ROH confirms NJPW stars at Anniv. Weekend – first name announced

By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor


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Ring of Honor officially announced Sunday that New Japan stars will be part of their 14th Anniversary Weekend in February 2016 in Las Vegas.

ROH suggested New Japan involvement in a ticket announcement last week. Now, ROH has made it official and will begin rolling out names from the New Japan roster.

The first confirmed name is Shinsuke Nakamura. More will be announced in the coming weeks.

ROH’s 14th Anniv. PPV is Friday, Feb. 26, followed by the TV taping on Feb. 27.

ROH roster members include current ROH World champion Jay Lethal, the Young Bucks, and A.J. Styles.

Also, the weekend before, ROH is scheduled to run shows with New Japan in Tokyo. This is part of ROH and New Japan expanding their working relationship in 2016.

 

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