The card for Saturday’s (April 6th) ROH and NJPW G1 Supercard pay-per-view event has been finalized.

Ring of Honor Wrestling (ROH) and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) are co-promoting the G1 Supercard event in New York City’s Madison Square Garden during WrestleMania 35 weekend.

The G1 Supercard event will air live on pay-per-view via cable and satellite FITE TV for $39.99 as well as on HonorClub and NJPW World. IWGP Heavyweight Champion “Switchblade” Jay White vs Kazuchika Okada is expected to headline the show. Here’s the updated card:

G1 Supercard From Madison Square Garden Lineup

• IWGP Heavyweight Championship match: “Switchblade” Jay White vs Kazuchika Okada
• ROH World Championship Triple Threat Ladder Match: Jay Lethal (c) vs Matt Taven vs Marty Scurll
• IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: Tetsuya Naito (c) vs Kota Ibushi
• British Heavyweight Championship Match: Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
• IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship/ROH World Tag Team Championship 4-Way Match: Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) (c) vs PCO & Brody King (c) vs the Briscoes vs EVIL & SANADA
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 3-Way: Taiji Ishimori (c) vs Dragon Lee vs Bandido
• NYC Street Fight Open Challenge: Bully Ray vs Juice Robinson
• WOH World Championship Match: Mayu Iwatani (c) vs Kelly Klein
• Dalton Castle vs Rush
• NEVER Openweight vs ROH TV Title Match: Will Ospreay (c) vs Jeff Cobb (c)
• Honor Rumble: Jushin Liger, Kenny King, PJ Plack, The Bouncers (Beer City Bruiser and Brian Milonas), and Cheeseburger
• Kagetsu, Jenny Rose and Hazuki v. Hana Kimura, Stella Grey and Sumie Sakai

What are your thoughts on this card and the feuds that NJPW and ROH are presenting to their fans? Sound off in the comment section.

Another match has been added to this weekend’s (Sat. April 6, 2019) Ring Of Honor (ROH) and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) G1 Supercard. The show goes down from Madison Square Garden in New York City. There are several high-profile matches slated for the card already.

Jay White will be defending his IWGP heavyweight title against Kazuchika Okada. Also, Jay Lethal will defend his ROH World Title in a Triple Threat Ladder match against Marty Scurll and Matt Taven. Now, it has been announced that a Six-Woman Tag Team match has been added onto the pre-show.

Kagetsu, Jenny Rose, and Hazuki will team up against Hana Kimura, Stella Grey, and Sumie Sakai. The G1 Supercard pre-show begins at 6:30 P.M. ET. Fans can watch on ROH’s Facebook Live, FITE, NJPW World, and pay-per-view (PPV). Check out the updated card here:

Main Card:

• IWGP Heavyweight Championship: (C) Jay White vs. Kazuchika Okada
• Ladder Match for the ROH World Championship: (C) Jay Lethal vs. Marty Scurll vs. Matt Taven
• IWGP Intercontinental Championship: (C) Tetsuya Naito vs. Kota Ibushi
• Winner Takes All Match: NEVER Openweight & ROH TV Title: (C) Will Ospreay vs. (C) Jeff Cobb
• Winner Takes All Match: IWGP and ROH World Tag Team Titles: (C) Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. (C) Brody King & PCO vs. EVIL & SANADA vs. The Briscoes
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: (C) Taiji Ishimori vs. Dragon Lee vs. Bandido
• RPW British Heavyweight Championship: (C) Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
• Women of Honor World Championship: (C) Mayu Iwatani vs. Kelly Klein
• New York Street Fight: Bully Ray vs. Juice Robinson
• Rush vs. Dalton Castle

Pre Show:

• Kagetsu, Jenny Rose, and Hazuki vs. Hana Kimura, Stella Grey, and Sumie Sakai
• Honor Rumble: Jushin Liger, Kenny King, PJ Black, Beer City Bruiser, Brian Milonas, Cheeseburger, Rhett Titus, LSG, Shaheem Ali, TBA

What do you think about the updated G1 Supercard?

