Final Battle is a professional wrestling event, held annually by the Ring of Honor promotion. The event was initially held in 2002.
| Final Battle | |
|---|---|
| Promotions | Ring of Honor |
| First event | Final Battle 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
edit| Event | Date | Venue | Location | Main event | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Battle 2002 | December 28, 2002 | Murphy Recreation Center | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Bryan 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 2003 | December 27, 2003 | Pennsylvania National Guard Armory | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | The Prophecy (Christopher Daniels and Dan Maff) vs. The Great Muta and Arashi | [6] | ||||
| Final Battle 2004 | December 26, 2004 | Pennsylvania National Guard Armory | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Samoa Joe (c) vs. Austin Aries for the ROH World Championship | [7] | ||||
| Final Battle 2005 | December 17, 2005 | Inman Sports Center | Edison, New Jersey | Kenta (c) vs. Low Ki for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship | [8] | ||||
| Final Battle 2006 | December 23, 2006 | Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom | Manhattan, New York | Bryan Danielson (c) vs. Homicide for the ROH World Championship | [9] | ||||
| Final Battle 2007 | December 30, 2007 | Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom | Manhattan, New York | The 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 2008 | December 27, 2008 | Hammerstein Ballroom | Manhattan, New York | Bryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima in a Fight Without Honor | [11] | ||||
| Final Battle 2009 | December 19, 2009 | Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom | Manhattan, New York | Austin Aries (c) vs. Tyler Black for the ROH World Championship | [12] | ||||
| Final Battle 2010 | December 18, 2010 | Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom | Manhattan, New York | El Generico vs. Kevin Steen in an unsanctioned Fight Without Honor for Generico's mask or Steen's ROH career | [13] | ||||
| Final Battle 2011 | December 23, 2011 | Hammerstein Ballroom | Manhattan, New York | Davey Richards (c) vs. Eddie Edwards (with Dan Severn) for the ROH World Championship | [14] | ||||
| Final Battle 2012: Doomsday | December 16, 2012 | Hammerstein Ballroom | Manhattan, New York | Kevin Steen (c) vs. El Generico in Ladder War IV for the ROH World Championship | [15] | ||||
| Final Battle 2013 | December 14, 2013 | Hammerstein Ballroom | Manhattan, New York | Adam Cole (c) vs. Michael Elgin vs. Jay Briscoe in a Three-way match for the ROH World Championship | |||||
| Final Battle 2014 | December 7, 2014 | Terminal 5 | Manhattan, New York | Jay Briscoe (c) vs. Adam Cole in a Fight Without Honor for the ROH World Championship | [16] | ||||
| Final Battle (2015) | December 18, 2015 | 2300 Arena | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Jay Lethal (c) vs A.J. Styles for the ROH World Championship | [17] | ||||
| Final Battle (2016) | December 2, 2016 | Hammerstein Ballroom | Manhattan, New York | Adam Cole (c) vs. Kyle O'Reilly for the ROH World Championship | [18] | ||||
| Final Battle (2017) | December 15, 2017 | Hammerstein Ballroom | Manhattan, New York | Cody (c) vs Dalton Castle for the ROH World Championship | |||||
| Final Battle (2018) | December 14, 2018 | Hammerstein Ballroom | Manhattan, New York | SoCal 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, 2019 | UMBC Event Center | Baltimore, Maryland[a] | Rush (c) vs. PCO for the ROH World Championship | [19] | ||||
| Final Battle (2020) | December 18, 2020 | UMBC Event Center | Baltimore, Maryland[a] | Rush (c) vs. Brody King for the ROH World Championship | |||||
| Final Battle (2021) | December 11, 2021 | Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena[b] | Baltimore, Maryland[a] | Jonathan Gresham vs. Jay Lethal for the vacant ROH World Championship | |||||
| Final Battle (2022) | December 10, 2022 | College Park Center | Arlington, Texas | Chris Jericho (c) vs. Claudio Castagnoli for the ROH World Championship | [20] | ||||
| Final Battle (2023) | December 15, 2023 | Curtis Culwell Center | Garland, Texas | Athena (c) vs. Billie Starkz for the ROH Women's World Championship | [21] | ||||
| Final Battle (2024) | December 20, 2024 | Hammerstein Ballroom | Midtown Manhattan, New York City | [22] | |||||
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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- ^ a b c While the event was billed as taking place in Baltimore, and the venue has a Baltimore mailing address, the venue is actually located outside the city limits in the community of Catonsville.
