Mercedes Mone brings her talents back to New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
The current AEW star isn’t just the TBS Champion as Mercedes has been holding down the women’s division in New Japan since she won NJPW Strong Women’s Championship from Stephanie Vaquer at Forbidden Door in June.
Thus far, Mone has successfully defended the belt against Momo Watanabe at Capitol Collision on August 30th. Now, the AEW star has a new challenger - Hazuki. These two are no strangers to one another as Hazuki and AZM fought Mercedes in a Triple Threat match for the IWGP Women’s Championship, but the “CEO” emerged victorious. This will be the first singles match between the Japanese star and Mone.
Mercedes Mone isn’t the only name who will be fighting in New Japan on December 15th as International Champion Konosuke Takeshita & Jack Perry will team together to take on Los Ingobernables De Japon (Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji). The former TNT Champion has been missing from AEW television as of late, but that’s not due to injury as Perry has been wrestling on the independent scene for various promotions.
Last but not least, Lio Rush will be in singles action as he’ll take on Hechicero. Before his return to AEW, the former WWE Cruiserweight Champion was killing it in New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
But it isn’t just about AEW talent as the stacked card has two other titles on the line as NJPW Strong Openweight Champion Gabe Kidd and NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions Grizzled Young Veterans are confirmed to fight the newly crowned No. 1 contender’s at the New Japan show.
Check out the confirmed line-up for the NJPW show in Long Beach, California this Saturday:
- NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship: Mercedes Moné (c) vs. Hazuki
- Los Ingobernables De Japon (Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji) vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Jack Perry
- TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr, Bad Dude Tito & Shane Haste) vs. Shota Umino, Fred Rosser & Tom Lawlor
- NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship: Gabe Kidd (c) vs. Ryohei Oiwa
- Los Ingobernables De Japon (Hiromu Takahashi & Titan) vs. United Empire (Templario & Jakob Austin Young)
- Lio Rush vs. Hechicero
- Clark Connors vs. KUSHIDA vs. Kosei Fujita vs. TJP
- NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championships: Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) (c) vs. West Coast Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs)
- Mina Shirakawa vs. Johnnie Robbie
- Kickoff Match: STRONG Survivor: Matt Vandagriff vs. Zane Jay