G1 Supercard, which will be brought by Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling at the Madison Square Garden on April 6, will see ROH Champion Jay Lethal as one of the wrestlers in the main event of the show at the historic and important venue.

Lethal will be facing Marty Scurll and Matt Taven in a three-way ladder match for the ROH World Championship, which will be one of the main events in the card.

Lethal talked to the Tampa Bay Times about his opportunity to headline the first non-WWE event in nearly 60 years at MSG.

“Every wrestler from my generation thought that the only way to work in Madison Square Garden was to work for the WWE or fill out an application to work security,” Lethal said. “I get to go there without doing either of those two things.” ”

Lethal adds that he is more than happy with how his career is going and equates it to winning the lottery, to be going in as a champion at a sold-out show in MSG.

“I feel like my career is like winning the lottery. Everything just seems to go right.”

“I couldn’t write my story any better,” Lethal added. “We are wrestling a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden and I am champion. A few years ago, I would have said this is impossible. But it is a reality.”

Kevin Eck’s Ring of Honor column, Eck’s Files revealed new participants for the Honor Rumble, which will air on the G1 Supercard pre-show. Kenny King, PJ Plack, The Bouncers (Beer City Bruiser and Brian Milonas), and Cheeseburger have been confirmed. Jushin Liger was already revealed for the contest.

Ring of Honor Wrestling (ROH) and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) are co-promoting the G1 Supercard event in New York City’s Madison Square Garden on April 6th during WrestleMania 35 weekend.

The G1 Supercard event will air live on pay-per-view via cable and satellite FITE TV for $39.99 as well as on HonorClub and NJPW World. The two promotions will be announcing more competitors for this match in the coming days. Here’s the updated card:

G1 Supercard From Madison Square Garden Updated Lineup

• IWGP Heavyweight Championship match: “Switchblade” Jay White vs Kazuchika Okada
• ROH World Championship Triple Threat Ladder Match: Jay Lethal (c) vs Matt Taven vs Marty Scurll
• IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: Tetsuya Naito (c) vs Kota Ibushi
• British Heavyweight Championship Match: Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
• IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship/ROH World Tag Team Championship 4-Way Match: Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) (c) vs PCO & Brody King (c) vs the Briscoes vs EVIL & SANADA
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 3-Way: Taiji Ishimori (c) vs Dragon Lee vs Bandido
• NYC Street Fight Open Challenge: Bully Ray vs TBD
• WOH World Championship Match: Mayu Iwatani (c) vs Kelly Klein
• Dalton Castle vs Rush
• NEVER Openweight vs ROH TV Title Match: Will Ospreay (c) vs Jeff Cobb (c)
• Honor Rumble: Jushin Liger, Kenny King, PJ Plack, The Bouncers (Beer City Bruiser and Brian Milonas), and Cheeseburger

New Japan Pro Wrestling released the full lineup of matches for the G1 Supercard in Madison Square Garden today. The event will take place the night before WrestleMania on April 6th, 2019.

Several new matches were added to the G1 Supercard, including an IWGP Intercontinental championship match between Tetsuya Naito and Kota Ibushi.

Two teams, EVIL & SANADA and the Briscoes, were added to the double tag team title match as well.

G1 Supercard From Madison Square Garden Updated Lineup

• IWGP Heavyweight Championship match: “Switchblade” Jay White vs Kazuchika Okada
• ROH World Championship Triple Threat Ladder Match: Jay Lethal (c) vs Matt Taven vs Marty Scurll
• IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: Tetsuya Naito (c) vs Kota Ibushi
• British Heavyweight Championship Match: Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
• IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship/ROH World Tag Team Championship 4-Way Match: Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) (c) vs PCO & Brody King (c) vs the Briscoes vs EVIL & SANADA
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 3-Way: Taiji Ishimori (c) vs Dragon Lee vs Bandido
• NYC Street Fight Open Challenge: Bully Ray vs TBD
• WOH World Championship Match: Mayu Iwatani (c) vs Kelly Klein
• Dalton Castle vs Rush
• NEVER Openweight vs ROH TV Title Match: Will Ospreay (c) vs Jeff Cobb (c)
• Honor Rumble: Jushin Liger + TBD

The G1 Supercard from MSG will be available live to subscribers of either New Japan World or Honor Club.

