Back-to-back months with Ring of Honor PPV’s, and tonight’s taking place from land of extreme!
- Premier Athletes vs. The Conglomeration
- The Kingdom vs. The Swirl
- ROH Women’s Pure Tournament: Queen Aminata vs. Taya Valkyrie
- Fight Without Honor: QT Marshall vs. Paul Walter Hauser
- Ring of Honor Pure Championship: Lee Moriarty (c) vs. Xelhua
- Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championship: Sammy Guevara & ? (c) vs. The OutRunners
- Ring of Honor Women’s World Championship: Athena (c) vs. Mina Shirakawa
- Ring of Honor World Championship: Bandido (c) vs. Hechicero
ROH Death Before Dishonor 2025
Live from the ECW (2300) Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman on commentary!
Match #1. The Conglomeration vs. The Premier Athletes w/ Smart Mark Sterling
Daivari runs into Ishii. Mistake. Daivari slaps Ishii. Bigger mistake. Ishii eats a chop. A bunch of them, and he doesn’t care. Ishii drops Daivari with a single chop. Shoulder by Ishii and a moonsault by Hologram. Two count. Nese backflips off the top and lands on his feet, doing jumping jacks. Flying head scissor by Nese. One by Hologram. Monkey flip by Hologram but Nese lands on his feet. Spanish Fly by Hologram! Two count. Hologram goes up top but Mark Sterling provides a distraction, allowing Nese to throw him off the top and Daivari follows up with the Magic Carpet Ride. Two count. Hologram is isolated in the wrong corner, as Nese and Daivari make quick tags, putting the boots to Hologram. Hologram back flips over both men and tags Ishii! Shoulder blocks and clotheslines for everyone. Brainbuster to Nese! Hard chops in the corner and a Saito suplex. Double Germans by The Conglomeration! Ishii sends Nese into an enziguiri from Hologram. Suplex by Ishii with a crosbody by Hologram. Two count. Superkick by Daivarai to Ishii. Two count. Springboard back elbow by Holgoram. Pump handle into a Rikishi Driver by Nese! One, two, no! Hologram fights back with right hands and springboards off of Sterling with an arm drag to Nese. Triangle dive to the outside by Hologram takes out Daivari and Sterling, kind of, but mostly the floor. Suicide dive to Nese! Also, kind of mostly the floor on that one. Lariat by Ishii turns Nese inside out. Chasing the Dragon (with a wheel kick, though) by Ishii and Hologram! One, two, three.
Winners: The Conglomeration
Rating: ***. Pretty good opener here. The crowd loves Hologram, despite him being a little messy on this one. Poor Premier Athletes.
Match #2. Ring of Honor World Six-Man Championship: The Von Erichs & Sammy Guevara vs. Shane Taylor Promotions
Sammy gets blindsided early and beat down in the STP corner. Dropkick by Sammy and a kip up, but the crowd thinks Sammy sucks. Snap suplex to Bravo. Dropkicks by the Von Erichs take out STP and the fans are booing them relentlessly. This is STP territory, apparently. Pop-up powerslam by Marshall gets two on Bravo. Dean trips up Marshall, hits a cutter on the apron, Bravo follows up with a knee, and Taylor drops the leg! Ross is in trouble, as he can’t get out of the STP corner. Hard chops by Taylor, jabs by Bravo. Dean in now with a Bronco Buster in the corner. Diving elbow by Bravo but Marshall breaks up the pin. Backbreaker by Dean and a knee drop off the middle rope by Bravo. Another two. Marshall reaches in and gets the tag. Spinebuster to Bravo. One for Dean. Big body slam to Taylor! Moonsault off the top! One, two, no! Marshall wants the claw on Taylor and he gets it, but Bravo breaks it up right away. Sammy in with a flying knee. Headbutt by Taylor to Sammy. Axe kick to Marhsall by Dean. Big splash by Taylor! The Salute by Bravo! One, two, no! Ross flies in with a big save. Ross gets dumped to the outside as Marshall and Dean trade flying knees. Discus lariat by Marshall! Sammy comes off the top with a crossbody to the Infantry. Enziguiri to Dean and a springboard cutter! The crowd is relentless on Sammy and he inadvertently takes out Marshall with a dive! Back suplex and a cutter combo by the Infantry. BIG right hand by Taylor. 2 to the Head! One, two, three!
