Final Battle 2009
was a
professional wrestling
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pay-per-view
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Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program ...
(PPV) event produced by
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; the promotion was subs ...
(ROH), which was only available online. It took place on December 19, 2009 from the
Manhattan Center
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in
New York City
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. Nine matches were aired live from the show, and a bonus match aired during the intermission.
It was the seventh annual event in the
Final Battle
Final Battle is a professional wrestling event, held annually by the Ring of Honor promotion. The event was initially held in 2002.
It is held in December, and is the promotion's last show of the calendar year. The 2009 edition of the show was ...
chronology, with the first taking place in 2002. It was the first ROH event to be shown as an online pay-per-view, and the first to be aired
live
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.
Storylines
Final Battle featured nine 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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Gaming
* ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' ...
in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match.
On November 19, 2009, ROH announced that
Tyler Black Tyler Black may refer to:
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would receive an
ROH World Championship
The ROH World Championship is a professional wrestling Championship (professional wrestling)#World championships, world championship created and promoted by Ring of Honor (ROH). It is considered the most prestigious title in the promotion. The cu ...
match at Final Battle 2009 as a result of winning the
Survival of the Fittest tournament.
The feud between the
Briscoe Brothers
The Briscoe Brothers, also called The Briscoes, were a professional wrestling tag team consisting of American brothers Jay Briscoe (Jamin Pugh, 1984–2023) and Mark Briscoe (Mark Pugh, born 1985). They were known for their 20-year tenure with th ...
(Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) and
The American Wolves
The American Wolves were a professional wrestling tag team which consisted of Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards. They are seven-time world tag team champions being five-time TNA World Tag Team Champions and two-time ROH World Tag Team Champion ...
of
Eddie Edwards and
Davey Richards
Wesley David Richards (born March 1, 1983), best known under the ring name Davey Richards, is a retired American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. Best known for his time in Impact Wrestling, TNA Wrestling and Ring of Honor, and for ...
began at ''
Final Battle 2008
Final Battle is a professional wrestling event, held annually by the Ring of Honor Professional wrestling promotion, promotion. The event was initially held in 2002.
It is held in December, and is the promotion's last show of the calendar year. ...
'' in December 2008.
At the event, The American Wolves attacked the Briscoe Brothers and injured Mark's knee. As a result of the
legitimate injury, Mark was sidelined for several months to recover.
Upon his return, the Briscoes won a
tag team battle royal on the October 5 episode of ''
Ring of Honor Wrestling
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'' to earn a World Tag Team Championship match against The American Wolves.
They received the title match on September 19 at ''Final Countdown Tour: Chicago'', but won by
disqualification after Richards attacked the
referee
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. As a result, they did not win the championship.
At the ''Ring of Honor Wrestling'' tapings in early November, the Briscoes became the number one contenders to the World Tag Team Championship by defeating the team of
Kevin Steen and El Generico
Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were a professional wrestling tag team. They are both signed to WWE, but are currently assigned to different brands.
The team originated in 2007 in Ring of Honor (ROH), where Zayn portrayed the '' luchador enmascarad ...
, and the championship match was announced for Final Battle.
On November 10, ROH announced that two
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
Promociones Antonio Peña, S.A. de C.V. doing business as, d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (commonly referred to as simply AAA, pronounced "Triple A" – an abbreviation of its original name Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración de Espectáculos ...
(AAA) wrestlers, former ROH World Tag Team Champion,
Rocky Romero
John Raymond Rivera (born October 28, 1982), better known by his ring name Rocky Romero (ロッキー・ロメロ, ''Rokkī Romero''), is a Cuban-American professional wrestler. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and All Elite Wrest ...
and
Alex Koslov
Alex Sherman (born January 21, 1984) is a Moldovan-born Russian retired professional wrestler and color commentator, currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling under the ring name Alex Koslov.
Koslov has mainly worked in Mexico from 2005 unti ...
, would both be returning to ROH for a series of shows.
The following day, they announced that two more AAA wrestlers, former ROH competitors
Jack Evans and
Teddy Hart
Edward Ellsworth Annis (born February 2, 1980) is a Canadian-American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Teddy Hart. He currently wrestles on the independent circuit. He is one-half of the RCW (Real Canadian Wrestling) Tag Tea ...
, would also be appearing for two shows, including Final Battle 2009.
