Williams, as part of The Foundation.
Take That!: Pandering to those who aren't fans of The Young Bucks during ANX's "make wrestling great again" campaign "commercials".
Token Good Teammate: When he was stripped of his tag team title as a result of Kenny King's departure, Titus tried teaming with former champion Charlie Haas but protested to the idea of Shelton Benjamin running interference for them during matches. When Titus's since of honor lead to he and Haas failing to regain the tag team titles, Haas and Benjamin beat up Titus and went back to teaming with each other.
Took a Level in Badass
- From a common punch line more concerned with girls than matches to an obsessive competitor and workhorse of the tag team division.
- The Cabinet to The Rebellion has done it again
Virgin-Shaming: But let's be fair, his confession was under duress!

Ricky Reyes

Smash the Symbol: After destroying Davey Andrews at the 2005 "Final Battle", he destroyed the rookie's "Top of the Class" trophy.
Put on a Bus

Rocky Romero

Big Word Shout: "FOREVER!" (AND EVER!)
Combination Attack
- Alex Koslov would hold him as a battering ram while he kicked people.
- A basement drop kick from the top turnbuckle after a Beretta stun gun
"Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: "Hooligans Never Say Die" and "RPG Vice"
Eye Patch Of Power: In Forever Hooligans
Gimmick Matches: Roppongi Vice(himself and Beretta) actually defeated reDRagon in an instant reward proving grounds match but then failed to with the world tag team titles belts.
Guest Fighter: Originally part of the roster, he later becomes this in recent ROH events after joining New Japan Pro-Wrestling when needed.
Legacy Character: He was Black Tiger #4
Power Trio: With the Tempura Boys to form Roppongi 3K.
Put on a Bus: The Bus Came Back several times since his first departure, such as one half of Forever Hooligans with Alex Koslov.
Shout-Out: He suggesting joining up with Chuck Taylor and calling him and Berretta The ¡Three Amigos!.
Spicy Latino: Albeit, less likely to snap from happy and easy going to murderous rage than, say, Homicide.
Stone Wall: He'll tell you otherwise but out brawling and out muscling his opponents really isn't his approach so much as out wrestling, evading, tricking and countering them at every turn.

Shingo Takagi

The Artifact: Inexplicably dropped the Takagi from his name, or not. Those watching Dragon Gate knew he was trying to join Crazy MAX and the name change to SHINGO was a requirement, but the group disbanded before he could be officially inducted.
'80s Hair: A shameless mullet.
Lightning Bruiser: And surprisingly for someone sitting comfortably in the light heavyweight range, he's a lot more bruiser than lightning, being able to lift, slam and throw much larger opponents.

Grizzly Redwood

Broken Pedestal: He went from sharing beard sizes with the Necro Butcher to watching him sell out to the Embassy.
Early-Installment Weirdness: Originally known in ROH as the Mitch Franklin, the clean shaven CM Punk trainee who despite a slow start, being squashed by Ricky Reyes, briefly held the top of the class trophy.
Moose and Maple Syrup: A rare instance where the traditional version is played straight instead of the professional wrestling version; he's a lumberjack, the world's littlest lumberjack, billed from the Yukon Territory.
Put on a Bus: Played a big part in the strangeness surrounding Charlie Haas' departure, and was sent out right along with him. He's since retired though has done some appearances two years afterwards around the independent circuit.
Time-Passage Beard: His facial hair got progressively longer over the years, until it resulted on one of these, which has since been shaved off.

Caprice Coleman

Combat Commentator: Sometimes, he was accused of not doing his homework the first time. He got to throw the accusation back at his partners upon Dalton Castle's arrival. He later takes the role for real.
Combination Attack: Back to back slingshot sentons with Cedric Alexander. He'll also hold a foe on his shoulder, whom Alexander with double stomp on the head before he death valley drives them. Then he may scoop slam someone onto Cedric's waiting knees.
"Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: "More Than A Conqueror"
Early-Bird Cameo: First showed up working against Ring of Honor, representing NWA Wildside with Delirious and Rainman while Sydal was representing IWA Mid-South (Jimmy Jacobs won for ROH). Matt Sydal and Delirious were somewhat regular to ROH at that point but Coleman would not get into a long term ROH deal for years.
Eccentric Mentor: Trained by Matt and Jeff Hardy
Evil Laugh: Subverted, as Coleman is one of the nicest guys they've ever had, Cabinet aside. All the same, his laugh can be really unsettling.
Finishing Move: The Ax Kick and Falcon Arrow
Genre Savvy: There are a lot of fancy reversals, but not everyone's athletic enough to keep their balance without a hold to reverse, so Coleman simply lets go and applies another.
Green-Eyed Monster: When Ring of Honor evaluated Pepper Parks and Samson Walker by putting them in matches with Coleman, Coleman got paranoid about ROH trying to replace him.
Ink-Suit Actor: As "The Anointed One" in a comic book. Steve Corino scoffed at the suggestion Caprice was a "good guy".
Non-Indicative Name: His "no hands" huricanrana is on the fact he doesn't use his own hands. He usually ends up catching the opponent's arms\hands on his knees\shins while pulling them off the top rope though.
Nothing Personal: When Cedric Alexander lamented that their win against Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team was tainted and wished for a clean finish against the Briscoes, Coleman told everyone to leave their personal issues at home because no one wanted to deal with drama in the factory.
Religious Bruiser: The Bible has been an inspiration for a lot of his material. However, sometimes narcissism gets the better of him.
Revenge: Decided to take on Decade, Jimmy Jacobs in particular, for injuring Cedric Alexander's shoulder, but only after Silas Young backed out of their match at War Of The Worlds.
Signature Move: Triple rolling northern lights suplex.
Tag Team: The C&C Wrestle Factory with Cedric Alexander.
The Resenter
- He wasn't happy to see his popularity has surpassed by Dalton Castle's, to the point he joined ANX in their campaign to make wrestling great again as their "minister of information".
- He wasn't too happy with Bullet Club continuing to get pay per view spots over The Cabinet even after the departures of AJ Styles, Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson, especially not when it was Tanga Roa and Tama Tonga, who he believes to be far inferior to their father.
Warrior Poet: His promos have gotten "Amen" from Cedric and he's even sung!

Brent Albright

Hired Guns: The Only in It for the Money variety.
Put on a Bus
Red Baron: The "head executioner" of Hangmen 3

Naruki Doi

Tag Team: Speed Muscle with Masato Yoshino was his longer running one, though they failed to win the ROH Tag Team Titles. Switching partners to CIMA brought no more success on that front. Had to join up with SHINGO to finally get the belts.

Eddie Edwards (Eric Maher) [2006-2013]

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Respect Is Earned: 2007- 2009

Kenny King

The Cameo: Since his daughter stared on the competition reality show The Bachelorette
Expy: Of Shelton Benjamin, no less.
Finishing Move: A block buster from the top rope while Rhett Titus does a power bomb (One Night Stand)
Jerk Jock
Lightning Bruiser: Fully capable of catching a flying Cedric Alexander out of the air.
Mr. Fanservice: He even moonlights as a Chippendale's Dancer
Parody Commercial: ANX's 2016 campaign to make wrestling great again.
Red Baron: "Chairman Of Championships" in "The Cabinet"
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Left for TNA (while one-half of the Tag Champs, no less). He returned insisting that All Night Express were the linear tag team champions only beaten by bureaucracy when Addiction were also claiming to still be the champions, in reference to the fact ROH immediately stripped King and Titus of the belts as soon as word got out he was on TNA television.
Tag Team: The All-Night Express, with Rhett Titus. The YRR with Jason Blade... which was a full on stable in Full Impact Pro, where Blade was just a minion.
Token Minority: He was the token Afrodescent member of the All-Hispanic stable La Facción Ingobernable.
Took a Level in Badass

Tyler Black (Colby Lopez)

