| Final Battle 2002 | |||
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| Promotion | Ring of Honor | ||
| Date | December 28, 2002 | ||
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||
| Venue | Murphy Recreation Center | ||
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Final Battle 2002 was the first Final Battle and major professional wrestling event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on December 28, 2002 from the Murphy Recreation Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
It was the first annual event in the Final Battle chronology, with the first taking place in 2002.
The shows main event featured American Dragon vs. Low Ki vs. Samoa Joe vs. Steve Corino in a #1 Contendership Trophy Four Way Match.
Final Battle featured multiple professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains or heroes in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match involving.
This was also the first ever Final Battle event in Ring of Honor history.
| No. | Matches* [1] [2] [3] | Stipulations | Times | ||||||
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| 1D | Samoa Joe defeated The Outcast Killaz (Diablo Santiago & Oman Tortuga) | Handicap match | — | ||||||
| 2D | The Prophecy (Christopher Daniels & Donovan Morgan) defeated The Ring Crevw Express (Dunn & Marcos) | Singles match | — | ||||||
| 3D | Homicide defeated Jay Lethal | Singles match | — | ||||||
| 4D | Jay Briscoe defeated Ace Steel | Singles match | — | ||||||
| 5 | CM Punk defeated Colt Cabana | Singles match | 9:42 | ||||||
| 6 | Simply Luscious defeated Alexis Laree | Singles match | 0:41 | ||||||
| 7D | Quiet Storm defeated Chris Divine and Konnan | Triple threat gauntlet match | — | ||||||
| 8 | Special K (Angel Dust & Deranged) (with Dixie, Hydro, Izzy & Yeyo) defeated Da Hit Squad (Mafia & Monsta Mack) and The Backseat Boyz (Johnny Kashmere & Trent Acid) | Three Way Scramble Tag team match | 10:24 | ||||||
| 9 | The Prophecy (Christopher Daniels & Donovan Morgan) (with Simply Luscious) (c) defeated The SAT (Joel Maximo & Jose Maximo) | Best Two Out Of Three Falls Tag team match for the ROH Tag Team Championships | 19:02 | ||||||
| 10 | Eddie Guapo & Mace (with Allison Danger) defeated The Carnage Crew (DeVito & Loc) by Disqualification | Tag team match | — | ||||||
| 11 | Jody Fleisch defeated The Amazing Red | Singles match | 6:14 | ||||||
| 12 | Xavier (c) defeated Paul London | Singles match for the ROH Championship | 17:05 | ||||||
| 13 | American Dragon vs. Low Ki vs. Samoa Joe vs. Steve Corino - Ended in Time Limit Draw | Fatal four way match This was a #1 Contendership Trophy Four Way Match | 45:00 | ||||||
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