ROH Final Battle 2016 Review: Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly, Cody Rhodes Debuts

Follow along with our review of Friday night’s ROH Final Battle pay-per-view.

On Friday night, the ROH Final Battle pay-per-view would take place from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, NY. This venue is a well-known one to ROH as they have held plenty of big events here, including multiple Final Battle PPVs.

The main event of Final Battle would see long-time rivals Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly battle for the ROH World Championship. This would turn into a No Disqualification match, an announcement made just as the bout began. It would turn into a blood-filled wrestling contest with these two destroying each other with objects and tacks. Would O’Reilly finally get his crowning moment, though?

The Young Bucks would defend the ROH World Tag Team Championship against the Briscoes. This would be a battle of two of the promotion’s top tag teams, which would, as expected, be full of superkicks. Did this lead to Matt and Nick Jackson retaining the belts?

Cody Rhodes (under the name “Cody”) would make his promotional debut at ROH Final Battle. His opponent would be Jay Lethal, who had his year-plus world title reign end just a few months ago. This pitted two of independent wrestling’s top stars against each other, but who would come out on top?

Also see was a high-flying ROH World TV Championship match, inaugural champions crowned, and Colt Cabana vs. Dalton Castle. These highlighted what turned out to be a fun PPV.

With this in mind, follow along with us as we review ROH Final Battle!