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Zayda Steel recalls nerves and excitement at first ROH pay-per-view main event
Zayda Steel, who wrestles for Ring of Honor (ROH) and AEW, recalled her first pay-per-view main event in a recent interview.
It was at ROH Supercard of Honor, where she competed for the ROH Women’s World Championship.
The match was a six-wrestler Survival of the Fittest contest, and the winner had to outlast the other five.
Steel said she felt both nervous and excited, describing the experience as surreal.
She was eliminated first after Athena, the defending champion, sent her through a chair.
Athena kept the title by eliminating Maya World last.
Steel had made her ROH debut on the Final Battle pre-show the previous December.
Zayda Steel recalled feeling both nervous and excited while main-eventing her first Ring of Honor pay-per-view.
The event was ROH Supercard of Honor, where she competed for the ROH Women's World Championship.
Steel said the experience felt surreal and that she was “a kid in a candy store.”
She was the first eliminated from the six-woman Survival of the Fittest Match after Athena sent her through a chair.
Athena retained the title by last eliminating Maya World.
- Who
- Zayda Steel, Athena and five other competitors, including Maya World.
- What
- Steel competed in the first-ever Women's Survival of the Fittest Match for the ROH Women's World Championship.
- When
- Five months after Steel's ROH debut in December; the match date is not stated.
- Where
- ROH Supercard of Honor; the venue is not stated.
- Why
- The competitors were vying for the ROH Women's World Championship.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
It felt surreal
I was a kid in a candy store
Steel made her Ring of Honor debut on the Final Battle pre-show.
Steel main-evented ROH Supercard of Honor in a match for the ROH Women's World Championship.
Athena eliminated Steel by sending her through a chair.
Athena retained the title by last eliminating Maya World.
- Event
- ROH Supercard of Honor
- Match
- First-ever Women's Survival of the Fittest Match
- Field
- Six competitors
- Steel's result
- First eliminated
- Champion
- Athena retained the ROH Women's World Championship
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