On January 31, 2012, card game company Bushiroad fully acquired New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) from video game developer Yuke's. On October 17, 2019, Bushiroad announced in a press conference that they had also acquired World Wonder Ring Stardom (Stardom) from the company's President Rossy Ogawa, making Stardom the sister promotion of NJPW. Since Wrestle Kingdom 14, NJPW has featured Stardom matches at various NJPW events. On June 6, 2022, during Bushiroad's 15th anniversary press conference, it was announced that NJPW and Stardom will hold its first shared event on November 20.[2] NJPW President Takami Ohbari, revealed that the event would include at least two mixed tag team matches and that Stardom wrestlers would be featured on NJPW Strong events in the United States.[3] On July 29, NJPW and Stardom announced the creation of the IWGP Women's Championship, which would be defended at NJPW events in Japan and United States by Stardom wrestlers. The inaugural champion will be crowned at Historic X-Over.[4][5]
On August 27, 2022, representatives from fives stables would draw straws to determine which four stables out of the five would compete for in the IWGP Women's Championship tournament. The representatives were Giulia from Donna Del Mondo, Mayu Iwatani from Stars, Starlight Kid from Oedo Tai, and Utami Hayashishita from Queen's Quest with Syuri from God's Eye being eliminated due to drawing the shortest straw.[7] With Iwatani, Hayashishita, Himeka from Donna Del Mondo and Momo Watanabe from Oedo Tai being chosen to complete in the on the Japanese side of the tournament, while Jazzy Gabert, Ava White, and Kairi (despite being Japanese) was announced to compete on the foreigner side with Kairi receiving a first round bye.[8][9] On October 2 at Royal Quest II, Gabert defeated White to advanced to the semi-final while Iwatani defeated Watanabe and Hayashishita defeated Himeka on October 22 to advance.[10][11] On October 23, Iwatani and Kairi would defeat Hayashishita and Gabert to advance to the finals at Historic X-Over.[12]
On October 26, during a NJPW World Television Championship tournament match between Toru Yano and Great-O-Khan was the return of The Great Muta return to NJPW, where he cost Great-O-Khan's match by spraying green mist in his face.[13] During backstage comments, Muta expressed his desire to tag with Yano and Kazuchika Okada at Historic X-Over to take on Great-O-Khan and the United Empire with the match being made official shortly after.[14]
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^Lambert, Jeremy (September 23, 2022). "KAIRI Announced For IWGP Women's Title Tournament". Fightful. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
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^Lambert, Jeremy (October 26, 2022). "NJPW Battle Autumn Results (10/26): Toru Yano vs. Great-O-Khan, Tomohiro Ishii vs. Ren Narita". Fightful. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
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^Carey, Ian (November 5, 2022). "NJPW Battle Autumn in Osaka live results: Ospreay vs. Naito US title match". Wrestling Observer Online. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
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Historic X Over pronounced Historic Crossover was a professional wrestling event co promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling NJPW and World Wonder Ring Stardom Stardom It took place on November 20 2022 at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo Japan Historic X OverPromotional poster featuring various NJPW and Stardom wrestlers PromotionNew Japan Pro WrestlingWorld Wonder Ring StardomDateNovember 20 2022CityTokyo JapanVenueAriake ArenaAttendance7 102 1 Historic X Over chronology PreviousFirst Next Historic X Over 2New Japan Pro Wrestling event chronology PreviousBattle Autumn 22 Next World Tag League amp Super Jr Tag LeagueWorld Wonder Ring Stardom event chronology PreviousGold Rush 2022 Next Stardom in Showcase vol 3 Contents 1 Production 1 1 Background 1 2 Storylines 2 Results 2 1 IWGP Women s Championship tournament 2 2 Stardom Rambo entrances and eliminations 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksProduction EditBackground Edit On January 31 2012 card game company Bushiroad fully acquired New Japan Pro Wrestling NJPW from video game developer Yuke s On October 17 2019 Bushiroad announced in a press conference that they had also acquired World Wonder Ring Stardom Stardom from the company s President Rossy Ogawa making Stardom the sister promotion of NJPW Since Wrestle Kingdom 14 NJPW has featured Stardom matches at various NJPW events On June 6 2022 