Michael Elgin

Bait-and-Switch: Truth Martini paid Devon Storm to bail from a match with Grizzly Redwood so Elgin could go to work on him.
Charles Atlas Super Power: Dead lifting and dropping Kevin Steen multiple times in succession, once starting from a sitting position after a corner cannon ball! His workout involves benching 500 lbs and squating 700.
Courteous Canadian: Okay, not quite as nice as the stereotype but still nicer than a lot of ROH guys
Crowd Chant: "Sleeping On The Couch", "She Wears The Pants", "Please Don't Divorce" at "A Night Of Hoopla"
Dancing Is Serious Business: Seeing TaDarius Thomas was a capoeira practitioner, he decided during a match to try and out break dance him.
Dare to Be Badass: Before Supercard Of Honor VII Elgin boasted to have become stronger, faster and more focused that he had since the previous year's event demanded that Jay Lethal find a way to do the same by the time they had their match. Unfortunately it'd be a couple years before Elgin was successful in bringing out the Jay Lethal he wanted.
Finishing Move: Revolution Bomb
Genre Savvy: Picked up the savvy to avoid topes with minimal effort
Green-Eyed Monster: MsChif had been wrestling men pretty much since the first day of his career, but it's a subject he got very touchy about after he started dating her. Doesn't help that she doesn't like to see him doing pretty much anything with another woman, though his international success since they met means he doesn't get booked against them very often, excepting when former stablemate Truth Martini was match maker.
Grievous Harm with a Body: Forcing AJ Styles to spear Kazuchika Okada
Hope Bringer: Glory by Honor XI was titled "The Unbreakable Hope" due to him challenging Steen for the world title after having previously powered through the simultaneous attempt of SCUM and The House Of Truth to keep him away. He fell short during the match though, leaving hope to turn to El Generico.
Implacable Man
- He will block chair shots with his hands, something normally only done by much larger men
- At the 2016 Death Before Dishonor Elgin held Frankie Kazarian up for a delayed vertical suplex when Christopher Daniels kicked him in the gut, causing Elgin to almost drop Kazarian but then pick him right back up. Daniels then pulled Kazarian down but Elgin ended up suplexing both of them at once.
Lightning Bruiser: More so on the "bruiser".
Red Baron: "Canadian Crazy Horse", "Unbreakable", "Unreal".
Signature Move: Power bomb, turnbuckle bomb, crippler cross face. He's also borrowed the green mist through mouth to mouth with his wife, though he's not particularly good at using it, almost managing to get it in his own eyes.
Squash Match: On ROH TV, Truth Martini would request Elgin get two "opponents" at a time just to make his point. Sometimes they did put up a decent fight though.
Stealth Pun: Glory By Honor XI, where he challenged Steen for the title had the subtitle "The Unbreakable Hope". It took place in Mississauga Ontario, aka the "Great White North".
Noble Top Enforcer: To Truth Martini and Roderick Strong, when he was still a member of the House of Truth.
Nothing Personal: Toward Adam Cole, after losing to him in the finals to become the next Ring of Honor World Champion at Death Before Dishonor, and even more so toward Mike Bennett, Maria Kanellis and Matt Hardy, who were not even contenders. You can imagine that didn't last.
Put on a Bus: Stranded in Canada, during his world title reign no less, due to a visa issue.
Tag Line: Fear The Mullet...until Adam Cole removed it.
Tournament Arc: The first man to win "Survival Of The Fittest" twice.
Worthy Opponent: Truth Martini didn't appreciate Elgin shaking Fit Finlay's hand after Hostage Crisis.
Wouldn't Hit a Girl: He's grabbed Kanellis and by the hair and shaken her, but that's all he's managed to do. He was also willing to put away Athena, having blamed recent relationship drama on her, but when he finally got his hands on her he tried to hand her over to Whitmer.
You Have Failed Me: Before SCUM, Kevin Steen initially worked with the House of Truth when he returned to Ring of Honor and when he was kicked out of SCUM, he went back to Elgin for help. But in a resulting tag match, Jimmy Jacobs pinned Steen and Elgin decided he was done with him.

Matt Cross

Le Parkour - Ran up a wall to deliver a somersault plancha at Death Before Dishonor V: Night 2.

Takeshi Morishima

Acrofatic: Not that he lacks ability or anything but he can defeat a lot of wrestlers just by repeatedly running into them, not being able to handle his bulk or speed.
Big Beautiful Man: Becky Bayless, The Lovely Lacey and Allison Danger were willing to put aside their differences to share camera time with him.
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Poor Roderick Strong, thirteen minutes straight. BJ Whitmer got an even longer one.

Kenny Omega (Tyson Smith)

Davey Richards

Butt-Monkey: Made into one by Roderick Strong and Rocky Romero.
Call-Back: At Supercard Of Honor II he called back to Nowhere To Run when he teased kicking Jack Evans, who had since been a Heel–Face Turn, only to pull back and call the crowd unworthy.
Crowd Chant: "You got served!" at Supercard Of Honor II, as he had no answer for the moves of Jack Evans.
Dancing Is Serious Business: Seeing that Truth Martini put a "pants off dance off" on ROH A Night Of Hoopla, Richards decided the only way to properly defend the honor of the wrestlers that came before him was to enter the contest himself and out dance Val Malone, Seleziya Sparx and Scarlett Bordeaux. And he did it without removing his pants (well, the crowd asked Richards to remove them but when he actually started removing them the chant changed to "keep them on").
Determinator: He's notorious for not selling and the "delayed sell" in order to keep attacking.
Distressed Dude: The House Of Truth were really angry when he defeated Roderick Strong and Michael Elgin back to back on at double shot Showdown In The Sun. They made it known at the next ROH event when they bum rushed Richards after he defeated Rhino, though Richards would have an unlikely savior in Jay Lethal, who he had defeated before Showdown In The Sun and evidently took it much better.
Lightning Bruiser: 5'7 206 lbs, so you already know he's pretty built but you still wouldn't expect a man his size to flat out toss his opponents around the ring.
Look What I Can Do Now!: Was defeated by Eddie Edwards a year before he trained with Dan The Beast Severn and returned to beat Eddie Edwards next year. They continued to work as a tag team in between these matches though.
Mangst
Spiteful Spit: To Roderick Strong, while they feuded over the FIP Heavyweight Championship belt.
Took a Level in Badass: After his role in the No Remorse Corps was done.
True Companions: With Eddie Edwards. Richards was reluctant to challenge for the World Title until Edwards threatened to quit if Richards didn't get the match.
We Used to Be Friends: With Roderick Strong.
You, Get Me Coffee: His job in the No Remorse Corps.

Go Shiozaki

Finishing Move: Go Flasher (lifted cutter)
Foreign Wrestling Heel - Averted, even when he was a member of Sweet 'n Sour Incorporated. While he was aligned with Larry Sweeney, he never really did much in the way of evil.

Michael "Mike" Bennett [2008-2015] [2020-2021] [2022-present]

