JPN
STARS, consisting of Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, Koguma, Saya Iida, and Momo Kogo, will face off against God's Eye, consisting of Syuri, Saki Kashima, Lady C, Ranna Yagami, and Tomoka Inaba, in a 10-person tag team match. Momo Kogo, teaming with Iwatani, has declared her intention to challenge for the Goddesses of Stardom Championship held by Hanan and Saya Iida, with the challenge scheduled for the Ginowan, Okinawa event. With a STARS internal match looming, champion Iida will stand in the same corner as Iwatani and Kogo in this match. Will their psychological state while awaiting the title match have any influence on this match?
As STARS enters, God's Eye, who enter first, are outside the ring. Kashima gestures to Yagami to make a bear pose, and when Yagami makes an "X" sign, Lady C intervenes to stop Kashima, and Syuri also makes a gesture of refusal to Kashima. Kashima brings bear ears close to Shuri's head from behind. Koguma asks for anyone who wants to be a bear, and God's Eye attacks, giving Shuri a penalty kick. Koguma catches her and strikes a bear pose. She grabs Shuri's hands and tries to make her strike a bear pose. Shuri counters and kicks Koguma with a soccer ball kick, a penalty kick. Shuri puts Koguma in a sleeper hold. Lady stomps on Koguma's back and gives him a knee drop, saying, "Hey bear, this is payback for all the times." Kashima jumps on Lady and they both stomp on Koguma. Kashima covers Koguma after slamming Lady into him. Yagami kicks Koguma, saying, "I'm going to make sure you can never be a bear again!" Yagami applies a camel clutch and a sleeper hold, saying, "Everyone, one, two, three, you idiot!" Hazuki gets angry and interferes, saying, "Be a bear!" Yagami sends Hazuki out of the ring, saying, "You're not gonna do it!" Koguma hits Yagami with a Gun Stun, then forces him into a bear hold from a camel clutch. Hazuki hits Yagami with a missile kick and a face lock. Hazuki hits Kashima and Tomoka with a Codebreaker. Shuri and Lady team up but Kogo separates them and STARS delivers a five-way face wash. Hazuki slams Yagami to the mat. Yagami dodges a senton and hits a dropkick. Tomoka and Kashima team up to attack Hazuki. Tomoka hits a straight punch followed by Kashima's Shoryuken, and Tomoka slams Kashima into Hazuki. Hazuki retaliates and STARS deliver a series of corner attacks. Iwatani hits Tomoka with a dropkick and an elbow. Tomoka hits a spinning kick. Shuri hits Iwatani with a dropkick and a knee attack. Front neck chancery, armlock. God's Eye assists Shuri with a submission hold. Shuri continues the armlock, but Iwatani escapes. Shuri stomped repeatedly, landed elbows, and stood defiantly, taunting Iwatani. After an exchange of elbows, Shuri landed a middle kick. Iwatani took the hits and stood up. Iida cut off Shuri's charge, and Iwatani and Mukai performed a 619 together. Koguma and Hazuki separated them, and Iwatani delivered a frog splash to Shuri. However, Shuri managed to counter. Iwatani got behind Shuri. When Shuri countered, Yagami and Tomoka landed straight punches, Lady delivered a choke slam, and Kashima delivered a diving foot stomp. Shuri slammed Iwatani with Ryuen, but it was cut off. A melee ensued. Ten minutes had passed since the melee began. Shuri hit Iwatani with a buzzsaw. Iwatani dodged but was countered with a high kick, and Shuri delivered another buzzsaw. Iwatani managed to counter at the last moment, and Shuri hoisted her onto her shoulders and slammed her forward with Shusekai. The three count was called, and Shuri pinned Iwatani.
Shuri: "I'm starting a fight for myself. I'm the one who will defeat Mayu Iwatani. Please let me challenge for the IWGP (Women's) title on April 27th at Yokohama Arena!"
Iwatani: "Shuri, thank you for that amazing kick. I'm out of consciousness. April 31st..."
Shuri corrects her.
Iwatani: "April 27th! At Yokohama Arena, IWGP Champion Mayu Iwatani will accept a challenge from anyone, anywhere. Next time, I'll defeat you for my 10th title defense, achieve double-digit defenses, and become the Miss? Mrs.? I am the IWGP Champion, so please support me! See you on April 27th!"
The two shake hands, and Iwatani raises the belt.
Iwatani: "I have accepted the challenge for the IWGP (Women's). On April 27th at Yokohama Arena, in a big Stardom match, I will be defending this belt for the 10th time. I have been saying ever since I took on this belt that with my 10th time, I will break the record for the most defenses. Iwatani Mayu will break the record for the most defenses of a belt that bears the IWGP name. So I want to defend it the next 10 times for sure, and break my long-awaited 12 times to break the record. That's why I cannot lose my fight with Ayuri in April. I mean, Ayuri said that whoever wins her singles match against Saree will be the next challenger, but it ended in a draw. It was a draw, and Ayuri just happened to say it today, but like, how does she qualify when she didn't even win in such a draw? People might think that the IWGP is an easy belt to challenge for, but it's not that easy. I wanted her to properly defeat Saree before announcing her challenge. Well, the IWGP motto is to accept anyone's challenge, so I'll accept it this time reluctantly. But the one who will be the victim for the 10th time is Akari. I want to be the proper champion."