Death Before Dishonor XI will feature professional wrestling matches, which involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on ROH's television programs.
The ROH World Championship tournament was announced after ROH Match Maker Nigel McGuinness had to strip champion Jay Briscoe of the title due to injury.
The tournament started with three first round matches (Cole vs. Mark Briscoe; A. C. H. vs. Anderson; Lethal vs. Dutt) on July 27, 2013, at ROH TV taping in Providence, RI.
There was also a qualifying match at the TV taping won by Silas Young.
The rest of the first round matches were on August 3 at ROH All Star Extravaganza V in Toronto, Canada, plus the first quarter-final between Cole and Lethal.