Former ROH World Television Champion and ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champion Shane Taylor will make his return to the company at Final Battle.
Taylor and JD Griffey will face Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland in tag team action at ROH Final Battle. The match was announced on last night’s episode of AEW Rampage.
Renee Paquette asked Lee about the recent issues within Swerve In Our Glory in a backstage segment on Rampage. Taylor then made his AEW debut, questioning why Lee has a history of abandoning his family. Taylor claims Lee abandoned Strickland two weeks ago, Griffey in Dallas, and Taylor six years ago. Taylor claims he went on to become the greatest ROH World Television Champion of all time, but their work is far from done. Taylor then proposed that they settle their differences at Final Battle, proposing a tag team match and telling Lee that he needs to find a partner. Taylor walked away, and Strickland appeared, smiling and shaking his head at Lee. Lee walked away, questioning whether he could even trust Strickland.
Taylor has never wrestled for AEW, and his last ROH appearance was last December at Final Battle 2021, where he defeated Kenny King in a Fight Without Honor match. This will be his first ROH match since AEW President Tony Khan purchased the promotion. Griffey has never wrestled for Ring of Honor. He has worked three AEW matches, including a loss to Tony Nese at the April 15 Dark tapings, a loss to Ethan Page at the May 18 Elevation tapings, and a Handicap Elimination tag team match on June 15 at the Road Rager Dynamite, in which Wardlow defeated 20 enhancement talent security guards.
Swerve In Our Glory will compete in ROH Final Battle for the first time since losing the rematch against AEW World Tag Team Champions The Acclaimed at Full Gear on November 19.
The 2022 ROH Final Battle pay-per-view will take place on Saturday, December 10, at 4 p.m. ET. The event will be broadcast live from Arlington’s College Park Center. The updated card is below, along with the Rampage promo:
ROH World Title Match
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Chris Jericho (c)
Castagnoli must join The Jericho Appreciation Society if he loses.
Pure Wrestling Rules Match for the ROH Pure Title
Wheeler Yuta vs. Daniel Garcia (c)
ROH Women’s World Title Match
Athena vs. Mercedes Martinez (c)
ROH World Television Title Match
Juice Robinson vs. AEW TNT Champion Samoa Joe (c)
Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland vs. Shane Taylor and JD Griffey
“The business between you and I is far from over”@RealKeithLee @swerveconfident @shane216taylor
Tune in to #AEWRampage on TNT right now! pic.twitter.com/yAvUfCsY5O
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) December 3, 2022
