ROH Final Battle 2015 Results: Jay Lethal vs. AJ Styles

Check out the results of tonight’s ROH Final Battle main event between Jay Lethal and AJ Styles.

Tonight the ROH Final Battle 2015 pay-per-view took place from the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, PA. It featured a main event of Jay Lethal vs. AJ Styles for the ROH World Championship.

After a long night of action, Lethal and Styles went to war for the belt. The two feuded for months in anticipation of this huge main event.

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So what went down in the main event of ROH Final Battle? Check out our analysis below.

ROH World Championship Match
Jay Lethal (c) vs. AJ Styles

Lethal and Styles began with a long lockup. Styles tried working on the left arm of Lethal but he got out of it and they broke away.

Styles would put on a long side headlock. After Lethal broke out of it, Styles hit a dropkick. He dropped a leg on Lethal but got driven into the corner. Lethal hit a chop and went for the Monkey Flip but Styles landed on his feet. Lethal would get hit with a dropkick after a head scissors attempt for the one count.

Lethal hit another chop in the corner. Styles would turn him around and hit multiple chops before putting in a submission on the legs of Lethal, who got to the bottom rope. Styles would get him out of the ring and go for a move, but Truth Martini caused a distraction and Lethal took out Styles by the legs.

Lethal began working on the bad back of Styles by driving him into the railing. He then whipped him into the barricade again going back-first.

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In the ring, Lethal whipped Styles into the corner that continued to hurt his back. He followed this with a backbreaker for the one count.

After a long hold, Styles began working back. He got Lethal in the gut and hit an elbow. He followed this with an attempted moonsault from the second rope but got caught in an exploder suplex into the turnbuckle from Lethal.

Styles tried working back with punches, but Lethal put on a lock that secured the injured back. Lethal went for a move but got hit with an inverted drop by Styles. This was followed by a clothesline and a heel kick.

Styles hit an exploder suplex into the turnbuckle. He then hit a wheelbarrow that planted Lethal for a near-fall.

Styles hit a forearm on the apron and tried a move off the ropes, but Lethal caught him in a Lethal Combination for a near-fall.

Styles attempted a suplex but Lethal blocked it multiple times. However, after about six tries, Styles hit it for a near-fall.

Styles would hit a knee to the gut and attempt the Styles Clash, but Lethal hit an elevating neckbreaker for a near-fall. Then with Styles on the apron, Lethal dropkicked him into the floor.

Lethal then hit a dive through the ropes that pushed Styles into the barricade back first. He went for it a second time and got Styles over the barricade. He went for the dive one more time but Styles caught Lethal with a huge right hand in mid-air!

The two men would get up in the ring and trade right hands. Lethal then put on the Koji Clutch, which Styles worked out of and reversed into a lock of the knee and calf. Lethal got out by grabbing the ropes.

Styles hit an enziguri and went to the top rope. Lethal got up and punched him, pausing things. Styles then slid away from Lethal on the top rope but got hit with Lethal Injection. Lethal then went for Lethal Injection in the middle of the ring, but Styles countered. He hit Bloody Sunday and went for the Styles Clash but it got countered and Styles went through a table! After a 19 count, Styles got back into the ring.

Once he got back in, Lethal hit Lethal Injection, but Styles kicked out!

After taunting from Lethal, Styles fired back with right hands. He then went for a roll-up that turned into an attempted Styles Clash. Lethal then hit a cradle piledriver (a move of Jerry Lynn’s with him sitting on commentary) and hit Lethal Injection for the win.

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Result: Jay Lethal defeated AJ Styles via pinfall to retain the ROH World Championship.

Rating: 3.8 out of 5 stars

Rob’s Note: This was a very fun match. Despite working with a bad back, Styles looked fine here. He clearly wasn’t at 100-percent, as he did not move around like we are used to, but provided a good match with Lethal.

Now Lethal moves on as ROH World Champion into 2016. He has had a dominant reign so far and it could extend well into the new year.

What did you think of this ROH Final Battle main event?