ROH Final Battle Results (12/10): Chris Jericho Faces Claudio Castagnoli, Double Dog Collar Tag Match

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Tonight's show is set to be headlined by an ROH World Championship match as Chris Jericho defends the title against the former champion Claudio Castagnoli. The two men have been embroiled in a feud for several months, and if Jericho retains the title this time around, Castagnoli will be forced to join the Jericho Appreciation Society.

That is not the only match that will pit the JAS against the Blackpool Combat Club, as the faction wars will continue in the ROH Pure Championship match as Wheeler Yuta attempts to regain his title against current champion Daniel Garcia.

This week on "AEW Dynamite" a late match was added as it was confirmed that FTR and The Briscoes will do battle once again. The current ROH World Tag Team Champions have won their previous two encounters against the veteran team, but this time it will be a double dog collar match.

Dalton Castle and The Boys will be defending their ROH World Trios Championships against The Embassy, while Samoa Joe will be putting his ROH Television Championship on the line against new AEW signing, Juice Robinson.

In the women's division, Mercedes Martinez will be getting tested as she defends the ROH Women's World Championship against Athena, who has been showcasing a lot more aggression as of late inside the ring.

Blake Christian is also set to team up with new AEW talent, AR Fox as they compete against Dralistico and RUSH.

Finally, for the main card, Swerve In Our Glory will come together once again despite the tensions between them as they face Shane Taylor and JD Griffey.

There are also several Zero Hour matches confirmed as Jeff Cobb will collide against Mascara Dorado, and Willow Nightingale will face Trish Adora. Matt Menard and Angelo Parker compete against Shinobi Shadow Squad, and The Kingdom are in action against Top Flight.

Angelo Parker and Eli Isom shake hands to start, with 2.0 mocking them, and Isom almost catches him immediately with a roll-up. Matt Menard comes in and goes for an over-the-top handshake as well, and he swaps back for Parker as Cheeseburger then tags in. The two teams continue the handshakes with the Jericho Appreciation Society stars pushing to comedy of it by doing it to each other as well.

Cheeseburger eats an elbow after mocking the handshake, but 2.0 work together well with a backbreaker-knee strike combination. Menard then hammers down with punches in the corner as Parker comes back in again with a snap suplex as the JAS stars continue to take control of the match. 

2.0 continue to make frequent tags to remain in control, isolating Cheeseburger, with Parker running up the back of his partner to connect with a back elbow. Cheeseburger then looks for a tag but he is tackled down, yet he crawls under both men to make the tag.

Isom comes in hot with a huge spear into the corner to hit both men, following with a pop-up neck breaker as Cheeseburger comes in with a stomp. However, Cheeseburger is then sent to the outside as he tries to continue his attack and that allows Menard to hit a suplex. They then connect with the double DDT for a win, with Cheeseburger isolated on the outside unable to help his partner. 

Winners: Matt Menard & Angelo Parker

The match starts with both teams showcasing respect with handshakes, but The Kingdom immediately starts on top with Mike Bennett hitting a big forearm as Matt Taven responds with a dropkick. Bennett returns with several chops, but Dante Martin can tag in, only for Taven to nail both brothers with a couple of big kicks to this opponent.  However, as he goes for a big boot it gets avoided and Taven hits Bennett. 

Top Flight speed things up after that as Dante flips into the ring to land on Taven and then springboards to dropkick Bennett as well. Dante isolates Taven in the corner, hitting a big boot, but he gets distracted by Bennett which allows Taven to send him out of the ring as Bennett then bounces off the ropes to hit a clothesline.  Dante avoids a double team as The Kingdom collides, and Darius leaps in with a huge crossbody and a kick to the face to Bennett. 

Maria Kanellis gets on the ring apron with a distraction which helps The Kingdom and Bennett's forearm leads Darius into a powerbomb from Taven. Bennett then hammers in strikes n the corner, following up with a suplex. Taven then springboards off the middle rope as he then looks for a knee strike but misses, allowing Darius to hit a jawbreaker, however, Bennett tags in and launches Darius into a strike from Taven, who then drops down onto him as he leans on Bennett's knees. 

Bennett takes too long on the Piledriver which allows for a reversal, but Bennett quickly grabs him back and puts in a Kimura Lock. He breaks out and the two men then go back and forth with slaps, and Darius wins out but then gets poked in the eye. Bennett looks to keep the momentum but Darius reverses with the Spanish Fly and in comes Dante who takes out Taven with several strikes and a standing moonsault. 

