ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds (2016)
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| Final Battle (2015) | ||
| Information | ||
| Promotion | New Japan Pro Wrestling Ring of Honor | |
| Date | May 9, 11, and 14, 2016 | |
| Attendance | Night 1: 1,200 | |
| Venue | Night 1: Ford Community & Performing Arts Center Night 2: Ted Reeve Arena Night 3: Terminal 5 | |
| City | Night 1: Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. Night 2: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Night 3: New York City, New York, U.S. | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Global Wars (2016) | War of the Worlds | (NJPW) Lion's Gate Project 2 / (ROH) Road to BITW '16 |
| War of the Worlds chronology | ||
| War of the Worlds '15 | War of the Worlds | TBA |
War of the Worlds (2016) is a professional wrestling tour co-produced by the American Ring of Honor (ROH) and Japanese New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotions. The tour's three events are scheduled to take place on May 9 at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn, Michigan, May 11 at the Ted Reeve Arena in Toronto, Ontario and May 14 at Terminal 5 in New York City, New York. The second night in Toronto will be taped for episodes of Ring of Honor Wrestling.
2016 will be the third year in which ROH and NJPW co-produce events under the War of the Worlds name.
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Production
Background
In February 2014, the American Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion announced a partnership with the Japanese New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which led to the two co-producing the Global Wars and War of the Worlds events in Toronto and New York City, respectively, the following May. A year later, the partnership continued with War of the Worlds '15 and Global Wars '15, which were both two-day events, taking place in Philadelphia and Toronto, respectively. On August 21, 2015, representatives of NJPW and ROH declared that the relationship between the two promotions was stronger than ever, announcing another North American tour for May 2016, featuring new locations and wrestlers, as well as the first co-produced shows between the two promotions in Tokyo. The two-day event, entitled ROH/NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016, took place on February 19 and 20, 2016.
On February 4, 2016, ROH officially announced the War of the Worlds tour, taking place on May 9 in Dearborn, Michigan, May 11 in Toronto and May 14 in New York City. On April 16, ROH announced the NJPW wrestlers taking part in the tour; IWGP Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito, ROH World Television Champion Tomohiro Ishii, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Kushida, Gedo, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jushin Thunder Liger and Kazuchika Okada. On April 18, ROH added NJPW's IWGP Tag Team Champions Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa)†[1] to the tour. ROH later added IWGP Intercontinental Champion Kenny Omega to the Toronto event of the tour. It had previously been reported that Omega had had issues with his visa, which could prevent him from taking part in the rest of the tour. On May 6, NJPW officially added Yoshitatsu to the Toronto event. Jushin Thunder Liger was pulled from the Dearborn event after being dropped on his head during the May 8 Global Wars event.
Storylines
- See also: Professional wrestling
The War of the Worlds tour will feature 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.
Results
- May 9
- May 11 (TV taping)
- May 14
Notes
- ^The name has been written as both "Tanga Roa" and "Tanga Loa". NJPW uses the spelling Roa, while ROH has used both Loa and Roa.
