ROH Death Before Dishonor 2022 Results (7/23) – Gresham/Castagnoli For The ROH Title
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Announced card for the "Zero Hour" pre-show
* Allysin Kay vs. Willow Nightingale
* Colt Cabana vs. Anthony Henry
* Brian Cage and The Gates of Agony (Jasper Kaun & Toa Liona) vs. Blake Christian, Tony Deppen & Alex Zayne
* Cheeseburger & Eli Isom vs. Ari Daivari & Slim J
Announced card for the main show
* Jonathan Gresham (c) vs. Claudio Castagnoli for the ROH World Championship
* Samoa Joe (c) vs. Jay Lethal for the ROH World Television Championship
* Mercedes Martinez (c) vs. Serena Deeb for the ROH Women's World Championship
* FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) (c) vs. The Briscoes (Jay & Mark Briscoe) in a two-out-of-three-falls match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship
* Wheeler Yuta (c) vs. Daniel Garcia in a Pure Wrestling Rules match for the ROH Pure Championship
* The Righteous (Vincent, Dutch & Bateman) (c) vs. Dalton Castle & The Boys (Brandon & Brent Tate) for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
* Rush vs. Dragon Lee
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"Zero Hour" pre-show
- Multiple shots of the fans inside the Tsongas Center are shown.
Colt Cabana vs. Anthony Henry w/ JD Drake
Henry dominated the opening stages, but Cabana managed to turn the tables. Drake made his presence felt as the action spilled to the ringside area. Cabana, however, continued to build momentum, and he picked up the win with a moonsault from the top turnbuckle.
Winner: Colt Cabana via pinfall
Cheeseburger & Eli Isom vs. Ari Daivari & Slim J
Slim J and Cheeseburger got the match underway. Cheeseburger eventually made the hot tag to Isom midway through the match. Daivari and Slim J refused to let Cheeseburger and Isom gain an advantage, and Daivari ultimately scored the victory for his team.
Winners: Ari Daivari & Slim J via pinfall
- Backstage, Prince Nana reveals that he has purchased Tully Blanchard Enterprises.
Brian Cage and The Gates of Agony (Jasper Kaun & Toa Liona) w/ Prince Nana vs. Blake Christian, Tony Deppen & Alex Zayne
Deppen and Cage began the match as the legal men. Cage, Kaun and Liona worked on Zayne in their corner after he was tagged in, keeping him away from his tag team partners. Zayne eventually tagged in a fresh Christian. In the end, Deppen received three consecutive finishing moves delivered by Kaun, Liona and Cage before succumbing to defeat.
Winners: Brian Cage and The Gates of Agony (Jasper Kaun & Toa Liona) w/ Prince Nana via pinfall
Allysin Kay vs. Willow Nightingale
After the bell rang, Kay and Nightingale immediately tested each other's strength by locking up. Kay stopped Nightingale in her tracks following an initial flurry of moves. Nightingale fought back and ultimately caught Kay with a gut wrench powerbomb to win the match.
Winner: Willow Nightingale via pinfall
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Main show
- It was announced that the ROH World Championship match will open the show.
Jonathan Gresham (c) w/ Prince Nana vs. Claudio Castagnoli for the ROH World Championship
William Regal joined the commentary team for the match. Castagnoli initially used his strength to take Gresham down. Castagnoli used his strength again on the ropes to send the champion back into the ring from the apron. Gresham found a way to take Castagnoli down by focusing on the legs. Gresham continued to find ways to take Castagnoli off his feet and keep him grounded. Castagnoli started to build momentum following his trademark swing. Castagnoli ultimately persevered and won the ROH World Championship for the first time by delivering a Ricola Bomb to Gresham.
Winner: NEW ROH World Champion, Claudio Castagnoli via pinfall
- Backstage, Daniel Garcia was interviewed. Garcia said he was going to win the ROH Pure Championship and take it to the big leagues in AEW.
The Righteous (Vincent, Dutch & Bateman) (c) vs. Dalton Castle & The Boys (Brandon & Brent Tate) for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
Castle and Vincent began the match as the legal men. Vincent initially got the better of Castle. The Boys trade tags, but Dutch, who became the legal man, eventually caught them with a big double lariat. The Righteous traded tags and kept Brent isolated in their corner. Brent managed to get to his corner and made the hot tag.
Castle repeatedly sent The Boys over the ropes to take out The Righteous. Moments later, Dutch dived over the top rope to take out The Boys after The Righteous took control. Despite the odds being stacked against them late in the match, Castle landed a Bangarang to win.
Winners: NEW ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions, Dalton Castle and The Boys via pinfall
- Backstage, Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt and Satnam Singh cut a promo ahead of the ROH World Television Championship match.
Wheeler Yuta (c) vs. Daniel Garcia in a Pure Wrestling Rules match for the ROH Pure Championship
William Regal joined the commentary table once again. Ace Steel, John Walters and Josh Woods were revealed as the judges for the match. Yuta gained the early advantage. Garcia delivered a headbutt in an attempt to shake off Yuta's submissions. Garcia dumped Yuta on the outside of the ring. Garcia sent Yuta into the guardrail twice.
