Final Battle was a two-night

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(PPV) event produced by the U.S.-based wrestling promotion

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(ROH). It took place on December 18 and 19, 2015 at the

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. It was the 14th event under 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, and is traditionally ROH's last show in the calendar year. The 2009 edition of the show was ROH's first internet ...

chronology. The first night was a pay per view broadcast, and the second night was a set of tapings for ROH's flagship TV show ''

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''. In the first night, nine matches took place with one in the pre-show. In the main event,

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defeated

A.J. Styles Allen Neal Jones (born June 2, 1977), better known by his ring name AJ Styles (also stylized as A.J. Styles), is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand. Regarded as one of the best ...

to retain the

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. In another prominent match of the event,

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defeated

Kyle O'Reilly Kyle Edward Greenwood (born March 1, 1987) is a Canadian professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he performs under the ring name Kyle O'Reilly. He is also known for his time in Ring of Honor (ROH) from 2009 to 20 ...

in a grudge match. Other matches in the undercard,

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retained the

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against

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, War Machine defeated The Kingdom to win the

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and

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defeated The KRD (

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(

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and

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) and Chris Sabin), and

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defeated

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Storylines

Final Battle featured

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that involved wrestlers from pre-existing

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feuds or storylines that play out on ROH's television program, ''

''. Wrestlers will portray heroes (

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) or villains (

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) as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. On September 18, 2015, at

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defeated

, and

to become the number one contender to the

. On November 4, 2015, ROH announced that A.J. Styles would take his championship match at Final Battle 2015 against ROH World Champion

. In November, Roderick Strong issued an open challenge to the world for his

. On November 21, 2015,

answered the challenge, claiming his victory over Roderick Strong in

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on September 12, 2015, was enough for him to be number one contender. Roderick Strong accepted the challenge and purposed for it to take place at Final Battle. On September 18, 2015, at

The All Night Express would return to defeat The Briscoes in an open challenge. At

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The Briscoes would tie it up with a win over King and Titus. On November 27, ROH Matchmaker

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announced that it would be The Briscoes vs. The All Night Express at Final Battle 2015 for the number one contendership to the

. The Young Bucks would interrupt causing Nigel McGuiness to throw them into the mix making it a three-way tag match at Final Battle to face The Kingdom or War Machine at ROH's next pay-per-view event. At Survival of the Fittest (2015) Michael Elgin won the Survival of the Fittest tournament, earning him an ROH World Championship match. Moose who was also in the Survival of the Fittest tournament was defeated by Michael Elgin in a 3-Way Match between Elgin, Moose, and Adam Cole. Moose would be upset with Elgin causing Moose's manager

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to issue a challenge to Elgin at Final Battle. Michael Elgin would accept, and Nigel McGuiness would sign for Moose vs. Michael Elgin at Final Battle 2015. At

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Dalton Castle defeated Silas Young. At

Silas Young defeated Dalton Castle earning Dalton Castle's boys. On December 4, it was announced that Dalton Castle would go head to head with Silas Young one more time at the Final Battle pay per view.

Results

Night 1 (PPV)

Night 2 (TV Tapings)

References

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Storylines

Results

Night 1 (PPV)

Night 2 (TV Tapings)

See also

References