Royal Quest II

Royal Quest II was a professional wrestling 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.

Royal Quest II
Official poster of the event
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateOctober 1–2, 2022
CityLondon, England
VenueCrystal Palace Indoor Arena
Event chronology
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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 AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door, ROH Tag Team Champions FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) defeated IWGP Tag Team Champions United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb) in a winner Takes All three-way tag team match with also involved Roppongi Vice (Rocky Romero and Trent Beretta). On July 30, Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher) along with their United Empire stalemate TJP defeated FTR and Alex Zayne in a 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[9][10]StipulationsTimes
1Gabriel Kidd defeated Dan MoloneySingles match9:19
2Michael Oku and Ricky Knight Jr. defeated United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Gideon Grey)Tag team match12:17
3Ava White and Alex Windsor defeated Jazzy Gabert and KanjiTag team match6:18
4Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Sanada and Hiromu Takahashi) defeated Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., El Desperado and Douki)Six-man tag team match14:29
5Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii) defeated Bad Dude Tito and Zak KnightTag team match12:47
6Hiroshi Tanahashi and Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga, Hikuleo and Jado) defeated Bullet Club (Jay White, The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows) and Gedo)Eight-man tag team match12:15
7Will Ospreay defeated Shota UminoSingles match15:30
8FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) (c) defeated Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher)Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship31:59
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
Night 2
No.Results[11]StipulationsTimes
1Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Douki) defeated Michael Oku and Robbie XTag team match9:33
2Los Ingobernables de Japon (Sanada and Hiromu Takahashi) defeated North West Strong (Ethan Allen and Luke Jacobs)Tag team match14:04
3Jazzy Gabert defeated Ava WhiteIWGP Women's Championship tournament first round match10:34
4United Empire (Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan, Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher) and Gideon Grey) defeated FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood), Shota Umino, Gabriel Kidd and Ricky Knight Jr.Ten-man tag team match16:57
5Hiroshi Tanahashi and Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Hikuleo) defeated Bullet Club (Jay White and The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson))Six-man tag team match10:54
6Kazuchika Okada defeated Bad Dude TitoSingles match8:13
7Tomohiro Ishii defeated Yota TsujiSingles match17:36
8Tetsuya Naito defeated Zack Sabre Jr.Singles match to determine the #1 contender for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship21:05

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. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. 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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