Jushin Thunder Liger will be returning to Ring of Honor next month.
ROH announced on their website today that Liger will be a part of the upcoming War of the Worlds tour, the annual ROH tour where New Japan and ROH talent face off against each other. ROH said that Liger will be on all four stops of the tour. Along with Liger, all four members of Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, BUSHI, EVIL and Hiromu Takahashi) have been signed for the tour.
Liger hasn’t competed for Ring of Honor in North America since 2016, taking part in their Final Battle 2016 tour. He lost to Silas Young on that show and also lost to Jay Lethal in a match taped for television.
War of the Worlds will start on May 9 in Lowell, Massachusetts. It will continue in Toronto, Canada on May 11, May 12 in Royal Oak, Michigan and will culminate on May 13 in Chicago, Illinois. No matches have been announced as of this writing.
– The show started with a surprise appearance from Colt Cabana, who then inserted himself in the match between Josh Bodom and Kenny King.
– Kenny King defeated Josh Bodom and Colt Cabana
They had a pretty great match, which ended when King pinned Bodom. King was the face, Bodom was the heel, and Cabana did a lot of comedy as the third wheel. The crowd was behind Cabana a lot.
– Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero defeated The Briscoes
Guerrero picked up the win with a roll-up after The Briscoes worked on Bucanero for most of the match. Surprisingly, The Briscoes were booked to be heels here but the crowd was very much behind them.
– Bully Ray defeated EVIL by DQ
The audience was hot for EVIL, which continued for Los Ingobernables de Japon throughout the show. EVIL used Bully Ray’s chain for the DQ, then Bully got a table out and put EVIL through it.
Bully cut a short promo after the match and gave half of the table he broke to a kid in the crowd.
– Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI) defeated KUSHIDA, Mistico & Titan
LIJ got the biggest reaction of the night. Everyone was hugely behind them. It was a good tag match, but it was dominated by how over LIJ were. Naito hit the Destino to win.
– Hiromu Takahashi defeated Mark Haskins
This got a similar reaction to the last match. Some fans knew Haskins from his UK work, but Takahashi was very over. They had an athletic match with high-flying that Takahashi won with the Time Bomb.
– The Young Bucks & Hangman Page defeated Dalton Castle & The Boys to win the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
They had what was probably the best match of the night and did one of the most insane finishes I’ve ever seen. Page set up the Rite of Passage on one of the Boys, but the Bucks placed the other on Page’s front in the normal tombstone position. They then did a double Meltzer Driver to win the titles.
– Cody & Marty Scurll defeated The Addiction
Next was what had been advertised as the main event. The Addiction came out in kilts and were wearing Roddy Piper shirts, but they ended up turning it into a heel act.
Cody and Scurll were both very over, especially Scurll. It was a pretty average match compared to the rest of the card (but was good on its own). Scurll put Frankie Kazarian in the chicken wing while Cody hit the Cross Rhodes for the victory.
– Silas Young defeated Jay Lethal in an Edinburgh street fight
They had the second best match on the show, only beaten by the six-man tag. They used trash cans, brooms, ladders, tables, and chairs. It was brutal and everything looked genuinely believable.
It ended with Young using an AA from the top rope to put Lethal through a table and win. The only downside was that it went on longer than the crowd was up for and a lot of people were waiting for it to end so they could leave.
Ring of Honor announced today a second War of the Worlds tour, this time in the U.K., which they stated would be a joint effort between ROH, New Japan, CMLL, and Revolution Pro Wrestling.
The tour will have shows on August 17th at York Hall in London, which is Revolution Pro’s Summer Sizzler 2017 event. It will follow with a War of the Worlds branded show on August 18th in London at York Hall, an August 19th show in Liverpool at the Olympia, and an August 20th show in Edinburgh, Scotland at the Corn Exchange.
The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega recently headlined a series of small building sellout shows in the U.K. and Ireland in April and set personal merchandise selling records.
The shows will take place a few days after the completion of NJPW’s G-1 Climax tournament. The final day of that tournament is scheduled for August 13th at Sumo Hall in Tokyo.
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ROH concluded its War of the Worlds tour on Sunday night at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Four television episodes were taped, including the 300th episode.
