Global Wars

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Global Wars
Promotions Ring of Honor
Pro Wrestling Noah
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2014–2018)
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2019)
Other namesBorder Wars (2012–2013)
Global Wars Espectacular (2019)
First event Border Wars (2012)

Global Wars is a professional wrestling event held annually since 2012 by the American Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion. Originally named Border Wars, the event was renamed Global Wars in 2014 after ROH announced a partnership with the Japanese New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. [1]

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Under the new name, the event became a supershow co-produced by the two promotions. [2] The first five were held at the Ted Reeve Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, while the sixth took place at the Frontier Fieldhouse in Chicago Ridge, Illinois. From 2012 to 2016, the event was held in May alongside War of the Worlds, but in 2017, Global Wars was moved to October and made a four-event tour across Buffalo, New York; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Columbus, Ohio; and Villa Park, Illinois. In 2018, the tour was again moved to November with a four-event tour across Buffalo, New York; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Lowell, Massachusetts; and Lewiston, Maine.

In 2019, ROH announced a three-event tour with the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion as the new partner for the series, renamed Global Wars Espectacular. The events were held in the month of September and the chosen cities were Dearborn, Michigan; Villa Park, Illinois; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [3]

Events

#EventDateCityVenueAttendanceMain eventRef(s)
1 Border Wars (2012) May 12, 2012 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Ted Reeve Arena   Davey Richards (c) vs. Kevin Steen for the ROH World Championship [4] [5]
2 Border Wars (2013) May 4, 2013  Jay Briscoe (c) vs. Adam Cole for the ROH World Championship [6] [7]
3 Global Wars (2014) May 10, 20141,500 Adam Cole (c) vs. Kevin Steen for the ROH World Championship [8] [9] [10]
4 Global Wars '15: Night 1 May 15, 20151,500 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) [11] [12]
5 Global Wars '15: Night 2 May 16, 20151,500 Bullet Club (A.J. Styles, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. Chaos (Beretta, Kazuchika Okada and Rocky Romero) [13] [14]
6 Global Wars (2016) May 8, 2016 Chicago Ridge, Illinois Frontier Fieldhouse2,000 Jay Lethal (c) vs. Colt Cabana for the ROH World Championship [15] [16] [17]
7 Global Wars 2017: Buffalo October 12, 2017 Buffalo, New York Buffalo RiverWorks   The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (c) vs. The Kingdom (Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship [18] [19]
8 Global Wars 2017: Pittsburgh October 13, 2017 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Stage AE   Luxury Trio (Cody, Kenny Omega and Marty Scurll) (c) vs. Chaos (Toru Yano, Will Ospreay and Yoshi-Hashi) for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship [20] [21]
9 Global Wars 2017: Columbus October 14, 2017 Columbus, Ohio Express Live!   The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (c) vs. Best Friends (Beretta and Chuckie T.) and Flip Gordon for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship [22] [23]
10 Global Wars 2017: Chicago October 15, 2017 Villa Park, Illinois Odeum Expo Center   Kenny Omega (c) vs. Yoshi-Hashi for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship [24] [25]
11 Global Wars 2018: Lewiston November 7, 2018 Lewiston, Maine Androscoggin Bank Colisee  Jay Lethal, Jonathan Gresham, Chris Sabin and Kushida vs. Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Evil, Sanada and Bushi) 
12 Global Wars 2018: Lowell November 8, 2018 Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell Memorial Auditorium   Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham vs. Chris Sabin and Kushida vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. The Kingdom (T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) 
13 Global Wars 2018: Buffalo November 9, 2018 Buffalo, New York Buffalo RiverWorks   The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) vs. Best Friends (Beretta and Chuckie T.) vs. The Elite (Cody and Hangman Page) 
14 Global Wars 2018: Toronto November 11, 2018 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Mattamy Athletic Centre   Jay Lethal (c) vs. Kenny King for the ROH World Championship  
15 Global Wars Espectacular: Dearborn September 6, 2019 Dearborn, Michigan Ford Community & Performing Arts Center  Bandido vs. Jay Briscoe [3]
16 Global Wars Espectacular: Chicago September 7, 2019 Villa Park, Illinois Odeum Expo Center   Villain Enterprises (Flip Gordon, Brody King and PCO) vs. LifeBlood (Bandido, Tracy Williams and Mark Haskins) [3]
17 Global Wars Espectacular: Milwaukee September 8, 2019 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Potawatomi Hotel & Casino   Rush and Jeff Cobb vs. The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Vinny Marseglia) [3]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

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