Battle Autumn '22 was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on November 5, 2022 in Osaka, Japan at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium.
| Battle Autumn '22 | |||
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| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | November 5, 2022 | ||
| City | Osaka, Japan | ||
| Venue | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | ||
| Attendance | 4,006[1] | ||
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Battle Autumn featured the return of Shota Umino, who returned after Will Ospreay called out any NJPW wrestler, after the successful defense of his IWGP United States Championship against Tetsuya Naito.
Storylines
editBattle Autumn featured nine 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 culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[2]
Results
edit- ^ Originally Karl Anderson was scheduled to defend the NEVER Openweight Championship against Hikuleo at the event but was also scheduled to work WWE's Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia on the same day. Anderson claimed that he was double booked and that he has no intention in defending the title at Battle Autumn.[3] NJPW President Takami Ohbari, later stated that no changes has yet been made to the card and the title will still be defended at the event.[4] On October 26, in an official statement by NJPW, Anderson would be stripped of the title if he did not honour his scheduled title defence as NEVER Openweight champion.[5] The match was changed to a regular match between Hikuleo and Yujiro Takahashi after NJPW could not reach Anderson.
References
edit- ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (November 5, 2022). "NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 - Tag 16". cagematch.net. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (October 19, 2022). "Karl Anderson Says He Won't Defend NEVER Openweight Title At NJPW Battle Autumn". Fightful. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
- ^ Carey, Ian (October 23, 2022). "NJPW president responds to Karl Anderson being 'double booked' on November 5". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
- ^ "Regarding Karl Anderson and the NEVER Openweight Championship". NJPW. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- ^ "2022.11.05 Battle Autumn '22 | New Japan Pro-Wrestling". NJPW. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ Currier, Joseph (October 4, 2022). "Two title matches announced for NJPW Battle Autumn in Osaka". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved October 25, 2022.