ROH Final Battle 2012: Matt Hardy, Jerry Lynn, Rhino, Shelton, Haas & More

[THEREALBRAND]

Matches signed include

ROH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LADDER WAR!!
Kevin Steen vs El Generico

Special Challenge Match
ROH World TV Champion Adam Cole vs Matt Hardy

3 Way ROH World Tag Team Championship Match
S.C.U.M. (Jimmy Jacobs & Steve Corino) vs Jay & Mark Briscoe vs Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander

Grudge Tag Team Match
The American Wolves ("Die Hard" Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards) vs. Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish

Jerry Lynn returns to the Hammerstein Ballroom for His Final ROH Bout
Jerry Lynn vs "The Prodigy" Mike Bennett w/ Maria Kanellis & Brutal Bob

Grudge Match
"Unbreakable" Michael Elgin vs Roderick Strong

Special Challenge Match
Jay Lethal vs "The Man Beast" Rhino

NYC Street Fight
Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin vs BJ Whitmer & Rhett Titus

Prince Nana takes on "Barrister" RD Evans w/ QT Marshall


It's our annual year-end extravaganza and you can bet “Final Battle 2012” will end ROH's year with a bang! Order your tickets now in the ROH Store!


IPPV
Sunday, Dec 16, 2012 02:00pm EST

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

The American Wolves match is gonna set a world record for kicks in a single match. Kenta should be guest enforcer

 

[Jmare007]

I would be shocked if Steen and Generico have a better ladder match than the one they had in PWG, but it'll probably still be gonna be a sick match.

I just hope Generico doesn't die taking stupid spots. Their match at "Steen Wolf" was scary as fukk

 

[Tryna Makit]

Dude take them lames names out the title breh. it screams "the who's who of who gives a shyt" came in here ready to shyt on the thread but it looks like a solid card, well by current roh standards at least.

 

[Ohnoits]

Dude take them lames names out the title breh. it screams "the who's who of who gives a shyt" came in here ready to shyt on the thread but it looks like a solid card, well by current roh standards at least.

I need good recs for Steen matches though...I saw one recently and was not into it...I feel like I'm missing something.

 

[Kimo_bud]

they shoulda did this today and not same time as the nfl

 

[Stress Welker]

Anyone have better video of BJ Whitmer's insane bump? Keep reading about it on Twitter, but all I can find is this.

Yikes, bj whitmer just took one of the nastiest bumps I've ever seen. Jesus! http://twitter.yfrog.com/git1hdqhmnvebbmfuglmknpwz

 

[OGJOHNNY5]

So...anybody watch this?

 

[TrueEpic08]

So, in between my reading I decided to look up the results for this...

Matt Hardy WON? :jadawtf:






























:jadawtf:
























(I really don't have any other reaction than that, honestly)

 

[Honga Ciganesta]

All, non legal , streams were killed half way through so I missed a lot of this, although:

Whitmer bump was totally sick, dude went head first through a table, amazed he walked away.

 

[TrueEpic08]

All, non legal , streams were killed half way through so I missed a lot of this, although:

Whitmer bump was totally sick, dude went head first through a table, amazed he walked away.

Are we finally done with this feud yet? They always put on great matches, but I'm really sick of Indy fans lavishing rhapsodic praise on a feud that needs a line drawn under it BADLY.

 

[Honga Ciganesta]

Are we finally done with this feud yet? They always put on great matches, but I'm really sick of Indy fans lavishing rhapsodic praise on a feud that needs a line drawn under it BADLY.

I think so, Generico was a one shot I believe. I don't follow as closely as I did but I guess Lethal is the guy getting pushed as the next challenger, there was an angle where he spit in Nigel's face on this show, because he couldn't get the main event shot, and got thrown out. Also if the Steen/Generico feud isn't over there's a good chance these guys will seriously injure each other pretty soon.

 

[TrueEpic08]

I think so, Generico was a one shot I believe. I don't follow as closely as I did but I guess Lethal is the guy getting pushed as the next challenger, there was an angle where he spit in Nigel's face on this show, because he couldn't get the main event shot, and got thrown out. Also if the Steen/Generico feud isn't over there's a good chance these guys will seriously injure each other pretty soon.

Yeah, I remember that Lethal was supposed to be the guy getting the shot here until Cornette was ousted, but then, of course, things changed.

Is Lethal still supposed to be a face in all of this? I obviously haven't been following ROH too much since about June, but didn't Steen at least attempt to turn heel at some point? Pushing Lethal like this just seems to be amazingly counterproductive to me.

On Steen and Generico halfway killing each other again: Yeah, basically. That screenshot is just insane. Everyone can see how that super-hardcore style's affected Steen (weight and injuries too, but anyone who says Steen is still anywhere close to a top-level worker outside of a gimmick match element is deluding themselves); it's a good thing that Generico doesn't really do these too often or else he'd snap in half.

 

[Stress Welker]

All, non legal , streams were killed half way through so I missed a lot of this, although:

Whitmer bump was totally sick, dude went head first through a table, amazed he walked away.

 

[Honga Ciganesta]

Is Lethal still supposed to be a face in all of this? I obviously haven't been following ROH too much since about June, but didn't Steen at least attempt to turn heel at some point? Pushing Lethal like this just seems to be amazingly counterproductive to me.

I think this deal with Nigel was a heel turn(ish), I mean he has every right, kayfabe wise, to be pissed at Steen spitting on his mother but the way he was talking today it was clear they were looking for him to be booed. I think it's pretty muddled now with the booking changes, although there's every chance that I've missed stuff with this angle as well. I've given up on trying to get a handle on whether Steen is a face or a heel in general.

PWInsider saying that Whitmer is okay. How many times has this guy almost killed himself in this company? Powerbomb from the top rope to the crowd, Psycho Driver through a table, torn up knees in that cage match and that's just off the top of my head. If you resort to this sort of stuff, this often, to get a reaction... maybe time to rethink things.