ROH Final Battle Main Event Changed by RUSH Knee Injury

Tony Khan, president of All Elite Wrestling, announced that wrestler RUSH has been sidelined by a knee injury, forcing a last-minute change to the main event of Ring of Honor's Final Battle pay-per-view on December 5 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio.

RUSH, a former CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion and current ROH Tag Team Champion, was originally scheduled to challenge Bandido for the ROH World Championship. Khan confirmed during a broadcast ahead of an episode of AEW Collision that RUSH is not medically cleared to compete, leading to the cancellation of the one-on-one match. In its place, Bandido will defend the title in a Survival of the Fittest match against five challengers: Sammy Guevara, Komander, Hechicero, Blake Christian, and The Beast Mortos. The multi-person stipulation revives a format previously used in ROH events, where competitors battle in an elimination-style contest to determine a winner.

The injury occurred sometime after RUSH's most recent appearance on the November 15 episode of AEW Collision. There, he teamed with Guevara and FTR members Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler in a six-man tag match against Bandido, the team of Kevin...