during Bushiroad s 15th anniversary press conference it was announced that NJPW and Stardom will hold its first shared event on November 20 2 NJPW President Takami Ohbari revealed that the event would include at least two mixed tag team matches and that Stardom wrestlers would be featured on NJPW Strong events in the United States 3 On July 29 NJPW and Stardom announced the creation of the IWGP Women s Championship which would be defended at NJPW events in Japan and United States by Stardom wrestlers The inaugural champion will be crowned at Historic X Over 4 5 Storylines Edit Historic X Over featured eleven professional wrestling matches that result from scripted storylines where wrestlers portray villains heroes or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches 6 On August 27 2022 representatives from fives stables would draw straws to determine which four stables out of the five would compete for in the IWGP Women s Championship tournament The representatives were Giulia from Donna Del Mondo Mayu Iwatani from Stars Starlight Kid from Oedo Tai and Utami Hayashishita from Queen s Quest with Syuri from God s Eye being eliminated due to drawing the shortest straw 7 With Iwatani Hayashishita Himeka from Donna Del Mondo and Momo Watanabe from Oedo Tai being chosen to complete in the on the Japanese side of the tournament while Jazzy Gabert Ava White and Kairi despite being Japanese was announced to compete on the foreigner side with Kairi receiving a first round bye 8 9 On October 2 at Royal Quest II Gabert defeated White to advanced to the semi final while Iwatani defeated Watanabe and Hayashishita defeated Himeka on October 22 to advance 10 11 On October 23 Iwatani and Kairi would defeat Hayashishita and Gabert to advance to the finals at Historic X Over 12 On October 26 during a NJPW World Television Championship tournament match between Toru Yano and Great O Khan was the return of The Great Muta return to NJPW where he cost Great O Khan s match by spraying green mist in his face 13 During backstage comments Muta expressed his desire to tag with Yano and Kazuchika Okada at Historic X Over to take on Great O Khan and the United Empire with the match being made official shortly after 14 On November 5 at Battle Autumn Will Ospreay successfully defended the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship against Tetsuya Naito in the main event After the match Ospreay would lay down an open challenge for the title for Historic X Over only to have the returning Shota Umino attack Ospreay and his fellow United Empire stable in the ring accepting Ospreay s open challenge and setting up the title match 15 Results EditNo Results 16 17 StipulationsTimes 1 1PLA Dojo Alex Coughlin Clark Connors Gabriel Kidd and Kevin Knight defeated Kosei Fujita Oskar Leube Ryohei Oiwa and Yuto Nakashima by pinfallEight man tag team match9 392PMirai won by last eliminating Super Strong Stardom Machine15 woman Stardom Rambo23 063Chaos Lio Rush Tomohiro Ishii Yoh and Yoshi Hashi defeated House of Torture Dick Togo Evil Sho and Yujiro Takahashi by pinfallEight man tag team match7 054Queen s Quest AZM Lady C and Saya Kamitani defeated Donna Del Mondo Himeka Mai Sakurai and Thekla by pinfallSix woman tag team match9 205Giulia and Zack Sabre Jr defeated Syuri and Tom Lawlor by pinfallMixed tag team match10 296meltear Tam Nakano and Natsupoi and Suzuki gun Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Black Desire Momo Watanabe and Starlight Kid and Suzuki gun El Desperado and Douki by pinfallEight Person mixed tag team match12 017Hiroshi Tanahashi and Utami Hayashishita defeated Hirooki Goto and Maika by pinfallMixed tag team match9 368United Empire Aussie Open Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis Catch 2 2 Francesco Akira and TJP and Gideon Grey defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon Bushi Hiromu Takahashi Sanada Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito by pinfallTen man tag team match9 559Chaos Kazuchika Okada and Toru Yano and The Great Muta defeated United Empire Great O Khan Jeff Cobb and Aaron Henare by pinfallSix man tag team match9 4810Will Ospreay c defeated Shota Umino by pinfallSingles match for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship23 3011Kairi defeated Mayu Iwatani by pinfallTournament Final for the inaugural IWGP Women s Championship25 28 c the champion s heading into the matchP the match was broadcast on the pre showIWGP Women s Championship tournament Edit This section is an excerpt from IWGP Women s Championship Inaugural tournament edit nbsp The inaugural IWGP Women s Champion KairiRound 1Royal Quest II October 2 IWGP Women s Championship