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Sammy Guevara to have mystery partner for ROH Death Before Dishonor title match

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With Dustin Rhodes out of action for a while, Sammy Guevara will have a new partner starting with ROH Death Before Dishonor.

Tony Khan has announced that Guevara and a yet-to-be-revealed partner will defend the ROH Tag Team titles against The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) at Friday night’s event in Philadelphia. This won’t be the only title defense for Guevara that night, though, with Khan also confirming that Guevara will join Ross & Marshall Von Erich for an ROH Six-Man Tag Team title defense against Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo).

Rhodes — who has not wrestled since the end of July — underwent a double knee replacement last week. He was a double champion in ROH, holding the promotion’s Tag Team titles with Guevara and the Six-Man belts with The Von Erichs.

Despite the injury, the 56-year-old Rhodes has promised that this will not be the end of his in-ring career.

Death Before Dishonor is taking place at the 2300 Arena in Philly amid AEW’s ongoing residency at the venue. The show will stream live for Honor Club subscribers starting at 8 p.m. Eastern.

ROH Death Before Dishonor 2025 —

  • ROH World Champion Bandido defends against Hechicero
  • ROH Women’s World Champion Athena defends against Mina Shirakawa
  • ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty defends against Xelhua
  • Fight Without Honor: QT Marshall vs. Paul Walter Hauser
  • ROH Tag Team Champions Sammy Guevara and a mystery partner defend against The Outrunners
  • ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions Ross Von Erich, Marshall Von Erich & Sammy Guevara defend against Shane Taylor Promotions

World title match official for ROH Death Before Dishonor

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The first official match for this month’s Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor has been made and it will feature the ROH World title being defended.

Announced on Monday, reigning champion Bandido will defend against Hechicero in a match that has been building for a several weeks through a series of multi-man tag team matches — one of which saw Hechicero pin the champion.

According to Cagematch, it will be their first ever singles clash.

Bandido has held the title for more than 120 days with four successful title defenses while Hechicero is looking for his first title held anywhere since June 2023 in CMLL.

The HonorClub streaming special takes place on Friday, August 29th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the former ECW Arena.

ROH Death Before Dishonor history

This year’s show will be the 22nd Death Before Dishonor in ROH history, dating back to 2003. Several of the events were split into two nights and sometimes in two different cities — a practice that ended in 2014.

This will be the fifth Death Before Dishonor in Philadelphia and the first since 2021 which was prior to Tony Khan owning the company.

ROH Death Before Dishonor date moved for second time

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ROH Death Before Dishonor has been moved yet again.

Announced during Saturday’s AEW Collision, one of the quarterly-ish Ring of Honor streaming specials will now take place on Friday, August 29th instead of Friday, September 5th. The event will still take place at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, the former ECW Arena.

No reason was given for the change.

It will be part of AEW’s multi-event residency in Philadelphia that begins on Wednesday, August 27th and runs through September 11th with three Dynamites, three Collisions, and the ROH streaming special.

In April, AEW moved Death Before Dishonor from Friday, July 11th during All In week to September 5th, putting Supercard of Honor in its place instead.

ROH Death Before Dishonor history

This year’s show will be the 22nd Death Before Dishonor in ROH history, dating back to 2003. Several of the events were split into two nights and sometimes in two different cities — a practice that ended in 2014.

This will be the fifth Death Before Dishonor in Philadelphia and the first since 2021 which was prior to Tony Khan owning the company.

AEW moves ROH Supercard of Honor & Death Before Dishonor locations, cancels Collision date

Posted on by Josh Nason

AEW announced a slew of schedule changes Tuesday that affect two Ring of Honor streaming specials in addition to the cancellation of an AEW Collision event.

ROH Supercard of Honor moved to Texas

The ROH streaming special originally set to take place on Friday, May 2nd in Atlantic City, New Jersey, has now been moved to Friday, July 11th at the Esports Arena in Arlington, Texas, as part of All In Texas week. It will replace the previously announced Death Before Dishonor show on that date.

Fans who had bought tickets for May 2nd will be refunded.

ROH Death Before Dishonor heads to the 2300 Arena

The ROH streaming special will now move to Friday, September 5th at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, PA, formerly known as the ECW Arena. It will be ROH’s first time back to the hallowed venue since 2021.

While ticket information for Death Before Dishonor was not announced, those who bought tickets for the Atlantic City show will be given first shot at tickets via a special presale.

