ROH Death Before Dishonor 2026 - WrestleFile Contemporary Verdict

The opening Zero Hour tag gives Mina Shirakawa and Queen Aminata another win as a pairing while keeping Viva Van and VertVixen active in the ROH ecosystem. PWMania records Shirakawa scoring the deciding fall with a diving tornado DDT on VertVixen in just over ten minutes. The match is useful as a roster-setting opener rather than a major story chapter. It establishes the crowd and gives two increasingly prominent women's wrestlers momentum before the PPV moves into a card dominated by championship matches.

El Phantasmo defeats Adam Brooks with Thunder Kiss '86 in another self-contained Zero Hour singles match. The result gives ELP a straightforward ROH win without tying him to one of the promotion's championship programs, and Brooks gets a featured singles opportunity on a major-event stream. Because the bout has no title or tournament stakes, its archival importance is limited compared with nearly everything on the main card. Its value comes from match quality and roster crossover more than long-term booking consequence.

The three-way gives Zero Hour its strongest pure pace change. Komander defeats AR Fox and Soleil, with PWMania listing Cielito Lindo on Soleil as the deciding finish. The structure lets all three wrestlers work in a style distinct from the more rules-oriented championship matches that follow on the PPV. Komander's victory is useful for maintaining his position as a featured ROH and AEW-adjacent high flyer, but the match does not lead to a championship change on this night. It is more memorable as an athletic showcase than as a major booking development.

Brian Cage and Hechicero represent the Don Callis Family against Alec Price and Jordan Oliver, with the established team winning after a Guillotine Tijeras on Price according to the contemporary result reports. The match broadens the event beyond ROH's regular title divisions and gives Price and Oliver exposure against more established opponents. It does not produce a direct championship consequence, but it reinforces Cage and Hechicero as a dangerous pairing before the PPV proper begins. The result is sensible hierarchy-building without asking the pre-show to carry a larger story than it needs.

The first PPV match immediately changes a championship. Jay Lethal, Blake Christian and Lee Johnson defeat Dalton Castle, Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd to become ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions. PWMania records a roll-up on Turbo Floyd as the deciding fall, giving the new champions a result that preserves some protection for Castle while still changing the lineage. Opening with a title switch is an effective way to distinguish the PPV from Zero Hour and signals that the night's many championship matches will not all be routine retentions.

Deonna Purrazzo retains the Women's Pure Championship against Steph De Lander under Pure Wrestling Rules. PWMania lists the Venus de Milo submission as the finish, which is appropriate for a division built around technical restrictions and submission credibility. The match is shorter than several other championship bouts and functions primarily as a successful defense rather than a major shift. That stability is useful on a card that already changes two belts, but the bout's long-term importance depends more on Purrazzo's reign continuing than on a singular event-specific development.

Red Velvet retains the Women's World Television Championship in a four-way against Marina Shafir, Skye Blue and Zayda Steel. The multi-person format gives the champion several different matchup dynamics while allowing ROH to feature three challengers without committing to three separate title programs. PWMania records Velvet pinning Shafir after a frog splash. The retention provides another point of stability in the middle of the card and lets the division keep moving without interrupting the championship reign simply because the PPV has a high number of title matches.

Lee Moriarty's defense against Katsuyori Shibata is one of the event's most important successful retentions because the challenger has deep credibility within the Pure division. Shibata entered as a replacement for Nigel McGuinness, but the change still gives Moriarty a former Pure Champion with a style naturally suited to the rules. PWMania records Moriarty winning by roll-up after more than thirteen minutes. The result strengthens Moriarty's reign without requiring a gimmick finish and gives the Pure Championship a match that feels distinct from the many conventional title bouts elsewhere on the card.

Místico and Máscara Dorada retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship against three established teams in the longest multi-team title match on the card. The Kingdom bring ROH history, Top Flight supply an athletic home-roster challenge, and Sammy Guevara with The Beast Mortos give La Facción Ingobernable a different physical profile. PWMania records the champions finishing Darius Martin with an avalanche armdrag. Retaining through a four-way makes the defense more meaningful than a protected one-on-one escape and reinforces El Sky Team as champions capable of surviving a crowded field.

Daniel Garcia and Adam Priest are the rare main-card singles pairing without an ROH title, but the Continental Challenge Cup play-in gives the result a defined consequence. Garcia wins with the Dragon Tamer after nearly seventeen minutes according to PWMania, advancing his position in the broader tournament structure. Priest gets a substantial PPV singles match rather than a brief enhancement role, which helps the bout feel earned despite sitting among championship contests. The match also creates a bridge between ROH and AEW competition without requiring an ROH belt to become secondary to that crossover.

The Fight Without Honor produces the night's second title change and gives Action Andretti the ROH World Television Championship. The stipulation fits a feud that needed a more decisive ending than another standard title match, and the nearly twenty-four-minute runtime gives the bout room to function as one of the card's major attractions. PWMania records Andretti winning with Lights, Camera, Action. The important historical point is simple: Lio Rush's reign ends on a major ROH PPV, and Andretti leaves Philadelphia with a championship rather than merely a memorable hardcore match.

Bandido retains the ROH World Championship against Nick Wayne in a substantial co-main event. Wayne's challenge gives a younger wrestler the opportunity to operate at the top of the ROH card, while Bandido needs a successful defense that maintains the title's continuity after the undercard has already produced two changes. PWMania records Bandido winning by roll-up after more than twenty-two minutes. Lucha Central identifies it as the 16th successful defense of Bandido's second World title reign, giving the result a useful place within a longer championship story rather than making it an isolated PPV defense.

Athena and Hazuki close the event with the Women's World Championship, and the placement is as important as the result. Athena wins with the O-Face after roughly thirty minutes, extending a reign that had already become one of ROH's defining modern stories. Hazuki provides an internationally credible challenger and a matchup distinct from Athena's domestic programs. Lucha Central identifies the win as Athena's 38th successful title defense. By putting this match last after the men's World Championship, ROH presents the Women's title as a legitimate top-of-card prize and gives the longest bout the responsibility of ending the PPV.