Final Battle 2010
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Final Battle 2010 was a professional wrestling
pay-per-view
event produced by Ring of Honor
. It took place on December 18, 2010, at the Manhattan Center
in New York City
. It was the eighth annual event in the Final Battle
chronology, with the first taking place in 2002, but only the second to be broadcast live. It was the fifth ROH event to be shown as an online pay-per-view.
The event saw the culmination of two rivalries, a year long battle between former tag team Kevin Steen
and El Generico
, as well as the feud between the Kings of Wrestling
and the Briscoe Brothers
. Also on the card Davey Richards
, who had originally planned to stop wrestling after this event, challenged Roderick Strong
for the ROH World Championship
. Five other matches also took place on the undercard.
announced that Final Battle 2010 would be taking place in the Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center
in New York City
on December 18, 2010, and would be live on internet pay-per-view through GoFightLive.
that involve different wrestlers from existing, scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains
or heroes
, or more ambiguous characters in scripted contests that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match on the pay-per-view
.
The featured grudge match at the event was Kevin Steen
wrestling El Generico
in a Fight Without Honor, an ROH speciality match with hardcore rules
and no disqualifications. The stipulations for the match meant that if Steen lost, he would no longer wrestle in ROH while if Generico lost, he would have to remove his luchadore mask. Steen and Generico were a tag team dating back to early 2007, up until Final Battle 2009
when Steen, frustrated after losing a tag team match, low-blowed Generico and hit him over the head with a chair. The next week, Steve Corino
published a video recording from Japan, where he was wrestling at the time, taking responsibility for Steen's actions, naming him a future World Champion and warning off Generico and Colt Cabana, who came out in defence of Generico at Final Battle. With Generico becoming reclusive and not seeking revenge, Cabana sought it on him behalf in a match at the Eighth Anniversary Show where Corino joined in an assault on Cabana. Generico came to Cabana's rescue but as he went to hit Corino, Steen stood in his way and Generico couldn't bring himself to hit his former partner, giving Steen the chance to punch Generico and lock in a crossface. Despite attacking Generico, Steen had refused to accept any challenge to step into the ring with his former partner, until he was forced into a match at April's iPPV The Big Bang!
. In the tag team match, Generico continued to be unable to face his former partner. Cabana and Generico won by disqualification against Corino and Steen when Steen attacked Cabana with a chair repeatedly until Generico finally attacked his former partner and even attacked other wrestlers who attempted to restrain him. Generico challenged the two to a Chicago Street Fight later that month which they won after Cabana made Corino submit.
Generico and Steen met in their first singles match at the June iPPV Death Before Dishonor VIII
, with Generico demanding the match start as soon as the event began rather than waiting for later in the evening. Steen won their first encounter, while a rematch at Hate: Chapter II saw Generico win by disqualification after hitting Generico with a chair, but Generico gained revenge but putting Steen through a table. At the Glory By Honor IX
iPPV, Cabana made Corino submit again in a Double Chain match but after the match Corino's son helped assault the team, finishing with Steen pulling Generico's mask off. Steen later announced he would sell the mask on eBay
and on the 15 November episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling challenged Generico to a final match at Final Battle, with Generico's mask and Steen's ROH's contract on the line which Generico, wearing a new all-black mask, accepted. ROH president Cary Silkin later announced it would also be a Fight Without Honor. Three days before the event, ROH officials made the storyline announcement that due to the volatile nature of the rivalry, with Steen having attacked fans wearing Generico masks and much of the venues being used when the two had fought previously that the match would no longer be sanctioned by Ring of Honor and would take place after the official Final Battle card had finished with ROH taking no liability for the match.
The World Championship rivalry going into the PPV was for the ROH World Championship
between reigning champion Roderick Strong
and challenger Davey Richards
. Throughout most of 2010, since being the judge for Tyler Black
's World Title win at Eighth Anniversary in February, Strong sought a chance at the championship. When he failed to win at Supercard of Honor V, Strong introduced Truth Martini as his manager and life consultant
. Truth negotiated a rematch and helped Strong win the ROH World Championship at the previous PPV Glory By Honor IX
in September. At the same event, ROH Commissioner Jim Cornette
announced Richards had re-signed with ROH after he had discussed retiring from all professional wrestling by the end of 2010. As well as announcing his intentions not to retire at Final Battle, Richards was promised a World Championship match by Cornette at the event.
