Final Battle (2017) was the 16th Final Battle

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(ROH). It took place on December 15, 2017, at the

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Storylines

Final Battle 2017 features

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, which involve different wrestlers from pre-existing

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ed feuds,

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s, and storylines. Wrestlers portray

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or heroes as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. At War of the Worlds UK: Liverpool, ROH World Champion Cody defeated Sanada. After the match, he proclaimed that he had beaten everyone, but

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interrupted. Cody avoided a confrontation and attacked Castle the next night, injuring Castle's shoulder. At Global Wars: Chicago, Cody was taking pictures with fans prior to his match, only for one of the fans to be a masked Castle. Castle later issued a challenge for Cody's championship, which was made official.

Event

Preliminary matches

The event opened with Matt Taven, accompanied by Kingdom teammates T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia, facing Will Ospreay. Taven performed the ''

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'' on Ospreay after countering the OsCutter. for the win. Next, War Machine faced The Addiction. War Machine performed the ''

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'' On

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, and

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made the cover to score the win. After that,

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faced off against

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.In the end as Scurll attempted a chickenwing, Lethal attempted to hit Scurll with his own umbrella, but Scurll ducked and hit a European Uppercut on Lethal, knocking the umbrella out of his hand. As referee Todd Sinclair reached for the umbrella, Lethal low blowed Scurll and performed the ''Lethal Injection'' on Scrull to win the match. Later,

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(

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and

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) defended the

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against The Best Friends ( Chuckie T. and Barretta). The Best Friends went for a double tag team move, after Chuckie performed on Sabin a piledriver,

was able to roll Beretta, the legal wrestler in the match, into a Jackknife, to retain the title. Next, Kenny King defended the ROH World Television Championship in a Four-way elimination match against

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(accompanied by The Beer City Bruiser) and Shane Taylor. Taylor was the first to be eliminated. While Bruiser distracted the referee, Young hit King with a beer bottle to eliminate him as well. Young later performed the ''

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'' on Martinez to win the championship. Later,

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(Mark and Jay) faced Bully Ray and

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in a New York Street Fight. Bully performed a plash on Jay through a table for a near fall. Dreamer gave him fluid as Ray attempted to light another table on fire. Mark hit him with an enzuigiri and the Briscoes performed "3B", their parody of the Dudley Boyz move 3D. As Jay held Bully down on the table, Mark performed the ''Froggy Bow'' on Ray through a table, and Jay pinned Ray to score the win. Before the penultimate match, lead announcer Ian Riccaboni introduced the new Women of Honor Championship. Riccaboni announced that a tournament for the championship will start on January 20, 2018. After that, The Hung Bucks defended the

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against Dragon Lee, Flip Gordon and Titán. When Gordon attempted a springboard moonsault, all Hung Buck members superkicked him. They stacked Gordon and Dragon Lee on Page and hit a combination of the Indy Taker and Rite of Passage as Matt pinned Gordon to retain the title.

Main event

Cody, accompanied by his wife

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, defended the

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against

, who was accompanied by The Boys. Castle performed the ''Bang-A-Rang'' on Cody to win the match and the title, giving Castle his first singles title in ROH.

Reception

Larry Csonka of 411Mania rated the show "average", calling the tag team title match "disappointing", the TV title match "bad" and the street fight "lethargic".

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of Pro Wrestling Torch called the main event "solid ... but not must-see or epic by any means", adding that it "didn't do anything to change the perception that Cody is good for a solid three-star-and-change type of match, but not much better".

Results

ROH World Television Championship match

References

External links

Ring of Honor's official website
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