ROH Final Battle 2024 Results
CONTAINS SPOILERS
ROH: Final Battle 2024 was broadcast live on December 20th,
2024, from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, NY!
The event began with the ROH: Zero Hour preshow kicking
things off on the official ROH YouTube Channel!
Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman were the commentary team
for tonight’s event.
Grizzled Young Veterans—James Drake & Zack Gibson
vs.
Dark Order’s Alex Reynolds & John Silver (with Evil Uno)!
Reynolds took down Drake with an arm drag. Gibson grabbed a
tag, but Reynolds rocked him with a high cross body press.
Silver and Reynolds hit a double dropkick on Gibson. Drake
caught Silver with a dragon screw. Gibson body slammed
Silver and then worked on Silver’s legs with a one legged
Boston crab.
Reynolds got the hot tag and cleaned house on the Grizzled
Young Vets! Reynolds power bombed Gibson for a near fall.
Drake jumped in and the numbers were too much for Reynolds,
with Gibson delivering a forearm in the corner. The Dark
Order nailed Drake with a spear brain buster combo on the
arena floor! Reynolds double stomped Gibson but Gibson
kicked out at the two-count!
GYV blasted Reynolds with a standing doomsday device. Evil
Uno jumped on the apron to distract the Grizzled Young Vets
and buy some time for Reynolds to recover. The Dark Order
used a flurry of offense on Drake, but Gibson broke it up in
the nick of time. GYV retaliated with the high low and
pinned Reynolds, hammering their point home and perhaps
putting themselves in title contention.
Harley Cameron vs. Stardom’s Hanako!
Hanako hit Harley with a shoulder tackle. Cameron tried for
a vertical suplex, but Hanako reversed it. Hanako pump
kicked Cameron in the face! Hanako splashed Harley in the
corner. Harley unleashed her shining wizard on Hanako for a
near fall.
Harley whipped Hanako around with flying head scissors.
Hanako rocked Harley with a back breaker and then planted
her after a torture rack, then picked up the pinfall
victory!
The Undisputed Kingdom’s Matt Taven & Mike Bennett
vs.
Shane Taylor Promotions’ The Infantry—Shawn Dean & Carlie
Bravo (with Shane Taylor & Trish Adora)!
The Infantry ambushed the Kingdom as Taven and Bennett were
making their ring entrance. Bennett and Taven hit tandem
offense on Bravo. Shawn Dean put the boots to Matt Taven.
While the ref was distracted, Shane Taylor clobbered Taven
with a stiff right strike.
Bennett tagged in and unloaded rapid fire chops on Dean and
Bravo. Bennett planted Dean with a spine buster. Taven
whacked Bravo with Just The Tip. Trish Adora knocked Taven
from the top rope and the ref didn’t see it. The Infantry
rocked Bennett with Bootcamp, but he kicked out! The
Undisputed Kingdom retaliated with the Rockstar Supernova
and scored the victory!
LEEJ—Lee Johnson & EJ Nduka vs. Gates of Agony—Bishop Kaun &
Toa Liona!
Lee Johnson scored with a beautiful dropkick on Kaun. EJ
tagged in but Kaun rocked him with a back breaker on the top
turnbuckle. Liona followed up with a leg drop on the apron
and then a suplex on the arena floor to Johnson.
EJ and Toa tagged in for their respective teams. They
exchanged forearms in the center of the ring, slugging it
out! EJ took Toa off his feet with a flying clothesline. Toa
got speared by EJ!
The Gates of Agony double teamed EJ. Lee Johnson came in and
tried to clean house to help his partner. Johnson frog
splashed Bishop but Toa speared Johnson. EJ landed the 6’8”
moonsault on Bishop Kaun. Toa planted Nduka with a Samoan
drop. Big Shotty Lee Johnson flipped over the top rope and
landed onto Toa on the arena floor. He tried for a rana, but
Bishop Kaun countered with a power bomb onto the steel ring
steps. They planted Lee with Open the Gates, but Johnson
kicked out. The Gates of Agony punished Johnson with Open
the Gates again and this time Kaun pinned Johnson!
After the match, LEEJ blindsided the Gates of Agony with
cheap shots, taking the loss personal!
The main portion of the card kicked off with…
CMLL’s Atlantis Jr. vs. MxM Collection’s Mansoor (with Mason
Madden)!
Mansoor took down Atlantis with an inside wristlock
takeover. Atlantis cut down Mansoor with flying head
scissors. Mason interfered, sweeping out Atlantis’ legs from
the apron. Mansoor capitalized with a slingshot neck breaker
followed by a falcon arrow.
