Final Battle 2008

Final Battle 2008 was a professional wrestling event promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on December 27, 2008 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York.

Final Battle 2008
Promotion	Ring of Honor
Date	December 27, 2008
City	New York City, New York
Venue	Hammerstein Ballroom
Attendance	2, 500
Event chronology
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Final Battle chronology
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Background

Storylines

Final Battle 2008 featured eight different professional wrestling matches, which involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on ROH's television programs prior to the show. Wrestlers portrayed villains or heroes as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.^[1][2]

Results

No.	Results[3][4][5][6]	Stipulations	Times[7]
1	Kenny Omega defeated Claudio Castagnoli	Singles match	6:59
2	Jerry Lynn defeated Chris Hero (with Larry Sweeney & Sara Del Rey) , Necro Butcher, and Rhett Titus	Four-corner survival match	12:50
3	Kevin Steen and El Generico (c) (with Daizee Haze) defeated The Age of the Fall (Delirious and Jimmy Jacobs)	Tag team match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship	13:39
4	Brent Albright, Erick Stevens and Roderick Strong defeated Sweet 'n' Sour Inc (Davey Richards, Eddie Edwards and Go Shiozaki) (with Larry Sweeney)	Street Fight	14:37
5	The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark Briscoe) defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kensuke Sasaki	Tag team match	16:49
6	Austin Aries defeated Tyler Black	Singles match for a #1 Contendership ROH World Championship match	17:09
7	Nigel McGuinness (c) defeated Naomichi Marufuji	Singles match for the ROH World Championship	18:40
8	Bryan Danielson defeated Takeshi Morishima	Fight without Honor	20:50
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match

See also

• ROH Final Battle
• List of Ring of Honor pay-per-view events
• 2008 in professional wrestling