ROH Sign of Dishonor

Sign of Dishonor was a wrestling event promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on July 8, 2005 in Long Island, New York. Following the events at Death before Dishonor III, ROH convinced CM Punk to come back and make one defense of the ROH World Championship on the condition he got to pick the opponent.

Results

 * CM Punk came out and said the reason he ran off with the ROH World Championship at Death before Dishonor III was because, despite all he had done for Ring of Honor, from leaving Total Nonstop Action in 2004 so he could remain in ROH to doing commentary on the DVD releases to training the students at the ROH Wrestling Academy, the fans continued to doubt him and knocked his ability, preferring wrestlers who turned their backs on the promotion. Punk then said the doubters were right about one thing, he hadn’t signed his WWE contract…yet. Punk then signed the contract on top of the ROH World Championship. James Gibson came out and tried to attack Punk, who ran out of the ring. As he tried to make his way to the back, he was stopped by Christopher Daniels, who began attacking him and forced him to leave through the crowd.
 * Jay Lethal & Dixie defeated The Heartbreak Express (Sean & Phil Davis)
 * Lethal pinned Phil after a Dragon Suplex.
 * Roderick Strong defeated Azrieal
 * Strong forced Azrieal to submit to the Stronghold.
 * After the match, Alex Shelley ran in through the crowd and attacked Strong, giving him a Shellshock.
 * BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs defeated Lacey's Angels (Deranged & Cheech w/Lacey & Cloudy) to retain the ROH Tag Team Championship
 * Jacobs pinned Deranged after a Doomsday Rana.
 * AJ Styles defeated Jimmy Rave (w/The Embassy)
 * Before the match, Prince Nana abused Jade Chung. The Outcast Killerz, tired of sitting by and watching what had been happening to her, quit The Embassy and offered to take her with them, but she remained with The Embassy. Footage of what happened was not released on the DVD.
 * Styles pinned Rave after reversing the Rave Clash into a rollup.
 * After the match, Nana tried to attack Styles, but was unsuccessful. Styles attempted to give Nana a Styles Clash, but Rave pulled a plastic bag over his head and tried to suffocate him.
 * Nigel McGuinness defeated Vordell Walker
 * McGuinness pinned Walker after a Tower of London.
 * Austin Aries defeated Homicide, James Gibson and Samoa Joe in a Four Corner Survival match
 * Aries pinned Joe with a 450 after Homicide gave him a Lariat.
 * After the match, Alex Shelley ran in through the crowd and attacked Aries. Meanwhile, Gibson and Homicide continued to brawl.
 * Christopher Daniels (w/Allison Danger) defeated Colt Cabana
 * During the match, CM Punk came down to ringside and began to taunt Daniels with the ROH World Championship. Towards the end of the match, Punk tried to hit Daniels with a chain, but accidently hit Cabana. Daniels pinned Cabana after the Best Moonsault Ever.
 * After the match, Daniels said that since he still had the energy, he wanted to face Punk. Punk said that if he wanted a match, he could have it, but it won’t be for the ROH World Championship because he "hasn't beaten anybody yet". Punk then said that unless Daniels left the ring right then, he was going to leave with the ROH World Championship, and the fans would not be getting a title match. After Daniels was ejected by several referees, Punk announced his surprise opponent for the evening, Low Ki. When Low Ki failed to appear, Punk said he had a backup, and called out Bryan Danielson, who also failed to appear. Punk the said since one wrestler won't face him, he'll face two, and called out the Briscoe Brothers. However, when they too failed to appear, Punk said that after four challenges no one is "man enough" to face him, his leaving with the ROH World Championship. Mick Foley came out and told Punk that he been in the back and heard the ridiculous things that Punk had to say because, not only did he know that Low Ki and Danielson were wrestling overseas and the Briscoes hadn’t wrestled in ROH for almost a year, but when he knows he didn’t make ROH, ROH made him. Foley then told Punk he had to "do business" on his way out, because it is the right thing to do. Punk then said there was one person that he wanted to face, and it was to avenge his loss at Back to Basics, and called out Jay Lethal.
 * CM Punk defeated Jay Lethal to retain the ROH World Championship
 * During the match, Samoa Joe came out and stood in the corner of Lethal. Punk forced Lethal to submit to The Choke after giving him a Muscle Buster.
 * After the match, both Joe and Mick Foley tried to get in the face of Punk, began a shoving match with each other. Punk then attacked both wrestlers before being chased off by James Gibson. Foley then told Punk that he just got off the phone with owner and promoter of WWE, who said that unless he wants to spend the rest of his career in Ohio Valley Wrestling, he will show up the next night to defend the ROH World Championship. Foley then shook hands with Samoa Joe, ending their feud.