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WILLOW VS. ATHENA, CLAUDIO VS. PAC & MORE: COMPLETE RING OF HONOR DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR PPV COVERAGE

Welcome to PWInsider.com's live, ongoing Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor 2023  PPV coverage from Trenton, NJ at the CUREInsurance Arena.

ZERO HOUR

Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman welcomed everyone to the broadcast.

Pure Wrestling Rules: Josh Woods with Tony Nese & Ari Daivari & Smart Mark Sterling vs. Tracy Williams

The Judges were Jerry Lynn, Chrisopher Daniels and Jimmy Jacobs.

Very good back and forth action with Woods forcing Williams to tap to a guillotine choke while trapped in the ropes, as Williams had used all of his rope breaks.

Action Andretti & Darius Martin vs. The WorkHorsemen.

Everyone worked their asses off here.  Really strong tag team wrestling.  Andretti and Martin hit an elevated double-team neckbreaker on JD Drake for the pin.

Trish Adora vs. Leyla Hirsch

Adora was accompanied by The Infantry.  They locked up and Hirsch used a shoulderblock.  Adora fired back with a clothesline.  Hirsch went for a cross armbreaker, but Adora fired back and pulled her up into a powerbomb.  She went into a series of fiery maneuvers but Hirsch made the kickout.  They continued to battle until Hirsch finally locked in a armbreaker after Adora missed Lariat Tubman and got the submission.  After the bout, Hirsch attacked her again until Skye Blue made the save.

Shane Taylor vs. AR Fox

It was power vs. finesse.  Fox dropkicked Shane to the floor.  Fox hit several big dives.  Back in the ring, Taylor caught Fox and took him out.  He worked him over in the corner.  Taylor drilled Fox with a hard chop and took him down.  Fox hit an inverted flip on Taylor outside.  They fought back and forth with Fox missing several strikes.  Taylor hit a big splash and scored a two count.  Taylor missed a legdrop on the apron.  Fox nailed a double knee strikes to the chest and a DDT off the ropes but Taylor kicked out.  Fox nailed a stunner and went for another off the ropes but was caught and hit with the Michinoku Driver for another two count when Fox grabbed the ropes.  They battled until Fox nailed a DVDR.  He nailed a big  450 splash off the top for the pin.

DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR 2023

Bobby Cruise welcomed everyone to the show.

Komander vs. Gravity

Some nice action early before they faced off with the audience applauding.  Gravity mocked Komander after taking him to the mat and hit a bodypress.  Komander sent him to the floor and nailed a really nice flip dive to the floor.  He tossed Gravity back into the ring and hit a shooting star press for a two count.  Gravity sent him to the floor and hit a flip into the buckles, pulled himself up and dove over the ring post, taking out Komander with a cool looking dive.

Back in the ring, Gravity continued to score a number of near falls.  Komander came off the top with a moonsault but was booted in the face.  Gravity nailed a sit-out powerbomb for a two count.  Gravity rolled him up for a two count, then elevated him into a powerbomb for another near fall.  Gravity was sent to the floor, where Komander hit a series of springboards into a beautiful dive.  He went to the top but Gravity cut him off in the corner.    They battled atop until Gravity used a wristlock takeover back into the ring.  They battled in the corner.  Komander nailed him, ran the top rope and nailed a springboard moonsault off another rope for a two count.

They battled back to the top rope, where Komander nailed a top rope rana but Gravity hooked him for a pinfall and scored it.

Your winner, Gravity!

If you like lucha and dives, this was for you.  Really, damn fun match.

ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe vs. Dalton Castle with The Boys

Stokely Hathaway joined the announcing team.  He was hilarious.   Castle tried to psych himself up but was caught in the corner by Joe, where he ducked an elbow.    Castle tried to nail several clotheslines and a DDT.  Castle attacked Joe's back and went for a back suplex but Joe grabbed the ropes.  Castle nailed a big boot and scored another two count after a splash.  They began chopping each other an you could see the immediate effect of the blows in Dalton's chest.

It turned into the Samoa Joe show as he began nailing all his big signature maneuvers.  Joe was in control and knocked Castle off the apron, where The Boys caught him.  Joe went after them but missed.  Castle went to dive on Joe but he walked away.  The Boys caught Castle and saved him, allowing Castle to nail another dive and hit Joe.  Back in the ring, Castle nailed a big back suplex.  They battled into the corner but Castle ducked a clothesline and nailed another German suplex.  Joe rolled to the outside, where he grabbed at Stokely Hathaway and screamed at him to "fix this."  Hathaway, scared for his life, made the referee throw The Boys out of ringside.  The crowd chanted that Hathaway sucks.

Joe nailed a low blow as Hathaway had words with the referee and cinched in the Coquina Clutch.  Castle was unable to intelligently defend himself, and the referee stopped the match.

Your winner and still ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe!

Coverage continues on Page 2!

 

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