Honor Rising: Japan 2018
# Honor Rising: Japan 2018

Honor Rising: Japan 2018 was a two-day professional wrestling "supershow" event co-produced by the Japanese New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and American Ring of Honor (ROH) promotions. The shows took place on February 23 and 24, 2018, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Continuing the partnership between NJPW and ROH, these were the second annual Honor Rising: Japan shows co-produced by NJPW and ROH.

## Storylines

Other on-screen personnel :

| Role: | Name: |
| - | - |
| Commentators | Chris Charlton (English-language announcer) |
| Commentators | Don Callis (English-language announcer) |
| Commentators | Kevin Kelly (English-language announcer) |
| Ring announcers | Makoto Abe |
| Referees | Kenta Sato |
| Referees | Marty Asami |
| Referees | Red Shoes Unno |
| Referees | Tiger Hattori |

Honor Rising: Japan 2018 featured professional wrestling matches, involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on ROH's and NJPW's television programs. Wrestlers portrayed villains or heroes as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

## Results

### February 23

| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Katsuya Kitamura and Toa Henare | Tag team match | 7:20 |
| 2 | Delirious, Jushin Thunder Liger and Cheeseburger defeated Bullet Club (Hikuleo, Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa) | Six-man tag team match | 7:08 |
| 3 | The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated David Finlay and Juice Robinson | Tag Team match | 12:05 |
| 4 | Flip Gordon defeated Kushida and Hiromu Takahashi | Three-way match | 12:48 |
| 5 | Chaos (Yoshi-Hashi, Chuckie T. and Jay White) defeated Dalton Castle, Ryusuke Taguchi and Jay Lethal | Six-man tag team match | 10:10 |
| 6 | Hirooki Goto (c) defeated Beer City Bruiser | Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship | 13:38 |
| 7 | Bullet Club (Cody, Hangman Page and Marty Scurll) defeated The Elite (Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega and Chase Owens) | Six-man tag team match | 20:30 |
| (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match ||||

### February 24

| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Beer City Bruiser defeated Toa Henare | Singles match | 4:25 |
| 2 | David Finlay, Juice Robinson and Jay Lethal defeated Bullet Club (Hikuleo, Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi) | Six-man tag team match | 6:35 |
| 3 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi and Flip Gordon | Tag team match | 10:17 |
| 4 | Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) (c) defeated Delirious, Jushin Thunder Liger and Cheeseburger | Six-man tag team match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship | 9:16 |
| 5 | Bullet Club (Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson and Hangman Page) defeated Chaos (Yoshi-Hashi, Chuckie T. and Jay White) | Six-man tag team match | 12:35 |
| 6 | Dalton Castle (c) defeated Beretta and Beer City Bruiser | Three-way match for the ROH World Championship | 16:00 |
| 7 | Golden☆Lovers (Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega) defeated Bullet Club (Cody and Marty Scurll) | Tag Team match | 20:15 |
| (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match ||||
