Tag Wars is a periodic professional wrestling tag team tournament held by the U.S. based promotion Ring of Honor.
Tournaments have taken place in 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2019.
Year | Wrestler(s) |
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2010 | The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) |
2014 | reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) |
2016 | Beer City Bruiser and Silas Young |
2019 | Villain Enterprises (PCO and Brody King) |
ROH's first Tag Wars Tournament took place from July 16, 2010 to August 28, 2010. [1] The Finals of the tournament was a four-way Ultimate Endurance match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship.
No. | Quarterfinal Results | Time |
1. | The Dark City Fight Club (Jon Davis & Kory Chavis) defeated The Embassy (Mr. Ernesto Osiris & Shawn Daivari) | 7:47 |
2. | The Bravado Brothers (Harlem Bravado & Lance Bravado) defeated The Super Smash Brothers (Player Dos & Player Uno) | 6:35 |
3. | The Embassy (Erik Stevens & Necro Butcher) defeated Grizzley Redwood & Rasche Brown | 8:54 |
4. | The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe) defeated The House of Truth (Christin Able & Josh Raymond) | 15:58 |
5. | The All Night Express (Kenny King & Rhett Titus) defeated Delirious & Jerry Lynn | 11:57 |
6. | Colt Cabana & El Generico defeated The American Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards) | 16:15 |
No. | Semifinal Results | Time |
1. | The Dark City Fight Club (Jon Davis & Kory Chavis) defeated The Bravado Brothers (Harlem Bravado & Lance Bravado) | 6:02 |
2. | The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe) defeated The Embassy (Necro Butcher & Prince Nana) | 7:37 |
3. | The All Night Express (Kenny King & Rhett Titus) defeated Colt Cabana & El Generico | 14:12 |
No. | Final Results | Time |
1. | The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli) (c) defeated The All Night Express (Kenny King & Rhett Titus) and The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe) and The Dark City Fight Club (Jon Davis & Kory Chavis) | 28:28 |
ROH's second Tag Wars Tournament took place on November 22, 2014 in Baltimore, Maryland. [2] The Finals of the tournament was a Four Corner Survival Elimination match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship.
First round | Final | |||||||
The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) | Win | |||||||
The House of Truth (J. Diesel and Jay Lethal) | 10:32 | |||||||
reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly) ACH and Matt Sydal | Win | |||||||
The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian) | Win | |||||||
The Addiction | ||||||||
The Decade (B. J. Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs) | 11:11 | |||||||
The Briscoes | 20:41 | |||||||
A. C. H. & Matt Sydal | Win | |||||||
The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) | 11:15 | |||||||
ROH's third Tag Wars Tournament took place on June 11 and 12, 2016 in Hopkins, Minnesota, with the finals taking place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [3]
First round | Final | |||||||
The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) Jay Lethal and Roderick Strong | Win | |||||||
reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) | ||||||||
The Briscoes | ||||||||
The All-Night Express (Kenny King and Rhett Titus) Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero) | Win | |||||||
The All-Night Express | ||||||||
The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) | ||||||||
Silas Young and Beer City Bruiser | Win | |||||||
Silas Young and Beer City Bruiser Lio Rush and Moose | Win | |||||||
War Machine (Hanson and Ray Rowe) | ||||||||
ROH's forth Tag Wars Tournament took place on Jan 24 and 25, 2019 in Dallas, Texas and Houston, Texas, with the semifinals and the finals taking place on Jan 26, 2019 in San Antonio, Texas. [4]
The winners would receive an ROH World Tag Team Championship match, and qualify for the 2019 Crockett Cup.
No. | First Round Results | Time |
1. | Lifeblood (Juice Robinson and David Finlay) defeated NJPW LA Dojo (Karl Fredericks and Alex Coughlin) | 8:37 |
2. | Villain Enterprises (PCO and Brody King) defeated The Kingdom (Vinny Marseglia and T. K. O'Ryan) | 14:55 |
3. | Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham defeated Lifeblood (Mark Haskins and Tracy Williams) | 23:32 |
4. | The Bouncers (Beer City Bruiser and Brian Milonas) defeated The Boys (Boy 1 and Boy 2) | 7:06 |
5. | Coast 2 Coast (LSG and Shaheem Ali) defeated Shinobi Shadow Squad (Eli Isom and Cheeseburger w/ Ryan Nova) | 10:38 |
6. | Kenny King and MVP defeated Colt Cabana and Willie Mack | 15:37 |
No. | Semifinal Results (Triple Threat Tag Team Match) | Time |
1. | Villain Enterprises (PCO and Brody King) defeated Kenny King and MVP and The Bouncers (Beer City Bruiser and Brian Milonas) | 10:58 |
2. | Lifeblood (Juice Robinson and David Finlay) defeated Coast 2 Coast (LSG and Shaheem Ali) and Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham | 10:47 |
No. | Final Results | Time |
1. | Villain Enterprises (PCO and Brody King) defeated Lifeblood (Juice Robinson and David Finlay) | 13:38 |
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