Tournament First Round October 22 18 SemifinalsGoddesses of Stardom Tag League 2022Night 1 October 23 FinalsHistoric X Over November 20 Mayu IwataniPinMomo Watanabe12 32 19 Mayu IwataniPinUtami Hayashishita14 51 22 Utami HayashishitaPinHimeka11 41 20 Mayu Iwatani25 28 23 KairiPinJazzy GabertPinAva White10 34 21 Jazzy Gabert12 24 22 KairiPinKairiBye The first defense of the title was Kairi s successful defence against Tam Nakano on January 4 2023 during the first night of Wrestle Kingdom 17 24 Stardom Rambo entrances and eliminations Edit Draw Entrant Order Eliminated by Elimination s 1 Mirai Winner 32 Ami Sourei 11 Saki Kashima 23 Saya Iida 1 Natsuko Tora 04 Natsuko Tora 6 Hazuki 15 Hanan 8 Saki Kashima 16 Hina 5 Ruaka 27 Rina 7 Hanan 08 Hazuki 10 Saki Kashima 19 Koguma 9 Saki Kashima 010 Momo Kohgo 2 Ami Sourei and Hina 011 Waka Tsukiyama 3 Ami Sourei and Hina 012 Saki Kashima 13 Mirai 513 Ruaka 4 Mirai 114 Miyu Amasaki 12 Saki Kashima 015 Super Strong Stardom Machine 14 Mirai 0See also Edit nbsp Japan portal2022 in professional wrestling List of major NJPW events List of major World Wonder Ring Stardom eventsReferences Edit a b Kreikenbohm Philip November 20 2022 NJPW Stardom Historic X over cagematch net Retrieved November 20 2022 Currier Joseph June 6 2022 NJPW amp Stardom to hold first ever joint event Wrestling Observer Online Retrieved August 23 2022 Back in the UK Boos and cheers in Japan and more as multiple events announced New Japan Pro Wrestling July 7 2022 Retrieved August 23 2022 Renner Ethan July 29 2022 NJPW amp Stardom to hold first ever joint event Wrestling Observer Online Retrieved August 23 2022 Lambert Jeremy July 30 2022 NJPW amp STARDOM creating IWGP Women s Championship Fightful Retrieved August 23 2022 Grabianowski Ed How Pro Wrestling Works HowStuffWorks Inc Discovery Communications Archived from the original on January 15 2006 Retrieved August 21 2017 Tokyo Sports August 27 2022 スターダム ＩＷＧＰ女子出場ユニットがくじ引きで決定 ＣＡとゴッズアイ落選 tokyo sports co jp in Japanese Retrieved August 27 2022 Yahoo Japan October 4 2022 ＩＷＧＰ女子王座へ火花 岩谷麻優 渡辺桃 林下詩美 ひめか ＫＡＩＲＩ フィーメル Yahoo Japan in Japanese Retrieved November 6 2022 Lambert Jeremy September 23 2022 KAIRI Announced For IWGP Women s Title Tournament Fightful Retrieved November 6 2022 Carey Ian October 2 2022 NJPW Royal Quest II night two results Tetsuya Naito vs Zack Sabre Jr Wrestling Observer Online Retrieved November 6 2022 2022年10月22日 IWGP女子初代王者決定戦 １回戦 World Wonder Ring Stardom in Japanese October 22 2022 Retrieved November 6 2022 Carey Ian October 23 2022 IWGP Women s title tournament finals set for NJPW x Stardom Historic X over Wrestling Observer Online Retrieved November 6 2022 Lambert Jeremy October 26 2022 NJPW Battle Autumn Results 10 26 Toru Yano vs Great O Khan Tomohiro Ishii vs Ren Narita Fightful Retrieved November 6 2022 Tessier Colin October 26 2022 Great Muta And More Announced For NJPW x STARDOM Historic X Over Fightful Retrieved November 6 2022 Carey Ian November 5 2022 NJPW Battle Autumn in Osaka live results Ospreay vs Naito US title match Wrestling Observer Online Retrieved November 6 2022 2022 11 20 Historic X Over New Japan Pro Wrestling NJPW Retrieved 2022 11 20 Three Massive Mixed Matches for Historic X Over New Japan Pro Wrestling August 23 2022 Retrieved August 23 2022 New Japan Pro Wrestling August 23 2022 IWGP女子王座の設立が正式決定 11 20有明アリーナで棚橋 林下vs後藤 舞華 ローラー 朱里vsザック ジュリア タイチ 金丸 たむ なつぽいvsデスペラード DOUKI スターライトキッド 桃 njpw co jp in Japanese Archived from the original on February 18 2023 Retrieved August 23 2022 Kreikenbohm Philip October 22 2022 Stardom First IWGP Women s Champion Decision Battle First Round cagematch net Archived from the original on October 24 2022 Retrieved October 23 2022 Kreikenbohm Philip October 22 2022 Stardom First IWGP Women s Champion Decision Battle First Round cagematch net Archived from the original on October 24 2022 Retrieved October 23 2022 Kreikenbohm Philip October 2 2022 NJPW Royal Quest II Tag 2 cagematch net Archived from the original on October 3 2022 Retrieved October 3 2022 a b Kreikenbohm Philip October 23 2022 Stardom Goddesses Of Stardom Tag League 2022 Tag 1 cagematch net Archived from the original on October 23 2022 Retrieved October 23 2022 Kreikenbohm Philip November 20 2022 NJPW Stardom Historic X over cagematch net Archived from the original on November 20 2022 Retrieved November 20 2022 2023 01 04 Wrestle Kingdom 17 in Tokyo Dome New Japan Pro Wrestling Retrieved January 4 2023 External links EditNew Japan Pro Wrestling Official Website World Wonder Ring Stardom Official Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Historic X Over amp oldid 1179485120, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
