Samoa Joe vs. Juice Robinson, Shane Taylor’s return set for ROH Final Battle

The card for next Saturday’s ROH Final Battle continued to take shape during Friday’s AEW Rampage with an ROH TV title match and a former ROH TV Champion returning to issue a tag team challenge.

ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe will defend his title against the newly-signed Juice Robinson. Robinson appeared via a taped promo and issued the challenge, saying he wants to be the new king of TV. It will be Joe’s second title match of the week and he will defend the TNT title against Darby Allin on Wednesday’s AEW Rampage.

The other addition will see the returning Shane Taylor & debuting JD Griffey against Swerve in our Glory.

During a backstage promo with Keith Lee, Taylor walked in and questioned Lee for leaving him six years ago and also leaving Swerve Strickland two years ago. 

Taylor than challenged Lee and a partner of his choice to take on himself and Griffey at Final Battle. Strickland then walked in behind Lee and smiled, non-verbally offering his services. Lee moaned, “Oh my god. Can I even trust you?” and walked away.

Taylor is a former ROH TV Champion and ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champion while this will be Griffey’s ROH debut. He has appeared three times on AEW Dark: Elevation, AEW Dark, and AEW Dynamite as one of the security guards Wardlow defeated in his 20-on-1 challenge.

This will be Lee & Strickland’s first match since Lee walked out on Strickland in their challenge of AEW Tag Team Champions The Acclaimed at Full Gear.

Here’s the current lineup for next Saturday’s pay-per-view from Dallas, Texas:

  • ROH World Champion Chris Jericho defends against Claudio Castagnoli
  • ROH Women’s Champion Mercedes Martinez defends against Athena
  • ROH Pure Champion Daniel Garcia defends against Wheeler Yuta
  • ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe defends against Juice Robinson
  • Swerve in our Glory vs. Shane Taylor & JD Griffey