Darius makes a tag and a series of strikes is followed by a cutter, but that only leads to a near fall. Top Flight avoids another move as Darius runs up his brother to hit a DDT, but Bennett pushes Dante to break the pinfall. Taven gets back with a splash and then a huge knee strike but Darius can kick out. Bennett pulls Dante off the ring apron, and Taven then flies over the top rope to hit Darius, but Dante gets them back with an aerial move of his own. 

Maria then looks for the distraction, but she ends up being sent to the back, yet The Kingdom aims for a double team which doesn't work, and Top Flight then hit one of their own as Darius holds up Bennett as Dante hits a Nose Dive for the win. 

Winners: Top Flight

Mercedes Martinez immediately slaps Athena and starts unloading chops and strikes on her in the corner, proving her physicality. Athena comes back with some stiff strikes of her own and they go back and forth with them as Athena drops the champion and hammers down onto her. The challenger fires in with a lariat in the corner and then a big boot to follow as she then backflips across the ring, stopping just before Martinez to connect with a backhand. 

Martinez responds with a spine buster which gets a near fall and she follows it up with an STF, but Athena breaks out and drives the champion down with double knees. Athena heads to the top turnbuckle but she gets hit with a big boot as Martinez then hits several strikes to the back as she looks for a suplex, but Athena blocks and fights back with kicks of her own as she then slides down to hit a powerbomb. 

Athena launches the champion across the ring and hits a running superkick for good measure, but Martinez kicks out. She then rocks Athena with a huge forearm and a half and half suplex, following it with a huge brainbuster, but Athena kicks out. Martinez then looks for a submission but Athena reverses and sends her opponent into the ropes, which is followed up by driving the champion onto the ring apron. 

She looks for a running dropkick, but Martinez avoids it and the challenger crashes into the guard rail, and that leads to the Anarchy Suplex being hit on the outside. Back in the ring, Martinez nails a lariat as she takes complete control. The champion then looks for the Brass City Sleeper, but Athena bites the arm to block it, and she then catches her with the knees but Martinez grabs the ropes to keep the match alive. 

Athena then rips off the top turnbuckle and throws it at Martinez, but the champion hits a pop-up powerbomb to fight back into this one. Athena fights back with a shotgun dropkick in the corner, and then the O-Face to become the new champion!

Winner (and new ROH Women's World Champion): Athena 

Dalton Castle kicks things off with Bishop Kaun and he takes control until Brian Cage tags in. However, one of The Boys tags in and goes for a crossbody but he is caught, only for the other to go behind him as Castle pushes him as he trips. The Boys then work fast until Toa Liona takes them both down. He and Cage hold a Boy up in the air each on the outside and plant them both down while Kaun attacks Castle. 

Cage then uses one of them like they're wiehgts before throwing him back, and while he tags into the other Boy, Cage nails him with a clothesline. Liona drops onto one of them while they're on the ring apron, and Cage follows that with a superplex as The Embassy takes complete control. However, Castle gets to tag in and he starts attacking all three men with a boot to Cage and a suplex to Bishop, and then a German suplex to Liona as all three of them end up outside the ring. 

Castle launches his Boys out to take out each man, but when The Boys tag back in, The Embassy regains control and Liona ends up with both on his shoulder to hit a double Samoan backdrop. He plants them on top of each other, but they're able to kick out. Kaun nails a big boot to the face, but a tag is made and Brent fights back as Cage and Kaun run into each other, but an Alabama Slam takes him out until Castle comes in and plants him. Liona then slams Castle down with a belly to belly as Brandon dives in with a shotgun dropkick. However, this leads to Cage taking him out as Castle then drops the Machine with a running bulldog. 

He wants to dive out of the ring but Prince Nana throws one of The Boys at him which works as a distraction, and Liona charges into them both and The Embassy throws him into Cage who hits a powerbomb to earn the titles. 

Winners (and new ROH World Trios Champions): The Embassy

After the match Top Flight and 2.0 are shown arguing and they then start brawling, which takes them to the ringside area as Dante Martin dives from the stage to take them out as Top Flight get taken to the back. Angelo Parker gets on the microphone and asks why ROH died in the first place if it was so great. It's because it's full of garbage flippy-floppy wrestlers. He says Jericho is the man to redirect it. Daddy Magic then pulls out the purple hat and says Claudio Castagnoli will team with Jake Hager and they will become the Hatrick. Wheeler Yuta comes out and forces them to go to the back. 

Straight away the teams waste no time brawling as Cash Wheeler fights Mark Briscoe as the FTR hits him in the midsection with the chain while Jay Briscoe launches Dax Harwood into the stairs. Harwood fights back straight away though, launching a chair into the face of Jay as they then brawl through the fans while Mark is already busted open at ringside. Wheeler launches Mark up the stairs to the top of the ramp while Harwood dismantles some of the set around the fans, hitting his rival with metal poles. 

