Ring of Honor kicks off their War of the Worlds tonight with the first of four shows that will feature talent from New Japan Pro Wrestling.
This is the sixth consecutive year that New Japan has sent talent over for the series of shows promoted by ROH, although this year has a reduction of names. EVIL, Sanada, Hirooki Goto, Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima, Guerrillas of Destiny, Hikuleo and L.A. Dojo wrestlers Karl Fredericks, Clark Connors, and Alex Coughlin make up the New Japan contingent on the tour.
The four events will take place from Buffalo, Toronto, Grand Rapids, and Villa Park with the shows streaming on New Japan World.
Below are the lineups for the tour:
May 8th in Buffalo, New York at Buffalo Riverworks – 7:30 pm Eastern
*Guerrillas of Destiny vs. Jay Lethal & Jonathan Gresham for the ROH tag titles
*Marty Scurll, PCO & Brody King vs. Jeff Cobb, Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima for the ROH six-man tag titles
*Bandido vs. Flip Gordon (they will also face off in the Best of the Super Juniors tournament on May 22nd)
*Rush vs. Silas Young
*Mark Haskins & Tracy Williams vs. Sanada & EVIL
*Shane Taylor vs. Hikuleo
*PJ Black vs. Alex Coughlin
*Vinny Marseglia & TK O’Ryan vs. Clark Connors & Karl Fredericks
May 9th in Toronto, Ontario at the Ted Reeve Arena – 7:30 pm Eastern
*Matt Taven vs. PCO for the ROH title
*Jay Lethal vs. Satoshi Kojima
*Jeff Cobb vs. Hirooki Goto vs. Shane Taylor vs. Brody King
*Yuji Nagata vs. Silas Young
*The Briscoes vs. Mark Haskins & Tracy Williams
*Rush vs. PJ Black
*EVIL & Sanada vs. Vinny Marseglia & TK O’Ryan
*Guerrillas of Destiny & Hikuleo vs. Alex Coughlin, Karl Fredericks & Clark Connors
May 11th in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the Deltaplex – 6 pm Eastern
*The Briscoes, Bully Ray, Shane Taylor & Silas Young vs. Jay Lethal, Hirooki Goto, Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Jeff Cobb
*PCO vs. Mark Haskins
*Matt Taven, Vinny Marseglia & TK O’Ryan vs. Guerrillas of Destiny & Hikuleo
*Rush vs. Tracy Williams vs. PJ Black vs. Eli Isom
*Cheeseburger vs. Clark Connors
*EVIL & Sanada vs. Beer City Bruiser & Brian Milonas
*Kelly Klein vs. Stacy Shadows for the Women of Honor title
*Coast 2 Coast vs. Alex Coughlin & Karl Fredericks
May 12th in Villa Park, Illinois at the Odeum – 8 pm Eastern
*The Briscoes vs. The Guerrillas of Destiny
*EVIL & Sanada vs. Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata
*Hirooki Goto vs. Hikuleo
*PJ Black vs. Karl Fredericks
*PCO vs. Jeff Cobb vs. Rush vs. Jay Lethal