ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds Tour

War of the Worlds Tour
	Promotional poster for the tour
Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling; Ring of Honor
Date	May 9, 11, 12 and 13, 2018
City	Night 1:; Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.[1]; Night 2:; Toronto, Ontario, Canada[2]; Night 3:; Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.[3]; Night 4:; Chicago, Illinois, U.S.[4]
Venue	Night 1:; Lowell Memorial Auditorium; Night 2:; Ted Reeve Arena; Night 3:; Royal Oak Music Theatre; Night 4:; Odeum Expo Center
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous; Supercard of Honor XII	Next →; Best in the World (2018)
War of the Worlds chronology
← Previous; War of the Worlds UK	Next →; TBD

War of the Worlds Tour^[5] was a professional wrestling tour co-produced by Ring of Honor (ROH) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

Production

**Other on-screen personnel**
Role:	Name:
Commentators	Chris Charlton (English-language announcer)
	Don Callis (English-language announcer)
	Kevin Kelly (English-language announcer)
Ring announcers	Makoto Abe
Referees	Kenta Sato
	Marty Asami
	Red Shoes Unno
	Tiger Hattori

Background

In 2014, NJPW and ROH formally forged a relationship, which saw them present the first War of the Worlds show on May 17, 2014, at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York. The following year, War of the Worlds was held over two days at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and in 2016 it was expanded to a three-show tour with shows taking place in Dearborn, Michigan, Toronto, Ontario and New York City.^[6] The 2017 War of the Worlds tour was held from May 7 to 14.^[7] In February 2018, NJPW and ROH announced War of the Worlds Tour, a four-show collaborative tour taking place in Lowell, Massachusetts,^[1] Toronto, Ontario,^[2] Royal Oak, Michigan,^[3] and Chicago, Illinois.^[4]

Storylines

War of the Worlds Tour will feature professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers will portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that will build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or a series of matches.^[8]

Results

Night 1

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times^[9]
1	The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) defeated Flip Gordon and Jushin Thunder Liger	Tag team match	11:55
2	Tenille Dashwood and Sumie Sakai defeated Deonna Purrazzo and Skylar	Tag team match	7:59
3	Coast 2 Coast (LSG and Shaheem Ali) defeated The Kingdom (TK O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) (with Matt Taven)	Tag team match	8:36
4	Cheeseburger defeated Bully Ray via countout	Singles match	5:04
5	Bullet Club (Cody, Hangman Page and Marty Scurll) defeated Roppongi 3K (Rocky Romero, Sho and Yoh)	Six-man tag team match	14:37
6	Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Evil and Sanada) defeated Silas Young, Beer City Bruiser and Brian Milonas	Six-man tag team match	9:09
7	Chuckie T. defeated Jay Lethal and Jay White	Three-way match	10:41
8	The Kingdom (Matt Taven, TK O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) defeated SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) (c)	Six-man tag team match for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship	14:29
9	The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi)	Tag team match	15:22
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Night 2

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times^[10]
1^D	The Dawgs (Rhett Titus and Will Ferrara) defeated The Boys (Boy 1 and Boy 2)	Tag team match	5:13
2	Jay White (c) defeated Punishment Martinez	Singles match for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship	11:00
3	Cheeseburger defeated Bully Ray by disqualification	Singles match	3:16
4	Tetsuya Naito defeated Beer City Bruiser	Singles match	12:35
5	The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated Super Smash Bros. (Evil Uno and Stu Grayson)	Tag team match	17:26
6	Tenille Dashwood and Jenny Rose defeated Alexia Nicole and Xandra Bale	Tag team match	6:28
7	SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) defeated Roppongi 3K (Rocky Romero, Sho and Yoh)	Six-man tag team match	9:15
8	Silas Young (c) defeated Hangman Page	Singles match for the ROH World Television Championship	7:32
9	Cody defeated Jushin Thunder Liger	Singles match	12:06
10	Los Ingobernables de Japon (Evil, Hiromu Takahashi and Sanada) defeated Jay Lethal, Kenny King and Colt Cabana	Six-man tag team match	22:44
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match D – indicates the match was a dark match

Night 3

No.	Results	Stipulations
1^D	The Dawgs (Rhett Titus and Will Ferrara) defeated Buddy Hanlon and Facade (with Dani)	Tag team match
2	Evil defeated Shane Taylor	Singles match
3	Tenille Dashwood and Jenny Rose defeated Sumie Sakai and Stella Grey	Tag team match
4	Marty Scurll defeated Kenny King, Sanada and Matt Taven	Four corner survival match
5	Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) (with Rocky Romero) defeated The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) and The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)	Three-way tag team match
6	Silas Young and Beer City Bruiser defeated The Boys (Boy 1 and Boy 2)	Tag team match
7	SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) defeated Flip Gordon, Cheeseburger and Jushin Thunder Liger	Six-man tag team match
8	Cody defeated Hiromu Takahashi	Singles match
9	The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) (c) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito and Bushi)	Tag team match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match D – indicates the match was a dark match

