Royal Quest III

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Royal Quest III
NJPW Royal Quest III Official poster.jpg
Official poster of the event
Promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateOctober 14, 2023
City London, England
Venue Copper Box Arena
Attendance3,191 [1]
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Royal Quest III was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on October 14, 2023, at the Copper Box Arena in London, England and featured wrestlers from Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro). [2] [3] It was the first NJPW event to stream live on RevPro OnDemand.

Contents

Production

Background

Royal Quest III is the third event in the Royal Quest chronology, following Royal Quest II. [4]

Storylines

Royal Quest III will feature 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. [5]

Results

No.Results [6] StipulationsTimes [7]
1 Taiji Ishimori defeated Robbie X by pinfall Singles match [8] 7:46
2 El Desperado defeated Trent Seven by pinfall Singles match [9] 8:15
3 Yota Tsuji defeated Luke Jacobs by pinfall Singles match [10] 8:57
4 Bullet Club War Dogs (Drilla Moloney and Clark Connors) (c) defeated Leon Slater and Cameron Khai by pinfall Tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship [11] 12:12
5 Guerillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa) defeated Bullet Club War Dogs (David Finlay, Gabe Kidd and Alex Coughlin) (with Gedo) by pinfall Six-man tag team match [12] 9:20
6 Ren Narita and Shota Umino defeated United Empire (Francesco Akira and Great-O-Khan) by pinfall Tag team match [13] 10:27
7 Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Just 5 Guys (Douki and Sanada) by pinfall Tag team match 9:28
8 Hiroshi Tanahashi, Eddie Kingston, and Michael Oku defeated United Empire (TJP, Henare, and Jeff Cobb) by pinfall Six-man tag team match [14] 10:19
9 Shingo Takagi defeated Tomohiro Ishii by pinfall Singles match [15] 21:23
10 Will Ospreay (c) defeated Zack Sabre Jr. by pinfall Singles match for the IWGP United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship [lower-alpha 1] [16] 31:16
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Notes

  1. ↑ Despite Ospreay renaming the title to IWGP United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship, the match is listed as a IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship title match by NJPW

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