FULL MATCH - Mercedes Moné vs Momo Watanabe - NJPW Strong Women’s Championship - NJPW Capital Collision 2024
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00:00a woman of elite status and JPW strong women's champion walks in tonight day 62
00:10as the fourth ever champion of said title her first reign was involved in
00:15the tournament to crown the first ever strong women's champion was eliminated
00:21due to injury yeah eliminated in the closing moments of the final match came
00:28so close to winning the strong women's championship a title that many thought
00:33she was destined to hold finally able to claim it now she's got a hold on to it
00:39against Momo Watanabe who is bound and determined to bring that title back to
00:45hate piece by piece it's an easier thing said than done to pick up a victory over
00:48Momo Watanabe any point throughout her career but especially right now one of
00:53the most dangerous points from Oedo Tai now to hate the newly formed newly
00:58unified unit in stardom Momo has held many titles in stardom current goddess
01:05of stardom champion that's been two times artist stardom champion wonder of
01:10stardom champion I mean she's held many many titles in Japan in stardom and that
01:15was kind of her point when she called out Mercedes as Mercedes goes to work
01:20here is that Mercedes according to Momo is a little afraid to come back to Japan
01:24and defend her title there there's definitely some accusations being thrown
01:29at Mercedes Monet none of which regarding around being afraid of any
01:33competition hell went to battle a week ago facing off against dr. Baker DMD
01:38back at all in London he saw how Mercedes Monet well took care of
01:42business I mean that's an excellent point Mercedes has been a little busy
01:46collecting titles around the world but in Momo's eyes she represents and it
01:53hates I she represents the idols they're trying to destroy the time where Momo
01:58Watanabe stood as one of those idols now Mercedes Monet filling that position in
02:04the Western world say W in New Japan pro wrestling side headlocked take down
02:08confidence overflowing for the CEO tonight but for Watanabe gone are the
02:14days of Queen's Quest got her the days even of oh I don't I it is not so
02:18Katora's led a unit in stardom we talk about Tora we talk about hate we talked
02:26about how stardom has a huge event coming up in just mere hours and Momo
02:33Watanabe is missing it to be here in order to try to bring for Sadie's
02:38championship back to hate back to Japan well I mean let's be quite honest about
02:42it Momo Watanabe went 0-4 in her first four matches of stardom's
02:47premier tournament referring to the five-star Grand Prix 2024 which the
02:52finals will take place within the next 24 hours live in Japan yep and that is
02:57where Momo whoa Momo pivoted Momo regrouped and Momo decided to challenge
03:02Mercedes Monet maybe she's regretting that decision right now there was almost
03:10a feeling amongst many in the stardom roster from conversations that I've been
03:15privy to where Momo Watanabe walked into the five-star a little bit disengaged a
03:19little bit disinterested as soon as this match was announced that was when she
03:22started putting some wins on the board in the tournament not enough to qualify
03:26for the semifinals but enough to build momentum toward today yeah so that means
03:31that she is coming into this match on that same momentum and now taking it to
03:37Mercedes day 97 for Mercedes Monet as a WTBS champion five defenses on record
03:49for that CBS title so far in that rain but zero this is the first being for the
03:54strong women's championship we always talk about the difficulty getting over
03:57the first hurdle of a defense it's something that Monet has overcome
04:01recently with the TBS title it's up on the line night tonight for the strong
04:05women's title you're right about that and Mercedes knows it too she always
04:11knows she has eyes on her at all moments shoulders down will we see it Monet to
04:18and up springboard in Lucha style arm drag Eddie Guerrero special right into
04:25the submission maneuver here from Mercedes Monet that is a statement maker
04:30wrenching back on Watanabe who is trying trying to reach the ropes and
04:36dragging Mercedes along with her and it is to that bottom rope ankle extended
04:42for Momo Watanabe but Mercedes is someone who all eyes are on her at all
04:49times she doesn't get a day off from being the CEO
04:53Oh diving in with the Meteora has Mercedes Monet into the cover here is
05:00Monet and it's two and two only and Momo knows that too she knows both the
05:05schedule that Mercedes keeps and the fact that the world is watching this
05:10match as Momo rolls the outside to recover
05:15Oh Mercedes is right there a very different style of schedules between
