Global Wars UK

Global Wars UK is an annual professional wrestling supershow co-produced by the Japanese New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and British Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW) promotions. The two promotions established a partnership in July 2015 as part of NJPW's "New IWGP Conception."[1][2][3] All editions of the show have been archived on New Japan's NJPW World streaming service.

Events

#	Event	Date	City	Venue	Attendance	Main event	Ref(s)
1	Global Wars UK	October 3, 2015	Reading, Berkshire	Rivermead Leisure Complex	N/A	AJ Styles (c) versus Jyushin Thunder Liger for the British Heavyweight Championship	[4]
2	Global Wars UK 2016 Night 1	November 10, 2016	Bethnal Green, London	York Hall	N/A	Zack Sabre Jr. (c) versus Katsuyori Shibata for the British Heavyweight Championship	[5]
3	Global Wars UK 2016 Night 2	November 11, 2016	Walthamstow, London	Waltham Forest Town Hall	1,120	Katsuyori Shibata (c) versus Chris Hero for the British Heavyweight Championship	[6]
4	Global Wars UK 2017 Night 1	November 9, 2017	Bethnal Green, London	York Hall	N/A	Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Will Ospreay) versus Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.)	[7]
5	Global Wars UK 2017 Night 2	November 10, 2017	Walthamstow, London	Waltham Forest Town Hall	N/A	Zack Sabre Jr. (c) versus Will Ospreay for the British Heavyweight Championship	[8]
6	Global Wars UK 2018	October 14, 2018	Bethnal Green, London	Brixton Recreation Centre	N/A	Minoru Suzuki (c) versus Tomohiro Ishii for the British Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2015

Global Wars UK
Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling Revolution Pro Wrestling
Date	October 3, 2015[4]
City	Reading, United Kingdom[4]
Venue	Rivermead Leisure Complex[4]
Global Wars UK chronology
← Previous First Next → Global Wars UK 2016 Night 1

No.	Results[4]	Stipulations	Times[4]
1	Tetsuya Naito defeated Kushida and Martin Kirby	Three-way match	12:18
2	Gideon Grey defeated Gedo	Singles match	8:40
3	Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) defeated The Thrillers (Joel Redman and Mark Haskins)	Tag team match	12:04
4	Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Marty Scurll	Singles match	17:20
5	Bullet Club (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) defeated The Revolutionists (James Castle and Sha Samuels)	Tag team match	7:09
6	Kazuchika Okada defeated Will Ospreay	Singles match	15:49
7	Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Big Damo	Singles match	14:25
8	AJ Styles (c) defeated Jyushin Thunder Liger	Singles match for the British Heavyweight Championship	15:04

2016

Night 1

Global Wars UK 2016 Night 1
Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling Revolution Pro Wrestling
Date	November 10, 2016[5]
City	Bethnal Green, United Kingdom[5]
Venue	York Hall[5]
Global Wars UK chronology
← Previous Global Wars UK Next → Global Wars UK 2016 Night 2

No.	Results[5]	Stipulations	Times[5]
1	Marty Scurll defeated Jyushin Thunder Liger	Singles match	13:35
2	Tomoaki Honma defeated Sha Samuels	Singles match	6:57
3	Yuji Nagata defeated Pete Dunne	Singles match	11:55
4	Chris Hero defeated Tomohiro Ishii	Singles match	13:35
5	Will Ospreay defeated Bushi	Singles match	11:11
6	Los Ingobernables de Japon (Evil, Sanada, and Tetsuya Naito) defeated David Starr and Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate)	Six-man tag team match	14:50
7	Katsuyori Shibata defeated Zack Sabre Jr. (c)	Singles match for the British Heavyweight Championship	16:39

Night 2

Global Wars UK 2016 Night 2
Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling Revolution Pro Wrestling
Date	November 11, 2016[6]
City	Walthamstow, United Kingdom[6]
Venue	Waltham Forest Town Hall[6]
Attendance	1,120
Global Wars UK chronology
← Previous Global Wars UK 2016 Night 1 Next → Global Wars UK 2017 Night 1

No.	Results[6]	Stipulations	Times[6]
1	Charlie Garrett and Joel Redman defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi and Evil)	Tag team match	9:44
2	Josh Bodom defeated Tomoaki Honma	Singles match	10:35
3	Yuji Nagata defeated Trent Seven	Singles match	10:50
4	Will Ospreay defeated Jyushin Thunder Liger	Singles match	9:49
5	Tomohiro Ishii defeats Pete Dunne	Singles match	12:25
6	Los Ingobernables de Japon (Sanada and Tetsuya Naito) defeated LDRS of the New School (Marty Scurll and Zack Sabre Jr.)	Tag team match	18:44
7	Katsuyori Shibata (c) defeated Chris Hero	Singles match for the British Heavyweight Championship	13:18

2017

Night 1

Global Wars UK 2017 Night 1
Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling Revolution Pro Wrestling
Date	November 9, 2017[7]
City	Bethnal Green, United Kingdom[7]
Venue	York Hall[7]
Global Wars UK chronology
← Previous Global Wars UK 2016 Night 2 Next → Global Wars UK 2017 Night 2

