Women of Honor is a term used by Ring of Honor (ROH) to refer to its women's division and to the promotion's female talent. The term is applied universally to wrestlers, backstage interviewers, and managers/valets. History of women in Ring of Honor Early years and partnership with Shimmer (2002–2011) ROH had its first women's match on June 22, 2002, at its Road to the Title show; it saw Sumie Sakai defeat Simply Luscious. Women's wrestling was sporadically featured in ROH since the match. During the 2000s, ROH featured female wrestlers like Sara Del Rey, Daizee Haze, Serena Deeb, Mercedes Martinez and others on shows, later releasing a DVD featuring the best of its women's division. Some of women's matches were also featured on ROH's television program on HDNet but ROH did not consistently feature women's matches until 2015. ROH also had a partnership with women's professional wrestling promotion Shimmer Women Athletes, with the Shimmer Championship and Shimmer Tag Team Championship being defended on several ROH shows – becoming the first women's titles to be featured in ROH. End of partnership with Shimmer (2011–2015) From 2011 to 2015, ROH's female talent consisted primary of female valets and interviewers. Though some female wrestlers would compete in the promotion, notably Sara Del Ray, Allysin Kay, Jenny Rose, Leah Von Dutch, Athena Reese, Maria Kanellis, Scarlett Bordeaux, Mandy Leon, Mia Yim, Cherry Bomb, MsChif, Barbi Hayden, Taeler Hendrix, Seleziya Sparx, and Veda Scott. On February 23, 2011, at ROH 9th Anniversary Show, Sara Del Ray defeated Mschif. During those years Maria Kanellis went on to manage (valet) her husband Mike Bennett and his tag team partner Matt Taven as The Kingdom the stable went on to feud with and against great talent such as Jay Lethal and other great male talent of the ROH roster during that time. Somewhere after that Maria Kanelis was attacked by Lisa Marie Varon while valeting and following after the attack had a one-on-one feud match against Lisa Marie Varon at a indy Pay-per-view event for a indy Women's Championship which she was victorious at winning. Also during that time other ROH Girls such as Sara Del Ray, Allysin Kay, Jenny Rose, Athena Reese, Scarlett Bordeaux, Mandy Leon, Mia Yim, Cherry Bomb, MsChif, Barbi Hayden, Taeler Hendrix, Seleziya, and Veda Scott spent there time wrestling in rare once in a life time rarely seen especially on Television ROH Women