Two Titles Changed Hands At The Recent NJPW RESURGENCE Show

Two titles changed hands at Resurgence.

Before the big Backlash show on Saturday, New Japan Pro-Wrestling held there own big event in the United States and it featured the return of Bea Priestley and The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) and several big title changes. It also confirmed that Hirooki Goto will defend the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Shingo Takagi at Dominion.

🇺🇸Resurgence 2025🇺🇸

元STARDOMのビー・プレストリー第０試合で登場‼️

🆚 @BeaPriestley96 × @HellBentVixen#njpwworld で配信中📡

PPV購入はこちら ⇒https://t.co/kK7UKeeo3G……
視聴料金:2,990円(税込)#njpw #njpwworld #njResurgence pic.twitter.com/L2pPEIUta9

— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) May 10, 2025

【5.9オンタリオ大会・第3試合】

大注目の新旧BULLET CLUB対決は、ヤングバックス＆グッドブラザーズに軍配！

試合後、両軍の因縁はさらに激化……!!

★新日本プロレス・スマホサイトで詳報中！https://t.co/RgQ3UHnU2q#njResurgence pic.twitter.com/xz16ul8BOu

— 新日本プロレスリング株式会社 (@njpw1972) May 10, 2025

The first was the NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team titles as the United Empire gained another set of belts. Callum Newman and Great-O-Khan currently hold the IWGP Tag Team titles, and now, TJP & Templario hold the STRONG Openweight tag titles. TJP is no stranger to holding tag team gold as he’s a former three-time IWGP Junior Tag Team Champion, but this is Templario first run with any New Japan belts. 

#andNEW
TJP and Templario outsmarted the World Class Wrecking Crew to bring gold to United Empire in Ontario last night!#njresurgence report:https://t.co/tNqFePKIAO

Order the replay!https://t.co/REkSlaM96N pic.twitter.com/SHUfQBp8LT

— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) May 10, 2025

The second title change saw Mercedes Mone drop one of her 25 belts. The CEO had a triple threat match against AZM and AEW’s newest acquisition, Mina Shirakawa, and AZM managed to get the win and become the fifth NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion. That effectively ended Mone’s run at 313 days and four successful title defenses. 

AZM vs Mercedes Moné (c) vs Mina Shirakawa
NJPW STRONG Women's Championship#STARDOM #njpw #NjpwSTRONG #AZM #白川未奈 pic.twitter.com/VDb8hchGHs

— 𝔍𝔬𝔰𝔥𝔦 ℑ𝔫𝔰𝔞𝔫𝔢 (@Joshi__Insane) May 10, 2025

Check out the full results for their Resurgence show this past Friday:

NJPW Resurgence (5/9/2025).

• Pre-Show: CJ Tino def. Allan Breeze.
• Pre-Show: Bea Priestley def. Viva Van.
• Fred Rosser def. Matt Vandagriff.
• NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship Match: United Empire (Templario & TJP) def. The World Class Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs) (c) to win the titles!
• The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson) & The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) def. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Clark Connors, David Finlay, Gabe Kidd & Gedo)
• NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship Match: Tomohiro Ishii (c) def. Drilla Moloney.
• NEVER Openweight Championship Match: Konosuke Takeshita (c) def. El Phantasmo.
• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match: Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Ended In A No-Contest.
• NJPW Strong Women’s Championship Match: AZM def. Mercedes Moné (c) & Mina Shirakawa to win the title.