Mark then launches himself off the ramp, wiping Wheeler out as the other two men fight their way back to ringside. The brawls continue as Harwood loses a tooth according to the commentators, and The Briscoes finally start working together as they isolate Harwood, with Jay using the chain to drive it into the head of Harwood, meanwhile Mark continues attacking Wheeler, whipping him with the chain.

Jay sets a chair between the two top ropes as Harwood is then busted open, but he blocks the attempted charge into the steel and he launched Jay into it instead. FTR then works together, whipping Mark with the steel, while jay is busted open massively. FTR hit Mark with the Doomsday Device, with a chain but he can kick out, but he joins the rest by bleeding. Wheeler makes it even worse with a Gory Bomb submission while adding in the chain.

Wheeler then yanks Mark with the rope as he lands it from the top rope, but Jay sends Harwood into the steel which breaks them up. The Briscoes then regain control as Wheeler is planted to the mat and Mark dives from the top with an Elbow Drop, yet Wheeler kicks out. Outside the ring, their fight continues with Mark pulling out chairs and revealing a table.

Jay and Dax brawl to the top turnbuckle and Harwood come out on top, hitting a Diving Headbutt with the chain wrapped around his head. He then nails several punches with the chain in his hand, and he pushes the official back when he tries to check on Ja, and as Harwood goes for another, Jay pulls the official in his way and he busts him open with a punch to the head.

Jay then fires in a lot of quickfire jabs and then the focus goes to Wheeler and Mark who begin brawling on the ring apron as Wheeler drops him to the apron and then sets him on a table outside the ring. He manages to get back up and hammer in several huge elbow and forearm strikes and he then dropkicks him off the apron onto a pile of chairs. Wheeler then gets set on the table, but he gets up and Wheeler pulls him from the top turnbuckle and he lands on the pile of chairs!

Jay uses a chair to attack Harwood, hammering down on his back as blood pours into his face, but Harwood fights back with a Piledriver onto a chair, yet somehow Jay kicks out! Wheeler then launches tons of chairs into the ring as Harwood and Jay head to the top turnbuckle, but Jay slips under and yanks the chain up into his privates as he then blasts Wheeler off the apron and he then nails a superplex onto all the chairs. 

Mark stops Wheeler from getting into the ring as Harwood somehow kicks out. Jay then yanks the chain into his mouth as Wheeler tries to get back into the ring, but Jay stops him as The Briscoes win via submission. 

Winners (and new ROH World Tag Team Champions): The Briscoes

After the match, The Gunns hit the ring and star attacking FTR as they then claim FTR's legacy is dying, and they will be the ones who kill it. The Briscoes then make their way back and force the AEW team to retreat. Harwood then says their mission is to beat their asses.

Chris Jericho attacks Claudio Castagnoli immediately, and then he goes after the ROH commentators until Castagnoli makes the save and beats him around the ringside area, hitting him onto the guard rail and steel stairs. Back inside the ring the challenger fires in the hammer and anvil elbows and they then head to the middle turnbuckle as Claudio uses his strength to plant him down to the mat. 

He then powers up Jericho and hangs him up on the ropes, following it up with a big boot. However, as he tries to follow up with a cannonball from the apron the champion avoids it and Castagnoli lands hard. Back inside the ring, Jericho connects with several chops and then knee strikes until he gets popped up into a European uppercut. Despite that, Jericho regains control in the corner, nailing another chop as they head to the top turnbuckle, but as he goes for the hurricanrana Castagnoli counters with his strength to get some shots in, but his powerbomb attempt is then reversed and Jericho sends him across the ring. 

Castagnoli hits more uppercuts, but he then gets clotheslined over the top rope as Jericho then goes for a springboard dropkick only to eat an uppercut in mid-air. Jericho continues to fight back, hitting a suplex from the apron to the floor, leading to both men going down. Back inside the ring Jericho connects with several forearms and then eats a big boot which fires Jericho up, hit nails Castagnoli and that fires up, and then they both hit the mat after a double clothesline. 

Once they get back up they go back and forth with chops and uppercuts, and Jericho pokes the eye only to be put into the Giant Swing. However, the champion shows his experience, picking the ankle on the first rotation to then set in the Walls Of Jericho, but Castagnoli gets to the ropes. Castagnoli hits the uppercut, but then 2.0 arrive and while Parker distracts the official, Jericho gets his bat handed to him and he nails Castagnoli in the face with it, but the challenger kicks out and 2.0 get sent to the back. 

Jericho then misses with the Judas Effect as Claudio sets in the Giant Swing and this time he sends the champion spinning, and he does it so much that Jericho submits! 

Winner (and new ROH World Champion): Claudio Castagnoli