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Promotions | Impact Wrestling New Japan Pro-Wrestling |
First event | 2022 |
Multiverse is a professional wrestling event promoted by the U.S. based promotion Impact Wrestling as part of WrestleCon, which is held during the weekend of, and either in or nearby the same city as WrestleMania - the flagship event of WWE - which is considered to be the biggest wrestling event of the year.
The "Multiverse" name stems from Impact either bringing in talent from, or co-producing the show with partner promotions such as New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), Ring of Honor (ROH), Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) and Mexico's Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). [1] The inaugural Multiverse event took place on April 1, 2022, at the Fairmount Hotel, in Dallas, Texas. [2]
# | Event | Date | City | Venue | Main Event | Ref. |
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1 | Multiverse of Matches | April 1, 2022 | Dallas, Texas | Fairmount Hotel | The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) vs. The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) | [2] |
2 | Multiverse United | March 30, 2023 | Los Angeles, California | Globe Theater | Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Mike Bailey | [3] [4] |
3 | Multiverse United 2 | August 20, 2023 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 2300 Arena | Alex Shelley (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the Impact World Championship | [5] |
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