G1 Supercard
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| Promotion | Ring of Honor New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | April 6, 2019 | ||
| City | New York City, New York | ||
| Venue | Madison Square Garden | ||
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G1 Supercard is an upcoming professional wrestling supershow co-produced by the American Ring of Honor (ROH) and Japanese New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotions. It will be the 13th annual Supercard of Honor event and it will take place on April 6, 2019, at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The event will be streamed live on Honor Club, FITE TV, New Japan Pro-Wrestling World, and broadcast live on PPV.
The card will have between eight to ten matches.[1] One of the matches will see Jay White defend the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against the winner of the New Japan Cup.
Production
Background
In June 2018, it was officially announced that Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro-Wrestling would be running a show at Madison Square Garden.[2] One month later, it was reported that the event would have been canceled due to interference by WWE.[3] The issues were eventually resolved and tickets went on sale for the event in August. During the pre-sale, 60% of tickets were sold,[4] with the remaining of the 15,000 tickets selling within 16 minutes of going on sale.[5] The G1 Supercard will be the first professional wrestling event at Madison Square Garden by a promotion not owned by the McMahon family since November 14, 1960.[6]
Storylines
G1 Supercard will feature professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[7]
At The New Beginning in Osaka, Jay White defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the first time. It was announced the following day that White will make his first title defense at G1 Supercard against the winner of the New Japan Cup.
On the second night of the Honor Rising: Japan 2019 supershow, the Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) won the IWGP Tag Team Championship for the fifth time, while in the main event ten-time title holders The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) successfully defended the ROH World Tag Team Championship. Following the main event match, Jay and Mark Briscoe challenged Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa to a winner takes all match for both of the teams' respective titles at G1 Supercard. The Guerrillas of Destiny then came out, confronting the Briscoes and accepting the challenge. On the following day, NJPW officially announced a match between the IWGP and ROH champions, noting that Jay and Mark Briscoe still have a defense scheduled before the show against Villain Enterprises (PCO and Brody King). Therefore, the winner of that match will advance to G1 Supercard to face the Guerrillas of Destiny.
On the NJPW's 47th Anniversary Event, Taiji Ishimori successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Jyushin Thunder Liger. After the match, he issued an open challenge to an ROH wrestler for a match at G1 Supercard. The challenge was accepted by Dragon Lee, representing Mexico's Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion - a longtime partner of both NJPW and ROH. On the following day, Bandido expressed the intention of joining the title match representing ROH. Later that day, a three-way match for the title was officially announced.
On March 9, it was announced that both ROH and NJPW wrestlers would compete in an Honor Rumble match as part of the G1 Supercard pre-show.
Matches
| No. | Matches*[12] | Stipulations | ||||
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| 1 | Honor Rumble | Rumble rules battle royal[8] | ||||
| 2 | Jay White (c) vs. New Japan Cup winner | Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship[9] | ||||
| 3 | Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) (IWGP) vs. The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) (ROH) | Winner takes all tag team match for both the IWGP Tag Team Championship and ROH World Tag Team Championship[10] | ||||
| 4 | Taiji Ishimori (c) vs. Dragon Lee vs. Bandido | Three-way match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship[11] | ||||
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Announced Honor Rumble participants
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See also
- 2019 in professional wrestling
- List of Ring of Honor pay-per-view events
- List of NJPW pay-per-view events
References
- ^ "G1 SUPERCARD" (in Japanese). Retrieved February 13, 2019.
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- ^ "ROH and NJPW Stars To Compete In Honor Rumble On G1 Supercard Pre-Show". Ring of Honor. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ^ "現地時間・4月6日（土）マディソン・スクエア・ガーデン大会にて、IWGPヘビー級選手権が実現！『NEW JAPAN CUP』優勝者が"王者"ジェイ・ホワイトに挑戦！" (in Japanese). New Japan Pro-Wrestling. February 12, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
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- ^ "G1 Supercard". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved February 13, 2019.