Global Wars '15

Global Wars '15

Promotional poster for the event, featuring wrestlers from both NJPW and ROH
Information
Promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling
Ring of Honor
Date May 15 and 16, 2015[1][2][3]
Venue Ted Reeve Arena[1][2][3]
City Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1][2][3]
Pay-per-view chronology

War of the Worlds '15 Global Wars '15 TBA
Border Wars chronology

Global Wars Global Wars '15 TBA

Global Wars '15 is an upcoming two-day professional wrestling supershow co-produced by the American Ring of Honor (ROH) and Japanese New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotions. The events are scheduled to take place on May 15 and 16, 2015, at the Ted Reeve Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada,[1][2][3] with the first night airing live on internet pay-per-view (iPPV) and the second on tape delay as part of the weekly Ring of Honor Wrestling program.[4][5]

Global Wars '15 is the second annual Global Wars event co-produced by ROH and NJPW, following Global Wars, which took place on May 10, 2014, also at the Ted Reeve Arena.[6]

Production

Background

On January 4, 2015, at their Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome show, New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) announced that it would for the second year in a row co-produce an event with Ring of Honor (ROH) in May. At that point, no specific dates were announced and only the United States was named as a location.[7][8] However, on February 25, ROH sent out a press release, announcing three co-produced events, as opposed to two shows in 2014, with War of the Worlds '15 taking place on May 13 in Philadelphia and Global Wars '15 on May 15 and 16 in Toronto, Canada.[1][2][3] On March 7, War of the Worlds '15 was also expanded to a two-day event, taking place over May 12 and 13.[9][10][11] ROH began announcing the NJPW wrestlers taking part in the events on April 1, starting with Hiroshi Tanahashi.[12] Over the next nine days, ROH announced the remaining NJPW participants; Kazuchika Okada,[13] Jushin Thunder Liger,[14] Tetsuya Naito,[15] Takaaki Watanabe,[16] Kushida,[17] Gedo,[18] and finally Shinsuke Nakamura.[19] On April 16, ROH announced that the Bullet Club quintet of A.J. Styles, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson would also be taking part in the Global Wars '15 events.[20] On April 22, ROH announced all nine matches for the first night of Global Wars '15.[21] The following day, ROH announced all seven matches for the second night.[5]

Storylines

The two Global Wars '15 events will feature nine and seven 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.[22]

Due to featuring wrestlers from two different promotions, the events will focus less on storyline rivalries and more on interpromotional matchups, including the only title match of the two events, which will see ROH's Jay Lethal defend the ROH World Television Championship against NJPW's Tetsuya Naito on the first night.[23][24] The first night will feature a match between ROH's Chris Sabin and NJPW's Kushida, who are connected through their partnerships with Alex Shelley; Sabin was previously one half of The Motor City Machine Guns with Shelley, who now teamed with Kushida as the Time Splitters.[24][25] The first night will also feature another interpromotional match between Cedric Alexander and Kazuchika Okada, which was originally announced for the previous year's War of the Worlds, but was canceled after Alexander was removed from the show with a storyline injury.[24][26] The Bullet Club stable main events both nights, facing a team of ROH's top wrestlers in a ten-man tag team match on the first night and the NJPW stable Chaos in a six-man tag team match on the second night.[23][24][27] The main event of the second night also builds to a future IWGP Heavyweight Championship match between A.J. Styles and Kazuchika Okada.[24]

Matches

Night 1
No. Matches[23][24] Stipulations
1 ACH vs. Shinsuke Nakamura Singles match
2 Gedo and Moose (with Stokely Hathaway and Veda Scott) vs. Silas Young and Takaaki Watanabe Tag team match
3 Chris Sabin vs. Kushida Singles match
4 Jushin Thunder Liger and Matt Sydal vs. The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Michael Bennett) (with Maria Kanellis) Tag team match
5 The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian) vs. The Decade (Adam Page and B.J. Whitmer) vs. reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) vs. Roppongi Vice (Baretta and Rocky Romero) Four-way tag team match
6 Cedric Alexander vs. Kazuchika Okada Singles match
7 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Michael Elgin Singles match
8 Jay Lethal (c) (with Truth Martini) vs. Tetsuya Naito Singles match for the ROH World Television Championship
9 Bullet Club (A.J. Styles, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. ROH All Stars (Hanson, Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe, Ray Rowe and Roderick Strong) Ten-man tag team match
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
Night 2
No. Matches[24][27] Stipulations
1 Kushida vs. Will Ferrara Singles match
2 Gedo vs. Michael Elgin Singles match
3 Dalton Castle vs. Jushin Thunder Liger Singles match
4 Bullet Club (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) vs. The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Michael Bennett) (with Maria Kanellis) Tag team match
5 ACH and Matt Sydal vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tetsuya Naito Tag team match
6 Roderick Strong vs. Shinsuke Nakamura Singles match
7 Bullet Club (A.J. Styles, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. Chaos (Baretta, Kazuchika Okada and Rocky Romero) Six-man tag team match

