Mike Bennett Reflects With Gratitude After 2300 Arena Return At ROH Death Before Dishonor

Mike Bennett discusses living in gratitude and The Kingdom’s return to the 2300 Arena for Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor.

Mike Bennett and Matt Taven returned to the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the Ring of Honor pay-per-view event on August 25. This is the first time they have wrestled in that Arena since 2022, when they appeared there for a TNA Wrestling show. It’s the first time they had wrestled for Ring of Honor in that Arena since 2021.

While they did not defeat The Swirl (Blake Christian & Lee Johnson), Mike Bennett walked away feeling gratitude. He expressed that feeling on social media.

“It felt really, really fucking good to be back last night. 2300 Arena, Ring of Honor, Death Before Dishonor. I’d be lying if I didn’t say I didn’t know what kind of reaction we were going to get; the Kingdom and ECW Arena, we have a love-hate relationship. There’s a lot of hate on their side, but they love to hate us. So last night, it was tricky. I didn’t know what was gonna happen. I was a little nervous.

“Fuck, man, you guys brought the love. You brought the love 100%. I can’t thank you enough. It’s just those moments like that. Last night was what I got. I have got goosebumps thinking about it. Last night was a moment I’m just going to remember forever. I’m going to appreciate it forever. I’m going to have that stored. It’s a core memory that’s going to stick in there forever, because I spent so many moments in my career in that building, so many moments with Taven, so many moments with Maria, so many moments with all the ROH guys, and that was just special. It was really, really fucking special. I’m constantly telling myself in the bad times that this too shall pass, but I need to remember the good times to remind myself that this too shall pass. I remember doing that in the ring last night after the match, lying there and crawling over to Taven and telling him that I love him and that that was so much fun. I just remember thinking to myself, appreciate this, because this too shall pass. This moment will go away. But if you just appreciate it now, it’ll last somewhere in the heart, somewhere in the brain forever.”

Last night was special and a night I’ll remember forever. Thank you for the love Philly.

Reminding myself this morning to be present during the special moments because just like the difficult moment, this too shall pass…

I love y’all. #ROHDBD @ringofhonor pic.twitter.com/OGfvOvkIMi

— Mike Bennett (@RealMikeBennett) August 30, 2025

This was their first match in Ring of Honor since May 2025. Mike Bennett and Matt Taven have captured Tag Team Championship gold three times in Ring of Honor.

Check out full coverage of Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor here

If you use any of the quotes above, please credit the original source with an H/T and link back to Fightful for the transcription