Royal Quest II

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Royal Quest II
Promotion
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateOctober 1–2, 2022
CityLondon, England
VenueCrystal Palace Indoor Arena
Event chronology
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Royal Quest II was a

event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on October 1 & 2, 2022 at the Crystal Palace Indoor Arena in London, England.[1][2]
Sound, Lighting and Video was provided and operated by Pixel 8 Productions.

Production

Background

Royal Quest II was the second event in the Royal Quest chronology, following the first event in 2019.

On July 29, NJPW and Stardom announced the creation of the IWGP Women's Championship, which would be defend at NJPW events in Japan and United States. The inaugural champion will be crowned at Historic X-Over.[3][4] During a press conference held on August 23, it was announced that one of the first-round matches of a tournament to determine the inaugural champion will be held at Royal Quest and would feature international female wrestlers.[5] On August 27, during Stardom's 5 Star Grand Prix, it was announced that Alpha Female and Ava White would be participants in the international side of the tournament and will face off in the first round match at Royal Quest II.[6]

Storylines

Royal Quest II featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[7]

On June 26 at

six-man tag team match at Music City Mayhem, after the match Aussie Open challenged FTR for the IWGP Tag Team titles which the title match was later made official for Royal Quest II on October 1.[8]

Results

Night 1
No.Results
Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
31:59
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
Night 2
No.Results
Singles match to determine the #1 contender for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
21:05

See also

References

  1. ^ Currier, Joseph (16 August 2022). "NJPW returning to United Kingdom for Royal Quest II". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  2. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (16 August 2022). "NJPW Announces Royal Quest II For October". Fightful. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  3. ^ Renner, Ethan (29 July 2022). "NJPW & Stardom to hold first-ever joint event". Wrestling Observer Online. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  4. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (30 July 2022). "NJPW & STARDOM creating IWGP Women's Championship". Fightful. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Kidani, Sugabayashi, Ogawa make Historic X-Over announcements". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Results: STARDOM 5 Star Grand Prix, Saturday August 27th". Post Wrestling. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  7. Discovery Communications
    . Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Aussie Open vs FTR for the IWGP Tag titles at Royal Quest II!". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Royal Quest II". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  10. ^ Gregory, Jack (1 October 2022). "NJPW Royal Quest II Night 1 Full Results 10.01.2022: Heavyweight Tag Team Title & More". 411mania.com. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Royal Quest II". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved 2 October 2022.

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