ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds
PromotionsRing of Honor
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
First eventWar of the Worlds (2014)
Last eventWar of the Worlds (2019)

The War of the Worlds was a series of professional wrestling events, produced every year since 2014 by professional wrestling promotions Ring of Honor (ROH) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The War of the Worlds events are shown on the online streaming services of both promotions, Honor Club and NJPW World.

History

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] The event then became a series of events, with two in 2015, three in 2016, and four since 2017. The events have visited numerous cities and metropolitan areas around the U.S. and Canada, such as New York City, Philadelphia, Detroit, Toronto, Boston and Chicago.[2][3][4][5]

In 2017, as a one-off, ROH and NJPW partnered with Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW) and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) to promote a War of the Worlds tour in the United Kingdom, named War of the Worlds UK.[6]

Dates and venues

Event Date City Venue Main event Ref
1 War of the Worlds (2014) May 17, 2014 New York City, New York Hammerstein Ballroom AJ Styles (c) vs. Michael Elgin vs. Kazuchika Okada in a three-way match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [7][8][9]
2 War of the Worlds (2015) May 12, 2015 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2300 Arena The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) vs. Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Shinsuke Nakamura) [10][11]
3 May 13, 2015 Bullet Club (AJ Styles, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. The Kingdom (Adam Cole, Matt Taven and Michael Bennett) [12][13]
4 War of the Worlds (2016) May 9, 2016 Dearborn, Michigan Ford Community & Performing Arts Center Adam Page, The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) and The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) vs. Bullet Club (Adam Cole, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) [14][15]
5 May 11, 2016 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Ted Reeve Arena Jay Lethal, Roderick Strong and The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) vs. Bullet Club (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) [16][17]
6 May 14, 2016 New York City, New York Terminal 5 Jay Lethal and Roderick Strong vs. Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii) vs. Bullet Club (Adam Cole and Matt Jackson) in a three-way tag team match [18][19][20]
7 War of the Worlds (2017) May 7, 2017 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Ted Reeve Arena Hiroshi Tanahashi and The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian) vs. The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) [21][22][23]
8 May 10, 2017 Dearborn, Michigan Ford Community & Performing Arts Center Chaos (Beretta, Hirooki Goto, Rocky Romero and Will Ospreay) vs. Bullet Club (Cody, Hangman Page, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) [24][25]
9 May 12, 2017 New York City, New York Hammerstein Ballroom Christopher Daniels (c) vs. Jay Lethal vs. Cody in a three-way match for the ROH World Championship [26][27][28]
10 May 14, 2017 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2300 Arena Marty Scurll vs. Adam Cole in a Philadelphia Street Fight [29][30]
11 War of the Worlds UK August 18, 2017 London, England York Hall Bullet Club (Cody, Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil, Hiromu Takahashi, Sanada and Tetsuya Naito) [31]
12 August 19, 2017 Liverpool, England Liverpool Olympia Cody (c) vs. Sanada for the ROH World Championship [32]
13 August 20, 2017 Edinburgh, Scotland Edinburgh Corn Exchange Jay Lethal vs. Silas Young in an Edinburgh Street Fight [33]
14 War of the Worlds Tour May 9, 2018 Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell Memorial Auditorium The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi) [34]
15 May 11, 2018 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Ted Reeve Arena Colt Cabana, Jay Lethal and Kenny King vs. Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil, Hiromu Takahashi and Sanada) [35]
16 May 12, 2018 Royal Oak, Michigan Royal Oak Music Theatre The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) (c) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi and Tetsuya Naito) [36]
17 May 13, 2018 Villa Park, Illinois Odeum Expo Center Bullet Club (Cody, Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil, Hiromu Takahashi, Sanada and Tetsuya Naito) [37]
18 War of the Worlds (2019) May 8, 2019 Buffalo, New York Buffalo RiverWorks Bandido vs. Flip Gordon
19 May 9, 2019 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Ted Reeve Arena Matt Taven (c) vs. PCO for the ROH World Championship
20 May 11, 2019 Grand Rapids, Michigan The DeltaPlex Bully Ray, Shane Taylor, Silas Young and The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) vs. Hirooki Goto, Jay Lethal, Jeff Cobb, Satoshi Kojima and Yuji Nagata
21 May 12, 2019 Villa Park, Illinois Odeum Expo Center Jay Lethal vs. PCO vs. Rush vs. Jeff Cobb in a Four Corner Survival match
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

See also

References

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