Final Battle Explained

Final Battle
Promotions:Ring of Honor
Firstevent:Final Battle 2002

Final Battle is a professional wrestling event, held annually by the Ring of Honor promotion. The event was initially held in 2002.

It is held in December, and is the promotion's last show of the calendar year.[1] The 2009 edition of the show was ROH's first internet pay-per-view, and the first ROH show to be broadcast live.[2] The 2010 edition and the 2011 edition were also broadcast live via the internet. Between 2006 and 2014, every event was held at either the Grand Ballroom or the Hammerstein Ballroom of the Manhattan Center in New York City. Final Battle has since become Ring of Honor's premiere flagship event, similar to WWE's WrestleMania.[3] [4]

Dates and venues

EventDateVenueLocationMain eventRef.
Final Battle 2002Murphy Recreation CenterPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaBryan Danielson vs. Low Ki vs. Samoa Joe vs. Steve Corino in a four-way match for the Number One Contender's Trophy[5]
Final Battle 2003Pennsylvania National Guard ArmoryPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaThe Prophecy (Christopher Daniels and Dan Maff) vs. The Great Muta and Arashi[6]
Final Battle 2004Pennsylvania National Guard ArmoryPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaSamoa Joe (c) vs. Austin Aries for the ROH World Championship[7]
Final Battle 2005Inman Sports CenterEdison, New JerseyKenta (c) vs. Low Ki for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship[8]
Final Battle 2006Manhattan Center Grand BallroomManhattan, New YorkBryan Danielson (c) vs. Homicide for the ROH World Championship[9]
Final Battle 2007Manhattan Center Grand BallroomManhattan, New YorkThe Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) (c) vs. The Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship[10]
Final Battle 2008Hammerstein BallroomManhattan, New YorkBryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima in a Fight Without Honor[11]
Final Battle 2009Manhattan Center Grand BallroomManhattan, New YorkAustin Aries (c) vs. Tyler Black for the ROH World Championship[12]
Final Battle 2010Manhattan Center Grand BallroomManhattan, New YorkEl Generico vs. Kevin Steen in an unsanctioned Fight Without Honor for Generico's mask or Steen's ROH career[13]
Final Battle 2011Hammerstein BallroomManhattan, New YorkDavey Richards (c) vs. Eddie Edwards (with Dan Severn) for the ROH World Championship[14]
Hammerstein BallroomManhattan, New YorkKevin Steen (c) vs. El Generico in Ladder War IV for the ROH World Championship[15]
Final Battle 2013Hammerstein BallroomManhattan, New YorkAdam Cole (c) vs. Michael Elgin vs. Jay Briscoe in a Three-way match for the ROH World Championship
Final Battle 2014Terminal 5Manhattan, New YorkJay Briscoe (c) vs. Adam Cole in a Fight Without Honor for the ROH World Championship[16]
2300 ArenaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania Jay Lethal (c) vs A.J. Styles for the ROH World Championship[17]
Final Battle (2016)Hammerstein BallroomManhattan, New YorkAdam Cole (c) vs. Kyle O'Reilly for the ROH World Championship[18]
Final Battle (2017)Hammerstein BallroomManhattan, New YorkCody (c) vs Dalton Castle for the ROH World Championship
Final Battle (2018)Hammerstein BallroomManhattan, New YorkSoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) (c) vs. The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) in Ladder War VII for the ROH World Tag Team Championship
Final Battle (2019)December 13, 2019UMBC Event CenterBaltimore, MarylandRush (c) vs. PCO for the ROH World Championship[19]
Final Battle (2020)December 18, 2020UMBC Event CenterBaltimore, MarylandRush (c) vs. Brody King for the ROH World Championship
Final Battle (2021)December 11, 2021Chesapeake Employers Insurance ArenaBaltimore, MarylandJonathan Gresham vs. Jay Lethal for the vacant ROH World Championship
Final Battle (2022)December 10, 2022College Park CenterArlington, TexasChris Jericho (c) vs. Claudio Castagnoli for the ROH World Championship[20]
Final Battle (2023)December 15, 2023Curtis Culwell CenterGarland, TexasAthena (c) vs. Billie Starkz for the ROH Women’s World Championship[21]

See also

the premier event produced by Impact Wrestling

the premier event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling

the premier event produced by Eastern Championship Wrestling/Extreme Championship Wrestling

the premier event produced by Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide

the premier event produced by WWE

a December event produced by AEW, since 2022 it has been held around the time of Final Battle and in the same general location