Atlantis began to target Mansoor’s back as the momentum of
the match shifted in his favor. Mason distracted Atlantis
long enough for Mansoor to suplex Atlantis from the top
turnbuckle. Atlantis dodged a moonsault. Mansoor tried again
and landed the moonsault on the second attempt, good for a
near fall.
Atlantis caught Mansoor with a cutter and went for the pin,
but Mansoor got his boot on the ropes just in the nick of
time. As the ref was distracted, Mason interfered again.
Danhausen crawled out from beneath the ring and hit Mason
with a low blow. Atlantis followed up with a tope! Atlantis
hit the frog splash on Mansoor and pinned him!
“Danhausen evening the sides as Atlantis scores one in this
international rivalry,” said Ian.
After the match, Mason headbutted Atlantis. Danhausen jumped
in the ring and cursed Mason! Danhausen opened his jar of
teeth and poured them down Mason’s throat! Danhausen and
Atlantis celebrated in the ring after the match!
Lexi Nair was backstage to interview ROH World Champion
Chris Jericho!
Jericho: “Can you feel it? The energy, the excitement, the
smell of hot dogs and sewage! This is my hometown of New
York City. The King of New York has come home. And I’ve done
so much championing this city for so long, I’ve really
brought a positive spotlight here.
“That’s why I have a responsibility to defend this
championship and remain champion. I promise you I will leave
the Grand Apple as your ROH champion!”
“The Wrestler” Katsuyori Shibata vs. “Dynamite Kid” Tommy
Billington!
Shibata put Billington in the Indian Death Lock. Somehow
Tommy managed to escape, using his snake pit training, no
doubt. Billington ran and jumped through the ropes, risking
it all, and connecting with a flying headbutt to Shibata.
Shibata charged back with a running boot to Billington’s
head.
Shibata applied a figure four leg lock. Billington reversed
it. Shibata and Billington jockeyed for position, countering
and reversing one another. Billington rolled to the ropes
and the ref broke the hold. Billington scored with a snap
brain buster. Shibata planted Billington with an STO out of
nowhere.
Billington displayed poise, rocking Shibata with a shotgun
dropkick. Billington was staying with a game plan. The
Dynamite Kid drilled Shibata with a springboard DDT on the
apron. Billington landed a diving headbutt. Shibata grabbed
a sleeper submission out of nowhere and forced Billington to
tap out!
QT Marshall (with Aaron Solo) vs. “Black Machismo” Jay
Lethal (with “Sensational” Karen Jarrett and Sonjay Dutt)!
Jay jabbed at QT and followed up with a big elbow. Jay
landed a double ax handle on QT’s head. Lethal rocketed out
of the ring with a tope suicida. Marshall nailed Jay with a
tornado DDT, stopping Lethal’s rally.
Lethal stunned QT with a neck breaker. Lethal applied a
figure four leg lock. Solo jumped in the ring, but Dutt put
Solo in the figure four! QT gouged Lethal in the eyes and
then QT clocked Dutt with a diamond cutter. Jay punished
Marshall with the Lethal Combination. Lethal climbed up top
but Solo knocked Lethal off his perch.
Karen went to slap Solo, but Solo grabbed her wrist. Jeff
Jarrett came down to the ring and smashed a guitar over
Solo’s head! Lethal hit the Hail to the King elbow drop but
QT kicked out!
Marshall countered the Lethal Injection with the Cross
Rhodes, but Jay kicked out at the two-count. Lethal pump
kicked QT and then blasted QT with a cutter! QT fired back
with a Lethal Injection, but Jay kicked out! Jay smashed QT
with the Lethal Injection and won via pinfall!
“Jay remains the Franchise of ROH and is a contender for the
ROH World Championship,” said Ian.
ROH Women’s World TV Championship Match!
Red Velvet (c.) vs. “Legit” Leyla Hirsch!
Red Velvet walloped Leyla with a running double knee strike
as Leyla was draped across the ropes. Leyla, determined,
dropkicked Red Velvet. Leyla threw Red Velvet with a suplex,
but Red Velvet fired back with a spear.
Leyla nailed Red Velvet with a swingout German Suplex! Leyla
and Red traded open hand strikes, neither woman retreating.
Leyla power bombed Red Velvet and followed up with a
moonsault for a near fall. Leyla may have hyperextended her
elbow in the process.