The other featured grudge match on the card is a Six-Man Tag Team match between reigning ROH World Tag Team Champions
the Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero
, Claudio Castagnoli
and their manager Shane Hagadorn) and the Briscoe Brothers
(Jay and Mark) who will be teaming with their father, Papa Briscoe. The previous year at Final Battle 2009, the Briscoe Brothers won the World Tag Team Championships for the unprecedented sixth time, but their celebrations were instantly cut short by an unprovoked attack from Castanoli and Hero, reuniting their former tag team. The two teams met at WrestleReunion 4 in an Eight-Man match, the Kings accompanied by The American Wolves
and the Briscoes with The Young Bucks
, where the Wolves forced the Bucks to submit. Once again the Kings attached the Briscoes after a championship match at the Eighth Anniversary Show. The following month in a Six-Man Tag Team match without Castagnoli, the Briscoes pinned Hero. This led to a title match at The Big Bang! iPPV where the Kings of Wrestling won the Tag Team Championships from the Briscoes after a distraction from Hagadorn allowed Hero to pull on a weighted elbow pad. After trading victories in two singles matches at Civil Warfare in May, the Briscoes interfered the Kings' title defence at Supercard of Honor V, costing The Motor City Machine Guns their championship opportunity.
Later in May at the Ring of Honor Wrestling television tapings, Hero came to the ring to address the Briscoe Brothers' father who was sitting at ringside as a Father's Day
present, calling his children a mistake before elbowing him. This led to a no-disqualification championship rematch at the Death Before Dishonor VIII
iPPV, where the Briscoes attacked Shane Hagadorn on their route to losing the blood-filled match after Hero again used the loaded elbow pad. After Hagadorn had been attacked, the Kings had sought revenge at Hate: Chapter II when they enrolled their valet Sara Del Rey
in an intergender tag team match against the Briscoes and Del Rey's enemy Amazing Kong
where Jay Briscoe pinned Hero. In August, the Briscoes earned another title opportunity along with two other teams by qualifying in the 2010 Tag Wars tournament. The Briscoes eliminated the All Night Express (Rhett Titus
and Kenny King
), but once again were undone by Hero's elbow pad. The Briscoes were given their last chance at the World Tag Team Championship on the October 25 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling which the Kings won after Hagadorn low-blowed Jay Briscoe. After the match, Papa Briscoe jumped into the ring and speared Hagadorn until the Kings grabbed him and fled. On the 11 November episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling, Hagadorn threatened to sue Papa Briscoe but Jim Cornette reminded him Hero had attacked previously. Instead a non-title, Six-Man Tag Team match was suggested with both sides signing contracts.
Other matches on the card include a tag team match between Daizee Haze
and Amazing Kong wrestling Sara Del Rey and Serena Deeb
. At Bluegrass Brawl in July, Haze defeated Del Rey, but the challenge was prompted by a match on the 22 November episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling which went to a 10 minute time-limit draw. In an interview regarding the match, Haze expressed exasperation about the lack of a decision until Del Rey interrupted claiming she was moments from winning and that she needed more of a challenge. Haze assured Del Rey she would find more competition and a few days later Kong tweeted
to confirm she would be Haze's partner. Kong had faced off against Del Rey at Supercard of Honor V and lost after Del Rey used Hero's loaded elbow pad. They main evented in a match with the Briscoes and Kings of Wrestling at Hate: Chapter II where Kong gained some revenge when her team defeated Del Rey's but it was not until Salvation in July where Kong would pin Del Rey herself. Incidentally, Kong and Haze teamed together against Del Rey and her partner Lacey
at the Man Up
PPV in September 2007 and picked up the win. On December 7, Del Rey confirmed her partner would be Serena Deeb, who had been in a number of ROH matches in 2007 and 2008.
