Final Battle is a
professional wrestling
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event, held annually by the
Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor (ROH) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. The promotion was founded by Rob Feinstein on February 23, 2002, and was operated by Cary Silkin from 2004 until 2011, when the promotion was s ...
promotion
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Marketing
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. The event was initially held in 2002, and is traditionally ROH's last show in the calendar year. The
2009 edition of the show was ROH's first internet pay-per-view, and the first ROH show to be broadcast live. The
2010 edition and the
2011 edition were also broadcast live via the internet. Between 2006 and 2014, every event was held at either the Grand Ballroom or the
Hammerstein Ballroom
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of the
Manhattan Center
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in New York City.
Final Battle has since become Ring of Honor's premiere flagship event, similar to
WWE
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's
WrestleMania
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.
Dates and venues
See also
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All Out: the premier event produced by
All Elite Wrestling
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AEW is owned by Shahid Khan and his son Tony, ...
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Bound for Glory: the premier event produced by
Impact Wrestling
Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment.
Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the pro ...
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Wrestle Kingdom: the premier event produced by
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
(NJPW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo. Founded on January 13, 1972, by Antonio Inoki, the promotion was sold to Yuke's, who later sold it to Bushiroad in 2012. TV Asahi and Amuse, Inc. own minority share ...
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November to Remember
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: the premier event produced by
Eastern Championship Wrestling
HHG Corporation, doing business as Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), was a professional wrestling promotion and media company that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The promotion was founded in 1992 by Tod Gordon as National Wres ...
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Extreme Championship Wrestling
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Triplemanía
Triplemanía is the biggest annual professional wrestling event promoted by the Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) promotion and is traditionally held in August each year. A majority of the shows have been presented as pay-per-view events, with some ...
: the premier event produced by
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
Antonio Peña Promotions, S.A. de C.V. doing business as, d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide is a Mexican Lucha Libre (professional wrestling) professional wrestling promotion, promotion based in Mexico City, Mexico. Commonly referred to as simply ...
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WrestleMania
WrestleMania is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event held annually between mid-March and mid-April by WWE, the world's largest professional wrestling promotion. Since premiering in 1985, 37 editions followed, ...
: the premier event produced by
WWE
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a as WWE, is an American professional wrestling promotion. A global integrated media and entertainment company, WWE has also branched out into other fields, including film, American football, and var ...
References
External links
Ring of Honor's official site
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