Dalton Castle will not be wrestling at Death Before Dishonor next week and will not be wrestling for quite some time.
Tony Khan announced on social media that Castle will not compete at the upcoming ROH PPV, stating that the former ROH World Champion was injured during his match on AEW Collision against Roderick Strong. What’s even worse is ‘The Peacock’ won’t be strutting in the squared circle for the remainder of 2024.
Some injury news that's forced changes to the plans for this Friday's #ROHDBD Death Before Dishonor@theDALTONcastle was injured in his Saturday Night #AEWCollision bout last week vs @roderickstrong. Sadly Dalton will be out of action for the remainder of 2024. Get well soon DC
Dalton quote-posted Tony Khan, stating he’ll “See y’all baby chickens in 2025.”
Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer claims that Castle was knocked out during his match with Strong after being connected with a flying knee. There was a clear edit in the broadcast of Collision as Castle didn’t kick out, who was out for several minutes after the spot. Up until this unfortunate injury, Castle has been a regular presence on Collision programming.
Currently on the card for Death Before Dishonor is Diamante taking on Leyla Hirsch in a Texas Deathmatch, Billie Starkz defending her ROH Women’s TV Championship against Red Velvet, Athena putting her ROH Women’s World Championship on the line against Queen Aminata and Mark Briscoe putting his ROH World Title up against the aforementioned Strong.
We at SEScoops want to wish Dalton Castle a healthy and speedy recovery.
Dalton Castle has been one of the Ring of Honor’s top talents for the last several years, and has remained a fan-favorite of the loyal ROH followers even after the company was purchased by AEW President, Tony Khan.
Castle and his loyal servants, The Boys, captured the ROH six-man tag team titles at the Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view back in July, their second reign as the six-man tag champs. Aside from that, Castle is a former ROH Television champion, and a one-time ROH world champion. (He defeated Cody Rhodes at Final Battle 2017 to capture the world title).
Castle is currently working without a contract
According to PW Insider, Castle is a free agent and not working under contract despite holding ROH gold. The report does not note whether any company is looking to bring Castle in, nor does it specify if Tony Khan is preparing to sign Castle to a full-time deal.
Under the Tony Khan era of ROH Castle wrestled on the previously mentioned Death Before Dishonor, as well as Supercard of Honor back in April. He did appear on AEW programming as well, wrestling former world champion Jonathan Gresham at Battle of the Belts II.
We will keep you updated on Castle’s free agency status.
It’s a big week for Ring of Honor Wrestling on AEW television.
Despite the future of ROH itself being unknown, their championships have been featured this week on national television. Wednesday night’s edition of AEW Dynamite saw Samoa Joe defeat Minoru Suzuki for the ROH Television Championship in the main event of the broadcast. It was a fantastic match that unfortunately was somewhat overshadowed by some loud criticism surrounding the way the end of the show was booked with Satnam Singh’s debut.
That being said, it was also announced on Wednesday night that ROH World Champion Jonathan Gresham will defend his championship against Dalton Castle this Saturday night during the second edition of AEW Battle of the Belts on TNT.
Other matches announced for AEW Battle of the Belts II include:
AEW Women’s Championship Match Thunder Rosa (c) vs. Nyla Rose
AEW TNT Championship Match Scorpio Sky (c) vs. Sammy Guevara
There has been lots of gold on the line this week. In addition to the aforementioned ROH TV Championship match, Dynamite this week also featured Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus sucessfully defending the AEW Tag Team Championships against reDRagon (Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish).
The AEW World Championship will also be on the line this week, though that bout will occur Friday night on Rampage. “Hangman” Adam Page will put the title on the line against Adam Cole in a Texas Deathmatch.
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Ring of Honor has confirmed that former company champion Dalton Castle has re-signed with the company.
ROH issued the following regarding the re-signing of Castle:
Ring of Honor is pleased to announce that Dalton Castle has re-signed with the company.
There had been speculation in recent months regarding Castle’s future, but after his victory over Josh Woods at the 19th Anniversary pay-per-view on Friday, the former ROH World Champion told backstage correspondent Quinn McKay: “I ain’t going nowhere. I’m staying in Ring of Honor.”