Red Velvet rocked Leyla with a roundhouse kick. Red Velvet
kicked Leyla in the arm. Red Velvet smashed Leyla with a
knockout right hand strike. Leyla grabbed Red Velvet and
spiked her with the snake eyes in the corner. Red Velvet
retaliated with the Stir It Up for a near fall!
Red Velvet went under the ring and grabbed a steel
turnbuckle. Ref Paul Turner pulled it away and while he was
distracted, Red Velvet clobbered Leyla with a wrench and
stole the pin!
“Tonight we found out Red Velvet will do whatever it takes
to retain that title,” said Ian.
ROH Pure Championship Open Challenge Match!
“TaigaStyle” Lee Moriarty (c.) (with Shane Taylor) vs. Nigel
McGuinness!
The judges for the match were Jerry Lynn, Rocky Romero, and
Christopher Daniels.
Nigel grabbed the microphone before the match.
Nigel: “New York City, I am ready to go! But if we’re going
to do this, let’s do it Ring of Honor old school style under
the old ROH Pure title rules.”
Shane Taylor: “Dawg, old is right. This is TaigaStyle versus
tired style. I let Lee beat your ass tonight, they’re going
to try to arrest my guy for elder abuse.”
Nigel: “I never had you pegged as a coward.”
Lee: “I want this, I need this! Let me do this Open
Challenge Match!”
Shane: “If you want it, you got it!”
Moriarty and Nigel both fought for wrist control at the
start of the match. Nigel forced an incidental rope break on
Lee, and Nigel smirked. Moriarty was charged a second rope
break as Nigel feigned being knocked down. Shane Taylor
ordered a second ref to officiate the match, knowing that
Nigel will use every trick in the book, since Nigel wrote
the book on this style of a match.
Lee locked on the Border City Stretch. Nigel escaped by
touching the ropes with his boot, using his first rope
break. Shane Taylor began to jaw jack at Nigel. Lee tried to
ambush Nigel, but Nigel moved, and Lee inadvertently knocked
down Shane Taylor.
Lee slipped out of the Tower of London. The champ hit a
belly to belly suplex. Nigel stunned Lee with the Tower of
London as Lee was on the top turnbuckle. Nigel applied the
London Dungeon. Lee kicked out of it and put Nigel in the
Border City Stretch. Nigel was forced to use rope break
number two.
Moriarty went right back to the Border City Stretch. Nigel
used his third and final rope break to escape the hold.
Moriarty cradled Nigel and grabbed the ropes but the second
ref saw this. Nigel clobbered Moriarty with the comebacker
lariat for a near fall.
“This is textbook Nigel,” said Caprice.
The fans chanted “This is awesome! This is awesome!”
Nigel rocked Lee with another Tower of London. Nigel covered
Lee and Lee used his third and final rope break to prevent
the three count. They traded European uppercuts in the
center of the ring. Moriarty applied the London Dungeon and
then hit the comebacker lariat for a near fall on Nigel!
“Moriarty almost beat Nigel with his own move,” said
Caprice.
Moriarty put Nigel in the Border City Stretch but Nigel
rolled through and cradled Moriarty for a two-count.
Moriarty applied the Border City Stretch again and Nigel was
out of rope breaks, which gave Nigel no choice but to tap
out!
ROH World Tag Team Championship Double Bull Rope Match!
The Sons of Texas (c.)— “The Natural” Dustin Rhodes & Sammy
Guevara
vs.
The Righteous—Vincent & Dutch!
The teams began to brawl right away! Sammy flipped over the
top rope and wiped out the Righteous on the floor. Dutch got
to his feet, jumped in the ring, and then flipped over the
top, taking down Dustin and Sammy!
Vincent kicked away the cowbells as the ref tried to tether
the teams. Dustin and Sammy double suplexed Dutch. Guevara
landed a standing moonsault on Dutch. Dustin followed up
with a shining wizard on Dutch. Dustin and Sammy attached
themselves to Vincent and Dutch with the bull rope. Dustin
paired up with Dutch, while Sammy paired up with Vincent.
Sammy and Dustin stunned the Righteous with a pair of
Shattered Dreams! Vincent face planted Dustin right on the
cowbell. Rhodes whacked Dutch in the back with a steel
chair. Vincent unloaded on Sammy, grounding and pounding
him.
Dutch planted Dustin with the Bossman Slam on the ramp.
Dutch pulled out a barbed wire table! Dustin headbutted
Dutch, knocking Dutch off the turnbuckles and sending him
crashing through the barbed wire table!
Vincent clobbered Sammy with the Orange Sunshine on the
floor. Vincent cut himself free with a pair of scissors.
