Death Before Dishonor is a professional wrestling event, held annually by the Ring of Honor promotion.[1] [2] [3] The event was initially held in 2003, and is traditionally one of ROH's biggest signature events in the calendar year. The 2010 edition of the show was ROH's third internet pay-per-view, and the third ROH show to be broadcast live. The 2011 and 2012 editions were also broadcast as internet pay-per-views. The 2020 event was scheduled for an unspecified date but was ultimately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
| ROH Death Before Dishonor | |
| Promotions: | Ring of Honor |
| Firstevent: | Death Before Dishonor (2003) |
| Event[4] | Date | Venue | City | Main event | |||||
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| Death Before Dishonor (2003) | July 19, 2003 | Rex Plex | Elizabeth, New Jersey | Samoa Joe (c) vs. Paul London for the ROH World Championship | |||||
| Death Before Dishonor 2: Part One | July 23, 2004 | Muellner Building | Wauwatosa, Wisconsin | The Second City Saints (CM Punk and Colt Cabana) (c) vs. The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) in a Two Out of Three Falls match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship | |||||
| Death Before Dishonor 2: Part Two | July 24, 2004 | Frontier Fieldhouse | Chicago Ridge, Illinois | Second City Saints (CM Punk and Ace Steel) vs. Dan Maff and B. J. Whitmer in a Chicago Street Fight | |||||
| Death Before Dishonor III | June 18, 2005 | Mennen Sports Arena | Morristown, New Jersey | Austin Aries (c) vs. CM Punk for the ROH World Championship | |||||
| Death Before Dishonor IV | July 15, 2006 | National Guard Armory | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ROH (Samoa Joe, Adam Pearce, B. J. Whitmer, Ace Steel and Homicide) vs. CZW (Chris Hero, Claudio Castagnoli, Necro Butcher, Nate Webb and Eddie Kingston) in a Cage of Death | |||||
| Death Before Dishonor V: Night One | August 10, 2007 | Roxbury Community College | Boston, Massachusetts | Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) vs. Kevin Steen and El Generico in a Boston Street Fight | |||||
| Death Before Dishonor V: Night Two | August 11, 2007 | National Guard Armory | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | The Resilience (Austin Aries, Matt Cross and Erick Stevens) and Delirious vs. No Remorse Corps (Roderick Strong, Davey Richards and Rocky Romero) and Matt Sydal in a Philadelphia Street Fight | |||||
| Death Before Dishonor VI | August 2, 2008 | Hammerstein Ballroom | New York City, New York | Nigel McGuinness (c) vs. Bryan Danielson vs. Claudio Castagnoli vs. Tyler Black in a Four-Way Elimination match for the ROH World Championship | |||||
| Death Before Dishonor VII: Night One | July 24, 2009 | Ted Reeve Arena | Toronto, Ontario | Austin Aries (c) vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Nigel McGuinness vs. Tyler Black in a Four Corner Survival match for the ROH World Championship | |||||
| Death Before Dishonor VII: Night Two | July 25, 2009 | Ted Reeve Arena | Toronto, Ontario | Chris Hero vs. Lance Storm | |||||
| Death Before Dishonor VIII | June 19, 2010 | Ted Reeve Arena | Toronto, Ontario | Tyler Black (c) vs. Davey Richards for the ROH World Championship[5] | |||||
| Death Before Dishonor IX | September 17, 2011 | Manhattan Center | New York City, New York | Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) vs. The All Night Express (Kenny King and Rhett Titus) in Ladder War III | |||||
| September 15, 2012 | Frontier Fieldhouse | Chicago Ridge, Illinois | Kevin Steen (c) vs. Rhino in a No Disqualification match for the ROH World Championship | ||||||
| Death Before Dishonor XI | September 20, 2013 | Pennsylvania National Guard Armory | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Adam Cole vs. Michael Elgin in the final match of the ROH World Championship tournament | |||||
| Death Before Dishonor XII: Night One | August 22, 2014 | The Turner Hall Ballroom | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Michael Elgin (c) vs. Silas Young for the ROH World Championship | |||||
| Death Before Dishonor XII: Night Two | August 23, 2014 | Frontier Fieldhouse | Chicago Ridge, Illinois | Michael Elgin (c) vs. Tommaso Ciampa for the ROH World Championship | |||||
| Death Before Dishonor XIII | July 24, 2015 | William J Myers Pavilion | Baltimore, Maryland | Jay Lethal (c) vs. Roderick Strong for the ROH World Championship | |||||
| Death Before Dishonor XIV | August 19, 2016 | Sam's Town Live | Sunrise Manor, Nevada | Jay Lethal (c) vs. Adam Cole for the ROH World Championship | |||||
| Death Before Dishonor XV | September 22, 2017 | Sam's Town Live | Sunrise Manor, Nevada | Cody (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the ROH World Championship | |||||
| Death Before Dishonor XVI | September 28, 2018 | Paradise, Nevada | Jay Lethal (c) vs. Will Ospreay for the ROH World Championship | ||||||
| Death Before Dishonor XVII | September 27, 2019 | Sam's Town Live | Sunrise Manor, Nevada | Matt Taven (c) vs. Rush for the ROH World Championship | |||||
| Death Before Dishonor XVIII | September 12, 2021 | 2300 Arena | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Bandido (c) vs. Brody King vs. Demonic Flamita vs. EC3 for the ROH World Championship | |||||
| Death Before Dishonor (2022) | July 23, 2022 | Tsongas Center | Lowell, Massachusetts | FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) (c) vs. The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) in a Two-out-of-three-falls match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship | |||||
| Death Before Dishonor (2023) | July 21, 2023 | CURE Insurance Arena | Trenton, New Jersey | Athena (c) vs. Willow Nightingale for the ROH Women's World Championship | |||||
| Death Before Dishonor (2024) | July 26, 2024 | Esports Stadium Arlington | Arlington, Texas | Mark Briscoe (c) vs. Roderick Strong for the ROH World Championship | |||||