Dalton Castle Stays With ROH
Castle, one of the most charismatic and colorful athletes in pro wrestling, made his ROH debut in 2013. He competed in the 2015 Top Prospect Tournament and has been a fixture in ROH ever since.
Castle reached the pinnacle of the sport when he won the ROH World Championship from Cody at Final Battle 2017. He also is a former co-holder of the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Title.
It was previously believed that Dalton Castle was potentially looking at ‘what else is out there’ in terms of signing a long term deal.
WrestlingINC recently confirmed that Ring of Honor had offered Castle a new deal. The new contract was said to be “good,” but at that point there were no specifics.
As aforementioned, Castle was considering the offer but wanted to see “what else is out there.”
Dalton Castle is reportedly a free agent at the moment. ROH contracts often finish up at the end of the calendar year after the Final Battle PPV. According to a report from Wrestling Inc, Castle has received a strong offer from Ring of Honor to remain with the promotion. He is said to be considering the deal but also looking to see what else is out there.
Castle dropped a match to Rey Horus at Final Battle last month. He’s been with the promotion since 2013. Castle defeated Cody Rhodes for the ROH World Championship at Final Battle 2017. He held it until June 30th, 2018, before dropping it to Jay Lethal. Castle also held the promotion’s 6-man tag-team titles along with the Boys in the summer of 2017.
“They let me grow on my own,” Castle shared. “There’s a good group of men and women in the locker room. I seem to get along with just about every one of them. I feel comfortable there. And it’s the size of the promotion that allows me to connect really one-on-one with every individual fan. If they choose to come to the meet-and-greets before the show, there’s a moment for me to touch base with them there. I’m attainable. All the wrestlers in Ring of Honor are attainable and are just as big of fans of this as anybody sitting in the seats.”
Ring of Honor wrestling has announced the second and last batch of entrants for the ROH World Title No. 1 Contender tournament.
ROH announced the first four entrants of the tournament on August 29. Jay Lethal, Kenny King, Dalton Castle, and Marty Scurll were the first four entrants named.
The remaining four entrants have also been revealed to be PCO, Colt Cabana, Bandido and Mark Haskins.
The tournament matches are set to take place at Death Before Dishonor and Death Before Dishonor Fallout on September 27 and September 28 respectively in Las Vegas at Sam’s Town Live.
It was noted in the press release that “Death Before Dishonor has been an ROH staple since 2003 and has featured historic title changes and epic confrontations. This will be the fourth year in a row that Las Vegas has hosted the extravaganza.”
The semifinals and finals of the tournament will take place at Glory By Honor in New Orleans on October 12 at UNO Lakefront Arena.
The winner of the tournament will earn an opportunity for the ROH World Championship at Final Battle on December 13 in Baltimore at the UMBC Event Center.
Dalton Castle vs Rush in a no disqualification match has been added to the ROH/CMLL/NJPW Summer Supercard on August 9th. Rush defeated Castle in short-order back in April at the G1 Supercard in MSG. The embarrassment of the quick loss led to Castle turning against his boys.
Castle then got him disqualified in a recent rematch with Rush at Mass Hysteria in Lowell this weekend, leading to the no disqualification stipulation for their match in Toronto.
ROH also confirmed that the team of Jay Lethal & Jonathan Gresham will take on Lifeblood’s Mark Haskins and Bandido on August 9th.
RUSH & DALTON CASTLE TO COLLIDE IN NO-DQ MATCH AT SUMMER SUPERCARD AUGUST 9TH IN TORONTO!
— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) July 26, 2019
“Dalton Castle has yet to gain a victory over RUSH, but he certainly has succeeded in getting the intense luchador’s attention,” an ROH press release for the match reads. “El Toro Blanco is seeing red after Castle’s actions last weekend and is champing at the bit to get his hands on the former ROH World Champion. He will get his wish — in a no-disqualification match — at Summer Supercard in Toronto on Aug. 9.”
Dalton Castle has credited his past radio job for preparing him for a career in professional wrestling.
The former Ring of Honor (ROH) World Champion recently spoke with Wrestlezone’s Kevin Kallam. It was during their conversation that Dalton opened up about his experiences working as a radio presenter for Q105.7 in Albany, New York. He stated that his time there would influence his in-ring mic style and promo ability.
