The Honor United tour will feature some Japanese talent.
In late May, Ring of Honor will be returning to the United Kingdom for a tour in Scotland and England. Ring of Honor will have some New Japan Pro Wrestling roster members on their War of the Worlds tour earlier in the month, they will also have some NJPW wrestlers on their Honor United tour.
On Monday, Ring of Honor announced four wrestlers who will participating which includes Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano, and Los Ingobernables de Japon members Evil and Sanada. The faction of Los Ingobernables de Japon has been announced for the North American tour in the early part of May as well.
The following is from the press release on the Ring of Honor website.
Ring of Honor continues to expand internationally, and in May the “Best Wrestling on the Planet” makes its much-anticipated return to the UK with the Honor United tour, featuring the stars of ROH as well as top talent from New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
The following stars from NJPW have been confirmed for the tour: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano and IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions EVIL and SANADA of Los Ingobernables de Japon.
They join the following ROH stars as confirmed competitors for the tour:“The American Nightmare” Cody, Jay Lethal, The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson), Adam Page, Bully Ray, The Kingdom (Matt Taven, Vinny Marseglia and TK O’Ryan), Punishment Martinez, Kenny King and Shane Taylor.
Honor United is shaping up to be one of ROH’s best tours ever, and there are more talent announcements still to come including multiple champions and Women of Honor talent!
Tanahashi was on the Supercard of Honor XII card in a tag team match against The Briscoes but Yano, Evil, and Sanada have not been in Ring of Honor since last year. Evil and Sanada took part in last year's War of the Worlds tour and Yano was on the Global Wars tour.
