ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds is a professional wrestling supershow co-produced by the American Ring of Honor (ROH) and Japanese New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotions. The two promotions announced a partnership in February 2014, which led to the first War of the Worlds event taking place at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City the following May.[1] In 2015, ROH and NJPW presented two War of the Worlds events, both taking place at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in May.[2] In 2016, War of the Worlds is set to take place over three shows in Dearborn, Michigan, Toronto and New York City.[3]

Events

# Event Date City Venue Attendance Main event Ref(s)
1 War of the Worlds (2014 wrestling) May 17, 2014 New York City, New York, U.S. Hammerstein Ballroom 3,000 A.J. Styles (c) versus Kazuchika Okada versus Michael Elgin for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [4][5][6]
2 War of the Worlds '15 Night 1 May 12, 2015 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. 2300 Arena 1,200 Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Shinsuke Nakamura) versus The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) [7][8]
3 War of the Worlds '15 Night 2 May 13, 2015 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. 2300 Arena 1,200 Bullet Club (A.J. Styles, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) versus The Kingdom (Adam Cole, Matt Taven and Michael Bennett) [9][10]
4 War of the Worlds (2016) Night 1 May 9, 2016 Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. Ford Community & Performing Arts Center N/A The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) versus The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) [3]
5 War of the Worlds (2016) Night 2 May 11, 2016 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Ted Reeve Arena N/A Donovan Dijak versus Jay Lethal [3]
6 War of the Worlds (2016) Night 3 May 14, 2016 New York City, New York, U.S. Terminal 5 N/A NJPW All Stars (Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii) versus ROH All Stars (Jay Briscoe, Jay Lethal and Roderick Strong) [3]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

See also

References

  1. ↑ Caldwell, James (February 22, 2014). "ROH news: Saturday's announcement - New Japan coming to ROH later this year". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (March 8, 2014). "ROH announces another date with New Japan". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on June 5, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Johnson, Mike (February 4, 2016). "ROH/New Japan War of the Worlds tour stops announced for Michigan, NYC and Toronto". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ "ROH＆新日本プロレス「War of the Worlds」". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  5. ↑ Caldwell, James (May 17, 2014). "Caldwell's ROH iPPV results 5/17: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of War of the Worlds - ROH Title & IWGP Title main events, new ROH tag champs, Steen vs. Nakamura, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  6. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (May 17, 2014). "ROH/New Japan live coverage 5-17 New York". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on May 18, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  7. ↑ Johnson, Mike (May 12, 2015). "Complete ROH-New Japan War of the Worlds coverage from Philadelphia". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Show results - 5/12 ROH in Philadelphia, Pa.: Night 1 of ROH vs. New Japan tour - Styles's mystery opponent, three tag champs in one match, Briscoes vs. Okada & Nakamura main event, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. May 13, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  9. ↑ Zimmerman, Zack (May 13, 2015). "5/13 ROH War of the Worlds Night Two results: AJ Styles and The Young Bucks vs. Adam Cole, Matt Taven, and Michael Bennett (w/Maria) in a six-man tag, Jay Briscoe vs. Bobby Fish for the ROH Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  10. ↑ 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 August 20, 2015.

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