NJPW Royal Quest II - Night 2 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on October 2, 2022 in London, England at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. It was broadcast on NJPW World.
Production[]
Background[]
New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) held the first Royal Quest event on August 31, 2019. On August 16, 2022, NJPW announced that it would be returning to London, England for Royal Quest II, which would take place across two nights, October 1 and 2.
Storylines[]
On July 29, 2022, NJPW and Stardom announced the creation of the IWGP Women's Championship. On August 23, it was announced that the inaugural champion would be decided in a tournament that featured a Stardom and international bracket. On August 27, it was announced that Jazzy Gabert and Ava White would be the competitors in the international first round match and would face off on Night 2 of Royal Quest II.
During the 2022 G1 Climax, Zack Sabre Jr. planned on winning the tournament and using his victory to challenge for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship in England, his home country, at Royal Quest II. However, in his final block match on August 16, 2022, Zack Sabre Jr. was quickly defeated by Tetsuya Naito and eliminated from the tournament. At Burning Spirit - Night 14, Will Ospreay defeated David Finlay to retain the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship. Following the match, Naito challenged Ospreay but was interrupted by Zack Sabre Jr., who explained that he had beaten Ospreay in that year's New Japan Cup while Naito had failed to beat Ospreay in the G1 Climax 32 semi-final. As a result, a match between Zack Sabre Jr. and Naito was scheduled for Night 2 of Royal Quest II to determine the #1 Contender for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship.
Results[]
- Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
- Suzuki-gun (DOUKI & El Desperado) defeated Michael Oku & Robbie X (9:33)
- Los Ingobernables de Japón (Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA) defeated The Young Guns (Ethan Allen & Luke Jacobs) (14:04)
- Jazzy Gabert defeated Ava White in an IWGP Women's Championship Tournament First Round Match (10:34)
- United Empire (Gideon Grey, Great-O-Khan, Kyle Fletcher, Mark Davis & Will Ospreay) defeated Gabriel Kidd, Ricky Knight Jr., Shota Umino & FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) in a Ten Man Tag Team Match (16:57)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi & Guerrillas Of Destiny (Hikuleo & Tama Tonga) defeated BULLET CLUB (Doc Gallows, Jay White & Karl Anderson) in a Six Man Tag Team Match (10:54)
- Kazuchika Okada defeated Bad Dude Tito (8:13)
- Tomohiro Ishii defeated Yota Tsuji (17:36)
- Tetsuya Naito defeated Zack Sabre Jr. to become the #1 Contender for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship (21:05)