Winner and NEW Ring of Honor Six-Man Tag Team Champions: Shane Taylor Promotions
Rating: ***1/4. Crowd was all over STP in this match, and they made the right decision. Sammy pulling double duty again tonight, and it’ll be interesting to see who his tag team partner is later.
Match #3. Ring of Honor Women’s Pure Tournament: Taya Valkyrie vs. Queen Aminata
Aminata quickly makes Taya use the ropes. Again. That’s two rope breaks in the first thirty seconds, Taya only has one left. Chocolate Kisses by Aminata. Taya catches Aminata in the ropes and connects with a sliding German suplex. Taya pulls Aminata around the ring post and wrenches on the knee, before leg dropping her on the apron. Taya uses the steps on the outside, beating Aminata around the ring. Blue Thunder Bomb back inside the ring gets two. Taya locks in the STF, but Aminata is forced to get to the ropes and use her first rope break. Aminata comes back with a hard elbow, and now both women are trading in the center of the ring. Double chop in the corner by Aminata. Another one. Aminata locks in a double armbar behind the head, and Taya is forced to use her final rope break. Taya spears Aminata for two. Aminata locks in a hammerlock and Taya gets to the ropes, but it doesn’t matter, so she pulls Aminata throat-first over the top turnbuckle. Aminata fires back with a big headbutt. That’ll do it.
Winner: Queen Aminata
Rating: **. This was a match that happened on a PPV. Kind of paint-by-numbers stuff here, but Aminata getting a win is a good thing, the fans are in to her.
Deonna Purrazzo is here and she stares down Queen Aminata.
Lexi Nair is in the back, alluding to the face that Guevara will choose one of the Von Erich’s to be his partner tonight.
Match #4. Swirl vs. The Kingdom
Double back elbows by The Kingdom before dumping the Swirl to the outside. Flight of the Conqueror by Taven to the outside! Taven with a big dropkick to the face of Johnson back inside the ring. Pop-up elbow by the Kingdom gets two. Johnson drops Bennett gut-first over the railing on the outside, and Christian splashes him off the apron. Shoulder block and a step-up enziguiri in the corner by Swirl. Two count. Taven gets the hot tag and clears the right. Leg lariat to Johnson and an axe kick to Christian. Rolling neckbreaker by Taven and a Lionsault gets two. Johnson gets the tag and he and Bennett trade pinning combinations. Superkick by Johnson. Boston Bayonette by Bennett. Proton Pack, even with Chrisitan on Taven’s back! Kingdom look for the Hail Mary but Taven gets crotched on the top rope. Johnson blocks a Climax by Taven into an Angle Slam. Christian springboards in with a 450 after Spanish Fly’ing Bennett on the outside! Tornado DDT by Chrisitan right into Vanilla Choke Zero! Johnson jumps a guillotine on Bennett, but Bennett deadlifts him onto his shoulders and Death Valley Drivers him on top of Christian! Death Valley Driver to Christian and Just the Tip by Taven! Christian rolls to the outside and Taven tells Bennett to f’ing kill him. Bennett has Christian in the electric chair and Taven gets a head start, but Johnson low bridges Taven. Superkick to Bennett on the outside and a double stomp/rolling DVD combo! Taven is by himself in the middle of the ring with both Swirl. Superkick to Christian. Kick of the King to Johnson. Taven tries a springboard but Christian low blows him from the apron. Another double stomp/DVD combo to Taven and that’ll do it.
Winners: The Swirl
Rating: ***1/2. The Kingdom are so good, it’s great to have them back, and they made this one fun.
