Mayu Iwatani will defend her IWGP Girls’s Championship for the primary time within the Tokyo Dome at Wrestle Kingdom 19 towards AZM.
Following her profitable protection towards Momo Watanabe at Historic X-Over II, Mayu Iwatani expressed her curiosity in competing at Wrestle Kingdom as champion. Shortly after, AZM entered the ring to difficulty the official problem.
Mayu Iwatani apologized to AZM for protecting her ready earlier than making the match official. AZM first expressed curiosity in difficult for the belt after defeating her on this yr’s 5 Star Grand Prix. Sadly for AZM, “Timeless” Toni Storm and Momo Watanabe obtained their title matches with Mayu first.
NJPW then confirmed the match for Wrestle Kingdom 19 in a while after the present.
This marks solely the second time in historical past that the IWGP Girls’s Championship will likely be defended at Wrestle Kingdom. The primary time was again in Wrestle Kingdom 17, the place KAIRI defeated Tam Nakano to retain the title. Mercedes Moné then proceeded to make her Japanese wrestling debut after the match.
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