Historic X-Over 2

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Historic X-Over 2
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Promotional poster featuring various NJPW and Stardom wrestlers.
Promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling
World Wonder Ring Stardom
DateNovember 17, 2024
City Osaka, Japan
Venue Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
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Historic X-Over 2 (pronounced Historic Crossover Two and also written as Historic X-Over II) is an upcoming professional wrestling event co-promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and its subsidiary World Wonder Ring Stardom (Stardom). It will take place on November 17, 2024, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan and will be the second event in the Historic X-Over chronology.

Contents

Production

Background

On January 31, 2012, card game company Bushiroad fully acquired New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) from video game developer Yuke's and on October 17, 2019, Bushiroad announced in a press conference that they had also acquired World Wonder Ring Stardom (Stardom).

NJPW and Stardom hold the first Historic X-Over on November 20, 2022, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo which was considered a success with over 7,000 fans attending the event. [1] [2] On October 10, 2023, the second Historic X-Over event was announced during a joint press conference by NJPW and Stardom, which would take place sometime in 2024. [3] On April 23, 2024, NJPW announced that they would acquire Stardom, thus making Stardom a subsidiary of NJPW. [4] With the acquisition being completed in late June. [5] On June 9, NJPW announced that Historic X-Over 2 would take on November 17 at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium. [6]

Storylines

Historic X-Over 2 will feature 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. [7]

Matches

No.Matches*Stipulations
1P Hanako and Aya Sakura vs. Ranna Yagami and Sayaka Kurara Tag Team match
2 Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano and Saori Anou) vs. God’s Eye (Syuri and Tomoka Inaba) Tag Team match
3 Neo Genesis (Mei Seira, AZM and Miyu Amasaki) vs. H.A.T.E. (Konami, Rina and Ruaka) Six-woman Tag Team Match
4 Toru Yano, Tiger Mask IV and Boltin Oleg vs. United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Callum Newman and Francesco Akira) Six-man Tag Team match
5 wing☆gori (Hanan and Saya Iida) and Hiroshi Tanahashi and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. H.A.T.E. (Natsuko Tora and Saya Kamitani) and Bullet Club War Dogs (Drilla Moloney and Gabe Kidd) Eight-person mixed tag team match [8]
6 Great-O-Khan (c) vs. Suzu Suzuki Intergender hardcore match for the Provisional KOPW Championship [8]
7 Taichi and Natsupoi vs. Clark Connors and Thekla Mixed tag team match [9]
8 Mayu Iwatani (c) vs. Momo Watanabe Singles match for the IWGP Women's Championship [10]
9 Zack Sabre Jr. and Maika vs. El Desperado and Starlight Kid Mixed tag team match [11]
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
P – the match will be broadcast on the pre-show
*Card subject to change

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