“Yeah, I spent some time working on an alter rock station for a few years. Then four-five years on an active rock station in Albany, New York. I loved radio,” Castle said. “I was simultaneously starting my wrestling career at the same time I was doing my radio career. One day radio said goodbye and wrestling said we’ll take ya and make ya into a bigger star and life has been better ever since. I loved radio, I loved doing interviews, I got to go to a lot of festivals and concerts.”
He admitted that spending time in a microphone helped him understand the proper ways to address and engage with an audience, something he continues to put into effect in ROH.
“I would say addressing a crowd, talking into the microphone is probably the best thing that radio had prepared me for in the world of wrestling. With a broadcast degree, I know the appropriate length to hold a microphone from your mouth. I know how to not pop my p’s. I am certainly not popping p’s. What am I? Some sort of two years in the business rookie wrestling on the indies popping my p’s into a microphone? Pacing around and pulling on the XLR cable? No, I’m a damn pro.”
Castle recently picked up a victory against Dragon Lee at ROH’s Best In The World PPV.
The landscape of Ring Of Honor (ROH) is changing. With talent leaving to explore opportunities in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), All Elite Wrestling (AEW), and WWE, ROH’s roster has been losing numerous main event players.
Former ROH World Champion, Dalton Castle, addressed this in a recent conversation with Wrestlzone’s Kevin Kellam. He claims to be happy for those seeking new challenges and isn’t worried in the slightest for ROH. He believes the promotion will simply move on and evolve as they’ve done in the past.
“You got to be out of your mind to think Ring Of Honor is at risk right now,” Castle exlaimed. “I’ve only been with the company for about five years, and already I feel like I’ve lived through three of these—where people are like ‘Oh no, they’ve lost those big core members, how ever will they survive?’ We’re gonna be just fine. Ring Of Honor has been around for 16 years and we’ve done this again and again, and we continue turning out the best product we possibly can, the greatest wrestling in the world.”
Castle admits that, although he is sad to see his friends leave ROH, he loves seeing them succeed.
But for him, right now, ROH will remain his home:
“[…] what makes me happy is succeeding and being with Ring Of Honor, I know what makes them happy is a peacock with some muscles putting on a performance of a lifetime. So I’m proud to be here at the moment, and I don’t think I can speak for the entire locker room, but I’ll speak for myself right now: Not worried.””
Dalton Castle recently competed at ROH’s Best In The World PPV where he defeated Dragon Lee.
Dalton Castle had a good run with ROH World Championship
last year but it appears that he is not satisfied with his time with the
championship belt.
Castle recently spoke to The Mirror while promoting the upcoming G1 Supercard event from Madison Square Garden where he talked about a number of things.
While talking about his run with ROH’s top title, the former TNA Star revealed that he isn’t proud of his title reign as he wasn’t able to perform to his full potential during it:
“As champion, I don’t think I did nearly as well as I would have liked. I’m not proud that I wasn’t able to hold on to the title and perform to the fullest potential each time.”
Though continuing on the topic, Dalton said that this leaves
a lot of motivation for him which is all the more reason for him to try and get
the World Championship back.
Dalton Castle won the ROH World Championship back in December 2017 and he held the title for more than 6 months before dropping it to Jay Lethal in June last year.
During the time, he defended the title seven times in a
number of interesting matches but he was also forced to cancel several bouts
due to various injuries.
When Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling present the G1 Supercard from Madison Square Garden, Rush will go up against a former ROH World Champion. ROH recently added Dalton Castle vs Rush to the G1 Supercard lineup.
Castle was on commentary for Rush’s match against Bandido at the 17th Anniversary PPV earlier this month. The former ROH World Champion cut a post-match promo directed towards Rush after the match.
“I look at you and I see a challenge,” Castle said. “I see someone I want to smash heads with.”
Rush then gestured as if he would accept the challenge. ROH has since made the match official for April 6th.
— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) March 22, 2019
Castle and Rush have been on different trajectories as of late. Rush has been undefeated since signing with ROH earlier this year. Meanwhile, Castle has been on a losing streak which has seen him grow visibly frustrated with his boys. A win over Rush might be what Castle needs to get out his slump, however.
