Honor Rising: Japan 2019

Honor Rising: Japan 2019 was a two-day professional wrestling supershow event co-produced by the Japanese New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and the American Ring of Honor (ROH) promotions. The shows took place on February 22 and 23, 2019, at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan and were streamed live on NJPW World.

Honor Rising: Japan 2019
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
Ring of Honor
DateFebruary 22-23, 2019
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueKorakuen Hall
Event chronology
← Previous
(NJPW) New Japan Road
The New Beginning in Osaka
(ROH) Bound By Honor
Next →
(NJPW) New Japan Road
(ROH) 17th Anniversary Show
(NJPW/ROH) G1 Supercard
Honor Rising: Japan chronology
← Previous
2018
Next →

Continuing the partnership between NJPW and ROH, these were the final Honor Rising: Japan shows.

Storylines

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Other on-screen personnel
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 2019 will feature professional wrestling matches, involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines that play out on ROH's and NJPW's television programs. Wrestlers portray villains or heroes as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[1]

Results

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Night 1

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No.Results[2]StipulationsTimes
1Marty Scurll defeated Ren Narita by submissionSingles match11:33
2Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Shota Umino by submissionSingles match13:56
3Jyushin Thunder Liger and Jonathan Gresham defeated Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori and Robbie Eagles)Tag team match5:27
4LifeBlood (Juice Robinson and David Finlay), Tomoaki Honma and Toa Henare defeated The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) and Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)Eight-man tag team match12:14
5Taguchi Japan (Togi Makabe, Toru Yano and Ryusuke Taguchi) (c) defeated Colt Cabana, Delirious and CheeseburgerSix-man tag team match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship10:16
6Will Ospreay (c) defeated Dalton CastleSingles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship17:30
7Jeff Cobb (c) defeated Hirooki GotoSingles match for the ROH World Television Championship13:52
8Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada and Jay Lethal defeated The Kingdom (Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia)Six-man tag team match14:10
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Night 2

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No.Results[3]StipulationsTimes
1Jonathan Gresham and Toa Henare defeated Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr. and Taka Michinoku) by submissionTag team match12:20
2Marty Scurll defeated Robbie Eagles by submissionSingles match8:55
3Toru Yano and Colt Cabana defeated Delirious and CheeseburgerTag team match10:09
4Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Will Ospreay) defeated Jeff Cobb and Dalton CastleTag team match11:45
5Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito and Shingo Takagi) defeated The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Vinny Marseglia)Tag team match11:50
6Jay Lethal (c) defeated T. K. O'RyanSingles match for the ROH World Championship10:52
7Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil and Sanada) (c)Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship20:26
8The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) (c) defeated FinJuice (Juice Robinson and David Finlay)Tag team match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship17:13
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  2. ^ "Honor Rising: Japan 2019". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  3. ^ "Honor Rising: Japan 2019". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved February 12, 2019.