The 2022 Death Before Dishonor was the 19th Death Before Dishonor professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on July 23, 2022, at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts. It was ROH's first live event under the full ownership of All Elite Wrestling (AEW) president Tony Khan.
Eleven matches were contested at the event, including four on the pre-show. In the main event, FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) defeated The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) in a two-out-of-three-falls match to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship. In other prominent matches, Samoa Joe defeated Jay Lethal by submission to retain the ROH World Television Championship, Wheeler Yuta defeated Daniel Garcia in a Pure Wrestling Rules match to retain the ROH Pure Championship, and in the opening bout Claudio Castagnoli defeated Jonathan Gresham to win the ROH World Championship.
Production
Background
During a post-show media scrum for AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door on June 26, 2022, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) president Tony Khan, who became the owner of Ring of Honor (ROH), announced that Death Before Dishonor would take place on July 23, 2022, at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts and would air on pay-per-view.
Storylines
The event featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite and Rampage, and AEW's supplementary online streaming shows, Dark and Elevation, as well as promotional videos on AEW's YouTube channel—this was due to ROH not having secured a television or streaming deal following its sell to AEW president Tony Khan.
At Supercard of Honor, Jay Lethal turned heel by delivering a low blow to Lee Moriarty before beating him with a rope-assisted pinfall. He would later attack Moriarty's mentor Matt Sydal, who was in crutches, before being stopped by AEW producer and friend Sonjay Dutt. Later in the night, after Jonathan Gresham defeated Bandido to become the undisputed ROH World Champion, Gresham's former partner Lethal came out and declared he should be Gresham's next challenger. Dutt came out again to restrain Lethal, but would end help him in attacking both Gresham, Bandido, and soon Moriarty. The pair would later be stopped by Lethal's old mentor Samoa Joe, who was making his return to ROH since June 2015. Two weeks later on AEW Dynamite, Joe defeated Minoru Suzuki to win the ROH World Television Championship for the first time. After the match, Lethal and Dutt would arrive to give Joe a "present", which was Lethal giving Joe "the finger" in a cut-out gift box. The two then prepared to attack Joe before they were joined by former NBA player turned pro-wrestler Satnam Singh. In the coming weeks, Lethal, Dutt, and Singh continued to target Joe and his championship. At AEW Double or Nothing, after Joe lost to Adam Cole in the finals of the Men's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament, the trio attacked Joe during a backstage interview and injured his shoulder. Despite this, the three men still called out Joe to defend the title against Lethal. On the July 6 episode of Dynamite, it was announced that Joe would defend the ROH World Television Championship against Lethal at Death Before Dishonor.
In the ongoing feud between the Jericho Appreciation Society and the Blackpool Combat Club, the JAS' 2point0 (Matt Menard and Angelo Parker) and Daniel Garcia attacked ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta after he defended the title against Tony Nese on the June 28 episode of AEW Dark. There, Garcia proclaimed he would strip Yuta of both his honor and title, before holding said title over a fallen Yuta. On the July 6 Dynamite, it was announced that Yuta and Garcia would face off for the Pure Championship at Death Before Dishonor.