Match #5. Ring of Honor Pure Championship: Lee Moriarty vs. Xelhua
Xelhua on the attack early, using headbutts to attack Moriarty from all angles. Complete Shot by Moriarty into the middle turnbuckle, with a dropkick to the arm on the back end. Moriarty grapevines the legs and traps a wrist, forcing Xelhua to use his rope break. Moriarty now just snaps the fingers of Xelhua and pounds on the broken ones. PK by Moriarty. Xelhua blocks a suplex and cradles Moriarty for two. Dropkick by Moriarty sends Xelhua to the floor, where Moriarty follows up with a low suicide dive. Two. Moriarty tries a third one and Xelhua blocks it and locks in an armbar on the floor! Count on the outside forces Xelhua to break the hold. Springboard crossbody by Moriarty back inside the ring, allowing him to lock in the Border City Stretch. Xelhua struggles to get to the ropes but does. A second rope break and Xelhua has one left. Brainbuster by Xelhua! Chops now by Xelhua, up against the ropes, and a rolling heart punch? Back elbow by Xelhua and a crossbody off the top rope. Two count. Step over Kimura by Xelhua, before converting to a straight armbar. Moriarty forces the rope break and he’s only got one left. Xelhua grabs an arm but Moriarty counters with an arm ringer. Xelhua tries to handstand in the corner but Moriarty kicks the hand and hits an Alabama Slam. Two count. High angle Flatliner gets two, as Xelhua has used his third rope break. Moriarty locks in the Border City Stretch in the middle of the ring, but Xelhua cradles for two. Float over backbreaker by Xelhua, before hammer locking the arm and hitting an inverted Bubba Bomb. Two count. Both guys trade cradles but Moriarty snatches the arm in an Octopus Stretch. Xelhua gets to the ropes but it won’t matter, as Moriarty wrenches the neck and shoulder through the ropes. Xelhua taps!
Winner and STILL Ring of Honor Pure Champion: Lee Moriarty
Rating: ***1/4. Lee Moriarty continues his dominance over the Pure division, and he’s making a case for the GOAT Pure Champion. My first introduction to Xelhua and it was a good one.
The Code of Honor is adhered to, as Shane Taylor Promotions celebrate on the entrance.
Match #6. Fight Without Honor: Paul Walter Hause vs. QT Marshall
Hammerlock body slam, drop down, and a hip toss by PWH. What? Russian leg sweep by PWH and a cannonball off the apron! WHAT. QT tries to throw a pair of chairs at PWH but he misses, and PWH kicks the table into him! PWH with a suplex on the floor! PWH gets a ladder from underneath the ring and QT baseball slides it into him. High kick over the apron by PWH and some DUSTY ELBOWS! QT had set up a ladder in the corner of the ring and PWH gets spinebustered on it! Woof. PWH is busted open after a catapult into the ladder. QT reaches under the ring and pulls out a wooden box. A barbed wire baseball bat and chair! QT hits PWH in the stomach, the back, and then grates the barbed wire across his face! PWH blocks a chair shot and hits QT. PWH picks QT up in a fireman’s carry, but Aaron Solow hits the ring with a Singapore cane. Solow lays into the stomach and back of PWH, as QT goes outside and gets another table. Solow holds PWH up, but PWH gets free and dumps QT over the top. Solow had handcuffs but… SEND HOOK. HOOK IS HERE. LOL WHY. Hook exploders Solow through the table and then chokes him out! PWH and QT are both on the apron, and QT looks for a piledriver through a table. PWH counters, picks QT up over his shoulder’s in a fireman’s carry, and sends him through the table with a front flip! Chair shot to the head by PWH. RIKISHI DRIVER ON THE UNFOLDED CHAIR BY PWH! ONE, TWO, NO! PWH finds his Golden Globe and blasts QT in the face with it. There’s another wooden box covered with a black cloth… it’s broken glass! PWH tries to shove QT’s face in it, but QT throws glass in his face. QT tries a cutter but PWH holds on and QT lands hard in the glass. ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT IN THE GLASS! TWO COUNT! LOL THIS IS AMAZING. PWH GETS A BAG OF THUMBTACKS! PWH THINKS POWERBOMB, BUT QT COUNTERS INTO A SUPERKICK. QT POWERBOMBS HIM ON THE THUMBTACKS. HOLY S. QT NOW TEARS THE SHIRT OFF OF PWH, BUT PWH MAY BE HURT HURT. NO, PWH KICKS OUT AT TWO. QT NOW HAS A DUSTPAN, SCOOPING UP THE BROKEN GLASS, AND LAYERING IT ON A TABLE QT HAS SET UP IN THE RING. QT takes the mic and tells everyone to shut up. PWH low blows QT and rolls him up for two. Boot by PWH! The fans chant “HE’S A WRESTLER” at PWH! PWH THINKS ABOUT A TORNADO DDT OFF THE TOP BUT QT LOW BLOWS HIM. DVING CUTTER OFF THE MIDDLE ROPE THROUGH THE GLASS TABLE FOR THE WIN!