Episode One —
– The show opened with The Young Bucks and Hangman Page doing a promo. They introduced Marty Scurll as the new Bullet Club member. Scurll said Adam Cole never saw it coming. Cole came out and said Bullet Club has a new enemy. Hangman Page challenged him to a match and Cole accepted.
– Josh Woods defeated David Starr
I think Starr was supposed to be a heel and Woods was supposed to be a face, but the crowd hated Woods and loved Starr. Starr was much better and Woods still has a little ways to go. Woods won with a rolling kneebar.
– Silas Young and Beer City Bruiser called out Jay Lethal. Lethal wanted a fight with Young, but he got a match with Beer City Bruiser instead.
– Jay Lethal defeated Beer City Bruiser by DQ
This was a decent match. Lethal had his knee taped up here from the moonsault onto the figure four at the War of the Worlds PPV, but he didn’t later on so it was probably a storyline injury. Lethal ended up on the outside, where Young (who was on commentary) started brawling with him for the DQ. Young and Bruiser teamed up on Lethal until Bobby Fish made the save.
– Cody came out for a promo. He said he had Lethal’s shoulders pinned to the mat in the figure four at the PPV, so he should be champion and wants to face Christopher Daniels.
– Cody defeated Frankie Kazarian
This was a good TV main event, with Cody winning after hitting Cross Rhodes. Hangman Page came down and they beat up Kazarian until Daniels made the save. It was weird that this had the same angle as the last match.
Episode Two —
– War Machine defeated Cheeseburger & Will Ferrara
The fans were chanting “Please don’t die” before the match started. The smaller guys got a little bit of offense and made a small comeback, but the match was mostly War Machine destroying the two of them.
War Machine did the Meng/Barbarian backdrop into a powerbomb spot, but Cheeseburger kicked out and the place went crazy. War Machine then hit the pop-up powerslam to win. They called out The Young Bucks and said they want the ROH tag titles.
This was pretty insane. Naito was mega over with basically everything he did the entire match. There was a lot of comedy with him and Bully Ray at the start. It eventually broke down into a big eight-man brawl.
Bully Ray did the “Get the tables” chant and went outside to look for tables, but while he was out of the ring, the Boys did something accidentally to Jay Briscoe and BUSHI hit him with the mist and cradled him for the flash pin.
Jay was livid with Castle and the Boys after the match and they argued to the back. Naito did his big LIJ post-match promo and the crowd loved it.
– Hangman Page defeated Adam Cole
They had a really good match. It went back and forth and there were a lot of crazy near falls towards the end. Cole went for the Panama Destroyer, but Page caught him and hit the Omori Driver. He then hit it again to win.
Page took off Todd Sinclair’s belt and started whipping Cole with it, but Kazarian came out to make the save. Cole started to have his moment again, then Scurll interrupted him and said it’s them two in a Philadelphia street fight in the dark match main event.
Episode Three —
– The Young Bucks and Hangman Page entered. Roppongi Vice then made their way out, saying they have a third man. Trent Barreta said it’s his real best friend, and it’s the Kentucky Gentleman Chuck Taylor! The place went crazy.
– Roppongi Vice & Chuck Taylor defeated The Young Bucks & Hangman Page
This was another insane match. It was basically modeled after a Young Bucks six-man in PWG. There were tons of insane moves and spots. Dissension was teased between Rocky Romero, Barreta, and Taylor, but they were all unified by the end.
The ending came when the Bucks were superkicking everyone and went to finish off Taylor with the Meltzer Driver, but Taylor hit the Awful Waffle and pinned Matt Jackson. The babyfaces all hugged after.
– Jonathan Gresham & Jay White vs. Shane Taylor & Rhett Titus ended in a DQ
White got more of a reaction here than previously, so the match against Will Ospreay at the War of the Worlds PPV probably turned some heads. This was an okay match, with Kenny King making his return and interfering for the DQ. Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin ran in and there was this huge crazy eight-man pull-apart and security guards were getting wiped out left and right.
They set up Search and Destroy (Sabin, Shelley, Gresham & White) vs. The Rebellion (Taylor, Titus, King & Coleman) at the next PPV where the losing team has to disband.