“The top stars of Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro-Wrestling converge on Madison Square Garden in New York City on April 6 for the historic G1 Supercard. Under the bright lights and on the grand stage of “The World’s Most Famous Arena,” the best of the best in pro wrestling will do battle.”
Former Ring Of Honor (ROH) World Heavyweight Champion, Dalton Castle, was recently interviewed by Bill Apter for the latter’s Apter Chat after the company’s recent Final Battle event at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York.
They covered a few subjects during their backstage interview, including who some of Castle’s favorite opponents have been during his tenure in ROH, as well as how he fell into professional wrestling. Apter even managed to convince Dalton to deliver a few ‘impressions’ of previous wrestlers like “Macho Man” Randy Savage and Rick Rude.
As the interview wrapped up, however, Apter would ask Dalton Castle about the rumors circulating him regarding WWE’s interest in the Peacock of ROH.
“Of course I heard those rumors,” Castle confirmed. “Who wouldn’t be interested in Dalton Castle? I think about them a lot. What do you want, do you want me to go there? It’s a big world out there.”
“I don’t know what to say to you Bill, you want the scoop?” he teased. “I shouldn’t be telling you this. This is between you and me. I got a lucrative offer from WCW…and I’m thinking about taking it.”
You can watch the entire Apter Chat interview below:
What do you think? Is Castle deferring because of WWE’s interest? Is he playing coy to avoid ruffling feathers in ROH? Would you even like to see Dalton in WWE or do you prefer him in ROH?
Ring of Honor has announced that Jay Lethal’s next title defense will be on January 13th in Concord. His opponent will be former ROH World Champion, Dalton Castle.
An ROH press release explained the booking decision as follows:
“With several competitors owed a title match,” the press release begins. “Castle earned the right to be first in line during the international television taping in Philadelphia over the weekend. Castle, who won the title from Cody at Final Battle 2017, holds a victory over Lethal, as he successfully defended the ROH World Title against him at the 16th Anniversary Show this past March.”
Lethal lost to Matt Taven at Final Battle 2018. He never received his title rematch after losing the belt in June, however.
Jay Lethal’s Ring of Honor World Championship Statistics
This match could be the last title defense for Lethal before he ties Samoa Joe’s record for combined days spent with the title on February 3rd. Lethal will tie Joe with 645 combined days spent as champion then. Joe earned all 645 days spent as champion during a single reign, whereas Lethal split his up amongst two different reigns.
If successful, Lethal’s defense against Dalton Castle would be his 37th split amongst his two reigns. It would bring him one behind the record of 38 tied between Nigel McGuiness and Bryan Danielson.
Next month will likely be a huge month for professional wrestling news. Several top stars from both Ring Of Honor (ROH) and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) are set to become free agents in January 2019. The Young Bucks, Cody Rhodes, and Kenny Omega amongst others will be hitting the open market and are looking for a new home. All four men have been linked to Jacksonville Jaguars owner Tony Khan’s new startup promotion, All Elite Wrestling.
In fact, Cody Rhodes recently said he turned down a WWE offer. So with that being said, WWE will have to shift their focus to other free agents to bring in for 2019. Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that one star WWE has their eye on is former ROH World Champion Dalton Castle. Meltzer also said Karen Q is on WWE’s radar. One reason for the interest in Karen Q is because WWE is planning to open a Performance Center in China.
Q happens to be a Chinese-American, and WWE would like to sign more Chinese stars. Karen Q recently participated in WWE’s second Mae Young Classic tournament. We’ll keep you updated as we learn more.
How do you feel about Castle and Karen Q possibly coming to WWE?
Ring of Honor crowned a new World Champion last night in Fairfax, VA.
Following his ROH World title defense at Best in the World 2018, Dalton Castle would have to defend his title again for the second night in a row. Not only that, Castle would have to defend the belt in a fatal 4-way match against Cody, Jay Lethal, and Matt Taven.
The winner of the match and new ROH World Champion is Jay Lethal. He is now just the 4th person to ever hold the title on multiple occasions.