On November 23, ROH announced that the match for the AAA competitors would be a tag team match, with Hart and Koslov wrestling the duo of Evans and Romero.
Production
On November 23, 2009, ROH announced that they had signed a
pay-per-view
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Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program ...
deal with Go Fight Live (GFL) to air live events over the
Internet
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.
The first event to be aired as part of this deal was Final Battle 2009.
On December 15, 2009, ROH announced the formation of its
video on demand
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service through GFL to complement the
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of Final Battle 2009.
Beginning on December 15, five taped ROH events were broadcast leading up to Final Battle 2009.
The events aired were Glory By Honor IV, Death Before Dishonor IV, Final Battle 2006, Glory By Honor V: Night 2, and Glory By Honor VI: Night Two.
Due to a
blizzard
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,
Necro Butcher
Dylan Keith Summers (born July 13, 1973), better known by the ring name Necro Butcher, is an American professional wrestler. Throughout the years he has worked for various promotions, including Ring of Honor, Full Impact Pro, IWA Mid-South, Pr ...
was unable to attend the event, and Teddy Hart and Jack Evans arrived late, forcing their scheduled match to be changed.
Event
Before the event, there was an
untelevised match for the live crowd in attendance, in which
Andy "Right Leg" Ridge defeated
Alex "Sugarfoot" Payne.
Preliminary matches
The event began with a video promo package of the
scripted feud between
Austin Aries
Daniel Healy Solwold Jr. (born April 15, 1978), better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, TNA Wrestling, where he is a t ...
and
Tyler Black Tyler Black may refer to:
* Tyler Black (baseball) (born 2000), a Canadian professional baseball infielder
* Tyler Black (wrestler) (born 1986), an American professional wrestler best known as Seth Rollins
{{disambiguation ...
, and the three commentators, Dave Prazak,
Eric Santamaria, and
Larry Sweeney were introduced.

The first match that aired was a Pick 6 Contenders Series
four-corner survival match, which featured
Claudio Castagnoli
Claudio Castagnoli ( ; born 27 December 1980) is a Swiss professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Death Riders and a former AEW World Trios Championship, AEW World Trios Champion. He also per ...
,
Rhett Titus
Everett Lawrence Titus (born September 15, 1987) is an American professional wrestler working for Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a former ROH World Television Champion, an overall two-time ROH Tag Team Champion individually, as well as winning ...
,
Kenny Omega
Tyson Smith (born October 16, 1983), better known by the ring name , is a Canadian-born professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the current AEW International Champion in his first reign. He also works as an ...
, and
Colt Cabana
Scott Colton (born May 6, 1980), better known by the ring name Colt Cabana, is an American professional wrestler, color commentator, and podcaster. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a wrestler and as a coach, and he performs the same ...
. The Pick 6 Contenders Series is a ranking system in ROH, which determines the challengers for the
ROH World Championship
The ROH World Championship is a professional wrestling Championship (professional wrestling)#World championships, world championship created and promoted by Ring of Honor (ROH). It is considered the most prestigious title in the promotion. The cu ...
. Prior to the match both Castagnoli and Omega were in the Pick 6, Castagnoli as number one and Omega as number six.
Cabana and Omega worked together throughout the match, teaming up on Castagnoli and Titus, until Omega performed a
Ura–nage slam on Cabana. Castagnoli won the match by
pinning Titus after a
German suplex
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.
Immediately following this match, a video promo of Tyler Black was aired.
The second match was originally scheduled to be
Erick Stevens and
Bison Smith
Mark Thomas Smith (September 24, 1970 – November 22, 2011) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Bison Smith. He was best known for his appearances with Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan; and World Wrestling Council ...
versus
Delirious
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* ''Delirious'' (2006 film), an American comedy-drama directed by Tom DiCillo, sta ...
and
Necro Butcher
Dylan Keith Summers (born July 13, 1973), better known by the ring name Necro Butcher, is an American professional wrestler. Throughout the years he has worked for various promotions, including Ring of Honor, Full Impact Pro, IWA Mid-South, Pr ...
, however, due to the
blizzard in the United States, Necro Butcher was unable to be at the show. As a result,
Prince Nana
Nana Osei Bandoh (born August 1, 1979), better known by his ring name, Prince Nana, is an American professional wrestling manager and former professional wrestler of Ghanaian descent. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he serves a ...
