Lee Moriarty speaks on Nigel McGuinness answering his ROH Final Battle open challenge.
At Ring Of Honor Final Battle 2024, Lee Moriarty would put the Ring Of Honor Pure Championship on the line in an open challenge that was answered by Ring Of Honor legend Nigel McGuinness. The challenge came with a twist however, as the old Pure rules would be in effect for the pair's bout.
While speaking at the ROH Final Battle post show press conference, Lee was asked by Ian Riccaboni if he thought of Nigel as a possibility to answer his open challenge.
"I honestly didn’t think about it at all. For people who saw the documentary on Nigel McGuinness, he’s someone I’ve been in the ring with the past year as he’s been getting back into wrestling. Even in that time, it never crossed my mind that I would be wrestling him. That was such a cool moment, hearing his music and seeing him walk out. I couldn’t contain my excitement. The camera caught me up and down and smiling ‘I want this.’ I think pure rules is about elevating your chosen style of professional wrestling. You don’t have to just be a technical wrestler. You can be any style of wrestler. What pure rules does it is teaches you to be a better version of yourself. These things aren’t limitations, they are how you grow and get better."
Lee would go on to submit McGuinness at the event after almost 20 minutes of technical wrestling from the pair. You can check out the full results from Final Battle here.
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