At Saturday’s NJPW Sakura Genesis event, Mercedes Mone successfully defended the IWGP Women’s Championship when she beat Hazuki and STARDOM’s High-Speed Champion AZM in a three-way match.
She did so when she hit a Mone Maker to AZM. Post-match, STARDOM’s “Icon” Mayu Iwatani came out to have a showdown with Mone, leading to the announcement of a match between them at STARDOM’s All Star Grand Queendom on April 23.
Iwatani previously lost to KAIRI in the main event of the Historic X-Over show, marking KAIRI as the first-ever IWGP Women’s Champion.
.@MercedesVarnado "Running Double Knee💥🦵"
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.@MayuIwatani Challenges for IWGP WOMAN CHAMPIONSHIP‼️
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