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Last night at the at the City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka in Niigata, Kauzuchika Okada defeated SANADA in the finals to become the winner of the 2019 New Japan Cup.

The main event of the upcoming G1 Supercard is an IWGP Championship match against the current champion Jay White. The winner of the New Japan Cup, Kazuchika Okada, will face White for the title on April 6 at the Madison Square Garden.

This is actually the second time Okada has won the New Japan Cup. He previously won it in 2013, and went on to challenge then IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi at the Invasion Attack 2013 event and won. It would be interesting to see if Okada can manage to do the same this time too.

The “Switchblade” on the other hand has not defended his title since winning it on February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka event.

Ring of Honor Wrestling (ROH) and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) are co-promoting the G1 Supercard event in New York City’s Madison Square Garden on April 6th during WrestleMania 35 weekend.

The G1 Supercard event will air live on pay-per-view via cable and satellite FITE TV for $39.99 as well as on HonorClub and NJPW World. The two promotions will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming days. Here’s the updated card:

• IWGP Heavyweight Champion Jay White vs. Kazuchika Okada
• ROH World Champion Jay Lethal vs. Marty Scurll vs. Matt Taven – Triple Threat Ladder Match
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Taiji Ishimori vs. Dragon Lee and Bandido – Triple Threat Match
• IWGP Tag Team Champions Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. ROH Tag Team Champions The Briscoes
• NEVER Openweight Champion Will Ospreay vs. ROH World Television Champion Jeff Cobb in a winner takes all match
• Women of Honor World Champion Mayu Iwatani vs. TBA
• RUSH vs. Dalton Castle
• Bully Ray vs. TBA
• Honor Rumble – Pre-show

A new match has been added to the lineup of the upcoming G1 Supercard show.

On Friday, it was announced that RUSH would take on Dalton Castle in a singles match. The contest was set up when Castle issued the challenge to RUSH at ROH’s 17th Anniversary pay-per-view event on March 15. This was after the former ROH World Champion sat in on commentary during the RUSH versus Bandido match.

Ring of Honor Wrestling (ROH) and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) are co-promoting the G1 Supercard event in New York City’s Madison Square Garden on April 6th during WrestleMania 35 weekend.

The G1 Supercard event will air live on pay-per-view via cable and satellite FITE TV for $39.99 as well as on HonorClub and NJPW World. The two promotions will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming days. Here’s the updated card:

• IWGP Heavyweight Champion Jay White vs. the winner of the New Japan Cup
• ROH World Champion Jay Lethal vs. Marty Scurll vs. Matt Taven – Triple Threat Ladder Match
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Taiji Ishimori vs. Dragon Lee and Bandido – Triple Threat Match
• IWGP Tag Team Champions Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. ROH Tag Team Champions The Briscoes
• RUSH vs. Dalton Castle
• Bully Ray vs. TBA
• Honor Rumble – Pre-show

There has been a big change made to one of the top matches at the upcoming G1 Supercard show.

ROH held TV tapings on Saturday night (March 16th) in Las Vegas, Nevada at Sam’s Town Live. This is where it was revealed that Jay Lethal will be defending his ROH World Championship against both Marty Scurll and Matt Taven in a three-way ladder match. Originally, Lethal vs. Scurll was booked for the show.

That change was made following Lethal and Taven going one hour in a title match that ended in a draw on Friday night at the 17 Anniversary pay-per-view event.

Ring of Honor Wrestling (ROH) and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) are co-promoting the G1 Supercard event in New York City’s Madison Square Garden on April 6th during WrestleMania 35 weekend.

