ROH Vacates Tag Titles Due to RUSH Injury, Updates Final Battle

Ring of Honor's annual Final Battle pay-per-view underwent significant updates this week, with the ROH World Tag Team Championships vacated due to an injury and several title defenses confirmed for the December 5 event at GalaxyCon in Columbus, Ohio.

The changes stem from a knee injury to RUSH, prompting Ring of Honor officials to strip him and his La Facción Ingobernable partner, Sammy Guevara, of the tag team titles they had held for 92 days. The duo captured the belts in August at Death Before Dishonor when they were vacant, but defended them only once before the injury sidelined RUSH. In response, Guevara will now team with The Beast Mortos to challenge for the vacant championships against the untested duo of Tommy Billington and Adam Priest. Billington and Priest, who have competed together sparingly outside ROH, including unsuccessful outings on AEW Collision, represent a fresh pairing for the promotion.

Adding to the stakes, both Guevara and Mortos are slated for double duty at Final Battle. They join ROH World Champion Bandido, Hechicero, Komander, and Blake Christian in the main event: a Survival of the Fittest elimination match for Bandido's title. Originally, Bandido...