05:20Mercedes Monet and Momo Watanabe Monet less in the wrestling side of the
05:25schedule and more in the media appearance side of the schedule loves
05:27doing that PR loves running their mouth and she's very good at it and she backs
05:31it up inside the ring but that time is spent wrestling inside the squared
05:38circle 75 documented matches for Watanabe in the past calendar year but
05:44right now Momo went outside the ring grabbing a chair again this is this is
05:52not unexpected from Momo Watanabe she came out oh no she came out holding her
05:58bat and she's found it again referee Taito Nakabayashi taking down that
06:04baseball bat swing and a miss here tonight DC and Monet back on top back on
06:10the middle back oh good god oh that could have cracked the rib right there
06:16Mercedes came crashing into that bat shots of the abdominals of the strong
06:23women's champion and we are not looking at a very strong Mercedes Monet right
06:27now Mercedes tumbles out of the ring and Momo Watanabe very happy with her work
06:37here this is also giving Momo you can see here as she stretches out her neck
06:40I'm sure it's a much-needed recovery time Oh doing the CEO dance
06:47how many have enjoyed adopting the CEO dance across a W in New Japan and now
06:53making its way to start of albeit in a mocking fashion from Watanabe a black
06:59peach a professional wrestling wants to be about Momo by the end of the night
07:05look at Mercedes look at look at just just so scrappy and resilient oh but
07:11just like that Momo shuts it down and Momo Watanabe wants to become strong
07:21women's champion for the first time in her career thinks Monet is afraid to
07:25travel to Japan to defend that title well I don't know how much defending
07:28Watanabe truly wants to do of the strong women's championship whether it's at our
07:33upcoming event in Lowell Massachusetts November 8th or anywhere in Japan for
07:37that matter yes she is fully focused on taking that title back to hate and
07:43holding on to it for as long as possible continuing to just further their agenda
07:49Saiya Kamatani in Japan compares for her semi-final and potentially final
07:55appearance in five-star Grand Prix in 24 hours
07:58Watanabe's collecting gold across these
08:06Mercedes fighting up from her knees you can see how exhausted she is oh and this
08:17has really been the story here a flurry from Mercedes that Momo can shut down
08:24kick after kick to the spine you can tell this is definitely a first-time
08:29meeting on the mental game for Mercedes Monet things are not looking good for
08:34the strong women's champion right now
08:38Momo meanwhile standing tall totally in control
08:50oh this is not good for Mercedes sleeper positioning here for Momo Watanabe
08:57wrenching on the neck and oh our officials gonna need to check on this
09:02Taito get down there oh wait hold on
09:07grass to get the clutch from Mercedes Monet try to get her feet underneath
09:11herself to reposition Momo holding on broken up with a jawbreaker sat out by
09:19Mercedes Monet Monet now off the ropes hits it got it
09:28swinging it through La Mystica style and it's a double knee backstabber so
09:36often we have seen that backstabber transition into the statement maker that
09:40bridging crossface from Mercedes Monet and I think Momo Watanabe knew that
09:45could be coming up she avoids the statement maker she retreats to the
09:49corner but Mercedes Monet snatches her up she's right there
09:56and oh wow hangs up the CEO tree of low positioning and this is textbook
10:04Momo Watanabe Mercedes trapped in the corner very little blocking that Monet
10:12can do from this position and Watanabe knows that mocking the strong women's
10:17champion mocking the CEO Momo Watanabe is paying for her sins right there but
10:30still Mercedes trapped in that corner Oh watch that from Monet baited her in
10:39quick like a cat and oh man head and neck driven right in to that turnbuckle
10:45this is it this is the moment for Mercedes finally an opening Mercedes
10:52has been the moment her whole entire career and she captures it again here
10:56tonight meteora in the corner Monet feeling it in her back right now but
11:01still momentum wills Monet onward strike after strike to the temple of Momo
11:09Watanabe oh but Mercedes she's not done yet she's headed back up from that
11:20middle rope Monet started all night double knee meteora from the top here we
11:25go to only so many devastating maneuvers in the CEO's arsenal the statement maker
11:38bankrupt meteora that patented moneymaker the gory special into the DDT
11:44it's the one thing we've yet to see so far if that moneymaker connects that's
11:50it for Momo Watanabe and Mercedes she knows it too how she retained her TBS
11:58championship it's not even a cover here Watanabe meteora shot of her own and
12:06instead brought right through into the Boston Crab from Mercedes Monet Monet