The G1 Supercard event will air live on pay-per-view via cable and satellite FITE TV for $39.99 as well as on HonorClub and NJPW World. Here’s the updated card:

• IWGP Heavyweight Champion Jay White vs. the winner of the New Japan Cup
• ROH World Champion Jay Lethal vs. Marty Scurll vs. Matt Taven – Triple Threat Ladder Match
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Taiji Ishimori vs. Dragon Lee and Bandido – Triple Threat Match
• IWGP Tag Team Champions Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. ROH Tag Team Champions The Briscoes
• Bully Ray vs. TBA
• Honor Rumble – Pre-show

Ring of Honor has announced that the G1 Supercard will feature an Honor Rumble match on the event’s pre-show.

The event is going to be held at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York on April 6, 2019.

The pre-show begins at 6:30 pm ET, an hour before the main card starts broadcasting.

The Honor Rumble match is basically a battle royal match comparable to WWE’s Royal Rumble. The winner of the match recieves a shot at the ROH World Championship. However the company has not announced yet if that is the case this time.

The first Honor Rumble match took place in 2008 at the ROH New Horizons event. It has been periodically held seven times since then.

The company said that more details will be announced for the pre-show soon. We’ll keep you updated as more information is revealed.

As for the main card of the event, the IWGP Heavyweight Champion Jay White will defend his title against the winner of the New Japan Cup. Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) will go against The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) in a winner takes all tag team match for both the IWGP Tag Team Championship and ROH World Tag Team Championship. A three-way match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match is also set in place where the champion Taiji Ishimori will defend against Dragon Lee and Bandido.

You can check out all the coverage on G1 Supercard by clicking here.

‘Bone Soldier’ Taiji Ishimori successfully defended his IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship earlier this week against Jushin ‘Thunder’ Liger. Ishimori will now prepare for his third defence of the title in the World’s Most Famous Arena Madison Square Garden. It was also announced on the Anniversary show that Liger will be retiring at the end of the year. You can read more about that story below:

• Ishimori vs Dragon Lee Announced for G1 Supercard

It was originally confirmed earlier this that Ishimori will be defending his Championship against Dragon Lee. The CMLL star Dragon Lee has been one of the most exciting performers in the NJPW Juniors division over the past few years. Lee had a fantastic run of feature bouts against Hiromu Takahashi whilst the ‘Time Bomb’ was on excursion in Mexico. Unfortunately during their last bout for NJPW Takahashi suffered a horrific neck injury. Takahashi is still recuperating from that injury and his return date is not yet confirmed.

NJPW has now announced a third participant in the match. Ring of Honor star Bandido will be making the match at Madison Square Garden a Triple Threat. Ishimori announced at the recent NJPW Anniversary show that he wanted a ROH star to challenge him at the MSG show. When Dragon Lee was announced as facing Ishimori it was mentioned that he is in fact a CMLL contracted star. NJPW1972 issued the following to quell any confusion: “since Dragon Lee is signed to CMLL, not ROH, Bandido decided to answer Ishimori’s open challenge. The rudo who has been catching the eye of many on the Indie scene especially with his electrifying match at All In against the Young Bucks and Kota Ibushi.”

‘Bone Soldier’ Taiji Ishimori successfully defended his IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship earlier today against Jushin ‘Thunder’ Liger. Ishimori will now prepare for his third defence of the title in the World’s Most Famous Arena Madison Square Garden. It was also announced today that Liger will be retiring at the end of the year. You can read more about that story below:

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It was also confirmed earlier today that Ishimori will be defending his Championship against Dragon Lee. The CMLL star Dragon Lee has been one of the most exciting performers in the NJPW Juniors division over the past few years. Lee had a fantastic run of feature bouts against Hiromu Takahashi whilst the ‘Time Bomb’ was on excursion in Mexico. Unfortunately during their last bout for NJPW Takahashi suffered a horrific neck injury. Takahashi is still recuperating from that injury and his return date is not yet confirmed.

