Global Wars (2016)

Global Wars

Promotional poster for the event
Information
Promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling
Ring of Honor
Date May 8, 2016
Venue Frontier Fieldhouse
City Chicago Ridge, Illinois, United States
Pay-per-view chronology

(ROH) ROH 14th Anniversary Show / (NJPW) Invasion Attack 2016 Global Wars (ROH) Best in the World '16 / (NJPW) Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall
Global Wars chronology

Global Wars '15 Global Wars

Global Wars (2016) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) co-produced by the American Ring of Honor (ROH) and Japanese New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotions. The event is scheduled to take place on May 8, 2016, at the Frontier Fieldhouse in Chicago Ridge, Illinois.[1][2]

The 2016 Global Wars will be the third annual Global Wars event co-produced by ROH and NJPW, and the first to take place outside of Toronto, Canada.

Production

Background

In February 2014, the American Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion announced a partnership with the Japanese New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which led to the two co-producing the Global Wars and War of the Worlds events in Toronto and New York City, respectively, the following May.[3] A year later, the partnership continued with War of the Worlds '15 and Global Wars '15, which were both two-day events, taking place in Philadelphia and Toronto, respectively.[4] On August 21, 2015, representatives of NJPW and ROH declared that the relationship between the two promotions was stronger than ever, announcing another North American tour for May 2016, featuring new locations and wrestlers, as well as the first co-produced shows between the two promotions in Tokyo.[5] The two-day event, entitled Honor Rising: Japan 2016, took place on February 19 and 20, 2016.[6][7]

On January 11, 2016, ROH officially announced that the 2016 Global Wars would take place in Chicago Ridge, Illinois on May 8 and would be broadcast live on pay-per-view (PPV).[8]

On April 14, the first four matches for the event were revealed. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the reveal of the full card had been delayed due to ROH hoping that Katsuyori Shibata and Kenny Omega would get their visas in time to work the event.[9] On April 16, ROH announced the NJPW wrestlers taking part in the event; IWGP Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito, ROH World Television Champion Tomohiro Ishii, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Kushida, Gedo, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jushin Thunder Liger and Kazuchika Okada.[10][11] On April 18, ROH added NJPW's IWGP Tag Team Champions Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa)† to the event, while also officially announcing the main event of the show.[12][13]

Storylines

Global Wars will feature professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[14]

Jay Lethal, who will defend the ROH World Championship in the main event of Global Wars

Global Wars will be main evented by Jay Lethal defending the ROH World Championship against Colt Cabana.[12] The match was set up during the first night of Supercard of Honor X on April 1, where Cabana returned to ROH, confronting and challenging Lethal after he had successfully defended the ROH World Championship against Lio Rush.[15] This marked Cabana's first appearance for ROH in five years.[16] The following night, Lethal handpicked Cheeseburger as his next challenger, stating that he deserved a title shot more than Cabana. After defeating Cheeseburger, Lethal was again challenged by Cabana, who then proceeded to defeat Lethal in an impromptu non-title match.[16] Cabana had lost a match for the ROH World Championship in 2009, which included a stipulation stating that he could never again challenge for the title in his hometown of Chicago. However, ROH stated that this stipulation had been overturned during negotiations between Cabana and the promotion, setting up the main event of Global Wars between Lethal and Cabana.[16]

On April 20, ROH announced the second title match for the event, which will see Tomohiro Ishii defend the ROH World Television Championship against Bobby Fish.[17] Fish was previously scheduled to challenge his rival Roderick Strong for the title on February 26, 2016, at ROH's 14th Anniversary Show,[18] however, a week before the match, Strong lost the title to Ishii in Tokyo at the ROH and NJPW co-produced Honor Rising: Japan 2016 event.[6] This led to ROH adding Ishii to the match at the 14th Anniversary Show, turning it into a three-way,[18] where Ishii retained his title by pinning Strong.[19] Afterwards, Ishii went on to defend the title in NJPW, while in ROH Fish went on an undefeated streak in singles competition, which included wins over Christopher Daniels and a decisive win over Strong in a two out of three falls match, establishing himself as the number one contender to the ROH World Television Championship in the process.[20]

Also on April 20, ROH announced that at Global Wars War Machine (Hanson and Ray Rowe) would defend the ROH World Tag Team Championship against The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe).[17] The Briscoes, who are former eight-time ROH World Tag Team Champions, became the number one contenders to the title by winning a four-way match at Supercard of Honor X.[21]

On April 21, ROH added a tag team match, which would see Hiroshi Tanahashi and Michael Elgin take on Kazuchika Okada and Moose, to the event.[22] Tanahashi and Elgin had been wrestling regularly as a tag team since NJPW's 2015 World Tag League and recently had become two thirds of the promotion's NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions.[23] Meanwhile, Okada and Moose's partnership was built at ROH's 14th Anniversary Show, where then IWGP Heavyweight Champion Okada defeated Moose in a non-title match.[23]

