Honor Rising: Japan 2017

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Honor Rising: Japan 2017
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Promotional poster featuring both NJPW and ROH wrestlers
Promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Ring of Honor
DateFebruary 26-27, 2017
City Tokyo, Japan
Venue Korakuen Hall
Attendance1,636 (February 26) [1]
1,271 (February 27) [2]
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Honor Rising: Japan 2017 was a two-day professional wrestling "supershow" event co-produced by the Japanese New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and American Ring of Honor (ROH) promotions. The shows took place on February 26 and 27, 2017, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Contents

Continuing the partnership between NJPW and ROH, these were the second annual Honor Rising: Japan shows co-produced by NJPW and ROH.

Production

Other on-screen personnel
Role:Name:
CommentatorsChris Charlton (English-language announcer)
Don Callis (English-language announcer)
Kevin Kelly (English-language announcer)
Ring announcers Makoto Abe
Referees Kenta Sato
Marty Asami
Red Shoes Unno
Tiger Hattori

Background

Honor Rising: Japan 2017 was officially announced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) on November 29, 2016. [3] On February 3, 2017, NJPW announced the ROH wrestlers taking part in the events; ROH World Champion Adam Cole, ROH World Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson), Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe), Dalton Castle, Delirious, Hangman Page, Jay Lethal, Punisher Martinez * , Silas Young and War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe). For Martinez and Young, the shows would mark their first NJPW appearances. Also announced for the events were Cody and Kenny Omega, the former making his first NJPW appearance since Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome and the latter making his return to NJPW after a brief hiatus, which started on January 5, 2017. [4] NJPW wrestlers announced for the tour included Bad Luck Fale, Juice Robinson, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa and Will Ospreay. [5]

Cards and the rest of the NJPW participants for the shows were released on February 13. The shows were set to feature three title matches. [6] [7] On the first show, Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil and Sanada) would defend the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship against Delirious, Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask. [8] The second show would see Hirooki Goto defend the NEVER Openweight Championship against Punisher Martinez, while Adam Cole would defend the ROH World Championship against Yoshi-Hashi. [9] The match between Cole and Yoshi-Hashi had been set up at an NJPW show on January 5, 2017, when Yoshi-Hashi pinned Cole in a six-man tag team match. [6]

The shows would air worldwide through NJPW's internet streaming site, NJPW World, with English commentary provided by Kevin Kelly and Rocky Romero. [7]

Results

February 26
No.Results [10] [11] StipulationsTimes [1]
1 David Finlay, Juice Robinson and Kushida defeated Gedo, Jado and Silas Young Six-man tag team match 10:00
2 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil and Sanada) (c) defeated Delirious, Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask Six-man tag team match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship 10:34
3 Chaos (Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa and Yujiro Takahashi)Eight-man tag team match11:05
4 War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe) defeated The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) Tag team match 12:05
5 Hiromu Takahashi, Punisher Martinez and Tetsuya Naito defeated Dalton Castle, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Ryusuke Taguchi Six-man tag team match11:46
6 Jay Lethal and Katsuyori Shibata defeated Bullet Club (Cody and Hangman Page)Tag team match14:06
7Bullet Club (Adam Cole and Kenny Omega) defeated Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)Tag team match22:00
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
February 27
No.Results [12] [13] StipulationsTimes [2]
1 Jado and Silas Young defeated David Finlay and Kushida Tag team match 08:16
2 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil, Hiromu Takahashi, Sanada and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Dalton Castle (with Katsuya Kitamura and Tomoyuki Oka), Delirious, Jyushin Thunder Liger, Ryusuke Taguchi and Tiger Mask Ten-man tag team match 10:32
3 War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe) defeated Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)Tag team match09:21
4 Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Hangman Page and Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jay Lethal and Juice Robinson Six-man tag team match09:10
5 Hirooki Goto (c) defeated Punisher Martinez Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship 10:49
6 Adam Cole (c) defeated Yoshi-Hashi Singles match for the ROH World Championship 16:28
7Bullet Club (Cody, Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated Chaos (Jay Briscoe, Kazuchika Okada, Mark Briscoe and Will Ospreay)Eight-man tag team match20:16
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Notes

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  2. 1 2 3 "Honor Rising:Japan 2017". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. ↑ 『Honor Rising:Japan 2017』2月26日(日)＆27日(月)後楽園ホール大会2連戦、『New Japan Road』3月3日(金)沖縄県立武道館大会の開催が決定!!. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). November 29, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  4. ↑ 【新日】２６、２７日後楽園大会にケニー参戦. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). February 4, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  5. ↑ 【ROH合同興行の来日メンバーが決定！】ケニー・オメガが電撃復活！Codyが再来日！コール、リーサル、ウォーマシン、ブリスコ兄弟、ヤングバックスらが大挙参戦！. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
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  7. 1 2 Johnson, Mike (February 13, 2017). "New Japan-Ring of Honor 'Honor Rising' lineups for Tokyo announced, shows to stream on New Japan World". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  8. ↑ 【2月26日（日）ROH合同興行の全カード決定！】メインは、ケニー＆コールvsブリスコ兄弟！ 柴田とCodyがタッグで初遭遇！ ウォーマシンvsヤングバックス！. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). February 13, 2017. Archived from the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  9. ↑ 【2月27日（月）ROH合同興行の全カード決定！】メインで、ケニー＆ヤングバックスとCodyが合体！“ROH世界戦”コールvsYoshi-Hashi！後藤vsマルティネスも実現!!. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). February 13, 2017. Archived from the original on February 16, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
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