{"id":46272,"date":"2019-05-16T18:34:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T22:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=46272"},"modified":"2019-05-21T16:43:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T20:43:46","slug":"roh-announces-summer-supercard-in-toronto-with-njpw-cmll-nwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/05\/16\/roh-announces-summer-supercard-in-toronto-with-njpw-cmll-nwa\/","title":{"rendered":"ROH Announces &#8220;Summer Supercard&#8221; in Toronto with NJPW, CMLL &#038; NWA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday afternoon, <strong>Ring of Honor<\/strong> announced its return to Toronto, Ontario, Canada for the Summer Supercard, a joint supershow featuring stars from ROH as well as <strong>New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)<\/strong>, Mexico&#8217;s <strong>Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre (CMLL)<\/strong> and the <strong>National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)<\/strong>. The event will take place on Friday, August 9, 2019, at the Mattamy Athletic Centre (formerly the legendary wrestling venue Maple Leaf Gardens).<\/p>\n<h1>ROH Announces Summerslam Week, &#8220;Summer Supercard&#8221; in Toronto<\/h1>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">STARS FROM <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ROH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ROH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NJPW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NJPW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CMLL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CMLL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NWA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NWA<\/a> ARE JOINING FORCES TO PRESENT SUMMER SUPERCARD IN TORONTO AUGUST 9th\u203c\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Tickets go on sale this Wednesday 5\/22 at 10 am Eastern for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HonorClub?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#HonorClub<\/a> members &amp; Friday 5\/24 at 10 am Eastern for the general public!<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jojOdRJnap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/jojOdRJnap<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BkzuMOFr6v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/BkzuMOFr6v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ROH &#8211; Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ringofhonor\/status\/1129069943197249536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>They become the next promotion to announce a huge event for WWE&#8217;s <strong>SummerSlam<\/strong> weekend, which will see this year&#8217;s <em><strong>SummerSlam<\/strong><\/em> take place at Scotiabank Arena (formerly the Air Canada Centre) on Sunday, August 11, and <em><strong>NXT TakeOver: Toronto<\/strong><\/em> taking place on Saturday, August 10, at the Scotiabank Arena as well.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46277\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-46277 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/05\/SummerSlam_2019_event-f026345af5-e1558045979153.jpg\" alt=\"Summerslam\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>No details have been an announced as far as the card, but with SummerSlam weekend slowly becoming a smaller version of <strong>WrestleMania<\/strong> week, expect some of the top stars from ROH, NJPW, CMLL and most likely a defence of the &#8220;Ten Pounds of Gold&#8221;. Tickets go on sale this Wednesday, May 22 for Honor Club members, and then to the general public on Friday, May 24.<\/p>\n<p>Other promotions have already got the jump on SummerSlam week shows in Toronto this year, as Mississauga&#8217;s<strong> Destiny Wrestling<\/strong> is throwing an event on the same night (Friday April 9) featuring <strong>All Elite Wrestling (AEW)<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>SoCal Uncensored (SCU)<\/strong> trio of <strong>Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian,\u00a0<\/strong>and <strong>Scorpio Sky<\/strong>, as well as <strong>IMPACT Wrestling<\/strong> stars <strong>Sami Callihan<\/strong> and <strong>Josh Alexander<\/strong>. <strong>Joey Ryan<\/strong> and <strong>Tenille Dashwood<\/strong> (formerly Emma in WWE) are also announced for the Destiny show.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 TICKETS on sale NOW \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>Destiny presents its biggest show of the year <\/p>\n<p>summer slam weekend on Friday Aug 9 \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6<\/p>\n<p>with superstars  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/facdaniels?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@facdaniels<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankieKazarian?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@FrankieKazarian<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScorpioSky?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ScorpioSky<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Walking_Weapon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Walking_Weapon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TenilleDashwood?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TenilleDashwood<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeyRyanOnline?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JoeyRyanOnline<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSamiCallihan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TheSamiCallihan<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>GET  TICKETS <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kpMJITab1y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/kpMJITab1y<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BhApyXowMN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/BhApyXowMN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Destiny Wrestling (@DestinyWrestle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DestinyWrestle\/status\/1128451273391575040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Toronto&#8217;s <strong>Smash Wrestling<\/strong> has a week-long series of events planned for the same week, starting on Wednesday, August 7 and running through Saturday, August 10. On Wednesday, August 7, it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/04\/08\/smash-wrestling-bringing-progress-and-wxw-to-toronto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smash vs <strong>PROGRESS Wrestling<\/strong><\/a>, Thursday, August 8 features a <strong>Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw)<\/strong> matinee event <em><strong>Ambition 11<\/strong><\/em> (at 4pm), followed by a stand-alone PROGRESS event at 8pm, and on Friday, August 9, Smash is holding <em><strong>Super Showdown VII<\/strong><\/em>, their biggest show of the year. On Saturday, August 10, Smash is partnering with <strong>SHIMMER, RISE<\/strong> and Quebec&#8217;s <strong>Femme Fatales<\/strong> to present <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/04\/12\/smash-shimmer-rise-femme-fatales-announces-the-summit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Summit, an all-day women&#8217;s wrestling event<\/a> kicking off at 11am.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There are just 5 front row tickets left for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SuperShowdownVII?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SuperShowdownVII<\/a> &#8211; grab them ASAP because everyone knows Super Showdown is our biggest show of the year and we plan to make this the best one yet!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lebhp0yy8i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Lebhp0yy8i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Smash Wrestling (@smashwrestling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smashwrestling\/status\/1127658737454465024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday afternoon, Ring of Honor announced its return to Toronto, Ontario, Canada for the Summer Supercard, a joint supershow featuring stars from ROH as well as New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), Mexico&#8217;s Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre (CMLL) and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). 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