This week’s AEW Rampage was the go home show before Death Before Dishonor. It will be ROH’s second pay-per-view since being acquired by Tony Khan.
Early in the show, Claudio Castagnoli came out to do something we rarely saw from him elsewhere: cut a promo. Clad in jeans and a Blackpool Combat Club jacket, Castagnoli stepped into the ring to talk about his title match with Jonathan Gresham. He got straight the point and said that winning a world championship has been “the one thing that has eluded me for my whole career.” He went on to day that “I believe I am the best because you guys support me, and because you guys believe in me.”
"The Foundation is about to get cracked." Challenger to the #ROH World Championship, Claudio Castagnoli sends a message to World Champion Jonathan Gresham, ahead of #DeathBeforeDishonor LIVE on PPV TOMORROW!#AEWRampage #FyterFest Night 4 is on @tntdrama! pic.twitter.com/rCXV6I9zIZ
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) July 23, 2022
One of Saturday’s big matches is Wheeler Yuta vs. Daniel Garcia for the ROH Pure Championship. A vignette featuring both men aired and referenced the car accident that Garcia was in two years ago that nearly ended his life.
#ROH Pure Champion @WheeleYuta crossed a line! #JerichoAppreciationSociety's @GarciaWrestling is set on taking Yuta's title, when they go 1-on-1 TOMORROW at #DeathBeforeDishonor LIVE on PPV! Available on @BleacherReport, @ppv_com + more!
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) July 23, 2022
Tune in NOW to #AEWRampage on TNT! pic.twitter.com/oQjKxxLwIo
More matches were added to the Death Before Dishonor card. RUSH and Dragon Lee will be facing each other for the first time ever anywhere. RUSH is a former ROH World Champion, while his younger brother was an ROH TV Champion.
TONIGHT@RingOfHonor
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) July 23, 2022
A Historic #BattleOfBrothers
Rush vs Dragon Lee#DeathBeforeDishonor
Former #ROH World Champion @rushtoroblanco
vs
His younger brother, former #ROH World Television Champion @dragonlee95!
PPV: USA @BleacherReport + inDemand
Tickets: https://t.co/7NMs0i0T6b pic.twitter.com/AjI6gYorwS
On Zero Hour, three more matches were announced. Shinobi Shadow Squad (The Real CB and Eli Isom) vs. the newly formed TrustBusters (Ari Daivari and Slim J) is scheduled. ROH original Colt Cabana will take on one half of the Workhorsmen, Anthony Henry (w/ J.D. Drake). Tully Blanchard Enterprises will also be represented by Gates of Agony and Brian Cage vs. Alex Zayne, Blake Christian, and Tony Deppen.
NEW MATCHES ADDED TO
— 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐕𝐞𝐧 (@WrestlingCovers) July 23, 2022
Death Before Dishonor !!!
Rush vs Dragon Lee 👀🔥🔥🔥#ROHDBD #AEWRampage pic.twitter.com/WpaFwa1UFW
Jay Lethal faced Christoper Daniels in the main event. Daniels faced Lethal twice in 2017 when he was the ROH World Champion. Lethal went after “The Fallen Angel” before the bell even rang. Soon, they were back on equal footing. The men drew on their previous history to deliver a good main event. Lethal got the win with the Lethal Injection.
After the match, Satnam Singh and Lethal continued to use Daniels to send a message to Samoa Joe. Sonjay Dutt egged Lethal on and screamed into the camera to goad Joe.
At the conclusion of the main event of #AEWRampage #FyterFest, Jay Lethal makes a very personal statement directed at #ROH World TV Champion Samoa Joe, ahead of their Championship match at #DeathBeforeDishonor TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE on PPV! We will see you all there! pic.twitter.com/rGS3gmxbYm
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) July 23, 2022
Zero Hour will air at 7 PM ET on Ring of Honor’s YouTube. Death Before Dishonor begins at 8 PM ET on Bleacher/Report and InDemand in the US and Fite TV in Canada.