Leyla Hirsch made her in-ring return on Thursday’s edition of ROH TV, substituting for Maria Kanellis-Bennett in The Kingdom’s battle against The Infantry and Trish Adora.
Maria announced that she wasn’t cleared to compete just yet and introduced Hirsch, who joined Mike Bennett and Matt Taven to score the victory against their opponents.
Following the victory, Hirsch declared that she was “here to stay” in ROH.
You can check out some highlights of Hirsch’s return below:
.@LegitLeyla is back in action!
Since @MariaLKanellis isn't medically cleared to wrestle. The legit shooter teams up with The Kingdom @MattTaven & @RealMikeBennett in your main event tonight!
Watch #ROH #HonorClub every Thursday! pic.twitter.com/Qw4xWfvBhS— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) July 7, 2023
The Acclaimed won the AEW World Tag Team Championships at AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam 2022, and Anthony Bowens reflected on the landmark victory.
Speaking on a recent edition of the “AEW Unrestricted” podcast, Bowens recalled the feeling of winning the titles with his father in the audience.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On winning the titles at Grand Slam: “One of my best friends – his name is Julien – is a tennis fan and anytime we would go to Shea Stadium or Citi Field, we’d go, ‘You know, I think Arthur Ashe would be a good place for a wrestling show.’ And we said that years before it was even a thought…. Fast forward, I’m with AEW and we are fighting for the tag team titles at Arthur Ashe. We take it home. Crazy, crazy experience. Best part of the night though is out of the [thousands of people], I see my dad there cheering.”
On seeing his dad in the audience when he won: “I don’t know how [I saw him]. I zeroed in on [my father] and it, like, was a very special moment.”
