{{short description|2025 Ring of Honor and All Elite Wrestling co-promoted professional wrestling event}} {{Infobox Wrestling event |name = Global Wars Australia |image = Global_Wars_Australia_poster.jpg |caption = Promotional poster featuring various AEW and ROH wrestlers |tagline = |promotion = Ring of Honor<br>All Elite Wrestling |date = February 15, 2025 |date_aired = February 17, 2025 |city = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |venue = Brisbane Entertainment Centre |attendance = 13,000<ref>https://augustafreepress.com/news/controversy-aside-aews-grand-slam-australia-hit-all-the-right-notes/</ref> |event = Global Wars |lastevent2 = Espectacular |nextevent2 = Mexico |event2 = Special event |lastevent3 = '''AEW:'''<br>Grand Slam Australia<br>'''ROH:'''<br>Chris Jericho’s Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea Cruise |nextevent3 = '''ROH:'''<br>Prelude to Spring BreakThru<br />'''AEW:'''<br>Spring BreakThru |lastevent4=2025|nextevent4=2026|event3=AEW in Australia chronology}} '''Global Wars Australia''' was a 2025 professional wrestling livestreaming event co-promoted by the American promotion Ring of Honor and its sister promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It was the 18th Global Wars event and took place on February 15, 2025, at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The special event, which was taped the same night as AEW's Grand Slam Australia, aired on tape delay on February 17, 2025, on Honor Club. This was the first Global Wars event since 2019 as well as ROH's debut in Australia.
==Production== ===Background=== Global Wars is a professional wrestling event held sporadically by the American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH) since 2012. Originally named "Border Wars" and co-produced with the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah, the event was renamed Global Wars in 2014 after ROH announced a partnership with New Japan Pro-Wrestling.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/ROH_News_29/article_76552.shtml | title = ROH news: Saturday's announcement - New Japan coming to ROH later this year | last=Caldwell | first=James | date=February 22, 2014 | access-date=March 27, 2014 | work=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref>
Under the new name, the event became a supershow co-produced by the two promotions.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/104-ring-of-honor/41366-roh-adds-third-new-japan-show-updated-with-press-release | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402102705/http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/104-ring-of-honor/41366-roh-adds-third-new-japan-show-updated-with-press-release | title = ROH adds third New Japan show updated with press release | last=Meltzer | first=Dave | author-link=Dave Meltzer | archive-date=April 2, 2015 | date=February 25, 2015 | access-date=August 20, 2015 | work=Wrestling Observer Newsletter}}</ref> In 2019, ROH announced a three-event tour with the Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre as the new partner for the series, renamed "Global Wars Espectacular".<ref name=GWE>{{cite web |url=https://www.rohwrestling.com/news/roh-and-cmll-join-forces-global-wars-espectacular |title=ROH And CMLL Join Forces For Global Wars Espectacular |publisher=Ring of Honor |access-date=July 31, 2019}}</ref> The Global Wars Espectacular tour marked the last Global Wars event held by ROH under the ownership of Sinclair Broadcast Group.
On March 2, 2022, it was announced that Tony Khan, the principal owner of All Elite Wrestling (AEW), had purchased ROH.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wilen |first=Holden |date=March 3, 2022 |title=Sinclair Broadcast agrees to sell Ring of Honor wrestling promotion |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2022/03/03/sinclair-sells-ring-of-honor-wrestling-promotion.html |journal=Baltimore Business Journal}}</ref> The two promotions operate as sister companies while under Khan's ownership; on January 5, 2025, ROH and AEW held their first co-promoted event, Wrestle Dynasty in the Tokyo Dome.<ref name="FD2024">{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=AEW Forbidden Door results: Powell's live review of Swerve Strickland vs. Will Ospreay for the AEW World Championship, Jon Moxley vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP World Heavyweight Title|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2024/06/30/aew-forbidden-door-results-powells-live-review-of-swerve-strickland-vs-will-ospreay-for-the-aew-world-championship-jon-moxley-vs-tetsuya-naito-for-the-iwgp-world-heavyweight-title/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=June 30, 2024|access-date=June 30, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Dynasty2025">{{cite web |date=June 30, 2024 |title=NJPW announces Forbidden Door-esque Wrestle Dynasty event with AEW, CMLL & ROH |url=https://www.f4wonline.com/news/new-japan/njpw-announces-forbidden-door-esque-wrestle-dynasty-event-with-aew-cmll-roh// |access-date=June 30, 2024 |work=Wrestling Observer Newsletter}}</ref>
On February 12, 2025, ROH announced that it would revive the "Global Wars" name for a co-promoted event with AEW, held at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on February 15. The event, which was held on the same night and in the same venue as AEW's Grand Slam Australia, marked ROH's debut in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/aew-roh-global-wars-matches-announced-for-australia-debut/|title=AEW/ROH Global Wars matches announced for Australia debut|date=February 12, 2025|last=Nason|first=Josh|work=Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online|access-date=February 17, 2025}}</ref> The show aired on tape delay on February 17 on Honor Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/ring-honor-global-wars-australia-air-76c-217-honorclub|title=Ring Of Honor Global Wars Australia To Air At 7/6c On 2/17 On HonorClub|date=February 16, 2025|last=Brennan|first=Corey|work=Fightful|access-date=February 17, 2025}}</ref>
===Storylines=== Global Wars Australia featured five professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Storylines were produced on ROH's streaming program ''Honor Club TV'', as well as on AEW's weekly television programs, ''Dynamite'' and ''Collision''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm|title=How Pro Wrestling Works|last=Graianowski|first=Ed|date=January 13, 2006|access-date=February 8, 2019|work=HowStuffWorks, Inc.|publisher=Discovery Communications|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129050844/http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm|archive-date=November 29, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Results== {{Professional wrestling results table |caption = |results = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ringsidenews.com/2025/02/15/aew-roh-global-wars-results-february-15-2025/|title=AEW-ROH Global Wars Spoiler Results, Highlights and Key Moments for February 15, 2025|first=Steve|last=Carrier|work=RingsideNews.com|access-date=February 15, 2025|date=February 15, 2025}}</ref> |times = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=419198 |title=AEW/ROH Global Wars Australia |date= |last=|first=|work=Cagematch.net |access-date=February 18, 2025 }}</ref> |match1 = The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd and Truth Magnum) and Bandido defeated The Learning Tree (Chris Jericho, Big Bill, and Bryan Keith) by pinfall |stip1 = Trios match |time1 = 14:11 |match2 = Lee Moriarty (c) defeated Robbie Eagles by pinfall |stip2 = Pure Wrestling Rules match for the ROH Pure Championship |time2 = 10:27 |match3 = Mark Davis defeated Tommy Knight by pinfall |stip3 = Singles match |time3 =5:21 |match4 = The Sons of Texas (Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara) (c) defeated MxM Collection (Mason Madden and Mansoor) by pinfall |stip4 = Tag team match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship |time4 = 12:53 |match5 = Athena (c) defeated Alex Windsor by pinfall |stip5 = Singles match for the ROH Women's World Championship |time5 = 11:51 }}
==See also== * Wrestle Dynasty * Sea Cruise (2025) *Global Wars
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|https://www.ringofhonor.com/|Official ROH website}}
{{All Elite Wrestling events}} {{ROHPPV|Global Wars}} {{Professional wrestling in Australia}}
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