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[TBdaGhost]

They saying Cole was supposed to wrestle Shibata too but Cole can't make it

 

[Tanahashi Coates]

Delirious vs. Gedo

A booker match?

 

[Silkk]

Damn that Tanahashi-Omega match was good, Tanahashi is truly one of the all time goats.

Gotta give it up for dude, i've come around on him. Loyal & puts in that work

 

[Silkk]

Jacked this from ROHWORLD.com


Ring of Honor returns to Japan for the first time since 2008 for two big shows at the world-famous Korakuen Hall!!

Both events will be airing LIVE on NJPWWorld.



ROH Honor Rising 2016: Night 1
Tokyo, Japan 2/19/16

- ROH World Television Title - Roderick Strong vs. Tomohiro Ishii
- ROH World Champion Jay Lethal (with Truth Martini) & Tetsuya Naito vs. CHAOS (IWGP Heavyweight Champion "Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI
- The Briscoes vs. The Bullet Club (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows)
- Six-Man Tag - NEVER Openweight Champion Katsuyori Shibata & reDRagon vs. The Bullet Club: Elite (IWGP Intercontinental Champion Kenny Omega & IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks)
- Eight-Man Tag - Hiroshi Tanahashi, "Unbreakable" Michael Elgin, IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Tomoaki Honma, & Moose vs. The Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Yujiro Takahashi, & Cody Hall)
- IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion KUSHIDA vs. Frankie Kazarian
- Delirious vs. Gedo
- Jushin "Thunder" Liger & Matt Sydal vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Dalton Castle

ROH Honor Rising 2016: Night 2
Tokyo, Japan 2/20/16

- ROH World Title - Jay Lethal (with Truth Martini) vs. IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Tomoaki Honma
- NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles - Toru Yano & The Briscoes vs. The Bullet Club: Elite (IWGP Intercontinental Champion Kenny Omega & IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks)
- Six-Man Tag - Hiroshi Tanahashi, "Unbreakable" Michael Elgin, & ROH World TV Champion Roderick Strong vs. CHAOS (IWGP Heavyweight Champion "Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, & YOSHI-HASHI)
- IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion KUSHIDA & Moose vs. Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI)
- Eight-Man Tag - Hirooki Goto, Katsuyori Shibata & reDRagon vs. The Bullet Club (Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Bad Luck Fale, & Tama Tonga)
- Dalton Castle vs. Frankie Kazarian
- Jushin "Thunder" Liger & Matt Sydal vs. Delirious & Gedo
- David Finlay vs. Jay White

Cool shows, i'll definitely watch. My only issue is them burning out the uniqueness of the ROH/NJPW shows. They've already done WK10, the 2 shows this week, have the 2 shows coming next week, then a week later the 14th anniversary, then War Of The Worlds/Global Wars which i believe are 4 shows total this year if not more. Plus the Bucks, ReDragon, Elgin, & now the Briscoes are all gonna be pretty much NJPW half timers, like Omega will be in ROH.

They saying Cole was supposed to wrestle Shibata too but Cole can't make it

Alleged family/personal issue but i'm thinking it's something else cause dude has never been to Japan....at least since the talent share started

 

[TBdaGhost]

Cool shows, i'll definitely watch. My only issue is them burning out the uniqueness of the ROH/NJPW shows. They've already done WK10, the 2 shows this week, have the 2 shows coming next week, then a week later the 14th anniversary, then War Of The Worlds/Global Wars which i believe are 4 shows total this year if not more. Plus the Bucks, ReDragon, Elgin, & now the Briscoes are all gonna be pretty much NJPW half timers, like Omega will be in ROH.



Alleged family/personal issue but i'm thinking it's something else cause dude has never been to Japan....at least since the talent share started

I agree doing it so much kind of ruins the specialness of it. Hopefully they can keep the matchups fresh. Theyre really going all out with this partnership.

I don't know about Cole but it sucks he's not there either way. No War Machine either, not that I'm complaining lol

 

[HollywoodP]

They saying Cole was supposed to wrestle Shibata too but Cole can't make it

 

[Adam3000]

I didnt know Tana/Omega went down already

Gonna need to search for video

 

[stro]

JWA Collection 1957-1971

Here it is brehs. JWA 1957-1971 collection. Full matches, history, and gifs.

Lou Thesz vs Rikidozan NWA Championship 10/13/57
Rikidozan vs The Destroyer 12/2/63
The Destroyer vs Toyonobori WWA Championship 2/26/65
Giant Baba vs Bruno Sammartino NWA International Championship 3/7/67
Giant Baba vs Gene Kiniski NWA International Championship 8/14/67
The Destroyer vs Giant Baba 3/5/69
Dory Funk Jr. vs Antonio Inoki 8/2/70 NWA Championship
Antonio Inoki vs The Destroyer 5/19/71
Jack Brisco vs Antonio Inoki UN Championship 8/5/71

Some CLASSIC stuff here. In every sense of the word. Can't overstate how big and important the Rikidozan matches were. Then you go all the way up to the Inoki/Brisco match, which was clearly Maeda's favorite match, and how that grew into MMA in Japan. The Destroyer is so great. Thesz was so great. Brisco was so great. Baba was fascinating to watch. There is so much greatness in this. Of all the stupid and depressing amount of wrestling I've watched, documented, and giffed in the last few years, I think this is my favorite thing.

 

[TOAD99]

Tana/Omega was piff. Wasn't sure who would take it but the right guy won

That title is looking dirty as fukk. Cleaner gotta clean that.

 

[Silkk]

Brehs, i'm trying to buy some NJPW replicas. Help

 

[Silkk]

And an Okada jacket

 

[3Rivers]

Omega/Tanahashi

KUSHIDA/BUSHI

Wonder if BUSHI will ever bust out the yellow mist?

Who could Tonga's partner be?

 

[3Rivers]

 

[3Rivers]

 

[TBdaGhost]

Shibata and Redragon is such a sick team.

Hopefully with them doing all these joint shows we get some actual fueds out of it. It could be incredible if they do it well