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SEVEN NEW JAPAN STARS ANNOUNCED FOR MAY ROH EVENTS INCLUDING GLOBAL WARS PPV

By Mike Johnson on 2016-04-17 13:07:00

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Ring of Honor released the New Japan talents who are currently confirmed for the May joint events with New Japan Pro Wrestling.  Appearing on 5/8 at the Global Wars PPV in Chicago, 5/9 in Dearborn, Michigan, 5/11 in Toronto and 5/14 in NYC are:

*IWGP Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito, making his first ROH appearances since winning the belt.

*ROH TV champion Tomohiro Ishii.

*IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion KUSHIDA

*Kazuchika Okada.

*Hiroshi Tanahashi.

*Jushin Liger.

There may additional names added to the tour if working visas are approved in time.  For those who have asked about Kenny Omega and Shibata working the tour, that's why nothing has been announced for them.  Stay tuned.

For ticket information on all the events (except NYC, which is sold out), visit www.rohwrestling.com.

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