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Silas Young

Addiction Displacement: Was a heroine addict prior to finding pro wrestling.
Combat Pragmatist: After suffering a loss to ACH Silas was willing to stoop to any length to avenge it, though ACH was the one to name the last man standing stipulation at Aftershock Silas was the one who planted the idea in his head, attacked ACH from behind before the match started, used a security guards as a Human Shield, cocooned ACH in the outside padding mats in an attempt to prevent him from standing, liberally attacked ACH below the groin and ultimately won not be standing but simply having the soles of his feet on the ground when the referee counted to ten while ACH did not.
Crowd Chant: "Last Real Woman" when fans are against him.
Driven by Envy: He frequently collides with Jay Lethal, not just over title belts or shots at them, but because he feels he deserves all the accolades and media appearances Lethal gets.
Enemy Mine: Silas Young and Beer City Bruiser had unsuccessfully searched for a third partner to take them to the World Six Man Championship belts. TK O’Ryan, who held on of those belts, had broken his leg, forcing The Kingdom to find a new partner or forfeit the titles. So Silas Young came to an understanding with Vinny Marseglia and Matt Traven, not that it was enough to hold of Bully Ray and The Briscoes.
Evil Is Petty: After having Beer City Bruiser help him break Jay Lethal's ribs, Young brought a board to all of his ROH bookings marking the number of days Lethal had been out with the injury.
For Your Own Good: One of his favorite past times is going for runs on good weather days in search of children to yell at, so they will get out of the street.
I Shall Taunt You: Having seen Colt Cabana talk his way into a match with Jay Lethal at Supercard Of Honor X, Young talked Raymond Rowe into giving he and Beer City Bruiser a title shot later in the night with a similar game plan.
Leitmotif: United Divided
New Media Are Evil: Believes video games are among the things that are killing pro wrestling and he only uses the internet to go on twitter and make fun of you nerds!
Parental Substitute: A self appointed one to ACH, after coming to the conclusion ACH wasn't as manly as his son and thus needed his guidance.
Porn Stache: The only acceptable facial grooming for a man is mustache only or completely shaved. Young went for the former. The fact he has very thin eye brows just draws more attention to it.
Recognition Failure: Upset that he and The Beer City Bruiser didn't qualify for the Six Man Tag Championship Tournament without a third man, Silas Young finally upgraded to a flat screen phone so he could look at videos on the go in search of that third man. When he finally found footage of a wrestler he wanted to tag with...it turned out to be a commercial feature The Beer City Bruiser.
Red Baron: "The Last Real Man". He called his tag team with Beer City Bruiser "Milwaukee's Worst" but it didn't catch on.
Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Himself as the manly man and the Beer City Bruiser as the sensitive one. Bruiser isn't even the nicest, most thoughtful or indeed all that sensitive but is like a cupcake compared to Young and would have to be by Silas's self definition anyway.
The Comically Serious: It wouldn't be ROH if someone didn't take even a show like "A Night Of Hoopla" seriously, and that role fell on Young, who accused Davey Richards of insulting the business he after forced his way into the Hoopla Hotties's dance off and insulted Davey's masculinity. Unfortunately for Young, that resulted in the two being put in match, which became a Lumber Jill match when Truth Martini thought Silas was being too evasive. And all the "Jills" were men in drag, one of whom kissed Young when he tried to fight them.
The Resenter: After winning a four way at the fourteenth anniversary that was made an internet exclusive, Young came to the belief that New Japan's wrestlers were taking up all the best pay per view spots that rightfully belonged to him and became convinced their wrestlers couldn't be as tough as everyone boasted, even though he lost to KUSHIDA at War Of The Worlds, since Gedo was a part of said four way he won, leading Young to challenge NEVER Openweight Champion Katsuyori Shibata at Death Before Dishonor.

Erick Stevens

Demoted to Extra: When the Necro Butcher became the official crown jewel of the Embassy...
Lightning Bruiser
Slasher Smile
Squash Match: His early appearances consisted of squashing rookies from the ROH Academy. His first being Alex Payne in a mere 21 seconds.
Put on a Bus
Yank the Dog's Chain: Stevens won the FIP World Heavyweight Title twice, unseating Roderick Strong both times at Final Battle 2007 and FIP's Hot Summer Nights 08. In both reigns, he lost the title in his first defense inside an FIP ring (he had successful defenses in ROH against Austin Aries, Bryan Danielson, Chris Hero, Claudio Castagnoli, and Davey Richards, however.)

Andy Ridge

Bash Brothers: Had some success with Bobby Dempsey, but they never really became a tag team
Red Baron: "Right Leg."

Alex Koslov

Cooldown Hug: He and Romero often disagree and come within hand breaths of exchanging blows before hugging and patting one another on the back
Culture Equals Costume: You can tell he's Russian by his attire. During matches he puts on an Ushnaka before doing his Cossack dance to your head.
Foreign Fanservice: ROH would have less trouble drawing in women if it booked this guy more often. He's practically made his career off of it in Japan and Mexico.
Rocky Romero: "Koslov in the building, we got them panties dropping.

Matt Taven (Matthew Marinelli) [2009-2021] [2022-present]

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The Young Bucks [2009-2018] [2022]

Matt Jackson (Matthew Massie)

Nick Jackson (Nicholas Massie)

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The Bravado Brothers

Affably Evil: These boys aren't just pretty, their more cheerful than most of the women. Some of that cheer comes from them laughing at your expense but they do just seem happy to be around at all, on some level.
Cloudcuckoolander - Both of them.
Family Values Villains - Their grandmother makes excellent sugar cookies!
Put on a Bus - They trained/toured with Pro Wrestling NOAH starting in January 2012 before returning that August for the tag title tournament.
Signature Move: Harlem favors a blue thunder back breaker, Lance a belly to back suplex.
Shout-Out: Their Finishing Move is called "Ride the Lightning"
Team Rocket Wins - They actually defeated THE BRISCOES.

Jon Davis

Always Someone Better: He and Kory Chavis squashed several tag teams, including the Bravado Brothers, Up In Smoke, The Phoenix Twins and Irish Airborne. They even defeated former tag team champions The American Wolves but they always came up short against the Young Bucks. They did wrestle The Kings Of Wrestling and The Briscoes to a draw on two separate occasions but lost in all subsequent matches with them.
Enemy Mine: Teamed up with usual punching bag Grizzly Redwood against the Embassy
Finishing Move: A back breaker rack transitioned to a power bomb (three seconds around the world)
I Know Madden Kombat: He's a linebacker so it shouldn't surprise anyone who sees him do the "POUNCE!"

Only The Strong Survive: 2010- 2012

Bob Evans

Edible Theme Naming: He has nothing to do with the restaurateur of the same name, but the coincidence did help when he teamed with Cheeseburger.
Evil Minion: Came into ROH as a trainer to further the career of Mike Bennett and became at want for direction when Bennett turned on him.
Heterosexual Life-Partners: He's in love with Tough Tim Hughes.
Kick the Dog: He has an affinity for breaking hands, which he usually does after matches with a chair
Oral Fixation: He likes chewing on a cigarette. It's a Brutal Bob!
Run the Gauntlet: When he turned 40 he took on a challenge he called "Iron Week", where he would wrestle an iron man match every day to prove his age wouldn't stop him from working a full time schedule with ROH.

Jonathan Gresham [2011] [2014–2022]

The Ace: Gresham carried ROH during the 2020-2021 relaunch in the middle of the pandemic, and for a good reason! He mixes technical and high flying wrestling styles and is passionate about the sport. Sadly, he became:
- Broken Ace: After losing both his top face position and the ROH World heavyweight Championship against the returning Claudio Castagnoli.
Catchphrase: "I am the foundation of professional wrestling!"
Early-Bird Cameo: First competed for ROH in the 2011 Top Prospect Tournament before joining full time in 2014.
Face–Heel Turn: Turned on AEW wrestler Lee Moriaty and then joined Tully Blanchard Enterprises.
Happily Married: To Jordynne Grace of Impact Wrestling fame.
Heterosexual Life-Partners: With his teammate and best friend Jay Lethal.
Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Stands at 5'4" and is one of the best technical wrestlers in recent times.
Power Stable: The mind behind The Foundation, whose intention is to return ROH to its pure wrestling roots. His teammates are Jay Lethal, Tracy Williams, Rhett Titus and Josh Woods.
- After turning Heel, he then joined Tully Blanchard Enterprises, but that didn't last long as both Gresham and Blanchard were replaced by a returning Prince Nana, changing Tully Blanchard Enterprises into a reforming Embassy.
Red Baron: "The Octopus", "The Foundation"
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: After losing the ROH World Heavyweight Championship unfairly to a returning Claudio Castagnoli in Death Before Dishonor 2022, he called out Tony Khan and requested his release from the promotion.
Shout-Out: The mask that Gresham wears when heading to the ring is modeled after the titular Great Old One from The Call of Cthulhu.

Kevin Kelly

Audience Surrogate: When he shouted at Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly to continue their match at Showdown In The Sun when it degenerated into a "No You" argument between them.
Combat Commentator: And New Japan eventually picked him and Corino up for their English feed.

Adam Page

Finishing Move: An axe guillotine driver he calls "right of passage".
Kick the Dog: He filmed BJ Whitmer while he stalked Steve Corino's wife.
Plot Tumor: All but called it by name when running down BJ Whitmer for derailing the Decade with his Steve Corino obsession, saying "when there is a cancer you cut it out!" to his metaphorical purging of Whitmer from his life.
Red Baron: The hangman, after he showed his allegiance to Bullet Club by putting a noose on Chris Sabin and attempting, well...
Smug Snake: During his rivalries with Andrew Everett and ACH Page proved their equal in agility but not in sense or finesse. His shooting star shoulder block was pretty much the definition of Awesome, but Impractical.
Unknown Rival: At BJ Whitmer's suggestion he called out Jay Briscoe, on shows where Jay Briscoe was not present in order to paint Briscoe as a coward when he naturally did not come out to answer them. When Briscoe was present though, Page went out to confront him, against Whitmer's wishes. Briscoe, accepted the challenge but didn't even know who Page was, much less that he'd been trying to challenge him for weeks.
We Used to Be Friends: Decade came after both he and Cedric Alexander. Alexander resisted, Page, not so much. Unlike TaDarius and ACH there was no make up, Page remained loyal till Decade crumbled from within.