– KUSHIDA defeated Marty Scurll to win the ROH World Television Championship
They had a good TV main event, though it wasn’t on the upper-tier level that these two could probably do. There was a lot of technical work with the arms for both guys, along with some good submission teases. Scurll set up for the chicken wing until the lights went out. When they came back on, Cole was on the apron in Scurll’s ring gear with the jacket and creepy bird mask.
Scurll was distracted, then KUSHIDA hit a tornado DDT and a small package driver to win the TV title.
Episode Four —
– Silas Young & Beer City Bruiser defeated Jay Lethal & Bobby Fish
Another okay match here. There was some comedy with Bruiser where they made him run the ropes and he got blown up several times. It eventually got into a two-on-one where Lethal hit Bruiser with the Lethal Injection, but Young caught him with the TKO and pinned him.
– The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Vinny Marseglia) defeated The Boys
TK O’Ryan was out on crutches. They beat down the Boys before the match started. It seemed like they were getting revenge on the Boys because they were their opponents when O’Ryan got injured. There wasn’t much to the match. Jay Briscoe ran down to confront Castle, with Bully Ray and Mark Briscoe having to pull him back.
– Punishment Martinez defeated Joey Daddiego
Martinez won with a sit-out chokeslam in about a minute. Cheeseburger and Ferrara came down before being destroyed by Martinez. Jay White then made the save and ran him off.
– Hiroshi Tanahashi & The Addiction defeated Hirooki Goto, Will Ospreay & Gedo
Ospreay was super over, I’d say more so than Tanahashi. This wasn’t as crazy as the Bucks match from earlier, but it was a very fun six-man. Gedo and Daniels did some comedy, teasing that Daniels was Curry Man. Daniels eventually pinned Gedo after Tanahashi hit a High Fly Flow and he hit the BME.
Cody was on commentary and him and Hangman Page attacked Daniels and Kazarian after. Page kept whipping Kazarian and Cody laid out Daniels with the title belt.
Dark Match —
– Marty Scurll defeated Adam Cole in a Philadelphia street fight
This was taped for the ROH website, probably as a VOD or something. It was a fun match with some comedy and brawling. Scurll tried a One Winged Angel and the Styles Clash, but Cole countered and instead hit a Bloody Sunday DDT for the Bullet Club leader homage. The Young Bucks ran down and laid out Cole, but he was able to fight them off and double superkicked them off the apron and through a table.
Cody ran in and tried the old school powder spot before getting it knocked back in his face. Finally, Scurll had Cole on the ground. He blasted him with superkicks and umbrella shots. Cole gave him the double middle fingers and Scurll broke both fingers, did some elbows, then knocked him out in the chicken wing to win.
Cole gave a speech to the fans after the match. He said ROH was what made him fall in love with wrestling, and no matter what happens, ROH will be his home.
New Japan Pro Wrestling will be crowning the first IWGP United States Champion when the company comes to Long Beach, California in July.
The announcement was made in the ring prior to tonight’s co-branded ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds pay-per-view at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. There will be a round robin tournament held over the two nights in Long Beach to determine the first champion.
Jay Lethal was confirmed as the first entrant in the tournament. Hangman Page confronted Lethal and will likely be in as well.
The shows in California will take place on July 1st and 2nd. Aside from initial announcements about which NJPW wrestlers will be appearing, this is the biggest news that has been revealed about them so far. The cards should take shape after NJPW’s Dominion PPV on June 11th.
Both shows will air live on NJPW World. Jim Ross also posted that AXS TV is set to announce their broadcast plans for the events on May 18th. Ross wrote that fans will like what they hear.
Approximately 2,150 to 2,200 tickets per show were initially put on sale, with them selling out within hours. Limited additional seats were also added earlier this month and sold out almost instantly.
The stars of New Japan Pro Wrestling and Ring of Honor collide as War of the Worlds takes place tonight at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.
We’re looking for your thoughts on tonight’s show, so you can send a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to [email protected]
The main event will feature a three-way bout for the ROH World title as Christopher Daniels defends against both Cody and Jay Lethal. With Lethal scoring a big win over Cody recently at Supercard of Honor it would seem like he has the most momentum going in, but Daniels and Cody have also scored big victories as of late.