Night 4

No.	Results	Stipulations
1^D	Beer City Bruiser and Brian Milonas defeated One Mean Team (Brian Johnson and Justin Pusser (with Miss Jasmine))	Tag team match
2^D	Stacy Shadows defeated Stella Grey	Singles match
3	Karen Q defeated Tenille Dashwood	Singles match
4	Cheeseburger and Jushin Thunder Liger defeated The Dawgs (Rhett Titus and Will Ferrara)	Tag team match
5	Sumie Sakai (c) defeated Jenny Rose	Singles match for the ROH Women of Honor Championship
6	The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) (c) defeated Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh)	Tag team match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship
7	Silas Young (c) defeated Austin Aries by disqualification	Singles match for the ROH World Television Championship
8	Kelly Klein defeated Deonna Purrazzo	Singles match
9	SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) defeated The Kingdom (Matt Taven, TK O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) (c) by disqualification	Six-man tag team match for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
10	Kenny King defeated Chuckie T.	Singles match
11	Shane Taylor defeated Josh Woods	Singles match
12	Bullet Club (Cody, Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi, Evil, Hiromu Takahashi, Sanada, and Tetsuya Naito)	Ten-man tag team match
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match D – indicates the match was a dark match

References

1 2 "5/9/18 WAR OF THE WORLDS TOUR - LOWELL, MA". Ring of Honor. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
1 2 "5/11/18 WAR OF THE WORLDS TOUR - TORONTO, ON". Ring of Honor. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
1 2 "5/12/18 WAR OF THE WORLDS TOUR - ROYAL OAK, MI". Ring of Honor. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
1 2 "5/13/18 WAR OF THE WORLDS TOUR - CHICAGO". Ring of Honor. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
↑ "Tickets go on sale next week for the annual War of the Worlds Tour". Ring of Honor. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
↑ "War of the Worlds keeps getting bigger every year". Ring of Honor. May 6, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
↑ Johnson, Mike (March 3, 2017). "ROH New Japan tour date for NYC announced". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
↑ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
↑ Pageot, Harley R. (May 9, 2018). "5/9 ROH WAR OF THE WORLDS report: Live coverage featuring The Young Bucks vs. Bushi & Hiromu Takahashi, SoCal Uncensored vs. The Kingdom for the six-man titles". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
↑ Pageot, Harley R. (May 11, 2018). "5/11 ROH WAR OF THE WORLDS report: Live coverage featuring Los Ingobernables de Japón vs. Jay Lethal, Kenny King, & a mystery partner, Cody vs. Jushin "Thunder" Liger". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved May 12, 2018.

External links

Official New Japan Pro-Wrestling website (in Japanese)
Official Ring of Honor website

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[MASS-1] 1 2 "5/9/18 WAR OF THE WORLDS TOUR - LOWELL, MA". Ring of Honor. Retrieved April 16, 2018.

[TO-2] 1 2 "5/11/18 WAR OF THE WORLDS TOUR - TORONTO, ON". Ring of Honor. Retrieved April 16, 2018.

[OAK-3] 1 2 "5/12/18 WAR OF THE WORLDS TOUR - ROYAL OAK, MI". Ring of Honor. Retrieved April 16, 2018.

[CHICGAO-4] 1 2 "5/13/18 WAR OF THE WORLDS TOUR - CHICAGO". Ring of Honor. Retrieved April 16, 2018.

[5] "Tickets go on sale next week for the annual War of the Worlds Tour". Ring of Honor. Retrieved April 16, 2018.

[6] "War of the Worlds keeps getting bigger every year". Ring of Honor. May 6, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2017.

[7] Johnson, Mike (March 3, 2017). "ROH New Japan tour date for NYC announced". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved April 18, 2017.

[8] Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved April 18, 2017.

[9] Pageot, Harley R. (May 9, 2018). "5/9 ROH WAR OF THE WORLDS report: Live coverage featuring The Young Bucks vs. Bushi & Hiromu Takahashi, SoCal Uncensored vs. The Kingdom for the six-man titles". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved May 9, 2018.

[10] Pageot, Harley R. (May 11, 2018). "5/11 ROH WAR OF THE WORLDS report: Live coverage featuring Los Ingobernables de Japón vs. Jay Lethal, Kenny King, & a mystery partner, Cody vs. Jushin "Thunder" Liger". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved May 12, 2018.

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