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ROH Final Battle Results (12/10/22): Chris Jericho, FTR, Samoa Joe, And More

By Colin Tessier

ROH Women’s Championship: Mercedes Martinez (c) vs. Athena

Martinez takes control early on. The two women trade blows. Athena thumbs Martinez with a thumb to the eye and nails her with a forearm. She gains the upper hand with several strikes. She rocks the champion with a backhand. Martinez counters a suplex and drops Athena with a spinebuster. Athena trips Martinez and sends her into the ropes. She goes up top, but Martinez kicks her. The champion goes for the Spider German Suplex, but Athena avoids it. Athena plants Martinez with a powerbomb and suplexes her. She drops the champion with a kick. Martinez gets a two count with a brainbuster. Athena counters a leg lock and sends Martinez into the ropes. Athena slams the champion onto the apron. The fight spills to the outside, and Martinez takes control. She hits an Anarchist Suplex on the floor. Back in the ring, Athena gets a two count with a sneaky pin attempt.

Martinez goes for a Dragon Sleeper, but Athena bites her to evade it. Athena catches Martinez with a knee to the face, but the champion reaches the ropes. Athena rips off the turnbuckle pad. Martinez takes control, but Athena sends her into the exposed turnbuckle with a shotgun dropkick. She hits the O-Face for the win.

Winner and new ROH Women’s World Champion: Athena

Shane Taylor & JD Griffey vs. Swerve in Our Glory (Swerve Strickland & Keith Lee)

Strickland and Griffey feel each other out. Griffey gains the upper hand and showcases his Muay Thai skills. Lee tags, and the crowd chants, “We want Shane.” Taylor tags in, much to the fans’ delight, but Taylor tags out. Taylor squashes Strickland with a leg drop on the apron. Strickland rallies and tags Lee, who squares off with Taylor. The two powerhouses trade blows. Lee catches a diving Taylor. The former ROH World Television Champion drills Lee with a shot to the face. Strickland pulls the rope down when Taylor goes for a lariat, sending him to the outside. Swerve in Our Glory miscommunicates on the Swerve Stomp as Griffey counters it twice. Griffey drills Strickland with a knee to the face. Lee catches a diving Griffey, and Strickland kicks him. Strickland counters Welcome to the Land. Griffey drills him with some strikes. Swerve drops Griffey with a backbreaker.

Taylor pulls Lee off the apron when Swerve goes for a tag. Griffey has Swerve in an arm-bar. After Lee neutralizes Taylor at ringside, “The Limitless One” breaks up the hold with a moonsault. The two teams trade blows. Taylor drills Lee with a stiff shot. Swerve in our Glory double-team Taylor. The big man ducks a strike, so Lee accidentally blasts Swerve. Taylor his Welcome to the Land for a near fall. Swerve backs away and walks out on Lee. Taylor and Griffey double-team Lee, but the powerhouse ducks a kick, so Griffey accidentally nails Taylor. Lee pins Griffey with the Big Bang Catastrophe.

Winners: Swerve in Our Glory (Swerve Strickland & Keith Lee)

ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championships: Dalton Castle & The Boys (c) vs. The Embassy (Bishop Kaun, Toa Liona & Brian Cage) (with Prince Nana)

Kaun and Castle start the match. Castle exits the ring and hypes himself up by running around. Cage tags in and squares off with Castle. Brandon Tate tags in. Cage curls him like a weight, but the champions trip him up. The Boys double-team Cage. Liona tags in and overpowers them. He drops the brothers with a double shoulder block. The Boys get caught when they dive onto Cage and Liona, and the two powerhouses suplex them on the floor. Cage turns Brandon inside out with a clothesline. Kaun hits a senton for a two count. The Embassy is in complete control. Castle tags in and clears house with a flurry of offense. He suplexes Liona and sends the Tates to the outside with dives onto their opponents. Liona drops both Tates with a double Samoan backdrop. Kaun slams Brent to the mat. Liona slams Castle with a belly-to-belly. Cage clotheslines Brandon and hits the Drill Claw. Castle takes Cage down with a bulldog.

Nana rolls one of the Tates back into the ring, and Liona capitalizes by driving Brent into Castle. The Embassy pins Brent with a triple-team powerbomb.

Winners and new ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions: The Embassy (Bishop Kaun, Toa Liona & Brian Cage)

Backstage, Top Flight discuss their win over The Kingdom, and they make it clear that they want to prove themselves against other teams. Angelo Parker and Matt Menard confront them, and the two teams fight.  The brawl spills into the arena, and Dante dives off the stage. Security officials break the fight up. Parker insults ROH and says Chris Jericho had to save it. Menard pulls out a purple bucket hat and says that when Claudio Castagnoli loses tonight, he’ll be put in a team with Jake Hager, and they’ll be called Hat Trick. He says Wheeler Yuta will tap out to Daniel Garcia, so it’ll be a clean sweep for the JAS.

ROH Pure Championship: Daniel Garcia (c) vs. Wheeler Yuta

Yuta takes the fight to Garcia and uses two closed-first strikes right away. The match spills out of the ring, and Yuta slams Garcia into the steps. Garcia fires back and Slams Yuta into the steps. The champion grinds Yuta’s face into the turnbuckle. Wheeler turns it around and does the same thing to Garcia. The champion gains the upper hand by wrenching Yuta in the ropes. He sends his opponent into the turnbuckle and locks in a surfboard through the ropes. In doing so, he forces Yuta to use a second rope break. Garcia twists Yuta’s legs and stomps him into the mat. Yuta tries to rally, but Garcia chops him and locks in the Dragon Slayer. Yuta reaches the ropes, so he uses his third and final rope break. Yuta keeps fighting, but Garcia locks in the Sharpshooter. Yuta gets out of it and locks in a Crossface. Garcia goes for a Crossface, but Yuta turns it into a pin attempt. Both men are down after a brainbuster.

