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| Promotion(s) | New Japan Pro-Wrestling World Wonder Ring Stardom | ||
| Date | November 20, 2022 | ||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Venue | Ariake Arena | ||
| Attendance | 7,102[1] | ||
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Historic X-Over (pronounced:Historic Crossover) was aprofessional wrestling event co-promoted byNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) andWorld Wonder Ring Stardom (Stardom). It took place on November 20, 2022, at theAriake Arena inTokyo, Japan.
On January 31, 2012, card game companyBushiroad fully acquiredNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) from video game developerYuke's. On October 17, 2019, Bushiroad announced in a press conference that they had also acquiredWorld Wonder Ring Stardom (Stardom) from the company's President Rossy Ogawa, making Stardom the sister promotion of NJPW. SinceWrestle 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 twomixed tag team matches and that Stardom wrestlers would be featured onNJPW Strong events in the United States.[3]
On July 29, NJPW and Stardom announced the creation of theIWGP 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]
Historic X-Over featured elevenprofessional wrestling matches that result from scriptedstorylines, where wrestlers portrayvillains,heroes, orless 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 woulddraw straws to determine which four stables out of the five would compete for in the IWGP Women's Championship tournament. The representatives wereGiulia fromDonna Del Mondo,Mayu Iwatani fromStars,Starlight Kid fromOedo Tai, andUtami Hayashishita fromQueen's Quest withSyuri fromGod's Eye being eliminated due to drawing the shortest straw.[7] With Iwatani, Hayashishita,Himeka from Donna Del Mondo andMomo Watanabe from Oedo Tai being chosen to compete on the Japanese side of the tournament, whileJazzy Gabert, Ava White, andKairi (despite being Japanese) was announced to compete on the foreigner side with Kairi receiving a first round bye.[8][9] On October 2 atRoyal 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 aNJPW World Television Championship tournament match betweenToru Yano andGreat-O-Khan was the return ofThe 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 andKazuchika 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 atBattle Autumn,Will Ospreay successfully defended theIWGP United States Heavyweight Championship againstTetsuya 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 returningShota Umino attack Ospreay and his fellowUnited Empire stable in the ring, accepting Ospreay's open challenge and setting up the title match.[15]
| Round 1 Royal Quest II (October 2) IWGP Women's Championship Tournament First Round (October 22)[18] | Semifinals Goddesses of Stardom Tag League 2022 Night 1 (October 23) | Finals Historic X-Over (November 20) | ||||||||||||
| Mayu Iwatani | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Momo Watanabe | 12:32[19] | |||||||||||||
| Mayu Iwatani | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Utami Hayashishita | 14:51[21] | |||||||||||||
| Utami Hayashishita | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Himeka | 11:41[19] | |||||||||||||
| Mayu Iwatani | 25:28[22] | |||||||||||||
| Kairi | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Jazzy Gabert | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Ava White | 10:34[20] | |||||||||||||
| Jazzy Gabert | 12:24[21] | |||||||||||||
| Kairi | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Kairi | Bye | |||||||||||||
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| Draw | Entrant | Order | Eliminated by | Elimination(s) |
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| 1 | Mirai | – | Winner | 3 |
| 2 | Ami Sohrei | 11 | Saki Kashima | 2 |
| 3 | Saya Iida | 1 | Natsuko Tora | 0 |
| 4 | Natsuko Tora | 6 | Hazuki | 1 |
| 5 | Hanan | 8 | Saki Kashima | 1 |
| 6 | Hina | 4 | Ruaka | 2 |
| 7 | Rina | 7 | Hanan | 0 |
| 8 | Hazuki | 10 | Saki Kashima | 1 |
| 9 | Koguma | 9 | Saki Kashima | 0 |
| 10 | Momo Kohgo | 2 | Ami Sourei and Hina | 0 |
| 11 | Waka Tsukiyama | 3 | Ami Sourei and Hina | 0 |
| 12 | Saki Kashima | 13 | Mirai | 5 |
| 13 | Ruaka | 5 | Mirai | 1 |
| 14 | Miyu Amasaki | 12 | Saki Kashima | 0 |
| 15 | Super Strong Stardom Machine | 14 | Mirai | 0 |
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