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Name of the event:
ROH Final Battle 2022
Promotion:
Attendance:
2.602
Broadcast type:
Live
Broadcast date:
10.12.2022
TV station/network:
Bleacher Report Live

Athena defeats Mercedes Martinez (c) (13:06) - TITLE CHANGE !!!
Wheeler Yuta defeats Daniel Garcia (c) by referee's decision (14:52) - TITLE CHANGE !!!
ROH World Tag Team Title Double Dog Collar Match
The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe) defeat FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) (c) (22:20) - TITLE CHANGE !!!
Claudio Castagnoli defeats Chris Jericho (c) (17:05) - TITLE CHANGE !!!

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Number of comments: 50
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Average rating: 7.85  [162]
Average rating in 2026: 6.00  [1]
Average rating in 2025: 8.00  [6]
Average rating in 2024: 8.00  [11]
Average rating in 2023: 7.52  [21]
Average rating in 2022: 7.90  [123]
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DENDY wrote on 27.01.2026:
[6.0] "The three matches before the main event are worth watching, with The Briscoes vs. FTR 3 being the highlight, a ridiculously good match which should have main evented. Everything before Yuta vs. Garcia and the main event are skippable, but that string of three bouts is excellent. As a show this feels disjointed."
Chuck Scumm wrote on 13.11.2024:
[8.0] "Pretty damn good show. Briscoes vs FTR is a must see. Jericho vs Claudio was good for what it was. Swerve In Our Glory vs Shane Taylor Promotions doesn't get enough love, even if it was mainly used to advance the Swerve/Lee feud. Show is worth watching."
RealGrapsThomsen wrote on 01.08.2024:
[8.0] "This was another fun Ring of Honor Pay Per View, brought closure to fueds like Briscoes and FTR as well we gave Athena and Claudio their crowning moments."
Aspion wrote on 22.07.2024:
[7.0] "(Sorry english is not my firtst language) Eh if only other shows from ROH was this good these days... lets have hope at least"
BH62 wrote on 11.05.2023:
[8.0] "ROH Final Battle 2022 wasn't the perfect PPV, but I had a good time watching it. We had that gutsy masterpiece between FTR and The Briscoes while bouts like Jericho vs. Castagnoli, Garcia vs. Yuta and SIOG vs. STP were very cool to watch. S/O to Martinez vs. Athena as well."
Spider5786 wrote on 29.01.2023:
[8.0] "A high quality PPV highlighted by the best ever dog collar match ending one of the great trilogies. Other than that this was mostly an excellent show but nothing blow away. Worth watching for the dog collar match alone but a viewer that watches the whole thing shouldn't be disappointed."
AnotherSpreadsheeter wrote on 16.01.2023:
[7.0] "Strongest ROH show of the year, and one of the strongest shows of the year in general. Nothing MOTY worthy, but everything was solid as hell. I'd take a show of solid matches over a show that has a MOTY and some stinkers any day of the year. [AR Fox/Blake vs LFI] - 3.75 stars. [Mercedes vs Athena] - 3.25 stars. [SIOG vs Shane Taylor Promotions] - 4 stars (Match of the Night). [Dalton/The Boys vs Embassy] - 3.25 stars. [Garcia vs Yuta] - 3 stars. [FTR vs Briscoes] - 3.5 stars. [Joe vs Juice] - 3 stars (Worst of the Night). [Jericho vs Claudio] - 3.5 stars. Average match rating: 3.41 of 5 stars (or 6.82 of 10). Rounded to 7 for Cagematch."