Winner: QT Marshall
Rating: ****. Call me crazy but this was the most fun I’ve had all night. The fans love PWH and his love for wrestling is second to none. This was insane in every way and QT is a consummate professional that deserves his flowers. Amazing all around.
After the match, PWH gets a standing ovation, and it’s well-deserved.
Match #7. Ring of Honor Tag Team Championship: Sammy Guevara & ? vs. The OutRunners
Sammy Guevara’s partner is… Rush! Truth Magnum tries to shake hands, and Sammy gives him the finger. WHY SAMMY, WHY? Truth misses a dropkick and Sammy mocks him. Hip toss and a dropkick to Magnum, as Rush gets the tag. Both guys chop the chests off each other, but Turbo fires a right hand. Knee lift and back suplex combo by the OutRunners. Sammy catches Magnum from the outside, as Rush sends Sammy into him in the corner. Double hip toss and double dropkick. Magnum is crunched in the corner and Rush feigns Bull’s Horns, only to stop in his tracks and kick him in the face. Rush throws a drink in the face of Magnum and Rush is doing Rush things outside the ring. Turbo gets the hot tag and it’s a body slam party, and everyone is invited. YOU SONUVABITCH! DOUBLE BICEP ELBOW! NO! Sammy breaks it up and hugs Rush. OutRunners fight back with right hands as Turbo bulldogs Rush and clotheslines Sammy as the same time. NOW it’s the YOUSONUVABITCH DOUBLE BICEP ELBOW! Sammy breaks up a Total Recall with a superkick. Headbutt by Rush to Truth but a clothesline to Rush by Turbo. Total Recall to Sammy! All four guys are down, eventually making it to their feet and slugging away in the middle of the ring. Double back elbow to Rush. Truth goes up top but Sammy throws him off to the apron. Rush tosses Turbo overhead with a belly-to-belly in the corner. Bull’s Horns! Shooting Star Press by Sammy… One, two, three!
Winners and NEW Ring of Honor World Tag Team Champions: Sammy Guevara & Truth
Rating: **3/4. Poor OutRunners, man. I will say, Sammy to LFI is something I never saw coming, but the fans hated him already so… why not?
After the match, Sammy Guevara embraces La Faccion Ingobernable. The Von Erich’s hit the ring and have questions for Sammy, but Sammy says they’re family. Sammy wants a hug and gets it, but Rush and Dralistico blast them as Sammy superkicks Marshall.
Match #8. Ring of Honor World Heavyweight Championship: Bandido (c) vs. Hechicero w/ Don Callis
Slow start here, with both men trading submissions and pinning combinations. Wrist lock takeover sends Hechicero to the outside. Bandido flies over the top with a tope right into a hurricanrana! Bandido charges Hechicero in the corner but he gets countered with a flying knee to the face! Basement DDT by Hechicero and a pump handle exploder! Two count. Hechicero sets Bandido up against the middle rope and splashes the back. Hechicero hits the ropes and catches a Bandido leapfrog in midair, right into a leg lace, and now a surfboard. Hechicero rolls Bandido around a few times, but Bandido powers out and counters with one of his own. Hechicero powers out! Grapevine by Hechicero now but Bandido grabs the ropes and rolls to the outside. Hechicero rolls him back in the ring and snaps the arm! Springboard tornillo and a huge imploding plancha to the floor! Frog splash back inside the ring gets two. Bandido goes at the mask of Hechicero, like had been done to him, but the fans don’t like that. Bandido gets planted on the top of the LED board as Hechicero comes off the apron with a splash on the back, and now both men are standing on the very THIN LED board. Bandido counters a suplex and suplexes Hechicero ON THE TOP OF THE BOARD. HECHICERO LANDS HARD! Back on the apron, and Bandido monkey flips him to the floor and follows up with an insanely far cross body block! Bandido tries a running sunset bomb off the apron, but Hechicero holds on, and counters into a helicopter bomb! Wow. Sorcerer Roll by Hechicero inside the ring, right into a variation of the twister. Two count with Bandido’s shoulders on the mat. Bandido tries a powerbomb but Hechicero counters with a Code Red. Running knee in the corner! One by Bandido! Poisonrana by Bandido! The crowd is losing it! Both guys trade shots until Hechicero drops the straps. Bandido counters a powerbomb with a gutwrench… X-KNEE! 21 Plex is blocked with a victory roll. Two counts all around. Hechicero picks the ankle and locks in the pendulum, but Bandido breaks it up. Both guys on the top rope and Bandido hits the fall away slam moonsault. 21 Plex is lined up, but Hechicero holds on. Bandido breaks the grip, fights it off, and nails the German suplex with the bridge! One, two, three!