Back in the ring, Garcia took control of the match. Yuta eventually fended off Garcia and got back to work, focusing on wearing the challenger to down. Garcia ultimately bit the ear of Yuta. Yuta fought back, and both men got the crowd on their feet by trading slaps in the middle of the ring. The first rope break is used in the 14th minute by Garcia. Yuta eventually trapped the arm of Garcia on the mat to score a pinfall victory.
Winner: STILL ROH Pure Champion, Wheeler Yuta via pinfall
Rush w/ Jose the Assistant vs. Dragon Lee
Both men countered one another's moves in the opening stages of the match. Rush began to dictate the pace. Rush delivered a big dropkick to send Lee out of the ring and followed it up with a dive over the top rope. Rush sent Lee hard into the guardrail before sending him back into the ring to inflict further damage.
Lee retaliated and dived over the top rope, sending Rush crashing through a table at ringside. Both wrestlers went back-and-forth, attempting to get the better of one another. Both men traded chops to the chest on the apron before Rush sent Lee crashing down to the floor. Lee responded, delivering a Frankensteiner to Rush from the apron.
Back in the ring, Rush and Lee had their share of pinfall attempts. Rush sealed the victory after luring his brother in by playing possum. Rush took advantage before landing a low dropkick in the corner of the ring.
Winner: Rush via pinfall
Mercedes Martinez (c) vs. Serena Deeb for the ROH Women's World Championship
Deeb and Martinez started the match by chain wrestling on the mat. Deeb got the advantage and grounded Martinez. Martinez immediately replied by sending Deeb out of the ring. Deeb speared Martinez on the apron, but crash-landed on the floor. Deeb had control of the match upon returning to the ring, but Martinez briefly swung the momentum in her favor by delivering a suplex.
Deeb worked on Martinez in the corner before applying a submission on the back of the champion in the middle of the ring. Martinez shifted the momentum once again, but Deeb countered by biting the arm. Although Deeb continued to make life difficult for the champion, Martinez made the challenger tap out in the center of the ring with the Brass City Sleeper.
Winner: STILL ROH Women's World Champion, Mercedes Martinez via submission
Samoa Joe (c) vs. Jay Lethal w/ Satnam Singh for the ROH World Television Championship
A brawl between Joe and Lethal took place around the ringside area before the match began. Satnam Singh got involved, and the referee refused to start the match until he left. After Singh left, the referee rang the bell and Lethal went to work on a beaten Joe. After working over Joe for a number of minutes, Lethal began to feel the wrath of his opponent.
Joe looked to take control, but the Lethal stopped him in his tracks with a Lethal Combination. Joe responded by delivering a leg lariat from the top turnbuckle. Lethal connected with a Lethal Injection, but the champion kicked out of the cover that followed. Sonjay Dutt made his way down to the ring, causing a distraction, allowing Lethal to strike Joe with the title belt. Joe, however, kicked out of the cover. Joe countered further offense from Lethal and locked in a Coquina Clutch to win the match via submission.
Winner: STILL ROH World Television Champion, Samoa Joe via pinfall
- A rundown of this week's "AEW Dynamite" is shown, including Bryan Danielson's return to in-ring action.
FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) (c) vs. The Briscoes (Jay & Mark Briscoe) in a two-out-of-three-falls match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship
Both teams squared up as the bell rang to start the bout. Harwood and Mark began the match as the legal men. Harwood was checked on early in the match by ringside personnel. Harwood was briefly tagged back in as the pace of the match started to pick up. The Briscoes landed a double shoulder tackle on Wheeler and kept him in their corner.
Wheeler eventually made the hot tag to Harwood, who delivered a number of hard strikes to the Briscoes. After a series of nearfalls, the Briscoes claimed the first fall following a Doomsday Device. The Briscoes went back to work on Harwood, whose chest was bleeding from the amount of chops he'd received. The Briscoes hit Redneck Boogie on Harwood, but he kicked out of the subsequent pinfall at the last moment.
After more back-and-forth action, FTR levelled up the falls with a Big Rig. Wheeler and Mark, who were busted open, traded chops in the middle of the ring as they fought to secure the decisive pinfall. During the tag team battle, the referee was knocked out of the ring. Jay landed a Jay Driller, but there was no official to count the fall.
FTR landed another Big Rig, however, Jay kicked out of the cover. The Briscoes landed another Doomsday, but it wasn't enough to win the match. Wheeler and Mark collided on the top turnbuckle and crashed through a table on the outside. In the ring, Harwood delivered a piledriver from the top turnbuckle to win.
Winners: STILL ROH World Tag Team Champions, FTR, winning two-out-of-three-falls
- After the match, FTR invited the Briscoes into the ring to allow them to receive the appreciation from the fans. FTR and the Briscoes shook hands. Harwood got on the microphone and said that he loves professional wrestling and that we'll see FTR on "AEW Dynamite" on Wednesday. Regal, Castagnoli and Yuta came out to the stage, seemingly stating their intentions to challenge FTR.
- That's all for ROH Death Before Dishonor 2022!