Global Wars UK is an annual professional wrestling supershow co-produced by the Japanese New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and British Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW) promotions. The two promotions established a partnership in July 2015 as part of NJPW's "New IWGP Conception." [1] [2] [3] All editions of the show have been archived on New Japan's NJPW World streaming service.
| Global Wars UK | |
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| Promotions | New Japan Pro-Wrestling Revolution Pro Wrestling |
| First event | Global Wars UK |
| Last event | Global Wars UK 2018 |
| Global Wars UK | |||
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| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling Revolution Pro Wrestling | ||
| Date | October 3, 2015 [4] | ||
| City | Reading, United Kingdom [4] | ||
| Venue | Rivermead Leisure Complex [4] | ||
| Global Wars UK chronology | |||
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| No. | Results [4] | Stipulations | Times [4] | ||
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| 1 | Tetsuya Naito defeated Kushida and Martin Kirby | Three-way match | 12:18 | ||
| 2 | Gideon Grey defeated Gedo | Singles match | 8:40 | ||
| 3 | Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) defeated The Thrillers (Joel Redman and Mark Haskins) | Tag team match | 12:04 | ||
| 4 | Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Marty Scurll | Singles match | 17:20 | ||
| 5 | Bullet Club (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) defeated The Revolutionists (James Castle and Sha Samuels) | Tag team match | 7:09 | ||
| 6 | Kazuchika Okada defeated Will Ospreay | Singles match | 15:49 | ||
| 7 | Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Big Damo | Singles match | 14:25 | ||
| 8 | AJ Styles (c) defeated Jyushin Thunder Liger | Singles match for the British Heavyweight Championship | 15:04 | ||
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| Global Wars UK 2016 Night 1 | |||
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| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling Revolution Pro Wrestling | ||
| Date | November 10, 2016 [5] | ||
| City | Bethnal Green, United Kingdom [5] | ||
| Venue | York Hall [5] | ||
| Global Wars UK chronology | |||
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| No. | Results [5] | Stipulations | Times [5] | ||
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| 1 | Marty Scurll defeated Jyushin Thunder Liger | Singles match | 13:35 | ||
| 2 | Tomoaki Honma defeated Sha Samuels | Singles match | 6:57 | ||
| 3 | Yuji Nagata defeated Pete Dunne | Singles match | 11:55 | ||
| 4 | Chris Hero defeated Tomohiro Ishii | Singles match | 13:35 | ||
| 5 | Will Ospreay defeated Bushi | Singles match | 11:11 | ||
| 6 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil, Sanada, and Tetsuya Naito) defeated David Starr and Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) | Six-man tag team match | 14:50 | ||
| 7 | Katsuyori Shibata defeated Zack Sabre Jr. (c) | Singles match for the British Heavyweight Championship | 16:39 | ||
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| Global Wars UK 2016 Night 2 | |||
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| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling Revolution Pro Wrestling | ||
| Date | November 11, 2016 [6] | ||
| City | Walthamstow, United Kingdom [6] | ||
| Venue | Waltham Forest Town Hall [6] | ||
| Attendance | 1,120 | ||
| Global Wars UK chronology | |||
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| No. | Results [6] | Stipulations | Times [6] | ||
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| 1 | Charlie Garrett and Joel Redman defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi and Evil) | Tag team match | 9:44 | ||
| 2 | Josh Bodom defeated Tomoaki Honma | Singles match | 10:35 | ||
| 3 | Yuji Nagata defeated Trent Seven | Singles match | 10:50 | ||
| 4 | Will Ospreay defeated Jyushin Thunder Liger | Singles match | 9:49 | ||
| 5 | Tomohiro Ishii defeated Pete Dunne | Singles match | 12:25 | ||
| 6 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada and Tetsuya Naito) defeated LDRS of the New School (Marty Scurll and Zack Sabre Jr.) | Tag team match | 18:44 | ||
| 7 | Katsuyori Shibata (c) defeated Chris Hero | Singles match for the British Heavyweight Championship | 13:18 | ||
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| Global Wars UK 2017 Night 1 | |||
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| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling Revolution Pro Wrestling | ||
| Date | November 9, 2017 [7] | ||
| City | Bethnal Green, United Kingdom [7] | ||
| Venue | York Hall [7] | ||
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| No. | Results [7] | Stipulations | ||
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| 1 | Ryan Smile defeated Bushi and Josh Bodom (c) | Three-way match for the British Cruiserweight Championship | ||
| 2 | Chaos (Gedo and Toru Yano) defeated Gideon Grey and No Fun Dunne | Tag team match | ||
| 3 | Matt Riddle defeated El Desperado | Singles match | ||
| 4 | Tetsuya Naito defeated Marty Scurll | Singles match | ||
| 5 | Yuji Nagata defeated Zack Gibson | Singles match | ||
| 6 | CCK (Chris Brookes and Travis Banks) defeated Chaos (Rocky Romero and Yoshi-Hashi) | Tag team match | ||
| 7 | Tomohiro Ishii defeated Keith Lee | Singles match | ||
| 8 | Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Will Ospreay) defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) | Tag team match | ||
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| Global Wars UK 2017 Night 2 | |||
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| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling Revolution Pro Wrestling | ||
| Date | November 10, 2017 [9] | ||
| City | Walthamstow, United Kingdom [8] | ||
| Venue | Waltham Forest Town Hall [8] | ||
| Global Wars UK chronology | |||
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| No. | Results [9] | Stipulations | ||
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| 1 | CCK (Chris Brookes, Kid Lykos, and Travis Banks) defeated Chaos (Gedo, Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) | Six-man tag team match | ||
| 2 | Toru Yano defeated Zack Gibson | Singles match | ||
| 3 | Josh Bodom defeated Rocky Romero | Singles match | ||
| 4 | Tomohiro Ishii defeated Dave Mastiff | Singles match | ||
| 5 | Ryan Smile (c) defeated El Desperado | Singles match for British Cruiserweight Championship | ||
| 6 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Keith Lee and Yuji Nagata | Tag team match | ||
| 7 | Minoru Suzuki defeated Matt Riddle | Singles match | ||
| 8 | Zack Sabre Jr. (c) defeated Will Ospreay | Singles match for the British Heavyweight Championship | ||
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| Global Wars UK 2018 | |||
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| Promotion | Revolution Pro Wrestling New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | October 14, 2018 [10] | ||
| City | London, United Kingdom | ||
| Venue | Brixton Recreation Centre | ||
| Event chronology | |||
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| Global Wars UK chronology | |||
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| No. | Results [11] | Stipulations | Times | ||
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| 1 | Kushida defeated Kurtis Chapman | Singles match | 13:03 | ||
| 2 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil and Sanada) defeated Ringkampf (Timothy Thatcher and Walter) | Tag team match [12] | 12:40 | ||
| 3 | Great O-Kharn (with Lord Gideon Grey) defeated Rishi Ghosh | Singles match | 10:21 | ||
| 4 | Tetsuya Naito defeated Chris Brookes | Singles match [13] | 11:52 | ||
| 5 | Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Hirooki Goto | Singles match [14] | 14:52 | ||
| 6 | Satoshi Kojima defeated Mark Davis | Singles match [15] | 9:33 | ||
| 7 | El Phantasmo defeated Rocky Romero | Singles match [16] | 10:33 | ||
| 8 | Chris Ridgeway defeated Will Ospreay | Singles match [17] | 14:35 | ||
| 9 | Tomohiro Ishii defeated Minoru Suzuki (c) | Singles match for the British Heavyweight Championship [10] | 24:06 | ||
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