New Pure title match with key stipulation made for Ring of Honor Final Battle
With Komander being moved into a six-way Survival of the Fittest match for the Ring of Honor World title at next Friday’s Final Battle, there was an opening for a new challenger for Pure Champion Lee Moriarty.
Enter former ROH star and current AEW broadcaster Nigel McGuinness.
During Friday’s ROH broadcast, McGuinness appeared during a pre-taped promo, putting over Moriarty for defeating him once before while pointing out he defeated him as part of a four-way so he considers them 1-1. He admitted he doesn’t know how many matches he has left, but wanted one of them to be with Moriarty to settle the score.
He then challenged Moriarty to a 30-minute Iron Man match for the Pure title next Friday which was later made official.
The two first squared off at last year’s Final Battle where Moriarty successfully defended the gold. The aforementioned four-way was an IWGP World title eliminator for this past August’s Forbidden Door which included McGuinness, Moriarty, Daniel Garcia and Hechicero.
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 Nigel McGuinness in a 30-minute Iron Man match
- ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean) defend against Skyflight (Scorpio Sky, Dante Martin & Darius Martin)
- AEW National Champion Ricochet defends against Tommy Billington & Adam Priest
- Sammy Guevara & The Beast Mortos vs. TBA for the vacant ROH Tag Team titles
- 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.