On June 6, 2022, during Bushiroad's 15th anniversary press conference, it was announced that NJPW and Stardom will hold its first shared event on November 20.

The representatives were Giulia from Donna Del Mondo, Mayu Iwatani from Stars, Starlight Kid from Oedo Tai, and Utami Hayashishita from Queen's Quest with Syuri from God's Eye being eliminated due to drawing the shortest straw.

[7] With Iwatani, Hayashishita, Himeka from Donna Del Mondo and Momo Watanabe from Oedo Tai being chosen to complete in the on the Japanese side of the tournament, while Jazzy Gabert, Ava White, and Kairi (despite being Japanese) was announced to compete on the foreigner side with Kairi receiving a first round bye.

[13] During backstage comments, Muta expressed his desire to tag with Yano and Kazuchika Okada at Historic X-Over to take on Great-O-Khan and the United Empire with the match being made official shortly after.

[14] On November 5 at Battle Autumn, Will Ospreay successfully defended the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship against Tetsuya Naito in the main event.