Global Wars

Global Wars was a professional wrestling event that had been held annually by the American Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion since 2012. Originally named Border Wars, the event was renamed Global Wars in 2014 after ROH announced a partnership with the Japanese New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion.^[1]

Global Wars
Promotions	Ring of Honor Pro Wrestling Noah New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2014–2018) Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2019)
Other names	Border Wars (2012–2013) Global Wars Espectacular (2019)
First event	Border Wars (2012)

Under the new name, the event became a supershow co-produced by the two promotions.^[2] The first five were held at the Ted Reeve Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, while the sixth took place at the Frontier Fieldhouse in Chicago Ridge, Illinois. From 2012 to 2016, the event was held in May alongside War of the Worlds, but in 2017, Global Wars was moved to October and made a four-event tour across Buffalo, New York; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Columbus, Ohio; and Villa Park, Illinois. In 2018, the tour was again moved to November with a four-event tour across Buffalo, New York; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Lowell, Massachusetts; and Lewiston, Maine.

In 2019, ROH announced a three-event tour with the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion as the new partner for the series, renamed Global Wars Espectacular. The events were held in the month of September and the chosen cities were Dearborn, Michigan; Villa Park, Illinois; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.^[3]

Events

#	Event	Date	City	Venue	Attendance	Main event	Ref(s)
1	Border Wars (2012)	May 12, 2012	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Ted Reeve Arena		Davey Richards (c) vs. Kevin Steen for the ROH World Championship	[4][5]
2	Border Wars (2013)	May 4, 2013				Jay Briscoe (c) vs. Adam Cole for the ROH World Championship	[6][7]
3	Global Wars (2014)	May 10, 2014			1,500	Adam Cole (c) vs. Kevin Steen for the ROH World Championship	[8][9][10]
4	Global Wars '15: Night 1	May 15, 2015			1,500	Bullet Club (A.J. Styles, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. ROH All Stars (Hanson, Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe, Ray Rowe and Roderick Strong)	[11][12]
5	Global Wars '15: Night 2	May 16, 2015			1,500	Bullet Club (A.J. Styles, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. Chaos (Beretta, Kazuchika Okada and Rocky Romero)	[13][14]
6	Global Wars (2016)	May 8, 2016	Chicago Ridge, Illinois	Frontier Fieldhouse	2,000	Jay Lethal (c) vs. Colt Cabana for the ROH World Championship	[15][16][17]
7	Global Wars 2017: Buffalo	October 12, 2017	Buffalo, New York	Buffalo RiverWorks		The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (c) vs. The Kingdom (Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship	[18][19]
8	Global Wars 2017: Pittsburgh	October 13, 2017	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Stage AE		Luxury Trio (Cody, Kenny Omega and Marty Scurll) (c) vs. Chaos (Toru Yano, Will Ospreay and Yoshi-Hashi) for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship	[20][21]
9	Global Wars 2017: Columbus	October 14, 2017	Columbus, Ohio	Express Live!		The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (c) vs. Best Friends (Beretta and Chuckie T.) and Flip Gordon for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship	[22][23]
10	Global Wars 2017: Chicago	October 15, 2017	Villa Park, Illinois	Odeum Expo Center		Kenny Omega (c) vs. Yoshi-Hashi for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship	[24][25]
11	Global Wars 2018: Lewiston	November 7, 2018	Lewiston, Maine	Androscoggin Bank Colisee		Jay Lethal, Jonathan Gresham, Chris Sabin and Kushida vs. Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Evil, Sanada and Bushi)
12	Global Wars 2018: Lowell	November 8, 2018	Lowell, Massachusetts	Lowell Memorial Auditorium		Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham vs. Chris Sabin and Kushida vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. The Kingdom (T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia)
13	Global Wars 2018: Buffalo	November 9, 2018	Buffalo, New York	Buffalo RiverWorks		The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) vs. Best Friends (Beretta and Chuckie T.) vs. The Elite (Cody and Hangman Page)
14	Global Wars 2018: Toronto	November 11, 2018	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Mattamy Athletic Centre		Jay Lethal (c) vs. Kenny King for the ROH World Championship
15	Global Wars Espectacular: Dearborn	September 6, 2019	Dearborn, Michigan	Ford Community & Performing Arts Center		Bandido vs. Jay Briscoe	[3]
16	Global Wars Espectacular: Chicago	September 7, 2019	Villa Park, Illinois	Odeum Expo Center		Villain Enterprises (Flip Gordon, Brody King and PCO) vs. LifeBlood (Bandido, Tracy Williams and Mark Haskins)	[3]
17	Global Wars Espectacular: Milwaukee	September 8, 2019	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Potawatomi Hotel & Casino		Rush and Jeff Cobb vs. The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Vinny Marseglia)	[3]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

See also

• ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds
• Honor Rising: Japan
• Global Wars UK
• Global Wars Espectacular
• G1 Special in USA

References

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3. "ROH And CMLL Join Forces For Global Wars Espectacular". Ring of Honor. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
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13. "Show results - 5/16 ROH vs. New Japan Night 4 in Toronto, Canada: Tour concludes with Bullet Club vs. Chaos, Nakamura vs. Strong, ROH Tag Title handicap match, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. May 16, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
14. Burgess, Mike (May 17, 2015). "5/16 ROH Global Wars Night Two live report (TV taping spoilers)". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
15. Meltzer, Dave (May 8, 2016). "ROH Global Wars 2016 live results: Jay Lethal vs. Colt Cabana; loads of NJPW stars". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
16. Caldwell, James (May 8, 2016). "5/8 ROH Global Wars PPV Results – Caldwell's Complete Live Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
17. Johnson, Mike (May 8, 2016). "Cabana vs. Lethal, new Bullet Club member announced & more: complete ROH Global Wars PPV coverage". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
18. "ROH Global Wars Buffalo live results: The Elite cuts a promo on WWE". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. October 13, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
19. Smith, Caleb (October 13, 2017). "A dog, a cat, a bird, ROH Buffalo, oh my!". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
20. Carapola, Stuart (October 13, 2017). "Complete ROH Global Wars - Pittsburgh coverage". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
21. "ROH Global Wars Pittsburgh live results: Bullet Club vs. Chaos". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
22. Johnson, Mike (October 14, 2017). "Bullet Club vs. Best Friends & Flip Gordon, Cody vs. Kushida, Lethal vs. Takahashi & more: complete ROH Global Wars: Columbus coverage". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
23. "ROH Global Wars Columbus results: Cody vs. Kushida; The Elite in action". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. October 15, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
24. Meltzer, Dave; Currier, Joseph (October 15, 2017). "ROH Global Wars Chicago live results: Kenny Omega vs. Yoshi-Hashi". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
25. Johnson, Mike (October 15, 2017). "Jimmy Jacobs returns, Bullet Club rally and more: complete ROH Global Wars: Chicago coverage". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved October 15, 2017.

External links

• Official New Japan Pro-Wrestling website (in Japanese)
• Official Ring of Honor website