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Match Number One: Adam Page (with BJ Whitmer and Colby Corino) versus Will Ferrara
Page attacks Ferrara while Ferrara poses in the corner and Page runs his forearm across the eyes. Page with a punch and kicks to Ferrara. Ferrara with a slap to Page. Page misses a boot and Ferrara with punches and forearms. Page sends Ferrara to the apron and Ferrara with a shoulder and he tries to suplex Page to the floor but Page brings Ferrara back into the ring.
Page with an elbow to get out of a waist lock. Ferrara with a boot to Page and a head scissors off the turnbuckles. Ferrara with an elbow into the corner but he runs across the ring for another one and he runs into a flying boot from Page. Ferrara goes to the floor and Page follows. Page sends Ferrara into the ring post.
Ferrara with punches when they return to the ring. Page with a knee and kick followed by a forearm. Page with a wrist clutch pump handle suplex and bridge for a near fall. Ferrara with forearms. Page with a palm thrust. Ferrara with a knee to the head and a drop kick. Ferrara with a swinging neck breaker. Ferrara gets Page on his shoulders and Page escapes. Ferrara with a flip power bomb out of the corner for a near fall.
Page kicks Ferrara away but Ferrara with a boot. Ferrara clotheslines Page over the top rope to the floor. Whitmer and Corino check on Page and Ferrara with a suicide dive onto Page and Whitmer. Corino distracts the referee and Whitmer throws the crutch into the ring but Ferrara catches it instead of Page and Ferrara drills Page with it and gets the three count.
Winner: Will Ferrara
After the match, Whitmer and Corino attack Page. Whitmer with an Exploder. Whitmer throws the referee aside and then Mark Briscoe and security enter the ring.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Kevin Kelly is with Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian at ringside.
Daniels says that Kevin seems befuddled every time they confront him about Ring of Honor. Christopher says they consider Kevin the verbal representative of the company that is biased against the best team in the business. Look at the history books. How often were they required to wrestle more than one team? After losing the title without being pinned, they get their rematch and they are attacked by a woman who thinks her place is in the ring and not a nursery or kitchen.
Then they are attacked by some masked stranger when the rules of this company state that any unknown quantity introduces themselves into the match, the match should be stopped, the show should be halted and all results should be null and void.
Frankie says that since the Addiction continue to be victims of a conspiracy and since they have never been treated like the global superstars they are by Ring of Honor Management or the fans, they have decided if you want to play checkers, they will play chess. They are taking their talents to New Japan Pro Wrestling, a company that is not governed by a tyrannical dictatorship. After they conquer the heavyweight tag team league, they will be back in the saddle, back in black, and back to take back their tag team championships.
We go to a video package for the Kingdom.
We take a look at the feud between Cheeseburger and Bob Evans and what happened recently when Evans attacked Cheeseburger and stomped on his hand inside a chair. Then Evans gets a saw to cut off Cheeseburger’s hand, but Cheeseburger is saved. This will escalate on a YouTube exclusive match at Final Battle.
We go to commercial.
We are back and we take a look at what happened last week on television when Roderick Strong defeated Jay Lethal for the second time to become a two time Ring of Honor Television Champion.
Jay Lethal comes out to the ring with Truth Martini and Taeler Hendrix.
Jay wants the music cut and he gives the title belt to Truth Martini. Jay congratulates Roderick Strong because after a thousand losses, you finally cracked the code. He says that he knows that Roderick cannot do it again. Next week, he will probably be Ring of Honor television champion again. He says that Roderick does not know what it is like to walk around as the greatest wrestler in the world.
You cannot savor the victory because people are talking about how great a champion Jay Lethal was. People are talking about how great a World Champion he is and that is why he will beat AJ Styles at Final Battle. For years, when they shared a locker room, he came to AJ for advice and he looked up to him. For years, you were the greatest wrestler in the world because it was true.