No.	Results[7]	Stipulations
1	Ryan Smile defeated Bushi and Josh Bodom (c)	Three-way match for the British Cruiserweight Championship
2	Chaos (Gedo and Toru Yano) defeated Gideon Grey and No Fun Dunne	Tag team match
3	Matt Riddle defeated El Desperado	Singles match
4	Tetsuya Naito defeated Marty Scurll	Singles match
5	Yuji Nagata defeated Zack Gibson	Singles match
6	CCK (Chris Brookes and Travis Banks) defeated Chaos (Rocky Romero and Yoshi-Hashi)	Tag team match
7	Tomohiro Ishii defeated Keith Lee	Singles match
8	Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Will Ospreay) defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.)	Tag team match
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Night 2

Global Wars UK 2017 Night 2
Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling Revolution Pro Wrestling
Date	November 10, 2017[9]
City	Walthamstow, United Kingdom[8]
Venue	Waltham Forest Town Hall[8]
Global Wars UK chronology
← Previous Global Wars UK 2017 Night 1 Next → Global Wars UK 2018

No.	Results[9]	Stipulations
1	CCK (Chris Brookes, Kid Lykos, and Travis Banks) defeated Chaos (Gedo, Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi)	Six-man tag team match
2	Toru Yano defeated Zack Gibson	Singles match
3	Josh Bodom defeated Rocky Romero	Singles match
4	Tomohiro Ishii defeated Dave Mastiff	Singles match
5	Ryan Smile (c) defeated El Desperado	Singles match for British Cruiserweight Championship
6	Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Keith Lee and Yuji Nagata	Tag team match
7	Minoru Suzuki defeated Matt Riddle	Singles match
8	Zack Sabre Jr. (c) defeated Will Ospreay	Singles match for the British Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2018

Global Wars UK 2018
Promotion	Revolution Pro Wrestling New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date	October 14, 2018[10]
City	London, United Kingdom
Venue	Brixton Recreation Centre
Event chronology
← Previous Live at The Cockpit 33 Next → Uprising
Global Wars UK chronology
← Previous Global Wars UK 2017 Night 2 Next → —

No.	Results[11]	Stipulations	Times
1	Kushida defeated Kurtis Chapman	Singles match	13:03
2	Los Ingobernables de Japon (Evil and Sanada) defeated Ringkampf (Timothy Thatcher and Walter)	Tag team match[12]	12:40
3	Great O-Kharn (with Lord Gideon Grey) defeats Rishi Ghosh	Singles match	10:21
4	Tetsuya Naito defeated Chris Brookes	Singles match[13]	11:52
5	Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Hirooki Goto	Singles match[14]	14:52
6	Satoshi Kojima defeated Mark Davis	Singles match[15]	9:33
7	El Phantasmo defeated Rocky Romero	Singles match[16]	10:33
8	Chris Ridgeway defeated Will Ospreay	Singles match[17]	14:35
9	Tomohiro Ishii defeated Minoru Suzuki (c)	Singles match for the British Heavyweight Championship[10]	24:06
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

See also

• Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom
• List of professional wrestling promotions in Europe

References

1. "新日本プロレス３～５年後上場目指す". Daily Sports Online (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun. July 18, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
2. "木谷オーナーが「ファーム設立プラン」「21世紀のIWGP構想」、そして「新日本プロレスは株式上場を目指す」と宣言! 【7.18戦略発表会】". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). July 18, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
3. Caldwell, James (July 18, 2015). "NJPW news: New Japan announces big int'l expansion plans, including expanded N. America partnerships & NXT-like program". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
4. "RevPro Global Wars UK". Retrieved January 5, 2018.
5. "RevPro/NJPW Global Wars UK 2016 – Tag 1". Retrieved January 5, 2018.
6. "RevPro/NJPW Global Wars UK 2016 – Tag 2". Retrieved January 5, 2018.
7. "RevPro/NJPW Global Wars 2017 – Tag 1". Retrieved January 5, 2018.
8. "RevPro/NJPW Global Wars 2017 – Tag 2". Retrieved January 5, 2018.
9. F4W Staff (November 11, 2017). "REVPRO GLOBAL WARS UK RESULTS: MINORU SUZUKI VS. MATT RIDDLE". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
10. "London: Global Wars UK 2018 Announced". September 14, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
11. "RevPro/NJPW Global Wars 2018". Retrieved October 16, 2018.
12. "London: LIJ vs Ring Kampf". September 14, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
13. "London: Naito vs Brookes". September 14, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
14. "London: Hirooki Goto vs Zack Sabre Jr". September 14, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
15. "London: Satoshi Kojima vs Mark Davis at Global Wars 2018". September 17, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
16. "London: El Phantasmo vs Rocky Romero". October 1, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
17. "London: Will Ospreay vs Chris Ridgeway". October 1, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018.

External links

• Official New Japan Pro-Wrestling website (English)
• Official Revolution Pro Wrestling website