This is the Fightful.com live coverage for Ring of Honor Wrestling's final show of the year; appropriately titled Final Battle.
Tonight is set to be a great show as in our main event Cody defends his ROH World Championship against Dalton Castle, Kenny King has his work cut out for him when he defends his ROH World Television Championship in a four way elimination match against Punishment Martinez, Shane Taylor and Silas Young. We also have the Young Bucks and Adam Page defending their ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships against Flip Gordon and Dragon Lee and Titán from CMLL as well as The Motor City Machine Guns defending their ROH World Tag Team Championship against the Best Friends and much more so be sure to come back here at 9 PM EST for all of the action!
Will Ospreay vs Matt Taven
Will attacks Matt as soon as the match starts before hitting a tope to the outside and taking out Vinny and TK. Will gets back in the ring and he and Matt do several flips before Will sends Matt out of the ring before playing to the crowd. TK distracts Will before Matt beats on him in the corner, then Will hits an enzuigiri before Matt turns him inside out with a springboard roundhouse kick and sends him to the floor. Matt rolls Will back into the ring for a quick two count before choking him in the ropes and hitting a PK for another quick two count. Will hits a hand spring roundhouse kick into a 619 and a shooting star press for a near fall.
Matt counters a standing moonsault into a backbreaker, then counters another hand spring move into a lion tamer. Will gets out of it before they both miss several moves until Will drops Matt with a crescent kick and a knife edge chop to the back of the neck for a near fall. Will stands Matt on his head in the corner before superkicking him upside down and out of the ring. Will takes out Vinny and TK at ringside before Matt capitalizes. Will hits a Spanish fly for a near fall before Matt counters the OsCutter into a one percenter for the pin and the win.
Winner: Matt Taven via pinfall
The Addiction vs War Machine
They brawl at ringside to start the match before getting in the ring and Hanson taking out both members of The Addiction before they come back with a series of running clotheslines in the corner. Rowe comes in and takes Kaz and Daniels out in the corner with a shotgun dropkick before hitting an exploder suplex. The Addiction retake control of the match and keep Rowe in their corner, tagging in and out and hitting a series of high paced double team moves. Rowe comes back and drops Daniels with a headbutt before hitting a uranage with Kaz onto Daniels. Hanson finally gets the tag before stacking Kaz and Daniels up on the top turnbuckle and hits them with clubbing blows.
WM hit a modified doomsday device before Daniels gets a near fall off of a roll up with the tights. Kaz hits the Unprettier for a near fall before The Addiction hit Celebrity Rehab for another near fall. Everyone hits a move before Hanson hits a double hand spring back elbow and a tope to the outside. WM then hit Fall Out for the pin and the win.
Winner: War Machine via pinfall
Marty Scurll vs Jay Lethal
They lock up to start the match before exchanging hammer locks for a clean break, then exchange wrist locks as well as slaps and right hands. Jay hits a cartwheel dropkick and several chops in various corners before Marty stomps on his hands and hits a dropkick that sends Jay out of the ring. Marty hits a superkick from the apron that sends Jay to the floor before Jay whips him into the railing. Jay rolls Marty back into the ring for a quick two count before dropping Marty with a back elbow for another quick two count. Jay drops Marty with a series of European uppercuts before Marty sends Jay out of the ring only for Jay to run back in and hit a springboard dropkick that sends him out of the ring and a series of topes to the outside.
They get back in the ring and Marty suplexes Jay into the corner before stomping on him and choking him in the corner. Marty fakes a superkick into a thrust kick to the knee that drops Jay before the two exchange a series of strikes and kicks. Lethal hits the Lethal Combination for a quick two count before Marty rolls him up for a near fall that the referee catches, then Jay puts him in a torture rack and what the announcers call the Lethal Express for another near fall. Marty comes back with superplex before going out after Jay and hitting a tornado DDT onto the floor. They get on the apron and exchange chops before Jay hits a cutter off of the apron and to the floor.
They get back in the ring and counter each other's finishers before taking out the referee. Marty hits a superkick before getting a chair out from under the ring, then they both act like they were hit by the chair. Marty counters the Lethal Injection into an ushigaroshi for a near fall before Jay locks in a figure four that Marty gets out of via rope break. Marty hits Jay with his umbrella when the referee is distracted before hitting a release piledriver for a near fall. Jay then hits a low blow into the Lethal Injection for the pin and the win.
Winner: Jay Lethal via pinfall
ROH World Tag Team Championship Match
Motor City Machine Guns (c) vs Best Friends
Chuck and Chris start the match, locking up for a clean break before Chuck hits a series of deep arm drags and tags Beretta in. BF double team Chris before going for a hug that Alex gets in the middle of. They hit a series of moves at ringside before Chris rolls Chuck back into the ring and putting him in the tree of woe. MCM send Beretta into Chuck before hitting a series of double team moves, then Chuck comes back in and dropkicks Chris out of the ring before hitting a flipping senton to the outside. BF hit a cutter for a near fall before MCM counter the Dude Buster and hit Skull and Bones for a near fall of their own. BF hit a Super Strong Zero for a near fall before Chuck hits a piledriver only for Chris to roll through and roll Beretta up for the pin and the win.
