Samoa Joe walked into ROH Death Before Dishonor as ROH World Television Champion, and he walked out with the belt still around his waist after a dominant win.
During a match against Dalton Castle that reportedly might not have been in the plans, Joe had to run around for a bit to catch Castle, who was attempting to do everything he could in order to keep himself away from Joe. Eventually, though, Joe would do enough to come away with the win, thanks to some help from Stokely Hathaway.
Late in the match, after Hathaway had the Boys ejected, Joe used the chaos and confusion from the referee to low blow Castle, and then lock in the Coquina Clutch for the win.
For a recap of how the match ended, check out below courtesy of our live, play-by-play coverage of ROH Death Before Dishonor:
Castle runs around the ring to start the bout. Joe finally corners him, but Castle gets Joe grounded briefly. Joe comes back with punches to knock Castle off his feet. At one point, Castle falls out of the ring, but The Boys catch him. Castle pulls down the rope so that Joe spills out. Castle dives out, Joe walks out. Castle comes back with a headscissors takedown and then a connected dive to knock the champ down.
Back inside, Castle hits a high knee in the corner before landing a big German Suplex. Joe rolls out of the ring and yells at Stokely. Stokely gets the ref to eject The Boys. Joe returns and low blows Dalton while the ref is turned around. Joe drops Castle with the clutch and that will do it.
Winner: Samoa Joe (c)
