ROH Final Battle Results – December 10, 2022
Mascara Dorada vs. Jeff Cobb (Zero Hour)
Mascara Dorada tried to take down Jeff Cobb with a shoulder tackle, but Cobb was unphased. Dorada went for high flying moves on Cobb, sending him to the outside with a Mexican arm drag. Dorada went for the recipe again, but Cobb continued to catch it before slamming him onto the mat & apron throughout the mat.
Dorada hit a running hurricanrana on Cobb to send him to the outside before hitting a Tope Tornillo on Cobb to the outside. Back in the ring Dorada hit a springboard senton on Cobb for a near fall. Dorada went for a move off the top rope, but Cobb pulled him off the top and hit a twisting back suplex followed by a standing moonsault on Dorada for a near fall.
Cobb went for Tour Of The Islands, but Dorada reversed with a sunset flip for a near fall. Cobb went for a deadlift superplex Dorada but Dorada evaded and walked the ropes before hitting Bulldog on Cobb for a near fall.
Cobb clubbed Dorada on his neck and went for a lariat, but Dorada evaded and went for a springboard move before Cobb caught him mid air and hit a Tour Of The Islands for the win.
Winner: Jeff Cobb (7:00)
Rate: 6
There was a vignette of Prince Nana & The Embassy ahead of their match for 6 Man Tag Team Titles against Dalton Castle & The Boys later on tonight.
There was a video vignette promoting the match between Women’s Champion Mercedes Martinez & Athena ahead of their match for later on.
Tag Team Match
Jericho Appreciation Society vs. Shinobi Shadow Squad (Zero Hour)
Angelo Parker & Eli Isom starts the match off by adhering to the code of honor before locking up, with Isom getting a roll up on Parker for a near fall. Matt Menard tagged in, but Isom evaded before Cheeseburger tagged in.
Cheeseburger faked shaking Parker’s hand as JAS demanded to shake Parker’s hand. Cheeseburger hit an atomic drop before shaking Parker’s hand. JAS spent the match double teaming Cheeseburger, keeping him away from Isom from making the tag.
Cheeseburger leaped to tag in Isom, but Parker tagged him mid air Isom finally tagged in with the hot tag on JAS before he & Cheeseburger hit a pop up neckbreaker into a double stomp on Parker. Parker lowered the rope to send Cheeseburger to the outside before JAS got Isom and hit a double Spike DDT on Isom for the win.
Winners: Jericho Appreciation Society (5:55)
Rate: 5
There was a vignette showcasing the feud between Wheeler Yuta & Daniel Garcia ahead of their Pure Title Match later on.
Willow Nightingale vs. Trish Adora (Zero Hour)
Match starts off with a lock up before Willow Nightingale did a takedown on Trish Adora into the mat, to which Adora responded by locking in leg scissors on Nightingale, but Nightingale reversed it with headscissors of her own. Adora rolled the hold into a jackknife before she & Nightingale exchanged pins before they exchanged strikes.
Nightingale took over control of the match with a body slam & a diving lariat on Adora for a near fall. Nightingale hit two consecutive hip attacks to the abdomen but Adora responded with a chop & a northern lights suplex for a near fall. Adora took over control of the match before Nightingale did a handspring and hit an enziguri kick on Adora.
Nightingale hit 3 lariats, 10 chops, a hip attack, and a middle rope shotgun dropkick on Adora for a near fall. Adora got Nightingale in an Air Raid submission before hitting low bridge German suplex on Nightingale for a near fall. Adora hit a corner splash, but Willow responded with the Pounce from out of nowhere before dropping the straps and hitting the Doctor Bomb to put Adora away.
Winner: Willow Nightingale (6:00)
Rate: 6
There was a vignette with Television Champion Samoa Joe & Juice Robinson ahead of their match later in the show for the Television Title.
There was a vignette promoting the ROH World Title match.
Tag Team Match
The Kingdom vs. Top Flight (Zero Hour)
The Kingdom assaulted Top Flight to begin the match. Darius Martin tagged in and evaded the offense from The Kingdom before Dante Martin tagged in. Top Flight hit consecutive sentons on Matt Taven before sending Mike Bennett out of the ring. Top Flight hit stereo dropkicks on Taven for a near fall before Dante hit a springboard stomp on Taven’s arm.