The show in Fairfax last night was a scheduled TV taping but the world title match streamed live for Honor Club subscribers. Normally, TV tapings don’t air on the streaming service until after they have aired on television.
— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) July 1, 2018
New ROH World Champion
Jay Lethal’s first run with the ROH World title lasted 427 days. During his reign, Lethal successfully defended his title 28 times. He would eventually drop the title to Adam Cole.
As for the former champion, Dalton Castle, it looks as though he’ll be taking some time off. Castle was walking gingerly on his left leg last night and at Best in the World on Friday. Commentary let fans know that he was also suffering from a herniated disc in his lower back as well.
Castle’s reign as ROH World Champion concludes at 198 days. He defeated Cody for the title at Final Battle 2017. He defended the title 5x during his reign. He defeated Punishment Martinez, Tarkan Aslan, the Beer City Bruiser and Beretta (3-way), Jay Lethal, and Cody and Marty Scurll (3-way).
Only Adam Cole has won the ROH World title more than 2x. Lethal now joins Austin Aries and Jay Briscoe as the only others to hold the title multiple times.
Lethal currently sits at #5 on the all-time list of most combined days spent with the title. The record holder is still Samoa Joe, whose one reign with the belt lasted 645 days.
Dalton Castle is set to make the biggest title defense thus far in his reign as ROH World Champion.
Castle will defend his title against Cody Rhodes and Marty Scurll in a Triple Threat Match at the Best in the World pay-per-view event, which takes place on Friday, June 29, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland at the UMBC Event Center. The event will air on traditional PPV outlets and the FITE TV app.
Cody has gone on record in the past by stating in previous interviews that he plans to win the ROH World Title at this show that way he can put it on the line against Nick Aldis at ‘All In’ that way it would be a title for title match as Aldis’ NWA World Heavyweight Title would be up for grabs at All In. “Absolutely not,” Dalton replied when asked if he feels pressure to retain his title during a recent media conference call to promote Best in the World (transcript courtesy of Wrestling Inc).
“That’s pressure Cody’s putting on himself thinking too far ahead. What’s the saying? Putting the carriage in front of the horse. He has made these plans for this world championship he has yet to win. He forgets that if he wants to bring that title to ‘All In’ and challenge Nick Aldis for his title he has to first get through Dalton Castle.”
It didn’t take long for the son of the late great WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes to respond to the comments made by the ROH World Champion as he wrote the following on his official Twitter account:
We tried this out Dalton. It’s not for you. The days where all the trainees/dojo kids get a participation trophy is over. https://t.co/30HWQWApbF
Ring of Honor will hold their New York City Excellence event on Saturday night New York, NY at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
This will be an important TV taping as fans of the Baltimore-based promotion will get an idea of storyline direction and matches that will take place at their next pay-per-view event, which is Best in the World that takes place on Friday, June 29, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland at the UMBC Event Center. The event will air on traditional PPV outlets and the FITE TV app.
The promotion has announced several matches for this TV taping. You can see the updated card here:
The Cody Rhodes and Young Bucks’ self-funded “All In” event which sold out in 30 minutes is going to be the biggest show in the independent wrestling scene. Fans of wrestling are looking forward to the event which will take place at September 1. Major names from the wrestling world have been confirmed for the show, but only one big match has been announced and we don’t have a full match card yet.
At the Ring of Honor: United show in London, Cody Rhodes was interrupted by the current NWA World Champion, Nick Aldis. Both of them are set to face each other at All In, but Aldis wanted plans to change a little.
Cody is going to challenge the Ring of Honor World Champion Dalton Castle for his title at ROH Best in the World next month. Aldis wants his match with Cody to be a title for title match if Cody wins the ROH World Championship.
Cody agreed to Aldis’ stipulation of the match and looks like it will be a title for title match at All In if Cody is able to win the ROH World Championship from Dalton Castle.
Ring Of Honor (ROH) World Champion Dalton Castle recently did an interview with Chris Van Vliet at ROH’s Bound By Honor event. Castle was asked if he think there are any similarities between his character and WWE NXT’s Velveteen Dream:
“I don’t see that. He’s kind of playing up a Prince thing, right? Is he coming out with Boys? Then alright, we’re cool.”
