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00:00Mane caught Hatsumi on top of Hatsuki 2 and it is over the championry teams.
00:15It might be a bit fast.
00:17It might be a bit fast.
00:19It might be a bit fast.
00:21But next is the title match.
00:25Please join me again.
00:29The legend of Mercedes-Mone will be in charge because it is the end of this spring.
00:36It's the Mane!
00:37Mane!
00:39Mane!
00:40Mane!
00:41Mane!
00:42Mane!
00:44Mane!
00:45Mane!
00:46Mane!
00:48Mane!
00:49Mane!
00:50Mane!
00:51Mane!
00:52Mane!
00:54Mane!
00:55Mane!
00:56Mane!
00:57Mane!
00:58Mane!
00:59Dangerous here, it's over here out on the apron!
01:06Victory roll and rolls all the way!
01:1919!
01:20Sherechkawa, a count of 19!
01:23And this one's over!
01:25And Peter's trying to get back in the ring, but...
01:28Sherechkawa was frustrated, asking each other to say
01:30neither of these women look like they'll be alive
01:33for a title opportunity against Mercedes-Benz now!
01:44Wait, wait, wait!
01:45Look, listen!
01:46I know you both want an opportunity
01:48for the strong women's championship
01:50against Mercedes-Benz.
01:52So listen...
01:53What?
01:55Three-way...
01:56New Japan resurgence in Ontario, California,
01:59and you can settle it then!
02:00In the ring the right way!
02:02Mercedes, Mina, and Azumi!
02:04A three-way? A freakin' three-way?
02:06That means I can possibly lose this
02:08without being submitted or pinned?
02:10Both of them together, they're going to learn real quickly
02:13that there's a price to pay when you mess with Mercedes-Benz.
02:18In the ring the right way...
02:20In the ring the right way!
02:21In the ring the right way!
02:22There's a fight, the right way!
02:233-way first...
02:24Came out!
02:26Oof!
02:27Oh!
02:28Woohoo!
02:29Oof!
02:30D-Dog, the right way!
02:31Justice and cheering, 3-way match...
02:3330 minutes!
02:34In the ring the right way!
02:35This is the one!
02:36The third and final change!
02:38Which became a star!!
03:09Contenders match, Azami versus Fina Shirakawa, ending in a double countout, a draw, a controversial decision that has now put the champion tonight, Mercedes Menei, at a one-third odd of blocking away as strong women's champion at the end.
03:27Mercedes has had blocked off in a three-way team.
03:31And then to the match.
03:33Involved that way or so.
03:36Has led to her.
03:37Challenger, Stunner, Neonchichis, Nekonu Shuguzichi, Yonchukou, Kousogu Bakakusa, Azami!
03:46Has led to Kouki chasing a singles match with Mercedes Menei.
03:51Not able to get that here tonight with Mena Shirakawa added to the mix.
03:56Yee-e-ebode!
04:09Yee-ea- snap!
04:10Yee-ea!
04:12Yee-ha!
04:14Whoo!
04:15One of the newest signees to AEW here in the United States.
04:45It's none other than Mina Shirakawa, stepping outside of the comfort zone of stardom and here into a professional wrestling ring in the United States.
04:54But VEDA, as much as the future is envisioned at AEW for Mina Shirakawa, it would be a lot more glorious if she became the Strong Women's Champion tonight.
05:04Absolutely.
05:06Especially.
05:07AEW, 157cm, 54kg, has killed the world wide of Venus.
05:12Second, Mina!
05:15Especially if she can defeat Mercedes-Mene, because personally, Mina, she's made it known that one of the deciding factors in her decision to leave stardom and to relocate to the United States to wrestle here full time is because she wants another shot at Mercedes-Mene.
05:36Mene, of course, beat Mina for that British Women's Championship.
05:41Mina could take one of Mercedes' titles here tonight.
05:43One of the newest signees to AEW here in the United States.
