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ROH Final Battle 2017 Update

Ring Of Honor held television tapings last night in Philadelphia that should carry the promotion through ROH Final Battle 2017 and on through the end of the year. With the tapings came the card for December’s Final Battle, and it’s shaping up to be a pretty decent looking show.

With how things stand right not with the storylines that played out during the television tapings, the ROH Final Battle card should look something like this:

ROH Tag Team Titles
War Machine vs The Addiction.

Marty Scurll vs Jay Lethal.

ROH Television Title
Kenny King vs Punishment Martinez vs Shane Taylor vs Silas Young.

Tommy Dreamer & Bully Ray vs The Briscoes.

ROH World Title
Cody vs Dalton Castle.

As always, the card can change at the drop of a hat, and I am sure that more matches will be added to the show as it gets closer.

Bully Ray “Retirement” Update

I knew this was a scam. After giving the same “oh, my in-ring career is over” promo during every show of last week’s War Of The Worlds tour, it turns out that Bully Ray was working us all along. During last night’s ROH television tapings in Philadelphia, the rest of the story played out.

Bully Ray came down to the ring and said that though his in-ring career was over, he still wanted to stay around and help the next generation of wrestlers. Joe Koff was involved, and then Jay Briscoe showed up. Now, if you remember correctly, Jay was the one that “ended” Bully’s career at Death Before Dishonor with a nasty table shot to his head. Jay attacked Bully, Koff tried to stop him, and Tommy Dreamer and Velvet Sky ended up running down to break things up.

Mark Briscoe, who was legitimately injured during the War Of The Worlds tour, returned, turned on Bully and Dreamer, and took Bully out. He and Jay hit Bully with the 3D and left him laying.

So, with that, we found out that the whole “retirement” deal with Bully Ray was a work. He’s fine and will apparently be teaming up with Tommy Dreamer to face The Briscoes at Final Battle.

On a personal note, I am fine with injury angles. I am fine with “retirement” angles. But, with all of the drama and real concern in the wrestling world over head injuries and the fact that they have shortened careers and lives, this is just in bad taste to me. Some may disagree, and that’s fine, but in 2017, the last thing that needs to be “worked” is a head injury. We’ve seen too many people lose their careers and almost lose their lives, especially in 2017, to head injuries. It’s just not good.

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Kenny Omega Working All ROH Global Wars Shows

During ROH’s Death Before Dishonor last weekend, it was announced that Kenny Omega, the current IWGP United States Champion, will be working the promotion’s Global Wars shows next month. It also looks like he will be defending his title on at least one of the shows, as well.

ROH released the following statement on his appearance on the tour:

The Honor Nation in Chicago has always been one of the best and most passionate fan bases so ROH is bringing this show – as the capstone to the already announced Global Wars tour! The event will take place at a NEW LOCATION in Villa Park, Ill., with ROH debuting at the larger Odeum Expo Center, aimed at providing a greater experience to more fans in the Chicagoland area.

It wouldn’t be enough to just add a show for the Chicago fans though. Ring of Honor is thrilled to also announce that Kenny Omega, the current IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion, will compete at Global Wars 2017: Chicago on Sunday, Oct. 15.

After negotiations with Omega and Bullet Club, ROHWrestling.com can confirm the news relayed on the Death Before Dishonor XV broadcast: Kenny Omega is now signed to compete on all four Global Wars Tour events! That’s right, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and Columbus now join Chicago on “The Cleaner’s” return to the United States!

Omega, a member of Bullet Club’s Elite, won a two-day tournament to crown the first IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion as part of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s first shows in the U.S. on July 1-2 in Long Beach, CA. “The Cleaner” defeated former ROH World Champions Michael Elgin and Jay Lethal in the first two rounds before beating Tomohiro Ishii in the finals.

ROHWrestling.com has learned that the IWGP US Title WILL be on the line in Chicago! Keep it locked into ROHWrestling.com for this very special announcement, which we understand could be announced as quickly as Tuesday, September 26!

Bully Ray Update

If you watched ROH’s Death Before Dishonor Friday night, you saw Bully Ray take a rather nasty looking table shot to the head at the hands of Jay Briscoe. Now, whether he was actually seriously injured or if this is part of a storyline is unknown. But, Bully Ray is going around not saying that his in-ring career may be over.

During an appearance on yesterday’s Busted Open Radio, Bully Ray appeared to give an update on his condition, and from reports, he did not sound well. He said that he does not remember much from the match itself, and when asked about his in-ring career going forward, he said he has concerns, noting “so much so that I’m not even sure if my career should continue.”

Like I said, we don’t know if this is legit or part of a storyline at this time.

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As noted in our spoiler report, Tommy Dreamer made an appearance at the television tapings Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is the first time Dreamer has appeared in ROH since 2004.

Dreamer confronted Jay Briscoe for his attack on Bully Ray at Death Before Dishonor. Bully Ray appeared later in the night and mentioned that he didn’t know if he would have to retire from the business due to his injuries he sustained from the attack at the pay-per-view event.

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