Death Before Dishonor VIII (DBD VIII) was a

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(PPV) event produced by

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(ROH), which was only available online. This marked the 8th event entitled Death Before Dishonor, with this being the event's first time on pay per view. It took place on June 19, 2010, in

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, Canada.

Production

Background

On November 23, 2009, ROH announced that they had signed a

deal with Go Fight Live (GFL) to air live events over the

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. The first event to be aired as part of this deal was Final Battle 2009 followed by The Big Bang four months later.

Storylines

Death Before Dishonor VIII featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from existing, scripted feuds and storylines with wrestlers portrayed as

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, or more ambiguous characters in scripted contests that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match on the pay per view. On May 5, 2010, Ring of Honor's official website announced that ROH would have their next online pay per view event in Toronto, being the first time the Death Before Dishonor lineage would be featured in such a capacity. This is the third pay per view ROH had featured online. Two main events were announced for the show. The first of which was for the ROH World Tag Team Championship. At the previous show, The Big Bang,

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and

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(collectively known as

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) defeated Jay and Mark Briscoe for the titles. As per wrestling norms, in which former champions are generally granted a rematch, this became the case for the Death Before Dishonor VIII PPV. The second main event match promoted for the show was for the

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. After examining ROH's system of determining a contender for title, the Pick 6 Series, it was announced on the company's website that

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Jim Cornette had named a new number-one contender to face Black at the Death Before Dishonor VIII PPV:

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, ranked number-four in the Pick 6 Series. In addition to the aforementioned 'twin main events', it was announced that former

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partners

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El Generico would have their first one-on-one encounter at Death Before Dishonor VIII. Steen and Generico had been at odds since 2009 after being unable to regain the World Tag Team Championship. This tension came to a boiling point at

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when the team lost to The Young Bucks, after which a frustrated Steen turned on Generico by smashing a steel chair over his head. The following months saw Steen distance himself from his partner, instead aligning with Steve Corino, who had recently returned to the company after an absence of several years. Together, the two began antagonizing Generico, who would continually refuse to retaliate against his former partner. In the interim,

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reached out to Generico and together they challenged Steen and Corino on multiple occasions, leading to a tag match at The Big Bang PPV, which saw Generico stand up to his former partner for the first time.

Results

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