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22-739: On May 12, 2017, during the third night of the War of the Worlds tour, co-produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Ring of Honor (ROH), NJPW United States Ambassador George Carroll announced the creation of the IWGP United States Championship. The following day, NJPW revealed the title's official name as the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship. The title is part of an American expansion plan which NJPW had made public in

44-427: A generic alcohol (substituent R, Oxygen, Hydrogen) Romansh language , ISO 639 language code roh See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with ROH All pages with titles beginning with Roh Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title ROH . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

66-544: Is the longest reign at 564 days with five successful defenses, and he is the only wrestler to have held the title for a consecutive year. Will Ospreay was the final champion in his second reign. He defeated Kenny Omega on June 25, 2023 at Forbidden Door in Toronto, Ontario, Canada . ROH [REDACTED] Look up ROH , roh , róh , or röh in Wiktionary,

88-405: The 2023 Power Struggle , after Ospreay had defended the title against Shota Umino in the main event, Bullet Club leader David Finlay destroyed both the U.S. belt and Ospreay's custom belt with a mallet after attacking Ospreay and Umino's former mentor, Jon Moxley , and a three-way match was scheduled for three men at Wrestle Kingdom 18 . For the bout, although it was initially listed as for

110-769: The NJPW Strong Live banner, and are later distributed as part of the NJPW Strong on Demand series. On November 24, 2014, AXS TV , under the AXS TV Fights banner, announced that it had acquired a thirteen-episode series produced by TV Asahi featuring matches from New Japan Pro Wrestling . The series premiered on January 16, 2015, airing on Friday evenings. This was the first time NJPW had been aired on an American television network since its formation in 1972. NJPW content would continue to air on AXS until December 2019. On October 21, 2019, NJPW announced

132-425: The "IWGP United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship", he debuted a custom belt that was essentially the same design and still on red leather (albeit a shade darker), but with the U.S. flags replaced with Union Jack flags in the center and side plates, and replacing all the "UNITED STATES" imprinted words with "UNITED KINGDOM"; the second set of side plates retained the halves of the world globe. Despite Ospreay's claim on

154-463: The American flag in the center plate with the words "UNITED STATES" imprinted over the flag, and "IWGP" imprinted on top and "CHAMPION" on the bottom. The first set side plates also featured the American flag with the words "UNITED STATES CHAMPION" imprinted over the flags, and the second set featured half the world globe on one and the other half on the other. When Will Ospreay rebranded the title as

176-503: The U.S./U.K. championship, NJPW chairman Naoki Sugabayashi announced at a press conference on November 6, 2023, that a new championship would replace the U.S./U.K. championship. On December 11, 2023, this title would be named the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship . There were 18 reigns shared among 10 wrestlers with three vacancies up until the title's deactivation on December 11, 2023. Kenny Omega

198-631: The bracket of the tournament, confirmed as a single-elimination tournament, were revealed on June 12. Kenny Omega went on to defeat Tomohiro Ishii in the final to become the inaugural champion. Since its creation, the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship was defended in both Japan and the United States with the first Japanese defense taking place on September 24, 2017, at Destruction in Kobe and

220-399: The championship not being defended from February 2020 to February 2021, when an arrangement was made between the two promotions to allow Moxley to appear on NJPW's American television show Strong in a title defense. With AEW and New Japan forming a working relationship, Jon Moxley was permitted to defend the title on AEW's flagship television program, AEW Dynamite . In May 2021, the title

242-664: The first stateside defense taking place on October 15, 2017, at Global Wars: Chicago . After it had been announced in November 2017 that former WWE wrestler Chris Jericho would be challenging for the title at Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome , Omega stated that the title had already surpassed the IWGP Intercontinental Championship as the number two championship in NJPW. However, the promotion ranked

