ROH Final Battle 2024 Post-Show Media Scrum: Red Velvet Calls Out Mercedes Mone for Match, Lee Moriarty on Nigel McGuinness Match, MIT Expulsion Segment Set for 12/26 ROH TV Show, Hammerstein Ballroom, Bandido, TV Deal Talks Update

Dec 21, 2024

Ring of Honor held a post-show media scrum following Friday’s Final Battle 2024 event at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York.

Some of the notable highlights included:

During her portion of the scrum, ROH Women’s World Champion Red Velvet was asked who she would like to face next and responded back stating Mercedes Mone. ROH owner Tony Khan responded and brought up the possibility of wrestlers from Stardom being potential future opponents for Red Velvet.
During his portion of the media scrum, Komander gave his thoughts about his ROH World Television Championship victory and thanked everyone who stood behind him and stated that is what keeps him going.
On the topic of the ROH World TV title match “stealing the show,” Komander stated that everyone works hard in ROH and AEW.
Komander also stated that he gives back everything he is given and brought up a life story about how he was premature baby and almost died twice so he has to keep going and help others. Komander stated “First and foremost, I want to thank Tony Khan. I’m very grateful. I believe my faith has attracted amazing people in my life. In my world, I have to give everything in order for the world to give back. I believe it stems from, I was a premature baby, a lot of people don’t know this, I almost died twice. That’s a very heavy burden that I do not taken lightly. I believe I have to keep going and help others and live my dream and passion to give back. I’m never going to give up. I’m going to keep going and keep trying and keep working.“
On the topic of a potential challenger for Komander, Khan suggested the idea of a potential Komander vs. Atlantis Jr. match for the ROH World TV title.
During his portion of the media scrum, ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty gave his thoughts about Nigel McGuinness being his mystery challenger and their match on the show. Moriarty stated that wrestling McGuinness at Final Battle was a surreal moment and he never expected it to happen.
On the topic of which ROH legend is next for him, Moriarty stated that it was hard to say but he has had opportunities to wrestle Bryan Danielson, Katsuyori Shibata, and Adam Copeland so this is something that does not take for granted.
On the topic of his artwork recently getting mainstream attention, Moriarty stated that he might have a potential solo show in the future for his artwork.
During her portion of the media scrum, Athena stated that she is looking forward to going to Japan for Wrestle Dynasty. Athena also teased at potentially spending a little more time in Japan after the event.
On the topic of next week’s Boxing Day Brawl edition of ROH TV, Athena stated that she will be holding a MIT (Minions In Training) Expulsion ceremony with one of her minions being expelled from the group. Athena stated that the reason is due to one of her minions is not working for me and she has a ton of minions out there that would love to take her place. Following the media scrum, ROH confirmed that this segment would be part of the card for the December 26th episode of ROH TV.
During his portion of the media scrum, ROH owner Tony Khan gave his thoughts about ROH’s Final Battle 2024 event taking place in the Hammerstein Ballroom and the potential for future events at the venue. Khan stated “Yes, I would love to come back for ROH and I’m excited to debut AEW here on TNT. It would be great to come here again for ROH and AEW. Today was my first time in this building and we’re going to be here all weekend. It’s safe to say we want to come back again. This has been a tremendous experience with Ring of Honor at Hammerstein. I would love to come back here. It meant a lot to be here for this event. It was a great tradition for ROH and pro wrestling. It was great for us to come here for the first time and great to celebrate Final Battle here.“
On the topic of Bandido’s surprise return from injury to ROH, Khan stated “It was really great to see him back. When I first acquired ROH, Bandido had been the reigning champion and we had the match to crown the undisputed ROH Champion, he was the lineal champion at the time. It was great to get Bandido, who actually missed Final Battle 2021 due to COVID and we crowned an interim champion and then the undisputed champion at my first ever event, Supercard. That was my first time working with Bandido. I really wanted to sign Bandido when we first launched AEW. He made a choice and signed with ROH. He became a great World Champion for them and when things changed and I acquired the company, Bandido became a great asset to AEW and ROH. It was exciting to have him return tonight in New York.“
On the topic of the current status of the talks for a potential new ROH television deal, Khan stated that have had a lot of great conversations regarding a potential new ROH television deal. Khan brought up the upcoming simulcast of AEW’s Dynamite Fight for the Fallen 2025 show on TBS and MAX before going back on the topic and stated that he couldn’t say where a deal would be on a proverbial yard line for ROH.

Full ROH Final Battle 2024 post-show media scrum video:

Source: F4WOnline.com, Fightful.com 1, 2, & 3