With just twenty-four hours to go until DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR 2024, Ring of Honor returns to HONOR CLUB for an action-packed night setting the table for one of ROH's premier annual events! DBD has been a staple of the ROH calendar since 2003, and this year it's hailing from Texas for the very first time, and there are plenty of competitors looking get in on that piece of history!
That means tonight is loaded up with action, including ROH World TV Champion Atlantis Jr teaming with Lio Rush to face the equally unique pairing of Shane Taylor and Johnny TV! Meanwhile Shane T's STP allies, Lee Moriarty and Anthony Ogogo, square off with Blackpool Combat Club members Claudio Castagnoli and ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta, The Gates of Agony are in action against The Spanish Announce Project, The Dark Order take on The Von Erichs, Lexy Nair interviews Queen Aminata and Red Velvet ahead of their DBD '24 title bouts, and so much more from the Esports Stadium!
It kicks off tonight at 7pm ET/6pm CT exclusively on Honor Club, your home for Ring of Honor's weekly programming, as well as premier events like DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR 2024, and the 20+ years worth of history contained in the video library featuring competitors like Samoa Joe, Jay Lethal, Jay Briscoe, Lacey, Nigel McGuinness, Colt Cabana, and more!
TAG TEAM BATTLE...
Blackpool Combat Club (ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli)
vs.
Shane Taylor Promotions (Anthony Ogogo & Lee Moriarty)
On the July 4th edition of ROH ON HONOR CLUB, ROH Pure Champion met Lee Moriarty in a Proving Ground match, the second time a Pure Title opportunity has ever been on the line in such a situation, but unlike the first time back on the December 14, 2023 edition of ROH ON HONOR CLUB, the challenger took the champion to the ten-minute time limit. While Yuta seemed happy he escaped the match without being beaten by Moriarty, the fact of the matter is that with that draw, the Shane Taylor Promotions member earned himself a Pure Championship match with the Blackpool Combat Club's lone champion.
It was announced on Wednesday that Moriarty would get that opportunity tomorrow night
at DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR 2024, but before they clash in that title fight, the two men will meet tonight on Honor Club in tag team competition! It's BCC versus STP when Yuta teams up with Claudio Castagnoli to face Moriarty and Anthony Ogogo, and this will certainly have ramifications on tomorrow night's Pure Title fight! It's about picking up momentum just twenty-four hours before DBD '24, but the question is which man will get that extra push behind them? Tune in to see how everything breaks down tonight on Honor Club!
THE CHALLENGERS AND ATHENA'S BESTIE...
Last week during HONOR CLUB #73, AEW Women's World Champion Athena told Queen Aminata and Red Velvet that they'd have five minutes of uninterrupted time with Lexy Nair during this week's program. It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes-levels of perception to see that this is quite the skewed situation. Lexy is, quite proudly, a member of The M.I.T. And “The Fallen Goddess” Athena has embraced Nair as her bestie for quite some time now. Does that lend itself towards any sort of journalistic neutrality or seem like a situation ripe for exploitation by the ROH World and ROH Women's World TV Champions? Queen Aminata and Red Velvet better have eyes in the back of their heads during this interview time...
TAG TEAM BOUT...
ROH World Television Champion Atlantis Jr. & Lio Rush
vs.
Johnny TV & Shane Taylor
Atlantis Jr. surprised the wrestling world when he defeated Kyle Fletcher to claim the ROH World TV Championship on the June 28th CMLL event, and as soon as he was able, he made sure to be a defending champion when he faced Serpentico in a championship fight during HONOR CLUB #72 two weeks ago.
Well now he's right back in action in a tag team match that is certainly made of strange bedfellows! The ROH World TV Champion will be joined by Lio Rush, making his first ROH appearance since the April 22, 2017 edition of ROH WRESTLING. Coincidentally enough, Rush's opponent that night was none other than Shane Taylor, one of the men who will also be his opponents, and it will be Johnny TV
serving as the former ROH World TV Champion's partner. Shane Taylor has repeatedly stated his desire to become a champion once again in ROH, though his focus has largely been on ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe, but surely he'd take a crack at the ROH World TV Title if the opportunity was presented.
That's what this bout represents, the potential to score a fall on Atlantis Jr. and possibly earn a shot at that World TV Title as a result! How will these two unique combinations function tonight during HONOR CLUB, and which odd couple will gel together enough to score victory?
TAG TEAM ACTION...
The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & John Silver)
vs.
The Von Erichs (Marshall & Ross)
Last week on COLLISION we heard Dustin Rhodes, along with Kevin Von Erich and his sons Marshall and Ross, discuss their intent to work together to help cultivate the careers of the two young men. Tonight during HONOR CLUB, we get our first look at what the knowledge shared by “The Natural” has done for the Von Erich boys when they square up with one of the most experienced tag teams in ROH, The Dark Order's Alex Reynolds and John Silver!
Will it be the experience of The Dark Order that wins out, or the youth of The Von Erichs, combined with anything Dustin Rhodes has been able to pass down over the last few days, that scores victory tonight?
TEN-MAN TAG...
The Iron Savages (Boulder & Bronson), Anthony Henry, Jacked Jameson, & Nick Comoroto
vs.
Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin), Action Andretti, Fuego del Sol, & Komander
There's only one word to describe what this ten-man tag team affair means to HONOR CLUB tonight, and that is chaos! It's Fuego Del Sol making his first appearance inside a ROH ring, it's the experienced trio of Top Flight and Action Andretti teaming up with Fuego and Komander, two men with whom they've never untied, and facing off a quintet in a similar situation. The Iron Savages and Jacked Jameson are quite familiar with one another, but less so with Anthony Henry and Nick Comoroto, and who knows where Nick is coming from given his associations with Jacoby Watts in recent months.
This ten-man tag is destined to breakdown and it's going to be a blast for the ROH faithful to watch go down on HONOR CLUB tonight!
ALSO FEATURING:
-“The Judge” EJ Nduka vs. Jon Cruz!!
-Abadon in action!
-And more!!!