Winner: Motor City Machine Guns defeat Best Friends via pinfall to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship
ROH World Television Championship Four Corner Elimination Match
Kenny starts off the match with Silas, taking control eearly before Silas tags Martinez in. They counter each other before Martinez drops Kenny with a right hand and a headbutt, then Shane tags himself in and clotheslines Martinez over the top rope. Silas tags in once Martinez gets out of the ring. Kenny hits a twisting corkscrew senton over the top rope and takes everyone out at ringside before Martinez hits a flipping senton that does the same, Martinez landing on his feet however. Kenny catches Martinez on the top before Martinez pushes him away and hits a spinning wheel kick.
Everyone hits a move before they all four get back to their feet and exchange strikes. Kenny hits a springboard blockbuster that sends Martinez out of the ring before Shane hits a DVD into the corner and a splash off of the second turnbuckle for a near fall. Kenny hits the Royal Flush before Martinez hits a springboard corkscrew leg drop and pins Shane and eliminates him. Silas and Kenny take Martinez out and sends him out of the ring before Silas hits a running splash off of the apron. Kenny and Silas double team Martinez before hitting a blockbuster powerbomb to the floor.
They get back in the ring and Kenny hits the Royal Flush to Martinez before Silas knocks Kenny out with a beer bottle and eliminates him when Beer City Bruiser distracts the referee. Martinez hits a roundhouse kick into a chokeslam for a near fall that BCB breaks up by pulling Silas out of the ring. Martinez hits a tope to the outside before Silas sends him into the railing and knees him repeatedly in his injured ribs. They then get back in the ring and Silas hits Misery for the pin and the win.
Winner: Silas Young defeats Punishment Martinez via pinfall with Misery to become the new Ring of Honor Television champion.
New York City Tag Team Street Fight Match
The Briscoes vs Bully Ray & Tommy Dreamer
They brawl at ringside to start the match before they get back in the ring and Tommy hits a running cross body and a blockbuster back out of the ring. Bully hits a running cross body off of the apron before Tommy and Mark get back into the ring. The Briscoes double team Tommy before Jay hits a tope to the outside onto Bully, then Mark and Jay put chairs into the ring. The Briscoes beat on Ray and Dreamer in opposite corners before everyone grabs a chair and duel with them. They duel with kendo sticks and light sabers before the Briscoes dropkick a table into Bully and Tommy before Mark hits a blockbuster off of the apron and onto Tommy onto a ladder.
Jay and Bully counter each other until they lay each other out with chairs, then Bully and Tommy hit a 3D onto a table that hasn't been set up. Tommy sends Mark through a table at ringside before Bully hits a splash onto Jay through a table for a near fall before Bully lights a table on fire. The Briscoes then hit a cutter onto a table that collapses before Mark hits a Froggy Bow through the table for the pin and the win.
Winner: The Briscoes via pinfall
-We get an announcement where we are told that Women of Honor will crown their first champion next year.
ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship Match
Young Bucks & Adam Page (c) vs Flip Gordon, Titán and Dragon Lee
Nick and Lee start the match off by grappling before hitting a series of flips and arm drags. They hit a stereo dropkick before Titán tags in just as Adam does, Titán taking Adam down repeatedly. Titán tags Gordon in just as Matt tags in and the two do a series of flips and dropkicks before everyone gets in the ring and hits a dropkick at the same time. Team Flip hit a triple tope to the outside and onto all three members of BULLET CLUB before they get back in the ring and get a quick two count. Matt hits a sliced bread and tags Nick in before Adam dropkicks Lee out of the ring.
Adam and Titán get in the ring and Adam is in control until Titán hits a dragon screw leg whip before tagging Flip in. Flip hits a running shooting star for a near fall before tying Adam in the tree of woe and Lee hits a double foot stomp. The Bucks hit a series of superkicks before Matt hits a tornado DDT off of the apron, then Adam turns Flip inside out with a lariat for a near fall. The Bucks tag in and double team Lee before Lee hits an inside out sit-out powerbomb for a near fall. Flip tags in and misses a 450 splash before Adam and Nick hit a shooting star Indie Taker off of the apron and to the floor.
They get back in the ring and Flip gets hit with a triple superkick when he's upside down before they hit an Indie Taker Rite of Passage for the pin and the win.
Winner: The Young Bucks and Adam Page defeat Flip Gordon, Titán and Dragon Lee via pinfall to retain the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
ROH World Championship Match
Cody (c) vs Dalton Castle
They lock up to start the match for a clean break before Dalton trips Cody, then they exchange hammer locks before Dalton puts Cody in an armbar. Cody is quick to get to the ropes for the break before Cody hits a flat liner for a quick two count when Brandi distracts Dalton. Cody hits an Alabama slam for another quick two count before they go to the outside and Cody puts Dalton through the time keepers table at ringside. Brandi hits a cross body off of the top and takes the Boys out before all three of them are barred from ringside. They get back in the ring and Cody plays to the crowd before Dalton drops Cody repeatedly and sends him across the ring with a release suplex.
Dalton hits a release Northern lights suplex before beating Cody to a bloody pulp only for Cody to send him out of the ring and hit a springboard enzuigiri. Dalton hits a bridging German suplex onto the floor before they get back in the ring and counter each other's finishers. The referee is taken out before Cody counters the Bang-A-Rang into Cross Rhodes for a very close near fall. Cody then hits the Disaster Kick before Dalton hits the Bang-A-Rang for the pin and the win.
Winner: Dalton Castle defeats Cody via pinfall with the Bang-A-Rang to become the new Ring of Honor World champion.