AEW Collision episode canceled

The Collision show set for Saturday, May 17th in Wichita, Kansas, has been canceled with fans getting a full refund.

The show will be bumped up to Wednesday, May 14 in Chicago, Illinois. The Beach Break Dynamite will air live per usual with Collision taped afterward. Tickets are on sale for that show now.

Filthy Four Daily: Smackdown, Royal Rampage, ROH Death Before Dishonor with Willow vs. Athena

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FILTHY FOUR DAILY with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with three big shows to discuss this week, Smackdown with the RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, the Rampage show on Friday with Royal Rampage, and the ROH PPV from Saturday night. A fun show as always so check it out~!

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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

Tournament to decide Samoa Joe’s ROH Death Before Dishonor challenger

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ROH is holding a tournament to determine the next challenger for Samoa Joe’s TV title.

The four-person tournament began on Thursday’s episode of ROH television. Dalton Castle and Shane Taylor booked their spots in the finals with respective wins over Tony Nese and Shawn Dean. Castle vs. Taylor in the tournament finals will take place on ROH TV next week.

The winner of Castle vs. Taylor advances to challenge Joe for the ROH TV title at Death Before Dishonor.

Death Before Dishonor is being held at CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton, New Jersey on Friday, July 21. It’s ROH’s first pay-per-view since March’s Supercard of Honor.

Joe has held the ROH TV Championship since April 2022. His most recent defense of the title was against Matt Sydal on ROH TV last month.

On the most recent episode of AEW Collision, Joe lost to CM Punk in the semifinals of the men’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament.

Castle and Taylor are both former TV champions in ROH. Their reigns happened while ROH was owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group.

Next Thursday’s ROH TV is airing the night before Death Before Dishonor. Also on the episode, ROH will address who is going to be Claudio Castagnoli’s Death Before Dishonor challenger. Castagnoli was supposed to face Mark Briscoe at the PPV, but Briscoe had to be pulled from the match due to injury.

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. 

Claudio Castagnoli wins ROH World title at Death Before Dishonor

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Claudio Castagnoli is the ROH World Champion.

Castagnoli defeated Jonathan Gresham to win the title for the first time in the opening match of Saturday’s Death Before Dishonor. The finish came when Castagnoli pinned Gresham with the Ricola bomb. After the match, confetti fell as Castagnoli celebrated his first world title win.

During the Death Before Dishonor Zero Hour pre-show, Prince Nana revealed that he had bought Tully Blanchard Enterprises and was in Gresham’s corner during the match. However, he didn’t interfere.

Gresham had been champion for 225 days, defeating Jay Lethal for the vacant title at ROH Final Battle back in December. He was originally set to face Bandido, but Bandido was unable to make the show due to testing positive for COVID. Gresham, who carried the original ROH World title, and Bandido, who carried the most recent ROH World title design, met to unify both titles at ROH Supercard of Honor in April. Gresham defeated Bandido for both titles.

Stipulation added to FTR vs. The Briscoes at ROH Death Before Dishonor

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FTR and The Briscoes’ ROH Tag Team title rematch will be conducted under two-out-of-three falls rules.

During an open forum between the two teams on Friday, it was announced that FTR vs. The Briscoes at Death Before Dishonor will be a two-out-of-three falls match. Death Before Dishonor is taking place at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts on Saturday, July 23.

FTR proposed the two-out-of-three falls stipulation after The Briscoes claimed that FTR were the fresher team in their first meeting. The Briscoes said they were wrestling multiple times per week while FTR only had to occasionally wrestle on AEW Dynamite. The Briscoes called FTR’s a win a fluke and said Supercard of Honor was the luckiest night of FTR’s lives.

In a match-of-the-year candidate, FTR defeated The Briscoes at Supercard of Honor this April to win the ROH Tag Team titles.

Here’s the updated card for the Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view:

  • Two-out-of-three falls match: ROH Tag Team Champions FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) defend against The Briscoes (Jay & Mark Briscoe)
  • ROH Women’s World Champion Mercedes Martinez defends against Serena Deeb
  • ROH Television Champion Samoa Joe defends against Jay Lethal
  • ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta defends against Daniel Garcia

Women’s World title match official for ROH Death Before Dishonor

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A Women’s World Championship match has been confirmed for Ring of Honor’s Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view.

