New Japan has announced the full cards for this weekend’s ROYAL QUEST 2 events in London, marking their return to England for the first time since 2019. There will be no live broadcast for both events, but they will be available on demand on New Japan World. Day 1 on Saturday is sold out but tickets for Day 2 on Sunday are still available.
Day 1 card (Saturday at 5:30 PM BST/12:30 PM ET/9:30 AM PT):
Gabriel Kidd Return Match: Gabriel Kidd vs. Dan Moloney
Kanji & Jazzy Gilbert (Alpha Female) vs. Alex Windsor & Ava White
Gideon Gray & Great-O-Khan vs. Ricky Knight Jr. & Michael Oku
Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito vs. DOUKI, El Desperado & Zack Sabre Jr.
Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada vs. Jonah & Bad Dude Tito
Hikuleo, Jado, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tama Tonga vs. Gedo, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson & Jay White
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions FTR vs. Aussie Open for the titles
Will Ospreay vs. Shota Umino (Main Event)
Day 2 (Sunday at 4:30 PM BST/11:30 AM ET/8:30 AM PT):
DOUKI & El Desperado vs. Michael Oku & Robbie X
Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA vs. Young Guns (Ethan Allen & Luke Jacobs)
IWGP Women’s Championship Tournament: Jazzy Gilbert vs. Ava White
Gabriel Kidd, Shota Umino, Ricky Knight Jr. & FTR vs. Gideon Gray, Great-O-Khan, Will Ospreay & Aussie Open
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Jonah
Kazuchika Okada vs. Bad Dude Tito
HIkuleo, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tama Tonga vs. Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson & Jay White
Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (Main Event)
In other news, additional matches for the next Japan event, DECLARATION OF POWER, on 10/10 at Ryogoku Kokugikan, have been announced:
KOPW 2022 Holder Shingo Takagi vs. El Phantasmo in a Who’s Your Daddy Match for the title. No fan vote for stips this time, and it’s a normal match except the loser must take the microphone after the match and tell the winner “you are my daddy”
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Taiji Ishimori vs. KUSHIDA in a NON-TITLE match. But if KUSHIDA wins, he could get a rematch for the title
Ren Narita Return Home Match: Ren Narita vs. TBA. Narita’s traditional overseas Young Lion training excursion is now over after 3 years and he is returning to resume his full-time NJPW career
Kazuchika Okada vs. Jonah
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jay White vs. Tama Tonga for the title