ROH also announced in November IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
Kenny Omega would be returning for the first time since the Death Before Dishonor VIII iPPV to wrestle ROH World Television Champion
Eddie Edwards
in a non-title match. Days before the event, it was reported Omega had injured his ankle in training and would be replaced with Sonjay Dutt
offering to be a replacement. A week before the event, it was revealed that Homicide would wrestle Christopher Daniels
. Both men had wrestled in the company's first show The Era of Honor Begins and worked regularly for the company until 2007; coincidentally both returned in 2010 making unannounced returns at the iPPVs Glory By Honor IX and The Big Bang!, respectively, with a wish to win the ROH World Championship. This match would be their third in ROH, with Homicide winning both previous encounters. The last two matches were announced later that week, with Colt Cabana trying to move past the intense feud between Steen and Generico and offering an open challenge which was answered by TJ Perkins. The final contest is a rematch between All Night Express and the team of Adam Cole
and Kyle O'Reilly
, with the Express winning their first encounter in November.
Professional wrestling
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pay-per-view
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event produced by Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor ' is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2002 by Rob Feinstein and Gabe Sapolsky. From 2004 to 2011, the promotion was under the ownership of Cary Silkin before being sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group in May 2011...
. It took place on December 18, 2010, at the Manhattan Center
Manhattan Center
The Manhattan Center building, built in 1906 and located at 311 West 34th Street in Midtown Manhattan, houses Manhattan Center Studios , its Grand Ballroom, and the Hammerstein Ballroom, one of New York City's most renowned performance venues...
in New York City
New York City
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. It was the eighth annual event in the Final Battle
ROH Final Battle
Final Battle is a professional wrestling event, held annually by the Ring of Honor promotion. The event was initially held in 2002, and is traditionally ROH's last show in the calendar year. The 2009 edition of the show was ROH's first live pay-per-view, broadcast on the internet...
chronology, with the first taking place in 2002, but only the second to be broadcast live. It was the fifth ROH event to be shown as an online pay-per-view.
The event saw the culmination of two rivalries, a year long battle between former tag team Kevin Steen
Kevin Steen
Kevin Steen is a Canadian professional wrestler, currently performing for various promotions on the independent circuit, most notably California-based Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and Ring of Honor.-Professional wrestling career:...
and El Generico
El Generico
Rami Sebei is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name El Generico. Sebei uses the gimmick of a luchador from Mexico...
, as well as the feud between the Kings of Wrestling
Kings of Wrestling
The Kings of Wrestling is a professional wrestling stable that wrestles on the independent circuit, formed in Chikara, but also appearing in other promotions. It originally included Chris Hero, Claudio Castagnoli, Larry Sweeney, Arik Cannon, Mitch Ryder, Max Boyer, Chuck Taylor, Icarus, Gran Akuma...
and the Briscoe Brothers
Briscoe Brothers
The Briscoe Brothers are the professional wrestling tag team of Jay and Mark Briscoe. They are currently wrestling for the American promotions Ring of Honor, Full Impact Pro, Combat Zone Wrestling, as well as occasionally for the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah.Their wrestling careers have...
. Also on the card Davey Richards
Davey Richards
Wesley David Richards is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Davey Richards.Richards is currently under contract with Ring of Honor, where he is the current ROH World Champion, but also wrestles for several companies on the independent circuit, including Pro Wrestling...
, who had originally planned to stop wrestling after this event, challenged Roderick Strong
Roderick Strong
Chris Lindsey is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Roderick Strong. Strong currently competes in several independent promotions, most notably Ring of Honor , Full Impact Pro , and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla .He initially debuted as The Jester on the Floridian...
for the ROH World Championship
ROH World Championship
The Ring of Honor World Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in Ring of Honor. The championship has also been through other companies in cooperation with ROH through the Global Professional Wrestling Alliance , the governing body of many independent wrestling...
. Five other matches also took place on the undercard.
Production
In September 2010, Jim CornetteJim Cornette
James Mark "Jim" Cornette is an American professional wrestling manager, commentator, promoter, and booker. As a manager, he has worked for Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Federation and from 1991 to 1995, was the owner of Smoky Mountain Wrestling...
announced that Final Battle 2010 would be taking place in the Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center
Manhattan Center
The Manhattan Center building, built in 1906 and located at 311 West 34th Street in Midtown Manhattan, houses Manhattan Center Studios , its Grand Ballroom, and the Hammerstein Ballroom, one of New York City's most renowned performance venues...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
on December 18, 2010, and would be live on internet pay-per-view through GoFightLive.