During this week’s AEW Control Center, it was announced that Mercedes Martinez will defend the ROH Women’s World Championship against Serena Deeb at Death Before Dishonor on Saturday, July 23. The PPV is being held at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Martinez became the interim ROH Women’s World Champion at Supercard of Honor this April. She was then crowned as the undisputed champion by defeating Deonna Purrazzo on Dynamite in May.

Martinez & Deeb teamed together to defeat Kayla Sparks & Christina Marie on Rampage last Friday. But Deeb turned against Martinez after the match and set her sights on the ROH Women’s World Championship. Deeb put Martinez in the Serenity Lock before then picking up the ROH Women’s World title belt.

Martinez visually tapped out while Deeb had the Serenity Lock applied.

Deeb vs. Anna Jay will take place on Dynamite this Wednesday.

Death Before Dishonor will be the second ROH event since Tony Khan bought the promotion. Here’s the updated card for the PPV:

  • ROH Tag Team Champions FTR defend against The Briscoes
  • ROH Women’s World Champion Mercedes Martinez defends against Serena Deeb
  • ROH Television Champion Samoa Joe defends against Jay Lethal
  • ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta defends against Daniel Garcia

FTR vs. The Briscoes title match official for ROH Death Before Dishonor

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FTR vs. The Briscoes part two is official for July 23. 

The Briscoes accepted the challenge issued by FTR on last night’s AEW Dynamite in a social media post today, and ROH owner Tony Khan has made the ROH World Tag Team title bout official for Death Before Dishonor on Saturday, July 23. 

FTR defeated The Briscoes in their first meeting at Supercard of Honor on April 1 in a consensus match of the year candidate, and now the two teams will run it back. 

Three title bouts are now set for the Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view. 

Announced on last night’s Dynamite, Samoa Joe will defend the ROH World Television Championship against Jay Lethal on July 23. 

Also announced, Wheeler Yuta defends the ROH Pure title against Daniel Garcia. 

Here is the announced lineup for the event to this point: 

ROH Death Before Dishonor, Saturday, July 23 —

  • ROH World Television Championship: Samoa Joe (c) vs. Jay Lethal
  • ROH World Tag Team Championship: FTR (c) vs. The Briscoes
  • ROH Pure Championship: Wheeler Yuta (c) vs. Daniel Garcia

FTR challenge The Briscoes to ROH Death Before Dishonor match

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FTR has challenged The Briscoes for ROH Death Before Dishonor on July 23, plus two title matches are now official for the event.

During a backstage promo segment on this week’s AEW Dynamite, FTR issued a rematch challenge to The Briscoes for the Saturday, July 23 Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view. The two teams last met on April 1 at Supercard of Honor, where FTR defeated The Briscoes to win the ROH Tag Team titles. Although the challenge was issued, the match has yet to be officially announced. 

Also announced during Dynamite, Samoa Joe will defend the ROH World Television title at Death Before Dishonor against Jay Lethal. 

Another title match was also announced on Dynamite, as Wheeler Yuta will defend the ROH Pure title against Daniel Garcia on July 23. 

The lineup for the show so far: 

ROH Death Before Dishonor, Saturday, July 23 —

  • ROH World Television Championship: Samoa Joe (c) vs. Jay Lethal
  • ROH Pure Championship: Wheeler Yuta (c) vs. Daniel Garcia 

ROH reveals new logo, Death Before Dishonor ticket information

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Ring of Honor has officially revealed the venue and ticket information for next month’s Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view.

As was announced by Tony Khan during Sunday night’s post-Forbidden Door media scrum, Death Before Dishonor 2022 will take place in Lowell, Massachusetts on Saturday, July 23. The PPV will be held at the Tsongas Center.

Tickets for Death Before Dishonor will go on sale on Friday, July 8 at 10 a.m. Eastern time.

ROH World Champion Jonathan Gresham, ROH Women’s World Champion Mercedes Martinez, ROH Tag Team Champions FTR, ROH Television Champion Samoa Joe, ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta, and Jay Lethal are featured on the advertising for the PPV.

Promotional material for Death Before Dishonor also revealed the new ROH logo:

https://twitter.com/wai0937/status/1541303882348896259

The Death Before Dishonor PPV will be available on Bleacher Report.

This March, Khan announced on AEW Dynamite that he had purchased ROH from Sinclair Broadcast Group. Death Before Dishonor will be the second ROH event since Khan bought the promotion. The first was Supercard of Honor, which took place in Texas during WrestleMania week this April. Supercard of Honor had already been scheduled before Khan bought ROH.