deepkamate wrote on 30.12.2022:
[5.0] "I guess I'm the only one seeing this, but AEW was all over the place on this show, which makes ROH feel like an afterthought, which shouldn't be on a brand that's going to stand on its own in some form. In the first match often featured AEW guys humiliating ROH-like indie-talants, second match - AEW heel Athena looks better than a ROH champion due to more frequent TV appearances, the whole "Swerve In Our Glory " match build was based on Keith Lee vs. Shane Taylor but focused on second-rate Lee/Swerve feud, leaving ROH guys out of anything noteworthy, and more examples like that. Even in a great FTR/Briscoes match AEW managed to stick a build for a match on a freaking weekly free show, as if it wasn't a PPV, but just some kind of completely non-important event from house-show. Yuta/Garcia match according to "pure rules" generally left a disgusting impression on itself, since 95% of it is "green" and unconvincing indie wrestling lies behind the excellent final minute, but the first five minutes of it is a complete insult for this type of match that is the trademarking of ROH. Throughout the show, I had the feeling that the AEW is simply afraid to make ROH into something independent and capable of taking away even some attention from their shows, so they actively reminding fans about themselves and ruining everything that could have turned out much better."
DanTalksRasslin wrote on 23.12.2022:
[7.0] "Not quite a one-match show, but the Briscoes and FTR in a violent, bloody and very old-school dog collar match was far and away the greatest highlight of this event as well as one for the general highlight reels of 2022 in wrestling. The rest of the event, though, while overshadowed by that match, did feature some other strong matches, as well as a few more average ones along with a bit of questionable booking and some referee flubs (notably in the first match, which seems to have ended before it was supposed to). Besides the aforementioned tag dog collar bout, Jericho vs. Cesaro was a quality main event though I wonder if having Jericho retain by nefarious means and remain the major villain of ROH, with Cesaro at least for a bit forced to do his bidding, as we (possibly) go into its TV era might not have been a better choice. Yuta vs. Garcia for the Pure Title also provided some good technical grappling action with some good psychology, and SIOG vs. STP and Martinez vs. Athena were good as well. The Tag Title match by far is the most-must-see part of the show."
SimonCopp wrote on 19.12.2022:
[6.0] "Final Battle was all over the place because it was hampered by poor card structuring. Fortunately it had one of the best matches of the year in FTR vs Briscoes. Every other match was just fine to decent though."
Prince Osborne wrote on 16.12.2022:
[8.0] "Rush brought in Dralistico this time for a solid opener against Fox & Blake which had an awry ending. I'm not sure if it's planned but it created an enmity for sure. Mercedes wasn't having a nice time as the queen of the brand, so crowning Athena as the new queen felt right & she proved it very well through her new emotion. Taylor & Keith had their past recalled in a good way but not to the fullest extent, thanks to Griffey & Strickland adding little inputs with a diversion that could've fitted better in AEW. The Embassy, like Athena, deserve the six-man crowns even though Castle & The Boys entertained for a while. Garcia & Yuta settled their feud in an intense battle for the Pure Wrestling title. There were different shades of fights presented previously and this fight had its best elements to top the chart. FTR & Briscoes are two of the mavericks of tag team wrestling who didn't find much time to build their rivalry but showed out the animosity via two diverse battles in the past. The fight here was a legitimate dog fight where blood, sweat and tears are exhibited by these teams in order to claim the thrones of the division. Never did I expect a trilogy in this level of magnitude but I'm sincerely content w/this enmity. A much-needed cooler was given by Joe & Juice much to the crowd's pleasure. The main event was a strong closure to the show as well as the larger enmity from the BCC/JAS saga where the action was a better orchestration than the Grand Slam clash. Claudio winning was predicted since he suits the now-refreshed roster than Jericho. The event as a whole was great as expected after a couple of awesome PPVs from the wrestling richened brand despite being the weakest of all. The change of crowns felt deserving enough to lead the brand as the new frontrunners although there were minor gripes in certain bout's finishes."
patricktheheel wrote on 14.12.2022:
[7.0] "Mixed bag that over delivered on expectations. This show had little to know build, with a lot of it being thrown together as last minute as possible. However, the matches were quality as expected. Its really had to care about the all ROH wrestler matches, as they're just randoms right now. We never see them (which is hard to complain about, because ROH is on AEW enough as is.) Shane Taylor is HIM, FTR vs Briscoes was fantastic, and happy to see Yuta get his title back, thought he got a raw deal on his first run. Jericho vs Claudio was fine, but the crowd was a bit tired. the stipulation should not have been in place, it made it so Claudio had to win. Jericho and his sports entertainer gimmick was the perfect heel character for an ROH World Champion. He should have been the big bad for a long time, to finally get a baby face over imo. Not drop it right back to the guy that he took it from, during the same feud. Good for Claudio though, great guy and great wrestler."