Dante continued to evade Taven’s offense before Taven hit an enziguri kick while Bennett hit a rebound forearm strike on Dante. Darius tagged in with the hot tag, sending Benntett into Taven’s abdomen before hitting an enziguri kick on Darius. Bennett hit a forearm strike in a Purple Thunder Bomb from Taven on Darius.
Bennett hit a snap suplex. Bennett hit a spinebuster on Darius before Taven hit a Lionsault on Darius. The Kingdom double teamed Darius with Bennett specifically laying offense on Darius viciously. Darius broke down Bennett with a series of slaps before connecting a Spanish Fly on Bennett before tagging in Dante.
Dante came in with the hot tag and hit two forearm strikes, a slam, and a standing moonsault on Taven for a near fall. Top Flight double teamed Taven before Bennett speared Dante into Darius & Taven to break the pin.
Darius tried to double team The Kingdom but Bennett tagged in and hit corner strikes before Bennett hit the Spacoli Driver into a PK Kick from Taven for a near fall.
Darius hit a dive on Bennett to the outside, but Taven hit a Trust Fall on Darius. Maria distracted Dante in the ring before the referee ejected him out of the ring. Dante & Darius got Bennett before connecting the Nosedive/ Powerbomb combination on Bennett for the win.
Winners: Top Flight (11:20)
Rate: 6
Tag Team Match
AR Fox & Blake Christian vs. Dralistico & Rush
Blake Christian & Dralistico began the match evading each other’s offense before AR Fox & Rush tagged in and exchanged chops & forearm strikes before Rush hit a rolling forearm on AR Fox. Fox hit a kip up enziguri on Rush before tagging in Christian but Rush strikes Christian in the head before launching Christina across the four sides of the barricade on the outside.
Rush whipped Christian with a green cable on the outside. Rush & Dralistico double teamed Christian for the majority of the match before Christian took down Dralistico and tagged in Fox. Fox hit a sling blade on Dralistico, a sliding dropkick on him to the outside, and a shotgun dropkick on Rush before hitting dives on Dralistico & Rush.
Back in the ring, Fox hit a Swanton on Dralistico for a near fall. RUSH took down Fox to the outside before Dralistico hits a springboard Shooting Star Press to the outside. Back in the ring, Christian hit a flipping DDT on Dralistico before AR Fox hit a 450 Splash on Dralistico for the win.
Winners: Blake Christian & AR Fox (10:35)
Rate: 7
After the match Rush & Dralistico attacks Christian & Fox
Women’s Title Match
Mercedes Martinez (c) vs. Athena
Athena offered a handshake and Mercedes Martinez cautiously accepted. Athena superkicked a kneeling Martinez and covered her for a two count. Martinez came back with a half and half suplex, a t bone suplex, and a brainbuster for a near fall.
Athena came back a short time later by slamming Martinez onto the apron. Athena picks up Martinez and ran her into the barricade. Athena charged for a dropkick that Martinez avoided. Martinez followed up with a draping neckbreaker.
Martinez went back to the ring and went for a surfboard, but Athena bit her hand. Athena powered up Martinez and dropped her into a Codebreaker. Athena covered Martinez, who grabbed the bottom rope to break it. Athena grabbed the referee, then released him and removed a turnbuckle pad, which she threw out of the ring.
Martinez popped up Athena and slammed her to the mat for a two count. Athena dropkicked Martinez into the exposed turnbuckle. Athena went up top and hit the O Face to get the win.
Winner & New Women’s Champion: Athena (13:10) (NEW CHAMPION!!!)
Rate: 6
Tag Team Match
Swerve In Our Glory vs. Shane Taylor Promotions
We get a brief exchange between Keith Lee & JD Griffey before Griffey tags in Shane Taylor, who got a nice reaction. Just as Lee & Taylor were about to lock up, Swerve Strickland tagged in.
Griffey positioned Strickland so that his head was hanging over the apron. Taylor dropped a leg on Strickland. Griffey tried to put Strickland in a sleeper in the corner, but Strickland slipped out and knocked him off the apron, then tagged in Lee for the showdown with Taylor.
Lee & Taylor traded forearm shots. Taylor got the better of it and then went to the middle rope. Taylor dove at Lee, who caught him. Taylor escaped and then blasted Lee with a punch.
Griffey was held up by Lee and managed to avoid Strickland’s double team move attempts. Griffey dove at Lee, who caught him. Griffey talked Lee out of performing a move on him, but Strickland kicked Griffey from the apron.
