ROH Final Battle 2021: RIP Honorable Ring

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Benne: Sep 2, 2011; STOP DOING HEROIN

It's the literal end of an era as Ring of Honor puts on its final show for the foreseeable future.

For as much as we goof on ROH and "buzz" on this forum, it mostly comes from a place of genuine love for what ROH used to be and what they represented. It's not a stretch to claim that they're the most important American promotion of the 21st Century. Nearly all of your favorite wrestlers today passed through ROH at some point, and their influence and impact on the scene is immeasurable. Hopefully they go out on a high note with what looks like a really fun card.

The main event got changed last-minute when Bandido got COVID, so they put in a favor to Tony Khan and Jay lethal took his place. I know nobody wants to like Lethal but he was essentially the face of ROH for a long time and it makes sense to have him on this show. Hopefully some other OGs show up, even if they're not wrestling. The 10-man tag on the pre-show has no announced teams so that makes it fun to speculate about things.

Time: 8 p.m. ET, free pre-show at 7 p.m.

How to watch: PPV, Fite TV, Honor Club; pre-show on YouTube and Facebook

The Card

Jonathan Gresham vs. Jay Lethal
ROH World Tag Team Titles: The OGK(c) vs. The Briscoes
ROH Women's World Title: Rok-C(c) vs. Willow Nightingale
ROH World TV Title: Dalton Castle(c) vs. Rhett Titus vs. Joe Hendry vs. Silas Young
ROH Pure Title: Josh Woods(cs) vs. Brian Johnson
Fight Without Honor: Kenny King vs. Shane Taylor
Brody King, Homicide, & Tony Deppen vs. Tracy Williams, Eli Isom, & Taylor Rust
Dragon Lee vs. Rey Horus

Pre-show matches
ROH World Six-Man Tag Titles: Shane Taylor Promotions(c) vs. The Righteous
Chelsea Green, Allisyn Kay & Marti Belle vs. The Allure & Miranda Alize
10-man wildcard tag (teams TBD)

# ? Dec 12, 2021 00:13

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# ? May 2, 2024 21:59

Pinche Rudo: Feb 8, 2005

The Era of Honor Ends

# ? Dec 12, 2021 00:25

MassRafTer: May 26, 2001; BAEST MODE!!!

https://twitter.com/YerBoyPDK/status/1469811063311015938

# ? Dec 12, 2021 00:50

TheJunkyardGod: Sep 19, 2004; Do not taunt the Octopus

I can't cast Honor Club to my fire TV? Does it work through Playstation?

# ? Dec 12, 2021 00:56

TV Zombie: Sep 6, 2011; Burying all the trauma from past nights
Burying my anger in the past

That merch tweet is wild

# ? Dec 12, 2021 00:57

Benne: Sep 2, 2011; STOP DOING HEROIN

https://twitter.com/luchablog/status/1469817604965548032

# ? Dec 12, 2021 00:58

KungFu Grip: Jun 18, 2008

Dutch rules. Free Preshow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF4Yf34TO2Q

# ? Dec 12, 2021 01:14

Benne: Sep 2, 2011; STOP DOING HEROIN

I forgot the Allure was still a thing before writing up the OP

# ? Dec 12, 2021 01:24

Basic Chunnel: Sep 21, 2010; Jesus! Jesus Christ! Say his name! Jesus! Jesus! Come down now!

rip in piss to the red fed

# ? Dec 12, 2021 01:27

Suplex Liberace: Jan 18, 2012

cant belive its the last roh show, so many memories

# ? Dec 12, 2021 01:27

Benne: Sep 2, 2011; STOP DOING HEROIN

Mandy Leon was easily the worst wrestler in that match so naturally she gets the pin

# ? Dec 12, 2021 01:34

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

Cheeseburger !

# ? Dec 12, 2021 01:40

TheJunkyardGod: Sep 19, 2004; Do not taunt the Octopus

I'm bummed Sumie didn't make it onto the show. She's been there forever.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 01:40

rare Magic card l00k: Jan 3, 2011

what the gently caress is this commentary

# ? Dec 12, 2021 01:41

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

Benne posted:

Mandy Leon was easily the worst wrestler in that match so naturally she gets the pin

I missed it because I was confused at the time the show was starting�thankfully

# ? Dec 12, 2021 01:42

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

Also I paid $25 for the PPV because I was worried I would forget to cancel over the next two months.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 01:43

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

rare Magic card l00k posted:

what the gently caress is this commentary

The mod has asked us not to talk about him anymore.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 01:47

TheJunkyardGod: Sep 19, 2004; Do not taunt the Octopus

Rick posted:

Also I paid $25 for the PPV because I was worried I would forget to cancel over the next two months.

I might honestly cancel tonight since it's streaming so poorly.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 01:47

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

Man I still remember ordering ROH DVDs and excitedly waiting for them to arrive, jamming them into my computer and having my ears bleed from the peaked mic on the opening theme song before watching some of the best wrestling, characters and angles going on in the mid-2000s.

The long slow decline from the disastrous iPPV feeds through to this ignominous ending is sad, maybe their reboot will work but man I miss those heady days of Nigel McGuinness being the legitimate best wrestler in the world, Claudio Castagnoli and that clamdigger Bryan Danielson close behind, the amazing tag division: Briscoes, Age of the Fall, American Wolves and of course Steenerico etc. Weird rear end stables lead by the likes of Julius Smokes and Sweet 'n' Sour Larry Sweeney. Chris Hero's goofy rear end. The Kevin Steen and El Generico wars. Bobby Dempsey's struggle to become a wrestler. Sara Del Ray being one of the biggest badasses on the planet. Goddamn, what a ride it was. Even Austin Aries was good there for a little while!