Castle then discussed the pressure he has felt since becoming ROH World Champion. Where it didn’t matter too much if he messed up before winning the title, now, it’s all very different:
“Before I was Champion, it didn’t matter if I messed up. I could go out there and if I pulled off a really great match, that was great, but if I didn’t that was fine too because there was no risk. Now that I’m the Champion, I feel like every time I’m out in the ring I have to prove to everybody that I belong there.
“There’s no room for error anymore. I have to be the best wrestler I can be every time I hit the ring because as long as that Championship is around my waist, people are going to be doubting me or looking at me or wondering why.”
He was then asked if he watches WWE, to which Castle admitted that he watches all of professional wrestling:
“I watch all wrestling, it doesn’t matter what company it is. I’m the World Champion of Ring of Honor and I love this place and I’m very, very proud to be a part of it but let’s not forget I love wrestling so if there’s wrestling to be seen, I’m going to watch it.”
The Bullet Club has had a huge impact on professional wrestling over in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). While he believes it’s mathematically impossible for all members of The Bullet Club to be cool, he says he’s extremely impressed with The Young Bucks’ rise to fame:
“It’s mathematically impossible for every member of the Bullet Club to be cool, but they’re all great wrestlers. I respect the hell out of all of them. The Young Bucks have taken all of us and wrestling in general to the next level. To see how they’ve elevated themselves on their own and as they’ve elevated, I feel like all wrestling around them has elevated and I feel like we all owe them a great gratitude for that.”
Ring of Honor World Champion Dalton Castle has had a great run over the last few months and is now the top guy of the Baltimore-based promotion.
On December 15 at the Final Battle pay-per-view event, Castle defeated Cody to win the ROH World Championship for the first time. On March 9 at Ring of Honor’s 16th Anniversary show, Castle successfully retained the title against former champion Jay Lethal.
Castle recently spoke with Brian Fritz of Sporting News to talk about various topics. During the interview, he talked about winning the world title and offered high praise to Lethal. “Jay Lethal, in my opinion, is one of the greatest wrestlers in the world. It’s amazing that we have him on the roster at Ring of Honor. It’s incredible that I get to share the ring with him as often as I do. I have not got to face him as often I would like to. When I walked into Ring of Honor, my second match at Ring of Honor TV, was against him for his Television title. It was a short one, but it was not lost on me, the privilege is was being in the ring with him. Then I worked my ass off and here we are three years later, I now Ring of Honor World Champion and he was challenging me for my title. To be in the ring with a talent like him is great. To do it on such a platform and spotlight of the main event at the 16th anniversary show was beyond what I could have imagined happening four years ago. It was great. And to show the world that I can hang with such a talent like him and come out the victor, it’s just one step closer to showing everybody I am as good as I claim to be.”
Now, Castle is slated to make his next ROH World Title defense against Marty Scurll this Saturday night (April 7th) at Ring of Honor’s Supercard of Honor event in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Lakefront Arena. “I believe we wrestled each other a few months ago in San Antonio, Texas on a Ring of Honor tour show. We had a singles then. When Marty came in to Ring of Honor, I was his first match in the United Kingdom. It was his start moving forward. He had a really good run in his first loop of shows for us and ended up winning the Ring of Honor Television title on the final night of the tour. Then, we crossed paths a couple of times throughout the year. And here we are, me with the world title and him coming after me.” “It’s going to be great. Marty understands that it’s important to be entertaining. I never want to go out there and not have the best performance of my life. Everytime we’ve been in the ring together, I feel like it’s been a lot of fun but as far an opportunity goes, this is just an opportunity for him to perform on this stage. He’s not bigger than me. He’s not faster than me. He’s not stronger than me. He is not better than me but he definitely is a big star and this is going to be a big match.”
Earlier today (Feb. 24), Beretta was scheduled to challenge Dalton Castle for the Ring of Honor World title. Before the match began, The Beer City Bruiser walked in the ring and demanded that he be added to the match. Castle accepted and the bout turned into a three-way match.
