9 Ups & 3 Downs From ROH Final Battle 2022

3. The Right Decision

Claudio Castagnoli regaining the ROH World Title from Chris Jericho was absolutely the right move.

With a BS tease of Claudio joining the Jericho Appreciation Society should he lose at Final Battle, Tony Khan thankfully opted to go the other way. To be fair, that stipulation may have signposted Castagnoli's win here, but that's fine. After all, the last thing anyone wanted was for the Swiss Superman to be comparing hats with Jake Hager or for AEW to do yet another variation of the 'Group A owns Wrestler B' story that's been seen numerous times in the company's short lifespan.

While your writer here is a huge fan of Claudio, the simple fact of the matter is that Chris Jericho is a bigger star than the former Cesaro. As such, it was only ever going to be a short-term arrangement to have the Ocho focus his time on all things ROH. Now, Jericho can be utilised on AEW programming without having to be tied to the ROH letters. And for Claudio, he's the ideal choice to head up a wrestling-heavy ROH product and put on great match after great match with a wide variety of opponents.

Added to that, Chris Jericho could only go on for so long beating former ROH title holders before that schtick got old or started to impact the legacy of ROH.