Background
Final Battle will feature professional wrestling matchesProfessional wrestling match types
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that involve different wrestlers from existing, scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains
Heel (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are the "bad guys" in professional wrestling; the term heel coming from the term take to you heels, which means to run away which heel champions tend to do to avoid losing their titles.storylines...
or heroes
Face (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a babyface or face or in simple words, a fan favorite is a character who is portrayed as a heroic relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analogous to villains...
, or more ambiguous characters in scripted contests that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match on the pay-per-view
Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...
.
The featured grudge match at the event was Kevin Steen
Kevin Steen
Kevin Steen is a Canadian professional wrestler, currently performing for various promotions on the independent circuit, most notably California-based Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and Ring of Honor.-Professional wrestling career:...
wrestling El Generico
El Generico
Rami Sebei is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name El Generico. Sebei uses the gimmick of a luchador from Mexico...
in a Fight Without Honor, an ROH speciality match with hardcore rules
Hardcore wrestling
Hardcore wrestling is a form of professional wrestling that eschews traditional concepts of match rules in favor of matches that take place in unusual environments, using foreign objects that are not normally permitted...
and no disqualifications. The stipulations for the match meant that if Steen lost, he would no longer wrestle in ROH while if Generico lost, he would have to remove his luchadore mask. Steen and Generico were a tag team dating back to early 2007, up until Final Battle 2009
Final Battle 2009
Final Battle 2009 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Ring of Honor , which was only available online. It took place on December 19, 2009 from the Manhattan Center in New York City...
when Steen, frustrated after losing a tag team match, low-blowed Generico and hit him over the head with a chair. The next week, Steve Corino
Steve Corino
Steven Eugene "Steve" Corino is a Canadian professional wrestler, who currently works for Pro Wrestling Zero1, Ring of Honor and numerous other independent promotions. Corino is a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion and ECW World Heavyweight Champion.-Early years :Corino began wrestling in 1994...
published a video recording from Japan, where he was wrestling at the time, taking responsibility for Steen's actions, naming him a future World Champion and warning off Generico and Colt Cabana, who came out in defence of Generico at Final Battle. With Generico becoming reclusive and not seeking revenge, Cabana sought it on him behalf in a match at the Eighth Anniversary Show where Corino joined in an assault on Cabana. Generico came to Cabana's rescue but as he went to hit Corino, Steen stood in his way and Generico couldn't bring himself to hit his former partner, giving Steen the chance to punch Generico and lock in a crossface. Despite attacking Generico, Steen had refused to accept any challenge to step into the ring with his former partner, until he was forced into a match at April's iPPV The Big Bang!
ROH The Big Bang!
The Big Bang! was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Ring of Honor , which was only available online. It took place on April 3, 2010 from the Grady Cole Center in Charlotte, North Carolina...
. In the tag team match, Generico continued to be unable to face his former partner. Cabana and Generico won by disqualification against Corino and Steen when Steen attacked Cabana with a chair repeatedly until Generico finally attacked his former partner and even attacked other wrestlers who attempted to restrain him. Generico challenged the two to a Chicago Street Fight later that month which they won after Cabana made Corino submit.
Generico and Steen met in their first singles match at the June iPPV Death Before Dishonor VIII
Death Before Dishonor VIII
Death Before Dishonor VIII was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Ring of Honor , which was only available online. There had been seven events entitled Death Before Dishonor in the past with this being the event's first time on pay per view...
, with Generico demanding the match start as soon as the event began rather than waiting for later in the evening. Steen won their first encounter, while a rematch at Hate: Chapter II saw Generico win by disqualification after hitting Generico with a chair, but Generico gained revenge but putting Steen through a table. At the Glory By Honor IX
Glory By Honor IX
Glory By Honor IX was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Ring of Honor , which was only available online. It took place on September 11, 2010, at the Manhattan Center in New York City...
iPPV, Cabana made Corino submit again in a Double Chain match but after the match Corino's son helped assault the team, finishing with Steen pulling Generico's mask off. Steen later announced he would sell the mask on eBay
EBay
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and on the 15 November episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling challenged Generico to a final match at Final Battle, with Generico's mask and Steen's ROH's contract on the line which Generico, wearing a new all-black mask, accepted. ROH president Cary Silkin later announced it would also be a Fight Without Honor. Three days before the event, ROH officials made the storyline announcement that due to the volatile nature of the rivalry, with Steen having attacked fans wearing Generico masks and much of the venues being used when the two had fought previously that the match would no longer be sanctioned by Ring of Honor and would take place after the official Final Battle card had finished with ROH taking no liability for the match.
