Matt Taven is proud of his match at Ring of Honor Final Battle 2021.
After nearly a decade with the promotion, Taven's time in ROH came to an end in December 2021 when the company went on hiatus and opted to release all talents from their contracts at year's end. Final Battle marked the end of an era and featured a Tag Title match between The Briscoes and OGK (Taven & Mike Bennett).
Speaking with NBC Sports Boston, Taven opened up about his departure from ROH and his feeling about that final bout.
“It was a place where I really kind of set my roots and stuck my flag in the ground, and was very proud to call myself a Ring of Honor guy. It’s one of those things that it’s still not far enough in the rearview mirror to kind of wrap up my feelings on everything, looking back on it. But man, what a wild ride it is, and for me personally, my last match being in a Ring of Honor ring, as of now, being against The Briscoes at Final Battle, I can remember right before we went out there, thinking of all the, like you said, 2009 was the first time I stepped into a Ring of Honor ring and thinking of all these years that have gone by and everything that I’ve seen in Ring of Honor and everything that I’ve been through, literally starting as one of the underneath guys that is just begging to get a shot and moving all the way to being the world champion. Now I’m going out there in what could be my last match against the greatest tag team in Ring of Honor history. People constantly want to know like, ‘What’s your favorite Ring of Honor match?’ I kind of look back on it and maybe it’s because it’s the last one as of now, but I really look back and I think I left it all out there for the very last time, knowing that it could be the end, and I’m so extremely proud of that match that that’s almost one that I hang my hat on as almost like a, ‘Here’s a synopsis of my whole career here in Ring of Honor,’ and it’s summed up in this one match with us and The Briscoes at Final Battle," Taven said.
The month after Final Battle, Taven would join IMPACT Wrestling along with Bennett, Maria Kanellis, Vincent, and PCO as the villainous Honor No More faction. Now the Tag Team Champions, Bennett and Taven will defend their belts at IMPACT Bound For Glory against the Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin).
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