Mia Yim

Red Baron: "The Blasian Barbie".
The Artifact: She continued continued to taunt with the Embassy symbol long after the group had been disbanded. Kevin Kelly suggested it was all she knew.
The Smurfette Principle: The only woman who remained on the roster when ROH moved from HD Net to the Sinclair Broadcast Group. She eventually got some company (and competition) when former women slowly started to return in November.

Q.T. Marshall

Blasphemous Boast: He is "God's Gift!" (luckily for him, Black was gone)
Joisey: Specifically, Newark. He used to have an orange tan too
Red Baron: Irresistible, God's gift
Sustained Misunderstanding: When they learned members of Pro Wrestling NOAH's roster would be available for Super Card Of Honor VII Martial demanded RD Evans get in contact with them so Marshall could have a new tag team partner to face Ta'Darius and ACH. Problem Martial did not make his requests until after Evans had already gotten in touch and all the wrestlers he wanted happen to be on the New Japan roster. Ironically a New Japan wrestler ended up being the only one to make it to the show.
Tag Team: Martial Law with RD Evans
You Have Failed Me: He attacked Ta'Darius Thomas for taking a pin fall back during his 'internet exclusive' tryout days, though he put more blame on ROH for giving him a partner like Thomas in the first place.

Cedric Alexander

Bash Brothers: With Caprice Coleman.
Beat Them at Their Own Game: Subverted, in their "Battle Of The Back Breakers" match he beats Roderick Strong with a small package. Played straight at Best In the World when his final submission was the Strong Hold.
Damn You, Muscle Memory!: He usually follows Coleman's no hands hurricanrana with a frog splash but missed on ROH TV episode 37 in a match with the All Night Express where Rhett titus kept rolling passed his usual landing spot. Kenny King immediately capitalized for the win.
Handshake Refusal: Virtually none of the ROHbots gave him any chance against Kazuchika Okada, even though Alexander felt he needed to win. He wasn't in a good sport when he lost at Global Wars 2015 like everyone predicted.
I Know You Know I Know: Has wrestled ACH enough to know he'll spring back up for multiple enzuigiris if he ducks them, among his other tricks.
Lightning Bruiser: He can throw guys as well as he can tumble around and jump over things.
Perky Female Minion: Veda Scott. She was overjoyed when he took out Moose and Stokely to return her wrench and decided to manage his affairs from then on.
Tag Team: 7 Oh! 4 with Caleb Konley. They also assist in the training of wrestlers.
The Dog Bites Back: He's been the "rookie" who has put up the most fight against Decade.
The Rival: The Bravado Brothers, Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team, Roderick Strong.
We Used to Be Friends: With Adam Page, prior to him joining the Decade.
Wrench Whack: The wrench he used to end Moose's winning streak. Veda Scott actually gave it to Moose but Moose was confused and Alexander stole it. Coleman's refusal to let him use it on War Machine caused Alexander to refuse to team with him any longer.

ACH

Be Yourself: His message to the ROH fans. As long as you're not hurting anyone else and "do you", handle your business, you shouldn't be afraid to express what you like or indulge in it.
Blood from the Mouth: Showed it during his match against Adam Cole on the first night at Supercard Of Honor X, which was unfortunate for him but was great for giving the fans an idea of what Cole might do in his no holds barred match against Kyle O'Reilly on night 2.
Crowd Chant: "Go, Go, A-C-H!"
Finishing Move: The best 450 ever and the dragon fly frog splash
I Know You Know I Know
- His feud with Ta'Darius Thomas, whom ACH was eventually able to outsmart by feinting a four fifty splash. And even that almost didn't work.
- In his best of five series with Matt Sydal, only more one sided as it initially appeared ACH had him completely figured out, though it did wind up going all five.
In a Single Bound: He just might be able to outdo Cedric Alexander and AJ Styles in this area. He's done a step up plancha with a midair cartwheel motion that was called "Jordan, with a twist!"
Game-Breaking Injury: To his knee by Decade, which prevented him from saving Ta'Darius from Jimmy Jacobs
Hidden Depths: His dead lift German suplex and snap German. Not just quick, limber and agile but strong!
Leitmotif: "Street Fighter", which you can get at TeamR&BMusic.com
Leeroy Jenkins: Even before their falling out, Ta'Darius had to reign him in, which Jimmy Jacobs would mock.
Red Baron: The Glow of Texas, Human Video Game Highlight, The Last Dragon, The Last Hero
Signature Move: Crane kick,
Slide Attack: Slides to set up various moves that involve charging into the turnbuckles, one of which is a flash point where he slides out of the ring as he connects with it.
Spiteful Spit: After Jimmy Jacobs spit water on him, he spit on Ta'Darius and on Jacobs.
Tag Team: Adrenaline Rush with Ta'Darius
The Rival: It is still Cedric Alexander, with the C&C Wrestle Factory being one to Adrenaline Rush. After Thomas left though and C&C broke up it was Matt Sydal.
The Worf Effect: Newly crowned IWGP Champions of all belts have faced ACH, including KUSHIDA, Styles, Kenny Omega and Tetsuya Naito
Three-Point Landing: He tends to slingshot into one during his entrances.
Trash Talk: So much it got his mouth duct taped shut
Whole Costume Reference: Most noticeably as Monkey D Luffy, though he also has entrance gear that resembles an orange Gi. These usually go without comment.
Would Hit a Girl: Neglected such a challenge from Athena regarding MsChif, arguing it would make him the OJ Simpson of pro wrestling, although it being a tag match he did end up hitting MsChif, being the only person to get any significant offense against her besides Athena up to that point, when his team was about to lose. Unfortunately for ACH doing so lead to defeat anyway, as he happened to wake up MsChif's husband in the process.

Ta'Darius Thomas

Badass Boast: Claims to be the only man in wrestling who can fight on his feet just as well as he fights upside down
Dance Battler: Capoeira is his favorite martial art so...
I Know Karate: Started fighting at age 17 and was already accomplished in Mixed Martial Arts and Boxing, which Jimmy Jacobs claims doesn't mean much in the wrestling ring (He had been doing that for awhile too but Jacobs wasn't impressed, though his career in wrestling really did not yet compare to Jacob's)
I Know You Know I Know: Even during his tryout days, he had a knack for figuring out which ways his opponents would dodge his strikes and would follow up accordingly, though sometimes it took a minute for him to figure them out.
Leitmotif: TD is for Total Destruction!
Punctuation Shaker: In this case, it is usually pronounced without a stop...except when it is.
Spell My Name With An S: Also known as Ty Darius, Ty Darious and...well most people just call him TD.
Sword Limbo: He uses the matrix evasion to transition into moves.
Tag Team: With ACH, until Decade put an end to it.
Toxic Friend Influence: Even before Ring of Honor he recognized that the House Of Truth was going to lead him down a bad road and thus distanced himself from Truth Martini once his training was done. Unfortunately, Ta'Darius ended up being caught by Jimmy Jacobs.
Yank the Dog's Chain: Got his long overdue vengeance against QT Marshall in 2013 Turner Hall Top Prospect Tournament only to lose to Matt Taven in the final round due to Truth Martini.

