Final Battle (2020) was a
professional wrestling
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event produced by American promotion
Ring of Honor
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(ROH). It took place on Thursday December 10, 2020 and aired on tape delay on Friday, December 18 at the
UMBC Event Center in
Baltimore
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,
Maryland
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.
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/ref> It was the 19th event under the Final Battle chronology.
This was ROH's only pay-per-view event in 2020, as two previously scheduled events to have taken place in March ( ROH 18th Anniversary Show and Supercard of Honor XIV) were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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, with ROH subsequently going on a five-month hiatus during the pandemic, and resuming operations in August.
Storylines
The event featured 10 professional wrestling matches
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, which involve different wrestlers from pre-existing script
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ed feuds, plot
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...
s, and storylines that play out on ROH's television programs. Wrestlers portray villains
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or heroes
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as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Results
Notes
References
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2020
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Ring of Honor pay-per-view and livestreaming events
Professional wrestling shows in Baltimore
December 2020 in the United States