AJ, that was until Jay became the Ring of Honor Undisputed Champion. You have never been the Ring of Honor World Champion. You have never been the Ring of Honor Television Champion. You have never been the Undisputed Champion. Jay gives AJ all the credit in the world. He wanted to be under AJ’s wing for guidance but at that time, being the greatest wrestler, everything else takes a back seat.
Jay tells AJ to get his ass out here so he can tell him face to face.
AJ comes to the ring and stands in front of Jay. AJ takes the mic from Jay and he says that he agrees with Jay. You are one of the best in the world because you have this big bulls eye on your back. Every week someone is calling you out because they want your title. How ironic is it that you are calling AJ Styles out. You are crying and complaining about Roderick Strong. The best thing that happened to you was losing the Television Title. Now, you can focus on AJ Styles. AJ says he does not want to hear any whining, crying, or complaining because on December 18th, it will be his time to become ROH Champion. AJ says that he is here for Jay. He tells Jay to shake his hand like a man and say may the best man win.
AJ offers his hand and Jay shakes it. Jay tells AJ may the best man win and it will be him because he is the best man and the greatest wrestler in the world.
We go to commercial.
We are back with the latest edition of Inside ROH: Story Time with Adam Cole. He says he is going to cut right to the chase because the match has been signed for Final Battle. Adam Cole versus Kyle O’Reilly. It is appropriate that this is at Final Battle because this is the end of their friendship and the end of their battles together because Adam promises Kyle that the beating he puts on Kyle will be like nothing he has felt before.
Adam says that after he kicked Kyle in the face in San Antonio with both his foot and reality, Kyle felt betrayed. Adam says he was looking out for Kyle. People were telling you that you would be Ring of Honor World Champion some day, but that was not true. He does not know how he has to get it through your thick ignorant skull.
Adam says that he will have to beat him to a bloody pulp. He has to prove once and again that he is the man and Kyle O’Reilly is playing catch up. Does he have to scream and yell to tell Kyle that he will never be Adam Cole or champion. You are not an idiot. Adam says that he is going to get Kyle to leave Ring of Honor, not because of the beating, but because of the embarrassment you are going to feel the next day after being mangled in Philadelphia.
That is what friends are for. They are here to tell the truth and sometimes, the truth hurts.
They run through the card for Final Battle:
Jay Lethal versus AJ Styles for the Ring of Honor World Title
Adam Cole versus Kyle O’Reilly in a Grudge Match
Roderick Strong versus Bobby Fish for the Ring of Honor Television Title
War Machine versus The Kingdom for the Ring of Honor Tag Team Titles
Moose versus Michael Elgin
We go to commercial.
Match Number Two: Dalton Castle versus Adam Cole (with Michael Bennett, Matt Taven, and Maria Kanellis)
Before the match starts, Cole has the members of the Kingdom with him in the ring and The Boys make their way to the ring to stand by Dalton and they put on their masks. Silas Young comes to the ring and tells the Boys to get out of the ring.
Cole attacks Castle from behind before the bell rings while Castle is confused about the situation with the Boys as they are taken to the back by Silas. Castle punches and chops Cole followed by a punch. Taven trips Castle as he comes off the ropes and then Cole charges at Castle and Castle drops down as Cole goes over the top rope to the floor.
Castle with a suicide dive onto Taven and Bennett when Cole moves. Cole comes off the apron and Castle catches him and hits a package suplex on the floor. Cole misses a punch and Castle punches Cole. Cole tries to send Castle back into the ring and Castle slides on the apron for a head scissors but Cole knows what is coming and he hits a super kick.
Cole tells Taven and Bennett to join in on a triple team attack on Castle. After about five or ten seconds, the referee decides to disqualify Cole.
Winner: Dalton Castle (by disqualification)
After the match, the attack continues and Taven with a forearm and Bennett sends Castle back into the ring. Cole, Bennett, and Taven surround Castle, but Hanson and Raymond Rowe make their way to the ring and The Kingdom flees the ring.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Nigel McGuinness has the mic. He says that since you were all excited about getting involved in the last match, why not get involved in this match. There are three of you . . . there are three of them . . . let’s have a six man tag match.
