New Japan released the event cards for the upcoming NJPW & ROH joint shows called "HONOR RISING" which will be held this week on Friday (2/19) and Saturday (2/20).

Among the announced matches is the main events of both shows will see the ROH single belts being defended. 2/19 will see Roderick Strong putting the TV title on the line against Tomohiro Ishii. This will mark the first time the two have met in singles competition and the match could have the potential of an all out war. As Ishii is always eager to capture another belt and Strong not looking to relinquish the belt especially while aiming to show what ROH is all about. This match could have implications for the following ROH show in Las Vegas on 2/26 as Ishii is scheduled to compete against Hirooki Goto.

Then on 2/20, the ROH World Heavyweight title will be on the line as Jay Lethal defends against Tomoaki Honma in the main event. Honma is current 1/2 of the reigning IWGP Tag Champions, but looks to take aim at another belt as he takes on the crafty ROH champion. Lethal has already shown what he is capable of doing, given his performance at this years WK show, but Honma's popularity will be at an all-time highest in his home field of Korakuen. The semi-match will see the NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag belts in defense as The Briscoe Brothers & Toru Yano defend against the "new" BULLET CLUB team of Kenny Omega, Matt & Nick Jackson.

New Japan noted that Adam Cole was originally expected to compete, but Frankie Kazarian has been made his replacement.

Below are the announced cards at this time...

HONOR RISING: JAPAN 2016, 2/19/2016 [Fri] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Matt Sydal & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Dalton Castle & Ryusuke Taguchi
(2) Delirious vs. Gedo
(3) Frankie Kazarian vs. KUSHIDA
(4) Michael Elgin, Moose, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomoaki Honma vs. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Yujiro Takahashi & Cody Hall
(5) Kyle O'Reilly, Bobby Fish & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kenny Omega, Matt & Nick Jackson
(6) Jay & Mark Briscoe vs. Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows
(7) Jay Lethal & Tetsuya Naito vs. Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI
(8) ROH World TV Championship Match: [Champion] Roderick Strong vs. [Challenger] Tomohiro Ishii

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HONOR RISING: JAPAN 2016, 2//2016 [Sat] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Jay White vs. David Finlay Jr.
(2) Matt Sydal & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Delirious & Gedo
(3) Dalton Castle vs. Frankie Kazarian
(4) Kyle O'Reilly, Bobby Fish, Katsuyori Shibata & Hirooki Goto vs. Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga
(5) Moose & KUSHIDA vs. Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI
(6) Roderick Strong, Michael Elgin & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI

(7) NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Championship Match: [3rd Champions] Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe & Toru Yano vs. [Challengers] Kenny Omega, Matt & Nick Jackson
~ 1st title defense.

(8) ROH World Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Jay Lethal vs. [Challenger] Tomoaki Honma