Vincent pulled back on the bull rope as it was wrapped
around Dustin and the ring post. Sammy jumped at Vincent so
he could save his partner. Sammy served up a thrust kick to
Vincent. Sammy countered an Orange Sunshine attempt with a
cutter off the barricade!
Sammy went for a senton off the top of a ladder, but Vincent
moved, and Sammy crashed through the table. Dustin planted
Vincent with a bulldog. Dutch cracked Dustin with a cowbell
and Vincent covered Dustin, but the Natural kicked out! The
Righteous stomped on Dustin. Dustin flipped them off until
Vincent served up Orange Sunshine. Sammy jumped in to break
up the pin attempt just in time.
Dustin drilled Dutch with a destroyer while Sammy hit the
GTH on Vincent outside the ring! Dustin pointed to the
heavens and then blasted Dutch with the cowbell. Dustin
Rhodes covered Dutch and picked up the 1-2-3! The Sons of
Texas retained!
ROH World TV Championship Survival Of The Fittest Match!
AR Fox vs. Komander (with Alex Abrahantes) vs. Blake
Christian vs. Willie Mack vs. Mark Davis vs. “The Machine”
Brian Cage (c.)!
Cage sent AR Fox soaring over the top rope with a press
slam. Cage hit Davis with a combination, followed up by a
German Suplex. Davis fired back with a running senton.
Willie Mack cracked Davis with a running knee strike.
Blake got caught by a senton from Fox. Fox followed up with
a dive to Mack and Cage! Komander kicked Fox in the
midsection. Komander wiped out everyone with a two and a
half rotation dive to the outside!
Komander tried the rope walk but Blake kicked the ropes and
then speared Komander! Cage caught Blake and drove him hard
into the mat. Cage kicked Davis in the face. Cage hurled Fox
into the corner. Cage hit a double German Suplex on Komander
and Fox! Cage slammed Komander with a one armed press!
Willie Mack used a sling blade leg sweep on the champion.
Mack used Komander as a battering ram. Mack put Fox and
Komander on his shoulders and planted them with a double
Samoan drop! Mack landed a standing moonsault press on Davis
and then served up stunners to Cage, Fox, Blake, and Davis!
Willie Mack dazed Komander with a super stunner. Cage
connected with a shot under Mack’s chin and pinned him,
eliminating Mack.
Fox drilled Davis with a pendulum DDT. Fox got a near fall
on Blake after a package power bomb. Komander tried to spear
Fox through the ropes, but Fox countered with a DDT on the
apron! Fox wiped out everyone with a gainer cannonball to
the outside!
Fox landed a 450 splash on Komander, but Komander kicked out
at the two-count! Fox booted Cage in the head. Cage was out
on his feet. Cage countered a Spanish Fly with an Awesome
Bomb and pinned Fox! Fox was the second man eliminated, both
eliminations coming from Cage.
Davis and Cage traded German Suplexes! Komander entered the
fray and chopped down the tree that is Cage. Cage planted
Komander with the spin out. Davis grabbed an inside cradle
on Cage for a near fall. Davis decked Cage with a running
lariat. Davis spiked Cage with a piledriver and pinned Cage!
Brian Cage was eliminated, guaranteeing there will be a new
ROH TV Champion tonight!
Blake Christian scored with a low blow and pinned Davis!
Komander and Christian were the final two in the match.
Christian nailed Komander with a back breaker and a release
German Suplex. Blake landed a dropkick from the top rope.
“Blake Christian has been phenomenal all night. He’s been
like a vulture picking his spots,” said Ian.
Blake shoved Komander off the top turnbuckle and rocketed
out of the ring with a tope suicida. Komander and Blake
exchanged thrust kicks. Blake planted Komander with a
Spanish Fly for a near fall.
The fans chanted “This is awesome! This is awesome!”
Komander spiked Christian with a super poison rana.
Christian rolled out of the ring to create some distance.
Komander walked the ropes and landed on Blake with the flip
dive. Back in the ring, after knocking Komander off the
ropes, Blake curb stomped Komander but Komander kicked out
at the two-count!
The fans rallied behind Komander by chanting “Komander!
Komander!”
Blake served up a side suplex from the second rope. Komander
smashed Blake with a Mexican Destroyer! Komander hit the
moonsault on Blake and pinned Blake!
New Ring of Honor World Television Champion…Komander!
Up next: There was a message from New Japan’s House of
Torture—Kanemaru and SHO—for the ROH World Tag Team
Champions!