Rossg17 wrote on 13.12.2022:
[8.0] "Dralistico & Rush vs AR Fox & Blake Christian was a great opener (**3/4), Athena vs Mercedes Martinez was a great match, was on the edge of my seat towards the end, surprised that Athena was able to overcome Martinez (***1/4), Swerve In Our Glory vs STP was an okay match (**3/4), Dalton Castle & The Boys vs The Embassy was a great match despite the David vs Goliath thing between the two teams (***), Daniel Garcia vs Wheeler Yuta was one of the best ROH Pure Title matches I've seen (****1/4), The Briscoes vs FTR was a fucking brutal match, MOTY candidate easily (*****), Juice Robinson vs Samoa Joe was good (***1/4), Chris Jericho vs Claudio Castagnoli exceeded my expectations and glad Castagnoli is now back as ROH World Champion (****1/4)"
ParkwayDriver wrote on 12.12.2022:
[6.0] ""A subpar build led to a decent show thanks to a lot of good in ring effort most particularly Briscoes/FTR 3. Other matches like the OGK tag/Keith tag/main event were all at least pretty good too. Some matches I expected more out of but wouldn? t call them bad (Athena/Mercedes, Yuta/Garcia.) The rest was decent. This zombie ROH experiment is still very bizarre to me overall.""
HighFlyLO wrote on 12.12.2022:
[10.0] "The feeling is restored in ROH. Turning the opening match ref botch into a story line was a great touch. Women? s title match was hard hitting, tag team wrestling was put on display topped off with yet another classic FTR/Briscoe? s match. Incredible show overall, plus good to see Honor Club back and weekly tv coming back!"
PavelDragunov wrote on 12.12.2022:
[8.0] "Blackpool Combat Club have decorated their group with gold again and this is a great triumph and how can I not be happy for them, I am happy and drink Coca-Cola for their health. Briscoes/FTR dialogia ended with an epic match, but it's no secret, all their matches were epic and will be included in the list of the best team matches in history. The show as a whole entertained me, there were a lot of events, especially the title shifts. Samoa Joe is the only one who was able to retain the title. In general, I am glad and in general everything that was shown was done from the heart. We are waiting for an official TV contract for ROH!"
King Of Banter wrote on 12.12.2022:
[8.0] "An excellent top to bottom show featuring the greatest dog collar match of all time. All three ROH PPVs in 2022 were excellent shows."
Akki1998 wrote on 12.12.2022:
[6.0] "Good tag team match of FTR other than that everything was ok or mild. There were many matches of no storyline."
arrancar wrote on 12.12.2022:
[6.0] "A pretty solid show with nothing great but nothing less than fine, either. Fox & Blake vs Rush & Dralistico was a mindless but alright spotfest opener, with some overly cooperative exchanges but still some nice athleticism. Rush was all-around good fun as always. The sloppiness towards the end was a shame, and the post-match antics were very confusing but undeniably entertaining. **3/4. Mercedes vs Athena was another alright match. Athena again impressed with her new-found arrogant aggression, while Mercedes started off decently but became typically sloppy as the match went on. Their energy unfortunately often died down in-between their bigger exchanges/spots. **3/4. Lee & Swerve vs Griffey & Taylor was quite good. Swerve had his flashy offence and cheeky charisma, Griffey had a few nice MMA-based attacks, and Taylor and Lee were both fun powerhouse monsters. 2nd half had some fun and quite creative moments. Lee and Swerve thankfully played up their 'break up' drama quite subtly and reasonably. ***1/4. Castle & The Boys vs The Embassy was alright. Dalton's goofy charisma was entertaining as usual, and his amateur wrestling skills were impressive, too. The Boys were fun with their basic aerial attacks and their ragdoll-bumping. All of the Embassy were nice powerhouses/bruisers with some decently impactful and energetic attacks. **3/4. Garcia vs Yuta was surprisingly good. Their strike trades were usually mediocre and cheesy, and I often struggled buying into either man's character work, but I thought they managed to have some nice grappling exchanges and hit some nice power moves, with a few nicely creative and energetic 50/50 interactions