ROH Death Before Dishonor reshaped by injuries and lineup changes

Ring of Honor held Death Before Dishonor on Friday night at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, staging a pay per view that still featured multiple title matches despite a rash of recent injuries and last-minute lineup changes. The card, presented live on ROH HonorClub, included Bandido defending the ROH World Championship against Hechicero, Athena defending the ROH Womens World Championship against Mina Shirakawa, Lee Moriarty defending the Pure Championship against CMLL luchador Xelhua, a Fight Without Honor between QT Marshall and actor Paul Walter Hauser, and a series of tag matches involving Sammy Guevara that the promotion promoted as championship contests.

ROH announced the main-card lineup in the lead-up to the event and added several undercard bouts on Friday, including The Kingdom against Blake Christian and Lee Johnson, Tomohiro Ishii and Hologram versus the Premier Athletes, and a Zero Hour segment featuring a four-way with AR Fox, Angelico, Dralistico and Adam Priest and a singles match between Jay Lethal and newcomer Jordan Oliver. The promotion also listed a first-round bout in the announced Womens Pure title tournament, Taya Valkyrie versus Queen Aminata, after...