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264-591: The formation of an American subsidiary called "New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America" (NJoA). On July 31, 2020, NJPW announced a new weekly series titled NJPW Strong , with its initial episodes to feature matches from the inaugural New Japan Cup USA tournament. As part of NJPW's expansion into the United States, the series would be produced by NJoA. The premiere episode of Strong aired on August 7, 2020, broadcast live from NJPW's training dojo in Los Angeles , and streaming on NJPW's service NJPW World . The event

286-621: The free dictionary. Roh or ROH may refer to: Roh (film) , a 2019 Malaysian horror film Roh (name) , a given name or surname, including a list of people with the name Roh (historical region) , in present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan Roh, Maré , New Caledonia Revoluční odborové hnutí , labour union in Czechoslovakia 1945–1990 Ring of Honor , American wrestling promotion Royal Opera House , London, England Runs of homozygosity , in DNA sequencing Formula of

308-583: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ROH&oldid=1256766057 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages NJPW Strong NJPW Strong is a brand name utilized by Japanese professional wrestling promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and its New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America (NJoA) subsidiary. In its original incarnation, NJPW Strong

330-677: The months before the announcement. Plans had been made to run extended tours in the United States with California as the base, starting in 2018. The plan was a direct response to WWE taking four wrestlers from NJPW in January 2016. Tetsuya Naito noted how the new title had the same concept as the IWGP Intercontinental Championship , which had been established during NJPW's May 2011 United States tour , promoted in conjunction with Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW). NJPW chairman Naoki Sugabayashi stated that he wanted

352-551: The new name, the title was still listed under its United States name by NJPW. The first champion would be crowned in a single-elimination tournament on the weekend of July 1 and 2, 2017, during NJPW's G1 Special in USA shows in Long Beach, California . Jay Lethal was the first participant announced for the tournament on May 12. On May 18, Hangman Page was officially added to the tournament. The other six participants as well as

374-665: The title in the second tier, behind both the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships and alongside the NEVER Openweight Championship . Throughout 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic prevented then champion Jon Moxley from traveling to Japan for NJPW events while keeping his commitments with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), with whom he is also contracted. His AEW contract also prevented him from appearing at NJPW's American events. This resulted in

396-463: The title to be defended at future NJPW events in the United States as well as events held by ROH. The title has often been defended in non-disqualification/hardcore matches, including at Wrestle Kingdom 12, on night one of Wrestle Kingdom 14, and on night two of Wrestle Kingdom 16. The title belt was made red to distinguish it from the black IWGP Heavyweight Championship belt and the white IWGP Intercontinental Championship belt. It featured five plates;

418-464: Was defended in AEW for the first time, with Moxley defeating Yuji Nagata in his fourth title defense. At July 2021's AEW Fyter Fest Night 1 event, Moxley retained the championship for his record-setting fifth defense against Impact Wrestling's Karl Anderson . The following week on Night 2 of the event, Lance Archer defeated Moxley for the championship in a Texas Death Match for his second reign. At

440-477: Was held with no spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic . On August 19, NJPW announced that Strong would be streaming on FITE TV in conjunction with NJPW World. On January 6, 2023, Hiroshi Tanahashi announced on his blog that the January Strong tapings would be the last, and that "overseas tournaments" would be held in a different format in the future. On January 30, NJPW announced that all of

462-407: Was the inaugural champion. Juice Robinson and Hiroshi Tanahashi are tied for the record of most reigns with three. Tanahashi also was the first Japanese wrestler to win the title, was the oldest champion when he won it at 45 years old, and his third reign in the shortest at 13 days. Jay White was the youngest champion at 25 years old. Jon Moxley holds two records with the title: his second reign

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484-470: Was the name of a weekly professional wrestling streaming television show produced by NJoA. The series debuted on August 7, 2020, airing on Saturdays at 8 pm ET on NJPW World and FITE TV until its final episode aired on January 28, 2023. After the program's end, NJPW Strong became the branding for NJPW events held in the United States . These events are distributed live via PPV under

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