The World Championship rivalry going into the PPV was for the ROH World Championship
ROH World Championship
The Ring of Honor World Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in Ring of Honor. The championship has also been through other companies in cooperation with ROH through the Global Professional Wrestling Alliance , the governing body of many independent wrestling...
between reigning champion Roderick Strong
Roderick Strong
Chris Lindsey is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Roderick Strong. Strong currently competes in several independent promotions, most notably Ring of Honor , Full Impact Pro , and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla .He initially debuted as The Jester on the Floridian...
and challenger Davey Richards
Davey Richards
Wesley David Richards is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Davey Richards.Richards is currently under contract with Ring of Honor, where he is the current ROH World Champion, but also wrestles for several companies on the independent circuit, including Pro Wrestling...
. Throughout most of 2010, since being the judge for Tyler Black
Tyler Black
Colby Lopez is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Tyler Black. He is signed to a contract with WWE, where he competes in their developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling as Seth Rollins. He is a former FCW 15 Champion and FCW Florida Tag Team Champion with...
's World Title win at Eighth Anniversary in February, Strong sought a chance at the championship. When he failed to win at Supercard of Honor V, Strong introduced Truth Martini as his manager and life consultant
Manager (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler for a variety of reasons. The manager is often either a non-wrestler, an occasional wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in some cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the...
. Truth negotiated a rematch and helped Strong win the ROH World Championship at the previous PPV Glory By Honor IX
Glory By Honor IX
Glory By Honor IX was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Ring of Honor , which was only available online. It took place on September 11, 2010, at the Manhattan Center in New York City...
in September. At the same event, ROH Commissioner Jim Cornette
Jim Cornette
James Mark "Jim" Cornette is an American professional wrestling manager, commentator, promoter, and booker. As a manager, he has worked for Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Federation and from 1991 to 1995, was the owner of Smoky Mountain Wrestling...
announced Richards had re-signed with ROH after he had discussed retiring from all professional wrestling by the end of 2010. As well as announcing his intentions not to retire at Final Battle, Richards was promised a World Championship match by Cornette at the event.
The other featured grudge match on the card is a Six-Man Tag Team match between reigning ROH World Tag Team Champions
ROH World Tag Team Championship
The Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested for in the American professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor. The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants usually execute...
the Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero
Chris Hero
Chris Spradlin is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chris Hero. He is a mainstay of many independent wrestling promotions, including Ring of Honor, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla as well as Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan...
, Claudio Castagnoli
Claudio Castagnoli
Claudio Castagnoli is a Swiss professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, working in its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling under the ring name Antonio Cesaro...
and their manager Shane Hagadorn) and the Briscoe Brothers
Briscoe Brothers
The Briscoe Brothers are the professional wrestling tag team of Jay and Mark Briscoe. They are currently wrestling for the American promotions Ring of Honor, Full Impact Pro, Combat Zone Wrestling, as well as occasionally for the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah.Their wrestling careers have...
(Jay and Mark) who will be teaming with their father, Papa Briscoe. The previous year at Final Battle 2009, the Briscoe Brothers won the World Tag Team Championships for the unprecedented sixth time, but their celebrations were instantly cut short by an unprovoked attack from Castanoli and Hero, reuniting their former tag team. The two teams met at WrestleReunion 4 in an Eight-Man match, the Kings accompanied by The American Wolves
The American Wolves
The American Wolves are the professional wrestling tag team of Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards. They are currently wrestling for the American promotions Ring of Honor and Squared Circle Wrestling , where they have won the Tag Team Championships of both companies.The two started out as members of...
and the Briscoes with The Young Bucks
The Young Bucks
The Young Bucks is an American professional wrestling tag team, consisting of real life brothers Matt and Nick Massie from Southern California...
