Background At
Best in the World, it was announced that Death Before Dishonor would return to pay-per-view in the month of September, with the ROH website confirming the date as September 12. A key feature of the event was the finals of the ROH Women's World Championship tournament. The tournament was announced by ROH Board of Directors member
Maria Kanellis-Bennett at the
ROH 19th Anniversary Show, while the brackets and title belt were revealed at Best in the World, where former ROH ring announcer Lenny Leonard was revealed as the special commentator for the tournament in the coming weeks. The tournament began on the July 31 episode of
Ring of Honor Wrestling. On the September 4 episode, Miranda Alize and Rok-C defeated Trish Adora and
Angelina Love, respectively, to move onto the finals at Death Before Dishonor. On the August 10 episode of
ROH Week By Week, it was announced that top
ROH Pure Championship contender
Josh Woods would challenge for the title at Death Before Dishonor. At
Glory By Honor, Pure Champion
Jonathan Gresham defeated fellow Foundation teammate
Rhett Titus, and will now face Woods at Death Before Dishonor. At Glory By Honor Night 1,
Demonic Flamita won a
Six Man Mayhem match featuring
P. J. Black,
Danhausen,
Mike Bennett, Eli Isom, and Dak Draper to earn a spot on the
ROH World Championship rankings. Later on, his old tag team partner
Bandido made his first successful defense of the ROH World Championship against
Flip Gordon. After the match, top contenders Flamita,
Brody King and
EC3 would confront Bandido, before the four got into a brawl. Also on Glory By Honor Night 2, McKay announced that two mystery free agents will be in singles competition against each other at Death Before Dishonor.
Homicide,
Chris Dickinson, and
Tony Deppen of Violence Unlimited challenged any pure wrestlers past, present, and future to a
six-man tag team match at the event. On the August 31 edition of
Week By Week, former ROH Pure Champion
John Walters, ROH top prospect LSG, and independent wrestler Lee Moriarty answered the challenge. For weeks,
Dalton Castle has been attempting to improve the showmanship of
Ring of Honor Wrestling, and started by attempting to recruit young wrestlers Dak Draper and Eli Isom as his proteges. After sitting ringside for their matches with each other, and a failed bid at the
ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship at
Best in the World, the three men had a
three-way match on July 24. There, Draper pinned Isom after Castle threw a chair into Isom's head. On the August 31
Week By Week, it was announced that Isom and Castle will face off at Death Before Dishonor. ==Results==