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ROH News: Details On Global Wars With New Japan Pro Wrestling Announced
With the big news that Ring Of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling will be teaming up at Madison Square Garden next April (check that out here), the two companies will be joining forces again prior to that as they combine for the Global Wars Tour this November.
Today, Ring Of Honor has released full details on the tour including dates and how you can stream them using the Honor Club app:
The stars of Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro-Wrestling will join forces again this November for four big events on the Global Wars Tour to be streamed LIVE for HonorClub, ROH officials announced.
ROH makes its much-anticipated debut in Maine when the tour kicks off on Nov. 7 in Lewiston, Maine at Androscoggin Bank Colisee; Global Wars then heads to Lowell, Mass., at the Memorial Auditorium on Nov. 8; ROH returns to Buffalo, N.Y., for the first time in more than a year when Global Wars makes a stop at Buffalo RiverWorks on Nov. 9; and the tour concludes in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at Mattamy Centre on Nov. 11.
Global Wars events have been must-see shows since their inception four years ago, and the action in ROH and NJPW has never been hotter than it is right now.
Two weeks ago, the historic announcement was made that ROH and NJPW would co-present G1 Supercard at Madison Square Garden in New York City on April 6, 2019. The Global Wars events could play a significant role for both companies on the road to MSG.
Keep it locked into ROHWrestling.com and ROH Social for Global Wars on-sale dates and talent and match announcements.
GLOBAL WARS TOUR 2018
-Streaming LIVE for HonorClub-
Wednesday, Nov 7 — Lewiston, Maine, Androscoggin Bank Colisee, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov 8 — Lowell, Mass., Memorial Auditorium, 7:30 pm
Friday, Nov 9 — Buffalo, N.Y., Buffalo RiverWorks, 7:30 pm
Sunday, Nov 11 — Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Mattamy Centre, 7:00 pm
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Did your picks win points?
The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!
Here are your Gold League standings!
- Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
- Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
- Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
- Rush: 0-1, 0 points
- Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
- Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points
Here are your Blue League standings!
- Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
- Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
- Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
- Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
- Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
- Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete
My Thoughts:
Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.
Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.
In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.
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Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”
Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:
Blue League
- Bryan Danielson
- Andrade El Idolo
- Brody King
- Claudio Castagnoli
- Daniel Garcia
- Eddie Kingston
Gold League
- Jon Moxley
- Swerve Strickland
- Rush
- Mark Briscoe
- Jay Lethal
- Jay White
Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:
- Every match has a 20 minute time limit
- The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
- EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action
Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!
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