Huge Injury Blow Rocks ROH Death Before Dishonor, Main Event Changed

Injury will "likely require surgery", causes cancellation of planned Championship main event.

by Michael Hamflett
Mark Briscoe AEW
AEW

Mark Briscoe is injured and out of the main event of ROH Death Before Dishonor.

The bad news was provided by Tony Khan himself, who tweeted that Briscoe would unfortunately miss his title match against current ROH World Heavyweight Champion Claudio Castagnoli scheduled for the pay-per-view event on July 21st.

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Fightful later added that it "is a serious knee injury that will likely require surgery." Briscoe last wrestled for ROH on June 29th, defeating J.D. Drake and Tony Nese in a three-way match.

As noted, with Claudio set to be a huge part of Wednesday's Blood & Guts match on AEW Dynamite, the status of the ROH Championship match remains up in the air for now. Castagnoli defeated sentimental favourite Eddie Kingston at Supercard Of Honor over WrestleMania weekend. Briscoe also lost that night, falling to ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett