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COMPLETE RING OF HONOR FINAL BATTLE 2023 PPV COVERAGE

Survival of the Fittest to crown new ROH TV Champion: Dalton Castle (with The Boys) vs. Lee Moriarty vs. Kyle Fletcher vs. Lee Johnson vs. Komander vs. Bryan Keith 

A lot of good wrestling here.   A TON of big dives including Komander walking the ropes and then diving over Kyle Fletcher (who was on the top) to the floor on everyone.   Lee Moriarty forced Lee Johnson to submit.  He then nailed his Flatliner variation on Castle for the pin.   Johnny TV had interfered an laiud out the boys.  They built to a big Tower of Doom spot.  Moriarty worked over Bryan Keith who came back with a eniziguiru.  Keith nailed Moriarty with a Tiger Driver and pinned him.  Kyle Fletcher pounced and attacked Keith, who came back with a suplex.  Keith went for a Tiger Driver but was caught and turned into a hammerlock tombstone and pinned.

Fletcher and Komander battled back and forth with strikes and kicked.  Komander nailed a dropkick and hit a springboard into a Poisonrana, sending Fletcher to the outside.  He went for a dive but was caught.  Fletcher nailed a tombstone on the outside.  The referee began to count Komander out.  He made it back in right before the 20 count but ate a big boot to the face.  Fletcher nailed a brainbuster for a near fall.  They battled back and forth.  Komander did the rope walk into a 450 splash on the apron, which looked insane.   He nailed another 450 splash for a two count.  Fletcher attacked his leg and nailed a brainbuster onto the buckles but Komander kicked out to a big pop.

Fletcher finally scored the pin with the Hammerlock tombstone.

Your winner and new ROH TV Champion Kyle Fletcher!

Man, they all worked so hard here and popped the crowd umpteenth times.  A fun sprint.

ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta vs. Tom Lawlor

Lots of grappling early.  Yuta had to use a rope break early to escape a move.  He nailed a dropkick asnd attacked Lawlor, scoring several two counts.  Yuta worked over Lawlor, who used a rope break.  Yuta attacked the leg and then chopped away at him.  Lawlor responded in kind.  Very physical.  Yuta used a Dragon Screw Legwhip and cinches in an Octopus on the mat.  Lawlor tried to fight back to his feet but was then caught in an abdominal stretch and pulled back for a two count.  Good stuff so far, different from everything else on the show.

Lawlor hit a back suplex but was too spent to initially capitalize.  Lawlor went for a knee strike but Yuta ducked and rolled him up.  Yuta turned it into a one-legged Boston Crab.    Lawlor fought out and hit a hammerlock piledriver.  He cinches on a double wristlock.  Yuta used his second rope break to escape.  He has one left.  He punched Lawlor and was issued a warning.

Yuta went to the top but Lawlor drilled him.   They battled on top.  Lawlor used a hammerlock superplex and cinched on a wristlock.  Yuta used the third and final rope break.  Yuta was locked in an armbar but fought out.  Yuta was locked in a double wrist lock and cinched in a chicken wing. Yuta escaped and surprised Lawlor in a pinning combination for the pin.  Lawlor's foot hit the rope at the three count, but the referee didn't seem to see it.

Your winner and still Pure Champion, Wheeler Yuta!

Good match if you like grappling.  Lots of different styles on display here tonight.

Yuta attacked Lawlor after and was going to DDT him on the belt but Hook, to a big pop, came out.   He checked on Lawlor.  Yuta attacked him from behind and nailed a DDT.

Keith Lee vs. Shane Taylor

Lots of testing each other out.  They went into a test of strength early with neither man getting the advantage.  Lee backed Shane into the corner and drilled him with some hard chops.  He charged but Taylor sent him out to the apron.  Lee came back and hit a high cross bodyblock into the ring.  Shades of Bam Bam Bigelow.  He went for another but was caught with The Tower of London.  Taylor nailed a legdrop across Lee's throat on the apron.

