At the NJPW ‘Capital Collision’ event this past weekend, Mercedes Mone successfully defeated Momo Watanabe to retain her NJPW Strong Women’s Championship.
In the latest edition of her “Mone Mag” fan newsletter, the AEW TBS Champion lavished praise on Watanabe. She wrote,
“I loved my match in DC at Capital Collision, but I am definitely feeling sore. All the travel from Wembley to Champaign to DC definitely took its toll but it was nothing compared to what I endured in the match! Before I get into that, let me say how good it felt to feel and act like the FIGHTING CHAMPION I promised I would be! This was my first New Japan Title Defense, and like I said at my promo at the show, it was 466 days since I’ve been in the New Japan Ring. That’s when I got injured. And that’s when my career and life were really up in the air as Doctors said I would never wrestle again. So just to be back, with or without the title FELT INCREDIBLE!”
She continued, “After my match at All In against Britt I definitely felt sore. Brit pulled out a lot of innovative moves. But Momo, she had SO many lethal kicks and lethal forearms not to mention knees to the face! She was really deadly out there. As proof, I have multiple bruises on my arm, not to mention my leg, after she hit me with a baseball bat.”
KC Navarro was a recent guest on the “MuscleMan Malcolm” podcast to discuss a variety of topics, including his status with TNA Wrestling after he joined First Class last week. He said,
“I’m here to bless (TNA) while I can. I’m going to come in and bless when they need me. I’m here for First Class. I’m not here for TNA. I’m here for First Class.”
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