Queen Aminata withdraws from ROH Women’s Pure title tourney semifinals, Final Battle update
The inaugural Ring of Honor Women’s Pure title tournament has its first official finalist, but not by the means they hoped.
Revealed during Thursday’s ROH Final Battle media call, Tony Khan said that Queen Aminata was not cleared by doctors Wednesday when her semifinal bout with Deonna Purrazzo was set to be taped. As a result, Aminata forfeited the match and Purrazzo has advanced to the finals at Friday’s streaming special.
Purrazzo now awaits the winner of the Yuka Sakazaki vs. Billie Starkz semifinal that airs on tonight’s ROH on HonorClub.
Aminata also had to be pulled from last month’s AEW Blood and Guts match due to a neck injury. She had only hoped to be out for a few weeks.
ROH Final Battle lineup | Friday, December 5 | Columbus, Ohio
- Survival of the Fittest for the ROH World Championship: Bandido defends against Blake Christian, The Beast Mortos, Sammy Guevara, Komander, and Hechicero
- ROH Women’s Championship: Athena defends against Persephone
- Finals for the ROH Women’s Pure Championship: Deonna Purrazzo vs. TBA
- ROH Women’s Television Champion Mercedes Mone defends against Red Velvet
- Vacant ROH Tag Team Championship: The Beast Mortos & Sammy Guevara vs. Adam Priest & Tommy Billington
- ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean defend against Skyfight (Scorpio Sky, Dante Martin & Darius Martin)
- AEW National Champion Ricochet defends against Dalton Castle
- 30-minute Iron Man match: Nigel McGuiness vs. Lee Moriarty
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