5 major takeaways from Ring of Honor's 'Honor United' tour in the UK 

#2. Wrestling fans still need a lot of work when it comes to women's wrestling

Mark and Vicky Haskins lock in joint submission moves

For the most part the crowd at Ring of Honor's Honor United Newport were fun-spirited, louder than crowds twice its size, and well behaved. But if the section of the crowd I was in is anything to go by, there's still a long way to go when it comes to how female wrestlers are treated by the audience.

There was one Woman of Honor match on the card - Kelly Klein Vs. Lana Austin and one match where Mark Haskins and Kenny King both brought female valets to the ring. Some of the comments that were quietly made about the women involved in these segments were genuinely atrocious.

It’s another match with a hometown talent involved as #WomanofHonor champion @RealKellyKlein faces @Lana_Austin1 #ROH #HonorUnited pic.twitter.com/TPwT5uFQ5U

— Daniel Wood (@JustDanWood) October 26, 2019

But what was worse is that sometimes certain members of the audience thought it was appropriate to shout some of these comments out to the female wrestlers in question.

For me it was one of the only negatives of the evening that certain sections of the crowd had no interest in treating the women like athletes, giving them respect as human beings or seeing them as anything other than objects. One gentleman behind me only got his phone out to take pictures/record once during the whole show, and that's when Vicky Haskins walked past him. Shameful.