, Stevens' and Smith's
manager
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, insulted Butcher prior to the match, before Delirious interrupted. Delirious began the match on his own, but Pelle Primeau came out to help shortly afterwards. Smith
press slammed Primeau to the outside, eliminating him from the match, and causing
Bobby Dempsey to come to Delirious' aid instead. A notable spot in the match involved Smith performing a
backbreaker
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on Dempsey across Stevens' knee. Stevens and Smith won the match by pinfall, after Smith performed a
powerbomb
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on Dempsey.
The third match that aired was a
Fight Without Honor
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between
Eddie Kingston
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and
Chris Hero
William Christopher Spradlin (born December 24, 1979), better known by his ring name Chris Hero, is an American professional wrestler and trainer. , he is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a producer. Hero has worked for a number of indepen ...
. The match began with both men brawling, until Hero got the upper hand by using a
steel chain on Kingston, making him bleed. In the middle of the match, Hero removed a section of the barricade and placed it in the ring, balancing it on the ring ropes to form a platform. Hero then
ganso powerbombed Kingston from the top rope onto the barricade for a
near-fall. Kingston took the advantage by using the steel chain, and performed a
capture suplex on
Sara Del Rey
Sara Ann Amato (born November 13, 1980) is an American professional wrestling trainer and retired professional wrestler, best known by her ring name Sara Del Rey. She was a mainstay for Chikara, Ring of Honor (ROH) and Shimmer, but also appeare ...
, Hero's manager, when she interfered in the match.
Kingston won the match by pinfall after performing Hero's own
finishing move
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...
, the Rolling Elbow, on Hero while wearing Hero's loaded
elbow pad
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.
The final contest before the
intermission
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was a
tag team match
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in which
The Young Bucks
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(Nick and Matt Jackson) faced
Kevin Steen and El Generico
Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were a professional wrestling tag team. They are both signed to WWE, but are currently assigned to different brands.
The team originated in 2007 in Ring of Honor (ROH), where Zayn portrayed the '' luchador enmascarad ...
. The story of the match saw The Young Bucks attempt to exploit Steen's knee injury. The Young Bucks won the match following a series of
superkick
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s to Steen to pin him. After the match, Steen then thanked several wrestlers in what appeared to be a retirement speech, and embraced Generico, before performing a
low blow on him. He then hit Generico with a
steel chair, before being stopped by Colt Cabana.
During the intermission, a match between
CM Punk
Phillip Jack Brooks (born October 26, 1978), better known by his ring name CM Punk, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw brand. Regarded as ...
and
Spanky from the ''Third Anniversary Celebration: Part 1'' aired.
The first match after the intermission was a Pick 6 Contenders Series match between
Kenny King and
Roderick Strong
Christopher Lindsey (born July 26, 1983), better known by his ring name Roderick Strong, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Paragon stable and is a former one-time AEW I ...
, who was number four in the rankings prior to the match. The match was a back and forth contest, with a notable
spot
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occurring when Strong performed a backbreaker on King on the
ring apron. King eventually won the match by utilizing a
roll-up while holding onto Strong's ring gear. As a result of the win, King gained the number four ranking in the Pick 6 Contenders Series.
The next match was originally scheduled to be a tag team match between the teams of
Rocky Romero
John Raymond Rivera (born October 28, 1982), better known by his ring name Rocky Romero (ロッキー・ロメロ, ''Rokkī Romero''), is a Cuban-American professional wrestler. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and All Elite Wrest ...
and
Jack Evans, and
Alex Koslov
Alex Sherman (born January 21, 1984) is a Moldovan-born Russian retired professional wrestler and color commentator, currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling under the ring name Alex Koslov.
Koslov has mainly worked in Mexico from 2005 unti ...
and
Teddy Hart
Edward Ellsworth Annis (born February 2, 1980) is a Canadian-American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Teddy Hart. He currently wrestles on the independent circuit. He is one-half of the RCW (Real Canadian Wrestling) Tag Tea ...
, however, due to the blizzard, Evans and Hart were late to the event. As a result, Romero and Koslov competed in singles competition against each other instead, but during the match the fans in attendance chanted "we want Teddy" and "Jack". The ending to the match was
botched, as the bell rang before Koslov
submitted to Romero's
armbar
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hold, however, Romero was still credited with the submission victory.
