ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds (2016)
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Attendance | Night 1: 1,200[1] Night 2: 1,500[2] Night 3: 1,200[3] | ||
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War of the Worlds (2016) was a
The tour's three events took place on May 9 at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in
Production
Role: | Name: |
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Commentators | Kevin Kelly |
Steve Corino | |
Nigel McGuinness | |
Ring announcers | Bobby Cruise |
Referees | Brian Gorie |
Marty Asami | |
Paul Turner | |
Tiger Hattori | |
Todd Sinclair |
Background
In February 2014, the American
On February 4, 2016, ROH officially announced the War of the Worlds tour, taking place on May 9 in
Storylines
The War of the Worlds tour featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[23]
The May 9 Dearborn event was advertised as being headlined by a tag team match between
The May 11 Toronto event was advertised as being main evented by Jay Lethal taking on
The May 14 New York City event was advertised as being main evented by a six-man tag team match, where a New Japan Pro-Wrestling "All Stars" team, made up of Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii, would take on a Ring of Honor "All Stars" team, made up of Jay Briscoe, Jay Lethal and
Results
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Notes
See also
References
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