Pure Championship match added to ROH Final Battle

mariah may

A Pure Championship match has been added to the lineup for Friday’s ROH Final Battle event streaming on Honor Club. 

Company owner Tony Khan announced in a social media post on Thursday that Wheeler Yuta will defend the Pure title against “Filthy” Tom Lawlor at Final Battle set for Friday, December 15. 

The bout will be the ROH debut bout for Lawlor, who was scheduled to take on Adam Cole at Forbidden Door this year before an injury to Cole forced the match to be called off. Instead, Lawlor defeated Serpentico on the Forbidden Door Zero Hour pre-show. 

Yuta regained the Pure title from Katsuyori Shibata on the November 25 Rampage and is the only wrestler in history with multiple Pure Championship reigns, as he is now on his third reign with the title. 

Here is the updated lineup for Final Battle:

ROH Final Battle, Friday, December 15, 7 p.m. Eastern time on Honor Club —

  • ROH Women’s World Champion Athena defends against Billie Starkz
  • ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta defends against Tom Lawlor
  • Survival of the Fittest six-way elimination match to crown a new ROH World Television Champion: Dalton Castle vs. Komander vs. Lee Moriarty vs. Lee Johnson vs. Kyle Fletcher vs. TBA
  • AAA Mega Champion El Hijo del Vikingo defends against Black Taurus
  • Keith Lee vs. Shane Taylor
  • I Quit match: Ethan Page vs. Tony Nese
  • Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, & Bryan Danielson vs. FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) & Mark Briscoe