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| Promotion | Ring of Honor | ||
| Date | December 10, 2022 | ||
| City | Arlington, Texas | ||
| Venue | College Park Center | ||
| Attendance | 2,700[1] | ||
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The 2022 Final Battle was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). It was the 21st Final Battle event and took place on December 10, 2022 at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas. It was ROH's second live event under the full ownership of All Elite Wrestling (AEW) president Tony Khan.
Twelve matches were contested at the event, including four on the pre-show. Claudio Castagnoli defeated Chris Jericho by submission to win the ROH World Championship in the main event. In other prominent matches, The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) defeated FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) by referee stoppage in a Double Dog Collar match to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship in what was Jay's final match in ROH, Wheeler Yuta defeated Daniel Garcia in a Pure Wrestling Rules match to win the ROH Pure Championship, and Athena defeated Mercedes Martinez to win the ROH Women's World Championship.
The event received positive reviews with the Double Dog Collar Match earning critical acclaim. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter gave the Double Dog Collar Match a 5.5-star rating. The match also finished first in the Voices of Wrestling Match of the Year poll for 2022.[2]
- ^ https://www.sescoops.com/news/roh-final-battle-attendance-live-gate-ppv-buys#:~:text=Other%20Metrics,at%20the%20College%20Park%20Center. [bare URL]
- ^ Staff, Voices of Wrestling (2023-01-27). "Voices of Wrestling 2022 Match of the Year: #1 (FTR vs. The Briscoes - December)". Voices of Wrestling. Retrieved 2023-01-29.