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DeRosenroll's Classic ROH Feuds: History of "Final Battle" ROH World Title matches (2002–2005). December 19, 2009. DeRosenroll. Mike. February 5, 2011. Pro Wrestling Torch. Final Battle has been the name of the last ROH show of each year since the promotion started in 2002.
  2. Web site: Caldwell's Daily Blog 12/20: TNA PPV tonight, Notes from ROH's PPV last night, Linda McMahon's spin on history, Bobby Lashley notes. December 20, 2009. Caldwell. James. February 5, 2009. Pro Wrestling Torch. the promotion's first live PPV event.
  3. Web site: December 28th Newswire. 2011-12-28. 2013-10-28. Ring of Honor. The ROH athletes put it all on the line at the biggest event of the year. Replays of the iPPV broadcast of "Final Battle 2011" are available here..
  4. Web site: Final Battle 2012: Doomsday- New York, NY 12/16/12 (DVD). 2013-10-28. Ring of Honor. Ring of Honor closes out 2012 with the biggest event of the year.... 2013-10-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200702/http://www.rohwrestling.com/product/final-battle-2012-doomsday-new-york-ny-121612-dvd. dead.
  5. Web site: DVD Review: Burgan reviews Final Battle 2002 – Jody Fleisch, Steve Corino, Low Ki, Samoa Joe. August 10, 2004. Burgan. Derek. February 5, 2011. Pro Wrestling Torch.
  6. Web site: Burgan reviews the ROH Final Battle 2003 DVD. Burgan. Derek. February 5, 2011. Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online.
  7. Web site: 12/26 ROH in Philadelphia, Pa.: Final Battle 2004 results including Foley, Joe vs. Aries. December 26, 2004. Music. J.. February 5, 2011. Pro Wrestling Torch.
  8. Web site: 12/17 ROH in Edison, N.J.: Low Ki vs. KENTA in main event match of year contender. December 18, 2005. Magee. Bob. February 5, 2011. Pro Wrestling Torch.
  9. Web site: ROH Danielson vs. Homicide results. December 23, 2006. Feuerstein. Matt. February 5, 2011. Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online.
  10. Web site: 12/30 ROH Final Battle 2007: Danielson vs. Aries vs. Hero vs. Morishima: "Greatest Match I Have Ever Seen Live.". December 31, 2007. Vasquez. Steve. February 5, 2011. Pro Wrestling Torch.
  11. Web site: Radican's ROH "Final Battle 2008" DVD Review (Morishima vs. Danielson, McGuinness vs. Marufuji). February 20, 2009. Radican. Sean. February 5, 2011. Pro Wrestling Torch.
  12. Web site: Radican's ROH Final Battle PPV Blog 12/19: Complete coverage of Aries vs. Black, Briscoes vs. Wolves. December 19, 2009. Radican. Sean. February 5, 2010. Pro Wrestling Torch.
  13. Web site: Final Battle 2010 Complete Results. December 18, 2010. Van Stone. Tom. February 5, 2011. WrestleView.
  14. Web site: Caldwell's ROH Final Battle PPV Report 12/23: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live iPPV – Richards vs. Edwards III. December 23, 2011. Caldwell. James. December 26, 2011. Pro Wrestling Torch.
  15. Web site: Final Battle 2012 - NYC. December 16, 2012. Ring of Honor. May 10, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190510112852/https://www.rohwrestling.com/live/events/2012/dec/16/final-battle-2012-nyc. dead.
  16. Web site: ROH FINAL BATTLE WILL BE...... August 15, 2014. Johnson. Mike. August 15, 2014. Pro Wrestling Insider.
  17. Web site: Final Battle Returns to Philadelphia 12/18. August 17, 2015. Ring of Honor.
  18. Web site: Final Battle Returns Home to Manhattan Center's Hammerstein Ballroom. Ring of Honor.
  19. Web site: Four Remaining Entrants For ROH World Title No. 1 Contender Tournament Revealed. 2019-08-30. rohwrestling.com. 2019-09-05.
  20. Web site: Russell. Skylar. ROH Set To Return To DFW Metroplex For Final Battle PPV On 12/10. Fightful. October 18, 2022. October 19, 2022.
  21. Web site: Tessier. Colin. Date, Location Announced For ROH Final Battle 2023. Fightful. October 18, 2022. October 19, 2023.

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