Rumble on 44th Street

Rumble on 44th Street
Rumble on 44th Street
	Promotional poster featuring various wrestlers
Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date	October 28, 2022
City	New York City, New York
Venue	Palladium Times Square
Attendance	982
Event chronology
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Rumble on 44th Street was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).^[2] It took place on October 28, 2022, in New York City at the Palladium Times Square.^[3]^[4]

The event was preceded by a Halloween inspired event named The Night Before Rumble on 44th Street on October 27.^[5]

Storylines

Rumble on 44th Street featured professional wrestling matches that involve 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.^[6]^[7]

Event

A supplemental show, entitled The Night Before Rumble on 44th Street: A Halloween Special, as the name implies, was held the night before the main show on October 27, 2022. No matches were deliberately announced in advance to keep the show a mystery for fans.^[8] The show featured many surprises, such as a reunion of the Forever Hooligans tag team as Alex Koslov came out of retirement for one night only, Strong Openweight Champion Fred Rosser facing off against former World Championship Wrestling wrestler Crowbar, and a 12-man elimination tag team match in the main event, featuring the likes of IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jay White, Kazuchika Okada, Homicide, and wrestlers from All Elite Wrestling, such as Eddie Kingston and AEW World Champion Jon Moxley.

The event hosted the presence of several World Wonder Ring Stardom wrestlers. The pre-show of the event saw Cosmic Angels unit members Mina Shirakawa and Waka Tsukiyama unsuccessfully challenging Kylie Rae and Tiara James. Stars unit leader Mayu Iwatani successfully defended the SWA World Championship against KiLynn King. In the second match, Yujiro Takahashi and Sho defeated Rocky Romero and Yoh. After the match, Lio Rush showed up to help the Chaos members. Alex Coughlin returned after the second match and announced his participation in the World Tag League. Ken Shamrock escorted Clark Connors to the ring. A staredown ensued between the two Pancrase legends following Suzuki's win. In the end, however, the two hugged.^[9]^[10]

Results

The Night Before Rumble on 44th Street
No.	Results^[11]	Stipulations	Times^[12]
1	The DKC and Kevin Knight defeated Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero)	Tag team match	16:02
2	Fred Rosser defeated Crowbar	Singles match	14:43
3	Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) defeated The S.A.T. (Joel Maximo and Jose Maximo)	Tag team match	7:44
4	Mike Bailey defeated Mascara Dorada, Mighty Monte and Smiley	Four-way match	9:38
5	Minoru Suzuki defeated Tracy Williams	Singles match	13:14
6	Shingo Takagi defeated Jake Something	Singles match	14:17
7	Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Yoh), Amazing Red, Jon Moxley, Eddie Kingston and Homicide defeated Bullet Club (Jay White, Juice Robinson and El Phantasmo) and Team Filthy (Tom Lawlor and West Coast Wrecking Crew (Royce Isaacs and Jorel Nelson))	Twelve-man elimination tag team match	29:14