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Meltzer, Dave (February 25, 2015). "ROH adds third New Japan show updated with press release". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Caldwell, James (February 25, 2015). "ROH/NJPW news: Dates & Venues announced for New Japan returning to North America". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Scherer, Dave (February 25, 2015). "Ring of Honor Wrestling® and New Japan Pro Wrestling® to present 3 super shows this May in North America, both Philadelphia and Toronto to host these events". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  4. ↑ Caldwell, James (April 22, 2015). "ROH news: Internet PPV announced for ROH vs. New Japan tour". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Nason, Josh (April 23, 2015). "Ring Of Honor announces full Toronto New Japan Pro Wrestling Global Wars night 2 lineup". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  6. ↑ Caldwell, James (May 10, 2014). "Caldwell's ROH vs. New Japan iPPV report 5/10: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of iPPV from Toronto - ROH Title match, IWGP Jr. Tag Titles, Styles, Tanahashi, Okada, top NJPW stars". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Wrestle Kingdom 9 in 東京ドーム". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  8. ↑ Caldwell, James (January 4, 2015). "Tokyo Dome news: Tanahashi vs. Okada result, New Japan returning to the U.S. with ROH, three title changes, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  9. ↑ Caldwell, James (March 7, 2015). "ROH news: ROH adds fourth New Japan show to May tour". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  10. ↑ Johnson, Mike (March 8, 2015). "ROH adds another combined show with New Japan". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  11. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (March 8, 2014). "ROH announces another date with New Japan". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Ring Of Honor News: Hiroshi Tanahashi announced for May tour". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. April 1, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  13. ↑ Caldwell, James (April 2, 2015). "ROH news: Second major New Japan star announced for May tour". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  14. ↑ Caldwell, James (April 3, 2015). "ROH news: Ring of Honor announces third New Japan star for May tour". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  15. ↑ Caldwell, James (April 6, 2015). "ROH news: Recent G1 Climax winner announced for ROH vs. New Japan tour". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
  16. ↑ Caldwell, James (April 7, 2015). "ROH news: Latest New Japan wrestler announced for ROH vs. New Japan tour". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  17. ↑ Caldwell, James (April 8, 2015). "ROH news: Time Splitter announced for ROH vs. New Japan tour". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  18. ↑ Caldwell, James (April 9, 2015). "ROH news: Latest New Japan star announced for ROH tour". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  19. ↑ Caldwell, James (April 10, 2015). "ROH news: Nakamura official for ROH vs. New Japan series; trio of top New Japan stars now official (w/Video)". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  20. ↑ "The Bullet Club are coming to WotW & Global Wars". Ring of Honor. April 16, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  21. ↑ Nason, Josh (April 22, 2015). "Ring Of Honor finalizes Toronto New Japan Pro Wrestling Global Wars night 1 lineup". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  22. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 "05/15/15 Global Wars 15 Night 1 - Toronto, Ontario (iPPV)". Ring of Honor. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 24.6 "5月15日＆16日、カナダ・トロント大会カード決定! AJとオカダが前哨対決! 内藤がROHのベルトに挑戦! アンダーソン＆ギャローズ、六本木ヴァイスも参戦!". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). April 27, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  25. ↑ "The first 3 Matches for Global Wars Night 1". Ring of Honor. April 22, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  26. ↑ "3 more big matches added Global Wars Night 1". Ring of Honor. April 22, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 "05/16/15 Global Wars 15 Night 2 - Toronto, Ontario". Ring of Honor. Retrieved April 27, 2015.

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