06:13It's none other than Mina Shirakawa, stepping outside of the comfort zone of stardom and here into a professional wrestling ring in the United States.
06:22But VEDA, as much as the future is envisioned at AEW for Mina Shirakawa, it would be a lot more glorious if she became the Strong Women's Champion today.
06:31VEDA, as much as the future is now, it would be a lot more glorious if she can defeat Mercedes-Mene because personally, Mina, she's made it known that one of the deciding factors in her decision to leave stardom and to relocate to the United States to wrestle here full time is because she wants another shot at Mercedes-Mene.
06:36Mene, of course, beat Mina for that British Women's Championship.
07:05Mina could take one of Mercedes' titles here tonight.
07:08C-E-O, C-E-O, C-E-O, C-E-O, C-E-O.
07:14C-E-O, C-E-O, C-E-O, C-E-O, C-E-O, C-E-O, C-E-O, C-E-O, C-E-O, C-E-O.
07:35Have you ever seen gold look that good?
07:45It is four belts, Mercedes-Monnaie tonight, AEW TBS champion,
07:51Rev Pro undisputed British women's champion,
07:54but tonight, maybe for the final time,
07:57NJPW Strong women's champion.
08:00That title has never been more at risk for Mercedes,
08:03like you said, Walker.
08:04There's no champion's advantage in a match like this.
08:06Mercedes does not have to be pinned.
08:09She does not have to submit in order to lose her title.
08:12Same, same girl, same.
08:14CEO, CEO, CEO, CEO, CEO, CEO, CEO, CEO.
08:23AEW TBS champion, NARAMINI RPW,
08:26TORIS GENISH JOSHI champion, NARAMINI DAIYAMI STOMP JOSHI champion,
08:30the CP4, Mercedes-Monnaie!
08:40So much going, belonging to Mercedes-Monnaie tonight.
08:45So much going belonging to Mercedes-Benz tonight, it is almost unbelievable.
08:59And with every single added piece of championship gold to the repertoire of Mercedes-Benz,
09:04there has been one more person stepping up in the world to want to knock her off the perch.
09:09We talk about being at the top of the mountain.
09:12Mercedes-Benz is truly at the mountaintop and the tallest of the world.
09:30The bell sounds, we are officially underway.
09:32It is your main event of the evening, a three-way match for the NJPW Strong Women's Championship.
09:38And well, Mercedes-Benz sizing up her opponent, and only she can.
09:49And let's not pretend that this confidence is not well-deserved from Mercedes-Benz.
09:52Has defeated Azumi before in three-way competition.
09:56Has pinned Mina Shirakawa in the Tokyo Dome.
09:58That's how she became the Rev Pro Undisputed British Women's Champion.
10:01And that makes all the motivation more personal for Mina Shirakawa and Azumi in this one.
10:10Well, up on the shoulders!
10:11And very quickly wanted to go for Moneymaker, but we're going to put a statement in that one.
10:20Whoa!
10:21As it is, we are heating up the action, hot and heavy.
10:23Azumi rolled right through, and wow, under the Statement Maker.
10:27Very quickly and early on for Mercedes-Benz today.
10:30Yeah, and this could end in just seconds, but wait a second.
10:32Look at Mina Shirakawa.
10:37Yeah, Shirakawa wants to take it off the rope and take through.
10:40Wow.
10:41I don't think this is exactly up Mercedes-Benz Mane's alley.
10:46Whoa, and she puts a stop to that double pitfall!
10:49Yeah, I don't know how that would have worked out.
10:50Let's see this.
10:51It's malfunctioning at the junction here, and now we're flipping and flying all through.
10:55Azumi trips up Mane.
10:57Oh!
10:58And a double dropkick for Shirakawa and Azumi.
11:00And we're immediately seeing what makes these three-way matches so difficult.
11:04It is disorienting.
11:06Mm-hmm.
11:07And I will say this.
11:08Traditionally, in Joshi Pro Wrestling, a three-way match, a three-way singles match is not as usual
11:16as we're used to seeing outside of Japan.