Cheeseburger/World Famous CB

Ascended Extra: Formerly part of the ring crew, which is explicitly part of his on screen persona.
Butt-Monkey: Especially to "Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team", though their abuse of him eventually got them kicked out of Ring of Honor... for now.
Determinator: What success he has attained has come from setting modest goals, and continuously attempted to achieve them with nonstop.
Fragile Speedster: It doesn't do him much good here, as a lot of wrestlers here are just as fast or at least fast enough to keep up and even guys who are not exceptionally powerful can pluck him out of mid-air. It's surprising he can even survive hits from Moose and will usually be staying down for three.
Hoist by His Own Petard: During is in ring debut for ROH Roderick Strong was about to win them tag titles, having put Bobby Fish in a Boston crab. Kyle O'Reilly ran in to break it up so Cheeseburger leaped on O'Reilly and put him in a Christo, which caused O'Reilly to collapse into Strong and break his hold.
Kitschy Local Commercial: The "...it's very popular in Japan" commercial for Cheeseburger T-shirts, building on KUSHIDA's observation... which is used at least twice alongside other repeated lines and footage.
Known Only by Their Nickname: Which was given to him by Charlie Haas because he looked like he needed a...
Ricky Morton: Until ROH gets a lightweight division or something this is really the only way he can pull his weight in tag team matches.
Tag Team: Camp Cheese with Roderick Strong in his debut. Then The Brutal Burgers with Bob Evans. Despite a rough start (losing to Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis, the former being the reason for the team coming together in the first place) Brutal Burgers actually went on to have a winning record, even getting a shot at ROH Tag Team Champions reDRagon, who were his Camp Cheese opponents. He and Will Ferrara serve as such in the ROH dojo, as substitutes for Daizee Haze.
Training from Hell: Subverted when Will Ferrara brought in Mike to act as a personal trainer for Cheeseburger's entry into the Field Of Honor tag gauntlet. It ended up being such for Ferrara as carried Cheeseburger through the regimen.
Weak, but Skilled: Jushin Liger's plan for him, who knows first hand what it is like to be bullied for your stature. It resulted in Cheeseburger having an effective Shotei.

Maria Kanellis Bennett [2011-2015] [2020-2021] [2022-present]

See her page for tropes dedicated to her.

Vinny Marseglia/Vincent

Catchphrase: "Dig what I'm saying?"
Dreadlock Warrior: Sometimes, although they've always been really short.
Evil Former Friend: He turned on Matt Taven in 2019, leading to a feud between both. This betrayal also caused Matt Taven's Heel–Face Turn.
Finishing Move: Redrum, parodied from Jeff Hardy's Swanton Bomb. He still continues to use it even after his betrayal of Matt Taven.
Pure Is Not Good: He proclaims himself as the "Purest" wrestler in the roster of ROH, all in his own twisted image.
Red Baron: "Enigmatic", "Inksanity", "The Horror King"
Shout-Out: He was trained by Mike Bennett and seemed intent on continuing The Kingdom's allusions to The Hardy Boys, though unlike Bennett, Marseglia is more the Jeff to TK O'Ryan's Matt, he even uses the Swanton...ahem, "high angle senton bomb". Ironically O'Ryan's spectacular crash and burn on a high risk move is what gave his incarnation of The Kingdom their first setback.
Took a Level in Badass: He apparently impressed enough to be invited back during his loss to Rhino but Marseglia and Matt Taven were among those who lost out to QT Marshall for an ROH contract at Boiling Point. Vinny would periodically reappear at ROH events but would not win a match until Death Before Dishonor XI the following year, and even that was a dark match. Although he continued winning at the following ROH event and then again on Future Of Honor, whose name would be lent to an internet exclusive series.
- His betrayal of Matt Taven also gained points, as he later takes his Horror King gimmick more seriously as Vincent.
Power Stable: He led The Righteous, whose teammates are Bateman, Dutch and Vita VonStarr (also their valet).
Villain in a White Suit: Often wears white suits in his latest promos, and is a very creepy Heel.

The Guardians Of Truth/The Headbangers

Road To Greatness: 2013- 2015

Seleziya Sparx

Butt-Monkey: She took many (accidental) hits from Lethal and Cedric Alexander.
Friendless Background: Unlike most wrestlers Sparx had no athletic background. She was the proverbial kid that no one cared about, so she resolved to become so successful people would be forced to pay attention to her. She's pretty friendly, so long as she gets attention, the problem is that her first friends in ROH were The House Of Truth.
Hidden Depths: Being that ROH was a nationally-syndicated product without much in the vein of a women's division when she was there, she rarely got to show hints of her wrestling skill in the company, but when she did, she came off badass. For example, there was the time she hit a Death Valley driver on "Satan" following a low blow from Bordeaux on a Hoopla Uncut segment which was basically a jab at QT Marshall.
Perky Female Minion: A hoopla hottie known for booty popping.
Put on a Bus: Banned from working in the USA for trying to enter without a valid visa.
Woman Scorned: She was fired by Matt Taven and then rehired by The House Of Truth to exploit the resulting ire that she gained towards him.

War Machine [2013–2017]

Hanson (Todd James Smith)

Rowe (Raymond Rowe Sr.)

Acrofatic: Hanson's not especially quick but his very graceful in his ability to avoid trips and take downs.
Always Someone Better: They may have won the tag team titles, but they never beat The Briscoes until the 2016 Global Wars. Only then did their reign truly begin, in their own minds.
Ascended Extra: Todd Hanson first appeared in multiple dark matches, then disappeared for six years before finally getting a televised match as a title contender.
Ass Kicks You: Hanson will catch a charging opponent in the corner with a head scissors, and then simply let go of the top rope and let them crumple under his weight.
Beard of Barbarism: Hanson's gimmick, invoking the Celtic tribes with gear reminiscent of a kilt and a "war beard". Rowe's facial hair caught up in due time.
Badasses Wear Bandanas: Rowe's covers most of his face with a trucker cap leaving only a slit for his eyes.
Carpet of Virility: Hanson's a hairy dude, his singlet shows off much of it in the chest area.
Combination Attack: Popup from Rowe to a Hanson power slam, backdrop from Hanson to a Rowe power bomb.
Defeat Means Friendship: Became a tag team after Hanson beat Rowe in the finals of the 2014 Top Prospect Tournament.
Finishing Move: Back suplex with a leg drop they call Fallout. Hanson, the larger of the two coming off the top with the leg drop. Also a spring board clothesline from Hanson with a German suplex from Rowe they call Decapitation.
Grievous Harm with a Body.
- Raymond Rowe's target was Silas Young, but as he hammered him with forearms in the corner during the October 23rd 2015 show The Boys were trapped underneath him.
- Rowe bodyslams Hanson onto his opponents. It's bad enough having Hanson fall on your midsection, let alone getting thrown onto it.
Leitmotif: "Blood And Tears" by Jean-Michel Bacou and Eric Baumont.
Talk to the Fist: When Silas Young was running his mouth on the second night of Supercard Of Honor X, Raymond Rowe took his microphone and opened his mouth as if to retort but instead punched Young's.
This Means War Paint: When they are especially angry they paint their faces before matches. This is a nod to the ancient Celtic tribes but has a side effect of making them look like The Legion of Doom to those unfamiliar with their gimmick.
White Gangbangers: Rowe has shown shades of this, though it's been significantly downplayed since he joined with Hanson. Matt Taven still insisted on calling Rowe an ex convict though.
Worf Had the Flu: In addition to defending the tag team title belts three times in a twenty four hour time period, Rowe had a concussion going into the match War Machine lost the belts to The Addiction.

KUSHIDA

Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better: Attempted and failed with his first television title shot against Jay Lethal. Three years later KUSHIDA would managed to hit Jay with his own Lethal Injection, but Lethal wasn't champion anymore.
Bait-and-Switch: His team utilized this during the World Six Man Tag Team Tournament thanks to Alex Shelley's manipulations, starting with Lio Rush publicly being booted for KUSHIDA only for Rush to reappear with him the final round. And it did get them to the finals but wasn't enough to stop Taven's Kingdom.
Combination Attack: A moonsault after Alex Shelley's neckbreaker(outatime) or a sit down power bomb with Shelley's Shiranui(I-94)
Finishing Move: Primarily a Kimura referred to as the Hoverboard lock, though the super nova press and rana from his HUSTLE days are still applicable. Not above a corkscrew moonsault(The Midnight Express) either. KUSHIDA asked Kazarian for permission but it ended up being Tyler Black who didn't approve of the small package driver being called "Back To The Future".
Game of Nerds: He wears a brimmed cap(sometimes with a propeller on top of it) and does a windup punch he calls "Masahiro Tanaka"...think he might be a baseball fan?
I Know Karate: Before he became the famed high flying pro wrestler, KUSHIDA was a mixed martial artist and if you're in the ring with him you'd best not forget it.
Impossibly Cool Clothes: None of the abuse they get put through seems to dim the glow of his boots. Yes, he wrestles in glowing boots!
One-Steve Limit: Just the family name, can't be confusing him with Yujiro Takahashi now can we. Especially not when both Yujiros are feuding over the IWGP Junior Heavyweight belt.
Signature Move: Sometimes uses those of his trainers Yoshihiro Tajiri and Nobuhiko Takada. Then there is sometimes the 9469 KUSHIDA lock.
Unnecessary Combat Roll: You could argue the cartwheel allows him to keep his eyes on his opponent while putting himself in position to drop kick them into a pinning position but make no mistake, KUSHIDA is showing off.

