At the NJPW-ROH G1 Supercard show at Madison Square Garden, former Impact knockouts Angelina Love and Velvet Sky – who were previously known as ‘The Beautiful People’ – made their presence known by attacking the newly crowned ROH World Women’s champion, Kelly Klein.
Love, Sky, and Mandy Leon would eventually reveal themselves as a stable called ‘The Allure’, which many fans believe to be Ring of Honor’s version of ‘The Beautiful People’; however, according to Sky, who spoke with
TV Insider, ‘The Allure’ and ‘The Beautiful People’ are far from the same:
"Everyone keeps comparing The Allure to the Beautiful People,” Sky said
. “…It’s not the same concept. Adding Mandy to the group, she is a perfect fit. She looks great, she can definitely hold her own in the ring. We’re not doing the Beautiful People 2.0 without Madison [Rayne], which seems to be the consensus that is out there among certain people in the business and wrestling fans as well.
“That’s fine, but nobody has seen what we are capable of doing yet because there hasn’t been a match yet. There has been no in-ring action yet. You’ve kind of seen The Allure show up here and there randomly throughout Women of Honor matches to make our mark on the division. We’ve announced our presence. We are a strong, dominant, female, kick ass type of team that is definitely going to make an impact in Ring of Honor and shake up the Women of Honor division.”
Velvet Sky believes that the Women of Honor division was on life support and that ‘The Allure’ is bringing excitement to the female roster:
“Lots of haters, subtweeters, group texting, shade thrown our way, jealousy we’ve seen,” Sky said.
“It’s funny because it doesn’t matter to us. It doesn’t trigger us at all. We just sit back and say, ‘Wow, look at the powerful buzz the three of us have created just by joining forces together’. It just makes sense." She said.
"You know as well as I do that division was on life support. We are breathing much needed life into the Women of Honor. Wrestling fans from Ring of Honor are like night and day from what we are used to at IMPACT Wrestling. Ring of Honor fans seem to be strictly about wrestling and in-ring action and physicality, which is fine because it is a wrestling company after all. But it’s not all wrestling all the time when you need to have a little bit of sizzle with your steak. The steak is already there. We’re just here to add some sizzle to it.”