in the final 1/3rd, too. It's weird that, despite not thinking too highly of either guy, I thought their interactions here mostly ended up being kinda good. ***1/4. FTR vs The Briscoes was more of the same from them -- HIGHLY overrated but definitely still really good. They had an enjoyably aggressive and energetic brawl with a lot of intense striking and some creative and vicious uses of the chains. They never did anything especially great but everything they did was really good at worst. ***1/2. Joe vs Juice was alright, which is about what you could hope for given the 0 build it had. Joe was impressive as always with his variety of aggressive bruiser strikes and all his cool signature moves, and Juice did well keeping up with Joe in the striking department while showing good energy when it came to his more athletic and/or complex signature moves. They never managed to do anything too exciting but it was all always solid. ***. Jericho vs Claudio was alright -- disappointing for a World Title main-event, but it could have been worse. Jericho's broken-down in-ring work and tiresome character work limited this quite a lot, though I appreciated Claudio's workhorse energy to make it matter somewhat. Claudio winning was a welcome surprise, and hopefully he has a more interesting 2nd reign. ***"
AdamW wrote on 12.12.2022:
[10.0] "Fantastic show. Athena vs Mercedes Martinez was a great hard-hitting match with the right woman winning. Swerve in Our Glory vs Shane Taylor Promotions was fun, Embassy picking up the win and looking strong was good, Dalton Castle is a star. Yuta vs Garcia was another fantastic match between the two prospects. Jericho vs Claudio was great, Jericho has had a boss in-ring year in 2022 and his ROH Title reign was awesome. FTR vs The Briscoes. WOW. One of the best tag matches I've ever seen. Beautifully violent end to their trilogy, 10/10 match. The opener was good but the botched finish dragged it down and Joe vs Juice was decent, not as good as Darby vs Joe from Dynamite, but it was good. 10/10 show. Excited to see what's next for Tony Khan's ROH"
germshep24 wrote on 11.12.2022:
[7.0] "That double dog collar match does a lot of heavy lifting for this PPV. I do think a major problem for this PPV was everything was pretty much set up last minute beyond the continuation of JAS and BCC rivalry. ROH television champion there was absolutely no build for or any real stakes, the opening tag match there wasn't even any mention of yet alone build for, the Mercedes vs Athena match was only mentioned this week and neither have been on television for several months, the Embassy vs team Dalton castle was also pretty much not built or advertised beyond the Embassy doing random promos about how unstoppable they are. ROH desperately needs a weekly show to give importance to the ROH belts and to built personal ROH specific feuds to lead up to these PPVs. Other than that Wheeler vs Garcia was a fun match and Claudio winning the ROH championship was nice to see."
PerceptionIsReality wrote on 11.12.2022:
[6.0] "A pretty good show overall. A better TV title match and stronger main event finish were really needed and expected here. Will always be remembered for the Dog Collar match however and the crowd were hot all night."
joethom wrote on 11.12.2022:
[8.0] "The lackluster build incredibly lead to a great show. Outside the opener and the TV title match everything else was great. Dog collar tag title match may just be the match of the year. Must see show."
Derek Joists wrote on 11.12.2022:
[8.0] "A very good event with only a couple of weaker matches letting it down, and the good matches were very good indeed including a MOTY candidate from the Briscoes and FTR. The future of ROH looks bright."
SwitchbladeEra2 wrote on 11.12.2022:
[7.0] "An Medium Show Cause I don't like show so mutch And Briscoes Vs FTR is so good match Samoa Joe Vs Juice is very bad"
Rainmaker4196 wrote on 11.12.2022:
[9.0] "Another great PPV from ROH, with the best matches being FTR vs Briscoes, Jericho vs Claudio and Yuta vs Garcia"
kakkakikkare wrote on 11.12.2022:
[6.0] "Overall a decent show with one MOTY candidate level match between FTR and The Briscoes. Everyone should go out of their way to watch it. Rest were mostly okay."
