Death Before Dishonor (2025)
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 Promotional poster featuring various ROH wrestlers | |||
| Promotion | Ring of Honor | ||
| Date | August 29, 2025 | ||
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||
| Venue | 2300 Arena | ||
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The 2025 Death Before Dishonor will be a professional wrestling live streaming event produced by the American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). It is the 22nd Death Before Dishonor event and will take place on August 29, 2025, at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and will air exclusively on Honor Club. The event will also feature wrestlers from ROH's sister promotion, All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
Production
Background
Death Before Dishonor is a professional wrestling event, held annually by American promotion Ring of Honor.[1][2][3] The first event was held in 2003, and is traditionally one of ROH's biggest signature events in the calendar year. In March 2025, it was announced that Death Before Dishonor would take place on July 11, 2025, at Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington, Texas.[4] However, on April 22, the event was rescheduled to September 5.[5] The location was also changed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the 2300 Arena.[6] On July 19, it was announced that the event would once again be rescheduled, this time to August 29, 2025.[7]
Storylines
The event will feature professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Storylines were produced on ROH's weekly series ROH Honor Club TV exclusively on their streaming service Honor Club, on television programs of sister promotion All Elite Wrestling including Dynamite and Collision.
After Supercard of Honor, Hechicero of the Don Callis Family had been targeting the ROH World Championship held by Bandido. Five days later, on the July 16 episode of Dynamite, the two met on opposite sides of an eight-man tag team match, with Hechicero pinning Bandido to earn his team the win.[8] Three weeks later on August 4, ROH President Tony Khan announced that Hechicero would officially challenge Bandido for the ROH World Championship at Death Before Dishonor.[9]
At All In: Texas, ROH Women's World Champion Athena and interim ROH Women's World Television Champion Mina Shirakawa competed in the Casino Gauntlet match for an opportunity at the AEW Women's World Championship. Athena would win the match after pinning Shirakawa off the O-Face, which ended up breaking Shirakawa's hand and putting her out of action for weeks.[10] Over a month later on August 14, Tony Khan announced on social media that Shirakawa would challenge Athena for her title at Death Beofre Dishonor.[11]
On the August 14 episode of ROH Honor Club TV, ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty faced CMLL wrestler Xelhua in a Proving Ground match that ended in a time limit draw. Due to the nature of Proving Ground matches, this earned Xelhua an opportunity at Moriarty's title, which was announced to take place at Death Before Dishonor.[12]
Matches
| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | ||||
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| 1 | Bandido (c) vs. Hechicero | Singles match for the ROH World Championship[9] | ||||
| 2 | Athena (c) vs. Mina Shirakawa | Singles match for the ROH Women's World Championship[11] | ||||
| 3 | Lee Moriarty (c) vs. Xelhua | Pure Wrestling Rules match for the ROH Pure Championship[12] | ||||
| 4 | Paul Walter Hauser vs. QT Marshall | Fight Without Honor[13] | ||||
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See also
References
- ^ "Feedback to ROH Death before Dishonor". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- ^ "CALDWELL DVD REVIEW FLASHBACK - ROH Death Before Dishonor 2005: Origins of C.M. Punk's title hostage program now playing on WWE TV in 2011". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on June 13, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- ^ Gerweck, Steve (August 29, 2011). "WGTT in singles action at Death Before Dishonor". WrestleView. Archived from the original on September 7, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- ^ "ROH Death Before Dishonor". ROHwrestling.com. ROH Staff. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (April 22, 2025). "ROH Supercard of Honor And ROH Death Before Dishonor Rescheduled". Fightful. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
- ^ Staff, Ring of Honor Wrestling. "BREAKING: ROH returns to the legendary @2300Arena in Philly for Death Before Dishonor on Friday, Sept 5 — our first time back since 2021!". Www.Twitter.com. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
- ^ Wilen, Jerome. "ROH pay-per-view moved for a second". Www.wrestleview.com. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Powell, Jason (July 16, 2025). "AEW Dynamite results (7/16): Powell's live review of Hangman Page, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Mark Briscoe vs. Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, and Claudio Castagnoli". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
- ^ a b Lambert, Jeremy (August 4, 2025). "Bandido To Defend ROH Title Against Hechicero At ROH Death Before Dishonor". Fightful. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
- ^ Powell, Jason (July 12, 2025). "AEW All In Texas results: Powell's live review of Jon Moxley vs. Hangman Page in a Texas Death Match for the AEW World Championship, Toni Storm vs. TBS Champion Mercedes Mone for the AEW Women's Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
- ^ a b Lambert, Jeremy (August 14, 2025). "Athena To Defend ROH Women's Title Against Mina Shirakawa At ROH Death Before Dishonor". Fightful. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
- ^ a b Lambert, Jeremy (August 14, 2025). "Lee Moriarty To Defend ROH Pure Title Against Xelhau At ROH Death Before Dishonor". Fightful. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (August 21, 2025). "Paul Walter Hauser To Face QT Marshall In A Fight Without Honor At ROH Death Before Dishonor". Fightful. Retrieved August 21, 2025.