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Four matches added to ROH Death Before Dishonor

Posted on by Ethan Renner

A Fight Without Honor, plus two title bouts are among the four new matches made official for Friday’s ROH Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view. 

In A Fight Without Honor, the issue between former tag team partners Evil Uno and Stu Grayson will come to a head, as Uno, John Silver, and Alex Reynolds face Grayson, Dutch, and Vincent of The Righteous. 

After winning the TV title eliminator tournament finals on Thursday’s Ring of Honor TV episode, Dalton Castle is set to challenge Samoa Joe for the ROH World Television Championship at Friday’s pay-per-view. 

A match for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship has also been added to the lineup, with Mogul Embassy’s Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun, and Toa Liona defending the belts against Leon Ruffin & NJPW’s Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato. 

Also announced, Gravity, the brother of AEW’s Bandido, will take on Komander. Gravity has wrestled once before for ROH in a bout against Rey Fenix at a June ROH taping, and also appeared as enhancement talent in a match against Kip Sabian at an AEW Dark taping in January. 

The Death Before Dishonor Zero Hour pre-show kicks off at 7 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, July 21, with the main card set to begin at 8 p.m. Eastern time on pay-per-view. 

The updated lineup for Friday: 

ROH Death Before Dishonor, 8 p.m. Eastern time on pay-per-view —

  • ROH World Championship: Claudio Castagnoli defends against PAC
  • ROH Pure Championship: Katsuyori Shibata defends against Daniel Garcia
  • ROH Women’s World Championship: Athena defends against Willow Nightingale
  • ROH World Tag Team Championship: Lucha Bros (Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix) defend against The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett), Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis), and Best Friends (Trent Beretta & Chuck Taylor)
  • ROH World Television Championship: Samoa Joe defends against Dalton Castle
  • ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship: Mogul Embassy (Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) defend against Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato & Leon Ruffin
  • Fight Without Honor: Dark Order (Evil Uno, John Silver & Alex Reynolds) vs. The Righteous (Vincent, Dutch & Stu Grayson)
  • Komander vs. Gravity

ROH Death Before Dishonor Zero Hour, 7 p.m. Eastern time on ROH’s YouTube channel & social media channels —

  • Pure Rules match: Josh Woods vs. Tracy Williams
  • Action Andretti & Darius Martin vs. The WorkHorsemen (JD Drake & Anthony Henry)
  • Leyla Hirsch vs. Trish Adora
  • Shane Taylor vs. AR Fox

Women’s title match added to ROH Death Before Dishonor

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The Ring of Honor Women’s World Championship will be on the line at Friday’s Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view. 

As announced late Sunday, Athena will defend the ROH Women’s title against Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament winner Willow Nightingale at Death Before Dishonor on Friday, July 21. 

In a video posted to their social media channels, ROH owner Tony Khan pointed to Nightingale’s win of the Owen and win over Athena in the tournament semifinals as establishing Willow as the top contender to the title. 

Two matches are official for Death Before Dishonor, with another two set to be finalized after this week’s AEW & ROH television episodes. More matches are expected to be added throughout the week. 

The updated card for Friday’s show:

ROH Death Before Dishonor, Friday, July 21, 8 p.m. Eastern time on pay-per-view —

  • ROH World Championship: Claudio Castagnoli defends against TBA
  • ROH World Television Championship: Samoa Joe defends against Dalton Castle or Shane Taylor
  • ROH Pure Championship: Katusyori Shibata defends against Daniel Garcia
  • ROH Women’s World Championship: Athena defends against Willow Nightingale

Pure title match set for ROH Death Before Dishonor

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Ring of Honor has officially announced the first match for Friday’s Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view. 

In a bout first announced on social media early Sunday morning Eastern time, Katsuyori Shibata is set to defend the ROH Pure Championship against former title holder Daniel Garcia o the Friday, July 21 Death Before Dishonor PPV. 

ROW owner and storyline chairman of the board of directors of ROH Tony Khan announced the match in a kayfabe press conference video in the social media announcement. 

Garcia picked up a pinfall victory over Shibata in a tag team match on the June 21 episode of AEW Dynamite, and Garcia and Shibata have teased the match repeatedly on Ring of Honor TV over the past couple of months. 

Also set for Death Before Dishonor but not yet officially announced, the winner of Thursday’s Ring of Honor TV title eliminator match between Dalton Castle & Shane Taylor will challenge Samoa Joe for the TV title at Death Before Dishonor. That match was taped at Saturday night’s AEW Collision taping. 

Additionally, the ROH World Championship will presumably be on the line, with Claudio Castagnoli defending against an unnamed opponent. Khan promised to address the World title situation after Wednesday’s Blood & Guts match on Dynamite where Castagnoli will compete. Castagnoli had been set to defend against Mark Briscoe, but a knee injury forced Briscoe out of the match.  

The lineup to this point:

ROH Death Before Dishonor, Friday, July 21, 8 p.m. Eastern time on pay-per-view —

  • ROH World Championship: Claudio Castagnoli defends against TBA
  • ROH World Television Championship: Samoa Joe defends against Dalton Castle or Shane Taylor
  • ROH Pure Championship: Katusyori Shibata defends against Daniel Garcia

ROH World title match announced for Death Before Dishonor

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The Ring of Honor World Championship will be on the line at Death Before Dishonor on Friday, July 21. 

As revealed during this week’s Ring of Honor TV episode, Claudio Castagnoli will defend his ROH World title against Mark Briscoe at the Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view. 

In a promo segment during this week’s episode, presumed top contender Eddie Kingston announced that he would not be at Death Before Dishonor due to competing in NJPW’s G1 Climax 33 tournament. Kingston then encouraged Mark Briscoe to challenge Castagnoli for the title. 

In a follow-up interview with Renee Paquette, Briscoe said that he would step up and follow in the footsteps of his late brother Jay, a former ROH World Champion. Castagnoli then entered and accepted the match, sealing the deal with a handshake with Briscoe. 

The ROH title match is the first bout official for the Friday, July 21 pay-per-view. 

The lineup to this point: 

ROH Death Before Dishonor, Friday, July 21, 8 p.m. Eastern time on pay-per-view —

  • ROH World Championship: Claudio Castagnoli defends against Mark Briscoe 

ROH reveals date for Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view

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Ring of Honor is returning to pay-per-view next month for Death Before Dishonor. 

As announced during Friday’s AEW Rampage episode, ROH Death Before Dishonor is set for Friday, July 21 in Trenton, New Jersey at the CURE Insurance Arena. The show will begin at 7 p.m. Eastern time.

The promotional image released for the pay-per-view includes all of Ring of Honor’s title holders, but no matches have been made official for the event to this point. 

Tickets for the show will go on sale Friday, June 9 at 10 a.m. Eastern time. 

ROH posted on their website: 

Ring of Honor comes to Trenton, NJ with one of the hottest pay-per-view events, ROH: Death Before Dishonor. Featuring world-class talent in electrifying bouts, Death Before Dishonor storms into the CURE Insurance arena on Friday, July 21, at 7pm ET.

Tickets for this event will go on sale Friday June 9 at 10am ET.

ROH DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR 2023

CURE Insurance Arena

Trenton, NJ

July 21st, 2023

Bell time: 7:00pm ET

Last year’s Death Before Dishonor aired on Saturday, July 23 from Lowell, Massachusetts and was headlined by FTR vs. The Briscoes in a two-out-of-three falls match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship. Claudio Castagnoli also defeated Jonathan Gresham in last year’s opening contest to capture the ROH World Championship.

RIng of Honor TV airs Thursdays on the HonorClub streaming service.