Ring of Honor is bringing their second PPV of the year with Death Before Dishonor from Arlington, TX on Friday, July 26, 2024. The card features six title fights, a Texas Death Match, the Von Erichs in action, and a luchador showcase. The headlining attractions are Mark Briscoe versus Roderick Strong for the ROH World Championship and Athena aiming to prove why she is the Forever Champ against Queen Aminata for the women’s world title.
Death Before Dishonor streams exclusively on ROH’s HonorClub subscription service. The PPV starts at 8 pm ET with the free Zero Hour pre-show at 7 pm ET.
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Results:
Zero Hour
MxM Collection defeated Angelico & Serpentico. Mansoor and Mason Madden made their ROH debut with nifty teamwork and stunning poses. Hot tag to Madden to clean house. Tag back to Mansoor for the double-team double underhook brainbuster on Serpentico to win. Afterward, Maria Kanellis complimented the work of the MxM Collection. The insinuation being that she is interested in managing them.
Marina Shafir defeated Angelica Risk. Shafir kicked ass to win via chokehold.
The Infantry defeated Griff Garrison & Anthony Henry. Maria Kanellis was ringside to support Garrison in a makeshift tag team due to the injured Cole Karter. As the match progressed, Henry argued with Maria. He ran the ropes and accidentally knocked her off the apron into the arms of Garrison. Meanwhile, the Infantry closed with the Boot Camp big boot to side Russian leg sweep finisher. Shawn Dean made the pin.
Top Flight defeated Outrunners. Dante Martin blasted a jumping knee to send Turbo Floyd tumbling out of the ring. Darius Martin finished Truth Magnum with a fireman’s carry cutter.
Death Before Dishonor
The Beast Mortos defeated Komander. Amazing highlight reel of cool moves. Komander gambled for a rope-walking shooting star press, but he missed the mark when Mortos moved. The beast hit a vicious backbreaker and the Power Bull inverted piledriver to win. Breaking news that Mortos will wrestle Hologram on Collision.
Melissa Santos interviewed the MxM Collection. They spoke in acronyms to call out FTR for Collision. Dax Harwood needs an extreme makeover, but Cash Wheeler has potential.
ROH World Tag Team Championship: Matt Taven & Mike Bennett defeated Kyle O’Reilly & Tomohiro Ishii to retain the titles. Epic action with a garbage finish. Drama was hot, then Don Callis and Kyle Fletcher entered the scene. Callis distracted the referee, O’Reilly lunged at Fletcher, and Bennett struck O’Reilly with a low blow to win.
Texas Death Match: Leyla Hirsch defeated Diamante. Badass violence. Hirsch was busted open when stuck in the Tree of Woe for a dropkick into chairs to the face. Diamante bled as well. I think that was from colliding face-first into a chair in the corner. Diamante duct taped Hirsch to the ropes to beat her on the head with a chancla stuck with tacks. Hirsch hit a Samoan drop off the apron through a barbed wire board. On the finish, Hirsch duct taped Diamante to the table. Hirsch climbed a tall ladder for a moonsault through the table. The referee began the ten-count. Hirsch rose to her feet at 9. Diamante was still down at 10.
ROH Pure Championship: Lee Moriarty defeated Wheeler Yuta to win the title. Pure rules in effect. Battle of technicians. Both men used all three rope-breaks. Yuta suckered Moriarty into an armbar. Moriarty reached the ropes, but no more breaks. Moriarty used the ropes to roll into top position for a pin, and he put his feet on the ropes for leverage to win.
Still to come…
ROH World Championship: Mark Briscoe (c) vs. Roderick Strong
ROH Women’s World Championship: Athena (c) vs. Queen Aminata
ROH World Television Championship: Atlantis Jr. (c) vs. Brian Cage vs. Johnny TV vs. Lio Rush vs. Shane Taylor vs. Lee Johnson in Survival of the Fittest
ROH Women’s World Television Championship: Billie Starkz (c) vs. Red Velvet
ROH World Six-Man Championship eliminator match: Dark Order vs. Dustin Rhodes & the Von Erichs
ROH! ROH! ROH!