ROH Death Before Dishonor XVIII

Death Before Dishonor XVIII was a professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). It was the eighteenth event in the Death Before Dishonor chronology. It took place on September 12, 2021. The show was originally supposed to emanate from the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, Florida, but due to a recent surge of COVID-19 in Florida, the location has been changed to the 2300 Arena at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
==Production==
===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.
===Storylines===
The event will feature professional wrestling matches, which involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that play out on ROH's television programs. Wrestlers portray villains or heroes as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.
A key feature of the event will be 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 will begin on the July 31 edition of Ring of Honor Wrestling.
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 PJ 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. On Night 2, Quinn McKay announced that Bandido will defend the world title at Death Before Dishonor in a Four-Way Elimination match against King, EC3, and Flamita.
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. On September 3rd, it was revealed that former WWE wrestlers Jake Atlas and Taylor Rust were the afromentioned competitors.
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==
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*Pre-Show: Alex Zayne won by last eliminating PJ Black in a 16-man Honor Rumble for an ROH World Championship match (32:07)
*Dalton Castle defeated Eli Isom (9:16)
*Taylor Rust defeated Jake Atlas by submission (6:55)
*Violence Unlimited (Homicide, Chris Dickinson, and Tony Deppen) defeated John Walters, LSG, and Lee Moriarty (10:58)
*The OGK (Matt Taven and Mike Bennett) defeated The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) (13:07)
*Josh Woods defeated Jonathan Gresham (c) in a Pure Rules match to win the ROH Pure Championship (20:01)
*Shane Taylor Promotions (Jasper Kaun, Moses Maddox, and O'Shay Edwards) (c) defeated La Faccion Ingobernable (Dragon Lee, Kenny King, and La Bestia del Ring) in a Six-man tag team match for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (11:27)
*Rok-C defeated Miranda Alize in the Tournament final to become the inaugural ROH Women's World Champion (18:13)
*Bandido (c) defeated Brody King and Demonic Flamita and EC3 in a Four-Way Elimination match for the ROH World Championship (17:09)
===ROH Women's World Championship tournament bracket===
===Honor Rumble entrants===
: – Winner
Draw	Entrant 	Order	Eliminated by 	Time 	Eliminations
1 	Brian Johnson 	13 	Flip Gordon 	28:47	3
2 	Brian Milonas 	2 	Caprice Coleman	7:04 	0
3 	Beer City Bruiser	1 	Caprice Coleman	6:29 	0
4 	Danhausen 	5 	Brian Johnson 	18:02	3
5 	Caprice Coleman 	3 	Brian Johnson 	7:14 	2
6 	Sledge 	4 	Dak Draper 	15:18	0
7 	PCO 	6 	Himself 	28:47	3
8 	PJ Black 	15 	Alex Zayne 	32:07	0
9 	Dak Draper 	10 	Alex Zayne 	25:21	3
10 	Silas Young 	7 	Flip Gordon 	19:56	0
11 	Rey Horus 	12 	Brian Johnson 	28:47	1
12 	Dante Caballero 	8 	Dak Draper 	23:32	3
13 	Flip Gordon 	14 	Alex Zayne 	28:47	3
14 	Joe Keys 	9 	Dak Draper 	23:50	0
15 	World Famous CB 	11 	Rey Horus 	26:15	0
16 	Alex Zayne 	— 	Winner 	32:07	3
==External links==
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