11:19But Mina Shirakawa has actually competed in quite a few of them, and her record's pretty good.
11:23Ooh.
11:24So she may have a little bit of an experience edge for this type of match.
11:27Here's a cover.
11:28Yep, cover.
11:29Only two for Azumi.
11:30And you're gonna see the high-speed style Azumi.
11:33Pin down, only two once again.
11:35That glamorous figure four could've come from anywhere, but it's not here tonight.
11:38Whoa!
11:39Has competed in so many matches in the high-speed division in Starnum.
11:42And meanwhile, it is Azumi.
11:45A dropkick that will lay down Mina Shirakawa.
11:48Has been challenging for a lot of singles gold as of recently, has Azumi.
11:52It was back at a sellout, record-setting, historic venue in Yokohama Arena,
11:56where Azumi challenged Starlight Kid with a wonder of strong title.
11:59Came up short, but knew she had the strong winning style opportunity in the back pocket
12:03and has to make votes.
12:05Mercedes.
12:06Azumi fighting on the outside.
12:07Meanwhile, Mina.
12:08Wow, wait a minute.
12:09Mina Shirakawa!
12:10Oh!
12:11Oh!
12:12Oh!
12:13Oh!
12:14Oh!
12:15Oh!
12:16Oh!
12:17Oh!
12:18Oh!
12:19Oh!
12:20Oh!
12:21Oh!
12:22Oh!
12:23Oh!
12:24Oh!
12:25Oh!
12:26Oh!
12:27Oh!
12:28Oh!
12:29Oh!
12:30Oh!
12:31Oh!
12:32Oh!
12:33Oh!
12:34Oh!
12:35Oh!
12:36Oh!
12:37Oh!
12:38Oh!
12:39Oh!
12:40Oh!
12:41Oh!
12:42Oh!
12:43Oh!
12:44Oh!
12:45Oh!
12:46Oh!
12:47Oh!
12:48Oh!
12:49Oh!
12:50Oh!
12:51Oh!
12:52Oh!
12:53Oh!
12:54Oh!
12:55Oh!
12:56Oh!
12:57Another agenda on the plate for the CEO.
12:58Well, she's a week away from Double or Nothing.
13:01A couple weeks away from Double or Nothing.
13:02Finals with the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament.
13:04I mean, she could collect another title,
13:07but she could go in one belt lighter
13:10if Mina Shirakawa has anything to say about it.
13:12Oh, Shirakawa crossbody onto Azumi.
13:17Azumi tried to re-inject herself into this match.
13:21And meanwhile, Mercedes won A.
13:23And yes, indeed, we are here in California tonight.
13:27Lucha Libre, well and alive.
13:31Tres Amigos from Mercedes-Benz.
13:38And it was Viva La Monet back in the Tokyo Tope,
13:42back in Ryogoku, and she's met these three women before.
13:46And we're going to see what Mercedes can do here
13:48as Azumi is stacked onto that bottom rope.
13:50Shirakawa on the second.
13:52Oh!
13:53Double knees to a double stack.
13:55Pin Shirakawa.
13:56And it's only two for Mercedes-Benz.
13:58Let's try Azumi here on Versailles.
14:00And a cover is only two again.
14:03And scrambling now one more time.
14:05Still not enough.
14:06And we are going to do this all night, aren't we?
14:11Double kicker.
14:12That was a pass.
14:13Five minutes.
14:14Five minutes deep.
14:15And Mercedes still unable to get that pinfall.
14:19Viva, you almost get the sense that Mercedes is trying to end this match as quickly as possible.
14:24Knowing full and well, the longer this goes on, the more titles at stake.
14:28Double knee or a...
14:30We were talking before on the champion doesn't really have an advantage in this matchup.
14:35And in Mercedes, I guess her plan to counter that is to take on both opponents at once.
14:40Right now it's Shirakawa who she tosses inside.
14:42Into the cover.
