The last man left standing at the end earns a future match for the ROH world title.Īnnounced entrants include Cheeseburger, PJ Black, Rhett Titus, and The Bouncers but the favorite has to be Jushin Thunder Liger, who’s on his retirement tour ahead of next January’s Wrestle Kingdom. Like the WWE version this one will be a 30-man battle royal with wrestlers entering at timed intervals. Past winners have included Jay Lethal, Silas Young, Mike Bennett, and Frankie Kazarian. The Honor Rumble (ROH’s version of WWE’s Royal Rumble) dates back to 2008. Honor Rumble for an ROH world title match (pre-show) The point of Rose teaming with the heels seems to be simply so that the rookie Grey can be opposite them and thus get pinned by Kagetsu following a 450 splash. After all it’s only ten matches long… As long as Rose has her own Oedo Tai jacket and does their dance entrance I’ll forgive it. Prediction: It’s very strange for me to see two of the top Stardom title holders wrestling in a pre-show opening contest but you knew there wasn’t going to be room for two women’s matches on the main card. Jenny Rose and Stella Grey were then randomly added to the proceedings with the babyface Rose paired up with a heel duo that she fought against the last time they appeared in ROH. On social media Kimura approached Sakai about the idea of teaming together in MSG only for Kagetsu and Hazuki to attack the two of them. Later that fall Kimura would turn on her Oedo Tai stable mates and leave the group.įormer WOH World Champion Sumie Sakai has made two appearances for Stardom this year, defeating AZM in singles action and participating in a four-way. We haven’t seen the Stardom women in ROH since July 29 TV when Kagetsu and Kimura (with Hazuki in their corner) defeated Jenny Rose and Mayu Iwatani in tag action. Our opening contest on the pre-show is a trios tag featuring three wrestlers from Women Of Honor and three from Japanese promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom. Sumie Sakai, Hana Kimura, & Stella Grey vs. Previews 3, 7, 9, 10, and 12 were written by Emily.ġ. Note: previews 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 11 were written by Harley. Can the mistakes of the past be erased or will history repeat itself? One year ago at ROH Supercard Of Honor XII Marty Scurll unsuccessfully challenged Dalton Castle for the world title, The Briscoes retained the ROH tag titles over Jay Lethal & Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Sumie Sakai defeated Kelly Klein to become the first Women Of Honor champion. Kazuchika Okada, the man with the longest IWGP heavyweight title reign in history, challenges for that belt in the main event. Jay Lethal, the greatest ROH world champion in history, defends his title in a ladder match. All but one of their championships will be on the line as well as many of NJPW’s top titles, including two “winner takes all” matches with the victors leaving tonight holding gold from both companies. This sold out show stands to be the biggest ever in ROH’s 17-year history. For NJPW there’s an opportunity for increased in-roads into America, such as the first non-WWE wrestling event held in the historic Madison Square Garden since 1960. For ROH the NJPW relationship means access to some of the top wrestlers on the planet. Their partnerships have continued to grow since then, forming working relationships with NWA, CMLL, Stardom, Revolution Pro Wrestling, and others. The two promotions joined forces officially in early 2014 and have since done a number of joint shows together including the annual Global Wars tours and Honor Rising shows out of Tokyo. New Japan Pro-Wrestling was founded in 1972 and has understandably gone through many changes in its 47-year history. Ring Of Honor was founded in February 2002 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in an attempt to fill the void left by ECW. SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN).
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