12:12always so quick so agile able to avoid and roll into the submission Watanabe
12:18is struggling that's the motto was not going to connect but this definitely will
12:23stay connected and could lead Monet to connect the dots to a win
12:28Watanabe crawling inching towards the ropes and she finally makes it imagine
12:38being in the head of Mercedes Monet waiting waiting to hear that tap out
12:43behind you and knowing now it's gonna take more than that you're gonna have to
12:47regroup look at the determination on Mercedes face underneath look at the
12:56Oh malfunction at the junction taking it right in on that left knee and it
13:02looked like they both connected hard both women with very similar thinking
13:08here highest caliber of athletes only in our main event here tonight listen we
13:16don't need to talk about the history of Mercedes Monet and leg injuries and Momo
13:21Watanabe you know she doesn't come into any match 100% not when you wrestle as
13:26physically as she does instead on their knees going shot for shot
13:41Oh the crack of that elbow
13:56Watanabe huge roundhouse shot takes Monet down to one knee
14:10Monet I thought she was staggered but instead Monet off the ropes one more
14:17time once it got it no no no no could it be can she hook it through
14:23Hitotanashi B driver nearly but nearly is not gonna cut it not by a long shot
14:35not when you're standing in the ring with a CEO there is devastation in every
14:45movement of Momo Watanabe she has to reposition here maybe thinking peach
14:51sunrise if she can get Mercedes to her feet that is a massive if right here the
14:58feet are had but the base the hips have to be underneath Momo Watanabe well
15:04Mercedes fighting through roll through shoulders down well again and it's one
15:08only my name trying to get back into control Momo so fast catches her there
15:15Oh peach sunrise the black peach of pro-wrestling some not all into the
15:25cover here for Watanabe
15:31can we even call that a kick out it was like a involuntary spasm by Mercedes
15:39Monet it was a jolt of survivor in this her spirit runs strong as Momo drags her
15:47into position
15:57and we've seen this so many times out of Mercedes Monet and a page out of the
16:01arsenal played for by Watanabe blocked here what did the third amigo and
16:06instead Monet oh oh now Monet rolls through
16:20and we call it the hat trick here it is three of me no stopped at two one of
16:26these men will get the third whoa just back and forth fighting over this so
16:32exhausted at this point at the ship your hips underneath you
16:42Mercedes is done she is out
16:47Momo got the third Momo got the cover will she get the three
17:03Watanabe truly truly at this point willing to risk it all going up top
17:15we've seen the somato so far tonight sometimes she'll dive with it that could
17:22be the shot looks for here Monet Monet not gonna let it happen right in front
17:26of us here at the English broadcast booth and now taking things from the
17:28heavens if you're the strong women's champion oh my god superplex connects
17:37for the defense no money money money time after time after time nothing is
17:50putting Momo Watanabe down tonight
17:59Oh
18:02Mercedes Monet rising to her feet you can hear the chance for the CEO
18:18there's one statement we have yet to see all night moneymaker comes to the
18:23floor here gory special on but not nearly enough to connect
18:36whoa oh my god
18:42Oh
18:47Watanabe is about to become strong women's champion we go here we go here
18:56we go whoa Mercedes yeah what a peach thunder and instead we're gonna write
19:00back down it's here it's a statement maker from Mercedes Monet oh and she
19:05has it locked on she is wrenching back Momo Watanabe trying to reposition the
19:10hips alleviate some of the pressure maybe it's towards the ropes trying to
19:15get over that first defense of the strong women's championship something
19:18she has never done before something that was built for her made in her image in
19:23her destiny she finally claimed it she has to hold on tonight
19:28Watanabe has her knees underneath herself
19:34don't you wait a minute wait a second she has it she has the bat you see it
19:38clear day on that camera shot that's gonna be a rope break either way but
19:41that bat is indeed in the grass tight so not goodbye I see I believe well aware
19:46of it on Mercedes she's aware of it too went to snatch that bat away fighting
19:51over the bat come on come on oh no oh tightrope down tightrope down oh and
19:59this most poor poor thing for the CEO Mercedes now fighting for a life
20:05battling over this bat
20:11oh hey Monday wait a second it's here moneymaker in transitions right in
20:21statement the statement made locked in statement maker is here it's time
20:27Mercedes Monet has won this match Mercedes Monet has won the damn match
20:35Oh
20:57build it and say well