Bandido & Mercedes Mone title defenses added to Ring of Honor Final Battle
Two big title matches have been added to next Friday’s Ring of Honor Final Battle streaming special that will see both Bandido and Mercedes Mone defend their respective titles.
In one, ROH World Champion Bandido will put his title on the line against five other men in a Survival of the Fittest match. Sammy Guevara, Hechicero, Komander, The Beast Mortos and Blake Christian will attempt to unseat the champion in the elimination bout.
Bandido was set to defend against Rush, but ROH head Tony Khan revealed the former ROH World Champion is dealing with a knee injury.
The other new match will see Mone defend the ROH Women’s TV title against former champion Red Velvet in a rematch from their unification bout earlier this month. It will be Mone’s first title defense and only Velvet’s second match since returning from an injury absence that kept her on the shelf since June.
It will also be Mone’s ROH debut.
Current ROH Final Battle card | Friday, December 5 | Columbus, Ohio
- ROH World Champion Bandido defends against Sammy Guevara, Hechicero, Komander, The Beast Mortos and Blake Christian in a Survival of the Fittest match
- ROH Women’s TV Champion Mercedes Mone defends against Red Velvet
- ROH Women’s World Champion Athena defends against Persephone
- ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty defends against Komander
- ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champion Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean) defend against Skyflight (Scorpio Sky, Dante Martin & Darius Martin)
- AEW National Champion Ricochet defends against TBA
- Finals of ROH Women’s Pure Championship tournament
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.