Lee fired back with a series of knees to the mid-section.  Taylor struck back with hard rights, scoring a near fall.  They fired back and forth with hard strikes.  Lee drilled Taylor in the corner.  He teased a spear but Taylor moved.  They slugged it out.  Taylor scored with an enziguiri and a big splash for a two count.  Taylor drilled him with lots of hard shots across the back.  Lee fired back and nailed a series of clotheslines.  

Lee regained control and teased a moonsault but Le Moriarty distracted him.  Lee tossed him into the ring and hit a sit-out powerbomb.  Taylor drilled Lee from behind and scored a two count.  Taylor went to the ropes but was caught on top.  Taylor nailed a Canadian Destroyer off the top but Lee kicked out.  The battle continued until Lee nailed a bg DVDR variation for the pin.

Your winner, Keith Lee!

They showed each other respect after the bout.

Backstage, Bryan Keith said he was here to win gold.  Orange Cassidy offered to face him tomorrow at Collision.

Mark Briscoe & FTR vs. The Blackpool Combat Club

Dax Harwood and Jon Moxley started out.  Claudio tagged in and they battled back and forth with some nice exchanges.  Cash tagged in but was caught in BCC's corner and they worked him over as they tagged in and out.  This is Bryan Danielson's first ROH match in 15 years.  Cash and Claudio fired back and forth with foreams.  Briscoe tagged in and stomped away at Claudio.  Dax tagged in but Claudio avoided a charge in the corner, leaving Dax to crash shoulder-first into the ring post.

Dax was worked over for a long time.  Claudio spun him in the Big Swing.  Dax finally fought his way out and made the hot tag to Briscoe, who battled off BCC with Redneck Kung-Fu.  He nailed Danielson with the uranage suplex.  FTR double-teamed Danielson with an elevated neckbreaker for a two count.  Everyone battled.  They went into an fun series of fast paced moves followed by more moves, leaving everyone laid out as the crowd chanted for ROH.  They all recovered and began slugging it out in the ring at the same time to a big pop.

Claudio nailed The Neutralizer on Briscoe, who kicked up.  Mark battled back and went for the Jay-Driller but was swarmed by BCC, who stomped and beat the hell out of him.  They set up Briscoe for The Doomsday Device but FTR made the save.  Everyone battled all over ringside.  Everyone kept brawling and they were all counted out.

The crowd hated this and chanted "Let them fight" as rhe officials and security tried to break it up.  They were about to rule is a double countout when Mark Briscoe said No and said this was a match to honor Jay, so let's restart the match with Anything Goes.  Tony Khan sent word that he agrees and there now must be a winner.  The crowd popped.  Everyone brawled all over the arena including the crowd.  Mark was now bleeding.  Mark hit a running flip dive off a cjaor to the floor on Claudio.

A table was pulled out from under the ring.  Mark pulled a barbed wire covered ladder out from the back and nailed Claudio.   Moxley used a fork on Dax.   Mark nailed Claudio with a chair.  He placed Claudio atop the barbed wire ladder.  Mark went to the top for the Froggy Bow but Moxley attacked and shoved him off and Mark crashed atop the barbed wire ladder.

In the ring, Moxley smashed Dax across the back with a chair, then hit him with a curb stomp.  He began using the fork on Cash, who was now bleeding.  Moxley drilled Dax with a chair across the back.  The BBC beat FTR with the chairs.  Cash was bleeding pretty heavy.  Moxley locked Mark in the choke.  The crowd chanted "Man Up."  Lots of carnage and chaos.  Amazingly, Moxley isn't bleeding.  A series of stairs were tossed into the ring.  Team Briscoe battled back.

Dax hit a piledriver off the apron through a table covered in tacks on Mox.  Danielson worked over Briscoe, screaming at him that this isn't his night as he kicked him in the chest.  Briscoe kept absorbing and but ducked the flying knee.  He nailed the Jay-Driller on the chairs and pinned Bryan Danielson.

Your winners, FTR and Mark Briscoe!

This was chaos, brawling and blood in the latter stages but the early part was a great, physical six man war.    I think Jay Briscoe would have loved this and to me, that's all that matters here.

Coverage continues on Page 4!

 

 

 

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