On April 26, ROH confirmed one of the previously reported matches for Global Wars, where the reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito will take on Kyle O'Reilly. Naito's title is not on the line in the match.[24] The two had previously faced off during the second night of the 2015 War of the Worlds event, where Naito defeated O'Reilly.[25]

Matches

No. Matches[26] Stipulations
1P Kelly Klein vs. Crazy Mary Dobson Singles match
2 The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian) vs. Cheeseburger and Jushin Thunder Liger Tag team match
3 Bullet Club (Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa/Tanga Loa†) vs. Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Kushida and Matt Sydal Eight-man tag team match
4 Tetsuya Naito vs. Kyle O'Reilly Singles match
5 Hiroshi Tanahashi and Michael Elgin vs. Kazuchika Okada (with Gedo) and Moose (with Stokely Hathaway) Tag team match
6 Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Bobby Fish Singles match for the ROH World Television Championship
7 War Machine (Hanson and Ray Rowe) (c) vs. The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) Tag team match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship
8 Jay Lethal (c) (with Taeler Hendrix) vs. Colt Cabana Singles match for the ROH World Championship
9 ACH vs. Adam Page vs. Dalton Castle vs. Roderick Strong Four corner survival match for the number one contendership to the ROH World Television Championship
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • P – indicates the match will take place on the pre-show

Notes

See also

References

  1. ↑ Caldwell, James (February 2, 2016). "ROH vs. New Japan announced for U.S. PPV this year". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on February 3, 2016. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ "ROH and NJPW "Global Wars" event to air on pay-per-view". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. February 2, 2016. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  3. ↑ Caldwell, James (February 22, 2014). "ROH news: Saturday's announcement - New Japan coming to ROH later this year". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  4. ↑ Caldwell, James (March 7, 2015). "ROH news: ROH adds fourth New Japan show to May tour". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  5. ↑ Laprade, Pat (August 21, 2015). "ROH, New Japan to extend relationship in 2016 with more shows, more talent". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on August 23, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Rose, Bryan (February 19, 2016). "NJPW/ROH Honor Rising results: Roderick Strong defends TV title against Tomohiro Ishii". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  7. ↑ "2/20 ROH vs. NJPW "Honor Rising Night 2" Results – Lethal defends ROH Title in Tokyo, Bullet Club members win gold & say farewell, Strong-Ishii fall-out". Pro Wrestling Torch. February 20, 2016. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  8. ↑ Martin, Adam (January 11, 2016). "ROH's Global Wars to be presented live on PPV on 5/8". Wrestleview. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  9. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (April 14, 2016). "Daily Update: Cauliflower Alley Club 2016; exit the Dragon". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Top New Japan stars announced for Global Wars PPV & ROH-NJPW tour". Pro Wrestling Torch. April 16, 2016. Archived from the original on April 16, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
  11. ↑ Johnson, Mike (April 17, 2016). "Seven New Japan stars announced for May ROH events including Global Wars PPV". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  12. 1 2 "Big ROH World Title match announced for "Global Wars" PPV, plus New Japan’s tag champs added". Pro Wrestling Torch. April 18, 2016. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  13. ↑ Johnson, Mike (April 18, 2016). "Main event of ROH Global Wars PPV is...". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  14. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  15. ↑ Radican, Sean (April 10, 2016). "Radican's ROH "Supercard of Honor" Night 1 Review – Lethal vs. Rush for ROH Title, Cabana’s big return, MCMG vs. Young Bucks main event, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  16. 1 2 3 "The Main Event for Global Wars is Official". Ring of Honor. April 18, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  17. 1 2 Caldwell, James (April 20, 2016). "ROH announces two big title matches for Global Wars PPV". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on April 20, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  18. 1 2 Meltzer, Dave (February 23, 2016). "Tomohiro Ishii vs Roderick Strong vs Bobby Fish for the ROH TV Title". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  19. ↑ Caldwell, James (February 26, 2016). "2/26 ROH 14th Anniv. PPV Results – Caldwell's Complete Live Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Bobby Fish challenges Ishii for the World TV Title @ Global Wars!". Ring of Honor. April 20, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  21. ↑ "The World Tag Team Championship will be on the line at Global Wars". Ring of Honor. April 20, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  22. ↑ Caldwell, James (April 21, 2016). "ROH announces Tanahashi & Okada’s match for Global Wars PPV". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  23. 1 2 "Okada & Moose vs Tanahashi & Elgin at Global Wars". Ring of Honor. April 21, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  24. ↑ Caldwell, James (April 26, 2016). "IWGP World champion in singles action at ROH Global Wars PPV". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  25. ↑ Blue, Tyler (May 14, 2015). "Show results - 5/13 ROH vs. New Japan in Philadelphia - Night 2: Second report on Briscoe vs. Fish, Tanahashi-Strong, Nakamura, Kingdom-Bullet Club, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  26. ↑ "05/08/16 Global Wars PPV - Chicago Ridge, IL". Ring of Honor. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  27. ↑ タンガ・ロア. New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  28. ↑ "Huge 8 Man Tag Signed for Global Wars". Ring of Honor. April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.

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