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Welcome to PWInsider.com's ongoing coverage of ROH Death Before Dishonor 2022 PPV from Lowell, MA!
Zero Hour Pre-Show:
Colt Cabana vs. Anthony Henry
The code of honor is just barely adhered to, and Colt starts in with an arm bar. We get some chain wrestling into the ropes, and Colt and Henry trade wrist locks. Colt is able to take Henry down for a two count. They get up and go to the corner where Henry gets in chops. Colt is able to drop down and get a body scissors for a two count. Henry is able to get control and gets a head twist with his legs around Colt’s neck.
Henry then mounts and pounds Colt down. Colt is able to get a reversal and a two count, but Henry escapes and gets a thrust kick. He gets Colt on his stomach and gets a bow and arrow on Colt. Henry is forced to release the move and Henry goes at Colt with kicks. Henry is able to get a pile driver and covers for a two count.
Henry then gets a series of knee raises to Colt’s head. Henry then locks on a head twist. Colt is able to get to his feet and hits a back suplex on Henry. Colt gets a series of japs in and Colt is able to get the flip, flop, and fly after Henry dodges the first attempt. Colt thales over with blows and then gets the butt-butt in the corner. Colt gets a lariat for a two count snf Henry rolls to the outside. Colt follows him outside and stops JD Drake from interfering. Drake recovers and attacks Colt, and Henry is able to keep up the attack on the outside.
Henry tosses him into the ring and hits a frog splash for a two count. Henry tries for deadlifts, but Colt deadlifts and Colt is able to work into the billy goat’s curse submission. Drake gets on the top rope and Cotl breaks the hold to knock him down. Colt hits a backflip front he top and covers Henry for a pin.
Winner: Colt Cabana
Next up is a video package for The Briscoes vs FTR.
Cheeseburger and Eli Isom vs. The Trustbusters (Ari Davari and Slim J)
Code of honor is adhered to.
Cheeseburger and J start out. They lock up and go to the Buster’s corner where they double team Burger. They then run the ropes. J is able to get a head scissors takedown and a tags in Ari. They run the ropes and Burger is able to get a flying forearm and tags in Eli. He gets a subset flip for a two count. He follows with an arm drag and a two count.
J is tagged in and Eli gets a big boot, Burger tags in and allows Burger to get control. He gets an escalera, but J fights out and throws hands. He gets a wheelbarrow flatliner and Ari is tagged in and gets a two count. He then holds Burger down in a headlock. Burger gets up and fights out with a jaw breaker. Berger gets a sunset flip and tags in Eli who is able to fight off both members of the Busters. He egst a knee based jaw breaker and then a spinning slam for a two count.
Burger comes in and J gets a butterfly suplex and Burger is out. J is able to get a series of strikes, a high cross body, and Ari hits a frog splash for a pin and the win.
Winners: Trustbusters
Lexi is in the back and she is with Prince Nana who has bought Tully Blanchard Enterprises.
Brian Cage and The Gates of Agony vs. Blake Christian & Alex Zayne & Tony Deppen.
Code of honor is followed.
Cage starts with Deppen, who charges into Cage and Deppen is able to escape Cage and runs the ropes, raining in kicks on Cage. Cage is able to grab him off the ropes and slams him. He whips Deppen to the corner and then drives him back with shoulders. Deppen is tossed onto the apron. Deppen gets a kick in before Cage tosses him in and then out of the corner.
Cage tags in Khan, who gets in a few chops and then Deppen is able to trip Khan into the ropes. Deppen tags Zayne in, who gets a series of elbows and then a guillotine leg drop. He puyts Khan on the top and keeps Lou from stopping him before flipping Khan off the top.
Khan goes to the outside and Zayne chases him, when he gets back into the ring, Lou just destroys him and keeps him down on the mat. Khan tags in and mounts Zayne for blows. He keeps Zayne in the corner for quick tags and strikes. Lou hits a stalled brain buster and Khan is tagged in again. Khan charges into an elbow from Zayne. Zayne goes to the top and Khan comes up and drops hits a side suplex on the side suplex on Zayne. Lou then attacks and puts Zayne up on the top for Cage to hit a brain buster from the top. Cage covers and it’s broken up by Deppen.
