Honor Rising: Japan 2019 is an upcoming two-day "supershow" event co-produced by the Japanese New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and American Ring of Honor (ROH) promotions. The shows will take place on February 22 and 23 2019, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Continuing the partnership between NJPW and ROH, these were the third annual Honor Rising: Japan shows co-produced by NJPW and ROH.
Production
Background
Honor Rising: Japan 2019 was officially announced by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) on November 21, 2018. On February 4, 2019, it was announced that the event would be broadcasted by Fighting TV Samurai. On February 12, NJPW announced the ROH wrestlers taking part in the events; Dalton Castle, ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions The Kingdom (Matt Taven, Vinny Marseglia and TK O'Ryan) and Marty Scurll, The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe), Cheeseburguer, ROH World Television Tag Team Champion Jeff Cobb, Colt Cabana, Jonathan Gresham, Delirious and Jay Lethal. For Gresham, Marseglia, TK O'Ryan and Cabana, the shows would mark their first NJPW appearances.
Cards and the rest of the NJPW participants for the shows were released on February 12. The shows are set to feature six title matches. On the first show, Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe and Toru Yano defending the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship agaisnt Delirious, Colt Cabana and Cheeseburger, Will Ospreay defending the NEVER Openweight Championship against Dalton Castle and Jeff Cobb defending the ROH World Television Championship against Hirooki Goto. On the second show, Jay Lethal will defend the ROH World Championship against TK O'Ryan, Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL and SANADA) defending the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa) and The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) defending the ROH World Tag Team Championship against Lifeblood (David Finlay and Juice Robinson).
The shows would air worldwide through NJPW's internet streaming site, New Japan Pro Wrestling World, with English commentary provided by Kevin Kelly and Rocky Romero and on Ring of Honor internet streaming site, Honor Club with English commentary provided by Ian Riccaboni and on Fighting TV Samurai.
Storylines
In the IWGP Tag Team Championship match, Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL and SANADA) will make their second title defense against Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa). On January 4, 2019, at Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome, the Guerrillas of Destiny lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship to EVIL and SANADA in a three-way tag team match involving The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson). On February 11, the Guerrillas of Destiny challenged EVIL and SANADA to reatch for their titles. The title match was made official on the next day.
In the ROH World Television Championship match, Jeff Cobb will defend the title against Hirooki Goto. On January 5, 2019, at New Years Dash, Cobb and Goto would ingnite their former feud after a brief confrontation, between one another. Cobb and Goto were previously scheduled to face each other in champion versus champion match, where Goto held the NEVER Openweight Championship during the Lion's Break Project at CharaExpo USA 2018, but the match would be canceled due to Cobb having a flight delay. On February 12, NJPW announced the reamtch between the two for the ROH World Television Championship.
Matches
Night 1
| # | Results | Stipulations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ren Narita vs. Marty Scurll | Singles match | |
| 2 | Shota Umino vs. Zack Sabre Jr. | Singles match | |
| 3 | Jonathan Gresham and Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori and Robbie Eagles) | Tag Team match | |
| 4 | Toa Henare, Tomoaki Honma, David Finlay and Juice Robinson vs. Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe, Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa | Eight-man tag team match | |
| 5 | Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe and Toru Yano (c) vs. Delirious, Colt Cabana and Cheeseburger | Six-man tag team match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship | |
| 6 | Will Ospreay (c) vs. Dalton Castle | Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship | |
| 7 | Jeff Cobb (c) vs. Hirooki Goto | Singles match for the ROH World Television Championship | |
| 8 | Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Jay Lethal vs. The Kingdom (Matt Taven, Vinny Marseglia and TK O'Ryan) | Six-man tag team match | |
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Night 2
| # | Results | Stipulations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ren Narita, Shota Umino and Yota Tsuji vs. Delirious, Colt Cabana and Cheeseburger | Six-man tag team match | |
| 2 | Jonathan Gresham and Toa Henare vs. Suzuki-gun (Taka Michinoku and Zack Sabre Jr.) | Tag team match | |
| 3 | Marty Scurll vs. Robbie Eagles | Singles match | |
| 4 | CHAOS (Hirooki Goto and Will Ospreay) vs. Dalton Castle and Jeff Cobb | Tag team match | |
| 5 | Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito) vs. The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Vinny Marseglia) | Tag team match | |
| 6 | Jay Lethal (c) vs. TK O'Ryan | Singles match for the ROH World Championship | |
| 7 | Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL and SANADA) (c) vs. Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa) | Tag Team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship | |
| 8 | The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) (c) vs. Lifeblood (David Finlay and Juice Robinson) | Tag Team match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship | |
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