ROH Death Before Dishonor 7/21/2023 (Card)

Ring of Honor “Death Before Dishonor” Pay-Per-View to Stream on WatchROH.com Friday, July 21, at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT)
— WatchROH.com will broadcast special pay-per-view event worldwide for $39.99 —
Ring of Honor (ROH) will present “ROH: Death Before Dishonor” this Friday, July 21 at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT). For the first time, the new WatchROH.com will carry the pay-per-view for subscribers worldwide. A proving ground for some of wrestling’s biggest stars, the highly anticipated event will feature multiple championships on the line and numerous marquee matchups.

“ROH: Death Before Dishonor” will take place live from the CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton, NJ, streaming on WatchROH.com and the Bleacher Report app, website, and connected devices including Apple TV, Android TV, Roku, FireTV and Xbox for $39.99. Fans must complete their purchase via WatchROH.com.

Tickets to the live event can still be purchased here and at the box office at the CURE Insurance Arena. Tickets start at $25, plus fees.

CARD

ROH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:
Claudio Castagnoli (c) vs. PAC

ROH Women’s World Championship Match:
Athena (c) vs. Willow Nightingale

ROH World Television Title Match:
Samoa Joe (c) vs. Dalton Castle

ROH World Tag Team Title Match:
The Lucha Brothers (c) vs. The Kingdom vs. Aussie Open vs. Best Friends

ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship Match:
Mogul Embassy (c) vs. Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Leon Ruffin

ROH Pure Championship Match:
Katsuyori Shibata (c) vs. Daniel Garcia

6 Man Tag Team Match:
The Dark Order vs. The Righteous

Gravity vs. Komander

Nick Aldis Is Interested In Both WWE And AEW

Nick Aldis departed from Impact Wrestling after the Slammiversary 2023 pay-per-view event, where he lost to World Champion Alex Shelley in the evening’s main event. He is now once again a free agent.

Before his Impact return at its April 16th Rebellion pay-per-view event, where he was on a short-term contract with the promotion, he had interest from WWE but wasn’t brought in. 

As previously reported, WWE has expressed interest in signing Aldis again and Aldis’ name has been discussed internally among WWE management as a potential producer for the company.

Dave Meltzer reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Aldis has yet to sign with anything.

“Aldis has no new deal in place and is said to be interested in both AEW and WWE. Aldis did clean jobs on the way out to Alex Shelley in the title match and Eric Young on TV. Aldis is a free agent right now and had agreed to work here through this week,” Meltzer wrote.

Source: eWn

MLW Fusion Preview 7/20/2023

MLW FUSION tonight at 8pm ET headlined by Davey Boy Smith Jr vs Calvin Tankman in Stage One of the 2023 Opera Cup, streaming on MLW’s YouTube channel and FITE+, Friday on beIN XTRA and Saturday on Cable TV’s beIN SPORTS (find a provider). 

  • Davey Boy Smith Jr vs Calvin Tankman – Opera Cup Stage One
  • B3CCA vs Billie Starkz
  • Plus MORE!

The 2023 Opera Cup kicks off with a certified hoss fight as Davey Boy Smith Jr rumbles with Calvin Tankman in the opening round of the oldest tournament in pro wrestling.

Can the controversial Bulldog make history and become the first wrestler to win wrestling’s oldest tournament twice, or will The Heavyweight Hustle steamroll the third generation grappler in route to punching his ticket to the tournament finals? Tune in and find out!

Alex Kane finally dishes on allegedly “big leaguing” Willie Mack at Never Say Never as the countdown to Kane vs. Mack at September 3rd’s Fury Road on FITE+ officially kicks into high gear. 

B3CCA’S live performance is tragically the most talked about concert of the summer for all the wrong reasons. Now B3CCA is on the prowl for a positive PR makeover. Will a win over Billie Starkz change the “International Popstar’s” narrative?

Mister Saint Laurent is out to end Micromania once and for all, but ‘Ol Mancer takes none too kindly to the manager’s horrendous treatment of SGC’s buddy. 

Fatu’s war with The Calling continues as Rickey Shane Page zones in on “The Samoan Werewolf” and sets his sights on the National Openweight Championship.

PLUS: Round 4 of the 2023 MLW Open Draft!

Impact Wrestling Preview 7/20/2023

Tonight’s Impact at 8/7c on AXS TV and 8:30pm ET on YouTube for IMPACT Insiders.

  • Fallout from Slammiversary
  • In the closing moments of Slammiversary, Josh Alexander made his shocking return after relinquishing the IMPACT World Title due to injury this past April. Alexander would go face-to-face with reigning IMPACT World Champion Alex Shelley, who successfully retained his title over Nick Aldis just moments prior. Then, Alexander uttered the words that sent chills down the spines of wrestling fans around the world, “I’m back”. This Thursday, we will receive a status update from Josh Alexander himself. What’s next for the “Walking Weapon”? Tune in to find out.
  • Impact World Tag Team Championship: Subculture (Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews) (c) vs. ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey)
  • Jake Something vs. Kevin Knight
  • Dirty Dango vs. Santino Marella
  • Courtney Rush vs. Savannah Evans

ROH Preview 7/20/2023

ROH will air a new episode of its weekly television show tonight at 7 pm ET on HonorClub. 