In the ring, Taylor performed a draping move on Strickland and covered him for a two count. Coleman pointed out that Lee didn’t even try to break up the pin.
Griffey tagged in and went for a submission hold on Strickland, who tried to tag out. Taylor pulled Lee off the apron. Griffey caught Strickland in the guillotine briefly. Lee ran Taylor into the ringside barricade. Lee returned to the ring and performed a 2nd rope Moonsault onto Griffey..
Both teams met in the middle of the ring and traded punches. Strickland blasted Lee with a knee to the head. Swerve In Our Glory put Griffey down. Taylor blasted Lee, but then Swerve In Our Glory worked over Taylor. Lee swung at Taylor who ducked, causing Lee to blast Strickland with a forearm shot.
Taylor hoisted up Lee and hits Welcome To The Land but Lee kicked out. Griffey hit Lee with a knee to the head. Taylor covered Lee again for another two count. Griffey tagged in while Strickland was shown holding his jaw at ringside and backing his way toward the stage.
Shane Taylor Promotions worked over Lee while Strickland stood on the stage. Taylor held Lee but he ducks causing Griffey to take out Taylor with a kick. Lee hits Griffey with Spirit Bomb for the win.
Winners: Swerve In Our Glory (13:50)
Rate: 7
6 Man Tag Team Title Match
The Boys & Dalton Castle (c) vs. The Embassy
Dalton Castle worked up the crowd by running around at ringside with The Boys after the bell rang.
One of the Boys tagged in and dove at Brian Cage, who caught him and curled him. The other Boy knelt down behind Cage and then Castle pushed Cage over. Toa Liona tagged in and put both Boys down with a shoulder block. Castle checked in and sent Liona to ringside. The Boys dove at Cage & Liona who caught them and slammed them at ringside.
The Embassy isolated one of the Boys until he made a hot tag to Castle, who went on an offensive flurry with suplexes on The Embassy. Castle threw the Boys through the ropes onto Cage & Kaun. Castle hit Cage with a knee to the head and covered him for a two count. Cage returned the favor with a knee to the head and then tagged out.
Liona eventually powered up both Boys and put them down with a double Samoan Drop. Cage turned one of the Boys inside out with a clothesline and then put him down with the Drill Claw. Castle returned to the ring and took out Cage, who rolled to the floor.
Castle wanted to go for a suicide dive, but apparently the cameras missed Prince Nana rolling one of the Boys into the ring, so Castle had to jump over him and didn’t go for the dive. Castle grabbed Nana. Cameras missed Toa apparently throwing one of the Boys at Castle. Gates Of Agony threw one of the Boys at Cage then hits a powerbomb to get the win
Winners & New 6 Man Tag Team Champions: The Embassy (10:05) (NEW CHAMPIONS!!!)
Rate: 5
A video package set up the Pure Rules match
Backstage, Lexi Nair interviewed Top Flight. Dante Martin said Top Flight is back after they beat The Kingdom on the pre-show. Jericho Appreciation Society’s Matt Menard & Angelo Parker interrupted the promo. Parker said they only congratulations they deserve is for Darius making it through a match without tearing another ACL. Menard jawed at Darius and asked if he wanted to hit him. Dante hit Menard and then the teams brawled. The brawl spilled into the arena. Dante Martin performed a flip dive off the stage. Security pulled the teams apart.
Menard & Parker went to the ring. Parker worked up the crowd about ROH and then questioned why it died if it was so great. Parker gave Chris Jericho credit for being the only man who could resurrect the brand. Menard asked the crowd if they wanted to know what makes his nipples hard. He pulled out one of Jake Hager’s purple hats and said Claudio Castagnoli would be wearing one when he teams with Hager.
Pure Title Match
Daniel Garcia (c) vs. Wheeler Yuta
Daniel Garica & Wheeler Yuta traded forearms. Garcia punched Yuta and was given his one warning for used a closed fist. Yuta returned the favor and received his warning.
Garcia forced Yuta to use a rope break. They had a scoreboard graphic listing the rope break count and the match time. Garcia forced Yuta to use his 2nd rope break a short time later. Garcia applied his Dragon Slayer causing Yuta to use his final rope break less than 8 minutes into the match.
Yuta put Garcia down with a brainbuster that left both men down. Garcia eventually caught Yuta in a Sharpshooter. Yuta was in the ropes, but he had no rope breaks remaining. Yuta was able to hook the neck of Garcia, who eventually released the hold and then both men fell to the ground.
