Nigel McGuinness Issues Challenge To Lee Moriarty For 30-Minute Iron Man Match At ROH Final Battle
Nigel wants to run it back with Lee.
Ring of Honor presented the ‘Black Friday’ edition of ROH on HonorClub on 11/28. While the show was ongoing, AEW commentator/wrestler Nigel McGuinness appeared in a backstage video to call out ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty.
McGuinness expressed that he wants to face Moriarty one more time to determine who the better wrestler is. McGuinness wants Moriarty in a 30-minute Iron Man match.
Former ROH World + ROH Pure Champion @McGuinnessNigel wants to face ROH Pure Champion @theleemoriarty in a 30-minute Iron Man Match at #ROHFinalBattle, Friday, 12/5!
Nigel + Moriarty each have one victory over the other + this rubber match will determine who the better man is! pic.twitter.com/37LuGRjXg9
— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) November 29, 2025
The one singles match that Moriarty and McGuinness had was at the 2024 Final Battle pay-per-view, where Moriarty defeated McGuinness to retain the Pure Championship. In August of 2025, they were in a four-way match to determine who would challenge for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door, and McGuinness emerged victorious.
Below is the updated Final Battle card:
- AEW National Championship: Ricochet (c) vs. TBA
- ROH Pure Women’s Championship Tournament Final: TBD vs. TBD
- ROH Women’s World Championship: Athena (c) vs. Persephone
- ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship: Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Carlie Bravo & Capt. Shawn Dean) (c) vs. SkyFlight (Scorpio Sky, Dante Martin & Darius Martin)
- ROH World Championship — Survival of the Fittest Match: Bandido (c) vs. Blake Christian vs. The Beast Mortos vs. Sammy Guevara vs. Komander vs. Hechicero
- ROH Women’s World Television Championship: Mercedes Moné (c) vs. Red Velvet
- ROH World Tag Team Championship: La Facción Ingobernable (Sammy Guevara & The Beast Mortos) (c) vs. Adam Priest & Tommy Billington
- 30-Minute Iron Man Match: Lee Moriarty vs. Nigel McGuinness
