ROH Tag Wars Tournament

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Tag Wars is a periodic professional wrestling tag team tournament held by the U.S. based promotion Ring of Honor.

Contents

Tournaments have taken place in 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2019.

List of winners

Tag Wars Tournament

YearWrestler(s)
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)

Tournament results

2010

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 ResultsTime
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 Brown8:54
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 ResultsTime
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 Generico14:12
No.Final ResultsTime
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

2014

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 roundFinal
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 Briscoes20:41
A. C. H. & Matt Sydal Win
The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson)11:15

2016

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 roundFinal
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 BruiserWin
Silas Young and Beer City Bruiser
Lio Rush and Moose
Win
War Machine (Hanson and Ray Rowe)

2019

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 ResultsTime
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 ResultsTime
1. Villain Enterprises (PCO and Brody King) defeated Lifeblood (Juice Robinson and David Finlay)13:38

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References

  1. "Tag Wars Tournament 2010 results".
  2. "Tag Wars Tournament 2014 results".
  3. "Tag Wars Tournament 2016 results".
  4. "Matches « Tag Wars 2019 « Tournaments Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 2019-02-11.