Beer City Bruiser

Acrofatic: He can hit his keg splash from halfway across the ring.
Bad Boss: Downplayed: He beats on The Boys for what are sometimes arbitrary reasons but it's on Silas Young's orders, rather than his own initiative.
Big Fun: He is pudgy, pasty and completely in love with himself, showing it off with a really tiny pair of shorts.
Captain Morgan Pose: He carries a keg to the ring to do it on during his entrance.
Curse Cut Short: On their (failed)promo to announced their partner for the ROH Six Man Tag Championship Tournament, Silas Young cut off The Bruiser, saying that their last seven promos were rejected by the ROH office for having too much profanity.
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Showed up in a dark match two years prior to his televised match in a group called The Beer City Bruisers.
Fat Bastard: He's so mean and brutal that he actually gets along with Silas Young.
Mook Carryover: He's ended up with Dalton Castle's Boys after Castle was defeated by Silas Young.
Odd Friendship: Silas Young's ONLY friend. Mr. Wrestling III and Kevin Kelly describe them as miserable Milwaukeeans who only understand each other.
Smoking Is Cool: Sometimes comes out to the ring with a cigar. However it didn't go over so well at Supercard Of Honor X.
Mr. Wrestling III:"There's no smoking in this hotel!"

Dalton Castle (Brett Giehl) [2013–2021] [2022–present]

See his page for tropes dedicated to him.

Tate Twins/The Boys [2014–2019] [2022–present]

Brandon Tate/Boy #1

Brent Tate/Boy #2

Early-Installment Weirdness: They first competed under their real names before they became Dalton Castle's boys.
Hypercompetent Sidekicks: Dalton can hold on his own, but the Boys are no pushovers when it comes to competition.
Tag Team Twins: Both Boys are twins in real life.

Shane Taylor

Expy: In attitude to Jon Davis of the Dark City Fight Club, in appearance to Kory Chavis given Keith Lee is the one who goes bare shirted and Taylor usually has the head gear.
Face–Heel Turn: A foreshadowed one, as he had been vowing to takeout War Machine for a while but was well received on the "Future of Honor" showcases and returned the reception by giving high fives.
Hero Killer: Presented himself as such, taking full responsibility for running Lio Rush and Donovan Dijak out of ROH. Search And Destroy were not amused.
Hot-Blooded Sideburns: Albeit thicker towards the chin, making it more like a hot beard.
Power Stable: He led his own namesake faction (Shane Taylor Promotions), whose teammates are Kaun and Moses. Later, O'Shay Edwards is added into the mix and is hinted that Trish Adora is a potential member of the faction for the relaunched ROH Women's Division.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Keith Lee, who will usually explain their motivations and make offers while Taylor will make threats.

Moose (Quinn Ojinnaka)

See his page for tropes dedicated to him.

Joey Daddiego

Ascended Extra: A former bouncer and security guard whom ROH hired to head their own security staff. As such not much focus was put on him until Truth Martini offered him a job...
Became Their Own Antithesis: Not only did he become responsible for the kind of outside match violence he used to break up as security, he cut off ROH security while Taeler Hendrix was beating down Mandy Leon.
Big Guy, Little Guy: Played with, as Daddiego is the same height or shorter than most of the ROH roster, but very bulky while his tag team partner Donovan Dijak is lithe but very tall.
Celebrity Resemblance: Fans taunt him by comparing Daddiego to Dave Batista.
I Know Karate: A former Golden Gloves competitor.
Red Baron: J. Diesel.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Against Donovan Dijak after his former partner broke Truth Martini's neck.

Donovan Dijak

Big Guy, Little Guy: The big to Jay Lethal in the House Of Truth. Dijak had actually earned a shot at Lethal's television title but Truth Martini stepped in before the match could take place and convinced Dijak he was better served working with Lethal than against him.
Co-Dragons: Joined with Martini's "muscle" J. Diesel in the H.O.T. in an attempt to bring the stable the tag team belts, as thus all of ROH's since Lethal had the other two already.
Horrible Judge of Character: Took on Truth Martini's services after taking "The Truth" at face value. Then he openly sided with Prince Nana.
Lightning Bruiser: He's not overwhelmingly muscular, but when you're six foot seven you don't have to be if you want to give anyone an overhead belly to belly suplex. Watch that 275 lbs corkscrew plancha!
Mundane Made Awesome: His discus boot, which given Dijak's size is more like a discus toe kick to most opponents, but given his size it's also pretty effective.
"Take That!" Kiss: Blew one towards Takaaki Watanabe and has kissed Cheeseburger on the head after forcibly removing him from a match with Joey Daddiego.
Token Good Teammate: His refusal to help Jay Lethal defeat AJ Styles or use the Book Of Truth on War Machine ended up getting him fired from the H.O.T.

EVIL

Excessive Evil Eyeshadow: Natch, though only after Naito's makeover.
Hard Head: Decontructed in both ways. ROH officials kept special watch over him during matches after he had a several concussion scares but refused to stop using head butts.
Used to Be a Sweet Kid: He passed through ROH while on his learning excursion to the USA and fit in very well, becoming liked by the locker room, staff and fans alike. Then he went back to NJPW, was taken under the wing of Tetsuya Naito and became The Lord Of Darkness of Los Ingobernables de Japon.

Athena (Adrienne Reese) [2013-2015] [2022-present]

See her page for tropes dedicated to her.

Mandy Leon [2014-2021]

See her page for tropes dedicated to her.

Deonna Purrazzo (2015-2018)

Action Girl: She was a top name in the Women of Honor division.
Finishing Move: Fujiwara Armbar, making it a meaningful submission hold instead of a resthold.
My God, What Have I Done?: Her reaction after she accidentally hit Mandy Leon with a chair during Mandy's No DQ match against Taeler Hendrix, with Taeler mocking Deonna with an Evil insane laugh.
Red Baroness: "The Virtuosa".
Spicy Latina: Italian-American.

Kelly Klein

Broken Win/Loss Streak: She had a long undefeated streak in Women of Honor, until Karen Q defeated her by countout. It was Goldberg-like, since the commentators would talk about how long she had been undefeated.
Evil Mentor: Had one in BJ Whitmer, leading to her becoming a Hanger-on for Decade.
Finishing Move: A double-arm submission hold called The End of the Match, a seated guillotine choke, and a running knee strike.
Girls with Moustaches: Speakeasy Spectacular, May 8, 2015, was built around the appearance of "The Bearded Lady." The scheduled main event was Olde Wrestling World Champion Matthew Cross defending the title against Clean of the Jollyville Jeepers. Before the match, Clean said that he was going to bring out the Bearded Lady. Out walked Heidi the Riveter (Heidi Lovelace) wearing a beard, drawing heel heat and chants of "phony." Cross won the match and Heidi and Clean started a heel beatdown, leading to Mary Elizabeth Monroe coming out wearing a beard, leading to a mixed-tag match, which Cross and Monroe won.
Gosh Dang It to Heck!: She was known for a time as "The Rated-G Superstar" and really did not want to curse.
Monster Heel: The commentators hyped up how much bigger and stronger she was than most of her opponents, and she did a lot of no-selling.
Pink Means Feminine: She wears a pink mouth guard.
Red Baroness: "Pretty Badass," "The Gatekeeper"

Where Honor is Real: 2016- 2021

Toru Yano

Camera Abuse: At the 2016 Death Before Dishonor he threw water at Yujiro Takahashi, who darted out of the way, splashing the ringside camera by the commentary table.
Dirty Coward: Even more so than Beretta, to Rocky Romero's frustrations when he called Yano into ROH to help Beretta overcome his fear of The GoD.
Distressed Dude: Adam Page tried to hang him for beating Yujiro Takahashi, leading Jay Briscoe to start their "anything goes" match early.
Improbable Weapon User: A turnbuckle pad. Although these are usually unavailable to him in New Japan and ROH's are specifically designed not to be removed by wrestlers during matches, he still found a way to get his hands on one.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blue to the Briscoes as Never Openweight Six Man Tag Team Champions. They tried and failed with the ROH versions in the crowning tournament.