Main event matches
The first
championship
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Title match system
In this sys ...
match of the show followed, as The American Wolves (
Davey Richards
Wesley David Richards (born March 1, 1983), best known under the ring name Davey Richards, is a retired American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. Best known for his time in Impact Wrestling, TNA Wrestling and Ring of Honor, and for ...
and
Eddie Edwards) defended the
ROH World Tag Team Championship
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against the
Briscoe Brothers
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(Jay and Mark). The Briscoes took the advantage early on, but this ended when Edwards faked an arm injury, based on the broken elbow from which he had just returned, and the Wolves began double-teaming Jay. After about 20 minutes, the Wolves applied simultaneous
submission holds
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, but the Briscoes were able to counter them. The Briscoes won the match by pinfall shortly afterwards by performing a
doomsday device
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on Edwards. This win made the Briscoe Brothers a record six-time tag team champions.

Immediately following the tag team match, Claudio Castagnoli walked down to ringside, and was quickly joined by Chris Hero, who came from the crowd. Castagnoli and Hero attacked the Briscoes and posed with the ROH World Tag Team Championship in an apparent reunion of their former tag team,
The Kings of Wrestling
The Kings of Wrestling was a professional wrestling stable that worked on the independent circuit. It was formed in Chikara as a large stable, but also appeared in numerous promotions mainly as a tag team of Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli. ...
.
Teddy Hart and Jack Evans, accompanied by
Julius Smokes, then made an appearance and, after
cutting a promo, they had an impromptu
unsanctioned match, with Smokes as the
referee
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. Evans won the match after performing a
630° senton on Hart.
The
main event
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of the show was for the
ROH World Championship
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, between the defending champion, Austin Aries, and the challenger, Tyler Black. The match was based around Aries constantly trying to escape from Black, and lose by
countout
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, which would have meant that Aries retained the championship. When Black refused to let him leave and brought him back to the ring on multiple occasions, Aries attempted to get disqualified by performing a low blow on Black and threatening to hit the referee. The match ended in a 60-minute
time-limit draw.
Afterwards the two men continued to fight, until they were interrupted by a brawl between the Kings of Wrestling and The Briscoe Brothers, which began in the crowd, and ended in the ring. After Aries, Castagnoli and Hero fled the ringside area, Black and the Briscoes posed in the ring to end the show.
Reception

Overall, the pay-per-view was well received. Writing for the
Pro Wrestling Torch
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''Pro Wrestling Torch''
Kel ...
, Sean Radican praised the main event between Aries and Black, awarding it four and a half stars out of five.
He awarded the ROH World Tag Team Championship match four and a quarter stars out of five, calling it an "awesome match".
He also praised the Steen and Generico-Young Bucks match, awarding it four and a half stars as well, and singled out Steen for praise, saying he was "great here selling the story of his knee injury".
In his review, Michael Campbell of the
Wrestling Observer
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Founded in print in 1982 by Dave Meltzer, the ''Wrestling Observer'' website merged with Bryan Alvarez's ''Figure Four We ...
also praised Steen's contribution to the show, saying he "put in an outstanding shift" and said the match was a "really superb tag" team match.
He touted Sweeney's return, saying it gave the show a "real feel-good factor", and praised the "crisp, at times cutting edge duos sequences" on show in the American Wolves-Briscoes match.
Campbell, however, criticized the live crowd at the show, saying it was the "worst NYC crowd" he could remember seeing at an ROH show.
Campbell felt the botched ending of the Koslov-Romero match detracted from the event, calling it "ridiculously amateurish".
All the reviewers criticized the sound production for the event. Radican claimed it was hard to hear the video packages on the internet feed due to the noise of the live crowd, and also experienced sound difficulties with the intermission match.
Campbell agreed, saying the sound for the Black video promo was "abysmal", and remarking that the audio issues made the show seem "very unprofessional".
ROH later said that the sound problems were due to GFL's equipment not functioning as it had during run-throughs earlier in the day.
In April 2010, ROH reported that Final Battle 2009 received 1,200 buys and earned
US$
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18,000, not counting live event ticket or merchandise sales.
ROH split the revenue with GoFightLive, and so received approximately $9,000.
ROH reported that the pay-per-view cost approximately $1,500 to air, and so they earned approximately $7,500 profit for the event.
Results
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