Global Wars

Global Wars is a professional wrestling event held annually since 2012 by the American Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion. 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
Other name(s)Border Wars (2012–2013)
Promotion(s)Ring of Honor
Pro Wrestling Noah (2013)
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2014–2018)
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2019) (Global Wars Espectacular)
First eventBorder 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) versus Kevin Steen for the ROH World Championship [4][5]
2 Border Wars (2013) May 4, 2013 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Ted Reeve Arena   Jay Briscoe (c) versus Adam Cole for the ROH World Championship [6][7]
3 Global Wars (2014) May 10, 2014 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Ted Reeve Arena 1,500 Adam Cole (c) versus Kevin Steen for the ROH World Championship [8][9][10]
4 Global Wars '15: Night 1 May 15, 2015 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Ted Reeve Arena 1,500 Bullet Club (A.J. Styles, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) versus ROH All Stars (Hanson, Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe, Ray Rowe and Roderick Strong) [11][12]
5 Global Wars '15: Night 2 May 16, 2015 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Ted Reeve Arena 1,500 Bullet Club (A.J. Styles, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) versus 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) versus 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) versus The Kingdom (Matt Taven, TK 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) versus 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) versus 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) versus 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 versus Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Evil, Sanada and Bushi)  
12 Global Wars 2018: Lowell November 8, 2018 Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell Memorial Auditorium   Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham versus Chris Sabin and Kushida versus The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) versus The Kingdom (TK 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) versus Best Friends (Beretta and Chuckie T.) versus The Elite (Cody and Hangman Page)  
14 Global Wars 2018: Toronto November 11, 2018 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Mattamy Athletic Centre   Jay Lethal (c) versus Kenny King for the ROH World Championship  
15 Global Wars Espectacular: Dearborn September 6, 2019 Dearborn, Michigan Ford Community & Performing Arts Center   Bandido versus 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) versus 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 versus The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Vinny Marseglia) [3]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

See also

References
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