Dragón Lee

Dragons Up the Yin Yang: He's the dragon, the yin yang is on his forehead.
Hidden Depths: He was a relative rookie brought in to learn and sold primarily as an "attraction" for his dazzling flips but the man can wrestle pretty good on the ground and isn't afraid to shoot in every now and then.
Legacy Character: Inherited the Dragon Lee gimmick from his brother, who later becomes the second Mistico in CMLL and then Dralistico.
Masked Luchador: The gimmick associated with the mask started in LLI/UWA and had been used in CMLL once before him.
Overshadowed by Awesome: He defeated World Television Champion Bobby Fish in his debut match but couldn't get it done again when the title was on the line. The latter wouldn't be so important had Will Osprey not won the television title off the bat in his debut. And given Osprey lost the belt in his first defense Lee probably wouldn't be overshadowed if not for the different stipulation but Osprey had possession in the record books and Lee did not. After three encounters though Lee did finally gain some solace by defeating Osprey at Manhattan Mayhem VI.
Wrestling Family: He's part of the Dinastía Muñoz, as his father is Bestia del Ring and his brothers are Rush and Místico II/Dralistico.

TK O'Ryan

Batter Up!: Wields a baseball bat to strike his opponents.
Game-Breaking Injury: Overshot an Asai Moonsault at the fifteenth anniversary show, breaking his leg. This resulted in Silas Young having to replace him in The Kingdom's Six Man Tag Title defenses and is the only reason they lost the belts, according to Matt Taven anyway.
Finishing Move: Glue Factory (bow and arrow hold), Mustang Ride (pump handle piledriver)
Put on a Bus: Hasn't been seen since the 2020 relaunch. It's assumed that since his injury, he stepped down from professional wrestling.
Red Baron: "The Sassy Wild Horse"

Cody (Cody Garrett Runnels) [2016-2018]

See his page for tropes dedicated to him.

Flip Gordon (Travis Gordon Lopes Jr.) [2017-2021]

Arch-Enemy: As a Face, he feuded against Bully Ray.
Face–Heel Turn: Attacked Matt Haskins, PJ Black and Tracey Williams in Best in the World 2019 and sided with Villain Enterprises alongside Marty Scurll, PCO and Brody King. He remained as a Heel afterwards until the last ROH of 2021.
Lightning Bruiser: True to his name, he can do flips in the ring.
Red Baron: "The Mercenary"

Madison Rayne (Ashley Nichole Lomberger, née Simmons) [2017-2019] [2023-present]

See her page for tropes dedicated to her.

Jake Crist [2017] [2023-present]

Wrestling Family: He's the brother of fellow wrestler Dave Crist (who was not invited to join ROH due to past conflicts with the roster, instead being his personal Combat Commentator), as well as the husband of Nevaeh.

Jeff Cobb

Establishing Character Moment:
- He made his debut by DQ a match in Future Of Honor.
- He defeated Punishment Martinez for the ROH Television Champion.
Put on a Bus: His contract expired in 2020 and wasn't renewed.

PCO

Fatal Flaw: Despite his incredible physique, he often tends to be "short-circuited" and as a result, he takes a dive on either the ringside barricade or against his tag partners.
Finishing Move: His moonsault called PCOsault.
Handicapped Badass: He has only one eye, but even with the lack of depth perception he's able to wreak havoc.
Lightning Bruiser: Despite at his age he delivers moonsaults and dives.
No-Sell: Part of his "Not Human" Frakenstein-esque gimmick every time an opponent he's facing no matter their execute their Signature Move, Finishing Move or a weapon he always rises up to eleven.
Red Baron: "Not Human" and "French-Canadian Frankenstein"
Ring Oldies: Pierre Carl Oullette's in his 50's and still taking bumps after made comeback in pro wrestling.
Tag Team: Previously with Brody King in Villain Enterprises, and then with Danhausen.

Brody King

Tag Team: Previously with PCO in Villain Enterprises.
Power Stable: He led the faction VLNCE UNLTD, alongside ROH Original Homicide and two of the hottest free agents of 2021: Chris Dickinson and Tony Deppen.
Put on a Bus: His contract got expired in 2021 (alongside with the rest of the roster), and then joined All Elite Wrestling.

Juice Robinson

Red Baron: "The Flamboyant"

Mark Haskins

Bandido

Bandito: Fitting to his name and gimmick, his poncho-style mask and entrance gears comes of him wearing a sombrero hat and bandolier outfits.
Cool Mask: His Poncho-style mask.
Fragile Speedster
Masked Luchador

Rey Horus

Masked Luchador

Flamita/Demonic Flamita

Face–Heel Turn: Changed sides after betraying his former MexiSquad teammates.
Masked Luchador

Eli Isom

Keet: He's young and energetic.
Tag Team: With Cheeseburger as part of the Shinobi Shadow Squad.

Tracey Williams

Red Baron: "Hot Sauce"
Tag Team: With Rhett Titus as part of The Foundation.

Brian Johnson

Arch-Enemy: Danhausen.
Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: He's perhaps the most arrogant wrestler in the roster.
Catchphrase Insult: Likes to insult his opponents by saying "Bozos" to them. This makes Matt Taven's "Melvin" sounds milder in comparison.
Hates Everyone Equally: Brian is not a team player and doesn't like every single wrestler in the roster, hence his mantra of "Mecca VS Everybody".
Red Baron: "The Mecca".
Small Name, Big Ego: His arrogance exceeds his wrestling skills alone.

Mayu Iwatani

The Ace: She's one of the best Joshi wrestlers in recent memory, alongside with Io Shirai and Kairi Hojo (fka Kairi Sane in WWE).
Badass Adorable: Don't let her cute face fool you!
Guest Fighter: During the time ROH collaborated with World Wonder Ring ST★RDOM, she was this for the Women of Honor division.

Rush

Catchphrase: "¡No pasa nada!" ^* "Nothing happens!" in Spanish
Power Stable: Rush is the leader of La Facción Ingobernable (ROH's version of Los Ingobernables), with his brother Dragon Lee and african-american Kenny King as his teammates, and Amy Rose was their manager. His father Bestia del Ring later joins in.
Red Baron: "Toro Blanco" ^* White Bull in Spanish
Wrestling Family: He belongs to the Muñoz family of luchadores, with his father Bestia del Ring (fka: Pierroth) and his brothers Dragon Lee and Dralistico (fka: Místico II) being part of it.

Joe Hendry

Quinn McKay

Arch-Enemy: Angelina Love.
The Host: Of ROH TV and Week by Week.
Cute Bruiser: She may be cute, but she can kick butts wherever she's in the ring.
Put on a Bus: Her contract with ROH ended in 2021, and signed with WWE afterwards.

Danhausen (Donovan Danhausen) [2019-2021]

See his page for tropes dedicated to him.

Alex Zayne

Wheeler Yuta (Paul Gruber) [2020] [2022-present]

Blood Upgrade: Arguably since he joined the Blackpool Combat Club in AEW.
But Not Too Foreign: He's half-Japanese from the side of his mother.
Early-Bird Cameo: First competed in the ROH Pure Championship Tournament in 2020 and made sporadic appearances as a freelancer before joining ROH full time in Supercard of Honor XV.
Guest-Star Party Member: For The Foundation alongside with Fred Yehi.

Rok-C (Carla Gonzalez) [2020-2021]

Arch-Enemy: She found one on Miranda Alize.
Put on a Bus: Her contract with Ring of Honor got expired in December 31, 2021. After that, she made a few appearances in Impact Wrestling and MLW before signing with WWE as Roxanne Perez.
Red Baron: "The Prodigy"
Teen Genius: Started wrestling at age 13, and becomes the inaugural ROH Women's World Heavyweight Champion at age 19!

Miranda Alize

Arch-Enemy: She hates Rok-C's guts so much!
Red Baron: "The Lucha Baddie"
Spicy Latina

Willow Nightingale [2021] [2022-present]

Big Fun: She's a happy go-lucky heavyweight wrestler who likes dancing.
Early-Bird Cameo: First competed as a freelancer before the buyout by Tony Khan, and then joined full time in 2022.

