Complete ROH Final Battle 2010 PPV Results

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Ring of Honor returned to the Manhattan Center in New York City for the 2010 edition of their last live event of the year, Final Battle 2010, broadcast live via GoFightLive.tv for Internet PPV. Like the last several events here, ROH sold out and turned fans away at the door. If it’s financially feasible, they really might want to consider moving back to the Hammerstein Ballroom downstairs.

Since Stu is doing live updates on the results, I’ll be writing my thoughts on the show as it happens. If my netbook
battery runs out, I’ll post the remainder of the thoughts when I return, but we should be good.

Notes: They return to the Manhattan Center on Saturday 3/19….The Dirty Rotten Scoundrelz and Deranged were backstage visiting….

The show opened with Internet announcers Kevin Kelly and Dave Prazak introduced. There was a Kevin Kelly chant. Really? Better than than Hermy I guess. Bobby Cruise did the countdown and we were on the air.

The All Night Express vs. Mike Bennett and Adam Cole was a hell of a good opener. It was designed to not just have a good back and forth athletic tag match with some cool dives and great double team moves, but to show that Cole and Bennett could be players to watch in the future. The crowd loved this one and it’s crazy to think how far the Express has come since their days as Austin Aries’ lackies. Great stuff here.

Colt Cabana vs. TJ Perkins was a hell of a lot of fun, especially if you like European wrestling. There was some fun silliness here but also a lot of Johnny Saint-inspired matwrestling. Perkins looked good here and Cabana was his usual self. A really good, solid, fun match.

Sara del Rey and Serena Deeb vs. Awesome Kong and Daizee Haze was just awesome. Well worked back and forth hard hitting bout that the crowd loved. Haze plays a hell of an underdog babyface. Kong was once again the queen of the monsters, Del Rey was on fire and Deeb looked hot and worked real hard. The show is really hitting a nice pace.

Eddie Edwards vs. Sonay Dutt was a solid match. Dutt worked really hard and you could see he was hungry. Edwards did some nice hard hitting chops and worked really well with Dutt. Dutt brought in a little sizzle with some dancing and a good comedy bit where he went under the ring to try and sneak up on Edwards, only to eat a hard chop for all his sneakiness. Solid stuff with Edwards going over in a competitive bout.

Homicide vs. Christopher Daniels was another good match that served to set up for rematches for the TV title down the line. They did a nice job of building a good match. I wasn’t thrilled about the ref bump but after a bunch of clean finishes, it made sense to do it here with two personalities who could use it as a storyline point. Great to see Julius Smokes back with Homicide as they always played well against each other in the past. Mike Bennett mocking Daniels’ loss is a nice storyline tease for the future as well since he’s a long term project. Would love to see Daniels and Homicide go at it again with a lot more time, but this was a nice chapter one.

The Briscoe Family vs. Hagadorn and the Kings of Wrestling was one hell of an entertaining bout. Poppa Briscoe was in great shape and pulled out a hurancanrana, teased a dive and hit a flying clothesline off the top rope. Hagadorn was awesome as the scrawny heel manager finally getting his comeuppance. The Kings of Wrestling are in another world as champions. Chris Hero is money. This was a great example of the stars aligning just right. Everything pretty much worked out as perfect as you could hope for here and of everything on the show thus far, this had the entire crowd into it. Some were into the Kings, some were into the Briscoes but everyone was popping for the near falls, especially the ending sequences.

Davey Richards vs. Roderick Strong was one of the most hellacious, hard hitting matches I’ve seen all year as they really took it way beyond stiff with the kicks and chops. Strong really took his game to another level and his win was at least a moderate surprise as most seemed to think Richards was going over tonight. Just amazing, brutal stuff here. I loved the hell out of this. This was one hell of a wrestling match, from the long build with the matwork to the back and forth stiff shots, submissions and near falls. A great 30 plus minutes. . Richards spent a lot of time afterwards as they claimed he might have had a concussion.

The main event was, well, a sight to behold. After a year of building one hell of a blood feud, ROH blew it off with some stiff back and forth beatings, some weapons shots and one hell of a spot where Generico put Steen through a table placed atop a ladder that was bridged across the railing and the apron. Steen had one hell of a farewell performance. This was just off the charts brutal and bloody. You can’t have asked for a better blowoff to this feud. Just one hell of a show from top to bottom with nothing terrible and lots and lots of hard work and good booking.

