Death Before Dishonor (2026)
2026 Ring of Honor pay-per-view and livestreaming event
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The 2026 Death Before Dishonor is an upcoming professional wrestling live streaming event produced by the American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). It is the 23rd Death Before Dishonor event and will take place on Friday, August 21, 2026, at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The show will be broadcast on HonorClub along with on MyAEW for international subscribers to that service.
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Promotional poster featuring Athena, Red Velvet, Lee Moriarty, Zayda Steel, Lio Rush, and Dalton Castle | |||
| Promotion | Ring of Honor | ||
| Date | August 21, 2026 | ||
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||
| Venue | 2300 Arena | ||
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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. On July 6, 2026, it was announced that Death Before Dishonor would return to the 2300 Arena on August 21, 2026.[4]
Storylines
The event featured 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.[5]
In June 2026, Deonna Purrazzo had a Pure Wrestling Rules Match against Steph De Lander and was injured during the match with the referee having to call a match stoppage.[6] On July 30, 2026 it was announced that the two will face again in a rematch, but this time for the ROH Women's Pure Championship at Death Before Dishonor 2026.[7]
Matches
| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | ||||
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| 1 | Bandido (c) vs. Nick Wayne | Singles match for the ROH World Championship[8] | ||||
| 2 | Athena (c) vs. Hazuki | Singles match for the ROH Women's World Championship[9] | ||||
| 3 | Lee Moriarty (c) vs. Nigel McGuinness | Pure Wrestling Rules match for the ROH Pure Championship[10] If McGuinness loses, he can never wrestle on ROH again. | ||||
| 4 | Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. Steph De Lander | Pure Wrestling Rules match for the ROH Women's Pure Championship[7] | ||||
| 5 | Lio Rush (c) vs. Action Andretti | Fight Without Honor for the ROH World Television Championship[11] | ||||
| 6 | The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd and Truth Magnum) and Dalton Castle (c) vs. The Lethal Twist (Jay Lethal, Blake Christian, and Lee Johnson) | Trios match for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship[11] | ||||
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