Final Battle 2006 was the 5th
Final Battle major
professional wrestling
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event produced by
Ring of Honor
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(ROH). It took place on December 23, 2006 from the
Manhattan Center
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in
New York City
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.
It was the fourth annual event in the
Final Battle chronology, with the first taking place in 2002.
The shows main event featured New York’s own
Homicide
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challenge
Bryan Danielson
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for the
ROH World Championship
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, with Homicide vowing to leave ROH forever if he failed to win the title.
Background
Final Battle featured seven professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted
feuds
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and
storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either
villains
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or
heroes
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* Hero, one who displays courage and self-sacrifice for the greater good
Film
* ''Heroes'' (1977 film), an American drama
* ''Heroes'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi film
Gaming
* ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' ...
in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match.
Results
See also
*
List of Ring of Honor pay-per-view events
This is a list of pay-per-view events promoted by Ring of Honor (ROH).
Past events 2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Number of events by year
*2007 – 5
*2008 – 5 ...
References
External links
*
{{ROHPPV, Final Battle
2006 in professional wrestling
2006 in New York City
Events in New York City
2006
Professional wrestling in New York City