ROH: John Silver Worked Thorough Torn Hamstring Injury at Final Battle 2024, Chris Jericho on Tony Khan Having Plan For What He Wants With ROH, Final Battle 2024 Notes

John Silver Worked Thorough Torn Hamstring Injury at Final Battle 2024

Friday’s Final Battle 2024 event for Ring of Honor at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York featured Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) defeating The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & John Silver) in a tag team match during the Zero Hour Pre-show.

During the match, it was announced that Silver was working through a torn hamstring injury on his left leg that he had suffered prior to the show for the reason why his leg was taped up.

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No other details were given nor is it currently known when Silver had suffered the injury. Prior to the event, Silver last wrestled on the November 20th AEW Rampage show.

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Chris Jericho Comments on “Tony Khan Has A Plan For What He Wants With ROH And I’m Happy To Be Involved”

A recent episode of the Busted Open Radio podcast featured Chris Jericho as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Jericho’s thoughts about Ring of Honor going the nostalgia route for Final Battle 2024 and him being happy to be involved with ROH.

“I’m not a nostalgia guy. Maybe you might want to bring in some guys that used to work there, but a lot of those guys are still in the business. Maybe Bryan Danielson or somebody like that. Whoever is out there that would stop by. To me, it’s more about what we’re doing now with Ring of Honor. There is a lot going on that is in the works with television and that sort of thing. We’re trying to put as much focus on the Ring of Honor brand as we can. That’s why, as Ring of Honor Champion, I’ve been on Ring of Honor three weeks, it’s the most press and the most focus the Ring of Honor brand has had on Dynamite in months, if not years, probably since the last time I was Ring of Honor Champion. Tony has a plan for what he wants to do with it and I’m happy to be involved. It’s been great being on Dynamite promoting this match because this is a Ring of Honor show. To be on Dynamite to put a spotlight on our show and then go back to Collision, that’s kind of my role in the company, doing whatever it is Tony wants me to do, to the best of my abilities, and having a great time doing it.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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ROH Final Battle 2024 News & Notes

Ring of Honor reportedly sold and distributed around 1,408 tickets for their December 20th Final Battle 2024 event at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York, according to WrestleTix.

Jay Lethal’s match against QT Marshall was notable for Lethal bringing back his “Black Machismo” character in tribute to the Macho Man Randy Savage. Besides Lethal, Marshall also paid tribute to Savage by wearing similar gear colors and style Savage wore during his time in the nWo in WCW.

ROH’s Final Battle 2024 event was also notable for Jeff Jarrett making his official debut appearance in ROH. During Jay Lethal’s match against QT Marshall, Aaron Solo interfered leading to Jarrett’s music playing and him chasing Solo with a guitar that he eventually smashed over Solo’s head to take him out.

ROH’s Final Battle 2024 also featured Chris Jericho coming out to “New York, New York” by Frank Sinatra for his special entrance for his ROH World Championship against Matt Cardona. Besides the special entrance song, Jericho also came out to the ring wearing a Statue of Liberty mask and an “I Love NY” shirt. Jericho’s entrance also featured several Broadway dancers.

Besides Chris Jericho, Red Velvet also had a special entrance for her ROH Women’s World Television Championship match against “Legit” Leyla Hirsch. Musician R.E.D. performed a live rendition of Velvet’s theme song for her entrance at the show.