The updated match card for G1 Supercard is now as follows:

• IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match – Jay White (c) vs. 2019 New Japan Cup Winner
• IWGP Champions vs. ROH Champions – Guerrillas of Destiny (c) vs. The Briscoes (c
• IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship Match – Taiji Ishimori (c) vs. Dragon Lee

Ishimori and Dragon Lee it’s happening! Last night our Junior Heavyweight Champion challenged Dragon Lee for the #G1Supercard in Madison Square Garden.#MSG #ROH #njpw pic.twitter.com/r5IzpJWk3C

— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) March 7, 2019

New Japan Pro Wrestling will be heading to Dallas later this year to kickstart the G1 Climax tournament. The annual extravaganza takes place throughout the summer and is regarded as the premier tournament in Japanese (and beyond) wrestling. The winner of the tournament typically goes on to challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight Champion at the next year’s Wrestle Kingdom event in the Tokyo Dome.

AXS TV recently announced that Night 1 of the tournament will air live on the channel. The company confirmed the news through Sports Illustrated (the full announcement can be found via the tweet below).

The channel recently featured the IWGP Heavyweight Championship match from the New Beginning in Osaka 2019. This match saw Jay White defeat Hiroshi Tanahashi in an unexpected fashion. 

New Japan will soon be holding their 32-man New Japan Cup tournament. The winner of which will go on to face White at the G1 Supercard event on WrestleMania weekend. The sold out show will be taking place from Madison Square Garden and is being co-promoted alongside Ring of Honor. No matches have been confirmed aside from the title bout for White.

New Japan Pro Wrestling airs every Friday at 8 p.m. ET on AXS.

U.S. debut of NJPW’s G1 Climax to air live on AXS TV https://t.co/OhYDDDFTbJ via @JustinBarrasso @axstvfights @njpw1972 @njpwglobal

— AXS TV PR (@AXSTV_PR) March 1, 2019

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced that the upcoming G1 Supercard event will be streamed on the NJPWWorld.com platform. The company wrote the following on their English language site NJPW1972.com. “New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Ring of Honor are pleased to announce that G1 Supercard will stream live on NJPW World and HonorClub worldwide on April 6, 2019 for all subscribers.”

G1 Supercard will be taking place on Saturday April 6th from Madison Square Garden in New York City. The show is a co-branded event alongside Ring of Honor.

New Japan recently announced IWGP Champion Jay White’s match. The company said that 68th IWGP Heavyweight Champion Jay White will be defending his title against the New Japan Cup winner. Previously, the winner of the Cup was able to receive a title shot of their choosing. This year, the winner can only challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

The New Japan Cup is a single-elimination tournament held annually since 2005. Zack Sabre Jr. was the winner of the 2018 cup and he went on to challenge Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight title at Sakura Genesis in a losing effort.

White won the title at the from Hiroshi Tanahashi on February 11th at the New Beginning in Osaka show. The win came as a shock to NJPW fans and saw White ascend to the top of the company.

Ring Of Honor (ROH) will be kicking off their three-day Road To G1 Supercard tour today. The promotion starts things in Dallas, Texas tonight, followed by Houston tomorrow, and concluding in San Antonio on Saturday. Tonight, ROH TV Champion Jeff Cobb will be facing Clark Connors in a Proving Ground match. Also, three Tag Wars Round One bouts will be taking place.