14:45And it is a two count on Mina Shirakawa.
14:49Shirakawa's been in action a lot recently over in Ring of Honor.
14:54Competing more actively in all-leap wrestling as well as one of the newest AEW signees.
14:59No longer burdened with the travel between U.S. and Japan with start-up.
15:04And Monet, meanwhile, thinking moneymaker right here.
15:07It's how she puts Shirakawa down in the Tokyo Dome.
15:09Shirakawa well aware.
15:10Wow, maybe looking for one of her own.
15:13Oh!
15:15Call it a Mina maker right there.
15:17And now going after that knee.
15:20Mina loves that figure four.
15:24Now let's keep in mind here, Veyna.
15:25Mercedes-Benz with a history of knee injuries in her career.
15:29And that could come to plague Monet here tonight if Mina Shirakawa wins her way with it.
15:34Oh, she's about to have a very recent history of knee injuries.
15:38Oh!
15:38Oh, no!
15:42One more time!
15:43One more time!
15:43One more time!
15:45One more time!
15:46Back again to the knee.
15:50Zeroing in on that figure four submission.
15:53And it is glamorous here tonight.
15:58The glamorous figure four.
16:00That is for Mina Shirakawa.
16:02Meanwhile, wait a minute.
16:04Dives away!
16:06And Azami just wipes through Monet and Mina.
16:09Now zeroing in on Mina.
16:15Azami only 22 years of age.
16:18Could become strong women's champion.
16:20La Mistica!
16:22La Mistica locked in for Azami.
16:24Mercedes is frantic as Shirakawa runs in and she gets caught double!
16:33Doubled up on the armbar.
16:36Two for the price of one on the La Mistica.
16:38Now!
16:39Oh, Azami has the rings hooked in.
16:42The rings hooked in.
16:43Double stacked Mina and Mercedes.
16:46And Mercedes powers through!
16:48Whoa, whoa, whoa!
16:48Oh, no!
16:49Oh, that was a messy affair right there.
16:52Oh, no!
16:56Azami, her resilience always remarkable.
16:59Immediately able to recalibrate here now.
17:02Climbing up top.
17:06And Mercedes telling Mina to get in here
17:08and take down one of the challengers with her.
17:15Well, impromptu teamwork here.
17:18The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
17:21And there are no friends tonight, but Mercedes and Mina.
17:26Oh, Mercedes hung up now.
17:28And Mina the same.
17:29What is Azami thinking here?
17:30Uh-oh.
17:32Azami!
17:33Oh!
17:36Double, double stomp.
17:39It drags Monet over to the other corner.
17:42Azami might be thinking that double stomp.
17:49She's put many women away with it.
17:51And it might be tonight.
17:52Almost halfway across the ring.
17:54The cover!
17:54That's it!
17:55A new champion!
17:56A new champion!
17:57No!
17:59Had this not been a three-way match,
18:02Mercedes-Money would have been defeated.
18:05But Mina now, with a big combination.
18:07Mina, no, no, no.
18:14Watch it.
18:15Oh!
18:15Double backstabber from Mercedes-Money.
18:18Oh!
18:24Monet.
18:26Fletching her knees.
18:27Putting it all on the line for that backstabber.
18:36Mercedes-Money has run through Stephanie Vakert.
18:38Momo Watanabe.
18:40Emi Sakura.
18:41Hazuki.
18:41Even Mina Shirakawa herself.
18:51Going shot for shot.
18:53Ten minutes have passed.
18:54Ten minutes.
18:57Oh, but now, zeroing in on the reigning champion.
19:04It's personal.
19:05We said it from the beginning.
19:07Shirakawa and Azami both want to be the ones to put down the CEO.
19:15Working together here.
19:19Oh!
19:20Azami might have just outsmarted the lot.
19:23Uh-oh.
19:24No, no, no, Mercedes-Cypher-Utaki.
19:29The cover.
19:31No!
19:31Oh!
19:37Partnerships don't last long.