Kanemaru: “SHO and I will be the next challengers to your
ROH Tag belts!”
SHO: “Make sure to bring your championship belts to Wrestle
Dynasty on January 5th!”
ROH World Championship Match!
“The King of New York” Chris Jericho (c.) (with “The Bad
Apple” Bryan Keith)
vs. “The Complete” Matt Cardona!
Cardona blasted Radio Silence right out of the gates for a
near fall on Jericho! Cardona followed up with a running
boot. Cardona flipped over the top rope and wiped out
Jericho and Keith, pulling out all the stops tonight! Matt’s
dad was sitting in the front row, and he pie faced Jericho.
Cardona whipped Jericho with the ROH World Championship
belt. Cardona back dropped Jericho over the top rope.
Cardona connected with a split legged dropkick to Jericho
and Keith outside the ring.
Jericho knocked the wind out of Cardona with a back body
drop onto the ramp. Jericho grounded and pounded Cardona
back in the ring. Jericho blistered Cardona’s chest with
chops. Jericho knocked Cardona out of the ring with a
sliding dropkick. Keith stomped on Cardona as Jericho
distracted the referee.
Jericho pie faced Matt’s dad! Jericho planted Cardona on the
steel ring steps. Cardona delivered a forearm. They traded
chops. Jericho wiped out Cardona with a hurracanrana off the
top rope. Cardona regained momentum with a big dropkick.
Jericho cut Cardona short with a lionsault for a near fall.
“Jericho is ageless. Look at this guy,” said Caprice.
Cardona planted Jericho with a spinebuster. The crowd
rallied behind Cardona. Jericho superplexed Cardona but
Cardona popped right back up to his feet. Cardona blasted
Jericho with a Tiger Driver for a near fall!
“The champion is in a fight, and he knows it now,” said
Caprice.
Jericho planted Cardona with a Code Breaker, but Cardona
kicked out at the two-count. Jericho applied the Lion Tamer.
Cardona twisted his way out and rolled up Jericho with an
inside cradle for a near fall. Jericho countered the Radio
Silence with a Lion Tamer. Cardona made it to the ropes to
force the ref to break the hold. Out of nowhere, Big Bill
ran down and pump kicked Cardona in the face! Jericho
covered Cardona but Cardona kicked out!
Cardona blocked the Judas Effect and countered with the Code
Breaker for a near fall! Cardona hit the Radio Silence from
the top! Big Bill distracted the referee while Bryan Keith
brained Cardona with the title belt! Jericho rolled over and
pinned Matt Cardona to retain the ROH World Championship!
After the match, Bryan Keith and Big Bill double teamed
Cardona! Bandido made his return, sprinting to the ring to
come to Cardona’s aid! Bandido cleared the ring of the World
champion with a shotgun dropkick! Bandido planted Keith on
the mat hard and then knocked Big Bill out of the ring!
“The Most Wanted is back!” said Ian.
ROH Women’s World Championship Match!
Athena (c.) vs. Billie Starkz!
Billie Starkz had the champion retreating early on after a
quick onslaught of offense. Athena cartwheeled and
clotheslined Billie. Athena nailed Billie with a slingshot
into a Spicolli Driver.
Athena countered a kick with a stretch muffler. Athena choke
slammed the challenger after Billie tried to lock on an arm
bar. Starkz used a flatliner and planted Athena onto the
point of the steel steps. Athena rocked Billie with a pop-up
power bomb on the arena floor.
Starkz drilled Athena with a DDT as Athena was entering the
ring. Billie delivered a big left clothesline. Billie hit
the smash mouse on Athena for a near fall. Billie stunned
Athena with a brain buster on the knee. Athena retaliated
with a fallaway slam from the top rope.
Billie blocked the O-Face with a German Suplex. Billie
spiked the champion with a tombstone piledriver for a near
fall! Starkz stunned Athena with an Alabama Slam on the
apron. Starkz followed up with a Swanton dive to Athena on
the floor!
The fans chanted “This is awesome! This is awesome!”
Athena picked up Billie and hurled her over the top rope.
Athena wiped out Billie and the ref, who was holding Billie
up, with a tope! The ref was knocked unconscious. Lexy Nair
handed Athena a microphone, but Billie blocked it. Billie
picked up Athena in an electric chair position and planted
her for a near fall. Athena pulled off the turnbuckle pad.
Billie charged and Athena knocked Billie into the exposed
turnbuckle. Athena hit the O-Face and retained the
championship via pinfall!
“Athena has defeated every challenger literally put in front
of her,” said Ian.
