Honor Rising: Japan

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Honor Rising: Japan
Promotion(s) New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Ring of Honor
First event Honor Rising: Japan 2016
Last event Honor Rising: Japan 2019

Honor Rising: Japan was a professional wrestling event co-promoted by the Japanese New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and American Ring of Honor (ROH) promotions. The event was held annually from 2016 to 2019, taking place in Japan (as opposed to the Global Wars and War of the Worlds series, which the two promotions co-promote in North America).

Contents

Events

#EventDateCityVenueAttendanceMain eventRef(s)
1 Honor Rising: Japan 2016: Night 1 February 19, 2016 Tokyo, Japan Korakuen Hall 1,367 Roderick Strong (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the ROH World Television Championship [1] [2] [3] [4]
2 Honor Rising: Japan 2016: Night 2 February 20, 20161,718 Jay Lethal (c) vs. Tomoaki Honma for the ROH World Championship [5] [6] [7]
3 Honor Rising: Japan 2017: Night 1 February 26, 20171,636 Bullet Club (Adam Cole and Kenny Omega) vs. The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) [8] [9] [10]
4 Honor Rising: Japan 2017: Night 2 February 27, 20171,271 Bullet Club (Cody, Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. Chaos (Jay Briscoe, Kazuchika Okada, Mark Briscoe and Will Ospreay) [11] [12] [13]
5 Honor Rising: Japan 2018: Night 1 February 23, 20181,700 Bullet Club (Kenny Omega and Chase Owens) and Kota Ibushi vs. Bullet Club (Marty Scurll, Hangman Page and Cody) [14]
6 Honor Rising: Japan 2018: Night 2 February 24, 20181,714 Golden☆Lovers (Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega) vs. Bullet Club (Marty Scurll and Cody) [14]
7 Honor Rising: Japan 2019: Night 1 February 22, 2019TBA Jay Lethal, Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. The Kingdom (Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) [15]
8 Honor Rising: Japan 2019: Night 2 February 23, 2019TBA The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) (c) vs. David Finlay and Juice Robinson for the ROH World Tag Team Championship [16]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

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References

  1. ↑ Johnson, Mike (February 19, 2016). "New ROH TV Champion crowned: complete ROH/New Japan 'Honor Rising' Night One coverage from Tokyo, Japan". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  2. ↑ "2/19 ROH vs. NJPW "Honor Rising Night 1" Results – Strong vs. Ishii, ROH Champ & IWGP Champ meet, Bullet Club, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. February 19, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  3. ↑ Rose, Bryan (February 19, 2016). "NJPW/ROH Honor Rising results: Roderick Strong defends TV title against Tomohiro Ishii". Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Honor Rising Night 1 results". Ring of Honor . Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  5. ↑ Johnson, Mike (February 20, 2016). "Complete ROH Honor Rising Night Two in Tokyo coverage". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  6. ↑ "2/20 ROH vs. NJPW "Honor Rising Night 2" Results – Lethal defends ROH Title in Tokyo, Bullet Club members win gold & say farewell, Strong-Ishii fall-out". Pro Wrestling Torch. February 20, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  7. ↑ Rose, Bryan (February 20, 2016). "NJPW/ROH Honor Rising: Jay Lethal defends ROH title against Honma". Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Honor Rising:Japan 2017". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved February 26, 2017.
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  10. ↑ Johnson, Mike (February 26, 2017). "Briscoes vs. Bullet Club and more: complete NJPW/ROH Honor Rising 2017 Night One coverage". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Honor Rising:Japan 2017". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  12. ↑ Johnson, Mike (February 27, 2017). "Bullet Club vs. Okada & Briscoes & Ospreay, Cole vs. Yoshi-Hashi and more: complete NJPW/ROH Honor Rising Night Two coverage". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  13. ↑ Rose, Bryan (February 27, 2017). "NJPW/ROH Honor Rising results: Omega & Okada square off in tag action". Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  14. 1 2 2018年2月23日(金)&24日(土)『Honor Rising:Japan 2018』後楽園ホール大会のチケット概要が決定！. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). November 22, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  15. ↑ "2019.02.22 Honor Rising: Japan 2019 | New Japan Pro-Wrestling".
  16. ↑ "2019.02.23 Honor Rising: Japan 2019 | New Japan Pro-Wrestling".
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