World title match official for ROH Death Before Dishonor

The first official match for this month’s Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor has been made and it will feature the ROH World title being defended.

Announced on Monday, reigning champion Bandido will defend against Hechicero in a match that has been building for a several weeks through a series of multi-man tag team matches — one of which saw Hechicero pin the champion.

According to Cagematch, it will be their first ever singles clash.

Bandido has held the title for more than 120 days with four successful title defenses while Hechicero is looking for his first title held anywhere since June 2023 in CMLL.

The HonorClub streaming special takes place on Friday, August 29th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the former ECW Arena.

ROH Death Before Dishonor history

This year’s show will be the 22nd Death Before Dishonor in ROH history, dating back to 2003. Several of the events were split into two nights and sometimes in two different cities — a practice that ended in 2014.

This will be the fifth Death Before Dishonor in Philadelphia and the first since 2021 which was prior to Tony Khan owning the company.