, where the Wolves forced the Bucks to submit. Once again the Kings attached the Briscoes after a championship match at the Eighth Anniversary Show. The following month in a Six-Man Tag Team match without Castagnoli, the Briscoes pinned Hero. This led to a title match at The Big Bang! iPPV where the Kings of Wrestling won the Tag Team Championships from the Briscoes after a distraction from Hagadorn allowed Hero to pull on a weighted elbow pad. After trading victories in two singles matches at Civil Warfare in May, the Briscoes interfered the Kings' title defence at Supercard of Honor V, costing The Motor City Machine Guns their championship opportunity.
Later in May at the Ring of Honor Wrestling television tapings, Hero came to the ring to address the Briscoe Brothers' father who was sitting at ringside as a Father's Day
Father's Day
Father's Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. Many countries celebrate it on the third Sunday of June but it is also celebrated widely on other days...
present, calling his children a mistake before elbowing him. This led to a no-disqualification championship rematch at the Death Before Dishonor VIII
Death Before Dishonor VIII
Death Before Dishonor VIII was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Ring of Honor , which was only available online. There had been seven events entitled Death Before Dishonor in the past with this being the event's first time on pay per view...
iPPV, where the Briscoes attacked Shane Hagadorn on their route to losing the blood-filled match after Hero again used the loaded elbow pad. After Hagadorn had been attacked, the Kings had sought revenge at Hate: Chapter II when they enrolled their valet Sara Del Rey
Sara Del Rey
Sara Amato is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name, Sara Del Rey. She is a mainstay for Chikara and Shimmer Women Athletes. She has also appeared for many other independent promotions in the United States, including Ring of Honor, IWA Mid-South, All Pro Wrestling, as...
in an intergender tag team match against the Briscoes and Del Rey's enemy Amazing Kong
Kia Stevens
Kia Michelle Stevens , better known by her ring names Amazing Kong, Awesome Kong and Kharma. She is signed with WWE, but has been inactive since May 2011 due to pregnancy...
where Jay Briscoe pinned Hero. In August, the Briscoes earned another title opportunity along with two other teams by qualifying in the 2010 Tag Wars tournament. The Briscoes eliminated the All Night Express (Rhett Titus
Rhett Titus
Everett Lawrence Titus is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Rhett Titus. A student of the ROH Wrestling Academy, Titus has been competing for Ring of Honor , as well as various independent promotions, since 2006.-Career:Titus began training at the ROH Wrestling...
and Kenny King
Kenny Layne
Kenny Layne is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Kenny King. King currently wrestles for Ring of Honor. He was a contestant in the second season of WWF Tough Enough.-Early life:...
), but once again were undone by Hero's elbow pad. The Briscoes were given their last chance at the World Tag Team Championship on the October 25 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling which the Kings won after Hagadorn low-blowed Jay Briscoe. After the match, Papa Briscoe jumped into the ring and speared Hagadorn until the Kings grabbed him and fled. On the 11 November episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling, Hagadorn threatened to sue Papa Briscoe but Jim Cornette reminded him Hero had attacked previously. Instead a non-title, Six-Man Tag Team match was suggested with both sides signing contracts.
Other matches on the card include a tag team match between Daizee Haze
Daizee Haze
Daizee Haze is an American professional wrestler. Whilst wrestling for many companies Daizee Haze is also the head trainer for the Shimmer Women Athletes promotion.-Training and Gateway Championship Wrestling:...
and Amazing Kong wrestling Sara Del Rey and Serena Deeb
Serena Deeb
Serena Deeb is an American professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment, appearing on the SmackDown brand and also known for her time with the developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling. under the ring name Serena...
. At Bluegrass Brawl in July, Haze defeated Del Rey, but the challenge was prompted by a match on the 22 November episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling which went to a 10 minute time-limit draw. In an interview regarding the match, Haze expressed exasperation about the lack of a decision until Del Rey interrupted claiming she was moments from winning and that she needed more of a challenge. Haze assured Del Rey she would find more competition and a few days later Kong tweeted
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to confirm she would be Haze's partner. Kong had faced off against Del Rey at Supercard of Honor V and lost after Del Rey used Hero's loaded elbow pad. They main evented in a match with the Briscoes and Kings of Wrestling at Hate: Chapter II where Kong gained some revenge when her team defeated Del Rey's but it was not until Salvation in July where Kong would pin Del Rey herself. Incidentally, Kong and Haze teamed together against Del Rey and her partner Lacey
Lacey (wrestler)
Lacey is an American former professional wrestler, most known for working with numerous promotions throughout Northern America career such as Ring of Honor, Shimmer, IWA-Mid South, Full Impact Pro, and NWA Midwest. She has also wrestled for Chikara, ChickFight, and was part of Wrestling Society X...
at the Man Up
ROH Man Up
Man Up was a professional wrestling pay-per-view promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on September 15, 2007 at the Frontier Fieldhouse in Chicago Ridge, Illinois, the site of the second Pay-per-view taping Driven, and first aired on November 30...