Match Number Three: Dalton Castle, Hanson, and Raymond Rowe versus Adam Cole, Matt Taven, and Michael Bennett (with Maria Kanellis)
The Kingdom charge the ring and they are met with kicks and punches from Hanson, Rowe, and Castle. Castle and Hanson send Cole and Taven to the floor while Rowe goes to the floor with Bennett.
All six men go to the floor and The Kingdom are sent into the guardrails. Hanson punches Taven while Bennett sends Rowe into the guardrails. Hanson punches Cole and Rowe runs Bennett into the guardrails. Castle gives Taven raspberries on his exposed chest. Rowe with a knee to Cole while Castle punches Taven. Rowe punches Bennett.
Castle sends Taven into the ring and Hanson and Cole are going to start things off. Cole escapes a slam and Hanson with a cartwheel followed by a clothesline. Cole with a jawbreaker and Taven and Bennett grab Hanson so the referee goes across the ring to stop Rowe from getting involved. Cole runs into a boot from Hanson and then Taven and Bennett trip Hanson and pull him ding ding first into the ring post and then Bennett and Taven with a double broad jump drop kick to Hanson.
Cole with a kick to Hanson and Taven tags in and he chokes Hanson in the corner. Cole pushes Hanson and Hanson knocks Cole and Bennett off the apron. Hanson with a punch but Taven with a drop kick for a near fall. Cole tags back in and he connects with a leg drop to Hanson. Bennett tags in and he connects with a double sledge to the back. Cole with a boot followed by a boot from Bennett and a cross body from Taven. Bennett gets a near fall.
Cole tags in and kicks Hanson and applies a front face lock as we go to commercial.
We are back and Cole sends Hanson into the corner and Cole draws Rowe into the ring so the referee is distracted. Hanson fights his way out of the corner with elbows and then he hits a seated splash on Cole and they are both down.
Rowe tags in and he hits a hip toss on Bennett and he catches Taven off the turnbuckles and hits an overhead throw. Rowe runs into a boot from Bennett and Rowe with a Superman punch to Bennett. Taven hits Rowe from behind with a forearm and Rowe with a flying knee. Cole with a super kick to the back of the head and Castle tags in.
Castle comes off the turnbuckles and leaps over Cole. Castle with a kick and elbow followed by a forearm. Castle with a clothesline and he hits a running knee into the corner and goes to the apron and up top. Castle with a missile drop kick. Taven tries to hit Castle but Castle gets Taven set for a tombstone piledriver. Taven reverses and then Castle reverses and then Taven reverses and Castle reverses and Taven reverses and Castle reverses and Taven reverses and Castle reverses and hits the tombstone piledriver.
Castle poses and Bennett and Cole with super kicks to the side of the head. Taven rolls to the floor and then Cole and Bennett kick Rowe but Rowe with a flying knee strike to both men. Rowe goes for a suicide dive but Bennett and Cole with forearms to stop him. Taven punches Castle and Castle punches back. Hanson goes up top and he hits a senton onto the Kingdom and his own partners.
Hanson rolls Cole into the ring and Hanson gets Cole on his shoulders and Rowe gets back into the ring so Hanson can drop Cole onto Rowe’s knee for a Death Valley back breaker. Rowe picks up Cole and hits a gutbuster. Castle with a dead lift German suplex and then Hanson with a frog splash. Castle gets a near fall when Bennett and Taven break up the cover and brings a plethora of streamers into the ring.
Hanson and Rowe deal with Taven and Bennett and then Bennett and Taven are clotheslined over the top rope by Hanson and Rowe. Hanson goes for a suicide dive as Rowe holds the ropes open but Hanson misses as he goes through a wall of streamers. Bennett with a spear to Rowe on the apron. Cole goes to the turnbuckles for the Key West Destroyer but Castle blocks it. Cole holds on to the ropes and Taven and Bennett with a double super kick. Cole with a brainbuster neck breaker and he gets the three count.
Winners: Adam Cole, Matt Taven, and Michael Bennett
We go to credits.
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