Yuta hits a high Angle Slam. Garcia plans Garcia with a piledriver for a two count. He locks in the Sharpshooter, and with Yuta out of rope breaks, he’s forced to desperately claw at Garcia’s face to escape. Garcia rallies and takes Yuta down with a back drop. Yuta hits a piledriver for a two count. Yuta elbows Garcia repeatedly, and the referee calls for the bell.

Winner and new ROH Pure Champion: Wheeler Yuta

ROH World Tag Team Championship Double Dog Collar Match: FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) (c) vs. The Briscoes (Mark & Jay Briscoe)

As expected, the two teams take the fight to each other right away. Mark Briscoe gets busted open early on. He and Cash Wheeler fight up to the stage. The Briscoes take control and gang up on Harwood. Jay chokes him with a chain, and Dax is busted open. Jay gets a chair, but Dax sends him crashing into it in the corner. Wheeler pulls Mark by the dog collar, and FTR double-teams him. FTR hits Mark with the steel chain. Dax pulls Jay into the ring post. FTR hits the Doomsday Device. Wheeler chokes Mark with a chain in the Gory Bomb position. He chokes him over the ropes, but Jay breaks the hold. Mark hits the Froggy Bow with the chain for a two count. Everyone is bleeding as the war continues. Dax and Jay keep battling it out in the ring. Dax wraps the chain around his head and hits a diving headbutt.

Jay pulls the referee in front of him, and Dax accidentally hits referee Mike Posey with the chain. Posey is busted wide open, and Paul Turner enters the match to replace him.

Jay fires up with some jabs, and he dumps Dax with a back suplex. Wheeler slams Mark on the apron. Mark and Wheeler battle on the apron. Wheeler pulls Mark off the top rope and crashing down onto a pile of chairs. Jay drops Dax with the Jay Driller on a chain for a near fall. Jay hits Dax with a chair. Dax hits Jay below the belt and hits a piledriver for a two count. Dax goes to the top rope, but Jay pulls the chain between his legs. He knocks Wheeler off the apron. Jay hits a superplex onto a pile of chairs for a two count. Jay wraps the chain around Dax’s mouth, and he passes out.

Winners and new ROH World Tag Team Champions: The Briscoes

FTR shows their appreciation to the crowd. The Gunns (Austin & Colten Gunn) attack FTR. The Gunns vow to kill FTR’s legacy. The Briscoes return to the ring to stop The Gunns. Harwood is still on the canvas, but he declares that FTR’s mission is to beat The Gunns.

ROH World Television Championship: Samoa Joe (c) vs. Juice Robinson

Robinson takes the fight to Joe early on. Joe overpowers him and gains the upper hand. Outside of the ring, Robinson takes control when he escapes a choke and slams Joe into the barricade. He hits a running senton. Joe takes control again and grounds Robinson with a chin lock. Robinson hits Joe with his signature jabs. Joe drops him with a boot and hits a senton. Juice drops Joe with a spinebuster. He drills Joe with a series of strikes in the corner. Juice hits a cannonball in the corner. A crossbody earns Juice a two count. Joe rallies and locks in an STF and transitions into a crossface, but Juice reaches the ropes. Joe goes for the Muscle Buster, but Juice counters it into a sunset flip for a two count. The champion crotches Juice on the ropes and hits the Muscle Buster for the win.

Winner and still ROH World Television Champion: Samoa Joe

ROH World Championship: Chris Jericho (c) vs. Claudio Castagnoli

Jericho refuses to shake Castagnoli’s hand. He runs out of the ring and chases commentators Caprice Coleman and Ian Riccaboni, but Castagnoli drills the champion with an upper cut. In the ring, Claudio takes the fight to Jericho and drops him with a Neutralizer for a two count. He hits a gut-wrench suplex for a two count. Castagnoli presses Jericho over his head and kicks him off the apron. Jericho sends Castagnoli into the ring post and takes control. Jericho and Castagnoli trade blows. The challenger drills Jericho with an European uppercut. Jericho gains the upper hand and punches Claudio in the corner. Jericho goes for a super hurricanrana, and while Castagnoli counters once, Jericho hits the second attempt. Castagnoli counters the Codebreaker. Jericho sends him to the outside. The challenger counters  dropkick with a European uppercut. Jericho suplexes Castagnoli off the apron.

Claudio rallies with a big boot. Jericho fires back with one of his own. Both men are down after a double clothesline. The two competitors exchange strikes, and they refuse to go down. Jericho rakes Castagnoli’s eye. The challenger goes for the swing, but Jericho counters into the Walls of Jericho. Castagnoli escapes and drills Jericho with the European uppercut. Angelo Parker and Matt Menard come to ringside. With the referee distracted, Jericho blasts Castagnoli with a bat for a two count. The referee ejects Parker and Menard from ringside. Castagnoli rolls him up for a two count. Jericho hits the Codebreaker. Castagnoli swings Jericho until he taps.

Winner and new ROH World Champion: Claudio Castagnoli

Castagnoli celebrates with Wheeler Yuta and Jerry Lynn.

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Colin Tessier
Colin Tessier

Colin Tessier is a lifelong fan of all things Marvel and DC, and he has used this passion to write about them for several years. Likewise, having been a fan of wrestling since he was a kid, he also covers professional wrestling. You can find him on Twitter at @ct_2110.

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