- ^ Previously known as UMBC Event Center; the venue name was changed in April 2021.
See also
edit- Double or Nothing & All In: the premier events produced by All Elite Wrestling
- Bound for Glory: the premier event produced by Impact Wrestling
- Wrestle Kingdom: the premier event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling
- November to Remember: the premier event produced by Eastern Championship Wrestling/Extreme Championship Wrestling
- Triplemanía: the premier event produced by Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
- WrestleMania: the premier event produced by WWE
- AEW Winter Is Coming: a December event produced by AEW, since 2022 it has been held around the time of Final Battle and in the same general location
References
edit- ^ DeRosenroll, Mike (December 19, 2009). "DeRosenroll's Classic ROH Feuds: History of "Final Battle" ROH World Title matches (2002–2005)". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
Final Battle has been the name of the last ROH show of each year since the promotion started in 2002
- ^ Caldwell, James (December 20, 2009). "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". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 5, 2009.
the promotion's first live PPV event
- ^ "December 28th Newswire". Ring of Honor. 2011-12-28. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
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.
- ^ "Final Battle 2012: Doomsday- New York, NY 12/16/12 (DVD)". Ring of Honor. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
Ring of Honor closes out 2012 with the biggest event of the year...
- ^ Burgan, Derek (August 10, 2004). "DVD Review: Burgan reviews Final Battle 2002 – Jody Fleisch, Steve Corino, Low Ki, Samoa Joe". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
- ^ Burgan, Derek. "Burgan reviews the ROH Final Battle 2003 DVD". Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
- ^ Music, J. (December 26, 2004). "12/26 ROH in Philadelphia, Pa.: Final Battle 2004 results including Foley, Joe vs. Aries". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
- ^ Magee, Bob (December 18, 2005). "12/17 ROH in Edison, N.J.: Low Ki vs. KENTA in main event match of year contender". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
- ^ Feuerstein, Matt (December 23, 2006). "ROH Danielson vs. Homicide results". Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
- ^ Vasquez, Steve (December 31, 2007). "12/30 ROH Final Battle 2007: Danielson vs. Aries vs. Hero vs. Morishima: "Greatest Match I Have Ever Seen Live."". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
- ^ Radican, Sean (February 20, 2009). "Radican's ROH "Final Battle 2008" DVD Review (Morishima vs. Danielson, McGuinness vs. Marufuji)". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
- ^ Radican, Sean (December 19, 2009). "Radican's ROH Final Battle PPV Blog 12/19: Complete coverage of Aries vs. Black, Briscoes vs. Wolves". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
- ^ Van Stone, Tom (December 18, 2010). "Final Battle 2010 Complete Results". WrestleView. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
- ^ Caldwell, James (December 23, 2011). "Caldwell's ROH Final Battle PPV Report 12/23: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live iPPV – Richards vs. Edwards III". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
- ^ "Final Battle 2012 - NYC". Ring of Honor. Archived from the original on May 10, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
- ^ Johnson, Mike (August 15, 2014). "ROH FINAL BATTLE WILL BE..." Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
- ^ "Final Battle Returns to Philadelphia 12/18". Ring of Honor. August 17, 2015.
- ^ < "Final Battle Returns Home to Manhattan Center's Hammerstein Ballroom". Ring of Honor.
- ^ "Four Remaining Entrants For ROH World Title No. 1 Contender Tournament Revealed". rohwrestling.com. 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
- ^ Russell, Skylar (October 18, 2022). "ROH Set To Return To DFW Metroplex For Final Battle PPV On 12/10". Fightful. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
- ^ Tessier, Colin (October 18, 2022). "Date, Location Announced For ROH Final Battle 2023". Fightful. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
- ^ Tessier, Colin (November 19, 2024). "ROH Confirms ROH Final Battle Will Be Held At Hammerstein Ballroom On December 20". Fightful. Retrieved November 19, 2024.