19:39In a match like this, there can only be one winner.
19:42And right now, it looks like it's going to be the CEO.
19:44Locked and loaded.
19:58Mercedes-Bene needs to the corner.
20:03And it's time for the rewind.
20:05Meteora.
20:06One more.
20:06And to find the cover on Azami again.
20:10Two only.
20:12Leg was hooked, but it wasn't enough.
20:17From Ryagoku, Sumo Hall two years ago with Azami.
20:21The Tokyo Dome to kick off the year with Mina Shirakawa.
20:25Mercedes-Bene is running through the lot of them.
20:27And we'll see, but they can't do it tonight.
20:32Mina's up top.
20:34Oh, sleeper slam off the heavens.
20:37And to find the cover, Mina Mina broke it up by Mercedes again.
20:40Mercedes looks to steal the pin.
20:43Tries to, and it is not enough.
20:44Going after Azami.
20:50Moneymaker up on, no.
20:56Shirakawa, I mean, wants the submission, but Azami not going to allow it.
21:00Oh, wait a second.
21:02Oh, DDT.
21:04With Mercedes trapped in that submission as well.
21:08Two for the price of one.
21:09Mina Shirakawa looks like she has chosen Azami
21:13to end this.
21:26Just planted.
21:28And you can sense the urgency on Shirakawa,
21:31and it's got to be there.
21:32You have the CEO wiped out.
21:33If you want to become Strong Women's Champion,
21:35you take every advantage you can get.
21:37Figure four locked in.
21:40Well, and the CEO's knocked down.
21:42Not for long.
21:45Meteora breaks up the submission.
21:56It's my title.
22:01Right back to that injured knee.
22:05Oh, wait a minute.
22:08What is Shirakawa thinking here?
22:11Stack it up bodies.
22:13Stack it up legs.
22:15No, it's not a pinfall attempt for Azami.
22:18Taito knows what's going on here.
22:20Double figure four.
22:23Wrenching it on Mina Shirakawa.
22:26Shirakawa.
22:27And it's double the pressure on Monet right now.
22:32It only signaled out of Azami.
22:39Shirakawa.
22:40More determined than ever.
22:41Look at Azami.
22:42Monet, they grabbed hands.
22:43They decided they're not going to tap out here.
22:45They can't allow the other one, too.
22:47That means you lose your shot.
22:48That's a strong women's title.
22:49Dragging, dragging Shirakawa over to the ropes
22:57and finally forcing a break on the submission.
23:12Smart on Mercedes.
23:14Create your separation.
23:16Find your distance.
23:17Find yourself again.
23:17In a three-way match like this, Vita,
23:20you can't take too much time doing that on the outside.
23:23Mina's going for the end here.
23:25Azami able to escape.
23:26Oh, the right hand from Mina.
23:32Oh, what a knee.
23:34And what a cover.
23:35Another cover.
23:37No.
23:42Mina, TTT.
23:45Let's try it again.
23:47Find it one more.
23:48Two.
23:48No.
23:50Again, so close.
23:51Shirakawa.
23:54Thinking maybe glamorous driver Mina here.
23:57That would do it for sure.
24:06We could see a glamorous driver.
24:08No.
24:09Monet, Monet.
24:09The shoulders down.
24:11The shoulders down.
24:11No.
24:13Shirakawa pulls through.
24:15Jackknife.
24:16No.
24:16Monet.
24:16Shoulders down again.
24:18And it's only one.
24:20Monet up.
24:21Monet.
24:21No, no, no.
24:23Azumi.
24:24Double up.
24:25Double up.
24:26Oh.
24:26Oh, I can't believe it.
24:28So close.
24:30Back up on the shoulders.
24:31Monet.
24:31No.
24:32Watch it again.
24:34Azumi.
24:35Sushi.
24:36Azumi.
24:37Sushi.
24:38Oh, I can't believe it.
24:42Azumi, back up.
24:43Oh, right on the back of her head.
24:55Mercedes.
24:57Charge is in.