Other title matches include Marty Scurll defending the ROH TV title against Matt Sydal, The Young Bucks defending their ROH tag team titles against Los Ingobernables de Japon members BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito, and Chaos representatives Roppongi Vice & Hirooki Goto challenging Bully Ray & The Briscoes for the ROH six-man titles.
Highlights from the rest of the card include Adam Cole facing Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jay White squaring off against Will Ospreay, and a three-way tag featuring EVIL & SANADA facing Chris Sabin & Jonathan Gresham and War Machine.
Join us for live coverage starting at 9 p.m. ET.
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They just announced the creation of an IWGP United States heavyweight title which will be decided in a tournament on 7/1 and 7/2 in Long Beach.
KUSHIDA VS. BOBBY FISH VS. DALTON CASTLE VS. SILAS YOUNG
This was a fast match with everyone doing big moves and being broken up. Kushida and Castle were the most over. Castle pinned Fish clean after the bang-a-rang.
FRANKIE KAZARIAN VS. HANGMAN PAGE
Another rushed match. Kazarian went for a sunset flip out of the corner but Page blocked it and held the ropes and got the pin. The match was hot while it lasted. There was a spot where Page spit in Kazarian’s face, Kazarian spit back, Page blew his nose on Kazarian, Kazarian spit in Page’s mouth, but actually go ton his chin and Page then grabbed the spit and ate it. Kazarian alsodid a dive and a slingshot into a diamond cutter.
WAR MACHINE VS. CHRIS SABIN & JONATHAN GRESHAM VS. EVIL & SEIYA SANADA
This was another very good but rushed match. Really it was great while it lasted. Hanson powerslammed Sabin and did a tope on four guys and then Rowe pinned Sabin. Lots of dives. Rowe did a belly to belly overhead on Sabin & Gresham at the same time. Sanada is one of the most talented guys around. Everyone looked good here. Evil did the chair around the head and chair shot on Hanson.
WILL OSPREAY VS. JAY WHITE
This was one of the best mathes in North Ameria so far this year. Ospreay got the win after a springboard shooting star press to the floor and an Oscutter. Both got on their kneees and showed repect for each other. Fans gave them a few standing ovations. There was so much insanity here including Ospreay doing a space flying Tiger drop but White caught him and gave him a brainbuster on the apron. There were so many big spots you can’t even list them all but it was prefect timing, super hot crowd once they were about 8:00 or so in when the crowd realized how special this match was.
After the match Punishment Maritenz, gave Ospreay a kick and then choke slammed White. This was a good way to do this because people loved that match so much and how much they gave tghat it got Martinez real heat for attacking both. Martinez lost to White in Hopkins, MN so that was the reason.
BULLY RAY & BRISCOES VS. HIROOKI GOTO & ROCKY ROMERO & BARETTA FOR THE ROH SIX MAN TITLES
Another really good match. This was no DQ and there were early dives byt he Briscoes. Lots of chair shots to the head, not brutal, but way too many and needless. Super fast paced. Bully was super over. The finish saw Bully power bomb Baretta off the middle ropes through a table after the Briscoes got the tables. The Briscoes then worked with Bully to do a 3D on Romero and got the pin. Bully and Goto did the Japanese trading of elbows in the middle in between all the chair shots that Mark and Baretta were taking. Baretta also did a great dive and Mark did a moonsault tothe floor, a blockbuster off the apron and elbow off the apron among his spots. .
MARTY SCURLL VS. MATT SYDAL FOR TV TITLE
Another very good match. It was tough coming off those last two matches. Sydal did some cool huracanranas standing and jumping on the top rope and another coming off a suplex by Scurll. Of course Scurll’s big spot was the finger break. The finish saw Sydal go for the shooting star press, but Scurll go this knees up and then got the chicken wing for the submission.
YOUNG BUCKS VS. TETSUYA NAITO & BUSHI FOR TAG TITLES.
Another very good match. It wasn’t as long as most Bucks title matches but all action. Bushi blew mist in Matt’s eyes but he superkicked Naito, Bushi, Nick and the ref. Naito did most of his stuff. He did the destino on Matt but Nick saved with a swanton. The finish saw Nick take out Naito with a springboard flip dive and they pinned Bushi with the Meltzer driver.
