Background In September 2010,
Jim Cornette announced that Final Battle 2010 would be taking place in the Grand Ballroom at the
Manhattan Center in
New York City on December 18, 2010, and would be live on internet pay-per-view through GoFightLive.
Storylines Final Battle featured
professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from existing, scripted
feuds and
storylines. Wrestlers portray
villains or
heroes, or more
ambiguous characters in scripted contests that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match on the
pay-per-view. The featured grudge match at the event was
Kevin Steen wrestling
El Generico in a
Fight Without Honor, an ROH speciality match with
hardcore rules and no disqualifications. The stipulations for the match meant that if Steen lost, he would no longer wrestle in ROH while if Generico lost, he would have to remove his
luchadore mask. Steen and Generico were a tag team dating back to early 2007, up until
Final Battle 2009 when Steen, frustrated after losing a tag team match, low-blowed Generico and hit him over the head with a chair. The next week,
Steve Corino published a video recording from Japan, where he was wrestling at the time, taking responsibility for Steen's actions, naming him a future World Champion and warning off Generico and
Colt Cabana, who came out in defence of Generico at Final Battle. With Generico becoming reclusive and not seeking revenge, Cabana sought it on him behalf in a match at the
Eighth Anniversary Show where Corino joined in an assault on Cabana. Generico came to Cabana's rescue but as he went to hit Corino, Steen stood in his way and Generico couldn't bring himself to hit his former partner, giving Steen the chance to punch Generico and lock in a
crossface. Despite attacking Generico, Steen had refused to accept any challenge to step into the ring with his former partner, until he was forced into a match at April's iPPV
The Big Bang!. In the tag team match, Generico continued to be unable to face his former partner. Cabana and Generico won by disqualification against Corino and Steen when Steen attacked Cabana with a chair repeatedly until Generico finally attacked his former partner and even attacked other wrestlers who attempted to restrain him. Generico challenged the two to a Chicago Street Fight later that month which they won after Cabana made Corino submit. while a rematch at
Hate: Chapter II saw Generico win by disqualification after hitting Generico with a chair, but Generico gained revenge but putting Steen through a table. At the
Glory By Honor IX iPPV, Cabana made Corino submit again in a
Double Chain match but after the match Corino's son helped assault the team, finishing with Steen pulling Generico's mask off. and on the 15 November episode of
Ring of Honor Wrestling challenged Generico to a final match at Final Battle, with Generico's mask and Steen's ROH's contract on the line which Generico, wearing a new all-black mask, accepted. ROH president
Cary Silkin later announced it would also be a Fight Without Honor. Three days before the event, ROH officials made the storyline announcement that due to the volatile nature of the rivalry, with Steen having attacked fans wearing Generico masks and much of the venues being used when the two had fought previously that the match would no longer be sanctioned by Ring of Honor and would take place after the official Final Battle card had finished with ROH taking no liability for the match. The World Championship rivalry going into the PPV was for the
ROH World Championship between reigning champion
Roderick Strong and challenger
Davey Richards. Throughout most of 2010, since being the judge for
Tyler Black's World Title win at
Eighth Anniversary in February, Strong sought a chance at the championship. When he failed to win at
Supercard of Honor V, Truth negotiated a rematch and helped Strong win the ROH World Championship at the previous PPV
Glory By Honor IX in September. after he had discussed retiring from all professional wrestling by the end of 2010. As well as announcing his intentions not to retire at Final Battle, Richards was promised a World Championship match by Cornette at the event. calling his children a mistake before elbowing him. which the Kings won after Hagadorn low-blowed Jay Briscoe. After the match, Papa Briscoe jumped into the ring and speared Hagadorn until the Kings grabbed him and fled. On the 11 November episode of
Ring of Honor Wrestling, Hagadorn threatened to sue Papa Briscoe but Jim Cornette reminded him Hero had attacked previously. Instead a non-title, Six-Man Tag Team match was suggested with both sides signing contracts. (left) and
Sara Del Rey (right) both picked their tag team partners going into Final Battle 2010. Other matches on the card include a tag team match between
Daizee Haze and Amazing Kong wrestling Sara Del Rey and
Serena Deeb. At
Bluegrass Brawl in July, Haze defeated Del Rey, In an interview regarding the match, Haze expressed exasperation about the lack of a decision until Del Rey interrupted claiming she was moments from winning and that she needed more of a challenge. Haze assured Del Rey she would find more competition and a few days later Kong
tweeted to confirm she would be Haze's partner. Kong had faced off against Del Rey at
Supercard of Honor V and lost after Del Rey used Hero's loaded elbow pad. They main evented in a match with the Briscoes and Kings of Wrestling at
Hate: Chapter II where Kong gained some revenge when her team defeated Del Rey's ROH also announced in November
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Kenny Omega would be returning for the first time since the Death Before Dishonor VIII iPPV to wrestle
ROH World Television Champion Eddie Edwards in a non-title match. Days before the event, it was reported Omega had injured his ankle in training and would be replaced with
Sonjay Dutt offering to be a replacement. A week before the event, it was revealed that
Homicide would wrestle
Christopher Daniels. Both men had wrestled in the company's first show
The Era of Honor Begins and worked regularly for the company until 2007; coincidentally both returned in 2010 making unannounced returns at the iPPVs Glory By Honor IX and The Big Bang!, respectively, with a wish to win the ROH World Championship. This match would be their third in ROH, with Homicide winning both previous encounters. The final contest is a rematch between
All Night Express and the team of
Adam Cole and
Kyle O'Reilly, with the Express winning their first encounter in October. == Results ==