JoseluLock wrote on 11.12.2022:
[9.0] "The build for this SUCKED, so when I find this one of the best events of the year I can't tell you how shocked I am. One of the best matches of the year (Dog Collar) surrounded with good to great matches and a ton of good feel moments make this one of the best ROH PPV in years."
ACorteen wrote on 11.12.2022:
"I was only really excited about two of the bouts on this card as I thought the rest were the kind of matches you would see on AEW DYNAMITE or in some cases even on AEW Rampage! ? Those two matches were the ROH World Title and the Double Dog Collar Match for the Tag Titles, and they were certainly Pay-Per-View worthy! The show is definitely worth a watch for those two alone (especial the dog collar bloodbath). Overall a very good event. Avoid the Zero-Hour pre show though...that was gubbins."
TheLevinux wrote on 11.12.2022:
[8.0] "Overall, the PPV was great. I enjoyed the matches and thought each match delivered in it's own unique way."
nothingleftinside wrote on 11.12.2022:
[6.0] "The Briscoes/FTR match makes it all worth it, but the rest of this card is mediocre or sub par. However, there were no real stinkers either. It also didn't feel super long, and I even watched the pre show. So that's nice. A good ppv to like do homework to or something, until the tag title match."
TooDarkMark wrote on 11.12.2022:
[9.0] "Super solid card. The highlights being the dog collar match, which was another classic in the series between FTR and the Briscoes. The Swerve in our Glory match had a lot of great storytelling. I enjoyed the Dalton Castle match as well, much better than expected."
arkhamoutlaw10 wrote on 11.12.2022:
[9.0] "AR Fox & Blake Christian vs Dralistico & Rush *** Athena vs Mercedes Martinez **** Keith Lee & Shane Strickland vs JD Griffey & Shane Taylor **** Bishop Kaun, Brian Cage & Toa Liona vs Dalton Castle & The Boys ** Wheeler Yuta vs Daniel Garcia ****1/2 Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe vs Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood ****1/2 Samoa Joe vs Juice Robinson *1/2 Claudio Castagnoli vs Chris Jericho ***** A wonderful show with a couple low points, but a largely tremendous sense of optimism and rebirth. Five matches at **** or above for me, and the matches I didn't like didn't detract from my enjoyment of the full card. Loved it."
eltetechori wrote on 11.12.2022:
[8.0] "A great event without a doubt the ROH Final Battle 2022. Very good wrestling for the most part and very enjoyable from the start."
Rocky7 wrote on 11.12.2022:
[8.0] "I enjoyed the show for something that seemed like a one or two match show going in. For the third TK-led ROH PPV in a row, FTR and the Briscoes was the best match of the show, but Yuta/Garcia ran it close, and I also enjoyed Martinez/Athena, SIOG/STP and the main event. Still interesting to see what's next for ROH, especially as Khan promised they won't have as much of a presence on AEW TV going forward."
texasyosh wrote on 11.12.2022:
[8.0] "This was a very solid ROH PPV. Most notably coming out of this being Athena being rewarded for some solid work, Wheeler/Garcia being another good affair, and Claudio winning back his title in a very solid match against Jericho. Of course, most importantly, this show capped off one of the greatest trilogies in modern wrestling history."
Stephismo wrote on 11.12.2022:
[10.0] "This show was FANTASTIC and an honest contender for show of the year. The crowd was electric the whole time and each match was great to excellent. The screwed up finish to the opening match aside, the wrestling was top notch. I loved loved LOVED FTR/Briscoes III and Joe/Juice that followed it was better than everyone else was thinking. The main event exceeded expectations as well. Great great GREAT show. Go out of your way to watch it."
seriousbusiness wrote on 11.12.2022:
[8.0] "You can say what you want about the existence of TK's ROH in what it means in the AEW universe, but it cannot be denied that every ROH show so far has been quality wrestling. A few middling matches, but the bangers banged with satisfying conclusions all around."