They talked about the U.S. title tournament and announced Jay Lethal as the first entrant. Hangman Page confornted him so he’ll be in as well.
HIROSHI TANAHASHI VS. ADAM COLE
They pushed this as one of the best champions in ROH history against the best champion in New Japan. Colt Cabana teased Cole leaving saying that Tanahashi was Cole’s dream match and maybe he’ll go somewhere else. They had a very good match, not the level of almost any Tanahashi match,but still good. The crowd was really into it and they did a good enough match but not a great match. Tanahashi won with a high fly flow.. .
The Bucks came out and teased superkickcing him but isead hugged him. They called this the curtain call. The lights then went out. Kenny Omega was on the screen. Omega made fun of the curtain call. Omega said he was disappointed at the Young Bucks. The same man who tired to fire you is being showered with adulation. Omega said to Cole that your tenure in Bullet Club and pro wreslting has been long and storied. In every fairy tail there has to be a hero and haves to be a villain. Omega was with Scurll. Omega fired him and they teased Scurll replacing him in Bullet Club. The lights went on and Scurll was in the ring with a Bullet Club umbrella. The Young Bucks then superkicked Cole and Scurll had a Bullet Club t-shirt. Scurll nailed Cole with a hard umbbrella shot and the Bucks both kissed Cole. They talked about how Cole poisoned Nick whcih was a storyline on Being the Elite.
CHRISTOPHER DANIELS VS. CODY VS. JAY LETHAL FOR ROH TITLE
Daniels retained the title. Cody had Lethal in the figure four and Daniels did the best moonsault ever on Cody and pinned him. Daniels had been taken out a minute earlier when Daniels knoked daneils off the apron through a table. Rhodes kicked out of the Lethal injection and then Lethal kicked out of crossroads. Lethal did a tope early where he hurt his knee but until very late when Rhodes used the figure our, and one dragon screw, nobody really worked on the knee. They pushed the idea that Daniels outsmarted everyone enroute to winnning. Shorter than most world title matches and it was fine. Really nothing on this show could touch with Ospreay match. They ended right at the three hour mark so to get all these matches on the show they had to rush everything.
They announced the next PPV for 6-23 in Lowell, A.
– Kelly Klein won a dark match before the show started.
– Dalton Castle defeated Bobby Fish
Castle hit the Bang-a-Rang to win a good opener.
– Jay White & Motor City Machine Guns defeated The Rebellion
People were into MCMG in Michigan and Shane Taylor got a good response from the crowd tonight. The match was all action, with Jay White looking very good.
– Silas Young defeated KUSHIDA
Young won clean with his finisher. This was good, though it wasn’t great.
– War Machine defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jay Lethal
Lethal took the pin. The match was good, with Tanahashi working hard again tonight. I think some fans were upset with some of the NJPW guys losing as much as they did as they were really over, more so than in Toronto.
– ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions Bully Ray & The Briscoes defeated EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI to retain their titles
BUSHI got put through a table by a Dudley bomb for the finish. EVIL and SANADA were accidentally hit by the green mist leading up to that. The match was declared a “no disqualification match” by Bully Ray at the start. It was a wild brawl mostly. Bully Ray was over huge tonight, giving away the broken pieces of table heading into intermission.
ROH didn’t play up that this was their six-man tag champs against the NEVER six-man tag champions at all despite both teams bringing their belts.
– Tetsuya Naito defeated Punishment Martinez
Naito hit the Destino to win after Martinez countered the move earlier. This was okay.
– Cheeseburger defeated Beer City Bruiser, Marty Scurll, Frankie Kazarian, Will Ferrara, Gedo, and Vinny Marseglia in an Instant Reward Proving Ground match
Cheeseburger pinned Beer City Bruiser to get an immediate shot at Scurll’s TV title. This had lots of comedy, including Gedo forming a “tag team” with Scurll and a “human centipede” of head scissors that got reversed by Scurll and everyone sold big. Marseglia got on the mic and added himself to the match before it started. It was very entertaining.