24:58Put it away.
25:00We saw it earlier on Azumi.
25:01We'll see it again tonight.
25:03Monet.
25:04No, no, no.
25:05Bad positioning.
25:06Bad timing.
25:06Azumi defied the mark.
25:09Destroy her.
25:11Mercedes is out.
25:12Mini Shurikawa.
25:13Mina.
25:15Azumi the cover.
25:17One.
25:20Shurikawa connects.
25:26Azumi keeping it high speed.
25:28Let me stick on takedown.
25:29And Mina's out.
25:30Mina's out.
25:31Shoulders down.
25:32No.
25:37Wait, Mercedes tossed to the apron.
25:39Trying to dispose of the champion.
25:43And for good reason.
25:44Shoulders down again.
25:45Azumi with it.
25:48Azumi sushi.
25:50Yes, it is.
25:50Sushi inbound.
25:51Cover.
25:52Cover.
25:53Over.
25:53Rotates.
25:54Down again.
25:54Down again.
25:56Azumi's done it.
25:57Azumi's done it.
25:58And the look on Mercedes-Bene's face says it all.
26:16This has got to be like a flashback for Mercedes.
26:20History repeats itself, but in some sort of parallel universe, because this time it's Mercedes who's left in the cold in a three-way match.
26:27Azumi, the new New Japan strong women's champion.
26:33Unbelievable.
26:33Mercedes-Bene looks absolutely distraught here.
26:52And you can't blame the woman.
26:53I mean, beta, when's the last time you've seen Mercedes-Bene lose a championship in professional wrestling?
27:02What, since the IWGP women's title?
27:03She has been collecting title after title, and you've got to think that it stings even more to know that she herself was not involved in that final fall.
27:18And she's not a second to beat a shirt now, either.
27:21Mercedes is not waiting for the win.
27:24We're waiting for the show to come up for the loss.
27:29We're not done here tonight.
27:31Between the beat and Mercedes.
27:33They're headed to the back, and presumably headed back to AEW as well.
27:41That is certainly not over.
27:43But now Azumi, she has the microphone.
27:51I'm a new champion!
27:56The new champion, Azumi.
27:58I'm so happy.
28:01I'm so happy.
28:03Everyone, thank you.
28:22It's Azumi time!
28:43It's Azumi time!
28:45It's Azumi time at last!
28:50It's Azumi time at last!
28:52It is Azumi's time indeed!
28:58In the era of the CEO is over in New Japan Pro Wrestling!
29:13Azumi, she had a heartbreaker to start out in the year, couldn't become IWGP Women's Champion.
29:20She couldn't become Wonder of Stardom Champion.
29:21She couldn't become Wonder of Stardom Champion.
29:23And now, she stands atop of the New Japan Strong Women's Division.
29:29She has defeated Mercedes-Bene, defeated Mina Shirakawa.
29:33It really is Azumi time!
29:35And wrestling fans, if you love your New Japan Pro Wrestling, you're gonna wanna stick around.
29:39Because in about three hours' time, we're gonna be live on the other side of the world, on NJPW World Official.
29:45It will be the kickoff to Best of the Super Junior 32 Night 1.
29:49Our good pal Chris Charlton is on standby over there for English coverage for Chiba.
29:54Of course, Night 2 to come in post-production, and then we'll be live through the rest of the tournament.
29:58The kickoff to Best of the Super Junior in the aftermath of Resurgence.
30:01So much to talk about heading into Best of the Super Junior.
30:04So much to talk about heading into the Dominion.
30:06But that has been all for us here in Toyota Arena here in Ontario, California.
30:11For Veda Scott, Ivan Walker Stewart, this has been New Japan Pro Wrestling, the King of Sports.
30:17Go Kikenyo! Sayonara! Bye-bye!
30:41We'll see you next to the?]
30:47Well offsta-like i-m morte av ż!
30:53Woahk!
30:57No!
31:02No!
31:04No!
31:05See you next time?