Honor Reborn: 2022-present

Note: Due to the fact that ROH is now owned by Tony Khan, expect some AEW wrestlers competing there. The new roster is assembled on March 2, 2023, featuring a selection of ROH mainstays of the past and a new generation of wrestlers of the present.

Brian Cage [2022-present]

Dull Surprise: Was once called "Charisma Vacuum" by Shawn Spears in one episode of AEW Rampage.
Lightning Bruiser: Combines his Heavyweight body with Cruiserweight skills.
Wrestling Monster: He's a force to be reckoned with!

Swerve Strickland [2022]

See his page for tropes dedicated to him.

FTR [2022-present]

Cash Wheeler

Dax Harwood

See this page for tropes dedicated to this tag team.

Minoru Suzuki [2022]

See his page for tropes dedicated to him.

Toa Liona [2022-present]

Tag Team: With Kaun, as part of the Gates of Agony.

Ninja Mack [2022]

McNinja
Put on a Bus: Only competed in Supercard of Honor XV and then joined Pro Wrestling Noah.

Blake Christian [2022-present]

Anthony Henry

Serena Deeb [2022]

Evil Former Friend: To Mercedes Martinez.

AQA (Angela Quentina Arnold) [2022]

We Hardly Knew Ye: Only competed in Supercard of Honor XV and then took time off from wrestling months later.

Jericho Appreciation Society [2022-present]

Chris Jericho (Christopher Irvine)

Daniel Garcia

"Daddy Magic" Matt Menard

"Cool Hand" Angelo Parker

See Chris Jericho's page for his personal tropes.

Flipping the Bird: Garcia did this to both the ROH Pure Championship and the ROH logo itself after losing against Wheeler Yuta in Death Before Dishonor 2022.
Tag Team: 2point0, composed by Matt Menard and Angelo Parker.

The Trust Busters [2022-present]

Ari Daivari

Slim J

Jeeves Kay

"Smart" Mark Sterling

Non-Action Guy: Mark Sterling is mainly a manager.
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: The team's existence in a nutshell. They are wrestlers with uncoordinated gears and different styles.
Wrestling Family: Ari is the younger brother of Shawn Daivari.

Top Flight [2022-present]

Dante Martin

Darius Martin

Arch-Enemy: The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Mike Bennet). Feeling's mutual for both.
Sibling Team: Dante and Darius are tag team brothers.

AR Fox [2022-present]

Worthy Opponent: Had a big match with the iconic Claudio Castagnoli on the very first 2023 episode of the weekly ROH series. He pretty much respects the Swiss Superman.

Mascara Dorada/Metalik [2022-present]

Masked Luchador: Wears a golden mask in the ring as per Lucha Libre tradition.

Konosuke Takeshita [2023-present]

The Ace: He's the top face of Dramatic Dream Team.
Trademark Favorite Food: Likes cinnamon rolls, especially those made by Cinnabon.

Rohit Raju [2023-present]

Fragile Speedster: Athletic but not strong enough to hold on bigger opponents.

Skye Blue [2023-present]

Blue Is Heroic
Tag Team: With Madison Rayne.
Tomboy

Lady Frost (Brittany Rae Steding) [2023-present]

Happily Married: To fellow profesional wrestler "Savage Gentleman" Victor Benjamin.
Wrestling Family: She's the granddaughter of Tony Marino.

The Infantry [2023-present]

Captain Shawn Dean

Carlie Bravo

All-American Face: They are presented as military themed Babyfaces. Shawn Dean was a former army man before becoming a wrestler.

The Renegades [2023-present]

Charlette Renegade

Robyn Renegade

Tag Team Twins

Dralístico [2023-present]

Masked Luchador: His current mask is an amalgamation of his previous designs of Dragon Lee I and Místico II respectively.
Legacy Character: Inverted. He was the first Dragon Lee before his younger brother took the mantle.
Wrestling Family: He's the second son of Bestia del Ring and the middle brother of both Rush and Dragon Lee II.

Billie Starkz [2023-present]

Face–Heel Turn: Made one in Supercard of Honor 2024 during a match against Queen Aminata, Billie pretending to injure her neck during the match only to use it as an opportunity to attack and choke out the distracted Aminata when she thinks the match was called off.
Minion with an F in Evil: Became the protege and "Minion 400,237 3/4" of Athena in August 2023. Despite being Athena's biggest supporter however, Billie avoided cheating in matches or needlessly beating fallen opponents for months, and remained as bubbly and nice to others as ever, much to Athena's annoyance.
Teen Genius: She started her professional wrestling career at age 13, and once she reached 18, joined Ring of Honor. Outside the ring, she was a high school valedictorian while enrolled in the rigorous International Baccalaureate program.

Ben Dejo [2023-present]

Charlie Brown from Outta Town: He's definitively not Serpentico... or is he?
Does This Remind You of Anything?: His full name sounds like a Spanish profanity by changing B for P.

Timothy Thatcher [2023]

Sadistic Teacher: Has quite a notorious reputation during his WWE NXT years.

Spanish Announce Project [2023-present]

Angélico

Serpentico

Masked Luchador: Serpentico, despite him not being Mexican born.
Mr. Fanservice: Angélico's toned abs provides eye candy for the women.
Non-Indicative Name: They are called SAP, yet neither one of them are from Mexico, although they can speak Spanish well.

Characters / Ring of Honor

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The Briscoe Brothers/The Briscoes [2002-2004] [2006-2022] [2022-present]

Jay Briscoe (Jamin "Jay" Pugh)

Mark Briscoe (Mark Pugh)

Spanky/Brian Kendrick

Angel Williams/Angelina Love

The Christopher Street Connection

Steve Corino

Christopher Daniels (Christopher Daniel Covell) [2002-2004] [2005-2007] [2010-2011] [2014-2019] [2022] [2023-present]

Simply Luscious

The Amazing Red

Xavier

Dan Maff

B.J. Whitmer

Samoa Joe (Nuufolau Joel Seanoa) [2002-2008] [2022-Present]

Murder City Machine Guns/Motor City Machine Guns

Alex Shelley (Patrick Kenneth Martin) [2003–2008] [2010] [2014–2015] [2015–2020]

Chris Sabin (Joshua Harter) [2003–2010] [2015–2019]

Kory Chavis

Mike Mondo

Claudio Castagnoli [2005–2011] [2022-present]

Shawn Daivari 2004, 2010

Petey Williams

Jack Evans

The Lovely Lacey

James Gibson

Eddie Kingston [2016-2014] [2023-present]

Mercedes Martinez (Jazmin Benitez) [2006-2007] [2022-present]

Adam Pearce

Jimmy Rave

Rhett Titus

Ricky Reyes

Rocky Romero

Shingo Takagi

Grizzly Redwood

Caprice Coleman

Brent Albright

Naruki Doi

Eddie Edwards (Eric Maher) [2006-2013]

Kenny King

Tyler Black (Colby Lopez)

Michael Elgin

Matt Cross

Takeshi Morishima

Kenny Omega (Tyson Smith)

Davey Richards

Go Shiozaki

Michael "Mike" Bennett [2008-2015] [2020-2021] [2022-present]

Silas Young

Erick Stevens

Andy Ridge

Alex Koslov

Matt Taven (Matthew Marinelli) [2009-2021] [2022-present]

The Young Bucks [2009-2018] [2022]

Matt Jackson (Matthew Massie)

Nick Jackson (Nicholas Massie)

The Bravado Brothers

Jon Davis

Bob Evans

Jonathan Gresham [2011] [2014–2022]

Kevin Kelly

Mia Yim

Q.T. Marshall

Cedric Alexander

ACH

Ta'Darius Thomas

Cheeseburger/World Famous CB

Maria Kanellis Bennett [2011-2015] [2020-2021] [2022-present]

Vinny Marseglia/Vincent

Seleziya Sparx

War Machine [2013–2017]

Hanson (Todd James Smith)

Rowe (Raymond Rowe Sr.)

KUSHIDA

Beer City Bruiser

Dalton Castle (Brett Giehl) [2013–2021] [2022–present]

Tate Twins/The Boys [2014–2019] [2022–present]

Brandon Tate/Boy #1

Brent Tate/Boy #2