Honor Rising: Japan 2018 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 23 and 24, 2018, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
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| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling Ring of Honor | ||
| Date | February 23-24, 2018 | ||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Venue | Korakuen Hall | ||
| Attendance | 1,700 (February 23)[1] 1,714 (February 24)[2] | ||
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Continuing the partnership between NJPW and ROH, these were the second annual Honor Rising: Japan shows co-produced by the two promotions.
Storylines edit
| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Commentators | Chris 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 |
Honor Rising: Japan 2018 featured professional wrestling matches, involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on ROH's and NJPW's television programs. Wrestlers portrayed villains or heroes as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3]
Results edit
- February 23
| No. | Results[4][5] | Stipulations | Times[1] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Katsuya Kitamura and Toa Henare | Tag team match | 7:20 | ||
| 2 | Delirious, Jushin Thunder Liger and Cheeseburger defeated Bullet Club (Hikuleo, Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa) | Six-man tag team match | 7:08 | ||
| 3 | The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated David Finlay and Juice Robinson | Tag Team match | 12:05 | ||
| 4 | Flip Gordon defeated Kushida and Hiromu Takahashi | Three-way match | 12:48 | ||
| 5 | Chaos (Yoshi-Hashi, Chuckie T. and Jay White) defeated Dalton Castle, Ryusuke Taguchi and Jay Lethal | Six-man tag team match | 10:10 | ||
| 6 | Hirooki Goto (c) defeated Beer City Bruiser | Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship | 13:38 | ||
| 7 | Bullet Club (Cody, Hangman Page and Marty Scurll) defeated The Elite (Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega and Chase Owens) | Six-man tag team match | 20:30 | ||
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- February 24
| No. | Results[6][7] | Stipulations | Times[2] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beer City Bruiser defeated Toa Henare | Singles match | 4:25 | ||
| 2 | David Finlay, Juice Robinson and Jay Lethal defeated Bullet Club (Hikuleo, Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi) | Six-man tag team match | 6:35 | ||
| 3 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi and Flip Gordon | Tag team match | 10:17 | ||
| 4 | Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) (c) defeated Delirious, Jushin Thunder Liger and Cheeseburger | Six-man tag team match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship | 9:16 | ||
| 5 | Bullet Club (Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson and Hangman Page) defeated Chaos (Yoshi-Hashi, Chuckie T. and Jay White) | Six-man tag team match | 12:35 | ||
| 6 | Dalton Castle (c) defeated Beretta and Beer City Bruiser | Three-way match for the ROH World Championship | 16:00 | ||
| 7 | Golden☆Lovers (Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega) defeated Bullet Club (Cody and Marty Scurll) | Tag Team match | 20:15 | ||
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References edit
- ^ a b "Honor Rising:Japan 2018". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved February 23, 2017.
- ^ a b "Honor Rising:Japan 2018". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved February 24, 2018.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
- ^ Renner, Ethan (February 23, 2018). "NJPW/ROH Honor Rising results: Omega & ibushi Team Up". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
- ^ Gagnon, Joshua (February 23, 2018). "NJPW - ROH Honor Rising Results (2/23): Kenny Omega And Kota Ibushi Faces The Bullet Club". Retrieved February 23, 2018.
- ^ Macklin, Matthew (February 24, 2018). "The Young Bucks confront The Golen Lovers: Honor Rising Night Two report from Tokyo, Japan". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
- ^ Rose, Bryan (February 24, 2018). "NJPW-ROH Honor Rising night two results: Omega-Ibushi vs. Cody-Scurll". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
External links edit
- Honor Rising: Japan 2018 at NJPW.co.jp (in Japanese)