You can sign up for the streaming service here. Below is the lineup for the show: 

  • The Righteous (Vincent & Dutch vs. The Boys (Brandon & Brent Tate)
  • The Kingdom (Mike Bennett & Matt Taven) vs. The Bollywood Boyz (Gurv & Harv) vs. The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake) vs. Action Andretti & Darius Martin
  • Daniel Garcia vs. Jason Geiger
  • ROH Women’s Champion Athena vs. Nikita in a non-title Proving Ground match
  • TV Title Eliminator Tournament Final: Dalton Castle vs. Shane Taylor
  • Utami Hayashishita vs. Trish Adora

Bryan Danielson Undergoes Surgery, Provides Injury Update

Bryan Danielson broke his arm during a match with Kazuchika Okada at last month’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door II pay-per-view event.

The American Dragon recently took to Twitter to provide an update, revealing that he underwent surgery “about two weeks ago.” He wrote,

“Also, to give everyone an update before #AEWDynamite, I got surgery on my arm about two weeks ago, where they put in a steel rod and 9 screws. Surgery went well and I’m on the road to recovery. Thank you all for the support, and check out #BloodAndGuts tonight!”

https://twitter.com/bryandanielson/status/1681787330288570368

Source: eWn

WWE World Heavyweight Champ Seth Rollins Says He Should Probably Have Surgery

Professional wrestlers are often working through injuries on a daily basis and fans have no idea. Such is the case with current WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins who revealed on “Impaulsive” that he should probably have surgery on his back.

“I try to change my training up based on how I feel. There are constant injuries,” Rollins said. “My knee has been bugging me since before WrestleMania, I was having an issue with that. My neck acting up. My lower back has been at me since 2019, probably should get some surgery on that, but trying to just do whatever I can to make sure I don’t need it because I have a couple of stress fractures back there.”

Rollins added, “I tried some stem cells, I’ve done a couple of stem cell treatments. I found that they were temporarily helpful. I wasn’t taking time off. I wasn’t just idling while I was on the stem cells, I was still working pretty much a full-time schedule with WWE. I found it temporarily helpful, but long-term it kind of faded off a little bit. I got maybe four or five months of ‘Ooh, okay.'”

The 37-year-old hasn’t missed considerable time due to surgery since 2015 when a torn ACL, MCL, and medial meniscus cut his first WWE Championship reign short. He missed nearly seven months of action before returning in May 2016. His current world title reign marks his first since 2019 when he claims his lower back began troubling him. As of this writing, Rollins is set to be in a marquee match at WWE SummerSlam on August 5 when he defends against Finn Balor.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

AEW Dynamite “Blood And Guts” Preview 7/19/21

AEW Dynamite Blood & Guts will air live tonight on TBS from the TD Garden Arena in Boston, MA.

  • Blood & Guts Match: Blackpool Combat Club Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta and Claudio Castagnoli), Konosuke Takeshita and PAC vs. The Golden Elite (Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Hangman Adam Page, Nick Jackson and Matt Jackson)
  • FTW Championship Match: Hook (c) defends against “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry
  • Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament Finals: MJF and Adam Cole vs. Sammy Guevara and Daniel Garcia

Vickie Guerrero’s AEW Contract Expires, She’s Now A Free Agent

Vickie Guerrero’s contract with All Elite Wrestling has expired and she’s now a free agent.

Back in February, it was reported that Guerrero’s contract would be expiring this month after the two sides agreed not to renew the deal. As of this week, Vickie is now free to sign wherever she’d like.

Guerrero hasn’t been backstage at any AEW TV tapings since February. She made headlines back in April after her daughter Sherilyn accused Kris Benson (Vickie’s husband) of sexually assaulting her on a cruise.

Source: eWn

Tony Khan – ‘Mark Briscoe’s Injury Changed Everything For ROH Death Before Dishonor 2023’

Speaking during a media call for Death Before Dishonor 2023, AEW President Tony Khan revealed that certain plans had to be altered due to Mark Briscoe’s recent injury.

Khan noted that he had hoped to get Eddie Kingston back from NJPW in time for Death Before Dishonor but the current situation didn’t permit the same.

You can check out some highlights from the media call below:

On the obstacles to Khan’s preferred plans for Death Before Dishonor: “I was hoping maybe even some possibility that Eddie could fly back to participate in Death Before Dishonor and then go back to Japan, and I certainly would have accommodated the travel if that was possible. It wasn’t possible. Mark Briscoe, I had slotted for something different on the card. It turned out that also was not viable for another reason. There have been so many things that came up and it can be like a domino effect. It’s very challenging. With Mark Briscoe’s injury, it was very challenging because Mark had been dealing with injuries for a while and I think some of us almost took it for granted because Mark is such a fighter and amazing person with an amazing spirit. People sympathize with Mark for many reasons, and he’s such a compelling wrestling character and always has been. I felt Mark could be an emotional hook for this pay-per-view in a lot of ways and it was a pivot. With Eddie going to Japan, I thought it would be cool with Eddie having a big moment winning the STRONG Championship and he passed on some wisdom to Mark Briscoe. I knew he was dealing with some injuries, but honestly, he had been dealing with them for a long time, and I think the pain had become too much to manage and it had become very challenging for him. To be honest, he hadn’t told many people about that, including our doctors. The people who knew really well knew he was hurting. I think Mark was no selling it. I know he was no selling the doctors on how much pain he was in. That’s why they were surprised that this had become a lifestyle challenge for him. When he came to me and said, ‘It’s worse than I was letting on. I’m not sure I can do this.’ That meant changing everything.”

On working around Briscoe’s injury: “If Mark comes to me and says he needs something, I’m going to do it, no matter what it is. If he needs time to heal up and needs me to pivot the pay-per-view, I’m going to do that for him, without questions. I’ll do it for pretty much anybody, but I’ll do it with a smile for Mark Briscoe. It meant changing pretty much everything again.”