In Houston, two Tag Wars Round One matches will take place, along with an ROH World Title bout between Jay Lethal and Vinny Marseglia. Saturday’s show in San Antonio will feature an ROH Women Of Honor World Championship bout. Champion Kelly Klein will defend her strap against Sumie Sakai. Check out the updated cards for the three-day tour here:

Dallas (Thurs. January 24, 2019):

• Tag Wars Round One Match: Villain Enterprises (Brody King and PCO) vs. The Kingdom (Vinny Marseglia and TK O’Ryan)
• Tag Wars Round One Match: Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham vs. Mark Haskins and Tracy Williams
• Tag Wars Round One Match: Juice Robinson and David Finlay vs. Karl Fredericks and Alex Coughlin
• Madison Ryan vs. Holidead
• Rhett Titus vs. Marty Scurll
• Bandido vs. Silas Young
• Matt Taven vs. Rocky Romero
• Dalton Castle and The Boys vs. Shane Taylor and The Briscoes
• Proving Ground Match: Jeff Cobb vs. Clark Connors

Houston (Fri. January 25, 2019):

• Tag Wars Round One Match: Coast 2 Coast vs. Cheeseburger and Eli Isom
• Tag Wars Round One Match: The Bouncers vs. The Boys
• Colt Cabana and Willie Mack vs. Kenny King and TBA
• Lifeblood (Juice Robinson, David Finlay, Mark Haskins, and Tracy Williams) vs. The Briscoes, Shane Taylor, and Silas Young
• Villain Enterprises vs. Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks, and Alex Coughlin
• Matt Taven vs. Jonathan Gresham
• Proving Ground – Four Corner Survival: Jeff Cobb vs. Dalton Castle vs. Rocky Romero vs. Bandido
• ROH World Championship: (C) Jay Lethal vs. Vinny Marseglia

San Antonio (Sat. January 26, 2019):

• Two Triple Threat Matches (Semis of the Tag Wars Tournament)
• Finals of the Tag Wars Tournament
• Mary Scurll vs. Jonathan Gresham or Mark Haskins
• Bandido vs. Rocky Romero
• ROH Women of Honor World Championship: (C) Kelly Klein vs. Sumie Sakai

What do you think of the lineup for ROH’s Road to G1 Supercard?

Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling have sold out Madison Square Garden. The G1 Supercard show is scheduled for April 6th, 2019 but you won’t be able to get tickets at Ticketmaster.

After going on sale to the general public at 10 AM, the remaining seats not sold to Honor Club subscribers sold-out almost instantly today. Fans were expressing their frustration at not being able to purchase tickets.

keep trying! some may pop up if someone lets their cart empty!

— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) August 10, 2018

ROH/NJPW Madison Square Garden

Tickets for the event went on sale to Honor Club subscribers last week. Subscribers were given the option of purchasing up to 8 tickets at one time. Following the sale to Honor Club subscribers, ROH officials said the building was approximately 60% sold. The remaining 40% went up for grabs this morning and were gone pretty much as soon as they went on sale.

Confirmed for G1 Supercard:

Ring of Honor contracts typically finishes at the promotion’s final event of the year, Final Battle. As a result, many ROH stars aren’t under contract passed 2019. Some ROH talent has been signed to deals that long, however, and those stars are being featured in promo videos.

ROH stars confirmed for G1 Supercard:

• Flip Gordon
• Matt Taven
• Bully Ray
• the Briscoes
• Marty Scurll

NJPW stars confirmed for G1 Supercard:

• Hiroshi Tanahashi
• Kazuchika Okada
• Tetsuya Naito

Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro-Wrestling will be running a joint show on April 6th, 2019. The night before WrestleMania 35 the G1 Supercard will emanate from Madison Square Garden in New York.

Although the deal between ROH/NJPW and Madison Square Garden is now confirmed, it almost didn’t happen. ROH indicated MSG backed out of their initial verbal agreement after WWE spoke to them. ROH COO, Joe Koff, also indicated ROH was looking at taking legal action as they felt MSG had already committed to the deal despite a contract not being signed.

Yesterday, it was reported that WWE officials were not happy they were seen as sabotaging the deal. Today, further details regarding the situation were released.

It appears that once ROH took legal action, MSG contacted them and agreed to the April 6th, 2019 date so that the legal action would be dropped.

“We were very aggressive in wanting that date and we thought we had that date, but we did what we had to do as a business” Koff told the Wrestling Observer.