Both wrestlers returned to the apron and fought. Garcia went for a piledriver, but Yuta backdropped him. In the ring, Garcia flipped off Yuta while on his knees. Garcia ended up hooking the arms of Garcia and then threw elbows at his head until the referee stopped the match.
Winner By Referee Stoppage & New Pure Champion: Wheeler Yuta (14:50)
Rate: 7
After the match the referee called for a post match handshake. Yuta held out his hand. Garcia kicked Yuta’s hand away. Garcia picked up the Pure Title and handed it to Yuta before leaving the ring.
ROH World Tag Team Title Double Dog Collar Match
FTR (c) vs. The Briscoes
FTR & The Briscoes brawled and quickly went to ringside. Mark Briscoe bled in the opening minute. Dax Harwood tossed Jay Briscoe over the barricade, followed him, and then they fought in the crowd. Chase Wheeler & Mark went to the stage and the production crew provided split screen shots to follow both sets of wrestlers.
Harwood & Jay returned to the ring. Wheeler wrapped the dog collar chain around the ring post to choke Mark, who fought free and returned to the ring. Mark held Harwood while Jay hit him with the chain wrapped around his fist. Harwood bled from the forehead. Mark & Wheeler fought at ringside.
Mark returned to the ring while Wheeler was on the steps. A chair was wledged in a corner. Jay tried to run Harwood into it, but Harwood reversed it. Wheeler pulled the chain to choke Mark and then hit him with punches. Wheeler returned to the ring and whipped Mark with the chain while Harwood held him. At ringside, Harwood pulled a bloody Jay into the ring post.
Back in the ring, Harwood put Jay on his shoulders. Wheeler wrapped the chain around his fist and then leapt off the top rope for a punch version of the Doomsday Device, which resulted in a two count. Wheeler choked Mark in Gory Bomb position. Harwood whipped Mark’s abdomen with the chain. Wheeler tossed Mark over the top rope and then pulled the chain to choke him. Jay ran Harwood into the other pair’s chain to free Mark from the choke.
Jay put Wheeler down with a neckbreaker. Mark leapt from the top rope and hit a Froggy Bow elbow drop on Wheeler for a two count. Mark set up a table on the floor while Jay and Harwood fought inside the ring. Wheeler tried to suplex Mark onto a stack of chairs on the floor, but Mark reversed it and suplexed Wheeler onto the floor. All four men were bleeding heavily.
Harwood knocked Jay off the ropes by thrusting the chain at him. Harwood wrapped the chain around his own head and then performed a headbutt from the ropes on Jay. Harwood wrapped the chain around his fist and punched Jay several times. Jay pulled referee Mike Posey in front of him, causing Harwood to punch out the referee while he had the chain wrapped around his hand.
Posey came up bleeding heavily from the forehead Referee Paul Turner checked in while the trainer tended to Posey in the corner. Mark & Wheeler were fighting on the apron. Wheeler got the better of it and placed Mark on the table at ringside next to the stack of chairs.
Wheeler went to the ropes, but Mark stood up and cut him off. Mark punched Wheeler off the apron and then pulled the chain to get him back on the apron. Mark dropkicked Wheeler back to the floor and then placed him on top of the table. Mark went to the ropes. Jay set up Harwood for the Doomsday Device, but Wheeler returned to the apron and pulled the chain, causing Mark to take an insane bump from the ropes and onto some of the chairs on the floor.
Jay got himself & Hardwoos on the top rope before hitting a vicious Superplex on Hardwood into a stack of chairs, but only got a count of two. Jay got Harwood in a chain-assisted STF on Jay, but Wheeler pushed through to stop Harwood from tapping, but Mark dropped his weight to stop Wheeler’s trajectory as they were chained together. With nowhere to go or run, Dax submitted
Winners By Submission & New ROH World Tag Team Champions: The Briscoes (22:20) (NEW CHAMPIONS!!!)
Rate: 9 (Recommend)
After the match The Gunns attacks FTR after the match, then they said that FTR’s legacy is dying and that they would not stop until they kill their legacy. The Briscoes came to the ring to run off The Gunns.
