{"id":11256,"date":"2016-02-20T06:13:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T12:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=11256"},"modified":"2016-02-20T07:30:43","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T13:30:43","slug":"11256","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/02\/20\/11256\/","title":{"rendered":"ROH &#8220;Honor Rising&#8221; Night 1 in Japan &#8211; new ROH TV champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4162440942\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Former NEVER Openweight champion Tomohiro Ishii is the new ROH TV champion.<\/p>\n<p>Ishii captured the ROH TV Title from Roderick Strong in the main event of &#8220;Honor Rising Night 1&#8221; Friday night in Tokyo, Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Ishii defeated Strong clean with a brainbuster after absorbing a combination &#8220;Death by Roderick&#8221; gutbuster\u00a0and Sick Kick from Strong.<\/p>\n<p>Strong and Ishii are scheduled to meet again on Night 2 of &#8220;Honor Rising&#8221; on Saturday night. This time it will be a six-man tag match of Tanahashi, Michael Elgin, and\u00a0Strong against Ishii, IWGP World Hvt. champion Kazuchika\u00a0Okada,\u00a0and YOSHI-HASHI.<\/p>\n<p>The title change makes for an interesting situation, as Strong was scheduled to defend the TV Title against Bobby Fish at next Friday&#8217;s 14th Anniversary PPV in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Ishii is on the U.S. tour representing New Japan, and is scheduled to face Hirooki Goto in a singles match on the 14th Anniversary PPV.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen how the TV Title situation shakes out next weekend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:\u00a0<\/strong>ROH is playing\u00a0up a meeting with New Japan officials on Sunday to decide how the title change will affect the Las Vegas PPV line-up. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rohwrestling.com\/news\/shocking-upset-honor-rising\" target=\"_blank\">ROH&#8217;s Update)<\/a><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3969423578\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>[ Night 1 of &#8220;Honor Rising&#8221; can be viewed on-demand via the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/njpwworld.com\/feature\/schedule\" target=\"_blank\">New Japan World pay streaming service<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s Main event time in Tokyo <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eUTwSCvAoa\">https:\/\/t.co\/eUTwSCvAoa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ipfMcugIju\">pic.twitter.com\/ipfMcugIju<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ROH &#8211; Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ringofhonor\/status\/700654187042877441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Posed photo of the *NEW* ROH World Television Champion TOMOHIRO ISHII <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eUTwSCdZwC\">https:\/\/t.co\/eUTwSCdZwC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IO7wYIAdmm\">pic.twitter.com\/IO7wYIAdmm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ROH &#8211; Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ringofhonor\/status\/700977862975877120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>PWTorch App Users: swipe right to view next article, swipe left to view previous article.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-741111667\"><div id=\"pwtor-3187533566\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Former NEVER Openweight champion Tomohiro Ishii is the new ROH TV champion. 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