– ROH World Television Champion Marty Scurll defeated Cheeseburger to retain his title
Scurll submitted Cheeseburger with the crossface chicken wing in a quick match.
– ROH World Champion Christopher Daniels defeated Matt Taven to retain his title
Daniels won with the Best Moonsault Ever in a better match than expected. Both guys worked hard and this would’ve been a great match, but nobody thought Taven could win, even though everyone was into it at the end.
Taven busted Daniels’ nose with a knee strike at one point and it bled for the rest of the match and may have been broken.
– Hirooki Goto, Will Ospreay & Roppongi Vice defeated Cody, Hangman Page & The Young Bucks
Ospreay pinned Nick Jackson after hitting a double OsCutter on both Bucks. The match went around 25:00. It was another very good multi-man match from the Bucks, but more serious with less comedy than usual.
Ospreay was the star of the night by far, and his performance in this match was nothing short of incredible, doing all of his usual flying stuff. He did a double reverse hurricanrana on the Bucks and the spectacular finishing move. I took a friend who doesn’t follow modern wrestling and all he could talk about was Ospreay on the ride home. It was a very good main event.
To take nothing away from The Young Bucks at all, without Kenny Omega their reaction coming out was nothing compared to Toronto. In fact, Cody might have got the most cheers coming out for their team.
– Rhett Titus & Caprice Coleman defeated Motor City Machine Guns
– Hirooki Goto defeated Shane Taylor
The crowd heat for this was lacking as some people didn’t really buy into Taylor or perhaps didn’t know who he was. This might have been the weakest match on the card.
– Dalton Castle & The Boys defeated RPG Vice & Gedo
This had lots of comedy. Castle was really over with the Toronto crowd.
– Bully Ray defeated Hangman Page and Punishment Martinez
They had a good triple threat match. Of course, Bully Ray was over with the fans. He did classic Dudley Boyz spots with Page filling the role of D-Von.
– Cody defeated Will Ospreay
Both guys were really over and this match was super hot. Ospreay used a lot of his signature high spots, but toned things down a bit from the type of matches he was having last year. Cody was solid in his role and they had a good back and forth match.
This had an interesting dynamic given that both teams are heels. They had The Kingdom cut a heel promo on the crowd to counter that, making fun of the audience and the Toronto Raptors. Los Ingobernables de Japon (especially Naito) ended up being very over with the crowd anyway.
Naito hit the Destino on Marseglia to get the win. The match lacked heat a bit because no one bought that the Los Ingobernables team would lose.
– The Briscoes defeated EVIL & SANADA and Beer City Bruiser & Silas Young
The Briscoes ended up getting the win in this triple threat tag match. SANADA has quite the presence. The crowd wasn’t really into Beer City Bruiser and Young, but they managed to win the audience over with high spots of their own.
– KUSHIDA defeated Jay Lethal
This was my favorite match of the night. It was really strong and they did a lot of pure wrestling. It went back and forth as they did some great counters. KUSHIDA nailed the Lethal Injection on Lethal at one point.
– The Elite (Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi & The Addiction (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian)
No one on this show was as over as The Elite. They were like rock stars to the crowd. As over as the Bucks were when they entered the ring, it was nothing compared to Omega. It’s just amazing to see how much has changed in a year.
The match was full of crazy high spots and it never let up. The crowd was unglued for the whole thing, and it must have gone 30 minutes at least. Daniels was going to nail Omega with the championship belt at one point, but Cody ran in and grabbed the title from behind to make the save. The match finished with Omega hitting the One Winged Angel on Daniels for the pin.
Ring of Honor officially announced three dates for the upcoming 2017 War of the Worlds tour with New Japan Pro Wrestling.
The dates announced were May 7th at the Ted Reeve Arena in Toronto, May 10th at the Dearborn, Michigan Ford Community and Arts Center, and May 14th as a television taping at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia.
No names were announced for the shows but all three events are expected to sell out.
Tickets will go on sale on Wednesday for ROH Ringside Members and on January 20th to the general public.
There may be one date added to the list as we had heard it was a four show tour.
The War of the Worlds shows have been a staple of the relationship between ROH and NJPW since they began in 2014. This will be the fourth straight year of ROH and NJPW putting on the shows together.