“(MSG) did what they had to do as a business and I guess all of a sudden there was a phone call and we were able to work it out. That’s probably their story to tell because they made the call and said, ‘let’s get on the phone and see if we can work this out.’ They wanted us. They knew that we would be a good promotion. I think they were just looking for a satisfactory outcome for all parties.”

G1 Supercard at Madison Square Garden

Koff would also say that the success of All-In helped the company decide to produce such a big show.

“[All In] certainly changed the landscape in the thinking of what is possible and I think in this world of possibility, I think they really clearly illuminated what is possible. I think if there was All In, or not, because of the weekend and what it represents, and our involvement always in that weekend, we probably would have thought a little more cautiously about the size of the crowd. It certainly didn’t hurt.”

Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling will be running a super-card from Madison Square Garden next year. The G1 Supercard will be held on April 6th, 2019.

While the deal is now official, it almost didn’t happen. There were reports that WWE initially prevented a deal between the famous venue and the two wrestling promotions.

“We had a deal with [Madison Square] Garden and they then told us they were backing out after communications from the WWE,” ROH COO Jeff Coff told PWInsider last month.

WWE is apparently not happy they were blamed for the initial deal following through.

ROH/NJPW in Madison Square Garden

A report from Sports Illustrated is stating WWE is not happy with how they are being portrayed publicly in regards to the deal.

“WWE was not happy they were blamed for having anything to do with ROH’s pursuit of Madison Square Garden,” the report reads. “Multiple industry sources also verified that MSG officials found WWE very cooperative during the entire process.”

WWE released the following statement on ROH & NJPW working with MSG:  “MSG is, of course, free to work with ROH however they want.”

G1 Supercard at Madison Square Garden

So far, only Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tetsuya Naito, and Kazuchika Okada have been confirmed for the show.

“We are thrilled to welcome Ring of Honor Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling to Madison Square Garden for the much anticipated G1 Supercard,” said Executive Vice President of MSG Marquee Events, Joel Fisher. “We expect April 6 to be another memorable night of wrestling at ‘The World’s Most Famous Arena.’”

Ring of Honor has a couple of shows this weekend. They are in Nashville tomorrow night and then return to Atlanta for television tapings on Saturday. NJPW just completed night 4 of their 19-show G1 Climax 28 tournament. It was the first of 3 straight shows in Korakuen Hall.

In a landmark announcement, ROH and NJPW have just announced a super-card from Madison Square Garden.

“ROH and NJPW are proud to announce that on April 6th, 2019, the companies will join forces to present the ultimate wrestling event,” an ROH press release reads. “G1 Supercard, to fans from around the world, LIVE from Madison Square Garden in New York City!”

It had previously been reported that talks between ROH and the historic venue had broken down.

G1 Supercard Madison Square Garden

“The G1 Supercard is an event that can only represent the absolute best possible matches with both NJPW and ROH stars. Madison Square Garden is the perfect venue for them,” said Greg Gilleland, ROH General Manager

“This is a historic initiative for ROH and New Japan Pro-Wrestling,” Harold Meij, President of NJPW proudly commented. “This gives us a great chance to expose fans to NJPW in the building which housed so many memorable and compelling matches.”

The only confirmed participants so far are Kazuchika Okada, Tetsuya Naito, and Hiroshi Tanahashi.

ROH and NJPW Book Madison Square Garden

“We are thrilled to welcome Ring of Honor Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling to Madison Square Garden for the much anticipated G1 Supercard,” said Joel Fisher, Executive Vice President, MSG Marquee Events. “We expect April 6th to be another memorable night of wrestling at The World’s Most Famous Arena.”

“This is destined to join a long list of historical wrestling moments and where better to hold it than at Madison Square Garden,” ROH Chief Operating Officer Joe Koff said.

Koff would continue to say that this would not be possible without the tremendous fan support they enjoy.

Tickets will go on sale August 8th, 2017 at 10AM ET for Honor Club VIP subscribers. They will go on sale to the general public August 10th.