Final Battle

For other uses, see The Final Battle.
Final Battle
PromotionsRing of Honor
First eventFinal 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

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 Athena (c) vs. Billie Starkz for the ROH Women's World Championship [22]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Previously known as UMBC Event Center; the venue name was changed in April 2021.

See also

References

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  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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...
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  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Feuerstein, Matt (December 23, 2006). "ROH Danielson vs. Homicide results". Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ Van Stone, Tom (December 18, 2010). "Final Battle 2010 Complete Results". WrestleView. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
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  15. ^ "Final Battle 2012 - NYC". Ring of Honor. Archived from the original on May 10, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
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  18. ^ < "Final Battle Returns Home to Manhattan Center's Hammerstein Ballroom". Ring of Honor.
  19. ^ "Four Remaining Entrants For ROH World Title No. 1 Contender Tournament Revealed". rohwrestling.com. 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  20. ^ Russell, Skylar (October 18, 2022). "ROH Set To Return To DFW Metroplex For Final Battle PPV On 12/10". Fightful. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  21. ^ Tessier, Colin (October 18, 2022). "Date, Location Announced For ROH Final Battle 2023". Fightful. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  22. ^ Tessier, Colin (November 19, 2024). "ROH Confirms ROH Final Battle Will Be Held At Hammerstein Ballroom On December 20". Fightful. Retrieved November 19, 2024.