Winner and STILL Ring of Honor World Heavyweight Champion: Bandido
Rating: ****1/2. Ian Riccaboni said it best… Bandido may not be human. Just an unbelievable run of wrestling matches from him this year. Bandido is making a case for one of the great ROH world champions, and Hechicero was up to the task tonight. Great back and forth battle, as Bandido threw everything at him and fought off every submission known to man.
Match #9. Ring of Honor Women’s World Championship: Athena (c) w/ Billie Starkz & The Blue Meanie vs. Mina Shirakawa
The crowd is lively for the main event, which is impressive considering all of what they just saw. Both women go move for move, hold for hold, counter for counter to start. Athena attacks the hand of Mina early, bashing it against the steel steps on the outside. In the ring, Low dropkick by Mina and a slingblade. Two count. Athena throws a kick and Mina catches it, locks in the Texas Clover Leaf, and falls back into a knee breaker. Mina wraps the leg around the ring post and then stretches it. Billie gets in the face of Mina and Athena tries a suicide dive, but hits Billie! Mina dives over the back of Billie on to Athena with a corkscrew splash. Hurricanrana attempt by Mina off the apron, but Athena holds on and swings her into the guardrail. Mina catches Athena with a dragon screw between the ropes as she comes back inside, allowing her to lock in a figure four in the middle of the ring. It takes a bit, but Athena gets to the ropes. Mina charges and Athena sidesteps, throwing her with a rebound German suplex. Mina fires up with a Busaiku Knee! Athena is up with a rolling elbow! Everyone is down. Both women trade brutal elbow shots in the center of the ring. Leg kicks by Mina, but Athena traps the leg and delivers a tombstone! One, two, no! Athena picks up Mina, but the knee buckles and Mina counters with a swinging DDT. Two count. Mina goes to the top and connects (kind of) with a diving slindblade! Two count. Mina calls for the Glamorous Driver but Athena fights the hands and hits the Skull Expulsion! High kick by Athena and a diving Koji Clutch! Mina is in trouble! Now Athena drops elbows on the exposed hand but Mina stacks her for two. Big boot by Athena gets two. Mina reveres into an electric chair, spins Athena around, right into a flapjack. The figure four is locked in! Both women trade right hands from the figure four position. Athena reverses the pressure and Mina fights back to reverse it to normal. Athena gets back to the ropes but the damage is done to the knee. Mina goes up top but gets caught. Big elbow by Athena. Superplex by Athena, who pops up Mina and eats a pair of rolling elbows. Spinning backfist by Mina! Glamorous Driver! One, two, no! Mina thinks about another Glamorous Driver but Athena counters into a Bubba Bomb and a straight armbar! Athena bites at the hand but Mina cradles her way out. Straitjacket powerbomb by Athena! Athena goes up top… O Face! One, two, three!
Winner and STILL Ring of Honor Women’s World Champion: Athena
Rating: ****1/4. Athena doesn’t know how to have a bad match, it’s unbelievable. Excellent main event, and in a tough spot, following that Bandido/Hechicero match. Mina brought everything she had, but Athena is the forever champion for good reason.
Final Thoughts: Another one! Ring of Honor, much like AEW, continues to overdeliver when it comes to PPVs. Both main events were fantastic, doing just as much for the losers of those matches than the winners. Mina proved to the ROH fans she is more than just Toni Storm’s sidekick, and she should be taking seriously as a top contender in the women’s division. What’s next for Athena? The rest of the card was good, it was fun, but it was long. There are at least two matches that didn’t need to be on the show, and when you’re going to have two matches go an hour plus, you may want to cut them back a bit. That said, another excellent PPV from ROH. 8.75/10.Â
Runtime: 3h57m
