NEWS: Full Stardom x NJPW Historic X-Over II Card & Running Order Announced

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With the second instalment of New Japan and Stardom’s cross-promotional show Historic X-Over just over a week away, the full card and the running order have now been announced.

Previously confirmed was the tag team match pitting Zack Sabre Jr. and Maika against Starlight Kid and El Desperado which we now know will main event the show. Mayu Iwatani will defend her IWGP Women’s Championship for the eighth time against Momo Watanabe, Natsupoi and Taichi will take on Thekla and Clark Connors, and the eclectic team of Ryusuke Taguchi, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Winggori will do battle with Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Drilla Maloney and Gabe Kidd.

hough inter-gender matches have also been confirmed to have the rules that only males can fight males and females with females, one such match that won’t have that is the Hardcore match for the KOPW 2024 Championship, where Great-O-Khan will defend the belt against the Crazy Girl Suzu Suzuki.

Rounding out the card as announced today are a series of exhibition tag matches, with only Hazuki, Koguma and Mina Shirakawa missing from those you might expect to be on the card. On the kick-off Aya Sakura and HANAKO will be facing off with Sayaka Kurura and Ranna Yagami, whilst the three remaining members of NEO-GENESIS will take on the H.A.T.E trio of Konami, Ruaka and Rina. The pick of this final back of announced matches however might be the match slated to the open the show, which will see Tam Nakano and Saori Anou take on Syuri and Tomoka Inaba.

The full card for Historic X-Over II is as follows;

  • Tag Team Match: HANAKO & Aya Sakura vs. Sayaka Kurura & Ranna Yagami
  • Tag Team Match: Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano & Saori Anou) vs. God’s Eye (Syuri & Tomoka Inaba)
  • 6-Woman Tag Team Match: NEO-GENESIS (AZM, Miyu Amasaki & Mei Seira) vs. H.A.T.E (Konami, Ruaka & Rina)
  • 6-Man Tag Team Match: Tiger Mask, Toru Yano & Bolten Oleg vs. United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Francesco Akira & Callum Newman)
  • 8-Person Tag Team Match: Ryusuke Taguchi, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Saya Iida & Hanan vs. Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Gabe Kidd & Drilla Maloney
  • KOPW 2024 Championship Hardcore Rules Match: The Great-O-Khan (c) vs. Suzu Suzuki
  • Tag Team Match: Natsupoi & Taichi vs. Thekla & Clark Connors
  • IWGP Women’s Championship Match: Mayu Iwatani (c) vs. Momo Watanabe
  • Tag Team Match: Zack Sabre Jr. & Maika vs. Starlight Kid & El Desperado

Historic X-Over 2 is available to purchase on NJPW World PPV with Japanese and English commentary for the link here.

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Hailing from Stoke-on-Trent, Rob fell back in love with the Wrestling Business in 2016 after a decade-long break. Rob is the host of the PodMania Wrestling Podcast, the StardomCast and reviews retro PPVs - with an odd fascination with 1995 WWF/WCW!

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