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This article is about a professional wrestling tag team. For disambiguation, see OGK.
For the professional wrestling stable, see Undisputed Kingdom.
The OGK
The Undisputed Kingdom
Honor No More
Former
member(s)		Maria Kanellis-Bennett (manager)
DebutOctober 9, 2014[1]
Years active2014–2015
2020–present

The OGK is a

ROH World Tag Team Champions
.

The team was first formed in ROH, as part of the larger

Impact Wrestling, in the latter being part of the Honor No More stable. They are five-time tag team champions, being three-time ROH World Tag Team Champions, one-time Impact World Tag Team Champions and one-time IWGP Tag Team Champions
.

History

Ring of Honor

The Kingdom (2014–2015)

Main article:
The Kingdom

On March 1, 2015, at the

The Addiction (Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels) and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson).[4] Later that night Cole betrayed O’Reilly during his world championship match against Jay Lethal remaining with The Kingdom and turning heel once again. Bennett and Taven lost the title to War Machine on December 18 at Final Battle.[5] Bennett and Kanellis left ROH after the following day's Ring of Honor Wrestling taping, after failing to come to terms on a new contract with the promotion.[6]

The OGK (2020–2021)

In 2020, after Ring of Honor returned from hiatus due to COVID-19, Taven and Marseglia (now named Vincent) reignited their rivalry, with Vincent teaming with Bateman as The Righteous. On November 21, 2020, episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling, Mike Bennett made his return to Ring of Honor helping his former Kingdom partner Taven fight off Vincent and Bateman.[7][8] On December 10, at Final Battle, The OGK defeated The Righteous (Vincent and Bateman) in a grudge tag team match.[9][10]

On November 14, 2021, at

The Briscoe Brothers at Final Battle.[13]

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2014–2015)

IWGP Tag Team Champions
in July 2015

Bennett and Taven, made their debut as a team in

2015 World Tag League, where they finished with a record of two wins and four losses, failing to advance from their block.[19]

National Wrestling Alliance (2021–2022)

On October 24, 2021, at NWA By Any Means Necessary, The OGK made their NWA debut defeating The Fixers (Jay Bradley and Wrecking Ball Legursky).[20]

The OGK made their NWA return at Hard Times 2 successfully defending the ROH World Tag Team Championships against Aron Stevens and JR Kratos.[21]

On February 12, 2022, at NWA PowerrrTrip, The OGK were defeated by The Fixers (Jay Bradley and Wrecking Ball Legursky) in the first round of the Crockett Cup tournament.[22]

Impact Wrestling (2022)

Main article: Honor No More

On January 8, 2022, at

Impact World Tag Team Championships to Heath and Rhino.[27] On October 8, 2022, it was announced that Bennett, Kanellis and Taven had departed Impact Wrestling.[28]

All Elite Wrestling / Ring of Honor (2022–present)

In October 2022, Bennett, Kanellis, and Taven all signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), and began appearing both there and in ROH, which became AEW's sister promotion after being purchased by AEW Co-founder/CEO Tony Khan.[29] On the December 27, 2023 episode of Dynamite in Orlando, Florida, as The Devil's Masked Men, Bennett and Taven defeated Maxwell Jacob Friedman in a handicap match to win the ROH tag team titles for the third time.[30] The duo revealed themselves three days later, at Worlds End, attacking MJF after the match.[31]

Championships and accomplishments

References

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  2. ^ "ROH 13th Anniversary: Winner Takes All results".
  3. ^ "reDRagon vs Kingdom - ROH Wrestling".
  4. ^ a b Caldwell, James (2015-09-18). "Caldwell's ROH ASE PPV report 9/18: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of All-Star Extravaganza - Jay Lethal defends two titles, ANX, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  5. ^ Meltzer, Dave (December 18, 2015). "ROH Final Battle 2015 live results: Jay Lethal vs. AJ Styles, Roderick Strong vs. Bobby Fish". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  6. ^ Johnson, Mike (December 20, 2015). "Two stars depart Ring of Honor". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
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  8. ^ Johnson, Mike (September 16, 2020). "UNITED WRESTLING NETWORK DEBUT PPV NOTES, LINEUP FOR EPISODE 2 | PWInsider.com". www.pwinsider.com. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  9. ^ "Matt Taven And Mike Bennett Tease ROH Singles And Tag Pursuits Post-Final Battle". 14 December 2020.
  10. ^ "ROH Final Battle 2020: Wrestling Inc". 18 December 2020.
  11. ^ "The OGK Wins ROH World Tag Team Titles at Honor For All".
  12. ^ "ROH Honor For All Results: Bandido Vs. Flamita, New Tag Team Champions Crowned". 14 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Ring Of Honor: Final Battle 2021 Results (12/11) – RoH's Final PPV Before Hiatus". 11 December 2021.
  14. ^ "『World Tag League 2014』出場チーム＆公式戦が決定！ 棚橋はヨシタツとタッグ結成！ 桜庭、AJ、柴田、ROH、NWAも参戦!". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). 2014-11-11. Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
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  17. ^ "Show results - 4/5 NJPW "Invasion Attack" in Tokyo, Japan: A.J. Styles defends IWGP World Title in main event, ROH tag teams win both Tag Titles, Bullet Club in action, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. April 5, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
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  19. ^ "NJPW World Tag League Results & Standings". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on December 9, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
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  21. ^ "Trevor Murdoch vs. Mike Knox, Melina vs. Kamille, Foley, Mickie, Aldis & More: Complete NWA Hard Times 2 PPV Report".
  22. ^ "NWA PowerrrTrip Results (2/12/22): Two Titles Change Hands". 13 February 2022.
  23. ^ "IMPACT Wrestling Hard To Kill 2022 Results (01/08) – Mickie/Deonna In A Texas Death Match". 8 January 2022.
  24. ^ "The OGK Win The IMPACT Wrestling Tag Titles On 9/1/22". 2 September 2022.
  25. ^ "New Impact tag team champions!: Cagesideseats". September 2022.
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  29. ^ "Report: The Kingdom sign multi-year AEW contracts - F$W Online.com".
  30. ^ Powell, Jason (December 27, 2023). "AEW Dynamite results (12/27): Powell's live review of Swerve Strickland vs. Jon Moxley vs. Jay White, and Bryan Danielson and Eddie Kingston in Continental Classic semifinal matches". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  31. ^ Powell, Jason (December 30, 2023). "AEW Worlds End results: Powell's live review of MJF vs. Samoa Joe for the AEW World Championship, Eddie Kingston vs. Jon Moxley to become the first AEW Triple Crown Champion". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
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