TheJunkyardGod posted:

it's streaming so poorly.

Ahhh, I see not much has changed :sigh:

# ? Dec 12, 2021 01:56

rare Magic card l00k: Jan 3, 2011

Jerusalem posted:

Man I still remember ordering ROH DVDs and excitedly waiting for them to arrive, jamming them into my computer and having my ears bleed from the peaked mic on the opening theme song before watching some of the best wrestling, characters and angles going on in the mid-2000s.

The long slow decline from the disastrous iPPV feeds through to this ignominous ending is sad, maybe their reboot will work but man I miss those heady days of Nigel McGuinness being the legitimate best wrestler in the world, Claudio Castagnoli and that clamdigger Bryan Danielson close behind, the amazing tag division: Briscoes, Age of the Fall, American Wolves and of course Steenerico etc. Weird rear end stables lead by the likes of Julius Smokes and Sweet 'n' Sour Larry Sweeney. Chris Hero's goofy rear end. The Kevin Steen and El Generico wars. Bobby Dempsey's struggle to become a wrestler. Sara Del Ray being one of the biggest badasses on the planet. Goddamn, what a ride it was. Even Austin Aries was good there for a little while!

Ahhh, I see not much has changed

I remember the horrible disaster of one iPPV (I think the one with Elgin/Richards that put Elgin on the map oh man in hindsight what a cursed event) not working, followed by ROH insisting that next time will be better, and you (or was it Hulkamatt?) being the only goon actually able to see it.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 01:58

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

I don't recall ever being the only one able to see an iPPV (it's possible, the awfulness of the iPPVs was a common enough problem they blend together in my head) so maybe it was Hulkamatt?

# ? Dec 12, 2021 02:01

Penguin Patrol: Mar 3, 2005; by Fluffdaddy

lmao no audio

e: there it goes

# ? Dec 12, 2021 02:01

Benne: Sep 2, 2011; STOP DOING HEROIN

Can't believe it's really the end now :smith:

# ? Dec 12, 2021 02:02

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

I have dipped in to ROH very rarely over the years so I don�t have the deep history that most here do. But I have enjoyed the hell out of it for the past year, even as American wrestling gets less and less interesting to me. So I will miss it.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 02:04

Benne: Sep 2, 2011; STOP DOING HEROIN

That is a depressing amount of empty seats

# ? Dec 12, 2021 02:08

Thanlis: Mar 17, 2011

I think I�ve told this story but cramming into the back of some dude�s van with six other wrestling freaks to go down to Philly to see Unscripted was amazing. The show had all these indie famous people on it � I mean, Mike Modest! And Japanese stars like Dick Togo! And then Paul London totally stole the show against Michael Shane. Those TWA boys�

I�m gonna miss ROH.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 02:10

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

I took a couple free beer coozies. I didn't want to deal with searching though the piles of shirts

# ? Dec 12, 2021 02:21

Penguin Patrol: Mar 3, 2005; by Fluffdaddy

somebody brought an MJF sign?

# ? Dec 12, 2021 02:26

Suplex Liberace: Jan 18, 2012

Is rhet Titus's finisher a dropkick????

# ? Dec 12, 2021 02:36

Penguin Patrol: Mar 3, 2005; by Fluffdaddy

I thought Silas Young shined the brightest in that match, but I've always been a low key fan of his

HANGMAN!

# ? Dec 12, 2021 02:37

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

Rhett Titus winning was the right move but I honestly didn�t expect it.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 02:37

TheJunkyardGod: Sep 19, 2004; Do not taunt the Octopus

Penguin Patrol posted:

I thought Silas Young shined the brightest in that match, but I've always been a low key fan of his

HANGMAN!

Silas is legit one of the nicest dudes I've ever met. He plays the look so good and talked to my kids for like 10 minutes without any prompt.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 02:39

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

Riccabini being Adam Page�s best friend in Pok�mon Go is something I needed to know.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 02:40

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

TheJunkyardGod posted:

Silas is legit one of the nicest dudes I've ever met. He plays the look so good and talked to my kids for like 10 minutes without any prompt.

I am glad to hear this. I didn�t want to like him at first specifically because of the look but I have learned over the year how intentional it all is.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 02:45

Suplex Liberace: Jan 18, 2012

Penguin Patrol posted:

I thought Silas Young shined the brightest in that match, but I've always been a low key fan of his

HANGMAN!

I always liked how hes a tough guy brawler kinda guy but he does a sick fancy moonsault

# ? Dec 12, 2021 02:45

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

I hate Brian Johnson so much lol. A heel character made specifically to anger me almost.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 02:54

Benne: Sep 2, 2011; STOP DOING HEROIN

I'm going to miss Kenny King's dumb entrance music

# ? Dec 12, 2021 03:00

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

lol the ribbons

# ? Dec 12, 2021 03:12

flashy_mcflash: Feb 7, 2011

I haven't watched ROH in a long time but it's given me some of my favourite live wrestling experiences. It really does feel sad that they couldn't pack this place.

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Penguin Patrol: Mar 3, 2005; by Fluffdaddy

this match is a great loving time..

i say just as kenny king dies

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