Television Title Match
Samoa Joe (c) vs. Juice Robinson
Samoa Joe & Juice Robinson exchanging holds before Robinson briefly took control, but that was until Joe locked in the Coquina Clutch on Robinson before Robinson got a rope break. Joe & Robinson brawled on the outside, with Robinson hitting a senton on Joe into the barricade.
Back in the ring, Robinson went for a top rope move, but Joe evaded before slamming Robinson with a Uranage on Robinson. Robinson rolled out of the ring before Joe hit him with a Tope Suicida on Robinson onto the outside. Joe took full control of the match as he laid a beating on Robinson on the outside & back in the ring.
Robinson regained control, but Joe got it right back with a powerbomb for a near fall before locking in an STF on Robinson, quickly transitioning into a crossface. Robinson got the rope break to break the hold, but Joe called for the Muscle Buster, but Robinson reversed it with a sunset flip for a near fall before connecting a side kick on Joe.
Robinson went for a top rope move, but Joe trapped Robinson’s groin on the top rope before getting him up and connecting the Muscle Buster gets the win.
Winner & Still Television Champion: Samoa Joe (13:40) (STILL CHAMPION!!!)
Rate: 5
ROH World Title Match
Chris Jericho (c) vs Claudio Castagnoli
If Castagnoli loses he must join Jericho Appreciation Society
Chris Jericho refused to adhere to the code of honor, which Claudio Castagnoli followed up by attacking Jericho inside & outside of the ring. Back in the ring, Castagnoli laid in an uppercut on Jericho before Jericho went for a Code breaker, but Castagnoli caught him before Jericho got a roll up for a near fall.
Jericho went for the Judas Effect, but Castagnoli hit a Neutralizer on Jericho for a near fall. Castagnoli got Jericho on the top rope before planting him with an avalanche gutwrench suplex on Jericho. Castagnoli got Jericho in a Gorilla press before dumping him into the apron and booting him out of the apron to the outside.
Castagnoli went for a cannonball off the apron, but Jericho evaded to regain some footing on the outside. Back in the ring, Jericho flicked off the crowd before hitting a back suplex on Castagnoli for a near fall. Castagnoli hit two uppercuts, but Jericho responded with 3 choops and chests kicks before running the ropes, but Castagnoli caught him with a pop up uppercut for a near fall.
Castagnoli went for the Hammer elbow strikes but stopped because of his injured back. Instead, Castagnoli hit an uppercut, but Jericho responded with an Irish whip into a corner lariat on Castagnoli.
Jericho hit 6 more corner lariats before placing him on the top rope and going for a Hurricanrana, but Claudio caught him mid-air and laid in the punches on Jericho in the chest, but Jericho responded with a straight jacket frankensteiner on Castagnoli for a near fall.
Jericho hit an uppercut on Castagnoli, but Castagnoli laid in the uppercuts before going for a springboard move, but Jericho went for a Code Breaker before Castagnoli got him in a Boston Crab, but Jericho pushed him out of the ring. Jericho went for a triangle dropkick, but Castagnoli caught him with an uppercut.
On the apron, Castagnoli went for a suplex, but Jericho hit a suplex on Castagnoli off the apron into the ring floor. With the two back in the ring, Jericho laid in a series of forearm strikes but Castagnoli responded with a big boot. Jericho hit a boot of his own, but Castagnoli powered through before the two laid each other out with a double lariat.
They exchanged strikes in the center of the ring before the two collapsed after the striking. Jericho racked Castagnoli in the eyes, but Castagnoli by getting the Giant Swing on Jericho, but Jericho immediately rolled Castagnoli over to lock in the Walls Of Jericho on Castagnoli. Jericho cinched the hold deep, but Castagnoli got a rope break to break the hold.
Jericho argued with the referee, which allowed Castagnoli to get back up and connect an uppercut on Jericho. Matt Meynard & Angelo Parker got a bat in the ring before Jericho hit Castagnoli with the bat. Jericho got a single leg hook on Castagnoli, but Castagnoli kicked out at two.
The referee noticed the bat and ejected Menard & Parker out of the arena. Castagnoli got an Inside cradle on Jericho for a near fall, but Jericho instantly responded with a Code Breaker on Claudio for the near fall. Jericho went for the Judas Effect, but Castagnoli countered it with the Giant Swing, getting 30 rotations on Jericho, which Jericho had no choice but to tap out
Winner By Submission & New ROH World Champion: Claudio Castagnoli (17:15) (NEW CHAMPION!!)
Rate: 8 (Recommend)
