Hiroshi Tanahashi Coming to ROH, Hogan Hypes Andre Battle Royal, 2 Big Matches Advertised for WWE’s Long Island Return

March 11, 2014

2 Big Matches Advertised for WWE's Long Island Return

Advertisements which ran in the NYC area during Raw last night are listing John Cena vs. Randy Orton in a steel cage and Sheamus vs. Alberto Del Rio for WWE's March 22nd return to the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, NY.

Hiroshi Tanahashi Coming to ROH

Ring of Honor has issued the following:

Wrestling fans around the world were shocked by the announcement that Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling will be running two joint shows in May of this year. The first will be “Global Wars” and will take place Saturday May 10th at the Ted Reeve Arena in Toronto, Canada. The second will be “War of the Worlds” on Saturday May 17th at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. New Japan’s top wrestlers will be making the trip overseas for these massive events. Over the next few weeks rohwrestling.com will be announcing the names of the New Japan stars that will be competing at these events, with the next one being

Hiroshi Tanahashi

The six time IWGP Heavyweight Champion is finally coming to Ring of Honor. For years Tanahashi has been hyped as one of the absolute best wrestlers on the planet. This May, Tanahashi will be able to put that claim to the test as he faces the ROH roster; the top wrestlers in North America with legit claim to being the best on the planet.

Tanahashi is the current reigning and defending IWGP Intercontinental Champion, and has also held the IWGP Tag Team Championships on two occasions. His six reigns as IWGP Heavyweight Champion ties him for the most all time in the illustrious history of the organization.

Regardless of who Tanahashi steps into the ring with, he’s sure to bring elite match quality to these shows. Rohwrestling.com polled fans on who their ROH/New Japan dream matches would be, and Tanahashi’s name came up more than any other wrestler. Fans seem to want to see him face off against everyone on the ROH roster as multiple names came up on who he should compete against.

You only have two opportunities to see the IWGP Heavyweight Champion live and in person in North America. Tickets are selling quickly, but seats are still available for “Global Wars” on Saturday May 10th. “War of the Worlds” on May 17th in New York City has SOLD OUT!. Don’t miss these epic once in a lifetime events.

Hogan Hypes Andre Battle Royal

Hulk Hogan has posted the following on Twitter:

The Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WRESTLEMANIA will be History made all over again,I wish I could win it for Andre,only love. HH

— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) March 11, 2014

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.