Zayne tries to get to his corner, and Cage hits a suplex on him to stop him. Zayne recovers while Cage is knocking people off the apron and Christian cleans house. Time for dives to the outside. Deppen gets a two count on Cage. The bell goes off and everyone gets a move in the ring. All six men are ion the ring and Gates of Agony get an air raid crash and They go to pick up Deppen, who is going nuts. He chops his way free until Cage gets a pop up power bomb. They hit Deppen with double knees and a slam for Cage to cover for the three.
Winners: Brian Cage and The Gates of Agony
We then get a video package about the pure title match.
Allysin Kay vs. Willow Nightingale.
Cody of honor is shown.
They lock up and go into the ropes and then to the corners. They break and lock up again, and Willow slams Kay. Willow follows with a cross body for a two count. Willow gets an insigiri and then keeps working Kay in the corner. Kay is able to whip Willow out the corner and follows with an attack. Kay gets a two count. Kay tosses Willow to the corner and works Willow over. QWillver reverses and returns the favor. Kay gets a lariat and a two count.
Kay locks in an STF and Willow escapes. Willow is whipped to the corner, and then dodges, letting Kay charge into the ring post. Willow is able to get chops and a bulldog from behind. She then hits a BIG clothesline and both women are on the mat.
They whip each other into the corner and Willow hits a drop kick from the top for a two count. Willow tries for a babe breaker and Kay escapes. They go to the mat and attempt pins. Willow is able to drop onto Kay for a two count. Kay locks in a triangle choke, but Willow moves forward to get two count. Willow is able to get out and slam Kay. Willow goes for the Babe Breaker again and Kay goes deadweight. Kay is able to escape and get a reverse pile driver for a two count.
Willow and Kay both try to get the other up, but when they go to the ropes, Willow hits the Pounce. Willow charges to the corner for a cannonball and a power bomb and covers for the three.
Winner: Willow Nightingale
We get a video package of Jonathan Gresham vs Claudio Castaginoli for the world title.
Ring of Honor’s Death Before Dishonor Pay Per View is in the Tsongas Center is Lowell, MA. Our Commentary team is: Caprice Coleman and Ian Riccaboni
ROH Champion Jonathan Gresham vs. Claudio Castagnoli.
Starting with the World title? We are then told that the tag team title matches will be the main event. William Regal joins commentary.
Claudio goes for the uppercut to start and Grasham dodges it. Gresham and Claudio start battling with a wrist lock. They break. They go for a greco roman knuckle lock and Claudio picks the legs and gets the big swing. Claudio goes for a pin and Gresham bridges out. Gresham goes to the apron and gets a dragon screw on Claudio. Claudio is able to block an Irish whip and reverses it on him. They do it again, and when they greek, Gresham is able to take Claudio down and then drop kicks his knees, keeping him down.
Gresham goes for a leg lock and the battle in the leg lock. Gresham tries for a figure four , and Claudio kicks him off. Gresham goes to the apron again and they battle in the ropes. Claudio is finally able to slam Gresham back into the ring for a two count. Gresham is able to attack in the corner again and then goes after Claudio’s knees. Greshma leaps at Claudio and Claudio snatches him from the air and hits a back breaker for a two count. Claudio gets another slam and a two count.
Claudio tries for the sharp shooter and Gresham is able to block it so Claudio hits a double stomp for a two count. Gresham go9es back to attacking the knee. Gresham tries for a suplex, and Claudio backs him into the corner. Gresham is able to get a drop kick and an ankle lock. Claudio gets to the rope for a break. Gresham hits a series of chops. Gresham calls for a chop from Claudio, which is instead a pair of uppercuts. Gresham goes back to the knees, gets an insigiri.
Claudio is able to get Gresham up, but his knee gives out and Gresham gets a moonsault into an ankle lock. Gresham is then able to get a German and hold on for a two. He then goes for a series of quick two count. Claudio gets an upper cut, but Gresham gets out of a slam and then trade two counts.Claudio is able to get the hammer and anvil elbows, and as some foreign object falls from Gresham’s hands, Claudio gets the Ricola Bomb for the pin and the three.
Winner and NEW Ring of Honor Champion: Claudio Castagnoli.
Coverage continues on Page 2!
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