ROH Final Battle 2022: 10 Things That Must Happen
Major title changes! AEW Announcing ROH's TV future! Nigel McGuinness?!
The hits keep on coming!
Pro wrestling just had belters like AEW's Full Gear and WWE's Survivor Series: WarGames, but the spotlight belongs to ROH this weekend. Well, sort of. Triple H's WWE will steal some of the headlines by putting on NXT: Deadline (or "Deadl1ne" if you prefer) this Saturday night.
That'll clash with Tony Khan's next Ring Of Honor pay-per-view, so the weekend is very much about choice. Speaking of which, it was certainly a choice to crown Chris Jericho the ROH World Champion in September, but will his star power translate into PPV buys? Only time will tell on that one.
Quick word of warning too. This piece is being put together before Wednesday's Dynamite and Friday's episode of Rampage. That means there may be stuff announced on those shows that isn't discussed here - guess that's what happens when a pay-per-view lineup is incomplete mere days before it happens, eh?
Final Battle will still offer some wonderful in-ring action. The main event is a fine collision between two crafty veterans, and there's an undercard banger starring two young lions that could steal the show. Also, is this where another former ROH World Champ roars back into view?
Here's everything that must happen in Texas.
10. They Add A Six-Man
It perhaps says everything about AEW's rammed roster that talented workers like Dalton Castle have been hidden away on 'C' level programming like Dark and Dark: Elevation. Castle has charisma for days, and he deserves way more than he's been getting under Tony Khan's umbrella.
Final Battle could be a step towards more.
The All Elite hierarchy have two choices here. One, they pluck one of those Elite vs. Death Triangle six-mans from upcoming Dynamite specials and sprinkle it on as extra added value on the ROH pay-per-view. Two, they actually give Dalton Castle and The Boys an ROH Six-Man Tag Title defence on a show people care about.
If it's the latter (and that's 100x more likely than Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks showing up for a wrestle), then Castle and his crew will retain their gold. Those titles don't really mean d*ck at the moment, but they'll hold onto them for now.