ROH Final Battle

      Final Battle is a professional wrestling event, held annually by the Ring of Honor promotion. The event was initially held in 2002, and is traditionally ROH's last show in 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.

      Since its inception, the event has been held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New York City, and Edison, New Jersey. Since 2006, every Final Battle has been held at either the Grand Ballroom or the Hammerstein Ballroom of the Manhattan Center in New York City.

      Dates and venues

      Event[3] Date[3] Venue City[3] Main event[3]
      Final Battle 2002 December 28, 2002 Murphy Recreation Center[4] 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[4]
      Final Battle 2003 December 27, 2003 Pennsylvania National Guard Armory[5] 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[7] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Samoa Joe (c) vs. Austin Aries for the ROH World Championship[8]
      Final Battle 2005 December 17, 2005 Inman Sports Center[9] Edison, New Jersey KENTA (c) vs. Low Ki for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship[9]
      Final Battle 2006 December 23, 2006 Manhattan Center[10] New York, New York Bryan Danielson (c) vs. Homicide for the ROH World Championship[10]
      Final Battle 2007 December 30, 2007 Manhattan Center[11] New York, New York The Briscoe Brothers (c) (Jay and Mark Briscoe) vs. The Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship[12]
      Final Battle 2008 December 27, 2008 Hammerstein Ballroom[13] New York, New York Bryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima in a Fight Without Honor[14]
      Final Battle 2009 December 19, 2009 Manhattan Center[15] New York, New York Austin Aries (c) vs. Tyler Black for the ROH World Championship[16]
      Final Battle 2010 December 18, 2010 Manhattan Center[17] New York, New York El Generico vs. Kevin Steen in an unsanctioned Fight Without Honor for Generico's mask or Steen's ROH career[18][19]
      Final Battle 2011 December 23, 2011 Hammerstein Ballroom[20] New York, New York Davey Richards (c) vs. Eddie Edwards (with Dan Severn) for the ROH World Championship[21]
      Final Battle 2012: Doomsday December 16, 2012 Hammerstein Ballroom[22] New York, New York Kevin Steen (c) vs. El Generico in Ladder War IV for the ROH World Championship
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      See also

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      References

      1. ^ 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" 
      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. ^ a b c d "Past ROH Results". Ring of Honor. Retrieved February 5, 2011. 
      4. ^ a b 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. 
      5. ^ Magee, Bob (April 23, 2006). "ROH - 4/22 - Philadelphia, PA results -- Team CZW defeats Team ROH". WrestleView. Retrieved April 12, 2011. 
      6. ^ Burgan, Derek. "Burgan reviews the ROH Final Battle 2003 DVD". Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 5, 2011. 
      7. ^ Burgan, Derek (December 29, 2004). "Arena Report: Burgan's in-depth review of 12/26 ROH Final Battle 2004 - Austin Aries, Mick Foley". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 12, 2011. 
      8. ^ 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. 
      9. ^ a b 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. 
      10. ^ a b Feuerstein, Matt (December 23, 2006). "ROH Danielson vs. Homicide results". Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 5, 2011. 
      11. ^ "House Show Results Wanted: Send in a report from WWE, TNA, and ROH shows this weekend". Pro Wrestling Torch. December 26, 2007. Retrieved February 5, 2010. "Sunday, Dec. 30 – ROH Final Battle 2007 at the Manhattan Center in New York City" 
      12. ^ 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. 
      13. ^ Massingham, Matt. "12/27 ROH in New York City: Danielson vs. Morishima, Nigel McGuinness defends ROH Title, Austin Aries development". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 5, 2011.  Text "December 28, 2008" ignored (help)
      14. ^ 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. 
      15. ^ Bonnano, Nick (December 21, 2009). "12/19 ROH "Final Battle" in New York City: Live report on Saturday's Internet PPV – Aries vs. Black, Briscoes vs. Wolves". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 5, 2011. 
      16. ^ 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. 
      17. ^ Martin, Adam (December 22, 2010). "Attendance for ROH's "Final Battle" iPPV in NY". WrestleView. Retrieved February 5, 2011. 
      18. ^ Caldwell, James (December 18, 2010). "Caldwell's Ring of Honor PPV Report 12/18: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of "Final Battle 2010" – Strong vs. Richards, Generico vs. Steen". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 5, 2011. 
      19. ^ Van Stone, Tom (December 18, 2010). "Final Battle 2010 Complete Results". WrestleView. Retrieved February 5, 2011. 
      20. ^ "Final Battle 2011 Date/Venue Change". Ring of Honor. Retrieved December 6, 2011. 
      21. ^ 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. 
      22. ^ "Final Battle 2012 - NYC". Ring of Honor. Retrieved December 16, 2012. 
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