Final Battle featured
professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre-existing
scripted feuds or
storylines that play out on ROH's television program,
Ring of Honor Wrestling. Wrestlers will portray heroes (
faces) or villains (
heels) as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. On September 18, 2015, at
All Star Extravaganza VII A.J. Styles defeated
Roderick Strong,
Michael Elgin, and
Adam Cole to become the number one contender to the
ROH World Championship. On November 4, 2015, ROH announced that A.J. Styles would take his championship match at Final Battle 2015 against ROH World Champion
Jay Lethal. In November, Roderick Strong issued an open challenge to the world for his
ROH World Television Championship. On November 21, 2015,
Bobby Fish answered the challenge, claiming his victory over Roderick Strong in
Chicago on September 12, 2015, was enough for him to be number one contender. Roderick Strong accepted the challenge and purposed for it to take place at Final Battle. On September 18, 2015, at
All Star Extravaganza VII The All Night Express would return to defeat The Briscoes in an open challenge. At
Glory By Honor XIV The Briscoes would tie it up with a win over King and Titus. On November 27, ROH Matchmaker
Nigel McGuiness announced that it would be The Briscoes vs. The All Night Express at Final Battle 2015 for the number one contendership to the
ROH World Tag Team Championship. The Young Bucks would interrupt causing Nigel McGuiness to throw them into the mix making it a three-way tag match at Final Battle to face
The Kingdom or
War Machine at ROH's next pay-per-view event. At
Survival of the Fittest (2015) Michael Elgin won the Survival of the Fittest tournament, earning him an ROH World Championship match. Moose who was also in the Survival of the Fittest tournament was defeated by Michael Elgin in a 3-Way Match between Elgin, Moose, and Adam Cole. Moose would be upset with Elgin causing Moose's manager
Stokely Hathaway to issue a challenge to Elgin at Final Battle. Michael Elgin would accept, and Nigel McGuiness would sign for Moose vs. Michael Elgin at Final Battle 2015. At
Best in the World 2015 Dalton Castle defeated Silas Young. At
All Star Extravaganza VII Silas Young defeated Dalton Castle earning Dalton Castle's boys. On December 4, it was announced that Dalton Castle would go head to head with Silas Young one more time at the Final Battle pay per view. ==Results==