PPV in September 2007 and picked up the win. On December 7, Del Rey confirmed her partner would be Serena Deeb, who had been in a number of ROH matches in 2007 and 2008.
ROH also announced in November IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix. The title was introduced on August 8, 1998 at a NJPW live event...
Kenny Omega would be returning for the first time since the Death Before Dishonor VIII iPPV to wrestle ROH World Television Champion
ROH World Television Championship
The ROH World Television Championship is a professional wrestling world television championship owned by the United States–based Ring of Honor promotion. It is currently the third ranked championship in ROH. With the introduction of the ROH World Television Championship, the television type...
Eddie Edwards
Eddie Edwards (wrestler)
Eddie Edwards is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for wrestling with Ring of Honor , where he is a former ROH World Champion. He also had previous reigns as a former ROH World Tag Team Champion with his partner Davey Richards as The American Wolves and as the inaugural ROH World...
in a non-title match. Days before the event, it was reported Omega had injured his ankle in training and would be replaced with Sonjay Dutt
Sonjay Dutt
Retesh Bhalla is an American professional wrestler of Indian Punjabi descent, better known by his ring name, Sonjay Dutt. He is best known working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and is also known for his stints with Combat Zone Wrestling, Major League Wrestling, and other various independent...
offering to be a replacement. A week before the event, it was revealed that Homicide would wrestle Christopher Daniels
Christopher Daniels
Daniel Christopher Covell is an American professional wrestler, best known in the United States by his ring name "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels. He is also known for performing under the ring name Curry Man. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , while also...
. Both men had wrestled in the company's first show The Era of Honor Begins and worked regularly for the company until 2007; coincidentally both returned in 2010 making unannounced returns at the iPPVs Glory By Honor IX and The Big Bang!, respectively, with a wish to win the ROH World Championship. This match would be their third in ROH, with Homicide winning both previous encounters. The last two matches were announced later that week, with Colt Cabana trying to move past the intense feud between Steen and Generico and offering an open challenge which was answered by TJ Perkins. The final contest is a rematch between All Night Express and the team of Adam Cole
Adam Cole
Austin Jenkins is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Adam Cole. He competes for several independent promotions, including Combat Zone Wrestling, Maryland Championship Wrestling, Northeast Wrestling and Ring of Honor....
and Kyle O'Reilly
Kyle O'Reilly
Kyle Greenwood is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Kyle O'Reilly. He competes for several independent promotions including Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling, Evolve, and signed a contract with Ring of Honor in September 2010.- Extreme Canadian Championship...
, with the Express winning their first encounter in November.