The reason for this is that Beretta has been working injured. F4W Online reported that Beretta tore his triceps during a match with Chuck Taylor at a PWG event. The former NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team champion took to Twitter to confirm he will be taking some time off:
Hey I ripped two of my body parts last week at pwg and now I have to take a some time off from fighting see ya
Dalton Castle vs. Jay Lethal had been booked for ROH 16th Anniversary prior to Honor Rising. The question remained, would Castle walk into the show as ROH World champion? As mentioned above, Castle put his gold on the line against Beretta and The Beer City Bruiser.
Castle pinned The Beer City Bruiser with a dead lift German Suplex to successfully defend his championship. His title defense against Letal has now been made official for the ROH 16th Anniversary show. The event takes place in Las Vegas on March 9. Big names such as The Young Bucks and Cody will also be competing on the card.
Ring of Honor has announced the first match as well as the main event for their next pay-per-view event.
The Baltimore based promotion revealed on Tuesday morning (February 20, 2018) that Dalton Castle will defend the ROH World Title against former world champion Jay Lethal at their 16 Anniversary PPV.
ROH will hold their 16 Anniversary show on Friday, March 9, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall. The event will air on traditional PPV outlets and the FITE TV app.
Fans of Chikara won’t be surprised to hear Dalton Castle has been named the new “Cruise Director” for “Chris Jericho’s Rock N Wrestling Rager” in October. Castle formerly adopted the gimmick of a yacht sailing enthusiast, Ashley Remington, for the rather bizarre promotion.
As the current Ring of Honor champion, Castle may have to defend his championship against the winner of the Sea of Honor tournament scheduled to take place on the cruise. This is assuming Castle is still champion by then, however.
Castle was booked for the cruise back in November but news of his promotion to “Cruise Director” was just announced recently:
Jericho has said he was inspired by attending a similar cruise for fans of the band Kiss. He has also said he will serve as the “Master of Ceremonies” for the event and Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler will be the official hosts.
Ring of Honor’s tournament will be a featured part of the cruise. ROH and other wrestlers such as the Young Bucks and Cody have been confirmed. Other guests include Mick Foley, DDP, Rey Mysterio, Raven, and SoCal Val are also expected to be in attendance.
Several bands, comedy acts, and live podcasts are also scheduled to take place.
The cruise will sail from Miami to the Bahamas and prices range from $749 to $8,381.
Ring of Honor held a TV taping on Saturday night in Atlanta, Georgia at the Center Stage. At the taping, two top matches for their upcoming Anniversary PPV event was revealed.
Dalton Castle will defend the ROH World Title against Jay Lethal. Also, Marty Scurll will take on Punishment Martinez in a singles match.
Ring of Honor will hold their 16 Anniversary show on Friday, March 9, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall. The event will air on traditional PPV outlets and the FITE TV app.
– Former WWE Universal Champion Finn Balor recently Tweeted about receiving several “electric shocks” and asked how former WWE Champion The Rock deals with it on a daily basis. “The Great One” responded:
I have received more than 20 static electric shocks today… can’t imagine how @TheRock makes it through the day! #MostElectrifyingMan
It’s tough but you gotta take it day by day my friend and just embrace the ⚡️. Keep kickin’ ass & stayin’ focused. You’re doing great 👊🏾 https://t.co/LeCOOqqscj
– Ring Of Honor has announced Dalton Castle’s first challenger for the ROH World Heavyweight Title. Castle will defend his strap against Punishment Martinez at their International TV Taping on January 20th:
Ring of Honor Wrestling International Television Taping
Local Time: Saturday, Jan 20, 2018 06:00pm CST
Nashville Municipal Auditorium
417 4th Ave N
Nashville, Tennessee 37201
ALREADY SIGNED
ROH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROH WORLD CHAMPION DALTON CASTLE vs. PUNISHMENT MARTINEZ
MATT TAVEN vs. “THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE” CODY
ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS MOTOR CITY MACHINE GUNS (ALEX SHELLEY & CHRIS SABIN) vs. BEST FRIENDS (BERETTA & CHUCKIE T.)
ROH WORLD SIX-MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
ROH WORLD SIX-MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS ADAM PAGE & THE YOUNG BUCKS vs. SOCAL UNCENSORED (CHRISTOPHER DANIELS, FRANKIE KAZARIAN, & SCORPIO SKY)