Final Battle
2003
December 31st, 2003 •
Written By:
Big Rob |
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This past Saturday, December 27, 2003, the Infamous
Jew and myself attended Ring of Honor's "Final Battle 2003" from the Pennsylvania
National Guard Armory, as well as the convention that day at the same location,
both featuring stars of RoH and All Japan Pro Wrestling performing in front
of the largest RoH crowd ever at over 1,500 strong.
The convention was more of an autograph session followed by a short card.
The stars of All Japan were in attendance to sign autographs.
Results of the Convention Card:
Sumie Sakai defeated Allison Danger of The Prophecy in an entertaining women's
match. After the match CM Punk hit the ring, running off both women and saying
that he would find out who attacked Lucy at Wrath of the Racket, even calling
out the Great Muta. |
Josh Daniels defeated the debuting Puma in an exciting bout,
mildly impressing the Philly crowd.
Dunn & Marcos, the Ring Crew Express, were to take on everyone's favorite
homosexual duo, Buff-E and Mase, The Christopher Street Connection, in CSC's
return to RoH, but the match never started due to CM Punk. Dunn & Marcos
tried to take out Punk, but Punk ran them off. CSC then hit the ring, and
Buff-E challenged Punk to a match against Mase. Punk won the match when he
hit the Pepsi Plunge.
Special K's Hydro won a competitive four corners survival match over Slyk
Wagner Brown, Nick F'n Gage, and Oman Turtuga. Special K began to Rave in
the ring until The Carnage Crew (Loc, DeVito and Justin Credible) broke it
up, thus starting the next match.
Special K vs. Carnage Crew No DQ was stopped by the Pennsylvania State Athletic
Commission. A brutal and bloody match, in my opinion it should have been
allowed to continue.
Trent Acid defeated an impressive Sonjay Dutt in an excellent match that
saw Sonjay Dutt get a larger post match ovation than the victor.
The Briscoes defeated SAT in an excellent tag team match to retain the RoH
tag team titles. The match saw many high spots, including a breathtaking
Shooting Star Press by Mark Briscoe from the top to the outside on Joel Maximo.
The show concluded with a standoff in the ring between the Briscoes and their
opponents for the tag titles on 1/10, Bryan Danielson and RoH World Champion
Samoa Joe.
Results for "Final Battle 2003":
The show was divided into 2 halves, with the first half being RoH matches
and the second half RoH vs. All Japan.
American Dragon Bryan Danielson defeated Jay Briscoe in an excellent opening
match with the Cattle Mutilation.
John Walters defeated Xavier in a show-stealing Fight Without Honor that
saw the use of tables, ladders, and chairs, and lots of blood. Some of the
highlights include Xavier's 450 splash off the top rope to the outside on
Walters through a table, and Xavier hitting a split legged moonsault off
the middle of the top rope onto the outside on Walters who was lying on a
ladder bridged between the ring and the barricade. Walters got the pin when
he hit a sunset flip off the top of the ladder on Xavier, driving Xavier
through the broken ladder and a chair that were propped up in the corner.
The match drew 4 Holy Shit chants. After the match, Prince Nana joined the
two in the ring. In a shocker, Xavier showed Walters respect and shook his
hand, signifying his leaving the Prophecy. He joined Nana's new stable, The
Embassy
Matt Stryker defeated BJ Whitmer in the finals of the Field of Honor, completing
a 4-0 run in the field for Stryker. This was a horrible match.
Bill Apter of Total Wrestling magazine presented RoH owner Rob Feinstein
with an award for "Classiest Promotion of the Year", only to be interrupted
by CM Punk. Punk said he would ruin the show unless he found out who attacked
Lucy.
Samoa Joe defeated Mark Briscoe in a stiff, hard-hitting contest. Because
of this victory, the 1/10 Briscoes vs. Samoa Joe/Danielson tag match will
be for the tag titles. As Samoa Joe was celebrating his victory, CM Punk
hit the ring. After a stand off, Joe left the ring, only to run into the
Prophecy. A brawl ensued, and Joe and Dan Maff brawled into the back, Colt
Cabana then ran out to assist Punk in beating down Daniels in the ring. As
Cabana held Daniels, Punk choked Allison Danger and threatened to kill her
if Daniels didn't tell him who attacked Lucy. Out of nowhere BJ Whitmer hit
the ring with a chair, and chased off the saints. Daniels then announced
that Whitmer was the new Prophecy member, and the Lucy attacker.
The second half of the show kicked off with RoH's Second City Saints of Colt
Cabana and CM Punk defeating All Japan's Tomiaoki Honma and Kazushi Miyamoto.
AJ Styles defeated Kaz Hayashi in an excellent match, featuring at least
5 moves I have never seen before.
Satoshi Kojima defeated Homicide in another hard hitting, back-and-forth
bout.
The Great Muta and Arashi defeated the Prophecy of Christopher Daniels and
Dan Maff. The roof almost blew off when Muta hit the Shining Wizard for the
pin.
Another great showing by RoH, and the future only looks brighter as the promotion
reaches its 2-year anniversary. |
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