Results
| # | Matches | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The All Night Express (Kenny King Kenny Layne Kenny Layne is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Kenny King. King currently wrestles for Ring of Honor. He was a contestant in the second season of WWF Tough Enough.-Early life:... and Rhett Titus Rhett Titus Everett Lawrence Titus is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Rhett Titus. A student of the ROH Wrestling Academy, Titus has been competing for Ring of Honor , as well as various independent promotions, since 2006.-Career:Titus began training at the ROH Wrestling... ) defeated Kyle O'Reilly Kyle O'Reilly Kyle Greenwood is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Kyle O'Reilly. He competes for several independent promotions including Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling, Evolve, and signed a contract with Ring of Honor in September 2010.- Extreme Canadian Championship... and Adam Cole Adam Cole Austin Jenkins is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Adam Cole. He competes for several independent promotions, including Combat Zone Wrestling, Maryland Championship Wrestling, Northeast Wrestling and Ring of Honor.... |
Tag team match Professional wrestling tag team match types Much like singles matches, tag team professional wrestling matches can and have taken many forms. Just about any singles or melee match type can be adapted to tag teams; for example, hardcore tag team matches are commonplace... |
9:23 |
| 2 | Colt Cabana defeated T.J. Perkins T.J. Perkins T.J. Perkins is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Ring of Honor , while also working on the independent circuit under his real name, under his initials TJP or under a mask as Puma .... |
Singles match | 08:00 |
| 3 | Sara Del Rey Sara Del Rey Sara Amato is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name, Sara Del Rey. She is a mainstay for Chikara and Shimmer Women Athletes. She has also appeared for many other independent promotions in the United States, including Ring of Honor, IWA Mid-South, All Pro Wrestling, as... and Serena Deeb Serena Deeb Serena Deeb is an American professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment, appearing on the SmackDown brand and also known for her time with the developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling. under the ring name Serena... defeated Daizee Haze Daizee Haze Daizee Haze is an American professional wrestler. Whilst wrestling for many companies Daizee Haze is also the head trainer for the Shimmer Women Athletes promotion.-Training and Gateway Championship Wrestling:... and Amazing Kong Kia Stevens Kia Michelle Stevens , better known by her ring names Amazing Kong, Awesome Kong and Kharma. She is signed with WWE, but has been inactive since May 2011 due to pregnancy... |
Tag team match | 08:17 |
| 4 | Eddie Edwards Eddie Edwards (wrestler) Eddie Edwards is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for wrestling with Ring of Honor , where he is a former ROH World Champion. He also had previous reigns as a former ROH World Tag Team Champion with his partner Davey Richards as The American Wolves and as the inaugural ROH World... defeated Sonjay Dutt Sonjay Dutt Retesh Bhalla is an American professional wrestler of Indian Punjabi descent, better known by his ring name, Sonjay Dutt. He is best known working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and is also known for his stints with Combat Zone Wrestling, Major League Wrestling, and other various independent... |
Singles match | 10:43 |
| 5 | Homicide (with Julius Smokes) defeated Christopher Daniels Christopher Daniels Daniel Christopher Covell is an American professional wrestler, best known in the United States by his ring name "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels. He is also known for performing under the ring name Curry Man. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , while also... |
Singles match | 10:31 |
| 6 | The Briscoe Brothers Briscoe Brothers The Briscoe Brothers are the professional wrestling tag team of Jay and Mark Briscoe. They are currently wrestling for the American promotions Ring of Honor, Full Impact Pro, Combat Zone Wrestling, as well as occasionally for the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah.Their wrestling careers have... (Jay and Mark Briscoe) and Mike "Papa" Briscoe defeated Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero Chris Hero Chris Spradlin is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chris Hero. He is a mainstay of many independent wrestling promotions, including Ring of Honor, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla as well as Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan... and Claudio Castagnoli Claudio Castagnoli Claudio Castagnoli is a Swiss professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, working in its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling under the ring name Antonio Cesaro... ) (with Sara Del Rey) and Shane Hagadorn |
Six-man tag team match | 15:48 |
| 7 | Roderick Strong Roderick Strong Chris Lindsey is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Roderick Strong. Strong currently competes in several independent promotions, most notably Ring of Honor , Full Impact Pro , and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla .He initially debuted as The Jester on the Floridian... (c) (with Truth Martini) defeated Davey Richards Davey Richards Wesley David Richards is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Davey Richards.Richards is currently under contract with Ring of Honor, where he is the current ROH World Champion, but also wrestles for several companies on the independent circuit, including Pro Wrestling... |
Singles for the ROH World Championship ROH World Championship The Ring of Honor World Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in Ring of Honor. The championship has also been through other companies in cooperation with ROH through the Global Professional Wrestling Alliance , the governing body of many independent wrestling... |
30:29 |
| 8 | El Generico El Generico Rami Sebei is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name El Generico. Sebei uses the gimmick of a luchador from Mexico... defeated Kevin Steen Kevin Steen Kevin Steen is a Canadian professional wrestler, currently performing for various promotions on the independent circuit, most notably California-based Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and Ring of Honor.-Professional wrestling career:... |
Unsanctioned Hardcore wrestling Hardcore wrestling is a form of professional wrestling that eschews traditional concepts of match rules in favor of matches that take place in unusual environments, using foreign objects that are not normally permitted... Fight Without Honor for El Generico's mask vs. Kevin Steen Leaving ROH |
31:12 |