Notes: They return to the Manhattan Center on Saturday 3/19….The Dirty Rotten Scoundrelz and Deranged were backstage visiting….Jim Cornette was backstage working the show….They ran a taped promo during intermission on the PPV with Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin announcing they were coming for the ROH Tag Team championships and wanted to be regulars in 2011.
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The All Night Express defeated Kyle O'Reilly & Adam Cole in a killer opener. Nobody held back a bit in this one and they left it all in the ring. Cole & O'Reilly looked great here and gave a really good accounting of themselves, coming really close to beating the ANX several times. ANX with the Blockbuster/Powerbomb combo for the win.

-Colt Cabana defeated TJ Perkins in a comedy match. After trying unsuccessfully to get Perkins in the Billy Goat's Curse several times, Cabana reversed a pin attempt to a sunset flip for the win.

-Sara Del Rey & Serena Deeb defeated Daizee Haze & Amazing Kong. This one never really got out of first gear and the crowd kind of died during this one. It picked up a bit toward the end when Kong came in and started killing people, but didn't hit the level it could have. Sara needed to give Daizee the Butterfly Powerslam and two piledrivers to put her away.

-Eddie Edwards defeated Sonjay Dutt in another solid bout that saw them get back on track after the last match. Sonjay Dutt really took advantage of the opportunity he got this weekend and busted his ass in both matches to put on great performances, and I hope ROH noticed and think about bringing him back in as a regular part of the roster. Eddie destroyed Sonjay with a hard clothesline, a powerbomb, and a 2K1 Bomb to pick up the win.

INTERMISSION

-Homicide defeated ROH TV Champion Christopher Daniels in a solid if unspectacular match. The ref got bumped and Homicide took off his t-shirt, threw it in Daniels' face, then hit an Ace Crusher for the win. Finish was a bit out of nowhere, but whatever. Mike Bennett, who had been sitting ringside observing the bout with "Brutal" Bob Evans, took a microphone and mocked Daniels by congratulating him on his win.

-Jay, Mark & Papa Briscoe defeated the Kings Of Wrestling & Shane Hagadorn. This was a good match if not as blowaway as their last two iPPV matches, but it was all about building to Papa Briscoe finally getting his hands on Hagadorn. Sara Del Rey got ejected from ringside early on, and then Papa was the star of the show, hitting a flying headscissors on Claudio and then eventually getting ahold of Hagadorn and beating him into oblivion. The finish came when Jay got Hagadorn up for the Doomsday Device and Papa Briscoe went up to the top rope and hit the flying clothesline to put Hagadorn away for the win. Very entertaining match.

-Roderick Strong defeated Davey Richards in an unbelievably match to retain the ROH World Title. Awesome, awesome match that went at least 35 minutes, tons of close calls and at one point Davey had Roderick tapping out to the ankle lock but Truth Martini was distracting the referee and he didn't see Roderick tapping. The match continued and Davey had the ankle lock again, but just released the hold and collapsed, and Roderick took advantage of the opportunity by hitting several big moves and then getting the Stronghold, and Davey was out so the referee called for the bell. Crowd was really shocked Davey didn't win, and Davey laid motionless in the ring and was attended to by referees, Kyle O'Reilly and Eddie Edwards while Jim Cornette had Bobby Cruise tell the fans to please be patient because we might have a concussion situation. Davey finally came to and realized that he had lost and spent several minutes just sitting in the ring staring into space while coming to grips with his loss, then headed to the back. Davey got a HUGE ovation on his way out. Terrific match.

-El Generico defeated Kevin Steen in an unveblievably brutal Fight Without Honor, and as a result Kevin Steen is out of ROH. This was ridiculously violent, and included several sick ladder spots, chairshots, table spots, and even Todd Sinclair did a table spot. Steve Corino tried to interfere but Colt Cabana stopped him, nailed Steen with a chair, and chased Corino to the back, but Generico only got 2. Generico gave Steen a top rope brainbuster, but only got 2. Finally Steen was on his knees and Generico had a steel chair in his hands but Steen tried to stop him by holding up the old red and black Generico mask. Generico took it and hesitated before cracking the chair over Steen's head and pinning him for the win. Colt Cabana came out to celebrate with Generico, who waved goodbye to Steen. After they left, Steen acted like he was going to give a speech, but just flipped off the crowd and left.

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Can you post who won the different matches so far please?

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Yup will do dont worry these are thoughts.

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So, what happened to that Steen/Generico match?

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Well aparently it's happening now but after the show or something.

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^^ Why?? :eek:

Thanx for posting the results so far

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I think the gimmick might be happening now but it might be after the show due to it being violent and unsanctioned lol.

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^^ LOL

Well, it will be on the DVD, so doesn't really bother me

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Daniels vs Homicide is now.